Exam Ancestor Fever (Thanks to reader 20241109130011914 for becoming an Alliance Leader)

Seeing Zhang Yu fall silent, Yun Zhiguang shook her head, feeling that he still harbored a shred of hope.

So she decided to make it even clearer. "To tell you the truth, the Heavenly Court single-handedly pushed to extend the Sect Affairs Officer Selection Examination downward this time because it wanted to mix sand into the sects."

"The sects naturally opposed this."

"In the end, the Heavenly Court reached an agreement with the high-level figures of the Ten Great Sects: if the Lower Level cultivators performed poorly in this Sect Examination, then Sect Affairs Officer examinations would no longer be held in the Lower Level."

Zhang Yu's heart stirred at her words. It seems... although immortals come from the sects, and the Heavenly Court was founded by immortals, the demands of the sects and the Heavenly Court are not entirely aligned. There are conflicts and contradictions between them.

Yun Zhiguang continued, "This Sect Examination, no one from Layer 5 or below will pass."

"Among Layers 7 through 10, the people who will pass have already been chosen. Our Myriad Laws Sect will have only five successful candidates."

"And the reason those five can pass is merely to prove that someone can pass this Sect Affairs Officer Examination, that its difficulty falls within a reasonable range, and that those who fail simply lack the ability—so the Heavenly Court will have no grounds to pick a fight."

Zhang Yu asked, "Since there are people who can pass from Layers 7 through 10, then below Layer 5..."

Yun Zhiguang raised one finger and shook it. "Who do you think those five cultivators from Layers 7 through 10 are? I can tell you: every single one of them reincarnated down here from within the sects."

"Every one of them spent twenty years, even thirty