Azure Cloud Mountain Opening, Assessment Begins

After the Black Emperor finished speaking,

Mu Shuixian and the others had just reached the top.

"I am Inner Sect Elder the Azure Cloud Emperor Sect."

"Those of you who have come here should already know the rules of the first test, so I will not go into detail."

"The assessment is very simple. Once you pass the Illusionary Sky Ladder, you can become a disciple of my Azure Cloud Sect."

"I hereby announce that I, Azure Cloud Sect, Opening the Mountain to Accept Disciples, and the first test, the Illusionary Sky Ladder, shall now begin."

Standing atop the mountain, Mu Shuixian unleashed the Emperor's Might within her, a sound as awe-inspiring as the might of heaven resounding throughout the Desolate Martial Continent!

After she finished speaking, she waved her sleeve.

Illusionary Sky Ladder, reaching straight to the clouds and towering with Nine Hundred Ninety-Ninth Level, gradually reveals itself from top to bottom.

The scenery on the Heavenly Stairway is constantly changing, with magnificent Dao Rhythm and extremely rich Spiritual Qi bursting out from it. Stepping on it is like walking on a celestial ladder, like a dream.

"Inner Sect Elder? The Great Emperor!"

"Hiss!"

"What's going on! It's one thing for the gatekeeper dog to be an Emperor, but even the Inner Sect Elder are all Emperors!"

"Holy crap! This is incredible!"

"The intelligence is wrong! Azure Cloud Sect has more than two Great Emperors!"

Those from powerful factions present were all shocked, and even the cultivators controlling the spaceship in the distance almost lost control and crashed.

After Mu Shuixian gave the order, the five sect guards under the command of the Black Emperor released powerful auras and flew down.

Arrange all the people to be assessed below to be assessed in batches in an orderly manner.

The Heavenly Stairway is large enough to accommodate tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people simultaneously.

The first group of test takers stepped onto the Heavenly Stairway in an orderly fashion.

Instantly, shouts from below resounded through the sky.

"Demons! They're all demons!"

"The Devil Race are coming! Run! Run!"

A man on the Heavenly Stairway shouted as if he had gone mad.

The man who had participated in the test with him stepped out of the illusion, gave him a disdainful look, and continued to step upwards.

If you're already this scared in the first illusion, why are you still here making a fool of yourself? Forget about the Imperial Sect, even a third-rate force like mine wouldn't want you.

People kept being teleported down from the Heavenly Stairway.

Afterwards, they were all drenched in sweat, panting heavily, and some even had lifeless eyes, collapsing to the ground, clearly still not recovered.

Then despair set in, and all that remained was to gaze longingly towards the mountaintop and the clouds above.

That was a dream they could only dream of!

"Heavens above! I haven't even stepped onto the second step yet! Why?! They all say I have the Great Emperor Potential!"

"This Azure Cloud Sect assessment is way too difficult!"

Those who failed the assessment left in despair.

The Imperial Sect is so close, yet so far away.

At the mountain's summit, Mu Shuixian shook her head.

This batch is of such poor quality. Most of the workers are just there to make up the numbers; they can't even get past the second level.

"Water Immortal Empress, how is your recovery going lately?"

"It's been 100,000 years, and I still long for a great and exhilarating battle with you."

"I wonder if your swordsmanship has improved."

The Black Emperor stepped forward and said.

Upon hearing this, Mu Shuixian turned around and said, "Xiao Hei, are you asking for a beating again?"

"Have you forgotten how I taught you to behave before?"

Upon hearing this, Black Emperor shrank his dog head back.

The Water Immortal Empress was slightly stronger than it, to the point that it was always on the defensive in every match.

"Alas, time flies by in the blink of an eye. Ten thousand years have passed, and I wonder what Central Continent has become."

"How is the Mu Family?"

"And that damned Dustless Great Emperor!"

Whenever Mu Shuixian talks to this friend, she always recalls things from the past.

"Why don't we wait until we recover to the Supreme Realm and then go back to take a look? We were just one step away from being eliminated."

"At that time, the Black Emperor's reputation will once again shake the Central Domain."

The assessment below is still ongoing.

They went up in batches, and were sent down in batches.

"Holy crap! Azure Cloud Sect is full of Great Emperors! I didn't mean to expose them, let me go, let me go!"

A man secretly discovered in an illusion that everyone in the Azure Cloud Emperor Sect was a Great Emperor. Without hesitation, he revealed this information and was Wu Qing arrested. They even questioned him about why he wasn't a Great Emperor and suspected him of being a spy from another sect.

"What! You all know I stole the bellyband from next door!"

In the illusion, a man blushed and lowered his head, accepting the pointing and whispering of the crowd.

People who were misled by the illusion would occasionally start talking nonsense and eventually be teleported down.

"Qingcheng, it's our turn."

"Let's go."

After a short while, it was finally Gu Qingcheng and Xiao Xuan'er's turn.

They followed the crowd to the Heavenly Stairway and stepped up.

The quality of the later batches was significantly better than that of the earlier batches.

Many exceptionally talented individuals broke through the first illusion and continued their ascent.

The inner and outer disciples of the sect also stood on the mountaintop, looking up at the Illusionary Sky Ladder with great interest.

They all went through this before.

Furthermore, the elders told them that the second test would no longer be the Nine Cauldrons Talent Test, but rather that those who had passed the first test would challenge them.

What can they do? They can only give it their all.

"The quality of this batch is not bad. Several have already made it to the 200-plus mark and haven't slowed down yet. It seems that the first batch of successful candidates will be announced soon."

Mu Shuixian looked at the Illusionary Sky Ladder and analyzed.

I just don't know how strong she is, or whether she can defeat her inner disciples and directly enter the inner sect.

There are too few inner disciples now.

On the Illusionary Sky Ladder, several figures flew up. As long as they had strong hearts and firm minds, the illusion would not have much of an effect on them.

A short while later.

Ten figures reached the summit, becoming the first wave of people to ascend after crossing the Nine Hundred Ninety-Ninth Level of the Heavenly Stairway.

"They've made it up! They've made it up!"

"Ten prodigies have made it up! Let's charge!"

The cultivators below who were not participating seemed to have been injected with adrenaline.

Too many people failed, and a sense of unease spread through the crowd. Those who hadn't participated all thought the first test was hellishly difficult.

The moment these ten prodigies reached the top, it instantly inspired them. It seems that some people can still succeed, and those who failed were simply too arrogant.

However, the true geniuses and strong-willed cultivators below remained unmoved. Those who were easily swayed by external emotions were not in good mental or emotional condition.

Ten figures.

Six young men and four women walked toward the elders with high spirits.

My heart was filled with joy.

Becoming a disciple of the Imperial Sect is a done deal; now it all depends on how the second test goes.

In any case, I can become a disciple of the Azure Cloud Emperor Sect.

After seeing the group of people approaching.

Ning Yan, Inner Sect Disciple Azure Cloud Sect behind them, stared wide-eyed.

"Xuan'er!"