Chapter 5969

Chen Ping opened his eyes and found himself still standing by the stream in Taoyuan. Everything that had just happened felt like a fleeting dream from the tale of Nanke.

Yet he could clearly sense that his understanding of the fusion of the four forces within him had deepened. The artistic conception of chaos at its beginning was now etched firmly into his soul.

“What exactly happened just now?” the Red Cloud Demon Lord asked in curiosity. “I only saw you standing there with your eyes closed for a bit, and then the old man just let you pass.”

“I can’t really explain it,” Chen Ping replied. “It was just a feeling.”

He stepped forward, bowed to the two stone statues, and said calmly, without arrogance or false humility, “Seniors, this junior Chen Ping has come only to integrate his own body and improve his cultivation in order to resist evil forces. I had no intention of offending the ancient sages.”

“I passed the first two levels by chance and gained some understanding of the ancient qi refiners’ path—vast, profound, rooted in origin, and aligned with the Dao. For the third level, this junior is willing to use his own path to invite the two seniors to judge.”

After speaking, he did not assume a fighting stance. Instead, he slowly closed his eyes.