It carried a group of people, striving hard to move swiftly through the mist until reaching a tremendously grand gate.

The steps before this gate alone were twenty zhang high, with four hundred and ninety-nine tiers.

The vermilion gate on the steps also soared up to twenty zhang in height, with a breadth of thirty zhang.

This reminded Chu Xisheng of the Giant Spirit Imperial Court's 'Emperor God Palace' on Buzhou Mountain.

Although the giant gate before him could not compare to the Giant Spirit Imperial Court, it was still impressively majestic and magnificent.

The vermilion gate was half open, with a part of it ajar in the middle.

Looking inside, it was pitch-black, eerie and unfathomable.

Looking left and right, he saw the red walls extend tens of zhang away until reaching the limit of their sight.

Above were high towers, towering straight into the sky, also beyond their eyesight range.

Through the thick mist, one could see two clusters of golden light swirling above.

This should be the mountain-like gigantic building they had seen earlier.

Yan Gui Building concentrated, glanced around, and leapt forward to the front of the gate: "I'll go in first, you follow closely."

With sword in hand, he cautiously stepped into the gate.

At this moment, Wen Zhiyi with One Sword Overturning City, probably had entered the building already.

Yan Gui Building was unsure whether there was danger within the building.

Leading the way for the younger generation while assuming risks was his duty as the Great Elder.

However, just as he stepped into the building, his figure disappeared.

The people on Little Xuanwu Turtle's back frowned deeply, exchanging glances.

Zong Sanping hesitated not and rose into the air: "Let's head inside as well."

At this point, they could only proceed blindly, leaving their Great Elder behind was not an option.

Chu Xisheng similarly jumped off the turtle's back, alert and cautious as he stepped through the vermilion gate.

Once through the gate, a whirlwind engulfed him, and the Temporal Void before his eyes twisted and shifted.

When the scenery stabilized, he found himself amid an endless sea of red flames.

Before him lay a sea of fire, flames were everywhere, even the sky held a gigantic sun, emitting scarlet light, scorching and oppressive.

Chu Xisheng felt the immense rise in surrounding temperature.

Instinctively, he wished to ascend into the air to escape the endless sea of fire, only to find the area prohibited flying.

Chu Xisheng could only shake his head slightly, enduring it by his Seven Layers of Gang Qi.

By then, Jian Cangfeng and others also appeared behind him.

"Where is this place?" Jian Cangfeng asked with suspicion in his eyes, realizing something amiss: "Isn't Master Uncle and Senior Brother here?"

Even Ye Zhiqiu was absent from the scene.

Touching the top of his head, Chu Xisheng found Bai Xiaozhao, who always stayed on his head, was also missing.

He frowned, pondering: "Every team must have been transported separately, this should be the real fifth trial provided by Divine Turtle Wanderer."

Scanning around, he finally looked north: "We must cross this sea of fire and go out that way."

Jian Cangfeng also gazed northward, spotting another large gate visible in the distance.

However, between them and the gate lay dozens of li, the void in this area distorted by the flames.

Even his Vigorous Force could not isolate the flames.

Jian Cangfeng immediately attempted to use the Heaven Measuring Technique to bring them closer to the exit.

He frowned subsequently: "The power of precepts here is immense, not only prohibiting flying but also forbidding any escape skill, we can only walk across."

Though he could counter with the Heavenly Balance Sword and the Two Books of Precepts, it was unnecessary; this sea of fire wasn't an uncrossable chasm for them.

At this moment, Zhou Liangchen and Little Xuanwu appeared amid the endless sea of fire.

Zhou Liangchen glanced around, then spoke in a deliberately casual tone: "Let me do it."

He suppressed his excitement inwardly.

Having accompanied Chu Xisheng all the while, hardly exerting any effort, yet reaping several powerful magic artifacts and numerous top-grade elixirs, he felt guilty.

Finally, he had a chance to prove his worth.

Zhou Liangchen held his sword across his chest, his eyes gleaming ferociously.

At this moment, his aura subtly merged with Little Xuanwu.

"Ice River, Reverse Flow!"

As he spoke, countless streams of water flowed from behind him, rushing forward and converging into a river, leaving frost where it passed.

In mere instants, an icy path appeared before them.

Jian Cangfeng raised his brows involuntarily, considering Chu Xisheng's Daoist follower to be quite remarkable.

The power Zhou Liangchen had just wielded was predominantly not 'ice', but 'reverse.'

Reversing fire to ice, reversing cold to heat — an extraordinary feat, signifying Zhou Liangchen's Heaven-defying Martial Intent had reached a very high level.

Jian Cangfeng turned to Chu Xisheng: "Formless Skill? Has Junior Brother Zhou transitioned his cultivation?"

"He has. The Coastal Zhou Family's cultivation is incomplete, Liang Chen on this path cannot go far. Our Formless Skill can match over ninety percent of Martial Arts worldwide. Not long ago, didn't Chu Ming transition her cultivation? She left quite a few remnants, the Sect Master asked if I wanted to pool money to help him transition. The Zhou Family deals in maritime trade with years of savings; they've plenty of money. His cultivation was only Sixth Grade, it didn't cost much."

Chu Xisheng noticed mist rising from the icy path before them.

The surrounding heat was melting the ice.

Yet Zhou Liangchen's Heaven-defying Technique was indeed extraordinary, those mist dispersed outward, continuing to reverse fire to ice, further cooling the surroundings.

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