"Master, why are the participants struggling to climb these stairs?" a beautiful young girl asked as she descended moments later and arrived beside the middle-aged examiner.
"Oh? So you are curious as well, Ariana," the examiner replied, his arms folded with a proud smile on his face. "At first glance, these appear to be ordinary stairs materialised through Soulforce, but in truth, they are created using a special array."
He continued calmly, "After the first hundred steps, the pressure exerted on the participants' Soulforce base doubles. After that, it increases by five percent for every thousand steps. Only those with a strong cultivation base can continue climbing. This trial exists to eliminate participants with weak foundations, since a cultivation base cannot be strengthened through training alone. There is no value in accepting disciples with weak bases."
