When focus returned to Zhou Yuan, a tremendous change had occurred to his surroundings.

The misty mountain path had disappeared, and in its place was an endless yellow desert. He was currently standing on a dune, while heat rippled around him, making even the surrounding Genesis Qi appear rather vexed.

A golden sun burned high in the sky, strand after strand of its golden rays pouring onto the ground.

“Is this the second trial?” Mumbled Zhou Yuan as he gazed at the yellow desert.

“I wonder what the test is this time.”

While Zhou Yuan was thinking out loud, the golden rays of sunlight from the sky landed on his body. However, no change could be felt in his physical body or Genesis Qi.

“Not the...