When Mo Wuji guessed that the next puppet would be at the first level of Celestial God, two stone tablets appeared in front of him, one white jade tablet and one red jade tablet.

Mo Wuji knew about the white jade tablet; as long as he inscribed his name on it, it would mean he had passed the level. Mo Wuji was thinking that this battle assessment was too simple, wasn't it? But when he saw the explanation above the red jade tablet, he understood.

The red jade tablet read: "To continue the assessment, please press the red jade tablet. The next level is a battle against a Celestial God at the first level. Failure results in elimination. To refuse to continue the battle, inscribe your name on the white jade tablet to pass the battle assessment."

Mo Wuji understood that the Nirvana Learning Academy's assessment wasn't about preventing more people from passing, but rather about selecting more well-rounded talents. Clearly, if he chose to pass here, his score wouldn't be very high.

If he constantly chose to continue battling, his score would probably reach a very high level. It was evident that although the Nirvana Learning Academy had set the tone for comprehensive talent selection, combat was still prioritized. As long as you had the ability, even if your previous score wasn't high, you could still earn a higher score in combat to compensate. This was equivalent to not missing out on top-tier talents.

Mo Wuji hesitated for a moment. According to his score in the previous assessments, even if he didn't score in the sixth Divine Dao test, he should still be able to enter the top five hundred. In other words, he was definitely qualified to enter the Nirvana Learning Academy.

If he wanted to continue scoring points, he could press the red jade tablet and continue fighting. With his strength, it was possible for him to break into the top ten, or even the top three.

But was it necessary for him to continue the assessment?

The reward for the top ten was a year of cultivation in the Land of the Gods, but he didn't come here to cultivate in the Land of the Gods; he wanted to go to the Land of Mortals. As for the sect representatives having a God King who could enter the Nirvana River for enlightenment, what did that have to do with him? Chi Bing was only at the first level of the God King realm, and hadn't even stabilized it yet; she definitely didn't need to comprehend a realm above the God King.

As for Dao fruits, Mo Wuji felt that if he obtained them, he would either store them in his ring or auction them off. Indeed, these slots for God King enlightenment and Dao fruits could be sold for a large sum of God Crystals, but he would become very famous, and he would offend many people. Because if he entered the top ten, he would offend the eleventh place; if he entered the top five, he would offend the sixth and eleventh places; if he entered the top three, he would offend the fourth, sixth, and eleventh places...

Mo Wuji had never been afraid of offending people. As long as it was something related to his vital interests, he would offend even a God King; he wasn't afraid of sects either. Once, to save Su Xi, he wasn't afraid of even a top-tier Immortal Gate. For the Immortal World's fortune, he wasn't afraid of offending upper realm powerhouses who were far stronger than him. For the Tian Fan Sect, he killed forty or fifty talented disciples from the Luan Hun Divine Mansion and the Nine Evolutions Divine Sect, and finally had to cross the Sea of Annihilation and flee to the Divine Continent...

All of this was for his Dao heart to be unhindered!

If there were any treasures, he definitely wouldn't give up. But now, he was offending so many forces and sects just for a few God Crystals, which wasn't worth it at all. As a Grade 5 God Pill King, he could get God Crystals whenever he wanted; why bother offending people? As for fame, he didn't need it even more. He cultivated the Dao of Mortals; fame was like floating clouds to him.

Mo Wuji didn't hesitate and inscribed the name "Loose Cultivator 2705" on the white jade tablet. A vortex gate appeared behind the tablet, and Mo Wuji stepped into the vortex, appearing directly in the middle of a huge plaza.

Almost as soon as his feet touched the ground, Mo Wuji heard a loud voice coming from the sky above the plaza, "The assessment time is up! All disciples who have not passed the assessment, or are currently undergoing the assessment, are hereby eliminated!"

The assessment time was actually up? Mo Wuji was shocked. He suddenly realized that if he had wanted to continue challenging the Celestial God at the first level, what awaited him was probably not a higher score, but elimination.

That was close.

"You're lucky. You passed the seventh level almost at the last minute. How was it? How many did you take down in the last round of battling?" A smiling voice rang in Mo Wuji's ear.

The one speaking was a clean and meticulously dressed fair-skinned young man. Mo Wuji could even smell a faint fragrance on him. In Earth's terms, he was a pampered young master who paid a lot of attention to his appearance and liked to spray some perfume on himself.

Mo Wuji smiled. "I took down two, and barely passed. If I had delayed any longer, I would have been eliminated."

"Looks like you're a lucky guy. I'm Lian Linyun, from the River Gap Divine City," the fair-skinned young master said, patting Mo Wuji's arm in a familiar manner.

"I'm Mo Wuji, a loose cultivator. I'm just wandering around and came here to try my luck," Mo Wuji replied.

He knew about River Gap Divine City. If Chi Bing hadn't found the Coiled Wind Forest, he might have gone to River Gap Divine City.

Lian Linyun pointed to the huge array monitoring screen in the middle of the plaza and said, "We can't see the rankings yet. The rankings are being adjusted and the top five hundred will appear in a while. You being able to come to this plaza means you're pretty good. Look, there were more than thirteen thousand people taking the assessment, and now there are only about two thousand people in this plaza at most."

Mo Wuji also saw that there were indeed only about two thousand people in the plaza. If the Nirvana Learning Academy was recruiting five hundred people, then he had a one in four chance of entering the Nirvana Learning Academy.

Lian Linyun was clearly a chatterbox. He pointed to a group of people surrounded in the front and said, "See those guys? Those are some of the top contenders in this assessment. Especially Ji Feiyan from the Covering Star Mountain. This guy is an absolute genius. I heard that he's not only a Grade 4 Grand Divine Array Master, but also a Grade 3 God Pill Master, a Grade 3 Talisman Dao Master, and a formidable figure who can refine middle-grade Divine equipment. It's said that in the combat challenge, he took down a Celestial God puppet at the fourth level. If there are no accidents, he'll definitely be first this time. And the guy next to him, Ao Rong from the Ao Clan, is also very powerful..."

Through Lian Linyun's introduction, Mo Wuji learned about several top contenders. Besides Ji Feiyan from Covering Star Mountain, there was Ao Rong from the Ao Clan, Luo Xianjiao from the True God Dao, Xu Ze from the Cultivator's Inn, Ji Jiuling from the Ji Clan of the Divine Continent…

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Compared to the two or three thousand people in this plaza, the Nirvana Dao City plaza was practically overflowing with people. The Nirvana Learning Academy's assessment had ended, and the results were about to be announced.

The array display screen that originally showed the temporary rankings was now blank. The official rankings would have some screening, and only after the screening would the actual rankings appear.

Everyone was looking expectantly at the array display screen in the middle of the plaza, wanting to know who the top three were, and who the top ten were.

As for those sects that had a chance of getting into the top three, top five, or top ten, they were even more keenly staring at the array display screen. Even if some sect disciples had a high temporary ranking before, the actual ranking was very different from the temporary ranking. This was because the temporary ranking didn't include the results of the seventh round of assessment, while the actual name included the results of the seventh round of combat assessment.

This Nirvana Learning Academy assessment, although focused on being comprehensive, still valued combat the most.

The combat assessment was also placed last, and the score became higher as the opponent in the combat became stronger. Theoretically, there was no limit to the score for this round of combat.

In other words, as long as you weren't eliminated in the previous rounds, and you had strong strength, you would have a chance to rush back to first place again.

Lao Yu, the peak lord of the Left Ling Peak of the Lingxiao Divine Sect, was also staring at the huge blank array display screen. He eagerly hoped that Mo Wuji could enter the top ten, and then obtain a few opportunities to enter the Nirvana River for enlightenment.

The Lingxiao Divine Sect had a God King at the Great Perfection stage, only one step away from crossing over the God King stage. The problem was that, aside from the Nirvana Learning Academy, it was almost impossible to find a place to comprehend the Dao principles above the God King on the Divine Continent.

And the Nirvana Learning Academy wasn't so easy to enter. Don't look at the Lingxiao Divine Sect being a large sect. Even the top Divine Sects on the Divine Continent didn't dare to mess with the Nirvana Learning Academy.

The Nirvana Learning Academy had God Fusion experts. As long as one of them came out, they could sweep across a top-tier large sect.

Next to Lao Yu was Xing Wen, the sect leader of the Lingxiao Divine Sect, who had just arrived. Xing Wen's expression was very unsightly. He hadn't expected that a casual decision of his would send away a top-tier genius. Now it was too late to regret, and he only hoped that if Mo Wuji entered the top ten, the Lingxiao Divine Sect could use Chi Kun and Yu Ruo to make up for the previous rift with Mo Wuji.

Although the official rankings hadn't been released yet, Xing Wen also knew that it was impossible for anyone from the Lingxiao Divine Sect to enter the top ten. The disciple with the best score before, Chang Haoji, was only ranked after sixtieth place. No matter how strong Chang Haoji was in combat, it was estimated that he wouldn't be able to break into the top ten.

Chi Kun, who had gone out to gather information, had now returned and landed beside Xing Wen and Lao Yu.

Before Chi Kun could speak, Xing Wen impatiently asked, "Was that Mo Wuji eliminated?"

Xing Wen was the sect leader of the Lingxiao Divine Sect, with the strength of a God King at the seventh level. The Nirvana River also had a powerful attraction to him.

Chi Kun shook his head with a gloomy expression. "He didn't come out. Before, Mo Wuji's score had always been 412.50 points, and it hasn't changed since then."

"Four hundred and twelve point five zero points, and then the score didn't increase, and he didn't come out..." Xing Wen muttered to himself, and then stopped speaking.

He knew what Chi Kun was thinking. Chi Kun believed that Mo Wuji should have fallen, and he thought so too. Otherwise, the score wouldn't have stopped increasing.

"Ah, forget it. That Mo Wuji only knows one divine ability. It's normal for him to be killed in the combat process," another elder of the Lingxiao Divine Sect said.

The peak lord of the Left Ling Peak, Lao Yu, shook his head. "It wasn't combat. Mo Wuji's score hasn't increased since he entered the Divine Dao assessment. Logically speaking, there's no danger to life in the Divine Dao assessment, right?"

Xing Wen said in a deep voice, "That's not necessarily true. There have been too many changes to this assessment. Many of the assessments are different from what we knew before."

"The assessment rankings are out, look!" A sharp voice broke the anxiety of the waiting crowd.

Sure enough, the first ranking appeared on the huge array display screen.