In the blink of an eye, another month passed, and Ji Jiayu's ability to control sacred techniques could be described as "one hundred feet above the ground, one step ahead."

With Nie Lanxi's help, he successfully completed the Ming Palace challenge, obtained the corresponding sacred artifact and inherited sacred technique, and then proceeded to the next sacred palace.

So far, of the nine sacred palaces, he had completed three of them. The entire process was relatively smooth, surpassing the expectations of many high-ranking officials of the Sacred Sect.

This was mainly due to the fact that after Ji Jiayu completed the second challenge, his soul was purified and sublimated, which made him even stronger in the next challenge.

After Ji Jiayu completed the Ming Palace challenge, Sun Flying Bear was quite excited, believing that it was only a matter of time before Ji Jiayu succeeded in the next six trials. Ji Jiayu, the person in charge of the Sacred Gems, whom he had "harassed" for two months, possessed far greater qualifications than the Nine Sacred Pillars.

However, Sun Flying Bear's affirmation did not make Ji Jiayu complacent; he simply faced the next challenge with a calm and humble attitude.

The higher his realm, the deeper his cultivation, the more Ji Jiayu marveled at the path he would take in the future. He had only reached the sixth level of the Ming Zun realm, and he was still six steps away from the twelfth rank of the Great Prophet. But even the Great Prophet couldn't resolve the crisis of the Sacred Chenghai alone.

The road was long and arduous, and he wasn't in a position to be complacent.

After the Ming Palace, Ji Jiayu went to the Moon Palace. The guardian of the Moon Palace was called the Enlightened Spirit Tiger, and the Moon Palace tested Ji Jiayu's ability to draw and remove sacred symbols.

The Enlightened Spirit Tiger, whose name sounded intimidating, but his appearance was quite cute.

He was only one person tall, and compared to the Sun Bear, he was merely a cub. He was very interesting to talk to, not like a ferocious tiger, but like a gangster among the human race.

He had golden hair, but the golden hair on his limbs and head was obscured by the word "king." According to Nie Lanxun, the Enlightened Spirit Tiger felt extremely domineering, and the sacred patterns of the word "king" were not drawn casually, each containing a different power.

Furthermore, the enlightened spirit tiger's initial goal in studying sacred patterns was to enhance the appearance of the stripes on its body.

This is also very interesting.

Sacred arts and sacred symbols originate from the same source, and share many similarities in construction and depiction. Therefore, after receiving the training of the Flying Sun Bear and then facing the enlightened spirit tiger's test, Ji Jiayu made rapid progress and passed the challenge in just half a month.

Thus, Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi bid farewell to the enlightened spirit tiger and began to accept other sacred palace challenges.

Time passed.

Ji Jiayu successfully challenged one sacred palace after another, harvesting the corresponding sacred factors, and also obtaining sacred artifacts and inherited sacred arts.

In the Crystal Palace, Ji Jiayu encountered a powerful mantis, who tested his strength.

Although the mantis was small, its strength was so great that Ji Jiayu was embarrassed. When it swung its fist, the entire Crystal Palace shook, and Ji Jiayu was knocked flying.

In the eyes of the powerful mantis, Ji Jiayu possessed a body with a top-tier sacred cornerstone, and he was too weak in the use of his strength.

Using his body to activate the sacred patterns should have produced extraordinary effects, but in reality, he could only be proud that one plus one was slightly greater than two.

Ji Jiayu stayed in the Crystal Palace for three months.

He had grown significantly taller, and his appearance had become much more mature and resolute.

After successfully passing the Crystal Palace's challenges, Ji Jiayu and Nie Lanxi proceeded to the next sacred palace—the Sun Palace. The guardian of the Sun Palace was the Sun-Chasing Leopard, a leopard covered in golden sun markings. Leopards were originally animals with strong explosive power and low endurance, but leopards were strong in both.

This tested the human body's endurance. Not only that, but it also heavily researched the storage, absorption, and use of divine power.

According to him, he was born for that day, and if he were to leave this sacred palace one day, he would have to chase the sun. To achieve this goal, his physical endurance and the "endurance" of divine power had to be in balance.

Endurance is related to body control, agility, and strength, while the "endurance" of divine power is closely related to the use of sacred arts and sacred symbols. Therefore, while training the "endurance" of endurance and divine power, Ji Jiayu could be said to have a somewhat clear understanding.

In the Sun Palace, Ji Jiayu didn't stay for long, only two months. Six of the nine palaces were moved, leaving three seats remaining.

After that, Ji Jiayu stayed in each of the three sacred palaces: the Golden Palace, which tests intelligence, the Divine Palace, which tests leadership ability, and the Heavenly Palace, which tests the sun attribute.

However, after completing the Nine Sacred Palaces' trials, Ji Jiayu didn't immediately return to the Holy City, but instead practiced in seclusion in the Far North Icefield.

Over this long period of over a year, Ji Jiayu had learned too much and gained too much, but he hadn't fully integrated it, let alone reached the realm of arms and fingers. And if he wanted to break through to the seventh rank and play a significant role in the war, this meager strength wasn't enough!

The Arctic Icefield was desolate and uninhabited, and it was covered in wind and snow every day.

Ji Jiayu sat quietly in the wind and snow, cultivating silently with Nie Lanxi.

When they were hungry, they took something from their dimensional bracelets to eat; when they were thirsty, they dug up some melted snow from their sides and drank it; when they were tired, they took a nap.

If he missed the beautiful waters, green mountains, and warm air of the sacred Chenghai Paradise Island, Ji Jiayu would look up at the distant sky.

At the end of the sky obscured by the wind and snow, there was a light barrier he had once seen.

In less than two years, the Light Barrier had spread from the depths of the Sacred Clear Sea to the extreme northern ice fields. And beneath the light barrier, there were the Light Clans fighting against the demons.

Presumably, they were all eagerly awaiting victory and praying for it. He might be tired, but he couldn't rest. Thinking of this, Ji Jiayu continued to cultivate.

Time passed like a white horse. In the ice and snow, there was almost no concept of time, and Ji Jiayu had no idea how long he had been cultivating.

Nie Lanxi, who was beside him, had long since entered a breakthrough state, and his control over the divine power in his body had also improved.

Ji Jiayu awoke from his cultivation, stood up, and used his divine power to blow away the snow around him. Because he had been cultivating in place for a long time, Bai Xue had already buried him and Nie Lanxi. After the layer of snow was blown away, Ji Jiayu's eyes suddenly opened.

He looked up at the sky and saw that a barrier of light had spread across the sky above him.

Ji Jiayu took a deep breath and looked at Nie Lanxi beside him. He had cultivated enough, and as long as he waited for Nie Lanxi to complete his breakthrough, they could set off for the Holy City. Presumably, the Great Prophet and the others were already in a hurry.

Ji Jiayu waited silently for days, but Nie Lanxi still hadn't woken up. As a last resort, Ji Jiayu had to start cultivating again.

Nie Lanxi finally completed his breakthrough, and the aura around his body was extremely restrained, and Ji Jiayu couldn't discern his realm.

"How long has it been?" Nie Lanxi looked at Ji Jiayu, who was covered in snow, and asked, "I don't know." Ji Jiayu shook his head. How could you tell time in the ice and snow?

They never imagined that their cultivation had actually been for a full year and a half, and that more than three years had passed since they arrived in the extreme northern ice fields from the hinterland of Sacred Chenghai.

Ji Jiayu's entire being had changed!