Yun Jin's soul realm kept surging until it reached the peak of the Tribulation stage before it finally slowed down.
The robot's expression grew dazed. It was as if the peak of Tribulation was not Yun Jin's true limit, but only the limit imposed by the rules of this space.
At this stage, for one's soul realm to break through into Mahayana, one must first endure Heavenly Tribulation. Only after the baptism of lightning could the soul undergo its final transformation, transcending into Mahayana and roaming free across the heavens and earth.
If not for knowing the rules here, the robot would have sworn Yun Jin's soul realm could leap an entire great stage directly.
"This makes no sense!"
He muttered under his breath, eyes fixed on the screen. Even now, he could not understand. What exactly was Yun Jin trying to achieve? Clearly, each level had an easier way to clear, yet she insisted on taking an unthinkable path every time.
The terrifying power of annihilation continued to press down on her.
By right, Yun Jin should have been enduring unbearable pain, but her lips curved into a smile tinged with madness.
Almost there.
The yin energy of the heavens and earth might be endless outside, but this was only a trial space. Here, the yin energy must have a limit.
And what would happen if that limit were surpassed?
Yun Jin truly began to anticipate the outcome.
The crushing force caused blood to seep from the corner of her mouth. Her internal organs felt as though they were being corroded by that chilling power. The pain was indescribable. Yet the closer she came to the limit, the more exhilarated she became. Come, hurry, let her see what change awaited beyond the limit.
The robot's hands trembled as he paced back and forth before the console, unable to decide. This woman was insane. But she had won once by going insane. Then again a second time. Could she truly win a third time?
As he wavered, the deathly still world suddenly shifted.
From the edge of the heavens, a ray of light emerged. At first faint and weak, but it grew brighter, stronger, until it illuminated the entire sky. The world blazed with brilliance. The sun and moon once again hung high together.
Yun Jin raised her head to the radiant light, lips curling into a smile.
See? She had won her gamble yet again.
The other side of extreme darkness was ultimate light. Her experiment had given her the answer she sought. Indeed, when suppression reached the utmost limit, it would inevitably turn outward. This was the third layer of the Yin-Yang Codex: Yin and Yang give birth to one another.
Although Yun Jin was still far from truly comprehending this realm, what she had witnessed today pointed the way forward.
Her path was extremity.
From the extremity of yin would be born yang. From the extremity of yang would arise yin.
Whether she accomplished just one of these, she would step into the third layer of the Yin-Yang Codex. Only then could she truly claim to have entered the inner halls of this Law.
As light and darkness contended, faint cracking sounds rang out.
The trial space, like an eggshell, shattered completely.
[Trial-taker Yun Jin, you have completed all challenges of Path One. You have cleared the trial!]
The next moment—
The mechanical voice resounded in the ears of all trial-takers.
Di Xiao's expression changed!
After endless effort, he had only just reached the second challenge. Beyond this still awaited the third challenge. Yet Yun Jin had already cleared everything?
Di Xiao could not help but doubt reality. Path One awarded a full ten points of trial value, double the value, double the difficulty. He had steeled himself to surpass Yun Jin in completion time even if his ranking points fell short.
But now?
He had barely begun the second stage, while Yun Jin had already cleared the entire path!
The trial space allowed three full months.
How much time had even passed?
A day, perhaps not even.
Di Xiao ground his teeth. His body, born of purest yang and firmest steel, his innate gift with law comprehension—yet he still could not outshine Yun Jin?!
Fury blazed within him as he threw himself wholly into the challenge.
On Path Three—
Bai Yiran was gasping for breath. At first, she could still barely hold on. But once the announcement echoed, despair washed over her.
Yun Jin… she had already cleared it?
She herself was still regretting choosing a path of higher difficulty. But Yun Jin, who had chosen the hardest of all, had already become the very first to succeed. The gap between them was that vast?
Path Four.
Path Five.
…
Every trial-taker shuddered at the news.
"Ten trial points…" Lan Xi frowned deeply. "How could that possibly be surpassed?"
On Path Eight—
Man Sen gave a bitter smile. Even if he cleared it, he would only earn one point. Unless he soared drastically in later stages, he was destined to be nothing more than a runner this time.
The crowd's hearts shifted in different ways. Some grew fiercer in resolve, others lost all fighting spirit.
Meanwhile—
Yun Jin had already arrived in a room brimming with futuristic technology. When she first stepped in, even she faltered slightly. She had once gone on missions to technological worlds, but that was long ago.
And…
Why did this small world possess so many high-tech creations? The sense of dissonance was jarring.
As she hesitated—
A mechanical door slid open.
A robot rolled in atop a sleek hoverboard.
Yun Jin's eyes lit up at the round head with twin antennae. She could not help reaching out to pat it.
"Human!" the robot glared. "Do not touch randomly."
"Sorry, sorry," Yun Jin quickly apologized.
The next moment—
[Emotional Value +100.]
Her eyes gleamed as she turned toward the robot again, gaze transformed.
Heavens.
Just a single word, and this robot had given her one hundred Emotional Value?!
She immediately checked her system, tracing the source.
It was confirmed.
The one before her was the mysterious benefactor, the number one provider on her Emotional Value list!
And earlier, she had even patted his head without respect.
Yun Jin grabbed his small round hand tightly. "What an honor, what an honor. From the first moment I saw you, I felt you were extraordinary."
"This design!"
"This sheen!"
"These dazzling red eyes!"
"I simply cannot look away."
"You must surely be the most perfect being in the entire world—no, the entire universe!"
[Emotional Value +300.]
[Emotional Value +400.]
[Emotional Value +300.]
A faint blush even rose upon the robot's metallic face as he gave her even more Emotional Value.
Yun Jin's heart was moved.
This number one benefactor had already given her so much, and yet he continued to pour Emotional Value upon her.
It was known that—
For a Mahayana peak cultivator, the short-term limit of Emotional Value they could provide was a ninety-nine strike combo of 500 each.
And yet—
This benefactor's Emotional Value had already far surpassed that limit, and he was still providing more.
So then, the question remained—
Just what was this benefactor's true cultivation realm?