The four Supreme Elders were quite pleased to see that no one had left.
"Then... the selection begins. Next, I'll release my pressure. Those who hold out until the top hundred will advance to the first round."
The Supreme Elder of the Divine Firmament looked at everyone and spoke.
This pressure test...
Those who held out to the end were not necessarily powerful, but the powerful would certainly be able to hold out to the end.
Hearing the Supreme Elder's words, everyone quickly focused their attention and prepared to face the pressure of a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
The pressure exerted by a high-level cultivator on a low-level cultivator was terrifying.
The Supreme Elder of the Divine Firmament swept his gaze across all the Purple Mansion Cultivators in the arena.
With a slight shift of thought, an extremely faint yet clearly perceptible spiritual pressure quietly spread from him. Like ripples stirred by a small stone dropped into a still lake, it slowly covered the entire selection area.
This initial pressure was only as strong as the full spiritual pressure of an ordinary Purple Mansion Cultivator—if anything, it was even gentler.
Its purpose was not to screen anyone out, but to give everyone warning and time to adjust.
It allowed all the Purple Mansion Elders present, especially those disciples who had never experienced the pressure of a high-level cultivator, a clear signal and a buffer period in which to sense it, adjust their condition, and adapt to the feeling of being enveloped by a higher level of power.
The pressure test examined strength and will, but cultivators who had never directly faced the pressure of a high-level cultivator could very well be shaken and find their spiritual power stagnating on first contact.
That might cause some people to perform poorly.
If they