Chapter 429 - 233: The Assessment Begins! A Peerless Demon Fiend Appears! Jiang Che Shocks Everyone

’True Mastery Realm!’

’These three... they must all be genuine Great Powers of the True Mastery Realm!’

Is this the power of the Three Top Sects? They can casually send out an examining Elder, and they turn out to be a Great Power of the True Mastery Realm?!

’Thank goodness... Thank goodness I had the foresight!’

It turned out that before setting out, Jiang Che had placed the Concealing Breath Treasure Pearl into his Divine Soul Slot and activated the Soldier Soul Technique, Invisible Dao.

That glance just now... if Invisible Dao hadn’t shielded his aura,

the Heart of the Black Abyss from an Outer Realm Evil God inside him would have likely been exposed to that Great Power from the Daoist Sect!

Once exposed...

Faced with an expert of that caliber, he wouldn’t even have a chance to escape. Death would be certain!

’Invisible Dao is truly incredible. It can even block a casual probe from a Great Power of the True Mastery Realm...’

Jiang Che heaved a long sigh of relief in his heart, secretly warning himself that he had to be even more careful in the Capital City and never again rashly use his Pupil Technique to spy on the powerful!

「On the high platform.」

Daoist Wu Wei frowned slightly, a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes.

For a split second, he had indeed felt a rather peculiar gaze probing him.

But when he looked over, he only found a group of ordinary young disciples, nothing out of the ordinary.

’Was I mistaken...’

The old Daoist shook his head and didn’t pursue the matter further.

At that moment, the official in red robes saw that the time was right and shouted loudly,

"The auspicious hour is upon us!"

"The first stage of the assessment, Realm Testing, begins now!"

"First, will the participating disciples from Yanzhou please enter for testing!"

As his voice fell, a group of disciples in brown martial attire walked over from a corner of the square.

After their bone ages were checked, they began to draw lots to determine their order.

Soon, the young Martial Artist who drew the first lot stepped before the Heaven-Reaching Stele.

As instructed, he placed his hand on the ice-cold crystal surface of the stele, then activated his Cultivation Technique and carefully channeled a wisp of his body’s Strength into it.

BZZZZ—

The stele trembled slightly as a faint cyan light flared to life.

Following that, large, powerful characters clearly materialized on the stele’s surface:

[Mid-stage of Refining Organ Realm]

「At the same time.」

On the other side of the square, light swirled across the surface of a massive Jade Disc, a hundred feet wide.

An official in charge of recording immediately used his True Qi to form a line of text on the Jade Disc.

[Zhao Tiezhu]

[Current Rank: 1]

[Realm: Mid-stage of Refining Organ Realm]

"WHOA—"

This scene immediately drew a collective gasp from the crowd.

"There’s even a real-time ranking Jade Disc?!"

"This isn’t just an assessment, it’s a public shaming! If your rank is too low, won’t everyone be staring and laughing at you?"

This blatant ranking system instantly doubled the pressure on every participant present!

Then, the second disciple from Yanzhou took the stage.

This person’s aura was clearly a notch stronger than Zhao Tiezhu’s.

As he pressed his palm down, the light from the Heaven-Reaching Stele grew even brighter.

[Peak of Refining Organ Realm (Unrefined Spirit)]

The next moment, the rankings on the Jade Disc changed instantly!

Zhao Tiezhu, who had been sitting at the top of the board, was immediately pushed down to second place.

A new name took over the number one spot.

As the disciples came forward to be tested one by one,

the names and rankings on the Jade Disc were constantly changing.

Soon, the several dozen disciples from Yanzhou had all completed their tests.

The final one to take the stage, the headliner, was a young head disciple from Yanzhou named Zhou Tong.

After he stepped onto the stage, he let out a low shout and pressed his palm against the Heaven-Reaching Stele.

[Cultivation: Peak of Refining Organ Realm (Refining Spirit, Six Acupoints)]

This result earned a slight nod from the Yanzhou Elder.

But at a venue packed with powerful experts, it failed to cause much of a stir.

Next up was the test for the second state.

The process was largely the same. Although a few experts who had begun Refining Spirit and opened seven or eight acupoints emerged, constantly refreshing the top spot, everyone knew their positions were temporary.

After them came the third state, Youzhou.

From the Youzhou contingent, a young man emerged. He wore a moon-white brocade robe with a jade belt at his waist, and his face was androgynously handsome.

His gait was jaunty, and his eyes held an arrogance that looked down on everyone. Every step he took seemed to carry an air of superiority.

The moment he stepped onto the high platform, a commotion broke out in the Cangyun Sect’s waiting area.

"It’s someone from the Divine Moon Sect!"

Shi Poyue suddenly exclaimed, "It’s that kid! He was one of the disciples standing behind that old scoundrel at Feiyun Inn the other day!"

Wang Zhenhai said indignantly, "Hmph, I’d like to see what this kid is made of! Let’s see if he’s all show and no go!"

The young man walked up to the Heaven-Reaching Stele but did not immediately begin the test.

He glanced at the ranking Jade Disc in the other direction and sneered, clearly unimpressed by the previous results.

"Hah!"

With a low shout, his aura suddenly erupted as he slammed his palm against the stele!

BOOM!!!

This time, the Heaven-Reaching Stele burst with brilliant light!

[Early-stage First Layer of True Master Realm]

"Tr-True Master Realm?!?!"

"Heavens! The first True Master Realm expert has appeared!"

"Is this the kind of prodigy the Great States produce?!"

The entire crowd erupted in an instant. Cries of shock rose and fell as countless gazes of awe were fixed upon the stage.

At the same time, on the giant ranking Jade Disc, the previous number one was mercilessly crushed.

A new name climbed to the top of the board!

[Guo Yifan]

[Current Rank: 1]

[Realm: Early-stage First Layer of True Master Realm]

Guo Yifan basked in the crowd’s attention, shot a disdainful glance specifically in the direction of the Cangyun Sect, and then swaggered off the high platform.