The Peerless Emperor

The Outer Court and the Inner Court, winning a consecutive hundred battles, how is it easy?

Unless the person vying for the Saint Mandate has exceptional power, capable of overpowering others.

Not only individual strength but also overall prowess must be formidable.

If challenging others, what if the opponent chooses a skirmish of fifty thousand against fifty thousand?

If the opponent opts for a one-on-one duel, what then?

One not only needs to be strong but also have capable allies; all these factors combined make it tremendously challenging.

Outer Court, Inner Court, winning a hundred consecutive battles, how is it easy?

Moreover, this is just one of the many baffling conditions, seemingly impossible.

The difficulty of the Saint Mandate is well known by the veteran Sea Spiral Holy Institute students; they know it's practically impossible.

There are rumors in the Saint Institute that the Saint Mandate was devised by its first dean as an impossible trial.

This is the Saint Mandate trial; despite its difficulty, countless people attempt it.

They don't aim to complete it, since it's impossible, but to continue to temper themselves and elevate their strength realm through the process.

To Lin Qian, winning a hundred battles at the Saint Institute poses no issue; for safety, it's best to wait until his cultivation realm reaches the Ninth Level Peak at the Grotto Heaven Realm before starting the Outer Court hundred-battle trial to meet this condition.

Once promoted to the Creation Realm, one becomes an Inner Court student of the Sea Spiral Holy Institute. How then to challenge Outer Court students and win a hundred battles?

Meanwhile, Huaxia Alliance students should also be nurtured to enhance their skills.

This benefits the Huaxia Empire and is crucial for competing for the Saint Mandate.

With the presence of the Huaxia Empire's Xuanhuan Star within him, plus Lin Qian being a cultivation enthusiast, nurturing others is effortless.

The conditions for the Saint Mandate trial are numerous.

Lin Qian recalled the conditions for the Saint Mandate and, after organizing his thoughts, decided to test the waters in the Enchanting Soul Forest first.

After deciding, Lin Qian left the Trial Land and headed to a neighboring planet.

Illusion Star is the adjacent planet to the Trial Land, a place of the Outer Court with rich spiritual energy.

On this planet, among the mountains, there is an expanse of continuous purple wood forest, shrouded in a hazy lilac mist.

Upon closer inspection, one can discover array veins and rune chains within the mist, engrained with arrays.

The Enchanting Soul Forest is not naturally formed but is a kind of grotto soul device; it looks hazy, only a small patch.

Yet once inside, it's like a Small World, its capacity for life unknown.

People came and went, countless Outer Court students gathered from all directions, some leaving too.

Apparently, they all come to challenge the Enchanting Soul Forest, a place to not only hone themselves but also gain mark points to exchange for various resources at the Sea Spiral Holy Institute.

Trial Lands within the Saint Institute are often very popular places.

Lin Qian descended in front of the Enchanting Soul Forest; the valley floor in front of the purple foggy dense forest was bustling with people coming and going.

Before the vast valley pass was a thin purple mist, with a layer of water-rippling light shimmering on it, with people continuously stepping into it and coming out of it.

The Enchanting Soul Forest, a place to temper the mind, imparts various illusions upon entering, experienced as if real.

These illusions are incredibly lifelike; with a steadfast mind, unmovable like a mountain, one can endure longer and delve deeper into the forest.

The deeper one goes, the stronger the mind, and the higher the mark rewards, doubling even.

At the mouth of the valley before the Enchanting Soul Forest stood a stele, with array light condensing into words upon it, constantly fluctuating.

This records the ranking order of the Enchanting Soul Forest.

Only Outer Court students can inscribe their names and records on this stele; once in the Inner Court, names vanish entirely.

One trial condition for the Saint Mandate in the Outer Court is maintaining the first position on all trial land steles before entering the Inner Court.

Maintaining the first position is not easy; challenging the stele's rank order offers rewards, and reaching first place yields extraordinary rewards.

Great rewards attract brave people. After all, it's not about directly clashing with the top ranks but about breaking records, and everyone wants to try and push their limits.

This world is never short of surprises; they may appear when least expected.

Unless your strength is so invincible that it's unmatched, inescapable, and you hold on to the first spot until entering the Inner Court.

But this is exceedingly hard; achieving the first on all trial steles isn't as easy as imagined.

Each trial evaluates different aspects, like this Enchanting Soul Forest, which tests your mind.

Strength must be invincible, and you must be versatile in all aspects to maintain the first on all trial steles.

Hard! Hard! Hard!

Lin Qian's appearance drew considerable attention; events around him have made him a well-known figure in the Sea Spiral Holy Institute's Outer Court.

His arrival is purposeful, undoubtedly to challenge the Enchanting Soul Forest.

In fact, during this period, many Huaxia Alliance students have already challenged the Enchanting Soul Forest or other Trial Lands to train themselves.

The results have been varied, but overall performance has exceeded everyone's expectations.

They reckon, it won't be long before the Huaxia Alliance secures a spot among the top student forces in the Outer Court.

However, they have never seen the Huaxia Alliance hierarch Lin Qian challenge any Trial Land to showcase his prowess.

"I wonder to what extent Lin Qian can go in this Enchanting Soul Forest?"

"Who knows, but this Enchanting Soul Forest is different from ordinary trial lands."

"Indeed, the mind needs honing to be solid as rock. Without the grind of time, the mind is hard to cultivate."

"Someone like Lin Qian, so accomplished at a young age, surely has a prideful and arrogant nature; I fear the Enchanting Soul Forest might be his first taste of defeat."

"In this Enchanting Soul Forest, the more trials of life and death experienced, the greater the advantage, the older the age, the greater the advantage too, in some sense, they complement each other."

"Indeed, without the polish of years, or time to forge through life and death trials, it's challenging."

"What do you think, what ranking can Lin Qian achieve on the stele?"

"Perhaps he won't even get on the stele."

Clearly, many do not favor Lin Qian.