Chapter 1 The Taste of a Mortal

"Pa."

A sound suddenly came from afar. Behind the trees at the edge of the land, the door of one of the inconspicuous stone houses opened, and an old man with white hair, dressed in coarse cloth, walked out.

"Little fellow, feeling like a mortal?"

The old man walked over with a smile, shouting from afar, "Cultivating every day is so tiring. Letting you re-experience the taste of being a mortal, isn't that better? How fragrant are the flowers, how beautiful are the green leaves. You've almost forgotten this feeling of being a mortal, haven't you?"

"Senior is right."

Jiang Xuan put away the thoughts in his mind. This method was indeed remarkable, but it had no effect on him. His state of mind had reached the realm of returning to the original, and these changes could not affect him.

"Eh..."

The white-haired old man gave a light sigh. In the past, creatures had also entered this Land of Origin, but none had ever calmed down as quickly as Jiang Xuan.

"This little fellow is quite interesting."

The white-haired old man nodded and smiled, "The Ancestral Master built this place to relax and to savor the taste of being a mortal. No matter how strong you are, even a Dominator will be like a mortal here. This is the rule of the Land of Origin!"

"Before you, beings have entered every universe era. There have been World Gods, and there have been True Gods, but you are the first to recover so quickly."

The white-haired old man said, "Your state of mind is very good. Perhaps you will have a good achievement."

"Thank you for the praise, Senior," Jiang Xuan said with a smile. He himself knew the importance of the "heart," so all versions of himself in various worlds were comprehending it, naturally growing stronger and stronger.

Moreover, he already knew the situation in the Land of Origin. If he couldn't even do this, it would be truly strange.

Suddenly—

A black dog suddenly darted out from the bushes next to him. It was very thin, staring at Jiang Xuan with wide eyes.

The white-haired old man looked at the black dog and explained, "The Ancestral Master spent a lot of effort to refine it. It specifically guards the Land of Origin. In the Land of Origin, the strongest is it."

Jiang Xuan nodded. He knew that this black dog was very powerful. Back then, the Sword Master forcibly broke into the Land of Origin and had a piece of his flesh bitten off by it.

It should be known that the Sword Master at that time had already reached the third level of the Void God realm, the Chaos realm. But even so, a piece of his flesh was bitten off. Although the black dog itself was also severely taught by the Sword Master, it could be seen how strong this black dog was.

This was definitely a creation at the Void God level. Jiang Xuan didn't want to provoke it.

"Let's go. Your realm is the Pioneering realm. This test is for the Pioneering realm. Of course, I must remind you that this test is a narrow escape from death."

The white-haired old man said to Jiang Xuan, while leading the way. They were now like mortals, and it took them half an hour to walk twenty *li* away. There were five large trees there. The trunks of the trees required several people to hold hands to hug them. The white-haired old man led Jiang Xuan to the middle one.

"Come in with me."

The white-haired old man's body touched the tree and he directly passed through it and disappeared. Jiang Xuan also followed, touching the tree and passing through directly.

Shuttling through space, before him was a vast, icy land, full of ice. Upon entering here, Jiang Xuan's divine power cultivation was no longer suppressed.

Standing in the air, he looked in all directions. The icy land stretched endlessly into the distance. The white-haired old man stood to the side.

"Your test is this entire world," the white-haired old man said, pointing to this endless space.

"This world?" Jiang Xuan looked at this icy world. He actually knew the specific test of the Pioneering realm.

"What you have to do is survive in this world," the white-haired old man said. "Either you die, or you live. Be careful, it has already begun."

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~

The temperature in this icy world was dropping sharply. Crystalline ice crystals began to condense in the air.

An ice crystal condensed in mid-air, its tip extremely sharp. With a "shiu" sound, the ice crystal shot through the void, tearing through the sky with terrifying power and speed, arriving before Jiang Xuan in an instant.

Jiang Xuan watched calmly, pointing his right finger at the void. Ripples appeared in the void, and the ice crystal shattered upon impact. Although it seemed effortless, in reality, that ice crystal contained the power of law and could already threaten ordinary True Gods.

"Not bad, but this test has only just begun..." the white-haired old man murmured.

As one ice crystal shattered, the temperature dropped rapidly again. In the air, ice crystals were rapidly condensing, constantly piercing through the void.

Ice crystals were everywhere, and Jiang Xuan didn't dare to be careless. He unleashed his Space-Time Domain, using Space-Time rules to shatter countless ice crystals.

But in this world, the number of ice crystals was still increasing dramatically, increasing tenfold, a hundredfold, quickly covering the entire world, dense and countless!

Jiang Xuan was at the center of the ice crystal storm, standing still. The Space-Time Domain was infused with the power of the Blade Dao, as if there were countless Space-Time blade lights, constantly shattering the ice crystals.

"Eh, he blocked the first round with just the Space-Time Domain?"

The white-haired old man was somewhat surprised. Jiang Xuan made it look too easy. Although the ice crystal storm had not stopped, with his vision, he could naturally see that it was difficult for the ice crystal storm to threaten Jiang Xuan. He would definitely pass the first round.

"At the Pioneering realm level, also the Space-Time Dao, but much stronger than that little fellow last time."

The white-haired old man recalled that in this universe, there was a Space-Time Island Lord who had also come to the Land of Origin, but he had failed the Pioneering realm test, losing a clone here.

Of course, this white-haired old man didn't know that although Jiang Xuan's life level was equivalent to a Pioneering realm True God, his true strength had already reached the level of a True God Dominator. And even among True God Dominators, he was definitely not a weakling. How could the Space-Time Island Lord at the Pioneering realm be compared?

Chichi~~

The temperature was still dropping. In the endless ice crystal storm, black liquid actually condensed, drop by drop, but the moment it appeared within the Space-Time Domain, it was instantly annihilated.

"Boom!!!"

After a few breaths, the countless black liquids suddenly moved, constantly impacting the Space-Time Domain, surging towards Jiang Xuan.

Each drop of black liquid could easily pierce through the body of a Pioneering realm True God. Countless drops gathered, and even the most top-notch Pioneering realm True Gods wouldn't dare to take it head-on.

"Sever!"

Jiang Xuan shouted coldly, as if space-time had been cut off. A barrier cut across the heavens and earth, directly isolating all the black liquid on the other side. No matter how turbulent it was, it still couldn't break through that Space-Time barrier.

"This..." The white-haired old man stared wide-eyed, watching the countless black liquids being completely isolated. He found it unbelievable. Even those creatures who had reached the peak of the Pioneering realm could not possess such strength, yet Jiang Xuan was so calm and collected, looking like he hadn't used his full power at all.

"The third wave is also the last wave."

The white-haired old man looked at Jiang Xuan expectantly. The power of rules was still operating, and the temperature between heaven and earth continued to decrease. The rules here were different from the outside world, determined by Tianyu Old Ancestor. Absolute zero had long been broken, but the temperature was still decreasing continuously, as if there was no end.

And as the temperature dropped, an extremely strange scene appeared in this icy world. The vast icy land was actually melting, dissolving into countless black liquids. The endless black liquids quickly gathered and transformed into a black dragon, ferocious and terrifying. Every black dragon scale was endlessly cold, and any wisp of aura could freeze everything.

"Space-Time Destruction!"

Jiang Xuan flipped his palm, and an Eternal True God Blade fell into his hand. He slashed forward, and wherever it passed, the void collapsed, and space-time was collapsing. In the blink of an eye, the entire icy world began to shatter.

Without any warning, the black *jiao* dragon seemed to be cut by countless tiny blades, directly shattered into hundreds of millions of pieces, decomposed from the most primitive level!

In Jiang Xuan's eyes, a five-colored flame swept across, with endless divine might, capable of burning the heavens and boiling the seas, annihilating everything, but also with infinite vitality. A wisp of flame seemed to be able to breed hundreds of millions of living beings.

The divine fire swept across, and the world was purified. The black *jiao* dragon fragments were directly annihilated, leaving not a single trace.

"Congratulations, you have passed the test." The white-haired old man was slightly stunned for a moment before congratulating him, because Jiang Xuan had passed this level too easily. Compared to those who had struggled to barely pass in the past few epochs, he was more than twice as strong!

"Shall we go out?" the white-haired old man continued.

"Okay." Jiang Xuan smiled. This level was indeed not difficult for him. After all, it was a Pioneering realm test, and the difficulty only reached the threshold of the True God Dominator level. With his strength, passing this level was simply picking up a bargain.

The white-haired old man led Jiang Xuan out of this icy world together, while still sighing beside him, "The Ancestral Master left this test to test the ability to survive and protect oneself. Whether your ability to protect yourself or your power to kill enemies head-on are so outstanding, truly amazing, much more powerful than that little fellow who was good at Space-Time last time."

"You flatter me," Jiang Xuan said with a faint smile. He had gathered top inheritance secret techniques from all sides, and he also had the cheat of the Chaos Space. It was only natural that he could achieve this step.

The white-haired old man chuckled and continued to lead Jiang Xuan back, passing through layers of distorted worlds, passing through the protection of these layers of worlds, and returning to the outside of the thatched hut.

"You have passed the Pioneering realm test. You can enter one of the thatched huts. You can obtain a great opportunity from it, and it is definitely an opportunity that can make countless beings envious!"

The white-haired old man said with a smile, while leading Jiang Xuan to the leftmost thatched hut. Jiang Xuan knew the purpose of Tianyu Old Ancestor creating this place. He knew something about the opportunities in this house.

"Go in," the white-haired old man said to Jiang Xuan.

"Okay." Jiang Xuan replied calmly, then gently pushed open the wooden door of the thatched hut. The wooden door seemed ordinary, but the inside of the thatched hut was a dim, vortex-like space, difficult to see clearly.

Stepping inside, passing through this layer of dim vortex, the scene before him suddenly changed.