This eerie person, with eyes ablaze and fixed, stared intently at the small silhouette enveloped by the colorful light curtain.

A surge of boiling excitement filled his heart.

His features were filled with visible anticipation and hope.

He was too delighted! 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

So delighted, he went overboard!

"This little one who has been chosen. Such extraordinary talent, perhaps it can reach that legendary light red level? If it can’t reach that level, how could it be worth all the time I’ve spent!"

Murmuring softly.

Deep within the eerie person’s eyes, glimpses of memories surfaced.

"Back then, I was just one step away from that cloud staircase, but unfortunately, I failed!"

"But, heaven helped me. Just as I was about to be obliterated, I found a sliver of hope, preserving my heart, and embedding it within the Snake Demon, to sleep outside the Nine-Layered Giant Tower."

In the age of genius, he, the eerie person, suppressed all prodigies, becoming the foremost of the time. In front of the Divine Stone, he was tested to have the strongest qualifications of the era, the light red color shooting straight into the clouds, heralding the arrival of a great era.

He was held in high regard by everyone at the time, with hopes that he could ascend the ladder, reaching the pinnacle, to the Celestial Realm that everyone yearns for.

But, just as he was about to break through the clouds, an irresistible pressure swept over him.

In an instant, it was as if all his bones were shattered, cracking constantly, and ultimately, under everyone’s watch, he fell from the ladder.

In that moment, he saw the expressions of disappointment on all those watching, as if his fall from the ladder signified the failure of the entire world!

He was the strongest of the era, and the most promising person in tens of thousands of years to ascend the ladder, yet he fell, like a dog with no home under everyone’s gaze.

Fortunately.

During his fall, already a genius, he seemed to catch sight of the scenes above the cloud staircase, a stunningly splendid scene.

In that place, Spiritual Qi was abundant, everywhere were Spirit Medicines not seen for ten thousand years, Spirit Veins sprawled across the land, innumerable Immortals soared in the sky, just like the Immortal Realm.

It was at that moment, he exhausted all his cultivation to condense himself into a heart, entering the small body of the Snake Demon, enduring and sleeping until now.

This was like changing into a new body, and all the previous cultivation was used to maintain the heartbeat, which for the Dao Field, meant a new being entered, and would not reject him.

"Back then, in that dreamlike Immortal Realm, I saw the figure of Xu Ran, but it was after he grew up. I would never forget that appearance in this lifetime!"

The eerie person stared at Xu Ran’s back, recalling the various scenes of the Immortal Realm glimpsed during his fall from the ladder. Even after countless years, those scenes remain etched in his mind, unforgettable.

Meanwhile.

The colors enveloping Xu Ran began to slow in their transformation, once displaying seven colors, now only two remain, red and purple.

Yet within these two colors, there’s a faint hint of golden brilliance.

"Here it comes, finally it comes, indeed, Xu Ran’s qualifications won’t be lower than red!"

Now, with only two colors remaining, it indicates Xu Ran’s qualifications will appear among them.

Even if it’s the lowest light red among the two, it would still be equivalent to the eerie person’s previous qualifications.

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"

The two colors constantly shifted on Xu Ran’s body, and for a moment, his body seemed to display a phantom image, as if the two different colors were fighting over Xu Ran.

"Why is the competition so fierce?" The eerie person was momentarily stunned by the strange scene on Xu Ran.

In his impression, the colorful light emitted by the Divine Stone, even if it manifests repeatedly on the same person, has never been so fiercely competitive.

It’s like it’s competing for Xu Ran... or rather, the two colors emitted by the Divine Stone are fighting to showcase their glory, trying to earn Xu Ran’s recognition.

This outrageous thought surfaced in the eerie person’s mind, and the usually composed him took a few steps back, eyes wide with shock, body trembling.

"No... Impossible!!"

He stared at the scene in disbelief, muttering to himself.

He, who once suppressed all, never achieved such, and now in this severely depleted Origin Realm, such a person appears??

This result was unacceptable to him.

"Could this be the qualification of an Immortal in the Immortal Realm?" The eerie person murmured.

"Hehe!" The next moment, the eerie person’s mouth curled into a sneer, "Such qualifications are worthy of all the years I’ve spent planning!"

For him, the higher Xu Ran’s qualifications, the better, as he fixated his gaze on Xu Ran once again.

In just a moment, the red and purple colors on Xu Ran had begun to settle, the once blazing red now dimmed, like a candle flickering in the wind, ready to be extinguished by a gentle breeze!

"Whoosh!"

A burst of purple flame surged from Xu Ran’s body, engulfing him entirely in purple flame, wrapping every inch of his body. Those purple flames kept pulsating as if declaring their victory.