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At noon that day, the whole Baizhou was bathed in sunshine.

Suddenly, there was a rumble of thunder in the sky, causing residents everywhere to look at them in confusion.

When everyone's attention was briefly diverted by the muffled thunder, a sound that penetrated the heavens and the earth appeared, covering the entire Baizhou and spreading to the vast surrounding areas.

"Today! I, Dengxian Pavilion, will be established in Baizhou! Welcome fellow Taoists from all over the world to attend the opening ceremony! Anyone who aspires to become an immortal can participate in the opening examination! Win all kinds of opportunities!"

After the loud and deafening sound, the entire Baizhou fell silent for a moment, and then heated discussions broke out continuously. Everyone realized that a powerful new force had been born and wondered what attitude to take towards it.

In Tianyun Market, Wang Xiang, a newly promoted foundation-building casual cultivator, was helping to make talisman paper in an advanced workshop. When the news of the opening of Dengxian Pavilion was announced to the world after the rumbling thunder, a look of ecstasy suddenly appeared on his face, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"The Ascension Pavilion has opened! A grand examination has been held! I must be the first to participate! I cannot let this opportunity pass to others!"

As a person who once had contact with Dengxian Pavilion and was pushed to the foundation-building stage by the one-day foundation-building pill given by Wang Zhifan, Wang Xiang's trust in Dengxian Pavilion is unmatched by others.

He flew out of the workshop and looked into the distance, confirming that there was a pillar of light reaching the sky in the distance, which was definitely the location of the founding of the Ascension Pavilion. He then started to fly away at the maximum speed without any hesitation.

However, he was destined not to be the first, because at this moment, whether in Tianyun Market or in the nearby Tianyun Immortal Sect, a large amount of light was shooting out and heading towards the light column. With his cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, he could only barely be in the second queue and eat the aftertaste.

The fastest among these fast runners were naturally the elite disciples of the Tianyun Immortal Sect. Some of them even had the cultivation level of the Spirit Transformation Stage, and could reach any location in Baizhou in the blink of an eye. The other Yuanying Stage disciples and Jindan Stage disciples were not far behind. In a short while, they surrounded the hill where the Dengxian Pavilion was located with undisguised hostility.

"Is that the Ascension Pavilion? It looks ordinary... You guys go and try it out for me!"

At this moment, the leader of Tianyun Immortal Sect was a sword-riding young man with long fluttering hair, sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes. The young man looked to be in his early twenties, but he exuded a powerful aura of a spirit transformation period. He was obviously the current eldest disciple of Tianyun Immortal Sect.

"I will follow the orders of my senior brother!"

As soon as the eldest brother spoke, several elite brothers around him immediately turned into sword lights and headed towards the Ascension Pavilion. The strength of each aura was actually at the Nascent Soul stage level!

The Dengxian Pavilion is an eighteen-story pavilion standing on the top of a thousand-foot-high mountain. The entire pavilion is bathed in a golden light column that reaches the sky. From a secular perspective, it is quite shocking and imposing, but in the eyes of cultivators who are used to seeing magnificent buildings, it is relatively ordinary and can only be said to be of a passing level.

Those multiple Yuanying stage sword lights surrounded the Dengxian Pavilion from different directions. Naturally, they were here to test the depth of this new mountain gate. Each one of them was quite cautious, approaching layer by layer in a spiral manner without being reckless. But just when they were approaching the range of a hundred feet around the Dengxian Pavilion and were about to touch the soaring light column on the Dengxian Pavilion, they suddenly disappeared without a trace!

The eldest disciple who was standing at the back with his sword in hand suddenly changed his expression when he saw this, because he had not discovered any hidden secrets just now, and several of his elite younger brothers disappeared out of thin air, which showed that the Ascension Pavilion was indeed as powerful as the recent rumors said.

Then he said loudly to the other disciples of Tianyun Xianzong who came to help:
"Don't panic, disciples! Let me go and find out for myself! I don't think the Ascension Pavilion has the courage to attack the disciples of our Tianyun Xian Sect!"

After saying that, he transformed into a terrifying sword light and flew into the light column of the Ascension Pavilion. However, his powerful sword force did not have the slightest effect as he was absorbed as soon as he approached the light column. His entire figure disappeared in an instant, just like the previous disciples, without any room for struggle.

The other Tianyun Xianzong disciples couldn't help but look suspicious when they saw this. They looked at each other for a while, not knowing how to comment. Then someone spoke up:
"My fellow brothers! I think we should stop being polite to this pavilion! Let's work together to destroy the light column and rescue our brothers!"

As soon as this person made the suggestion, some people agreed and some thought it was inappropriate. Those who thought it was feasible immediately launched attacks on the light column from a distance using lightning, fire, flying swords, magic weapons, etc. Then when these people's attacks approached the light column, the same situation happened again and they all disappeared in an instant.

This immediately frightened the remaining Tianyun Xianzong disciples. Before they could even see the enemy, most of them were inexplicably captured. They knew that the Ascension Pavilion was strange, so they quickly retreated while making collective arrangements:

"Quickly send someone to call the elders! The rest of you surround this mountain area and don't let anyone else get close!"

It can be seen that they have made up their minds to disrupt the opening ceremony of Dengxian Pavilion. Even if their own people do not dare to go in and cause trouble, they cannot let others get close to Dengxian Pavilion.

Little did they know that the person sitting in the Ascension Pavilion at the moment was Wang Zhifan himself. He originally didn't care about the people from the Tianyun Immortal Sect coming to make trouble, everything was within his expectations. But when he sensed that they were going to stop other people from coming to surrender, he became a little unhappy, and immediately activated the power of space, bringing all the Tianyun Immortal Sect disciples on the periphery into the different space, and started the mountain opening test together!
Yes, just now all the people, including the eldest disciple of Tianyun Immortal Sect, disappeared without a trace because they were thrown into the opening examination by him, instead of being annihilated or locked up somewhere by him. He was very lenient to these potential enemies and treated them all as ordinary guests.

“Haha… With so many elite disciples missing all of a sudden, I’m sure those old guys from the Tianyun Immortal Sect will get impatient and come looking for me. Who told them to be so cowardly that they dare not come in person to test me, but instead instigated a group of disciples to come over. It’s simply ridiculous.”

As for the Tianyun Immortal Sect, Wang Zhifan chose to open the gate of Dengxian Pavilion in the same state as them. This is enough to show his attitude towards them, which is that he does not take them seriously and does not care about how they will react.

It wasn't because the Tianyun Immortal Sect was weak that he was like this. In fact, according to his recent investigation, the Tianyun Immortal Sect was a well-known sect in this world, belonging to the upper level of the immortal sects. However, in his opinion, the strength of the upper-level immortal sects was nothing. He could even kill immortals at will, so why would he care about the immortal sects with the ceiling at the immortal level? So he simply treated them all as passers-by and dealt with them.

After this little episode brought about by the Tianyun Immortal Sect, the real guests that Wang Zhifan was more concerned about arrived one after another and approached the light column where the Dengxian Pavilion was located.

Most of these people are independent cultivators in Tianyun Market, who were able to quickly reach the level of at least foundation building. They are all very curious about Dengxian Pavilion and want to find out what this mysterious force that has been widely rumored in recent days looks like. After coming here, they all talk about it.

"Where is the opening ceremony? Why don't we see anyone coming to pick us up?"

"It should be inside that pillar of light! Just now many Tianyun Xianzong disciples came here, but now no one is there. There must be something else inside the pillar of light!"

"There is still the opening examination! Didn't they say that we can compete for opportunities in the examination? I can't wait any longer, so I'll go first!"

"Look! He disappeared as soon as he entered the beam of light! Sure enough, there is something else going on inside! Go! Don't let him grab all the opportunities!" "Yes! I heard that the Ascension Pavilion is the most generous in giving out opportunities! Whoever is slow will get nothing! Don't dawdle!"

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Those who truly came to participate in the opening ceremony had a strong subjective initiative. Without much guidance or arrangements from Wang Zhifan, they entered the light column and began their journey to the ceremony.

In fact, these people did not understand the ceremony process designed by Wang Zhifan. They thought that those who wanted to participate in the ceremony should go to the ceremony, and those who wanted to take the exam should go to the exam. The two were separate.

But the reality is that the two are inclusive. The grand examination is included in the grand ceremony. Most of the people who come to participate in the grand ceremony will be directly arranged by Wang Zhifan to take the grand examination. Only after they have passed the test will they have the opportunity to participate in the subsequent grand ceremony.

Therefore, all the disappeared people now, like those elite disciples of Tianyun Immortal Sect, have entered the process of the founding examination. They are not going to participate in the founding ceremony of the sect with eating, drinking and having fun. They are not qualified yet.

Moreover, the opening examination designed by Wang Zhifan is not a fixed item. The difficulty actually changes dynamically. People with stronger strength will face more difficult tests. This means that not all elite disciples of Tianyun Immortal Sect will have a smooth journey. They may even suffer more than the independent cultivators.

However, the purpose of the exam is the same, which is to screen out those who truly desire to become immortals and are willing to make personal sacrifices. Wang Zhifan plans to cultivate immortals from these people to achieve his goal.

There are a few visitors who will not be included in the scope of the big test. Most of them are the immortal seedlings he has already selected, such as the young martial artist Sun Dajin, and the three great monsters Tao Yao, Bing Feng and Qing Long. These disciples will appear in the subsequent real opening ceremony.

At this time, the opening examination is in full swing, and no one has passed or been eliminated yet. Wang Zhifan is playing two roles in the Dengxian Pavilion. One is the Pavilion Master who looks like an old immortal, and the other is the chief disciple of the Dengxian Pavilion who looks close to his original appearance.

The pavilion master who looked like an immortal old man was seen standing in the newly renovated Dengxian Pavilion. On the wall behind him was a large Chinese character "仙". On both sides were incense burners emitting green smoke, which made the atmosphere of the hall more immortal.

In front of the immortal old man, Wang Zhifan's five designated disciples stepped out, but in fact they were one man, three demons and one saint. The one saint referred to his chief disciple disguised as his clone, and the one man and three demons were Sun Dajin and three great demons.

"Come in."

"The disciple is here!"

The first person called out by the Pavilion Master was the youngest one, Sun Dajin. The boy seemed very excited today, his eyes were shining.

"Have you talked to your family yet? Are you ready to start practicing Immortal Martial Arts?"

Wang Zhifan was particularly friendly to children and asked with a smile.

"Reporting to Grandpa Master! I have already informed my parents. They both support me to concentrate on my practice. I will definitely focus on the immortal martial arts!"

The young Sun Dajin answered immediately.

Wang Zhifan, the immortal old man in disguise, nodded and continued after a moment of hesitation:
"Jin'er, now that you are ready and determined, the real training challenge is about to begin.

First of all, as my disciple of Dengxian Pavilion, you must concentrate on cultivating immortality and have less contact with the secular world before you succeed in cultivating immortality. For this reason, I will give you a new name as your grand name, Sun Jinshan. Do you accept it?"

"Thank you, Grandpa Master! From now on, Xiao Jin's full name will be Sun Jinshan!"

The young man immediately agreed to the name given to him by Wang Zhifan without any hesitation, which shows that he does not care about external things and is only focused on cultivating immortality.

"Well, the name is just a small matter. Next, you will formally learn the immortal martial arts. According to your qualifications, your master will give you a true immortal-level martial arts method: "The Supreme Fist Scripture of Yin and Yang in Heaven and Earth"!"

As he spoke, Wang Zhifan, who was disguised as an old immortal, raised his hand and pointed at the boy's forehead. A bright spot of light shot out from his finger and sank into the boy's forehead.

In an instant, the young man seemed to be electrocuted, and his whole body trembled slightly, but it was not because he was afraid, but because he was extremely excited, just because he saw a martial art that had never existed in the world, an extremely powerful martial art that directly pointed to the immortal realm!

Even the other three designated disciples, who were three great demons, were very envious of the treatment that the young Sun Jinshan received. They knew how powerful the old immortal was, and it went without saying that the true immortal-level skills bestowed by the old man were definitely not something that could be found in the world.

In fact, the real situation is not far from what they thought. Although the super artificial intelligence Xiaohong participated in the compilation and design of "The Supreme Fist Manual of Yin and Yang of Heaven and Earth", the main framework was established by Wang Zhifan himself. He created it with his saint-level vision and it is a martial arts method that can truly be cultivated to the true fairyland.

His original idea was to create a true immortal-level sword technique. After all, he was the swordsman who was most familiar with sword techniques. However, considering that this technique would be passed down to the world in the future, he decided to make a slight change to avoid leaving too deep a mark.

Wang Zhifan is not particularly familiar with boxing, but he has practiced it before. Both Chunyang Zhengong and Wuji Jinshen Gong involve this aspect. Coupled with his saint-level knowledge of martial arts and Xiaohong's inductive deduction as an artificial intelligence, it is not difficult for him to compile a true immortal-level boxing manual. After all, his strength is far beyond that of a true immortal, and doing this job is a dimensionality reduction attack.

"Xiao Jin, this skill is not easy. You will surely have many questions after practicing it. If I am not here, you can ask your senior brother to answer your questions. He is an orthodox martial arts immortal and will have no problem teaching you... And Tao, Feng, and Long, you three must also follow the senior brother's lead in the future. Do you remember?"

Wang Zhifan felt a little weird pretending to be an old man to support his original clone, but he had to do it, otherwise it would be a bit inappropriate for a young man to be the boss of the Ascension Pavilion. It would also give him a reason to run around and fight in the future. As the eldest brother, he was very suitable to fight for his fellow disciples. (End of this chapter)