After more than half an hour had passed, a pink luminescence began to emerge from Little Fish's body.
That radiance was identical to her Xianhai Pavilion.
At the same time, her Xianhai Pavilion began to shrink, ultimately reducing to the size of a pearl before merging into Little Fish's body as a streak of flowing light.
Immediately after, extraordinary phenomena manifested within this space, blotting out the sky and covering the sun.
These phenomena centered on Little Fish and were born because of her.
When the phenomena dissipated, everyone could sense Little Fish's aura.
She was no longer a Sixth Grade Half God—she had ascended to the Seventh Grade Half God realm.
"Sister, you succeeded?" Xianhai Shaoyu was the first to ask, a barely concealable smile hanging on his face.
"That's right, big brother. You'd better put in the effort and not fail."
"Otherwise, for the rest of my life, I'll use it to humiliate you."
Little Fish flashed a playful smile at Xianhai Shaoyu.
"Rest assured, your big brother isn't about to be left behind by you."
Xianhai Shaoyu was brimming with confidence.
But the fact that he could chat and laugh with Little Fish during such a critical moment of recognition was proof enough that it truly wasn't difficult for him.
Not long after, Xianhai Shaoyu also succeeded. When the Dao Creation Pavilion entered his body, it similarly triggered extraordinary phenomena.
His cultivation rose as well, advancing from Seventh Grade Half God into the Eighth Grade Half God realm.
Next, Wang Qiang also succeeded.
His cultivation advanced from Sixth Grade Half God into the Seventh Grade Half God realm.
As for the others, their Dao Creation Pavilions were being successfully forged one after another, and they had already begun the recognition process.
But Chu Feng, who had started forging his Dao Creation Pavilion first, was still deep in the process.
Moreover, he had grown increasingly focused, long since reaching the point where he couldn't hear anything beyond himself.
Originally composed, his face now showed hints of difficulty as time ticked by.
"Chu Feng... will he be alright?" Feng Ling asked with some worry.
But she wasn't the only one worried. Even Xian Miao Miao, who had already begun the recognition process, kept glancing over at Chu Feng from time to time.
Though she said nothing, the worry in her eyes was unmistakably clear.
"M-M-Miss Feng Ling, don't worry... my brother should be challenging a higher difficulty. Otherwise, h-he wouldn't be like this," Wang Qiang said.
"Brother Wang Qiang, did you sense a higher difficulty?" Xianhai Shaoyu asked curiously.
"N-No," Wang Qiang replied.
"What about you, sister?" Xianhai Shaoyu turned to Little Fish.
Little Fish shook her head as well.
"What exactly is going on?"
Xianhai Shaoyu watched Chu Feng, curiosity flickering in his eyes.
After all, he had now essentially completed his own Dao creation.
And from his observation, aside from himself, Wang Qiang, and Little Fish—who had all already succeeded—the others were not having a smooth time with their recognition.
They might even fail.
As for Chu Feng, he had taken the longest of anyone.
Those who started later had already overtaken him and begun recognition, yet Chu Feng's Dao Creation Pavilion still hadn't finished being forged.
But Xianhai Shaoyu wasn't worried about Chu Feng failing.
In his view, Chu Feng would definitely succeed.
He even shared Wang Qiang's suspicion that when Chu Feng finally succeeded, it might turn out differently from all of them.
But he was truly curious—what exactly was causing this to happen?