Rise of the Demon God

Long Chen was pulled inside abruptly, disappearing from the training ground. 

Seeing Long Chen disappear, the old man grew surprised. He couldn't understand where Long Chen went. 

He wondered if he left entirely since he was tired of training. But even that was unlikely. He didn't look like a person who could break the command to escape.

Furthermore, even if he wanted to escape, the old man was sure that he would have known. That guy would have landed in the main room where he entered from even if he exited. However, he wasn't there either. Something was different. 

He had also felt a disruptive spatial energy in that place which was nothing like he had ever felt before. It was a chaotic energy that appeared destructive yet calm. Moreover, there was a hint of some strange power hidden in the midst of the spatial disturbance, which didn't look weak. 

"Just what actually happened?" he remained confused.

Just as confused was Long Chen himself, who found him standing in a dark room. 

There was nothing in this room except four doors, one on each side of the room. 

"This place? Is it the fake Bloodline Temple again? Is it already the time of my next trial?" Long Chen said, frowning. 

He had seen such things before, especially in the last Bloodline Trial. He was given a choice of doors even then. According to what he was told at that time, each door contained a different type of Trial behind them. 

Observing all four doors, he started scratching the back of his head. "Now that I'm here, I can't go back without clearing either. This is a mess. 

Just as I thought I could get a leading start in the race between my cultivation and my Bloodline. Who would have known it was going to be such a mess. 

"Also, who will guide me this time? I already took out Xun. How would I know what my trial even is? I wonder if I should've thought about this before."

Standing in the room, he walked back and forth, wondering how he was going to finish the trial. He hadn't even entered, but he was already so lost. 

All four doors look the same. And he had no sense of direction, not even knowing which doors were in the north and which were in the south.

"I'll select that one," he exclaimed, ultimately choosing whatever door was before him. There were no differences in any door. It was all about the luck for him. He couldn't test Xun's expressions either to get an advantage. 

Long Chen stepped closer to the plane door and pushed it open. 

The door opened to reveal a beautiful green forest outside. A small golden box was lying in the middle of the forest as well. 

He turned around, wondering if he could see behind other doors as well. As he looked back, he found nothing. There were no doors. There were only plane walls behind. 

"No way back, it seems." He took a step forward and entered the forest. 

As soon as Long Chen stepped foot in the forest, he stopped.  "Let me guess. That door disappeared as well."

He already had an idea by now about such things. He turned around, chuckling. "I was right."

There was nothing behind him except more forest. The door had disappeared with the room. 

He stepped towards the small golden box in the front, wondering if it had some clues as to what he had to do. 

The small golden box had a clean reflective surface which was used by Long Chen as the mirror as he wondered if he was again sent in someone else's body like he was sent in the last trial. 

"Good. It seems like the body which is created by the Temple is similar to mine. That's better. I don't need to adjust. The cultivation also seems to be the same. If this world is a mortal world, I shouldn't have a hard time finishing the trial."

Most of the time, when he was summoned for the Trial World, it was just his consciousness, and the body in the world was created by the Bloodline Temple. 

He believed that it was the same this time as well, not realizing that this time, it was his real body that was summoned for him. 

The golden box had no lock on it, making it easier for Long Chen to open it to reveal the content inside. 

"A bottle?" he exclaimed, frowning. 

As he opened the box, he found a small bottle inside. Other than that bottle, there was nothing in it. No sign, no instructions or anything. 

"He picked up the small see-through bottle, which was only ten inches tall. It appeared to be made of glass with a wooden cap. There was nothing inside it.  

"What am I supposed to do with this tiny bottle?" He started playing with the bottle, smiling wryly. "Fill it up with water, so I don't die of dehydration?"

He tried opening the wooden cap of the bottle, but even that didn't work. The bottle appeared to be sealed. Despite his immense strength, he couldn't even open it. 

"I've never missed Xun more than I miss her now. She was so vital for this," Long Chen exclaimed, sighing. "This bottle... I can't even throw it away since it's the only clue I'll have on a way back."

He held the bottle in his hand before selecting a direction to fly. 

Since he couldn't understand how to get out of this place, he decided to understand the world better first. 

"If I hadn't sent my family to get trained, they would've been in my inner world. I might've been able to consult Xun. Heck, why am I even thinking about her that much? She isn't here. No amount of thinking about what-ifs is going to solve the problem I have."

The small forest ended just as soon as it started. It hadn't even been minutes since Long Chen left before he was out of the forest. 

"A human City? I guess I'm really in a mortal world. It can't be a trial about taking over the world. With the strength I have, that won't make sense. And my strength wasn't restricted either. So it's probably not a test of strength but a test of skills or probably brain."

He started flying towards the city. It had been over a hundred years since he interacted with another human. He was curious how this interaction was going to go. He was also wondering if the city even had humans or some beasts."

For some reason, he also had a feeling that something was amiss.. As if this place could be hiding more than he thought.