"Regarding the courage trial, one can actually infer from its name what this trial tests. It requires a Spirit Master and their Spiritual Beast to still possess the courage to press forward when pushed to their limits in order to pass..."
Chen Mo did not hide anything and shared his own experience of passing the trial.
He was not worried about damaging the rules of Emperor of Dead Bones' trial.
The substantial death and pain spreading throughout one's body, even if one knows that persisting will lead to success, many trialists still choose to give up.
The night before dawn is the deepest.
And Lake Spirit had told him that once trialists choose to give up, it means the trial is failed.
"Furthermore, the power in the Undead Lake that turns all living beings undead is a force of law; even without contact with the water, a Spirit Master will still become undead under the influence of this law and then vanish completely."