969 Three Trials and Nine Difficulties (1/2)

Legend had it that during the Ancient Age, the Creation Pool had gathered the Power of Creation of Heaven and Earth, meaning it could be used continuously to cultivate geniuses. It was the foundation of a large sect.

During that time, the Creation Pool was built to cultivate the disciples of the younger generation. It was used precisely so that the Ancient Age Creation Sect would be full of strong and talented practitioners. The might of the Creation Sect back then was equivalent to that of an entire realm now.

The Path of Creation mentioned by the Huatian Palace was actually a place that the Creation Sect had built to assess their disciples. Once the disciples completed the challenges, they would be able to enter the Creation Pool and receive enlightenment from it.

However, since the Huatian Palace took over the place, very few people had been able to enter the Creation Pool. After all, the number of talented people in the Source World had fallen drastically and was far inferior to that of other worlds. It was too challenging for practitioners at the Primordial Soul Realm or below to be able to reach the Creation Pool.

In the past, there had been countless ancient cultivators who had been able to enter the Creation Pool. However, it had been a thousand years since someone had entered it.

Mo Qingge was uncertain whether Mo Wen could make it to the Creation Pool. However, nobody would know how things would end until they came to it.

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The sun was like a furnace, and its light blazed with a terrifyingly high temperature. The sunlight lit up the desert. It was as though the ground was covered with gold.

Mo Wen walked through the desert with uneven steps. He kept moving forward in the same direction. It was as though he was a man trapped in the desert who was trying to reach the end of this sea of sand.

In his hands, he held a jade inscription. He was reading it carefully.

The detailed information regarding the Path of Creation was recorded on the jade inscription. There were many generations of people from the Huatian Palace who had ventured through the Path of Creation, so the Huatian Palace had a rather comprehensive understanding of the place. However, this did not make the journey easier. The Path of Creation was the holy land used by the Ancient Age Creation Sect to assess its disciples. No one would be able to pass it simply through a combination of luck and the right intel.

”There are a total of three trials and nine difficulties along the Path of Creation. Once I pass them all, I will be able to reach the Creation Pool.”

Mo Wen put the jade inscription away and gazed into the distance. There were three trials and nine difficulties, with each test harder than the previous one. Mo Wen wondered how many trials the four freaks from the Huatian Palace had passed and whether he could catch up with them.

The Ancient Age Creation Sect placed a high value on the will of the young disciples. They would not accept anyone who was not strong-willed.

Cultivating was a difficult task. If one did was not strong-willed, they would be unlikely to achieve highly in the future, even if they were talented.

”When I entered here, my cultivation was completely sealed. I am no different from a common man. Strangely enough, my strong body has also been stripped away. My current body is no different from an ordinary person's.”

Mo Wen walked through the desert. The blazing sun loomed high in the sky, and he was drenched in sweat. Right now, he was like an ordinary person. Walking on the dunes, his feet seemed to be laced with lead; every step he took was rather difficult.

”I can pass the first test by making it out of this desert?”

Mo Wen shook his head and laughed bitterly. This desert appeared endless. Only heaven knew how long it would take for him to escape from it and whether he could walk out of it alive.

The most despairing part was he only needed to think about giving up inside and he would be able to escape the desert and be spared of his misery. This was not a last resort but was instead a comfortable choice to escape this misery.

Humans would persevere as long as there was hope. On the other hand, despair would rapidly strike down a person. It was very easy to develop a sense of despair in an environment such as this desert. Once one despaired, they would choose to give up eighty to ninety percent of the time.

Mo Wen walked forward silently. He had lived two lifetimes and had experienced all sorts of difficulties. His will was naturally strong, and his willpower would not be weaker than others just because he was young.

From the information that Mo Qingge gave him, the first test, Hard is the Way of the World, was the easiest to pass of the three trials and nine difficulties. However, it was also the easiest test to stumble in. There had been many young and powerful geniuses who had fallen in this first trial. There were also unknown youths who shone brilliantly at it.

Strangely enough, the information did not specifically state how to get past the first test. There was only one line: persevere, persevere to the end.

Persevere to the end?

Mo Wen shook his head. This line gave people the impression that there would not be an end and that one had to keep moving forward. Wouldn't that make anyone despair?

Fortunately, Mo Wen's will surpassed that of ordinary people. Since it was just a trial, and it was the very first one, it was impossible for him to fail.

He persevered and continued moving forward. One day, two days, three days...

In the desert, the weather was rather extreme. During the day, it was blazingly hot, as though he was being grilled over a fire; at night, the temperature dropped rapidly, and Mo Wen was as cold as if he had fallen into a freezer.

Along the way, there was no food and water.

Three days seemed to be the limits of the human body. An ordinary person would most likely have already died by now. However, Mo Wen persevered in the desert for more than ten days, always moving forward. He had felt himself burning out a long time ago. He felt that if he did not drink or eat, he would die. But strangely enough, as long as he persevered and did not give up, he knew he would not die.

Of course, this did not mean that the pain he endured was lessened. As time passed, the pain kept increasing. Along the way, he had already passed out a few times. However, he kept getting back to his feet and continued walking ahead. Apart from the fact that he was still alive and moving, he was no different from a dying man.