Replacing Fear With Fear

After Yi Feng disappeared into the spatial vortex, his name was updated to the rankings.

This allowed the inheritors and the others to understand that the first trial was over when one entered the spatial vortex. However, the two ways one can enter the spatial vortex are by climbing the staircase all the way or giving up on one of the nine steps and proceeding sideways before walking up the left-wing or right-wing stairs.

It was unknown what the left-wing stairs or right-wing stairs signified, but they didn't seem to have any kind of challenge imposed upon them.

Yi Feng crossed the left wing easily, so a few inheritors who decided their current achievement was enough despite the points given out moved towards the left and walked up the left-wing stairs, arriving at the platform.

"…!"

They reacted strangely, holding their abdomen like Yi Feng as their cultivations regressed.