Peerless Empress: One Woman, One Sword, Slaying Through Myriad Realms

"The Emperor Conferring Hall has nine floors in total. Inside, there are many statues of emperors and kings. According to the original rules, the nine of you still need to undergo a test of willpower and enter one floor to comprehend the secrets."

“But your arrival can slightly change the rules. The higher up you go, the better. You have the right to assign a floor to the other eight people,” the old woman said with a smile.

"Why? Is it because of my constitution?" Ye Wuxi couldn't help but ask the reason.

“Our master once said that if one day someone who controls the power of the five elements appears, we can serve her as our master and leave this place with her.”

“Of course, we can refuse, but your cultivation is too low, and you are clearly not qualified for us to follow you,” the old woman said in a deep voice.

"May I ask, senior, who is your master? Is he also a Five Elements physique?" Ye Wuxi didn't pay attention to the old woman's words because her cultivation level was indeed too low. Instead, she asked.

The old woman shook her head. "We are merely our master's servants. Our only duty is to guard this world. We have no right to know anything about our master."

"Then can I choose not to let them enter the Emperor's Palace?" Ye Wuxi got back to the main point.

She understood the old woman's meaning: the powerful Wujia tribe, to everyone else, was merely their guards, which was undeniably a frustrating situation.

"Entering the central city means you've completed the test, an opportunity left by the master for others," the old woman said with a smile. "However, shortening the comprehension time to one day doesn't necessarily go against the master's wishes."

"The export can be maintained for nineteen days, and the Cleansing Pool will take nine days, so you only have ten days to comprehend in the Emperor Sealing Hall."

Where does the exit lead?

"Random teleportation".

"Except for my companions, everyone else will only meditate for one day. Don't let them meet each other, and don't let them know which level of the Cleansing Pool and the Emperor Sealing Hall we visited," Ye Wuxi said quickly.

“Okay.” The old woman did not refuse.

Ye Wuxi then assigned each of the eight people a floor, and Murong Qingge was undoubtedly placed on the worst floor, the first floor, before the matter was considered closed.

"I suggest you go to the Cleansing Pool first, and then go to the Emperor Sealing Hall to study," the old woman nodded.

"Of course I'll listen to my senior."

"However, I heard that four people did not go to the Emperor Sealing Hall, but were instead taken directly to the Cleansing Meridian Pool by their seniors?" Ye Wuxi suddenly asked curiously.

"Perhaps they were just lucky, but they are not qualified to enter the Imperial Conferment Hall at all." The old woman shook her head.

Ye Wuxi's lips twitched. Four Emperor-level powerhouses who could leave behind their legacy were not qualified?

The old woman led Ye Wuxi and Bai Tong to meet, then enveloped the four of them, making them appear at the foot of a towering mountain.

None of the four had ordinary physiques, and upon arriving here, they all felt their blood boiling.

The old woman didn't say much, and led the group upwards. One hour... two hours passed, but they still hadn't reached the summit.

Ye Wuxi was surprised. The old woman's speed was terrifying, but it still took her so long. This was the real Tongtian Mountain.

Another hour passed, and they finally reached the top of the mountain.

There are nine celestial pools, which are built around and connected to a statue that reaches the heavens.

The statue seemed to connect to extraterrestrial stars, with starlight shining down on it, obscuring its face.

The old woman knelt down and bowed respectfully three times to the statue before standing up and saying, "You can enter any of these four pools. I will call you when it's time."

Ye Wuxi also respectfully bowed to the statue before examining the pools. Of the nine heavenly pools, five were somewhat empty, while four were shrouded in white mist, exuding a mysterious aura.

"Senior, there are only four spots in the Cleansing Pool. Is it because the Five Directions Pool is no longer usable?" Ye Wuxi asked telepathically, his eyes flashing slightly.

"Of course not. All nine Heavenly Pools can be used. It's just that before you, five people entered this place and exhausted the energy of those five Heavenly Pools."

"Are there other entrances here?" Ye Wuxi was confused. Could it be that the Imperial Palace didn't control the only entrance?

"This world is actually connected to two continents," the old woman answered her question, and then disappeared.

"Which one should Wuxi enter?"

Bai Tong's voice brought Ye Wuxi back to her senses from the shock. She glanced at the list and randomly chose one.

As soon as she stepped into the Heavenly Pool, a force entered Ye Wuxi's body, smoothing out her meridians and blood.

The four of them quietly received the baptism of the meridian cleansing pool.

With his meridians flowing smoothly and his blood surging, Ye Wuxi silently circulated the Chaos Five Elements Technique, making this the perfect time for cultivation.

The energy in the pool and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged into his body, and Ye Wuxi's cultivation level increased rapidly.

While they were cultivating, the statue in the middle also emitted a mysterious glow, as if it were communicating with the power of extraterrestrial stars.

Gradually, the Heavenly Pool where she was located seemed to be completely connected to the statue. Her cultivation technique was running unconsciously, and Ye Wuxi's consciousness was projected onto the statue. The power of the five elements swept around her, as if the five elements energy was evolving.

As time passed, her cultivation level quickly climbed to the peak of the fourth level, and then directly broke through to the fifth level, after which she drew energy from the other three pools.

Five elements phenomena constantly manifested around her, and her newly mastered Five Elements profound knowledge was rapidly improving.

Yao Qianfeng, who was in the pool next to him, suddenly felt that the energy was dissipating rapidly. Xia Qingzhu and Bai Tong, who were on the other two sides, were also startled and realized that the energy in their pool was somewhat abnormal.

However, they did not wake up abruptly to interrupt the baptism, but simply regarded it as a normal situation and silently accelerated the circulation of their cultivation techniques.

On the ninth day, the energy in the pool was depleted, and Ye Wuxi's blood and qi surged. The Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird unconsciously rushed out, becoming much more solid than before.

Her cultivation level also broke through to the peak of the fifth level of Martial King, and her Five Elements Profound Meaning also improved from the fifth level to the peak of the sixth level.

The energy at the mountaintop completely calmed down, and the old woman's figure reappeared, waking the four of them.

Ye Wuxi nodded in satisfaction. In just a few days, her cultivation and profound understanding had both undergone a transformation, and the gains were quite good. However, she did not feel any major changes.

"Not bad, you've all broken through." Ye Wuxi glanced at the three of them and smiled.

However, she found it strange that the spiritual energy she needed to break through was exceptionally large, and it was not surprising that it was only enough to raise her cultivation level by one level. Why did these three people also raise their cultivation levels by such small amounts?

Yao Qianfeng and Xia Qingzhu are both at the peak of the fifth level, while Bai Tong has only just broken through from the early stage of the sixth level to the peak of the sixth level.

"I always feel like the energy is dissipating very quickly." Bai Tong shook her head, but her eyes were still full of joy. The most important thing about the Meridian Cleansing Pool is to completely activate the bloodline, and she has undoubtedly gained a lot.

Yao Qianfeng and Xia Qingzhu nodded in unison.

Ye Wuxi scratched her head and remained silent. Perhaps she had absorbed all the energy from these three people...

"Time is short, let's go to the Emperor's Palace first," the old woman said, then enveloped the group and disappeared from the mountaintop.

After sending Bai Tong and the other two to the sixth, seventh, and eighth floors respectively, the old woman led Ye Wuxi to the ninth floor of the Emperor's Palace.

There were eighteen statues of emperors in the hall, and just standing there, Ye Wuxi could feel the terrifying will emanating from them.