The test started as Harper sat cross-legged on the stage. The people of the Titan Sword sect are in this group so overall they did better than the other groups. At the five-minute mark, more than three hundred people were on the stage.
In the nightmare, Harper is fighting against a group of bandits. It was the group of bandits that have wiped out his entire village. That time he was able to survive thanks to his sister hiding him under the floor of their bed. It was a secret compartment that their father had built but it was too small and only Harper was able to hide in there. He had to hear the screams of his family as they were murdered and he could do nothing and hide there.