Two-Person Registration

At the foot of Ningyuan Mountain, at the Heavenly Origin Tournament preliminary selection venue.

For such a major event, the academy naturally offered its support. There were two examiners on site, both academy professors. One was yawning, bleary-eyed and disheveled—Yu Qiudi. The other was an elegant old man with graying temples, Yao Yuhui, the academy's Illusion Faction professor.

The reason professors from the Creation Faction and Illusion Faction had been assigned as chief examiners was mainly because of the Mechanical Puppets used for assessment and the Concealing Barrier erected around the venue. This selection event was primarily aimed at rogue cultivators, and all sorts of people could participate. Although the academy was the main organizer, it could not simply hold four completely open events that anyone could enter at will. The preliminary selection was therefore held in an open space at the foot of the mountain, with a Concealing Barrier set up in advance to prevent ordinary people from seeing it. If anything went wrong with the barrier, Professor Yao, as an Illusion Faction expert, could deal with it immediately.

As for the Advanced Puppets serving as opponents in the preliminary selection, after so many rounds, it was impossible to guarantee that they would remain intact. Teacher Yao possessed a Treasure Tool capable of repairing them, and when necessary, Yu Qiudi could use her Creation Faction abilities to temporarily create replacement parts. Their abilities ensured that the preliminary selection could run smoothly over these past few days. The assessment itself was the same as previously announced: defeat four Advanced Puppets within three minutes. Of course, they did not necessarily have to be destroyed; knocking them out of the arena counted as victory.

However, unlike the quarter-finals and finals, no Treasure Tools were permitted in this preliminary selection.

It made sense.