Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

As soon as Lan Ming, Su Ying, and Wang Yiyi started to cultivate, the puzzle in their heads became clear, and they started to experience the insight.

But suddenly all three of them lost their sight, hearing, and feeling. They did not know where they were and did not even understand what they were thinking, as their memories were like chaos, bringing them to childhood and sometimes into unknown dreams.

However, despite all of this, they remained in an enlightened state and their bodies kept climbing further as if to find something.

There was not any difference from what they were doing before so it was not easy to guess what was wrong with them. Nevertheless, if one looked at their dull and lifeless eyes, they would instantly notice something was wrong with them.

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"Heart Realm Entrapment! How is this possible?!" The old man Yang Wuji exclaimed with a shock as soon as he saw the state of three.

"Brother Ye Chen, are those sisters fine? Did something happen? Also, what is this old man talking about?" Lin Xian'er inquired worriedly.

As they were keeping an eye on everyone, it was easier for them to notice anything wrong, and of course Ye Chen also noticed this, but his expression was calm as ever.

"Don't worry, they are fine; it's just they won't be having it easy unless they complete the trial of insight," he replied.

Hearing him Lin Xian'er's small heart calmed down; however, she was still anxious as ever.

"Is their condition related to enlightenment?" She asked as she tugged Ye Chen's hand with concern on her face.

"Yes, it is related." Before even Ye Chen could say something, the old man replied with a serious look and then continued.

"Their condition is called heart realm entrapment, and it only happens when one is experiencing the insight or enlightenment. However, such a condition is too rare; only two or three such cases would appear every thousand years yet there are three here and at the same time, which is a little strange," the old man muttered with a frown.

"Is it dangerous?" the little girl inquired further.

"It could be considered dangerous if they failed to gain the complete insights that they were experiencing; however, it is not life-threatening since the failure only affects their future cultivation," the old man explained.

Hearing his words, the little girl became anxious again. The cultivation was, after all, something one fought with life. How could one just be calm if it got affected badly?

"Don't listen to his nonsense. Although failure does affect cultivation, it is only for a certain time, not for a whole life. Furthermore, there are some cures, so it is not a big problem," Ye Chen said as he saw the little girl worrying once again.

"Grrr! Old man, how dare you lie to me?!" Lin Xian'er snarled angrily after hearing this.

However, the old man did not care about her and gave Ye Chen a deep look.

'His alchemy inheritance is really not simple,' he thought to himself, as not many knew the techniques to cure the aftereffects caused by this condition.

Nevertheless, he didn't brood over this much and glanced at the three, wondering how they achieved a super rare condition at once.

Not only he but Ye Chen was also trying to figure out how this happened.

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Just as they were doing this, Lan Ming, Wang Yiyi, and Su Ying were lost in an unknown place with unknown thoughts; however, every few ten breaths, they would experience a part of insight and were able to recall what they were doing before.

They were puzzled at what was happening since they didn't know what condition they were facing; nonetheless, they could guess the only way out must be the insights, so they focused on realizing it.

However, by no means was this process smooth, as whenever they tried something, a certain memory would pop out or their thoughts would wander automatically. Fortunately, they had attained enlightenment, so it was not too hard to focus again; it's just that they had to do it for an unknown amount of time.

Maybe they did this for a whole day, a month, a year, or even a decade. But since there was no concept of time here, they could not know how long they were repeating the same thing again and again. They did try to count it but the next moment they would forget, so in the end they continued their endless attempts at realizing the insight.

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"Does Ye Chen have some secret tricks of enlightenment? How could the three of them attain it at the same time?"

"Maybe he has but he just doesn't want to help."

"Look, Li Mei is about to clear the trial of insight!"

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Swoosh!

It didn't take too long, and Li Mei finally cleared the trial of insight, receiving the same benefits as Ye Chen. She was a bit excited after knowing how heaven-defying she would be if she trained in the origin foundation technique but knowing she couldn't beat her bully senior brother, her excitement whittled down.

Only after this she looked back and discovered Lan Ming, Wang Yiyi, and Su Ying facing some unknown condition.

However, Ye Chen's voice rang through in her ears, saying everything was fine, which made her feel relieved.

'It would be good if they could also clear the trial,' Li Mei thought to herself, looking at Lan Ming and them.

After this she did not waste any time and climbed the seven thousandth step, facing the trial of emptiness.

Like Ye Chen, she felt every dream getting completed, even beating the bully senior brother. However, no matter how much she liked this fact, she knew this was impossible and just like this, the feeling of emptiness disappeared.

There was no hesitation, and she started to clear the trial of emptiness at swift speed. This trial was really easy for her, as she knew how impossible it was to beat her senior brother and just like this, she cleared the trial, although she faced some difficulties in the last three hundred steps.

Nevertheless, she was really fast, clearing the trial of emptiness in one hour.

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"Only ten hours remained. Do you think the top ten can clear the trial?"

"Who knows? But the chances are high, especially for Wang Yiyi and them; they are about to clear the trial of insight."

…

As the disciples below speculated, Li Mei was faced with the trial of the devil's whisper, which tried to blame her, praise her, and even question her path.

This was really hard for her; however, not too much, since she had pretty much lived a normal life. Only when Ye Chen arrived did she become bad like him.

'It's all senior brother's fault!' She didn't hesitate and put the blame on his head while continuing to clear the trial.

Just as she was doing this, Lan Ming and others finally reached the critical step and that was the final insight.

If they manage to realize it, there will be no problem; however, if they do not, then things won't be smooth for them.

Lan Ming and others who were still stuck in doing the same thing guessed this and did their best to realize the insight.

Since they have done it before, it was much easier; it's just some chaotic thoughts that will try to distract them.

The heart realm entrapment could even be considered a small mental tribulation from heaven as it tried to stop the cultivators from gaining insight.

Nonetheless, as long as they have a strong will to continue forward, they could easily pass through this hurdle.

Lan Ming, Wang Yiyi, and Su Ying did not lack the strong will, so they started to realize the final insight without too much of a problem.

It didn't take too long, and Su Ying completed the trial first. After her, Lan Ming and Wang Yiyi cleared it with some distance between them.

Since they were not together, they did not hesitate and climbed further, facing the trial of emptiness.

Just like this, one more hour passed by, and a surprising thing happened in this time, which was that Crown Prince Ji Feng attained enlightenment, followed by Liu Jiarong.

As for Xue Feng and Li Zhenyuan, they were struggling and climbing up slowly.

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Swoosh!

Li Mei finally cleared the trial of Devil's Whisper with some difficulty and heaved a sigh of relief.

But it didn't take too long, and her heart became heavy once again as a fake Li Mei appeared, pointing at the family of people she had killed.

The final trial was, after all, echoing reflection, which meant it would show almost everything that occurred because of them, no matter good or bad.

Li Mei was clearly weak at this; however, she understood nothing could be done here. If people were afraid to lose their lives, then they better not try to risk them. It was as simple as that and just like this, she started to clear the final trial.