Chapter 276

Chapter 276: Power of the Sun

Li Shuang gazed at the sunrise, lost in its beauty.

There were countless sights in this world.

Only the light of the sun and moon felt truly boundless, and every time she looked at it, she gained a new insight.

A strange thought rose in her heart.

By all reason, Myriad Arts City and the Soul Prison should have been only phantom spaces.

But this space kept turning illusion into reality.

If an arm was cut off in the Soul Prison, it was cut off in the real world.

If a spirit root grew in the Soul Prison, it grew in the real world.

This was a true blur between what was real and what was not.

Now, she felt a sudden curiosity.

[Then what about the sun and moon here? Are they real too?]

No.

That was not right.

The sun and moon here could not be real.

In the true world, the Lunar Star would not vanish and the Sun Star rise at the exact same instant.

Here, these two stars seemed to never meet, yet always touch.

A shocking idea flashed across Li Shuang’s mind.

The sun here, the Sun Star, was clearly not real.

Then, who had the power to simulate these two stars to such a level?

Even the City Lord might not be able to do this!

What was the true origin of Myriad Arts City?

The sun here did not truly exist, but to Li Shuang it burned just as hot and felt just as fierce.

More than that, because this sun was false, she could see it even more clearly.

Mortals could not look straight at the real Sun Star.

But this false Sun Star let her faintly catch something hidden within it.

A figure surfaced in Li Shuang’s mind.

That figure looked up at the supreme Sun Star. Then, taking his understanding of the Sun Star, he gathered it into a false sun and raised it above the Soul Prison.

This false sun was an unrivaled expert’s insight into the real Sun Star!

Li Shuang tilted her head back and stared at the sky, more and more entranced.

An unrivaled expert’s understanding of the Sun Star was now displayed before her so clearly.

Before this, she had not noticed it at all.

The Golden Soul Altar was a first-rate fortune. But if she could watch the Sun Star and receive that expert’s insight, this chance was far better than the Golden Soul Altar alone.

While sword rain filled the sky, Li Shuang could no longer block it all. Sharp Sword Qi pierced into her body, and blood ran down her Spirit Soul Body.

Yet Li Shuang seemed not to feel it. She only kept looking up, dazed, at the heavens.

Her behavior was so strange.

As Ember watched, her face slowly grew serious.

Li… she was staring at the Sun Star at a time like this!

The Sun Star was blazing beyond measure. If one could gain anything from it, that would be a great fortune.

But with Li’s current realm, could she really bear a vision on this level?

As Li Shuang kept watching, the embroidery in her arms slowly grew hot.

Her brows twitched.

Then, the Sunrise Embroidery suddenly caught fire. In a single breath, it burned away and turned into specks of red light.

The red light wrapped around her.

In that instant, Li Shuang felt herself become a small sun.

With the power of ice, she reached toward the edge of fire.

The moment the sword rain fell, the power of the Sun Star was tugged down. Streaks of flame dropped from above.

The storm of swords melted away in a heartbeat.

Li Shuang stood quietly where she was.

Waves of Heavenfire surrounded her, and behind her, the Azure Lotus appeared once more.

Sunfire tempered the ultimate ice.

The lotus petals, scorched by the flames, took on a glassy sheen that shimmered with shifting light, stunningly beautiful.

All of it happened in a blink.

The sword rain vanished without a trace.

Li Shuang stood within the fire, as if reborn.

“With the most extreme fire, temper the most extreme ice,” Wu Xiang suddenly laughed: “Interesting. Truly interesting. If the situation weren’t so tense, I would want to calculate her future myself.”

To calculate the future, the more unpredictable it was, the greater the price to pay.

For a peerless talent like Li, even he would pay no small cost to do it.

“City Lord Yu, how did you teach a disciple like this?” The others looked to Ember, a hint of envy in their eyes.

Ember lightly coughed: “Keep it low key. I only said a few things to her.”

She was telling the truth.

The others only put on looks that said she was showing off again.

Ember smiled, feeling a quiet delight.

She had only made up a reason to shelter Li Shuang. She had never thought Li Shuang would be this strong, which made her, a pretend Master, look very impressive!

She even started to envy Li Shuang’s real Master.

[What kind of fortune does it take to receive a disciple like this?]

Sword Sect.

Lin Qing Ling suddenly sneezed several times in a row.

She rubbed her nose, puzzled.

[How can I still sneeze at my level? Is someone secretly jealous of my looks again?]

After admiring herself for a moment, she thought of Li Shuang.

Li Shuang had been in seclusion for more than two years.

Every time her disciple came out, she brought a new surprise. This time, how far had she grown?

Less than a year remained before the sect grand meet.

Little Shuang would probably come out by then, right?

Golden Soul Altar.

“Trialist Li!”

“She cleared the sixth floor!”

Before the Water Screen, everyone watched as Li Shuang rose to the top of the Central Pillar.

Then, all images vanished at once.

The seventh floor was never shown to outsiders.

Whether Li could pass the seventh floor, they could only wait for the result.

Li… had truly cleared the sixth floor.

In the Waiting Space, silence fell over everyone.

This time, their feelings changed again.

Before, when they thought of Li, they felt jealousy and frustration.

But now…

They felt a faint pride, as if they shared in her honor.

They had joined the same Golden Soul Altar as a future legend.

A thousand years from now, for many of them, this might be the greatest thing they had ever been part of.

“Wait for her to come out,” You Lan said calmly: “The result for the seventh floor should come soon.”

Everyone nodded and waited quietly.

Li Shuang stood on the golden dais and still did not move.

Eyes closed, she lingered in that moment just now.

That moment was very strange.

First, the false Sun Star had given her a chance to touch the Power of the Sun.

Second, because her heart had been fully relaxed, a curious insight had risen on its own.

And Elder Ling’s Sunrise Embroidery, at that exact instant, had become a kind of medium.

That medium had let her, for one heartbeat, draw the Power of the Sun.

Of course, it had lasted only a heartbeat.

When that wondrous instant passed and she looked again to the Sun Star, she could not enter that subtle state anymore.

She only felt that her understanding of fire among the Five Elements had deepened again.

The Sun Star was the extreme of fire.

Even a tiny bit of insight into it was a huge step forward in the power of fire.

This time, only because she had accidentally pulled on the Sun Star’s power could she clear the test.

It was a pity about Elder Ling’s Sunrise Embroidery.

Li Shuang steadied her mood, stepped forward, and stood upon the Central Pillar.

She looked at what lay in the center, and surprise flickered in her eyes.