The exploration of the Li Huo Palace was not a matter of a single day. As this batch of people entered, the registration for the second batch of the Demon Spirit Realm trials had already concluded.
With the rewards previously distributed by Chu Yang, the number of people wanting to sign up for the trial had increased significantly.
Last time, registration took over ten minutes to complete, but this time, it was gone in almost a minute.
The two thousand slots were filled not only by people from Xia Country but also by some foreigners.
Even though these foreigners had mediocre aptitude, after witnessing Zhang Xiaohu's inspiring life, they felt like they could do it too!
Some even analyzed that the Xuan Yang Sparrow was a human-friendly demonic beast, placed there by the Immortal Brother to distribute opportunities to the trial participants.
This kind of discussion continued to ferment, and Chu Yang couldn't be bothered.
You couldn't stop people who were intent on courting death.
After seeing so many people torn to shreds by demonic beasts, if they still weren't careful, they were truly idiots.
Chu Yang didn't interfere with this trend, and the Xia Country officials could only come out to debunk the rumors.
After all, they were not Chu Yang, and they couldn't watch these people go to their deaths!
The quality of participants for this second trial was much lower compared to the previous one. There wasn't a single person with heaven-defying talent, though there were quite a few with upper-tier aptitude.
There were some people whose future achievements Chu Yang couldn't predict. Even Zhang Xiaohu, whom he had recruited into the group, Chu Yang only felt that this person possessed a ruthlessness that surpassed others, and his future path would be longer.
As for the others, they still needed observation. After all, a person's future couldn't be measured by aptitude alone. If a person with lower-tier aptitude could win first place in the trial, let alone surpass Li Qingyun and the others, as long as they could reach Wang Teng's level, Chu Yang would consider them to have the potential of an emperor!
As for the little fatty Xiao Long, whom he had just taken away…
"Wow! You demon! Let me participate in the beast realm trial, I don't want to do planking here, woo woo..."
Xiao Long, with his bare neck, was forcibly made by Chu Yang to do planks next to him.
Xiao Long had no way to resist, because Chu Yang had a thousand ways to make him maintain this posture and unable to move.
Chu Yang looked at the wailing Xiao Long and said indifferently, "I'm helping you lose weight, what are you barking about?"
"Wuwuwu... I can't hold on anymore! Let me meditate and cultivate! You're wasting my Immortal Chaos Body's cultivation time!"
"With such little willpower, no wonder Xiao Mei doesn't like you."
Xiao Long's face stiffened, and he asked in horror, "How do you know Xiao Mei?"
Chu Yang sneered, "You were drooling in your sleep last night, shouting 'Xiao Mei don't leave me', how embarrassing!"
Xiao Long trembled, he couldn't accept this!
"You pervert! You spied on my privacy! You broke the law! I'm going to sue you, wuwuwuwu!!!"
"Sue who? If you talk back, I'll add double gravity!"
For a moment, Xiao Long's snot and tears mixed and fell.
But he couldn't wipe them. He was being forced into a plank by some power, and he didn't dare to talk back again, because he was really afraid of double gravity!
Chu Yang's idea was to make Xiao Long accustomed to the feeling of breaking through limits under heavy pressure.
This kid didn't manage his physique well and usually overate, which made his body quite weak. 138 Reading Network
Without relying on spiritual power, he would get tired after running two hundred meters.
This showed that his foundation was very poor, so Chu Yang had to rebuild his foundation.
High aptitude only indicated a high ceiling. If he cultivated with such a weak physique, it would be a waste of his Chaos Body.
Foundation building is about laying the groundwork for one's future.
The better the foundation, the higher the future achievements will be, this is an irreversible trend.
So, before Xiao Long could build his foundation, Chu Yang wanted to make his physical fitness reach a level he was satisfied with.
Suddenly, a "ding—" sound echoed in his mind.
"I'm going out for a bit. For your Xiao Mei, keep up the good work!"
After speaking, Chu Yang left the crying Xiao Long, took a step, and disappeared from his spot, returning to his room.
"Congratulations Host, the opening progress of the Immortal Cultivation Era has reached 20%. You have received a phase gift package. Do you wish to open it?"
Chu Yang showed a look of surprise. He hadn't looked at the panel for a while and didn't expect the progress to be so fast.
A couple of days ago, he had already received the 15% phase gift package, but it only contained five spirit stone veins, nothing special.
He guessed that this 20% phase gift package should contain something good.
"Open!"
With a flash of light, a pile of items appeared before Chu Yang.
"Congratulations on obtaining: Spirit Stone Veins * 5, Ascension Tower * 1, Basic Ability: Fixed Ranking."
"Huh? Ascension Tower?"
Chu Yang clicked on it to check the description.
"Item Type: Building."
"Item Name: Ascension Tower."
"Functional Description: The [Ascension Tower] is formed by the convergence of the fighting will of Immortal Emperors from all the heavens and myriad worlds. It has ten floors, each corresponding to the combat footage of an Immortal Emperor at that realm. The opponents encountered by each person will be different. Defeating them can grant one of their abilities..."
"...The opponent on the tenth floor is an Immortal Emperor. If you can defeat the Immortal Emperor, you will receive their complete inheritance, and you will surely be able to step into the realm of an Immortal Emperor through their Dao!"
Chu Yang directly gasped for air, this [Ascension Tower] was quite something!
It actually gathered the combat footage of Immortal Emperors from all the heavens and myriad worlds.
Anyone who could achieve the status of an Immortal Emperor was a powerhouse who suppressed an era in their youth.
They all climbed to the peak by stepping on the glory of countless geniuses. Below the position of Immortal Emperor, there must be millions of prodigies who rose and fell.
To defeat the imprints of these Immortal Emperors would truly be difficult! Moreover, the higher the realm, the stronger these Immortal Emperors would become, and the greater the gap with ordinary people!
What about fighting beyond one's level? When you were still playing with demonic beasts, others had already suppressed various sacred bodies under their feet.
Although difficult, the rewards were also extremely rich. For each defeated imprints of a floor, one could obtain an ability from that Immortal Emperor.
These Immortal Emperors were definitely people with great destiny, and the opportunities they held were naturally not ordinary opportunities.
And the reward for defeating the final floor was even more amazing, directly achieving the status of Immortal Emperor!
However, Chu Yang suspected that this was a PUA by the system, because to defeat an Immortal Emperor at a lower level, the difficulty was probably a bit too much.
Moreover, if one was already an Immortal Emperor, what was the point of fighting? Which Immortal Emperor would think that their Dao was inferior to others?
"Let me see my third basic ability..."