The blinding light faded… and darkness swallowed everything.
Xiao Tian felt as though he were falling through a void—but before his senses could adjust, he felt his body touch something cold and solid beneath him.
He slowly stood up.
Around him was a vast, pitch-black chamber.There was no light, no ceiling in sight.Only countless faintly glowing points stretched before him—each one was… a door.
Suddenly, a voice echoed in the silence:
"Candidate... choose one door to begin your trial.""Each door represents a test of intellect and basic martial prowess.""Upon completion, you shall earn the right to enter the sect."
The voice was calm and mechanical, devoid of emotion.Yet it carried a strange weight that pressed on his mind.
Xiao Tian looked at the doors before him.Each shimmered in a different hue—blue, gold, silver, green, black, red.Some radiated warmth… others a chilling, ominous air.
He raised his hand to choose one—
But then…
A flash surged through his mind.
A vision—A door… at the very back.No light. No name.A door that felt as if… it shouldn't exist.
"Choose that one..."The voice came from within him.Not a command—but a certainty.He simply knew.
Xiao Tian didn't understand why…but his feet moved on their own, as if drawn by fate.
He now stood before the pitch-black door.He looked up at it… silently.
"I… choose this one."
The moment the words left his lips,the black door began to open—slowly, with a soft rumble.
Dim, murky light spilled out from within—and engulfed him entirely.
No one knew what lay beyond that door.Not even Xiao Tian himself.But what he was about to face…
was something no one had ever encountered before.