Chen Jie - 467

Not just the same realm, they were even at the same level.

Zhu Yi laid down for a while while recovering his Qi. It took a few hours, but he eventually fully recovered his Qi.

He got up and walked deeper into the golden light. After a while, the golden light seemed to slowly thin out. Soon, Zhu Yi was able to see his hands, then his entire body, until finally, he stepped into a throne room. The floor was covered in red carpet and there were many seats to the side. In front of Zhu Yi, where a throne should have been, there was an unfamiliar man sitting on a rock. He was faced away from Zhu Yi. 

Zhu Yi's ears perked up as he heard footsteps. Looking to the side, a familiar face stepped through the golden light.

"Zhu Yi?"

"Wen Si?"

They spoke at the same time.

Wen Si was shocked to see Zhu Yi, while Zhu Yi was shocked to see Wen Si's arm, or lack thereof.

Wen Si had many cuts and a lot of blood covering his body. He was missing an entire arm.

He now held his paper and brush in one hand.

"Eh?!"

Both of them turned to look at the man sitting on a rock. He had turned around and looked at them with confusion, shock, and bewilderment. He seemed like a completely ordinary person.

"Not just one, but two! What kind of era is this?" The man said.

Zhu Yi and Wen Si looked at the man in confusion.

Wen Si spoke. "Are you another trial?"

The man shook his head. "Uh. I'm Chen Jie."

Zhu Yi and Wen Si completely paused.

"Well, technically I'm more like a clone left behind. I'm basically him at the 1st level of the Foundation Establishment realm, but with a lot more knowledge and control over the palace." Chen Jie explained.

Zhu Yi and Wen Si blankly nodded.

"Anyway. Here." Chen Jie waved his hand and a golden light wrapped around them. All the injuries suffered during the trials were healed, though old injuries such as scars were kept.

Wen Si switched his paper back to his other hand, looking just as he had when Zhu Yi first met him.

"Ever since this inheritance was created, two people have never entered at once. A person usually only enters once every million years."

He looked at Wen Si. "You carry the "true" inheritance of the writing sect, so it's not too unbelievable that you came here, but you…"

He looked at Zhu Yi with confusion. "You seem to be using some sort of Space Qi technique, but that appears to be teleportation. Still, it's slightly different. It doesn't make sense that you can teleport at such a low level. In fact, it breaks all known knowledge. Do you have some sort of divine physique or innate talent?" 

Zhu Yi responded. "I have a good master."

Chen Jie nodded. "I won't make you explain anything."

Chen Jie waved his hand and a bunch of items appeared on the floor. "Pick one. Then, I'll give you the true final test."

Zhu Yi looked at the floor, and so did Wen Si. Some things were contained in spatial rings, while others were just laying around.

While they looked around, Zhu Yi asked Chen Jie a question. "What is the true final test?"

Chen Jie spoke. "Fight me at the same realm. For the record, nobody has ever passed the trial, and neither will you."

Zhu Yi nodded in agreement. He didn't even have such a ridiculous idea. That sword princess alone could have killed him without instant completion.

After picking up many spatial rings, Zhu Yi found another and looked inside. He widened his eyes as he looked at the contents.

It was spirit stones. So so many spirit stones. All of them were of high quality as well. Imagining Zhou Fan's recovery after using them, Zhu Yi instantly chose it.

"I want this." Zhu Yi said.

Chen Jie nodded.

Zhu Yi stepped to the side and sat in one of the seats.

After a while, Wen Si stopped looking. "Do you have anything from the founder?" 

Chen Jie nodded and pointed to the side. Wen Si picked up a spatial ring and looked inside. "I want this."

Chen Jie nodded and took the remaining things away.

Wen Si took a golden brush out of the spatial ring and held it in preparation for the final test.

Chen Jie stood in the center of the room with his arms crossed. "Both of you can come at once."

As he spoke, he no longer felt like an ordinary person. He gave off the same feeling as the White Palace.

Zhu Yi and Wen Si did not stand on occasion. They nodded at each other and moved.

Wen Si wrote on his paper and Zhu Yi shot out a sword wave. Chen Jie looked at Zhu Yi and stepped forward. He leisurely dodged the sword wave and grabbed at Zhu Yi.

Zhu Yi jumped back, but Chen Jie's hand felt as if it was impossible to dodge.

Zhu Yi used instant completion with a movement technique to appear behind Chen Jie and stabbed forward.

At the same time, a diagonal line of ink appeared on Chen Jie's back. Chen Jie turned around and the ink line shattered. Zhu Yi's sword was grabbed and Chen Jie threw him and his sword across the room as if he was a ragdoll.

He stepped forward and reached at Wen Si. Wen Si was still in shock at his ink line breaking, but wrote on the paper. A barrier appeared, but Chen Jie pushed forward and it was shattered.

Zhu Yi did not know how strong Wen Si was, but he managed to get through the trial without a time Qi technique.

It was likely that Chen Jie was just so overwhelmingly powerful that they both seemed weak.

Zhou Fan spoke. "He is using the power of a divine physique."

Zhu Yi did not know what a divine physique was, but he listened while charging towards Chen Jie.

"It is a divine physique related to momentum. Nothing can stop him without being countless times more powerful. I have suggestions, but there's nothing you can do here. Just his divine physique is going to defeat you both."