The moment her body stopped trembling…
The world changed.
Her aura didn't explode or anything.
It just spread—slow, calm, and weirdly heavy.
Like the air got thick and the world forgot how to breathe.
Even the elders watching from far away felt it.
They didn't say a word.
But their expressions said everything.
> That power…
It didn't make sense.
She wasn't trying to fight.
Wasn't even awake.
But her energy?
> She could fight a Nascent Soul cultivator for like 3 or 4 minutes.
And that's just crazy.
Most Peak Golden Core cultivators can't even survive one second against someone at that level.
> But her?
She wasn't even doing anything,
and she could already handle that kind of pressure.
Like—what even is that?
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Wherever her aura went, things just… fixed.
> Bruises faded.
Cuts disappeared.
Broken bones? Gone like they were never there.
She wasn't even awake.
But her body refused to let others stay injured.
She floated mid-air, eyes closed, golden light drifting off her skin like smoke.
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So now the big question:
> Who lasted the longest?
Was it Yun Wao?
Han Yu?
That random mortal?
Nope.
> It was her.
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Let's rewind the last one minute of the sacred pressure trial.
At 5 seconds, three dropped:
> Han Yu. Yun Wao. The other mortal.
Out cold.
At 8 seconds, five Foundation Establishment cultivators were still standing.
Barely.
By 11 seconds, all five were down too.
> Only she remained.
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From 11 seconds to 23 seconds, she stood alone.
Her nose was bleeding.
Her arms were shaking.
Her legs? Already numb.
> But she didn't fall.
She didn't have energy left.
Didn't even know where she was.
But her body just wouldn't collapse.
Even when she started choking on her own blood,
> she refused to give in.
At 23 seconds, her heartbeat was slowing down.
That's when the sect forcefully teleported her out.
Because if they didn't,
> she was going to die standing.
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And then—
She just stood there.
> Silent. Barely breathing.
Blood still on her lips.
Not even fully awake.
She didn't break through right away.
She was just… there. Floating outside the valley.
And then—boom.
> The life essence rushed toward her.
The same golden energy that was supposed to choose someone…
> Chose her.
It wrapped around her like fire—
and her whole body lit up.
> That's when she broke through.
Not to Foundation Peak. Not to early Core.
> Straight to Golden Core Mid-Stage.
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Her aura swept through the area—
> and everyone started healing.
Bruises, cuts, broken bones—
Everything vanished.
She saved people without even knowing.
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The Grand Elder of the Outer Sect stood nearby, staring silently.
He didn't blink.
Didn't move.
But in his head?
> "Fifteen years old. Mid-stage Golden Core."
> "She lasted 23 seconds. Everyone else was out by 11."
> "No spirit body. No special root. Just… high-grade?"
> "She's not even in the Inner Sect?"
He looked down at her records again.
> "She only became Foundation a few days ago?"
> "That's not possible… It takes weeks just to stabilize a breakthrough."
> "The only reason she got chosen by the life essence is because she lasted the longest."
> "What happened to her in the past that gave her this kind of willpower…?"
> "What kind of monster did we almost ignore?"
The Grand Elder finally raised his head. His eyes narrowed.
And then, for the first time since the trial started—
He spoke. Loud enough for every elder in the sky to hear:
> "We've found another monster."
"No... maybe even worse than that."
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Everyone had already been teleported away from the valley.
They were all moved to a new place—
> But that place was completely empty now.
Not a sound.
Not a whisper.
Just silence.
But in that quiet gap between the end of the trial and the beginning of everything else…
> A lot of things had already happened.
To find out what?
> Wait for Chapter 15.
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> "We've found another monster."
"No… maybe even worse than that."
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Cliffhanger Paragraph:
The elders looked at each other when they heard him say "another."
Because… who was the first?
It couldn't be those three so-called "most talented" disciples of the Outer Sect.
Yeah, they were strong. Lin Fang, Lan Xiao, Wu Lao — Golden Core at 23 or whatever.
They were talented, sure.
> But they weren't monsters.
They worked hard.
They trained day and night.
They deserved their power.
But they were… normal.
Predictable. Safe. Humans.
This girl?
She didn't train. She survived.
> She was born from pressure.
And now the elders were thinking the same thing:
> "If she's the second monster…"
"Then who the hell was the first one?"
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📢 Narrator's Ending Note
> Yo, also—
Just wanna say...
I literally just found out that chapters are supposed to be, like, 700–800 words long.
And here I was being proud of hitting 400 💀
So uh... sorry if the earlier chapters felt kinda short.
I'm figuring this out as I go, okay? 😭
And sorry for the late upload too. I was thinking hard on how to make this scene feel right.
Hope it hits.
See you in Chapter 15.
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