Chapter 2760 Three Tests
In the time chamber, Austin sat still and cross-legged.
He was focused on perfecting the Golden Sun Scripture.
Austin had been practicing this form ever since he reached the level of the Energy Gathering Realm.
However, he still had not yet cultivated it to its full potential.
Enhancing the legendary Golden Sun Scripture was really an arduous journey for someone who was
preparing to master it.
"I hope I can sessfully break through and reach the sect ancestor level..."
Austin cleared his mind and started to meditate profoundly. He soon fell into a holistic state of trance.
Time went by as slow as msses.
In a blink of an eye, decades had passed.
Although thirty years had gone inside the time chamber, only a day had moved onward in the outside
world.
In the Celestial Pce, Austin had battled with the leader of the Sword Pce, the man in purple from
the Divine Sect, and the three martial arts masters from the underworld. All of them were considered
dangerous, first-ss warriors.
During Austin''s encounters with these men, he used the power of faith, a special external force only
known to some.
Although Austin didn''t have the power with him now, he had obtained sufficient fighting skills from such
aggressive engagements with many people.
Badly wounding his opponents whom everyone regarded as forceful warriors had always fed his
confidence for his fighting abilities.
Austin had a special perspective of the world that was akin to the masters'' advanced points of view,
which held him in good stead during certain hostilities.
This was also advantageous to him in improving his cultivation base.
Meanwhile, Caroline, Ivy, Sue, Violet, the gnome, and the eight holy trees were waiting outside the time
chamber.
They knew that Austin had made up his mind to strive for the breakthrough towards the sect ancestor
level.
This was important to Austin, and to both the Immortal End World and the Immortal End Alliance.
At the same time, the Eight Stone Saints were also attempting to make headway in eight other
secluded rooms.
These Eight Stone Saints had acquired a great amount of dragon essence, which would significantly
help them for their own breakthroughs.
Like Austin, every one of the Eight Stone Saints had reached the peak stage of Immortal Saint Realm.
They were one stretch away from attaining the sect ancestor level.
Simr to Austin, the Eight Stone Saints were also improving their vital energy quality in istion in
order to level up.
A century had gone by...
Boom! All of a sudden, a deafening noise reverberated out of nowhere.
At the same time, the interior of the time chamber had turned into a sea of golden fire. zing mes
billowed like a wild beast, spreading with desperate momentum.
In the middle of the sea of fire, a huge sun hovered like a magnanimous ball floating on the sea
surface. It emitted terrifying and sizzling hot streaks of fire!
Austin was already at one of the topmost levels at that time; by then, the nine sun-like golden balls
representing the nine stages of the Golden Sun Scripture had been integrated into one.
Atst, only one golden ball was left. Condensing nine golden balls into one was the second part of
cultivating the Golden Sun Scripture.
Austin was now surrounded by burning golden mes indistinguishable from the god of fire.
Throughout the years, Austin had seen many times the opportunity of a breakthrough.
However, during such a critical moment, Austin felt anxious and uneasy. He started to feel
overwhelmed with his own thoughts of doubt.
The sect ancestor level was the highest across this entire universe.
In order to reach this level, one must set aside all the negative energy and train his thoughts, spirit, and
body to its purest state.
Austin realized that to get to the sect ancestor level, perhaps the most important thing was to get rid of
all the distractions that gued his mind and clear his head once and for all.
Another hundred years had passed...
Austin had not moved a muscle, and had still sat with his legs crossed at the ankles and his knees bent
outwards.
In the time chamber, Austin was absorbed in nothingness. He had not thought and felt a trifle at all, like
a state of emptiness had dominated himpletely.
However, Austin''s mental pilgrimage was not without its troubles of the normal human mind.
Sometimes, he was lost in various fancies and conjectures. Recalling things from the past was a
regr expenditure; at times, he felt mncholy filled his heart, and other times he was ecstatic for no
particr reason. Austin had experienced all the spectrum of human emotion during his century-long
meditation.
This was the first obstacle that Austin had to face to fully realize his breakthrough and reach the sect
ancestor level. It was known as the Internal Demon.
If Austin had neglected all of his feelings and sentiments, he would not hadpleted this stage at all.
He would had been hurt both psychologically and physically; in its worst case, Austin would had died
with every bit of his cultivation gone with the wind. The Internal Demon was intentionally meant for the
cultivator to feel all his or her emotions, and not disregard every human feeling by force.
Austin suddenly began to understand all his feelings at once. He was trying his best to ovee his
Internal Demon and dispel all kinds of obsessive desires as much as possible. Austin knew he must let
go all of his grievances and infatuations whether it was fueled by impulse or passion.
Bang!
A loud mor caused Austin''s body to tremble intensely. A tremendous amount of energy brewed and
seethed in his body. With a resonant voice, he immediately shouted, "Extinguish the Internal Demon for
the peace of my heart!"
At that very instant, all his obsessive sentiments were expelled from his mind. They transformed into
dark shadows of terrifying shapes and imprinted themselves in the void. For a while, the silhouettes
circled around their former master as if they were unwilling to leave him.
In the end, however, all the lurking shadows vanished and disappeared in the void.
Despite everything he had gone through, Austin still had not moved an inch. He was in absolute
tranquility and hushed solitude.
Suddenly, a vital energy force in his body began to surge. It rose dramatically like a fast-paced gushing
river.
All of the world''sws of order started to emerge and materialize without stopping. They clustered in
circles around in the void and shrouded Austin in the center.
"Be wary, Austin. You need to pass three tests in order to break through to the sect ancestor level. The
first test is the Internal Demon, which you have passed sessfully.
The second test is the Ten Thousand ughter. This will be the judgment that thew of order between
the heaven and earth would impose upon you.
The final test will be known as the Thunderstroke Doom, during which various horror-stricken beasts
made of thunder and lightning would appear and attack you viciously.
All the three tests are indeed petrifying, with each one of them more horrific than the previous one. If
you are able to go through all of them, then you can reach the breakthrough.
However, if you fail, death wille knocking at your door without hesitation."
Austin suddenly heard those words from Corey and Faran in his Soul Sea.
They had once followed Peterson the Taoist Ancestor for a long time, so they knew a lot of things.
Thus, they warned Austin of the uing danger in which Austin would face eventually.
"I understand."
Austin''s heart skipped a beat when he heard the warning.
However, he did not let it get into him, so he focused and continued his practice.
Without notice, the calm air began to stir all of a sudden.
Countless iron chains fell over from the sky in silence. They hung around Austin and tied him tightly.
The next thing he knew, he was swiftly lifted into the air.
Swoosh!
With a piercing noise, colorful lights burst out as if a bomb of fireworks had exploded. All the iron chains
stiffened like sharp spears, and instantaneously spiked through Austin''s body.
Austin knew that the second trial had begun. Only those who possessed worthy talent and
determination would be qualified to undergo the so-called Ten Thousand ughter. Many cultivators
who were not venerable enough would not had reached this stage easily. They must be tested and
tortured endlessly before reaching the sect ancestor level. Those who were not capable of enduring
such pain would not be able to survive this hellish test.
Blood had spurted and shoot out from Austin''s body like a broken pipe. He felt the most burning and
sharpest pain all throughout his body, his mind, and even in his heart.
Austin let out a god-awful howl.
Then, he exercised all of hisw power to summon numerous powerful chains of rule from inside his
body. They reached for the epic iron chains from the heaven and earth, and attacked them with brute
force! In an instant, all the iron chains flung out.
mes of golden light swept over the iron chains as well. Finally, they burnt and melted the chains
without mercy.
The confrontation hadsted for a few months until all the iron chains were extinguished.
This meant that Austin had survived the second test.
Austin was quick on the trigger with thew power and had a profound cultivation base in this subject.
Therefore, this knack gave him an advantage in oveing the months-long test.
Bang! Another chilling noise echoed from the dark.
Shortly after Austin had gone through the second test, a ring lightning bolt shed immediately
between the heaven and earth. A gxy of gigantic thunderbolt suddenly dropped from the sky and
rushed over to smash Austin!
The Thunderstroke Doom had begun!
The three tests were dreadful, and each one of them was more soul-crushing and macabre than the
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previous ones. However, the final challenge was the most bloodcurdling one of them all.
If Austin survived the third and final test, he would reach a higher level and be a sect ancestor
level cultivator in this universe, one of the most powerful martial arts masters ever existed.
However, if he failed, he would perish from the face of the earth.
"Come on! Let me have it! I''m ready for you!"
Austin raised his head and gazed upon the sky. Rumbling thunderbolts began to configure in the sky.
His eyes were filled with a strong and determined desire to fight!