Chapter 410: Wan Yao Star Land, Third Round Assessment

Preacher Qiao Song was an exceptional orator, and his motivational speeches were very effective. After leaving seclusion, Zhao Xing was greatly invigorated by Qiao Song's inspiring words, quickly entering a competitive mindset.

When Zhao Xing emerged from the cultivation grounds and entered the competition arena, he immediately drew numerous gazes, mostly from the high-ranking officials and leaders of the North River Galaxy.

Among the 105 participants from the North River Galaxy, Zhao Xing received the most attention.

This was because only twelve Diviners had advanced to the third round, and in the Ego Sect's combat division, Zhao Xing was the sole remaining representative.

"The Primal Realm primarily focuses on the Ego Sect, and combat-oriented Diviners are even rarer," the North River Lord murmured with a hint of expectation. "If someone from the North River Galaxy can pass, then Zhao Xing has a very good chance of becoming a disciple of a powerful master."

For seven consecutive sessions, no one from the North River Galaxy had entered the Primal Realm, which was more than just a matter of losing face.

The actual distribution of benefits was also affected.

Because no one from the North River Galaxy had entered the Primal Realm for seven sessions, the North River Lord had not received any extra 'True Spirit Fruits' from the Primal Realm for 21,000 years.

The Crimson Star Empire didn't simply appoint powerful individuals as lords; they also had performance evaluations.

If a powerful individual only focused on personal development and neglected their subjects, the North River Lord would fail to meet the 'education' standards and consequently receive fewer resources.

True Spirit Fruits were treasures that could strengthen a Reincarnation Realm True Spirit!

Why bother with the arduous path of reincarnation cultivation when strengthening oneself with True Spirit Fruits was so much more comfortable?

Therefore, the North River Lord instructed Qiao Song, who was under his command, to grant all requests from the participants.

Zhao Xing wanted to cultivate? They directly dispatched 158 Dao Domain Realm experts to act as sparring partners. Normally, such generous benefits would be unheard of!

"I hope at least one person makes it in this year," the North River Lord thought silently to himself. He was not an Emperor-level cultivator and still had a great need for such resources.

Among the 105 participants, 54 were direct talents under his command, and among the twelve Diviners, six were from North River Realm Star.

"If one gets in, I get one. If two get in, I get two," he mused. "The more who get in, the better. And I haven't tasted a True Spirit Fruit in over 20,000 years."

"The third round of the Primal Assembly competition is still hosted by twenty-eight super-first-tier galaxies."

"In my current galaxy, Manyan, there are still tens of millions of Diviner participants."

As Zhao Xing headed to the preparation hall, he also learned the number of participants.

"This means that after two rounds of selection, the Crimson Star Empire still has over 200 million talented Diviners entering the third round," Zhao Xing mused, closing his eyes to rest in his chair.

This was a teleportation array hall, and the 105 participants from the North River Galaxy had already completed their division assignments.

Since Zhao Xing was the only combat-oriented Ego Diviner from the North River Galaxy, he was utterly alone in the entire teleportation hall, with no one to talk to.

"I remember that after the third round this session, a million talented Diviners remained," he thought. "That's roughly a 20:1 elimination rate."

"After the fourth round, it's time to join the Primal Realm, and approximately a little over 10,000 talented Diviners will make it."

"Those 10,000 individuals are divided into six major categories, including Heavenly Timing, Earthly Advantage, Ego, Auxiliary, and Combat specializations."

"Among these, the Heavenly Timing and Earthly Advantage categories account for the majority, meaning the Ego Sect only has a little over 2,000 members."

"These two thousand-plus individuals will generally apprentice themselves to Reincarnation Realm masters. However, there are differences within the Reincarnation Realm; ordinary ones don't have the inclination to teach disciples, but the difference with senior, elite, and Emperor-level Reincarnation Realm teachers is immense."

"One must perform exceptionally well in the third and fourth rounds to apprentice under a good teacher."

"If the teacher is strong enough, even casually leaking some benefits will immensely benefit a Source Realm disciple."

"If I want to learn Zuo Qiyu's Straw Man Technique, I'd at least need an Emperor-level master, or simply apprentice myself to Zuo Qiyu directly to have a chance."

The Ego Sect members had peculiar temperaments and a severe aversion to stupidity.

In his previous life, Zhao Xing, while in the Primal Realm, once sought advice from a senior Reincarnation Realm cultivator named Gong Fa.

Before he could even say a few words and pose his question, Gong Fa immediately erupted, cursing: "Your aptitude is truly like a crooked gourd and a cracked date, an inferior original species, unworthy of cultivating this technique!"

That torrent of insults left Old Master Zhao utterly bewildered.

"Of course, I came to ask questions because I had doubts," he thought. "If I had no doubts, why would I ask?"

"Either don't agree at all," he mused. "Or, after agreeing, why turn hostile after just two sentences of teaching?"

"His attitude was truly awful beyond belief."

Recalling this past event, Zhao Xing felt like pressing Gong Fa to the ground and rubbing him.

"Unlike the Earthly Advantage Sect?" he thought. "The Earthly Advantage Sect at Primordial Hill, if you didn't learn something the first time, they would patiently explain it multiple times."

"Even Emperor-level Reincarnation Realm cultivators would sometimes sit and discuss the Dao with Source Realm Diviners."

Old Master Zhao, during his Dao Domain Realm period, had even called upon elite Reincarnation Realm cultivators to work on projects together.

When he summoned Emperor Hongshan back then, it was also because he knew Emperor Hongshan had a very good temperament.

"Zuo Qiyu is probably that kind of person," he mused. "If I can't apprentice myself to him, I'll need a teacher of equivalent status, otherwise, I might get berated until my Dao heart shatters."

"Oh, the greatest possibility is that they won't even acknowledge me, and I won't even get to see their face."

After quietly waiting for two days in the preparation hall, Zhao Xing once again saw Emperor Chen Jiu and Primal Emissary Zuo Qiyu.

"The third round of assessment, 'Myriad Demon Star Continent', is about to begin. All participants, please prepare for teleportation."

Zhao Xing immediately rose and bowed.

Chen Jiu gave no response, only mechanically began the countdown: "Ten, nine, eight..."

Immediately afterward, tiny specks of starlight began to emerge from the ceiling above, quickly filling the entire teleportation hall.

The array was a Star-Shifting Vein-Fixing Array, which Zhao Xing had experienced once while operating with the Spark Team, so it was not unfamiliar to him.

When the countdown ended, Zhao Xing's vision was filled with white light.

The next moment, he felt a change in the earth vein's gravitational pull.

"Boom!"

Zhao Xing almost instinctively activated his Dao Field and Source Projection. Simultaneously, he used his Treasure Mountain divine ability, increasing his