Reaching Heavens Qualification Battle!

"Yeah, especially Qin Ji. I heard he got quite a lot of resources from his teacher, Director Chai Yongyan. His strength seems to be almost at the First Order Intermediate Creator God level now!" Li Dong said from the side, full of envy.

He and Zhou Xingchao had only condensed Divine Power not long ago. They had no idea how long it would take before they could ignite Divine Fire and officially step into the ranks of First Order Creator Gods. They did not think they had much hope in a competition between all the Third Year classes.

But they both knew Ye Xuan's strength. The beings born through Rule Manifestation in his Divine Kingdom had been far too shocking. If Ye Xuan went to compete, there was an eighty- or ninety-percent chance he would take the championship. And if Ye Xuan truly soared to great heights and entered one of the Five Great Academies...

They might not gain any benefits from it, but at least they would have something to brag about when talking to others in the future.

"Qin Ji? I know that kid. He used to be in the same class as me. You have no idea how arrogant he was during the assessment, haha!" At the mention of Qin Ji, Ye Xuan could not help laughing.

He recalled Qin Ji, who had made a stunning debut in the examination room during that assessment, then walked out and given him a disdainful smile.

"I think I've heard something like that..." Li Dong smacked his lips a few times. He remembered the saying going around the school: one class had produced two true geniuses, one who advanced directly to the Third Year and one who created a Waste World.

How did that little rhyme that barely counted as a poem go again...

Two geniuses in First Year Class Eleven, Qin Ji advanced straight to Third Year; first in both theory and practice, Ye Xuan created a Waste World.

"You mean that poem-that-isn't-a-poem, song-that-isn't-a-song? No idea which illiterate came up with it. It's seriously cringey. Though I can't blame him. We study how to create Divine Kingdoms, while those things get crammed into the heads of people who can't become Creator Gods at ordinary universities. Maybe then they'll come up with something that sounds better!"

Ye Xuan also thought of that poem and mocked it with a laugh.

"Haha! Then don't forget when the time comes! We'll be on the School Field, so don't be late again like you were on the first day of class!" Zhou Xingchao laughed and reminded him.

The two then returned to their respective rooms. Their relationship with Ye Xuan was undoubtedly closer, but that was only natural. Although all three were transfer students, there was a clear gap in their talents.

Still, Ye Xuan felt pretty good about classmates who would give him advance notice whenever something came up.

Three days later.

On the School Field.

There were not many Students entering the School Field this time, only a handful. Qin Ji was naturally a favorite to win, while Ye Xuan, the dark horse who had emerged out of nowhere, was also a favorite.

Besides those two, there were three other Students from the Direct Ascension Class: Xiao Yan of the Martial Qi World, Si Kangbo of the Blood Clan World, and Jiang Tian of the Zombie World.

The potential of their worlds was relatively low, and their upper limits were far below Qin Ji's Immortal Dao God Kingdom. But precisely because their worlds had lower potential and they were quite talented, they had created Transcendental Beings from the very beginning, allowing them to enter the Direct Ascension Class in one stroke.

In truth, Qin Ji was the only one who truly met the requirements for the Direct Ascension Class. That was why, during the meeting, only Director Chai Yongyan had fought for a place on the Reaching Heavens Ranking for his student. Even if the other three were given one, it was practically impossible for them to enter a provincial university.

Other than them, there were several people from the Genius Class: Yao Hai, who had provoked Ye Xuan before, along with two others.

That made exactly eight contestants. Seeing this, Zhang Yuanwu appeared once more in the air above the School Field.

"The qualification battle is simple. To prevent your Divine Kingdoms from being damaged, we'll be using Individual Battles! Don't talk to me about fairness. The weak have no right to speak of fairness!"

"Now, you'll be divided into four matchups. First group: Qin Ji versus Dai Ke. Second group: Xiao Yan versus Zou Tai. Third group: Si Kangbo versus Yao Hai. Fourth group: Ye Xuan versus Liu Feng! The battles will proceed in batches, starting with Qin Ji in the first group!"

Zhang Yuanwu divided them into four groups according to their strength, separating the four strongest participants. As for the rest, he had matched them up at random. They were only here to make up the numbers anyway.

No one dared object. After all, it was already a tremendous blessing that the Principal had not simply decided the outcome internally. At least they had been given a chance to compete.

"Come on!"

Qin Ji looked arrogantly at Dai Ke and spoke directly, as though he did not take him seriously at all.

And he truly had the strength to back it up. A flicker of Divine Fire appeared out of thin air above his forehead, and a thread of Immortal Dao Aura emerged around him, intimidating the surroundings.

The aura belonging to the Immortal Dao World spread outward, filling him with an ethereal, transcendent air, like an exiled immortal.

Dai Ke's entire body shook as he looked at Qin Ji, who seemed like an immortal descending into the mortal world. Then he sighed helplessly. "I concede..."

His world had no immortals. It was a low-level cultivation world. Faced with the Immortal Dao World, which was clearly a higher-order world than his own, he could only sigh helplessly and concede.

Only those who knew his world could understand this. Everyone else merely looked toward the School Field in confusion.

"First group, Qin Ji wins!"

As the Principal's voice rang out, everyone learned who had won this round.

"What the hell is going on? There's some shady business here, right? They didn't even fight, and Qin Ji fucking won?" A student outside the School Field shouted angrily.

"Damn it! There's definitely something shady going on! You can't pull this just because Qin Ji has good talent, can you?!"

Another student also protested indignantly.

"What do you idiots know? Qin Ji has an Immortal Dao God Kingdom, while Dai Ke has an Immortal Cultivation God Kingdom. Although the strength of their Divine Kingdoms isn't too far apart, the rules and laws within them are vastly different. Qin Ji's world is effectively a higher-order world than Dai Ke's, so Dai Ke felt he had no chance of winning at all. Got it?" someone who knew the details explained.

"Oh, so doesn't that just mean Dai Ke chickened out? Damn it!"

Inside the School Field, Dai Ke flew dejectedly toward the outside. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared.

Qin Ji then walked toward the side of the School Field, yielding the center. When he passed Ye Xuan, he suddenly stopped and said flatly, "Don't think that a stroke of dumb luck means you can stand shoulder to shoulder with me. See that? That is my strength!"

"I admit that the being born through Rule Manifestation in your Divine Kingdom is powerful, but you only have one such being, and this isn't a God Kingdom Battle! This is an Individual Battle! I ignited Divine Fire long ago and stepped into the realm of a First Order Creator God! And you're nothing but trash who hasn't even ignited Divine Fire!"

"The difference between us is like Cloud and Mud Difference—one in the heavens, one on the earth. Those I leave behind can only ever look upon my back!!!"