Back in the day, they had all been geniuses of the same caliber as Ling Xiao, Xianhai Shaoyu, and the rest.
Now all of them had gotten in, but he and Qin Xuan hadn't.
That feeling was naturally unpleasant.
"Though perhaps we really are missing something," Long Chengyu sighed.
Even though he didn't want to disparage his sister, when it came to raw talent alone, Long Chengyu was actually above Long Muxi.
So Long Chengyu figured that if even his sister could get in while he and Qin Xuan couldn't, what they were lacking definitely went beyond talent.
Just then, the light shifted and the great gate swung open.
At the sight of this, Qin Xuan and Long Chengyu broke into wild excitement, thinking they too had been granted entry to the Primordial Creation Land.
But soon a figure stepped out from within—it was Long Muxi.
It turned out they hadn't been given permission to enter. Long Muxi had simply come back out.
And her condition right now was far from good; even maintaining flight seemed to tax her considerably.
Seeing his sister in such a state, Long Chengyu was sick with worry.
Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do to help at this point.
All he could do was wait until Long Muxi had walked close enough for him to reach, and only then did he rush over to support her.
"Sister, what happened?"
"I'm fine."
"But the Primordial Creation Land truly isn't something just anyone can succeed in."
Long Muxi shook her head with a bitter smile.
She hadn't been able to withstand the power inside and had been forced to leave.
"How about Chu Feng and the others?" Qin Xuan asked.
"They should succeed, I think." Long Muxi didn't elaborate, but her lovely eyes drifted as the scenes she had witnessed inside the Primordial Creation Land unbidden replayed in her mind.
In there, different powers had different people attempting to adapt to them.
It had been a true sorting of geniuses like them into a clear hierarchy of the strong and the weak.
She had long known that her talent had its limits, but actually seeing the places she could not reach—the paths others could walk as casually as breathing—hit different.
She herself couldn't even withstand the very first tier of power, yet Chu Feng and Xianhai Yu'er had moved through the most terrifying forces with perfect composure.
Inevitably, a sense of disparity settled in her heart.
…
As time continued to pass, inside the Primordial Creation Land.
The houses built by Xiao Yu'er, Xianhai Shaoyu, and Wang Qiang were already mostly complete.
The three of them had worked at roughly the same pace.
As for Chu Feng, despite having started first, his progress was far slower than theirs.
Meanwhile, Feng Ling, Ling Xiao, Jie Baobao, Xian Miaomiao, Yuwen Yanri, and the others had all found the power zones suited to them and begun constructing their own buildings.
Hummm— Suddenly, a brilliant radiance blazed forth.
Everyone stopped building and turned their gaze toward Xiao Yu'er's location.
Because that light was emanating from the structure Xiao Yu'er had built.
Xiao Yu'er had been the first to finish.
Originally, the houses they built had all been identical—a relatively simple residential design.
But now, the structure Xiao Yu'er had completed was not only radiating light, it was actively changing.