Chapter 418: Beihe World Star, First Round Test, Passed!

Zhao King Mansion, Wind River Cave Heaven, under a towering tree that seemed to be covered in golden eyes.

"Buzz~"

An eye in the tree heart opened, and dark golden ripples spread toward the front along the void.

A thousand miles away from the Thousand Illusion Tree, a black-haired youth sat cross-legged on a flat boulder.

Facing the will impact pressing in from all directions, the youth closed his eyes, motionless, like a reef in a torrent.

Suddenly, the Thousand Illusion Tree stopped shaking, and a phantom of a middle-aged man wearing a scholar's robe emerged from the tree heart.

"Emperor, there are only three years left before the Origin Assembly begins, and you still need to rush to the Beihe World Star; it's time to end the cultivation."

"That was fast." Zhao Xing immediately opened his eyes and glanced at the panel.

【Name: Zhao Xing】

【Realm: Small Divine Ability Realm Perfection】

【Profession: Si Nong】

【Dao Field: Taiyin First Stage】

【Age: 4210】

【Remaining Lifespan: 2.99 Eras】

【Giant Yang Clone (Small): Divine Ability Sixth Stage】

【Killing Thought Blade (Small): Divine Ability Ninth Stage】

【Mental Bell (Small): Divine Ability Sixth Stage】

【Essence Extraction Divine Ability (Small): Divine Ability Fifth Stage】

【Purple Light Eight Eras (Small): Divine Ability Perfection】

【Three God Life Palace (Small): Divine Ability Perfection】

【Soul Sky Vision (Small): Divine Ability Sixth Stage】

【God Fire Turtle Transformation (Small): Divine Ability Fifth Stage】

"Over a hundred years of cultivation, the results are remarkable." Zhao Xing was very satisfied. Killing Eight-Horned Demon Turtles to practice, both mental and will-based divine abilities had made remarkable progress.

As for the Great Divine Ability Mount Wuzhi, he hadn't learned it yet, so it didn't appear on the panel.

Zhao Xing waved his hand toward the front, and the Thousand Illusion Tree obediently retracted its divine ability, then its body size shrank rapidly, soon remaining only half a person tall, falling into Zhao Xing's palm as if it had grown on his hand.

Zhao Xing flashed and appeared at the entrance of Wind River Cave Heaven.

Then he saw a majestic black dog standing at the entrance of Wind River Cave Heaven, beside it was a mountain goat with red hair on its head, and a big cat with black-purple patterns.

"Meow~" The Aotian Cat jumped onto Zhao Xing's shoulder and lay down.

The Xiaotian Dog jumped toward Zhao Xing's arm, then kept sniffing its nose at the Thousand Illusion Tree, and even licked it with its tongue.

"Get lost, stupid dog!" The Thousand Illusion Tree shook its branches and whipped the Xiaotian Dog away.

"Awoo~" The Xiaotian Dog let out a strange cry, immediately climbed up along Zhao Xing's arm, and lay down on his right shoulder.

"Baa~~" The red-haired Illusion Heaven Sheep didn't get a good spot and called out anxiously.

"Woof woof~" Xiaotian stretched out its claws, mercilessly mocking the little red-haired one.

The Illusion Heaven Sheep aimed at various positions on Zhao Xing and finally jumped onto Zhao Xing's chest to stand.

As long as it wasn't ninety degrees, it was a place it could stand!

Zhao Xing smiled lightly, reached out to pick up the little sheep, and placed it in a position with the Xiaotian Dog.

After leaving the Cave Heaven, quite a few people were already waiting in the Zhao King Mansion.

Including Liu Liu Tianning, Long Xiao, Chen Shijie, Mi Fu, Ye Ye Yukong, Works Lu Ying, Xia Jing... almost all the important ministers of Great Zhou were here.

Facing the grand event of the Red Star Empire once every three thousand years, Ji Che temporarily suspended his inspection of other places and ordered people to rush back. Only a limited number of people, such as Ji Si and Wei Hong, remained in other places.

"Zhao Xing, you finally came out." Long Xiao was in full military uniform. "We must hurry; there are only three years left before it starts, and it will take us a few months to rush to the Beihe World Star."

"Just a small guard, what's the rush." Xia Jing said slowly.

"You." Long Xiao glared.

"Hahahaha."

The crowd immediately laughed.

"Are all the people here?" Zhao Xing asked.

"All those from Great Zhou who signed up are here." Works Lu Ying said, "A total of 312 people."

"Then let's set off." Zhao Xing waved his hand, and a mountain cat-shaped Transmission Boat appeared; immediately, all 312 people entered the interior of the Mountain Cat Transmission Boat.

After entering the Transmission Boat, Zhao Xing began to check the detailed rules announced by the Origin Assembly through the Star Mirror.

【Empire Citizen Zhao Xing, welcome to sign up for the Origin Assembly】

【The Origin Assembly has a total of four rounds of assessment.】

【The assessment for the first round is located on the administrative world stars of the Empire's major top-tier star systems.】

【Your assessment location is: Beihe Star System, Beihe World Star.】

【Registration has closed; the Beihe Star System has a total of 724.1 billion people signed up this time.】

"The Beihe Star System only has seven hundred billion?"

Zhao Xing signed up as soon as the registration channel opened.

In just three minutes, hundreds of millions of people signed up, but after a hundred years, only over seven hundred billion people signed up.

Seven hundred billion looks like a lot, but the Beihe Star System has over a trillion Yin-Yang binary stars, and as for world stars and star lands, they are countless.

However, life world stars and star lands were smaller. Adding them all together, it was only over eighty billion.

"The Milky Way has 400 billion stars; this Beihe Star System is only a bit bigger than the Milky Way. The level of development is far inferior to the Northern Wild Star System where Jing Yan is." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"Registration fee 10,000 Red Star coins? Just collecting registration fees is a huge income."

"However, compared to the previous dozen sessions, this data is declining year by year."

"The fiscal deficit of the Beihe Star System is also constantly growing..."

"Geniuses of the Beihe Star System, I am Chen Jiu, the spirit of the Great Evolution God Soldier."

Great Evolution God Soldier?

All 14,821 people quieted down, with a trace of excitement in their eyes.

The Great Evolution God Soldier is a divine object; even a differentiated sub-body is rare to see.

If it weren't for passing the first round, it would be difficult to witness a divine object in this lifetime.

"You will rush to the 'Manya' Star System, one of the twenty-eight super-first-tier star systems of the Empire, to conduct the second and third rounds of tests."

"The flight journey of the Transmission Boat and the screening work will last for two years and six months."

"During this period, please do not conduct deep closed-door cultivation."

"Please choose your profession and assessment division..."

Emperor Chen Jiu announced some matters of the competition.

Zhao Xing also took out the Star Mirror according to Chen Jiu's prompt.

【Beihe Star System Zhao Xing, please choose your professional path; once confirmed, it cannot be changed.】

"Si Nong." Zhao Xing immediately found the profession and confirmed it.

【Confirmed, please make a professional branch selection.】

After confirming the selection, the Star Mirror interface immediately appeared with three options. 【Heaven Time】, 【Earth Dili】, 【Benwo Sect】.

"Benwo Sect." Zhao Xing made another choice.

【Please confirm the division assessment selection. Combat/Auxiliary】

At this step, Zhao Xing hesitated.

【Please confirm your assessment zone choice. Combat/Auxiliary】

"Through day and night cultivation, seven precious 'Dao traces' were left on the Illusion Star Mushroom; if I choose the auxiliary division, is the probability of passing greater?"

According to past experience, there are far fewer combat-oriented Si Nong than auxiliary-oriented people, about 80-20.

This is just a competition; if it were in real life, combat-oriented Benwo Sect Si Nong would not even be 10%.

"Forget it, my preparation time is not enough, so I won't go to the auxiliary division to roll." Zhao Xing finally confirmed the 【Combat Division】.

Two years and six months later, the Beihe Transmission Boat arrived at the super-first-tier star system "Manya Star System" of the Red Star Empire.

The Transmission Boat opened the transparent mode; at this time, the sky was a clear night sky.

Flying boats, Transmission Boats, and palaces were floating everywhere in the starry sky, or drilling out from the void rivers.

"Rustle rustle~~"

It was raining everywhere in the star system, spiritual energy rain.

Large amounts of spiritual energy raindrops gathered and fell into the fixed spiritual energy rivers.

Clouds, spiritual energy waterfalls, and various spiritual beasts were simply like a fairyland.

However, such a spectacular scene ended two months later.

The Beihe Transmission Boat flew to the center of the Manya Star System, and then the 14,821 people on the Beihe Transmission Boat began to split.

"Those in the Si Nong profession, follow me." Origin Envoy Zuo Zuo Qiyu waved his hand lazily in the air; a wooden boat with vines spreading and flowers blooming appeared under his feet.

Zhao Xing and Liu Liu Tianning heard this and immediately bid farewell to Luo Hou Wang and Ji Ji Mengjun.

2,733 Si Nong immediately flew onto Origin Envoy Zuo Zuo Qiyu's flying boat.

"Sa!"

After everyone got on the boat, the wooden boat's canopy suddenly had vines spreading, wrapping the entire wooden boat, forming a life barrier, and also cutting off the view from the outside.

"Stay still." Zuo Zuo Qiyu gave an instruction and went straight into the cabin.

After boarding Zuo Zuo Qiyu's wooden boat, they flew for another month.

Zuo Zuo Qiyu came out of the cabin, but six came out.

Zhao Xing took a look at the panel and found that every one of this Origin Envoy could be detected.

Zhao Xing listened quietly.

After repeating it three times, the spirit of the Great Evolution God Soldier had no more sound.

Zhao Xing turned his head and looked around.

Because there was mist all around, he couldn't see the outside world at all, let alone what the assessment content was, only a starry sky above his head.

Only after the assessment officially began would the clouds and mist disperse.

Zhao Xing didn't look much and began to close his eyes to rest, adjusting his state to the peak.

Three days before the start of the first round of the Origin Assembly.

"Buzz~"

In the crystal ball at the top of the light gate, the spirit of the Great Evolution God Soldier appeared again.

It emitted a gentle light, waking Zhao Xing who was meditating and cultivating.

"The assessment will begin at the Chen hour two days later; please be prepared."

Zhao Xing opened his eyes and looked beside the light gate.

At this time, a stone stele rose at the foot of the light gate. On it was a line of gray characters:

【Current remaining number of people: 712 billion】

Because the assessment had not yet begun, the numbers did not jump.

"I must persist until only 15,000 people are left to have a possibility of passing." Zhao Xing thought to himself. "The longer you persist, the better."

15,000 people was the prediction data of the Great Evolution God Soldier, which was not necessarily accurate.

If it were in the fiercely competitive Northern Wild Star System, this number would be 890,000, mainly depending on the density of practitioners.

In the most prosperous Imperial Capital Star System, the first round even allowed 80 million people to pass! Because the spiritual energy environment of the Imperial Capital Star System was better, and more geniuses were born.

Of course, to prevent citizens of high-spiritual-energy star systems from running to other regions to sign up, the Origin Assembly would verify identity and household registration; those who had changed within three thousand years could only return to their original place of registration to participate.

The assessment intensity of high-spiritual-energy star systems must also be higher; their potential was tapped earlier. While the assessment intensity of low-spiritual-energy star systems was lower, there was still great potential to be tapped.

"If there are no accidents, the first test of this session is a 'Thousand Illusion Tree'."

"It's just that I don't know what level the Thousand Illusion Tree of the Beihe Star System is." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"The Thousand Illusion Tree of the Imperial Capital Star System, I remember it was at the early stage of the Five Elements Dao Domain Realm, and the floating platform would constantly approach, making the mental impact gradually strengthen."

Zhao Xing had a Thousand Illusion Tree, which he had been using to cultivate during his previous hundred years of cultivation.

People from Great Zhou would occasionally come into Wind River Cave Heaven to cultivate, but Zhao Xing didn't force them.

The difficulty of the assessment was there; even if prepared in advance, if the talent was too poor, they would be eliminated later anyway, so there was no point in forcing it.

Two days later, the spirit of the Great Evolution God Soldier sent a majestic voice.

"Assessment begins!"

As the voice fell, the clouds and mist around dispersed instantly.

"Buzz~"

In the starry sky ahead, a giant tree that covered the sky and sun appeared, looking like a sun, emitting golden light.

Countless dark golden leaves, with patterns on them like eyes, almost filled the entire starry sky.

"Rustle~" The Thousand Illusion Tree shook its leaves, and mental impacts were everywhere, stabbing into the barrier.

Zhao Xing didn't even blink his eyelids.

"100 million miles away from the Thousand Illusion Tree, this intensity is about the same as an itch."

Zhao Xing didn't have to worry about getting hurt; there was a recovery array inside the barrier. Once injured and unable to persist, he would be immediately moved away and undergo recovery treatment; of course, that meant elimination.

Zhao Xing glanced at the stone stele beside the light gate and blinked.

Because the remaining number of people displayed on the stone stele dropped sharply to 600 billion.

"Eliminated so many people in one second?"

"There are really a lot of people joining in the fun."

"10,000 is also money."

When the assessment just started, the intensity was very weak; even the First Realm, as long as they had undergone will training, could easily withstand it.

However, caught off guard, there were still many people eliminated.

"The assessment of the Origin Assembly, whether it is the First Realm or the Third Realm, is assessed together. The first round of mental will does not distinguish between professions; everyone has the same content."

Dao Domain Realm beings don't participate because Dao Domain Realm beings usually exceed ten thousand years old and no longer meet the threshold; furthermore, if Dao Domain Realm beings go to guard the Desolate Domain, even if it's a Five Elements Dao Domain Realm being, it would take two or three thousand years to exchange for an opportunity to enter the Origin World to study.

Great Divine Ability Realm beings are very rare; among ten billion Third Realm beings, it's not certain that anyone can break the shackles and continue to cultivate deeply in the Origin Realm, and the Origin World recruits those Great Divine Ability Realm beings.

"I wonder if there are two thousand Great Divine Ability Realm beings in the Beihe Star System this session?" Zhao Xing thought, without data for reference, he didn't know.

However, Great Divine Ability Realm beings are not necessarily guaranteed to pass; it's possible that the Great Divine Ability they cultivated is not suitable for dealing with the assessment.

For example, Zhao Xing has now cultivated the Great Divine Ability Mount Wuzhi, but it is of no use for the will test; if he can't withstand it, he can't withstand it.

"Boom~~"

After the first day, the floating platform began to move forward.

Zhao Xing also saw countless light spots; those were other participants, but he couldn't see them very clearly.

The barrier protected the participants from interfering with each other.

"There are still over three hundred billion." Zhao Xing glanced at the remaining number of people, closed his eyes, and began to cultivate.

Zhao Xing was very relaxed, but it was different for others.

The Thousand Illusion Tree's innate Great Divine Ability 【Thousand Illusion Eye】 constantly eroded everyone's mind.

On the first day, Great Zhou had 54 Third Realm beings eliminated.

"Whoosh whoosh~"

After elimination, these people were thrown out.

They returned to a resettlement area on the Beihe World Star.

"The mental will checkpoint is really difficult." Northern Star Prince Qin Feng appeared and couldn't help but sigh.

In the Xuanhuang World, he was considered one of the first batch of experts to break through to the Rule Realm; back then, it was his Queen and brother-in-law whom Zhao Xing turned into chickens and dogs.

"Northern Star Prince, were you also eliminated?" A martial general looked at Northern Star Prince Qin Feng.

"Ashamed." Northern Star Prince shook his head.

"It seems that blindly pursuing the strength of power is not enough; mental will training is also very important." Another Qi Sect martial general sighed.

In the Third Realm, they mainly pursued digging out the treasures of the body, and their energy was placed on this.

In fact, everyone also knew that mental will would be a weak point, but not everyone would go to make up for the weak point.

"Usually, I think that buying a treasure for self-defense is enough; can my own hard cultivation compare to the treasure defense crafted by a master refiner?"

"When acting in a group, Qi Sect martial artists will usually be equipped with teammates on the soul path."

"With Dao soldiers protecting, I don't feel this is any weak point."

"Now that I see it, I realize it's still very necessary." Northern Star Prince sighed with emotion.

Being eliminated on the first day, there was simply no experience at all!

10,000 Red Star coins registration fee, only played for one day, no face at all.

"Northern Star Prince is right." Many martial generals echoed.

In fact, they were just talking about it now.

Without demand, there is no motivation for cultivation.

Assessment is assessment, reality is reality. In reality, with Dao soldiers protecting the body, who would go to hard-cultivate mental will?

Not taking the shortcut, isn't that self-abuse?

Of course, there were also those like Northern Star Prince who seriously considered conducting high-intensity mental training in the future.

Northern Wild Star System, under the starry sky, on the 10000th floating platform.

Yu Tianqing looked at that Thousand Illusion Tree, a bit confused.

"Started? Is this tree the test?"

"Strange... why don't I feel anything at all."

A thousand years had passed, and Yu Tianqing's 【Eye of Breaking Illusion】 had become much stronger, but it was still in the primary development stage.

After the assessment began, for a whole day, he felt nothing.

He even mistakenly thought that he felt nothing because he had fallen into a powerful illusion.

"Still have to keep my spirits up."

Yu Tianqing muttered.

In the same place, Jing Yan frowned.

"The first round is mental will; it's very troublesome."

Jing Yan had once vowed in the Transmission Realm to improve his mental will, but after the review, he forgot about it.

He had also cultivated to the Third Realm now, but he wasn't particularly outstanding in this aspect.

Facing many competitors, Jing Yan had no confidence.

"If I can enter the Origin World to cultivate, three thousand years of cultivation, I might be able to kill my way into the top ten thousand inheritance rankings."

"But my will-based divine ability is only at the fourth stage, just out of the introductory stage."

"Let's work hard." Jing Yan began to embrace the Buddha's feet temporarily, borrowing the Thousand Illusion Tree to practice will-based divine abilities.

Beihe Star System, on Liu Liu Tianning's floating platform.

Liu Liu Tianning emptied his mind and let the Thousand Illusion Tree's power impact him.

He had cultivated a will-based divine ability called "Mirror Heart Lake," which was also purchased from Wanxin Island and belonged to the predecessor of the Great Divine Ability "Mental Mother River."

Unlike Zhao Xing, Liu Liu Tianning had started practicing in this aspect as soon as he came to the Red Star Empire a thousand years ago.

Because Liu Liu Tianning had suffered the sequelae of the Grass Man Method during the Xuanhuang World period, and it was Zhao Xing who solved the trouble of the Yan Shen Dongyan Jue.

After entering the cosmic territory, Liu Liu Tianning still liked to study various Grass Man Methods.

To avoid repeating the same mistakes, he also attached great importance to mental cultivation, even placing it in the first place of cultivation.

"The heart lake is like a bright mirror; if the heart ripples, one can quickly detect that one is being attacked." Liu Liu Tianning looked directly at the Thousand Illusion Tree, unruffled.

"The Mirror Heart Lake is already perfect, but how should I master the Great Divine Ability Mental Mother River?"

"The Thousand Illusion Tree at Zhao Xing's place seems different from this one."

Liu Liu Tianning pondered, and after a while, he decided to let go of his defenses and actively welcome the Thousand Illusion Tree's attack.

The heart lake rippled, and heavy illusions immediately appeared in Liu Liu Tianning's eyes.

His consciousness walked clearly on the heart lake; with every step, ripples were produced under his feet.

Liu Liu Tianning observed and comprehended while walking.

As time passed, the floating platform gradually approached the Thousand Illusion Tree. The difficulty of the assessment also gradually increased, and the number of eliminations increased rapidly.

Beihe World Star, 82451 floating platform.

Xia Jing's face was bitter.

He rubbed his eyes and found that what he saw was no longer the Thousand Illusion Tree, but a giant fish beast appearing in front.

The big fish opened its bloody mouth, its teeth like sharp saws, spraying corrosive mucus.

Xia Jing could almost smell that strong fishy smell.

"Damn! I haven't been afraid of eating fish for a long time; why do such illusions keep appearing." Xia Jing cursed, firming his confidence.

Time passed, and after the assessment began, it was soon one year and nine months.

"Boom~"

9510 floating platform moved forward again.

Please... you... collect 6... 9... book... bar...!

Zhao Xing opened his eyes and looked at the stone stele beside him.

【Remaining number of people: 2,150,045.】

"Only two million people left."

"Now the mental impact intensity of the Thousand Illusion Tree is already very high."

Before this, Zhao Xing didn't have to use the "Killing Thought Blade" to resist at all.

Relying solely on his own "mental resilience" was enough to keep his consciousness clear.

But now, he also had to start activating his will-based divine ability to suppress the miscellaneous thoughts constantly rising in his heart.

Otherwise, these miscellaneous thoughts would drive him to actively exit the light gate, which would mean elimination.

"Kill kill kill!"

Zhao Xing's eyes glowed red, and he began to suppress the miscellaneous thoughts produced in his heart with killing intent.

Soon, there were no more thoughts of quitting in his heart.

"One year and nine months, I don't know how many people are left in Great Zhou." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Beihe World Star, in the center, there was a Beihe King Mansion.

In a magnificent hall of the mansion, Beihe King Yang Lin was watching a huge water mirror in the hall.

As the star system lord appointed by the Empire's Emperor, Beihe King was a Reincarnation Realm being and had already had the experience of fifty-six reincarnation trials.

However, even such a strong person was very respectful to the two figures in the hall.

One was the "Origin Envoy" Zuo Zuo Qiyu of the Origin World, a Reincarnation Realm Benwo Sect Si Nong.

The other figure was a silver mechanical puppet, a differentiated body of the "Great Evolution God Soldier," "Chen Jiu."

The main body of the Great Evolution God Soldier was a mechanical divine object, and its differentiated bodies were classified according to the twelve Earthly Branches, having different effects.

The mechanical puppet Chen Jiu possessed the strength of a Great Emperor, so it was also known as "Emperor Chen Jiu."

These two were the "chief examiners" sent by the Empire to be responsible for the assessment of the Beihe Star System.

"Almost there." Emperor Chen Jiu spoke: "Beihe King, move the space inside the world."

"Yes." Beihe King nodded and immediately began to cooperate.

"Envoy Zuo, please increase the power of the Thousand Illusion Tree to the early stage of the Five Elements Dao Domain Realm." Chen Jiu looked at the Origin Envoy "Zuo Zuo Qiyu" again.

The latter wore a white magic robe embroidered with all kinds of plants, and his face had a somewhat evil and demonic aura.

Facing Emperor Chen Jiu, he just gave a light "hmm."

"That's fine." Chen Jiu said, "Next, we will eliminate until only 50,000 people are left."

At the beginning of the third year after the assessment began, the power of the Thousand Illusion Tree began to increase.

All floating platforms approached within a range of five thousand miles, and then it activated its second innate Great Divine Ability 【Tree Heart Puppet】.

Zhao Xing was originally sitting cross-legged, but at this moment his legs were out of control, seemingly wanting to stand up.

"Hmm?"

Zhao Xing immediately pressed his legs with his hands, and the red light in his eyes became more intense.

His legs soon stopped shaking.

"The Tree Heart Puppet has been activated."

"The form of mental attack has changed."

"The first year was the Thousand Illusion Eye, a simple mental impact."

"The second year, the Thousand Illusion Eye, began to trigger various illusions, activating all kinds of human emotions."

"The first two years were aimed at consciousness itself, but now it has begun to affect the body, already reaching the level of 'life instinct'."

Zhao Xing took a deep breath and further strengthened the Killing Thought Blade, but his legs were still shaking.

At this time, his legs seemed to have their own ideas, and every inch of muscle wanted to escape from here.

"Mental interference with reality; this is influencing the life avenue through the mental avenue." Zhao Xing thought to himself. "Using this move, the assessment should be in the final year."

The closer it was to the end, the stronger the attack emitted by the Thousand Illusion Tree.

Originally, Zhao Xing only needed to guard his mind, but now the Thousand Illusion Tree bypassed him and directly affected his body.

"This seems like a martial artist's combat instinct, crisis warning; sometimes you haven't seen the enemy, but the body has already reacted first."

Zhao Xing's intent immediately began to strengthen control over his legs, suppressing the sudden "survival instinct."

And on the other side, Xia Jing suddenly flashed, his legs sprang up, and he jumped backward fiercely.

In an instant, he jumped over the light gate and appeared outside.

"Damn. How did I come out."

At the same time, at the seventy-two entrances in the sky, a large number of practitioners appeared.

"Sigh, still couldn't hold on."

"Can't help it."

"Mental avenue influencing life avenue? It seems my training at Wanxin Island is not enough."

"Only over 800,000 people left, still didn't hold on, but with this ranking, I can also use it as a stepping stone for other forces."

"Sigh, there is no next opportunity; next time my age won't meet the requirements."

A large number of practitioners sighed.

At this time, the landing place of Great Zhou's participants also welcomed a batch of new eliminated people.

"Your Majesty, out of our 312 people, only five are left inside. They are Great Si Nong Zhao Xing, Grand General Luo Hou Wang, Si Nong Minister Liu Liu Tianning, Si Nong Minister Chen Shijie, and Eight-Yi Great Dance Master Ji Ji Mengjun."

Ji Che was on the other end of the Star Mirror, wearing strange clothes, and couldn't help but be curious: "Five is already very good. Works Lu Ying, how were you eliminated?"

Works Lu Ying said embarrassedly:

"Your Majesty, I activated the Void Soldier Formation and summoned eight hundred mechanical puppets to watch over myself, but just now... these eight hundred mechanical puppets carried me out."

"Clearly, I accidentally gave the wrong command just now."

"Hahahaha." Ji Che laughed loudly: "I was just thinking, can I trap myself there to pass the test? It seems this method doesn't work either."

In order to pass the test, the means used by the participants could be described as varied.

However, any means, in the final analysis, were led by people.

Without extra treasure assistance, it was impossible for a person to trap themselves to death.

Knocking oneself unconscious wouldn't work either; if one couldn't maintain consciousness, one would be eliminated all the same.

"Works Lu Ying, don't be discouraged. What was your ranking when you were eliminated?"

Works Lu Ying answered: "The Star Mirror shows that I was the 1,360,000th to be eliminated."

"Such a ranking is already quite good. If you can't enter the Origin World, you can enter the 'Xuanji Hall'." Ji Che comforted. "... Alright, I have important matters to attend to with Ji Si; report to me when the results of the first round come out."

"Yes."

At the beginning of the third year after the assessment began.

Zhao Xing was only a thousand miles away from the Thousand Illusion Tree.

"Bang!"

Zhao Xing's left hand suddenly gave his cheek a punch.

His right foot kicked toward his left foot.

"Bang!"

Zhao Xing fell to the ground.

At this time, the Thousand Illusion Tree's attack intensity was already shockingly high.

Almost every cell in Zhao Xing's body was shouting to run away.

The Killing Thought Blade was pushed to the limit, influencing each other with the Thousand Illusion Tree, and Zhao Xing even wanted to kill himself.

"Ding!"

In Zhao Xing's mind, a three-dimensional clock appeared.

The pointer pointed to the Zi hour.

The killing intent subsided slightly, and consciousness returned to clarity.

"My name is Zhao Xing, I am accepting the first round of assessment of the Origin World, and now it is the end of the third year since the assessment began."

Consciousness corrected, Zhao Xing took a deep breath and quickly controlled his body.

He glanced at the stone stele.

【Remaining number of people: 14821.】

The numbers froze and the stone stele turned gray.

"Buzz~"

In an instant, all abnormal feelings dissipated.

After experiencing the last wave of high-intensity attacks.

The first round of assessment of the Origin World finally ended.

"Congratulations to you, Wuye Constellation, Fengdu World Star's Zhao Xing, you have passed the first round of screening of the Origin World."

In the crystal ball on the light gate, Chen Jiu's voice sounded.

He simultaneously sent the passing information to 14,821 people.

"Passed."

Zhao Xing felt a sense of relief.

This last peak attack was really uncomfortable.

Although it hadn't reached the limit yet, if he continued to persist, he probably wouldn't be able to persist for too long.

"After the first round ends, you have 97 years to prepare."

"In the last three years, you need to leave time to set off from the Beihe World Star to the twenty-eight top-tier star systems to participate in the second round of assessment."

"Good luck."

After Zhao Xing finished listening, he was excluded by a huge force.

Whoosh~

The next moment, he appeared above the Beihe World Star.

"I wonder if anyone from Great Zhou passed." Zhao Xing scanned the surroundings.

Because the top-tier world star was very large, Zhao Xing couldn't see the 14,821 people who passed.

Whoosh~

Zhao Xing rushed toward the landing place from three years ago.

"The first round of the Origin World assessment has ended." The voice of the Beihe King echoed throughout the Beihe World Star. "Beihe Star System, a total of 14,821 people passed the first test."

Boom~ The various forces on the world star immediately boiled over.

"Finally over!"

"Quick, quick, go check the public list, see if there are any loose cultivators."

"People of the Xuanji Hall, listen to my order, immediately go find the mechanical masters who passed, dig people with heavy money! Whoever can persuade one person will be rewarded with 10 billion Red Star coins."

"I am 'Lan Wu Yue', the person in charge of the Green Field Chamber of Commerce, immediately collect the list, inquire about news, and whoever among these 14,821 people is doing business, immediately invest in them."

"Hahahaha, my son Landis passed, reward, all citizens will be issued 1,000 Red Star coins!"

"..."

The first round of the Origin World assessment ended, and those 14,821 people immediately became the focus of everyone's attention.

Standing out from over seven hundred billion people, they would definitely have a bright future.

Those who wanted to invest, those who wanted to poach, were all moving out at this time.

Great Zhou was also waiting anxiously.

The time for the last wave of eliminated people and those who passed to come out was about the same; now they didn't know how many of the five people from Great Zhou passed and how many were eliminated.

The list would be announced in a while; they were truly looking forward to it.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

Soon, Zhao Xing, Luo Hou Wang, Chen Shijie, Liu Liu Tianning, and Ji Ji Mengjun all appeared in the temporary rented manor of Great Zhou.

"It's here! They're out!"

The important ministers of Great Zhou who had been waiting impatiently immediately welcomed them out.

The five people from Zhao Xing also arrived at the manor at about the same time.

"Great Si Nong, Grand General... how are you?" Works Lu Ying asked with eager eyes.

Zhao Xing smiled: "I passed."

Liu Liu Tianning said calmly: "I passed by luck."

Ji Ji Mengjun shook her head and said: "I was the lucky one; I was only three steps away from the exit... if it were any later, I would have been eliminated."

"I was only one step away from elimination." Luo Hou Wang said with lingering fear. "Before my consciousness fell into a coma, I had already fallen on the door frame of the transmission gate, but the spirit of the Great Evolution God Soldier also judged that I passed."

Chen Shijie spoke last, and he said with some regret: "Ashamed, I didn't hold on to the last wave of attacks."

Five in, four out! There were four people from Great Zhou who passed!

Joyful cheers erupted in the crowd.

Everyone was cheering and celebrating, while Zhao Xing patted Old Chen on the shoulder: "It's already very good, there's still one more opportunity, just come back in three thousand years."

"Hmm." Chen Shijie was still unhappy.

"By the way, Old Chen, what was your ranking on the Star Mirror?"

If one passed, there would be no ranking.

Only elimination would show what number one was eliminated.

"When I was eliminated, there were only 16,245 people left." Chen Shijie said.

Zhao Xing couldn't help but be speechless. No wonder Old Chen was so regretful.

16,245 was extremely close to the passing level.

In the last wave of attacks, if Chen Shijie had persisted for just half a second more, he might have made it in.

It was a pity, it was just that little bit off.

It couldn't even be said that it was a problem of Old Chen's strength; if his luck had been slightly better, for example, if the Origin World had wanted a thousand more people, Old Chen could have made it in.

Zhao Xing didn't know what to say, so he could only pat Old Chen on the shoulder, then he changed the subject and looked at Liu Liu Tianning: "Teacher, how far were you from the light gate?"

Liu said he was lucky; knowing Liu Liu Tianning, he was probably being a bit modest.

"In the last wave of attacks, I actually didn't move much." Liu Liu Tianning smiled.

"Didn't move much?" Zhao Xing was stunned, then asked via sound transmission: "Teacher, did you... remember anything else? For example, some strange scenes and people."

Liu Liu Tianning was stunned: "No, why?"

"Nothing, just asking."

Liu Liu Tianning had a touch of the Great Divine Ability method, which was very rare.

However, this also had something to do with him specializing in the Benwo Sect path since entering the cosmic version.

Instead, it was Zhao Xing, who had been carrying a heavy burden, although he finally had the benefits promised by Qing Qing Yu Zi and Wu Tian's gift. But it also delayed a lot of cultivation time, and what he learned was very complex. In some aspects, he was instead surpassed by Old Liu.

"Great Si Nong." Just as they were chatting, Great Si Gong Works Lu Ying suddenly said: "A lot of people suddenly came outside the manor, saying they want to see you, the Grand General, Minister Liu, and Minister Ji."

"Who are they?" Luo Hou Wang asked.

Works Lu Ying looked at the Star Mirror; he rented this place, and he also connected to the formation of this manor.

"A lot, there are well-known large chambers of commerce in the Beihe Star System, Wanxin Island, Hunyuan Martial Arts Hall... and even people sent by the Beihe Lord."

Zhao Xing smiled: "Nothing more than lobbyists for poaching, speculative merchants, but none of these people can be rejected. At least give them face for now."

"Works Lu Ying, arrange it, invite them in one by one according to the weight of the guests."

"Yes." Works Lu Ying nodded.

Then Zhao Xing also exchanged simple opinions with Luo Hou Wang, Liu Liu Tianning, and Ji Ji Mengjun.

"If it's a gift from a small force, don't accept it. Great Zhou's national treasury now has quite a bit of money, no need to add a share of karma for a small amount of money."

"Poaching can be handled as you see fit; don't easily agree to contracts with deep ties."

"Beihe King's gift can be accepted; we are considered citizens under his command, this is a simple reward, no need to worry about offending people by refusing..."

Zhao Xing gave some personal experience, and then the four acted separately.

Zhao Xing let Luo Hou Wang, Liu Liu Tianning, and Ji Ji Mengjun boldly accept gifts, but he himself didn't intend to accept more.

Except for the gift sent by Beihe King Yang Lin, he politely declined the rest.

Master Zhao's vision was very high, so only Beihe King's gift could be accepted; after all, Great Zhou was making a living in the Beihe Star System. It didn't matter for other forces, and he didn't lack this little money.

As for those poaching, he refused them all. Except for the Origin World, Zhao Xing had no second choice.

Doing so was nothing more than leaving an impression of being arrogant, not to the point of offending people. It was just to send gifts to form good karma, there was no situation of forcing karma.

"Junior thanks Beihe King for his care, please go slowly." Zhao Xing sent away the messenger who delivered the gift, then closed the door and didn't receive guests anymore.

He turned to contact Jing Yan and Yu Tianqing through the Star Mirror to inquire about the situation.

"I passed." Yu Tianqing said concisely.

"I passed by luck." Jing Yan rejoiced. "I was almost eliminated."

"How many people passed in the Northern Wild Star System?" Zhao Xing asked.

"720,000 people." Jing Yan said.

"The Northern Wild Star System is really a good place." Zhao Xing said.

"The first round was so difficult." Jing Yan said, "I don't know what the second round will be like."

He was originally full of confidence, but now he had no confidence at all. 【421】 "Old Yu, do you think the first round is difficult?" Jing Yan asked casually.

"The Beiye Star System is truly a good place," Zhao Xing said.

"Difficult, I guess."

"Yo, you're pretending, is this still a question?" Jing Yan despised him.

Only Zhao Xing felt that Yu Tianqing was being relatively restrained.

In front of the Eye of Breaking Illusion, the first round was indeed as simple as drinking water for him.

Back then, Yu Tianqing could travel freely in the Transmission Realm! He wasn't affected at all.

Now that he had developed for a thousand years, the increase brought by the innate Great Divine Ability was even stronger; the first round really wasn't difficult for Yu.

"Alright, I'm going to prepare for closed-door cultivation." Jing Yan waved his hand: "See you in 97 years."

"Brother Jing, Zhao Xing, I'm going too." Yu Tianqing said.

"See you in ninety-seven years." Zhao Xing nodded; the location of the second round would be held in the twenty-eight top-tier star systems of the Empire. The Northern Wild Star System and the Beihe Star System were adjacent; Zhao Xing estimated that he could meet up with Jing Yan and Yu Tianqing in the second round.

"The second round of screening will divide professions and choose between combat and auxiliary competition areas." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"I choose the combat competition area; the second round of assessment will require selecting many plant troops for battle."

"My plan for the next hundred years needs to change. Aiming to improve combat power!"

"Three directions: first, 'Essence Extraction Divine Ability', second, 'Giant Yang Grass Man Method', third, Great Divine Ability 'Mount Wuzhi'."

"If I can master the Great Divine Ability Mount Wuzhi, then I will have a trump card."

"Essence Extraction Divine Ability can also exert miraculous effects, with a certain probability of exploding super troops."

"Giant Yang Clone will serve as conventional combat power."

After setting the plan, in the first year after the assessment ended, Zhao Xing rented a cultivation venue on the Beihe World Star and began ninety-seven years of cultivation.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 419 =====

"The Giant Yang Clone will serve as conventional combat power."

Having set the plan, in the first year after the assessment ended, Zhao Xing rented a cultivation venue on the Beiye Boundary Star and began a ninety-seven-year cultivation period.

(End of chapter)