Multiverse Skill System

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"Is the assessment over?"

Only this reason makes sense, but Yi Shuihan still can't figure out what this test is actually testing. Is it just testing one's Dao heart and perseverance? That's too childish for someone at the level of a Great Dao Emperor. With such a short time, anyone could pass it, right?

A piece of information appeared out of nowhere in Yi Shuihan's mind: it was the reason why he had come here from the desert.

The desert journey ended because enough people had been eliminated. The main function of the desert is to eliminate unqualified Great Dao Emperors, not to test their Dao heart. If not enough people are eliminated, they will continue to walk in the desert.

"Yi boy!"

The excited shout made Yi Shuihan look up and see the Life Emperor not far away. At this moment, the Life Emperor did not look so glamorous. He looked very slovenly, with messy hair, clothes covered in dust, and his pants and sleeves rolled up halfway. He did not look like a powerful being at all.

"Master."

Upon seeing the Emperor of Life, Yi Shuihan felt half relieved and quickly went over to stand beside him.

"This damn desert has really worn me out. Yi, tell me about your experience and see if it's any different."

"After you left, I followed you into that vortex and ended up in a small wooden cabin. Outside the cabin was an endless desert. I kept walking and walking until I suddenly found myself here."

"Hmm, it seems we have the same experience. I don't know who came up with that desert, it's really troublesome. Every step we take absorbs some of our energy. When we first left the wooden house, our bodies were almost empty, but in the desert, not only did we not recover, we became even more empty."

The words of the Emperor of Life startled Yi Shuihan, who then realized the discord he hadn't noticed before. It turned out that all the contestants had been drained, which explained the strange feeling Yi Shuihan had.

Yi Shuihan's own recovery ability far exceeded the rate of consumption in the desert, so he didn't notice this. He had already fully recovered, and he could be said to be the one in the best condition in the entire field.

Overall, this is good news, greatly increasing Yi Shui Han's competitiveness.

"Hey, why do you look so energetic?"

“Master, you know I have extraordinary regenerative abilities, so…”

Yi Shuihan gave him a knowing look.

The Emperor of Life stared blankly at Yi Shuihan, then compared himself to her, and suddenly felt a little aggrieved. He sighed, turned his head away, and looked like he didn't want to talk. It seemed that the blow had been quite significant.

Seeing his master's reaction, Yi Shuihan wanted to offer some comfort, but after thinking for a long time, he finally gave up. It was really hard to comfort him. He couldn't just say that it's normal for people to have different abilities, and that his disciple was exceptionally talented, so he shouldn't compare himself to the master; or that he was the only genius in the world, and that all the other Great Dao Emperors were just like him; or that even if the master tried his best, he couldn't compare to him, and that a disciple like him who surpassed his master was exactly what he was looking for.

They can't offer comfort, but they do offer some toxic motivational quotes.

Putting aside the Emperor of Life for the moment, Yi Shuihan began to explore the surrounding environment and discovered that they were in an ancient hall. Why was it ancient? Because every bit of air here exuded the scent of time.

Does time have a flavor? Of course it does. Just like in the myriad worlds, although we cannot judge a person's age, we can tell whether they are young or an old monster. This involves the flavor of time. Things that have been refined by time will eventually have subtle differences.

After all, this was the place where the opportunity for a breakthrough lay, so it was normal that it was ancient, and it didn't attract much attention from Yi Shuihan.

Yi Shuihan is currently standing at the edge of the main hall, while in the center of the main hall is a high platform with a stone tablet, but there is nothing on it at the moment.

Apart from the stone tablet on the high platform, there was nothing else in the entire hall, making it seem very empty.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, plus me and my master, that makes eight. This definitely isn't all of them. Does that mean there are other branch venues?"

Yi Shuihan was somewhat disappointed that he couldn't find Salama, but he quickly recovered. How could everything go smoothly? Having a master around was already a stroke of luck.

"War Maniac, I didn't expect you to be here too."

At this moment, two tall men walked over one after the other, greeting Yi Shuihan with smiles.

"Thunder and Ice, how have you been?"

In order to collect data, Yi Shuihan had fought against most of the Great Dao Emperors, so he could naturally recognize the two in front of him. He also knew the other four who had not come, but it was clear that he did not have a good relationship with them.

Yi Shuihan isn't some kind of treasure, so naturally he can't be liked by everyone. In fact, most of the Great Dao Emperors have a very ordinary relationship with him, and some even dislike him, but they just don't show it because of his strength.

The Thunder Emperor is a Great Dao Emperor who achieved enlightenment through the Dao of Thunder. He possesses astonishing destructive power and ranks ninth in strength across all the heavens and myriad realms. He has a fiery temper but is also very forthright and straightforward. He loves fighting and became friends with Yi Shuihan after a fight.

Melting Ice, a variant of the Ice and Fire Dao, possesses extraordinary strength. Although not as powerful as Thunder, he is still among the top dozens in the myriad realms. He is taciturn and has a rather ordinary relationship with Yi Shuihan, but he is a good friend of Thunder.

"If you two can come, why can't my disciple? Do you think you can beat my disciple?"

The Emperor of Life has been resurrected and has started showing off his disciples. He looks up at the sky while speaking, appearing very lonely, but in reality, he gives off a very sharp and shrewish vibe.

"What the senior said is true. We were inconsiderate. We thought that Wuxian would come next time. His strength still has a lot of room for improvement, unlike us, whose strength is already difficult to improve further."

The Thunder Emperor was very respectful, which was somewhat out of character for him, making the Life Emperor very satisfied. You know, the Thunder Emperor was not like this in front of him before. This is the benefit of having a powerful disciple!

"That's true, but I can't wait that long. The path of cultivation is about forging ahead against the current. Now that my strength has reached the standard, why wait until next time?"

This is only part of the reason; Yi Shuihan did not reveal the message that the person in the company was relaying.

"As expected of you, War Maniac, I admire you."

Chapter 1519, Fearless of Death

After exchanging their experiences in the desert, they began to discuss the current situation.

"What's the deal with this place? Could that high platform be the so-called testing ground?"

"Very likely, why don't we give it a try?"

"You can have this."

As they spoke, they walked to the side of the high platform.

There were a total of eight Great Dao Emperors in the main hall. Yi Shuihan had four of them, and the remaining four had also gathered together, seemingly forming a small alliance, and had also come to the side of the high platform.

Perhaps some mechanism was triggered, the stone tablet on the high platform began to emit a faint light, and then characters began to appear.

"Death is not the end of everything; only those who are not afraid of death are qualified to continue moving forward."

That's all the text. This sentence is easy to understand, but its use here might leave people a little confused.

Only those who are not afraid of death are qualified to continue moving forward. But what does it mean to be unafraid of death? How can this be proven? By swearing that you are not afraid of death?

The group of Great Dao Emperors pondered this question, each of them frowning.

"So what should we do?"

As to whether he was afraid of death or not, Yi Shuihan didn't actually have an answer. Sometimes he wasn't afraid of death because he believed that he could be resurrected after death. But was he really not afraid? He was afraid because if he died, he would have nothing left, and he didn't want to lose everything he had.

Whether one can be resurrected after dying here is a question even Yi Shuihan himself doesn't know the answer to, because this place is no longer the myriad realms of the heavens. Many rules have changed, and the system's abilities have been weakened considerably. He asked the system, and the system's answer was uncertain.

Just this one sentence stumped all eight Great Dao Emperors present. Even for Great Dao Emperors, comprehending life and death was not so easy. Physical death was not true death, and even the death of the soul was not considered true death. For Great Dao Emperors, only the complete erasure of their own existence was true death.

The hall remained quiet for more than half an hour before a short, elderly man finally made a change.

This Great Dao Emperor is the Thousand Transformations Emperor, who attained the Dao through the Dao of Transformation. He is proficient in all kinds of transformations and can transform most things in the myriad realms. In fact, the things he transforms into even have their own effects. For example, if he transforms into a ginseng doll, then he really has the effects of a ginseng doll. If he transforms into a phoenix, then he has the phoenix's Nirvana and Rebirth supernatural power.

The Thousand Transformations Emperor jumped onto the stage, lay down, closed his eyes, and his aura vanished instantly, making him look exactly like a dead man.

"Playing dead? No, this is definitely dead."

Yi Shuihan was surprised to find that he could not see any flaws in the Thousand Transformations Emperor. No matter how he looked at it, the Thousand Transformations Emperor on the high platform was just a corpse. It was perfectly reasonable to say that he was dead. Of course, he knew that the Thousand Transformations Emperor was definitely not really dead. His current death was just a special method.

"Can this kind of apparent proof of fearlessness really work?"

All the Great Dao Emperors focused their attention on the high platform, each with their own thoughts.

Time passed second by second, but there was no reaction on the high platform. The Thousand Transformations Emperor remained lying there quietly.

A quarter of an hour later, everyone realized that the Thousand Transformations Emperor had failed. They were disappointed but also somewhat relieved. They were disappointed that such a shortcut could not pass, but relieved that the Thousand Transformations Emperor's failure meant that everyone was back on the same starting line.

An hour later, the Thousand Transformations Emperor suddenly opened his eyes, stood up, and realized that he had failed the test. Disappointed, he walked down from the platform.

"War Maniac, I've got an idea."

The Thunder Emperor suddenly spoke, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

"If you kill me, I won't fight back."

"what?"

Staring in astonishment at the Thunder Emperor, Yi Shuihan could hardly believe what he was hearing. It wasn't until the Thunder Emperor repeated himself that Yi Shuihan finally accepted what the Thunder Emperor had said.

"Here's what I'm thinking: if you try to kill me and I don't fight back, then I'll die. That would definitely fit the saying 'not afraid of death.' And since this place is here, maybe it will revive me and I'll pass the test."

That makes sense, but actually doing it would be too difficult. The Thunder Emperor's decision is undoubtedly admirable.

If he's dead, then he's really dead. And if the guess is wrong, then there's no way to save him.

"Do you really want to do this?"

"Do it!"

Faced with the calm gaze of the Thunder Emperor, Yi Shuihan gave up trying to dissuade him. This was out of respect for the Thunder Emperor. Yi Shuihan saw the Thunder Emperor's determination in his eyes, a kind of fearlessness, a persistence that would not give up even if there was only a sliver of hope.

Why did he come here? The answer is simple: to break through. He cannot break through without overcoming this current obstacle, which is something that the Thunder Emperor cannot accept. Therefore, he chose this dangerous method.

"Why not let Molten Ice take action?"

"He's not strong enough. If you make a move, I'll die even faster."

The answer was very reasonable, and Yi Shuihan was speechless.

For some reason, the Thunder Emperor stood on the high platform, intending to die there, since the platform seemed like a testing ground.

With arms outstretched, in a gesture of embracing death, the Thunder Emperor's eyes held a terrifyingly resolute gaze.

Compared to the Thousand Transformations Emperor just now, the Great Dao Emperors were more focused and nervous this time. If the Thunder Emperor succeeded, they could use the same method to pass. If the Thousand Transformations Emperor had passed before, they could only give him a direction because they did not have the ability to "die" directly like the Thousand Transformations Emperor. This time was different; they could completely replicate it.

In order to repay the trust of the Thunder Emperor, Yi Shuihan did not hold back and went all out to strike, striving to let the Thunder Emperor enjoy a painless death.

A seemingly ordinary punch contains extremely complex techniques and is far more complex than it appears on the surface.

With a single punch, the Thunder Emperor's life force was extinguished. The Thunder Emperor's expression and eyes did not change at all, which made the Great Dao Emperors watching gasp. What did this mean? It meant that the Thunder Emperor died without even feeling death coming, which indirectly demonstrated Yi Shuihan's power.

Chapter 1520, How to Die Right

If this were in the myriad realms, because of the existence of the Dao River, Kuang Lei's imperial lineage would not have been erased, and he would be resurrected at some point in the future, so he wouldn't be completely dead. However, the situation here is slightly different. None of the Great Dao Emperors who entered the breakthrough opportunity in the past have been resurrected in the myriad realms.

Yi Shuihan really hoped that the Thunder Emperor would pass the test. If he were to die like this, even if it wasn't his wish, he would still feel guilty, since he was the one who killed him.

Tiny points of light illuminated the corpse of the Thunder Emperor, and then his completely dissipated aura suddenly reappeared.

"Success!"

Seeing this, Yi Shuihan knew perfectly well that the Thunder Emperor had made the right bet. While he was happy for the Thunder Emperor, he was also horrified by the mystery of this place. He was certain that he had killed the Thunder Emperor, yet the mystery here had so easily brought him back to life.

Resurrection is not a difficult thing. By mastering the Dao of Time, one can reverse time. In the myriad realms, Yi Shuihan can also resurrect a living being. However, such resurrection is based on the fact that the true spirit of that being still exists in the myriad realms. Moreover, the more powerful the being, the more difficult it is to resurrect. With Yi Shuihan's strength, he can only resurrect beings below the True Saint Realm of the Chaos Emperor.

Yi Shuihan could never resurrect a Great Dao Emperor; he estimated that even the great master who achieved the Great Dao Emperor through the Dao of Time couldn't do it.

Enveloped in the fluorescent light, the Thunder Emperor quickly understood the situation. He gave Yi Shuihan a grateful look, and just as he was about to say something, the fluorescent light suddenly shone brightly, and the Thunder Emperor's figure disappeared.

"Let me do it next."

Unbeknownst to him, the Ice-Melting Emperor stood in the spot where the Thunder-Raising Emperor had previously been, and said coldly.

Speechless, I looked at the Ice-Melting Emperor. His attitude was really something else. He was asking for help, but it felt like he was giving orders.

Yi Shuihan wasn't angry. He knew that the Ice-Melting Emperor was just like that; it wasn't intentional.

With the experience from the first time, Yi Shuihan killed even more smoothly this time, and with one punch, he killed another Great Dao Emperor.

The lifeless Ice Emperor began to glow, indicating that he had passed away.

"Failed!"

Yi Shuihan thought that the Ice-Melting Emperor would also be teleported away, but the fluorescent light on the Ice-Melting Emperor only lasted until his injuries were fully healed, and then disappeared.

This situation stunned Yi Shuihan and all the Great Dao Emperors.

"What happened? It was clearly the same as the previous Thunder Emperor, so why did it fail?"

A Great Emperor shouted in a fit of rage.

It's normal to feel unbalanced when you're so close to passing a test and then suddenly there's such a big turn of events.

"Could it be that only the first person to come up with the correct answer will be allowed to pass?"

Upon realizing this possibility, Yi Shuihan's heart skipped a beat, sensing something was amiss. This was a place where Great Dao Emperors broke through to the next level; it was normal for such rules to exist! How could they project an air of superiority if the elimination rate wasn't high?

If Yi Shuihan were to arrange this opportunity himself, he would also take this into consideration. He wouldn't allow other contestants to reap the benefits without effort, to rely on others, or to simply copy the answers!

While it's easy to understand, it's not so easy to come to terms with it when it happens to you.

Yi Shuihan was unwilling to stop there.

"It just means you can't use the same method to pass, it doesn't mean you can only pass one."

The Ice-Melting Emperor suddenly spoke, and then self-destructed amidst the bewildered gazes of the assembled Great Dao Emperors.

The self-destruction of a Great Dao Emperor should be earth-shattering, but on the high platform, the self-destruction of the Ice Melting Emperor was only as effective as a hand grenade.

Self-destruction is definitely not as good as being instantly killed by Yi Shuihan; to be precise, it's much more painful.

The fluorescent light reappeared, and the self-destructed Ice-Melting Emperor began to reassemble. Once the reassembly was complete, the Ice-Melting Emperor, like the Thunder Emperor, disappeared from the hall.

Without a doubt, the Ice-Melting Emperor succeeded this time.