As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life

Pain, a muddled sense of confusion, surged through the carved visage of the Grandmaster’s Divine Sculpture.

Among these children…

There’s even a Swallowing Gold Beast!

Unbearable!

The Dao Yun it just siphoned from its eggshell—is it so quickly returned?

Indeed, in this world, there’s no such thing as a free lunch!

He even suspected…

The eggshell of that tea egg was just part of someone’s calculated trap…

However, the Grandmaster’s Divine Sculpture’s gaze shot out one stream of light after another, scanning the children sitting cross-legged on the White Jade Staircase, each with faces different in expression.

Some were in pain, some in mania, some in anger, some dead in spirit, and some wailing…

The Seven Emotions and Six Desires, growing wildly in their hearts.

The Heart Test challenges one’s inherent will, and for these children, it is of utmost importance.

This steadying of their inner disposition will benefit them greatly when they forge their Divine Fetus and shape their Heaven and Earth Soul in the future.

Even in the Divine Tribulation Realm, when they face the terrifying Heart Demon Tribulation, it will provide them with some resistance.

This trial marked the three evaluations meant to select Lv Taibai’s direct disciple, someone Lv Taibai intended to cultivate as the Young Sect Master, hence the tests were exceedingly stringent, especially the Heart Test…

Lv Taibai needed to ascertain the disciple’s disposition to lay the foundation for his training plan.

Boom——!!!

The smoke surrounding the White Jade Staircase began to disperse gradually.

Clearly, the Heart Test was slowly approaching its conclusion.

Beneath the White Jade Arch.

Spring rain fell incessantly.

Silver hair danced wildly in the muffled roar of spring thunder. Lv Taibai slowly withdrew his gaze and looked toward the heavens. Within his pupils, radiant sword light seemed to flicker continuously.

“Celestial anomaly…”

“This doesn’t seem to be an ordinary Heart Test trial.”

“Perhaps this time… I might take on an extraordinary disciple.”

Lv Taibai leaned back onto his chair, his lips curling up into a faint smile.

That works…

The Qian Yuan Divine Sect truly needs a disciple capable of carrying the sect’s prestige.

But just who will it be?

Lv Taibai’s gaze penetrated the Qiankun Small Cave Heaven, landing one by one on the children. Each held an expression unique to their own story.

Though they were still young, they seemed to harbor deeply unusual tales.

Suddenly.

Lv Taibai’s attention settled on Xi Xi.

He was momentarily dazed.

Because Xi Xi, whose face had previously been contorted in pain, now had her brows relaxed, her lips raised into a bright and joyous curve.

It was as though…

In the Heart Test, she had encountered something that brought her immense happiness.

Amidst a group of children who were dazed by pain and struggle.

Xi Xi’s radiant smile was exceptionally conspicuous.

After his daze, Lv Taibai too couldn’t help but smile faintly.

“Is it you?”

“Little girl…”

Lv Taibai couldn’t help but feel a trace of anticipation for this potential new disciple.

If it truly is Xi Xi…

He could already imagine the exuberant delight on his wife’s face.

Thinking of his wife, Lv Taibai’s gaze lowered slightly, silver hair cascading from the side of his face, veiling the subtle arc of his lips.

…

…

Li Che leaned back against the Taishi Chair, the hem of his Mo Shan robes fluttered lightly in the spring breeze.

His jet-black, thick hair fluttered, a few strands clinging to his cheek.

His eyes glimmered with a profound light, deep within his gaze, it seemed as though the Heaven and Earth chessboard was reflected, intertwining. Half his consciousness had entered the Heaven and Earth chessboard, while the other half remained rooted in reality.

The Mud Pill in his brow quaked subtly, as if time itself had reversed, replaying images within the chessboard of Heaven and Earth.

Li Che, through the Thunder Chess Piece, traced back Xi Xi’s experiences in the Illusion Realm, replaying everything clearly, his gaze gradually sharpening.

It seemed like another lifetime—had Li Che not awakened his Dao Fruit because of Xi Xi’s birth, perhaps everything encountered in the Illusion Realm would have been the eventual result and fate of Li Che’s family.

The power of Dao Yun speculated on a hypothetical life—as though it had revisited the calamities Xi Xi might face in life. Within that disaster, Li Che and Zhang Ya had already perished.

Because of grief, because of anger, it seemed as though another will buried deep in Xi Xi’s soul had awakened—a will that was reincarnated or from a previous life. Li Che interpreted it as her previous soul awakening.

“Xi Xi’s past life?”

Li Che’s fingers tapped lightly on the armrest of his chair, his brows furrowing slightly.

This was… somewhat unexpected to him.

Through sheer coincidence, this Heart Test awakened a fragment of Xi Xi’s past life’s soul?

Because of the extreme anger that arose, it awakened that dormant will buried in her soul—like unleashing a monster from deep within.

If Li Che were to remain idle, allowing that will to control Xi Xi’s body recklessly, over time, Xi Xi’s original will could gradually be suppressed, undergoing a transformation.

His five fingers clenched suddenly, leaving imprints deep on the armrest, almost pulverizing it.

“The will buried deep in Xi Xi’s soul?”

“In that case… Is Xi Xi still my Xi Xi? Is she still my most obedient, most cherished daughter?”

Li Che’s gaze slightly lowered.

It seemed he must help Xi Xi suppress the revival of that will. That will, though incredibly powerful—akin to an emerging force awakened from Jiuyou—was profoundly terrifying, exuding a pressure comparable to mountains crumbling. That level of suppression, within the realm of Temple Gods, might place it among their highest ranks.

Thus, Li Che couldn’t help but feel pressured…

But pressure was all it was—no matter how much it bore down, Li Che had to ensure that Xi Xi suppressed this will. Even if what lay hidden in Xi Xi’s soul could be considered a second Xi Xi…

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