Xu Mingxi tried to activate his martial soul in this dark place, but there was no response at all. The starlight that he could easily summon on an ordinary day didn't make any movement either. He knew that the only ability he could use here was perception.
But as his spirit radiated, all he could feel was endless darkness. He tried hard to recall the only feelings left in his mind from those three points of light: the bright starlight, the soft moonlight, and the scorching sunlight.
In a short time, the only thing he remembered from those points of light was his first feeling. He needed to rely on these three senses to sense the presence of the point of light amidst the darkness.
Xu Mingxi had been exposed to starlight since he was born and grew up in Fallen Star Mountain. He awakened the Star Crown Martial Soul, ate the soul beast meat of the Star Bearer Cow the most, and spent most of the time in the meadow full of star gathering grass under the Star Tree.
It could be said that Xu Mingxi had been connected to starlight his entire life. Although he didn't know why there was starlight in the test of the Sun God and Moon God, this didn't prevent him from using starlight as a breakthrough.
Xu Mingxi forced himself to calm down and soothe his somewhat impatient heart. He sat cross-legged, floating in the darkness, his heart as calm as still water. He seemed to enter a state of clarity and emptiness.
In the calm sea of spirituality, a piece of debris suddenly appeared, and then instantly shattered, turning into a star and scattering in Xu Mingxi's sea of spirituality.
His mind seemed to sink into the night sky. There was no silvery moon here, only bright stars. Faint calls seemed to come from every star.
Xu Mingxi closed his eyes, and a long river of starlight flowed beneath his body, carrying him through the stars without dropping a single one.
"Great Elder, it's been a year since Mingxi entered."
"Yes, it's been a year. It's been almost three years since we left the Douluo Continent. I really don't know what's going on in this sect."
"It's alright. Don't worry, the sect leader is here."
The three elders sat together while talking and drinking tea, while occasionally looking at the place where the gate used to appear. They weren't afraid of waiting, but they were afraid that they would never see Xu Mingxi appear again in their lifetime.
The Star Crown Sect they were worried about was currently doing well, but the Sect Leader had a frown on his face that hadn't been seen in a long time.
He looked at the information in his hand, then turned to look at the courier from the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect standing beside him, then sighed softly.
"Go back and tell your sect leaders, if the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect is in trouble, we will definitely help as much as we can, but the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Sect has nothing to do with us, and the Star Crown Sect will not offend Bibi Dong because of this."
After the people from the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect retreated, the sect leader couldn't help rubbing his eyebrows. Was the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Sect forced into this situation?
Half a year ago, Pope Bibi Dong of Spirit Hall showed his strength to the outside world. At the age of 28, she had reached the Soul Douluo level. He also recruited two people of Titled Douluo, Ji Gui, under his command. He was the most popular person at that time.
No one expected that the first big thing he did was to kill Liu Erlong, the golden iron triangle killer horn.
No one knew the inside story, all they knew was that two miserable roars sounded from the Golden Iron Triangle residence in Heaven Dou City that day.
The next day, the leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan came in person and brought back his once abandoned cub, while the Flanders Flying Horned Owl left Heaven Dou City and disappeared.
From then on, Spirit Hall began to target the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan, using every means possible, from resource robbery to killing in the wild.
The Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan wanted to fight back, but they couldn't find clear evidence that it was the Spirit Hall that did it, so they could only rally their members and cut down on going out.
Although it could guarantee the safety of personnel, it would result in a reduction of family funds and resources. The allocation of resources in such a large family would become increasingly contradictory, and the once-abandoned child would be driven from home again.
Yu Xiaogang was kicked out of the house, but the targeting of the Spirit Hall did not stop. If Bibi Dong had previously targeted the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaur Clan because of Liu Erlong, then now it was because they had expelled Yu Xiaogang.
Bibi Dong's feelings for Yu Xiaogang were now very complicated, with love and hatred intertwined, making her feel sorry for him but also wanting to tear him apart.
As time passed, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaur Clan was unable to cope. Lack of resources meant the beginning of decline for a family, so they began to ask for help from the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Clan.
Ning Fengzhi wanted to help, however the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect was no match for the Spirit Hall, so he could only ask the Star Crown Sect for advice. If the two Title Douluo that had appeared before from them and Dugu Bo were added, they really wouldn't be able to overestimate the Spirit Hall.
The sect leader refused outright. He would not choose to step into this maelstrom on his own initiative. What the Star Crown Sect needed to do now was wait, wait for Xu Mingxi to return, or wait for Xu Mingguang to grow up.
At this moment, Xu Mingxi, whom he had been looking forward to so much, finally awoke from the long river of starlight. He looked up at the seemingly endless bright stars in front of her and reached out to touch them.
But before Xu Mingxi could touch it, the entire night sky shattered and he returned to pitch blackness. This time, however, he could clearly sense the call coming from afar.
Smiling understandingly, Xu Mingxi turned his head and looked back. That was where the starlight was. After determining the direction, the starlight appeared in front of him naturally without him having to look for it, merged with his body, and appeared above the sea of spirituality.
Xu Mingxi only felt gentle energy flowing into his limbs and bones, his body was slightly nourished, and his soul power instantly increased by one level to the eighty-seventh level.
As the starlight faded, the environment around Xu Mingxi again became dark, but the influx of starlight filled his body with energy, and the increase in soul power made him full of passion.
Cross-legged and suspended in the darkness, his perception was stronger and broader than before. He seems to have established a connection with the sunlight and moonlight. He vaguely heard a call from the darkness, but he could not determine its direction for the time being.
After sitting there for another year, Xu Mingxi finally caught a silver beam of light from the endless darkness. Moonlight appeared beside him and merged with his body.
Those points of gold and silver light met in the sea of spirits and began to slowly rotate, until half a year later, sunlight joined in as well.
The three of them formed a circle, spinning at an ever-increasing speed until they finally broke into pieces and turned into scattered stars. Xu Mingxi suddenly felt his soul clear, his mental strength increase greatly, and his soul power even reached level eighty-eight, bringing him one step closer to becoming a Titled Douluo.
The high priest reappeared, and there was a hint of warmth in his eyes as he looked at Xu Mingxi again.
"Congratulations on completing the first exam. You'll have seven days to rest, and then the second exam will begin."
"Thank you, High Priest."