[v]Laugh at me for being a loser? You'll all kneel down after you awaken your talent!

"Mother, take a rest." Since they were in the spirit stone space, Tangtang wasn't afraid of others seeing the phoenix fire on her body. The whole bird jumped in front of Baihuang like a little fireball.

Baihuang only sleeps a few hours a day. She is really afraid that before the great formation is completed, her mother will become a cultivation madman first.

"No!" Bai Huang's attitude was very firm. "I can't afford to waste a single minute here."

Hua Cheng, who had been secretly observing Bai Huang, discovered that she wasn't completely still. Every now and then, she would open her eyes and desperately stuff something into her mouth. Her eyes were bloodshot. Anyone who didn't know better would think she was diligently cultivating somewhere, but anyone with eyes could see that she was just sitting and cultivating.

She looked increasingly tired, unlike those around her who had absorbed a lot of profound energy and become radiant.

However… every time Bai Huang opened her eyes, the light in them would become more intense.

She was like a fanatical researcher, her eyes growing increasingly frantic and obsessive as her work neared its release.

"Tch!" Some people were annoyed to see Bai Huang wolfing down her food and seemingly in a good mood. They vented their anger at failing to reach the top on Bai Huang. "Bai Huang! You really have a big heart. How can you still eat at a time like this?"

Bai Huang's mind was filled with the array diagrams of the great formation. When she heard the mocking voice, she looked up and, to her horror, discovered that even the faces of the group of people sitting cross-legged outside looked like array diagrams.

Hua Cheng glanced at the person who spoke. The person recognized Hua Cheng and, seeing his cold expression, shrank back. "Why are you looking at me? I didn't say anything wrong!"

Bai Huang didn't want to waste even half a minute on this idiot. After all, one minute here is equivalent to six minutes in the space, and she felt bad about it!

So he swallowed the mouthful of food and quickly closed his eyes to calm himself down.

As time passed day by day, Bai Huang gradually improved her strength.

He became increasingly adept at controlling the large formation.

The sixth day arrived in the blink of an eye, with two hours remaining before Xuanling was to appear.

Outside the tower, the members of the four major families were getting restless.

Old Master Gu's eyes were fixed on Gu Xiao's name, because since the beginning of the session, Gu Xiao's name had been fluctuating between the eighth and ninth floors.

"Gu Xiao is attempting to break through to the ninth level!" The Hua family patriarch clapped his hands in surprise. "It seems this child has been cultivating on the eighth level for six days, preparing for a final gamble!"

Phoenix Emperor nodded as well. As the emperor of the Heavenly Phoenix, he naturally did not want to see the Zongxuan Alliance become the sole dominant force.

"He's a smart kid." He was in a good mood because Feng Yu had just managed to climb to the ninth floor with difficulty. There was no water-type Xuan practitioner stronger than him, so the Phoenix Emperor wasn't worried that anyone would pose a threat to Feng Yu.

The Third Elder's expression was gloomy. He cursed Linglong in his heart for not taking the opportunity to deal with that brat Gu Xiao earlier.

He gripped the teacup tightly in his hand. That brat Gu Xiao killed his Yangyang, and he desperately wanted to tear him apart!

"Up!" The Hua family head's eyes widened suddenly as he saw Gu Xiao's two words, slowly and firmly, as he squeezed onto the ninth floor.

The entire venue erupted in cheers.

The teacup in the Third Elder's hand was suddenly crushed.

The only situation where there were two people at the highest level occurred.

At the top of the lightning tower, Gu Xiao of the Gu family and Linglong of the Zongxuan Alliance.

At the top of the water tower stands the Third Prince, Feng Yu.

At the top of the fire-element tower, the Bai family, Bai Song.

At the top of the wooden tower, Shangguan Fengmo, the second daughter of the Shangguan family.

The wind blows from the top of the tower, and the flowers bloom heavily.

"Look, people at the other tower tops have also started attempting to reach the ninth floor!"

Suddenly, a series of exclamations erupted from the crowd, revealing that many people from the eighth floor were putting all their effort into rushing towards the ninth floor.

"It seems they're all kids who stopped at the eighth level to accumulate strength, waiting for their final gamble." Phoenix's eyes showed a hint of interest. "But... does reaching the ninth level really mean they've truly obtained the Profound Spirit?" He gave a meaningful smile.

"Where is Luo Jing?" Phoenix couldn't find Luo Jing anywhere, so he turned to his attendant and asked, "Go and find Luo Jing quickly. Tell him that Xuan Ling is about to appear, so he can prepare and give those children a big gift!" He said with a strange and meaningful expression.

……

The riots in the tower didn't just happen between the eighth and ninth floors.

Even those disciples at the bottom still wanted to climb up. Although they had no hope of seizing the Xuanling, who wouldn't want to prove their strength more?

Who knows, someone might be chosen by a major sect like the Zongxuan Alliance?

Hua Cheng glanced at Bai Huang one last time; she remained sitting quietly cross-legged in the same spot.

She hadn't even opened her eyes to eat for a long time this time, and a light layer of dust had settled on her shoulders.

He looked as if he had turned into a motionless statue.

"Bai Huang, I'm going up to the fifth floor." Although he knew she might not be able to hear him, Hua Cheng still approached and whispered, "Although you may not think I'm a good person, I really admire you." What he really wanted to say was, "I still like you very much, but I feel that I no longer have the right to say the word 'like'."

Having said what was on his mind, he no longer lingered and turned to rush towards the entrance to the fifth floor.

Countless people rushed from the tenth floor to the fifth floor, and countless others rushed from the third floor to the fourth floor. The people around Bai Huang changed wave after wave, while she herself was in the spirit stone space, her hands trembling as she looked at the array plate that was 99% complete.

"So close!" Her eyes were bloodshot. "Just a little bit more!"

She fiercely suppressed the urge to roar, focusing all her attention on meticulously sketching the final stroke.

Sweat dripped into her eyes, which were wide open from working so hard, causing them to sting uncontrollably, but she felt nothing at all.

"Just a little bit more..."

Outside the massive lightning prison, a veiled woman trembled slightly as she looked at Bai Huang, who was sitting cross-legged and cultivating quietly, her eyes filled with an indescribable, overwhelming hatred.

"Bai Huang! Bai Huang!" she murmured softly, her whole being consumed by an intense, obsessive resentment.

She touched her face, which was covered with crisscrossing scars.

Shangguan Ling'er trembled as she took out the magical treasure her father had given her to save her life—a small bow and arrow.

This bow and arrow can only be used once, and can withstand a powerful blow from a Nine-Star Mystic Warrior.

This was originally given to Shangguan Ling'er by the head of the Shangguan family to save her life, but she took it out, nocked an arrow, and aimed it directly at Bai Huang's forehead.

His eyes were filled with madness. "I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!"