"This is a trial, and also a... gamble! If you win, the sky is the limit, and you truly gain the right to contend with the heavenly principles. If you lose..."
The Tomb Guardian didn't continue, but the implication was clear.
If you lose, it means eternal damnation, without even the qualification to become a "Dao Corpse", you would be directly torn into your most primal fragments by the chaotic flow of Dao Principles.
"My lord, you must not!" Zhen Shan was listening anxiously and immediately urged, "This is too dangerous! It's practically a gamble with death!"
Cang Shi also agreed: "Indeed, my lord! We have just recovered, so why rush? Consider it carefully, there must be another way!"
They were genuinely terrified. That mountain of corpses, just from a distance, gave them the illusion that their Divine Souls were about to be torn apart. Letting Xu Ran go alone was akin to sending him to his death.
