NOVPUBUpon closer inspection, those specks of light resembled extremely small windows.
Through the windows, various scenes were refracted, to a greater or lesser extent.
Countless characters fluttered about, clearly representing different Techniques.
Under the dome, no Protector Monks from the Law Enforcement Hall could be seen, only streaks of flowing light continuously shuttling through the space.
It seemed that Sun Xingyao, the Head of Sun Family, was reporting to someone. After a while, a figure descended from the dome and landed in front of Li Fan and another person.
An Incarnate formed entirely of flowing characters, not a real person.
He sized up Li Fan, nodding slightly, "Little fellow, I saw you more than a hundred years ago when you were still a Golden Core Cultivator. You’ve grown up in the blink of an eye..."
"Come with me," he said.
After speaking, the characters formed a path leading straight to the dome.
Li Fan followed Sun Xingyao and stood on this path of characters. Moments later, his body seemed to transform into countless characters, ready to scatter along the path and spill out like an article.
A sudden sense of crisis surged in his heart.
Li Fan realized that under the influence of these surrounding characters, memories in his Divine Soul seemed to involuntarily spill out, narrating chapters of his past life.
"Is this a method to peer into one’s past experiences by sensing the memories of the Divine Soul?" he pondered.
Li Fan, deep in thought, swiftly replayed the memories from the first half of Sun Ang’s life in his Divine Soul. He then released it, allowing the character path to perceive it.
The transformed characters, marked with a unique personal nature, were clearly distinct from the path under his feet.
It seemed that Sun Xingyao, on the other hand, was not subjected to any scrutiny.
The character path soon reached its end, and Li Fan and his companion arrived inside a window of starlight above the dome.
His form transformed from characters back to human, except Li Fan’s experiences were now isolated into a single volume.
The leading monk now revealed his true appearance.
He appeared even younger than "Sun Ang", around seventeen or eighteen years old, a youthful appearance.
With long hair over his shoulders and a cinnabar dot between his brows, he looked delicate and tranquil.
"This is Elder Nangong of the Law Enforcement Hall," Sun Xingyao introduced to Li Fan.
Nangong glanced at the volume in his hand, nodded slightly, "No problem. You have passed the first trial."
With a casual toss, the volume recording "Sun Ang’s" life transformed into a streak of light and flew off to who knows where.
Li Fan then observed his surroundings.
It seemed as though he was floating in the Outer Space of the Xuanhuang World, with a giant sphere of light floating ahead.
The same as the miniaturized model of the Xuanhuang World Li Fan had once seen in a Long-Distance Teleportation Array.
"Pass through [Mystic Yellow Realm], and if the light sphere remains undisturbed, you will have passed the second trial," Nangong said, transforming into a streak of light and departing first.
Li Fan did not hesitate and followed closely.
The yellow halo was dreamlike and fantastical, even imparting an inexplicably warm feeling. It felt like returning to the womb, with no mishaps occurring, and Li Fan soon flew out from the sphere of light.
Upon leaving, he even felt a faint sense of reluctance.
Li Fan also keenly noticed that the operation speed of his [Mystic Yellow Immortal Heart Incantation] was substantially faster than usual, several times over!
"Is this to verify whether one is a native cultivator of Xuanhuang World?" he mused to himself.
The third trial was to verify whether one was a monk of the Five Elders Organization.
In the Void, five stone statues with indiscernible faces surrounded him in a circle.
Li Fan had to stand quietly amidst these statues for half an hour.
Having passed without any anomalies, he was deemed to have passed the trial.
In this life, Li Fan was clear and untainted. He had not yet had any associations with the Five Elders Organization.
Thus, he naturally passed the trial with ease.
"These statues, there’s something special about them. It seems like they are imbued with a trace of the Five Celestial Venerables’ counterintuitive power..."
While being observed by the stone statues of the Five Elders Organization, Li Fan was also examining these five Celestials.
At the same time, an intuition struck him, "Even if it’s not the Heavenly Sovereign himself, it’s not far off."
"If I had come here after experiencing Sister Zhao’s illusory realm, even if it was just an incarnate that had the experience..."
"It would probably have triggered a reaction from the stone statue."
As the five stone statues dispersed, Li Fan also faced the final test before his initiation.
Suddenly, the surroundings plunged into a void.
Sun Xingyao and Elder Nangong, who were just by his side, suddenly vanished.
Li Fan slightly furrowed his brow and scanned his surroundings.
He noticed nothing unusual.
It wasn’t a trap, nor was there any conspiracy.
This place was simply a pure void.
Apart from Li Fan, there was nothing else.
"What is this test for?"
Li Fan understood and was not anxious.
He stood in the void, watching what kind of tricks the Law Enforcement Hall was playing.
In the void, it seemed as though even time had lost its meaning.
After who knows how long, even with Li Fan’s level of patience, he began to feel irritable.
It was as if the entire world had forgotten him, and all else had disappeared except for his own existence.
Elder Nangong still showed no signs of appearing.
"They wouldn’t just leave me hanging here, would they?"
Due to his natural distrust of others, this thought involuntarily emerged in Li Fan’s spirit consciousness.
He even contemplated revealing his real cultivation base, breaking through the mechanism here, and leaving directly.
However, that thought was suppressed by Li Fan in an instant.
He calmed down and opened the Hai Zhen panel.
He confirmed that it was still anchored at eight years, and in an instant, all the unease and agitation completely vanished.
He continued to wait in the void.
It felt like hundreds or thousands of years had passed, and suddenly, Li Fan thought of something.
He began to act somewhat impatiently.
No longer simply standing still, he flew around, exploring, looking like he wanted to find a way out.
Afterward, Li Fan slowly started to amplify the emotions he was showing.
However, he never lost control, only letting some negative emotions show.
Thus, as if thousands of years had gone by...
Finally, in the dark void, light reappeared.
Elder Nangong and Sun Xingyao appeared again.
Li Fan slightly narrowed his eyes, putting on an appearance as if he’d been through an eternity. He even looked carefully at the two men, as if pondering their identities.
"This final test, you’ve also passed," Elder Nangong finally showed a hint of a smile.
He looked at Li Fan and praised, "You’re in good spirits. More than two hundred years passed in the time rift before you began to show signs of losing control, yet you were still able to maintain your reason. This performance is quite good compared to previous tests."
Upon hearing this, Li Fan fell silent for a long time.
It seemed as though he was digesting this information.
Elder Nangong continued to explain, "This test was to assess the mental stability of the cultivator."
"After all, you are to accompany Yan Fajue for more than three hundred years, and you cannot leave for any reason midway. If you can’t endure such torment and become mad, then it would be problematic."
Suddenly, Li Fan asked, "Is there any cultivator who remained calm throughout and did not show any sign of irritation?"
