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

Chapter 864: Chapter 272: The Soul Awakened in the Ninth Abyss, Xi Xi Don’t Be Afraid, Daddy Is Always Here [Seeking Monthly Ticket]

Dong——Dong——

The sound waves of two consecutive chimes reverberated gracefully, shattering the spring rain into fragments.

The circular ripples spreading out from the sound waves seemed to wrinkle the very air itself.

“Commence the second trial: Heart Test!”

Jiao Shaoqiu, the host elder personally appointed by the Sect Master for this examination, stepped forward.

His ancient, unadorned robe fluttered in the spring breeze as he spoke with an exceptionally solemn expression.

Ka-cha, ka-cha!

Above the heavenly dome, within the originally descending clouds, muffled spring thunder abruptly rumbled again.

However, the rain was not heavy anymore—it was no longer torrential.

Underneath the White Jade Qiankun Arch.

Lv Taibai sat calmly in his chair, his eyes shimmering as if flowing with light. His snowy robe billowed as he flicked a finger, and a streaking Sword Gang shot heavenward.

The sword light exploded in midair, splitting into ten, each one darting like lively Sword Qi Jiao Dragons rapidly into the Qiankun Small Cave Heaven.

In an instant——

The Qiankun Small Cave Heaven became a seething cauldron of boundless electric currents colliding and weaving in chaos!

Sword light surged forth, transforming into lightning, ready to summon clouds and rain!

In the swirling mist and clouds, an azure dragon extended its head, its whiskers flying with movement, revealing the majestic Dragon Head.

And within the Qiankun Small Cave Heaven…

The towering White Jade Heavenly Ladder, spanning a thousand steps upward into the clouds, seemed to awaken like a dragon’s spine, twisting and quaking.

It then astonishingly transformed into a bone dragon, uncoiling from the depths of the Netherworld to ascend skyward, recapturing the soaring majesty of its past life flying and traversing the heavens.

In the skies above, it curled into an orbit, with its Dragon Head biting its Dragon Tail, forming a grand ring floating in midair.

At the very center of the dragon bone ring hovered the Divine Sculpture of the Grandmaster, suspended elegantly, having leapt from its original pinnacle.

The ten Divine Children, seated cross-legged on the White Jade Staircase.

Sitting in a ring-like formation on the ground, they could even face each other directly.

Xi Xi was also seated on the ground. Her long eyelashes fluttered as she slowly opened her eyes. This hour had been unbelievably comfortable for her.

The nine-foot Dao Yun cascaded over her body, illuminating her Inner Scene of the Mud Pill and continually refining her undying Prison Lotus Divine Foundation. The Divine Foundation, resembling a prison lotus, grew ever brighter in radiance.

The divinity within the Small Cave Heaven was madly siphoned by her, relentlessly enhancing and empowering her Divine Foundation’s strength.

Bathed in the nine-foot Dao Yun Qi Column, Xi Xi felt her comprehension soar dramatically. Even the intricate obstacles within the Eight-Armed Three-Faced Hell Lotus Undamaged Divine Base Method became clear to her understanding.

It was an elevation at the level of innate talent!

With the Dao Yun bestowed upon her, it was as if divine assistance laid bare the essence of heaven and earth, unraveling its mysteries and revealing clarity.

She had reached the Post-Divine Foundation Realm!

Xi Xi was delighted, sensing her cultivation progressing at an impressive pace.

Typically, cultivating a Divine Base Skill such as the Three Purities Divinity Method’s Eight-Armed Three-Faced Hell Lotus Undamaged would be a slow process.

Yet within a year, Xi Xi had managed to cultivate this divine method to the Post-Divine Foundation Realm.

This was largely thanks to the added momentum and aid from this cleansing Dao Yun energy!

Xi Xi beamed with joy, utterly ecstatic!

She ate a tea egg, and her cultivation broke through again!

Emperor Xi Xi had grown stronger once more——

Seated cross-legged, Xi Xi grabbed her feet with both hands, rocking herself back and forth on the White Jade Staircase like a roly-poly toy.

Oh, she wouldn’t tip over! Oh no, she absolutely wouldn’t fall!

Xi Xi was overwhelmed with happiness.

As for the so-called Heart Test, Xi Xi didn’t take it seriously at all; rather…

She hadn’t even grasped the severity of the matter.

Beside Xi Xi, not far away, sat Little Dragon Maiden Ao Qingqing in a cross-legged posture. Ao Qingqing glanced warily at Xi Xi.

She couldn’t believe Xi Xi had utterly dominated the first talent trial, claiming the top spot outright.

This little girl… what an oddball!

Her aunt had instructed her to do everything possible to defeat Li Nuanxi.

Ao Qingqing wondered if her aunt had underestimated the extraordinary talent of this Little Dragon Maiden.

But as for the Heart Test…

Ao Qingqing gathered her courage for a moment but then deflated completely.

Her own mental strength probably wouldn’t surpass Li Nuanxi by much…

Ao Qingqing had been pampered from birth as royalty within the Dragon God Clan, living a life of comfort and luxury in the Dragon Palace, never needing to worry about anything.

Her father and mother handled all matters for her with care.

Thus, Ao Qingqing acknowledged that her inner fortitude might not be any stronger than five-year-old Li Nuanxi’s—both were young, and both struggled to control their moods and impulses.

Not far from Ao Qingqing sat Jin Taixui, the descendant of the Great Witch God Bloodline from the Da Li Royal Court.

His head full of violet hair danced wildly in the fierce wind as Jin Taixui’s eyes glimmered darkly at Xi Xi. This little girl had surprised him.

He had assumed she possessed only ordinary talent, struggling even to climb ten steps of the White Jade Staircase—a typical Divine Child from Qianyuan Taoist City. Yet shockingly, she revealed an upper limit so fearsome, dragging it straight to Perfection, ascending to the Absolute Peak of the White Jade Staircase, even catching the eye of the Qian Yuan Divine Sect’s Grandmaster!

The Grandmaster opened his eyes in wonder, while Jin Taixui realized he had misjudged her entirely.

And then there’s this little girl’s explosive temperament—quick to anger and fiercely vengeful. Jin Taixui had merely intended to sweep Xi Xi off the White Jade Staircase with a deft strike from the flames of the Purple Gold Bell.

As casually as one might clear away debris.

But who could have predicted that this little girl… would retaliate with an onslaught of fierce attacks in response!