Zhong Wuchang paused for a moment, then continued speaking to everyone: "However, the rules for this trial tournament will be different this time; the first and second rounds will take place simultaneously."

"The reason for this change is that the ancient ruins you will be entering are extremely special. For you, this is an extraordinarily rare opportunity."

"Moreover, as long as you can survive and walk out of the ancient ruins, you can directly enter the third round."

"Now, I will give each of you a Jade Talisman, and once you enter the ancient ruins, you can use the Jade Talisman to locate the positions of others."

"This means that once you enter the ancient ruins, you will not only face the dangers of the ruins themselves but also need to guard against attacks from others."

With these words, Zhong Wuchang raised his hand and with a flick, numerous Jade Talismans emitting a soft radiance were shot toward the crowd.

Without any hesitation, everyone raised their hands to catch the Jade Talismans flying toward them.

"Next, I will send you into the ancient ruins. Remember, try to seize as many Jade Talismans from others as possible. This will not only affect your ranking in these two rounds of trials but also determine the opportunities you can obtain in the ancient ruins."

Zhong Wuchang continued, "In short, you must cherish this opportunity, as crisis and chance coexist, and you must give it your all."

After speaking, he turned around, along with dozens of powerful figures behind him, and quickly formed complex hand seals.

"Boom..."

In the next moment, the space began to quake intensely.

Immediately afterward, to the shock of everyone present, a massive Light Gate appeared above Zhong Wuchang and the others.

"Enter now."

Zhong Wuchang looked again at the crowd and said, "You have only half an hour. If you miss this time, the passage will close, and we will have to wait a month before we can reopen the ancient ruins to retrieve you."

Upon hearing Zhong Wuchang's words, none of the crowd hesitated. They all ascended into the air and rushed into the Light Gate.

Soon, nearly two hundred thousand people surged into the Light Gate.

However, they had no idea whether they would find opportunities or crises awaiting them, or perhaps even death...

Wang Ruoxie and Xiahou Bai naturally followed the crowd into the Light Gate.

"Elder Zhong, do you think the rumor is true?"

After everyone entered the ancient ruins and the Light Gate completely disappeared, a middle-aged man at the Late Stage of the Meridian Passage Realm spoke to Zhong Wuchang.

"I hope it's true, otherwise our Great Yu Imperial Dynasty might be in danger."

Zhong Wuchang sighed lightly at these words, a look of helplessness in his eyes as he said, "I just don't know how many of these nearly two hundred thousand talented experts will make it out alive."

"But even if they all perish, as long as it appears, it will all be worth it."

The middle-aged man and the other powerful figures nodded in agreement, silently praying that it truly existed. Otherwise, not only would the Great Yu Imperial Dynasty be in peril, but the entire Five Domains of Yun Province might face a catastrophic crisis.

...

After Wang Ruoxie entered the Light Gate, he felt a shift in time and space, and he was enveloped in darkness as if he were in a void.

But soon, he felt his body fall, and he found himself landing on the ground.

Wang Ruoxie looked around and discovered he was standing in a vast wasteland. There was no one around, and he didn't even see a single Demon Beast.

"It seems that the Light Gate randomly teleported us to different locations within the ancient ruins."

Wang Ruoxie's eyes narrowed slightly as he muttered to himself.

This wasn't necessarily a bad thing for him. Considering his current cultivation power, he wasn't confident of defeating Ling Pojun if they met right away.

Being randomly separated gave him enough time to enhance his cultivation power.

"This ancient ruin seems far older than the Black Tortoise Secret Realm and the Blue Moon Secret Realm before it."

Wang Ruoxie took a deep breath, immediately sensing an ancient and desolate aura enveloping his entire body.

In that moment, he felt as if he had traveled back to ancient times.

He even had the illusion of being back in the former Three Realms, though he was well aware that it was just a figment of his imagination.

Without further delay, Wang Ruoxie directly performed the Cloud Soaring Step, leaping into the air and embarking on sky-controlling flight.

Although he was currently at the Third Layer of the Essence Pill Realm, he could fly through the sky like a Martial Cultivator in the Qi Condensation Realm by relying on the Cloud Soaring Step.

However, he also realized the tremendous depletion of True Essence when performing sky-controlling flight at full capacity. If not for his Essence Pill being extraordinary, containing True Essence dozens of times more than others at the same stage, he would have drained all his True Essence in no time.

"This ancient ruin is astonishingly vast."

After flying for a whole hour, Wang Ruoxie still seemed unable to escape the wasteland, as if it had no end.

Clearly, this ancient ruin was far more expansive than the ruins he had entered previously.

This further convinced him that this ancient ruin was extraordinary, as ancient ruins typically existed in truly independent pocket spaces, which required strong True Essence to sustain.

The sheer vastness of this ancient ruin suggested that it might have been created by someone from the Qi Condensation Realm who had transformed their True Essence into Mana.

It was even possible that someone beyond the Qi Condensation Realm, such as someone from the Purple Mansion Realm or even the Pocket World Realm, had created it.

The Celestial Human Nine Realms are divided from low to high: Innate Realm, Meridian Passage Realm, Essence Pill Realm, Qi Condensation Realm, Purple Mansion Realm, Pocket World Realm, Celestial Monarch Realm, Celestial Emperor Realm, and Celestial Venerable Realm.

As for the Divine Human Realm above the Celestial Human Realm, no one in the former Three Realms had ever reached it, so Wang Ruoxie was not clear on its specific divisions.

In his past life, Wang Ruoxie had reached the Celestial Monarch Realm at the age of sixteen, and his true strength was comparable to the Celestial Emperor Realm.

This meant he was still four Great Realms away from regaining his past life's cultivation.

"If this ancient ruin was created by someone in the Purple Mansion Realm or even the Pocket World Realm, then there is a high likelihood that many Pure Yang Pills exist here."

Sparks of anticipation flickered in Wang Ruoxie's eyes as he thought to himself.

In the Purple Mansion Realm, one could at least condense hundreds of Pure Yang Pills daily, and in the Pocket World Realm, at least thousands. Even just the former would leave large quantities of Pure Yang Pills in this ancient ruin.

If he could obtain some, he could elevate his cultivation to the Middle Stage of the Essence Pill Realm, or even the Late Stage, in a very short time.

"Roar!"

At this moment, a deafening dragon roar suddenly resounded.

Wang Ruoxie's body halted as he looked ahead, and to his surprise, he saw a Flood Dragon over ten zhang long not far ahead.

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