"That's true."
Xu Chunniang nodded in agreement. "But with strength as formidable as yours, how did you end up trapped inside the Soul Suppressing Pot?"
The Sky-Gazing Hound's expression stiffened, and he was so ashamed and indignant that even the divine sense he transmitted weakened considerably.
"Why do you always bring up the one pot that won't boil? Don't you know that there are always greater people beyond people, and higher heavens beyond the heavens? I may be strong, but I'm not the strongest."
Xu Chunniang could not be bothered to argue with him. She looked toward the old man in the Preaching Hall and cupped her hands in salute.
"Senior, I should have passed the second trial, correct?"
The old man gave her a complicated look, then nodded slightly.
"Correct. You have successfully passed the first two trials. So long as you can pass the final third trial, you may directly become an Earth-rank academic official of Heavenly God Academy."
The academic officials of Heavenly God Academy were divided into four ranks: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. Xu Chunniang had already learned this clearly before coming here.
Among them, Heaven-rank academic officials held the highest status. In the entire Heavenly God Academy, only the headmaster currently held that rank.
Earth-rank academic officials came next. Most were held by mighty experts in the Body Integration Realm, with more than ten such officials in total.
Most academic officials in the Void Refining Stage were of the lower Profound Grade Academic Official and Yellow Grade Academic Official ranks.
Becoming an academic official of Heavenly God Academy through the challenge was difficult, but once one passed, one could leap directly into the rank of Earth-rank academic official, second only to the headmaster.
The old man abruptly changed the subject. "However, the third trial