After conquering the Empress, I proved my Dao with the Heaven and Earth Spirit Furnace!

No one knows if there are any other dangers in this place.

"Zizi..."

At this moment, Qin Chuan unfurled his lightning wings, his speed suddenly increasing, even before he had fully absorbed the profound energy.

The distance of two hundred zhang was getting closer and closer with each step he took.

The cultivators behind Qin Chuan also accelerated, but because Qin Chuan had not absorbed all the profound energy, there was still a sense of pressure emanating from them.

Although a significant amount has been reduced, there is still considerable resistance for them.

They could only chase after them one by one, but the distance between them gradually increased.

Wang Teng's eyes were bloodshot as he rushed out like a madman, because Qin Chuan was less than a hundred feet away from the treetop!

One hundred zhang, ninety zhang, eighty zhang, fifty zhang, ten zhang...

Qin Chuan suddenly leaped forward, instantly shooting out more than ten zhang (approximately 33 meters) and standing atop the treetop.

At this moment, everyone is watching!

At that very moment, the Li family patriarch looked at Qin Chuan, Li Ziming looked at Qin Chuan, and all the Li family members and cultivators were looking at Qin Chuan.

At the same moment, all the Xuanhuang Realm cultivators from the five sects and three clans were also staring at Qin Chuan.

For Qin Chuan, being watched by so many Xuanhuang Realm cultivators was enough to make him famous throughout the Southern Region.

In that instant, Li Yunchu, Li Qingshu, Fang Xueyi, Gu Changkong, Wang Teng, Sang Yuan, Cao Jun…

And many more are gazing!

At this moment, the dozens of geniuses from various sects below Qin Chuan, whether unwilling or helpless, all looked at Qin Chuan.

Among those gazes were Gu Qingfeng, Liang Yong, and Zhong Qiu…

At the top of the treetops, at the summit of the earth, Qin Chuan stands alone, gazing at the heavens!

The moment Qin Chuan climbed to the top of the tree, he could feel the immense profound energy emanating from this towering tree.

The density of this profound energy is enough to allow him to break through to the ninth level of the Profound King realm!

At that very moment, Qin Chuan looked down at his feet.

Beneath this towering tree, a vast ocean now appears to have shrunk countless times, becoming a mirror.

At the edge of the mirror, there is nothingness, as if it were an endless dark world.

Above this void, a line of indistinct writing seemed to faintly emerge.

In the past, I contemplated the collapse of Fusang and admired its resilience. I gained some insight and painted on the site where Fusang shattered.

Signed: Wu Daozi.

"Painting, Wu Daozi... Could it be that this self-contained world is a painting?"

Staring at the words in the void, Qin Chuan's eyes flickered, and he gasped inwardly.

As he absorbs the profound energy here, his cultivation will soon break through to the ninth level of the Profound King realm.

But at that moment, a person appeared out of thin air in front of Qin Chuan, on the tree canopy!

He was an elderly man who looked like a hermit, with a snow-white goatee and wearing a simple gray robe.

His exact age is hard to discern, but his bearing reveals an abundance of experience, as if he has lived for countless years.

Furthermore, Qin Chuan could not sense any fluctuations in cultivation level from this old man.

It was as if the other party was just an ordinary person, not a cultivator.

But to be able to appear here, to possess such an endless sense of vicissitude, how could one be an ordinary person?

The old man looked at Qin Chuan with a calm expression, but the calmer he was, the more imposing he appeared.

It was as if even heaven and earth would give way to him when he stood there.

"The road is hard, the road is hard, so many are the forks in the road, where am I now?"

The old man spoke softly, his voice carrying a sense of age and weight.

"This place is not a blessed land, but merely a painting of Fusang, existing in the long river of memory. Before you lie nine paths; choose one to come to me..."

As he spoke, the old man gently waved his sleeve.

Immediately, within the short distance of several hundred feet between him and Qin Chuan, the tree canopy and branches began to twist and split into nine paths.

Each path seemed to lead to the old man.

"Choose one of the paths, take this scripture from me, or if you choose the wrong one, start over!"

When the old man raised his right hand, a page of a book, gleaming with gold, lay in his hand—it was a Taoist scripture!

However, Qin Chuan did not focus his gaze on the Taoist scripture, but looked at the old man not far behind him.

There was a bead the size of a fist there.

The bead is transparent, and its interior seems to be a small world of its own.

Just by looking at this bead, Qin Chuan could vaguely feel that the Ghost Face Flower within his body was about to be suppressed.

"Nine paths, choose one..." Qin Chuan frowned.

Although he wasn't interested in the Taoist scripture, he still had to get past this place to obtain the Heavenly Pearl.

At this moment, under the tree canopy, Wang Teng and the others rushed over one after another, but they could not get up to the tree canopy, as if there was an invisible barrier there.

This ensures that only one person can exist in the tree canopy at a time!

Qin Chuan narrowed his eyes, his gaze sweeping over the nine roads.

These nine roads look exactly the same.

He looked at it for a long time, but still had no clue.

Just then, Qin Chuan looked up at the old man in the distance, and his eyes suddenly flashed.

The old man's third finger on his right hand was slightly raised, which was noticeably different from the other fingers.

After a moment's thought, Qin Chuan absorbed the profound energy of heaven and earth while taking a step forward, entering the third path on the right.

But the moment Qin Chuan stepped in, he suddenly felt dizzy and his ears were ringing, and his vision blurred instantly.

When everything became clear, Qin Chuan was surprised to find that he was not in the treetop, but had returned to the base of the towering tree!

They were less than a hundred feet from the sea surface, and their bodies were still falling.

After regaining his senses, Qin Chuan's expression hardened, and he instantly stopped in his tracks.

When he looked up, he saw Wang Teng's figure stepping onto the treetop.

"If you make the wrong choice, start over..." Qin Chuan frowned.

He knew he had chosen the wrong path.

Choosing from those nine paths is like solving a riddle; there are no hints, making it incredibly difficult to choose unless you try all nine paths...

Just as Qin Chuan was pondering, his eyes suddenly flashed and he saw Wang Teng's figure falling like a shooting star from the treetop.

Heading straight out to sea from there was clearly a failed and wrong choice, so they had to start all over again.

Without further hesitation, Qin Chuan leaped up and headed straight for the treetop above.

The journey was extremely fast, taking nearly half an hour to reach about a hundred feet above the treetop.

Along the way, he had seen more than a dozen cultivators fall into the sea.

At this moment, the Xuanhuang Realm cultivators from various sects on the other side all frowned.

As Qin Chuan stepped into the treetop and began this final test, they all witnessed the scenes unfolding there.

"Nine paths, how should we choose? Since this is about observation, the answer is definitely not a matter of luck; it should lie with the old man!"

"This person doesn't exude any Xuan Qi fluctuations, yet he gives off an unfathomable aura. Perhaps we can find some answers in his previous words..."

"This kind of test, no wonder it's called observation, has no answer at all. Li Qingshu of the Li family actually chose it twice and passed it both times. This is truly commendable."

As these Xuanhuang Realm elders began to speak...

Fang Xueyi looked at the tree canopy with interest in his eyes. After a moment's thought, he suddenly spoke.

"The fourth one on the right!"

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