Someone sneered.

Chu Hao remained calm and said, "Look how amused you all are. Earlier, I only used a ten-thousandth of my Yang Energy to see if I could light it up, and then one by one you step up to mock. Is it that funny?"

A ten-thousandth of Yang Energy?

"You're just bragging. A ten-thousandth, and you dare claim that?" Someone sneered.

"Don't believe it?" Chu Hao said.

He stepped forward, his Yang Energy surged within him, making his whole being shine like the sun, instantly lighting the wick before him.

Furthermore, even the surrounding lights were ignited by him, illuminating the entire floor.

Chu Hao retracted his Yang Energy, clapped his hands, and said, "It's just like that, really not challenging."

"Ding… Host successfully showed off and gained 6000 Pretentiousness Points."

Showing off is a technical skill; first, you let everyone underestimate you, then set up a face-slapping atmosphere. Chu Hao had already mastered this.

Chu Hao even thought there wasn't much technical content in showing off.

Sure enough, those who sneered before now had faces turning ashen, especially those who failed to ignite the lights.

Chu Hao's exaggerated lighting of the wick truly made people reevaluate him, even Shang Yingdie couldn't help but take another look at Chu Hao.

Qi Tian said coldly, "You don't know how to hide. People like you during our era die faster."

He still looked down on people from future generations, especially Chu Hao, who couldn't wait to show off a bit of strength to the whole world.

Of the thirty to forty people, only eighteen succeeded in total, while the others were dejectedly escorted out of the Emperor's Gate.

The eighteen walked up the side staircase towards the second stage.

Someone laughed, "These Emperor's Three Trials are a bit too simple."

"Indeed simple."

"Simple? Don't forget, our group comes from three eras of top experts, yet so many were eliminated in the first stage." Someone disagreed with the notion of simplicity.

At the stairway, a woman in ancient Taoist attire, clearly from the Tao Clan, said, "Fellow Daoist Chu, you use the Yin Yang Force, right? If I'm not mistaken, it's the Yin Yang True Solution created by the ancestor of the Human Emperor Clan, Fuxi."

This Tao Clan woman had clear eyes like crystal water.

Chu Hao was shocked. How did she see through it? Even he didn't know that the creator of the Yin Yang True Solution was Fuxi, the Human Emperor.

Chu Hao said, "Was the Yin Yang True Solution created by Fuxi?"

The Tao Clan woman smiled gently and said warmly, "You didn't know?"

How would I know?

By the way, three people came from the Tao Clan in total, and this woman was one of them. They seemed uninterested in the trials and more interested in Chu Hao.

Chu Hao frowned slightly; could it be that the Tao Clan had set their sights on him?

The Tao Clan woman continued, "I see that your Three Souls and Seven Spirits were tampered with in the past. You should have lost a part of your memory. I wonder if you would like to recover it."

Chu Hao stopped in his tracks, shocked internally, that she could see even that?

Chu Hao stared at the Tao Clan woman and said, "You'd better stay away from me."

The Tao Clan woman blinked and asked, "Why!"

"We are impossible." Chu Hao sighed.

The Tao Clan woman curiously asked, "What do you mean, impossible?"

Chu Hao sighed, "You and I, being together is impossible. You're not my type, and you make me feel strange. If I find a little wife outside, wouldn't you notice immediately?"

The Tao Clan woman's face flushed slightly. The two men beside her from the Tao Clan glared at Chu Hao; what nonsense is this kid talking about?

The Tao Clan woman said, "You are overthinking. I just want to befriend you."

Chu Hao flatly refused, "There's no such thing as pure friendship between men and women. You better not get close to me. I'm a dangerous person; we might end up in an ambiguous relationship someday. Friendship is impossible."

"Saintess! This kid is spouting nonsense. Let me teach him a lesson." A Tao Clan man couldn't take it anymore.

The Tao Clan woman's face was red, her cheeks pink, glowing a rosy hue. She was, in fact, just seventeen and had no experience with matters of romance. Listening to Chu Hao, she felt he was deliberately trying to distance himself from her.

Chu Hao wore a stern face and said, "Teach me a lesson? I don't like to hear that. Brother Hao fears no one." 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

The Tao Clan Saintess said, "Ah-Li, don't cause trouble in the Emperor's Gate."

The Tao Clan man from the Nether Cult glared fiercely at Chu Hao and said, "Yes."

Chu Hao said, "That's more like it. Listen more to your Saintess and spare yourself a beating."

"Kid, you're getting too arrogant." Ah-Li nearly lost his patience.

Chu Hao stopped, clasped his hands behind his back, and with an extraordinarily calm gaze, looked at him and said, "I, Chu Hao, do things my way. Why would I need to explain to others?"

"Ding… Host successfully showed off and gained 6000 Pretentiousness Points."

The Tao Clan Saintess's eyes shimmered with a peculiar light, and Ah-Li also sensed a strong, confident aura emanating from Chu Hao. How much inner strength does it take to say something like that?

Finally, they arrived at the second stage.

In this stage, the surroundings were also mural walls, with a Yin Yang Talisman on them.

An old man with long eyebrows and a beard said, "Congratulations, everyone, for making it to the second stage."

"This stage is quite simple. Whoever can draw an identical talisman on the mural wall will pass." The long-eyebrowed old man laughed.

Everyone couldn't help but frown.

Yan Zhongtian of the Yan Family Clan, the Little Tyrant, asked, "What kind of talisman is this!"

Chu Hao glanced at the talisman. It's simple and not complicated, yet it exuded a powerful force.

A young man from the Human Emperor Clan stepped forward, picked up a brush, and began to replicate the talisman on the mural wall.

Just after drawing one stroke, he instantly felt all his energy being drained, collapsing to the ground.

"What's happening?" The others were shocked.

This young man from the Human Emperor Clan was quite skilled, easily lighting the wick in the first trial, a testament to his substantial Yang Energy.

Yet, after just one stroke, he ended up like this.

People like Qi Tian and Gu Yan, from the late Ancient Taoist Civilization, and Shang Yingdie murmured, "Heaven and Earth Talisman."

That's right, it was the renowned Heaven and Earth Talisman of the Ancient Taoist Civilization.

This talisman had immense power, rumored to be created by Yellow Emperor Xuan Yuan. Though it seemed simple, drawing a Heaven and Earth Talisman was nearly impossible for an ordinary person, even for a genius.

The long-eyebrowed old man laughed, "Indeed! It's the Heaven and Earth Talisman of Yellow Emperor Xuan Yuan. If anyone wishes to give up, feel free to leave."

The Tao Clan Saintess said, "This isn't a complete Heaven and Earth Talisman; it's merely imitation. The materials used for creating a Heaven and Earth Talisman can't be this simple."

The long-eyebrowed old man nodded, laughing, "The Tao Clan Saintess is right indeed. The Heavenly Path Pupil is truly remarkable."

Heavenly Path Pupil?