High Martial Arts: Gains one point of health per second, sweeping across the heavens.

Su Jie raised his eyes and looked at the black monument. At the center of his brow, a point of extremely refined dark golden light flashed slightly.

An invisible and intangible yet pure dark golden soul power, like the sharpest needle, silently pierced the center of the monument.

The instant the soul power touched the surface of the monument—

"Buzz!!!!"

The entire Soul-Suppressing Ancient Stele, as if struck by the finger of an ancient giant god, erupted with an unprecedentedly violent roar!

The monument trembled violently, and the blackness on its surface receded like a tide, instantly transforming into a completely transparent crystal pillar!

Inside the crystal pillar, nine condensed, dazzling dark gold soul imprints were clearly visible, starting from the bottom layer and rapidly advancing, lighting up layer by layer with almost no intervals!

First floor, second floor... fifth floor, sixth floor... eighth floor!

Finally, with a muffled "boom," the ninth layer of the soul imprint suddenly lit up!

The brilliance of the light even surpassed all the strange phenomena previously caused by the two Daoist prodigies, Zi Yin and Yuan Liyue!

At the same time, lines of enormous ancient characters suddenly appeared on the surface of the crystal pillar:

[Saint Soul Rank: Peak of the Ninth Rank]

[Potential Rating: 5000]

The entire audience was stunned!

Peak Ninth-Order Saint Soul! Potential score: 5000!

Doesn't Su Jie have any weaknesses? How come every test shows his strengths?

"Nine... Ninth Rank... Peak?" A disciple of the Dao Clan Academy asked in a hoarse voice, as if his throat was blocked.

"Is this truly the sacred soul power that a being in the Celestial Realm can possess?"

"So this is the meaning that the First Tower of Eternity represents; from now on, it will be my guiding light in martial arts!"

"A ninth-tier peak Saint Soul! That's the standard for a peak World Realm cultivator! How can he be so strong?"

Ziyin stared at the glaring "5000" and thought of his total score of "8000". His face drained of color, his lips trembled, but he couldn't utter a single word.

The fighting spirit that had been burning before was now completely extinguished as if doused with a bucket of ice water, leaving only a powerless chill.

For the first time, a clear tremor appeared in Yuan Liyue's usually cold eyes.

A ninth-tier peak Saint Soul, touching the threshold of the tenth tier... This has already exceeded her understanding of the "Celestial Phenomenon Realm".

Her proud sixth-tier peak soul power was as insignificant as a firefly in front of this.

Jin Chi was completely numb, his eyes vacant, only repeating to himself, "Ninth rank...peak...peak of the ninth rank...am I trash?"

On the high platform, the sovereigns, including Daoist Xuancheng and Fairy Yuelong, wore extremely solemn expressions.

They understood the meaning of a ninth-tier peak Saint Soul better than these young prodigies who were not yet thirty years old.

Above the peak of the ninth rank is the tenth rank, and the tenth-rank Saint Soul can be called a soul realm of half-step Dominator!

After a brief moment of astonishment, the human team erupted in a tsunami of cheers!

"A peak ninth-tier Saint Soul! Just how many trump cards does Senior Brother Su have up his sleeve?!"

"The qualification test is over. The total score for all five tests is... 34500!"

"How are we supposed to compete with those alien creatures? Let's just award them prizes!"

Lei Yue slapped his thigh hard and roared at Xiao Yin, "Did you see that?! Peak ninth rank! His Saint Soul is also at its peak! How the hell did this kid cultivate?!"

Xiao Yin shook her head with a wry smile: "Now I suspect that he's increasing his cultivation level while he's sleeping."

Su Jie looked at the potential rating of "5000" on the monument and felt satisfied.

The peak of the ninth rank should be impressive enough, but not too shocking.

Daoist Xuancheng gave Su Jie a deep look, then his resounding voice announced, "The Saint Soul Test is over! With this, all five aptitude tests for this year's Recruitment Ceremony are complete!"

With a wave of his hand, the huge leaderboard screen in the center of the square reappeared, and the rankings and total scores were updated for the last time.

At the top of the list, the string of numbers following Su Jie's name made all living beings' eyelids twitch wildly:

[Su Jie (Human Race)]

Dharma Appearance: 10000

Rule 10000

Bloodline: 4500

Physical condition: 5000

Holy Soul: 5000

Total score: 34500

Yuan Liyue, who came in second, had a total score of 9700.

Zi Yin, who came in third, had a total score of 8000.

34500 points!

It's 16800 points more than the second and third place combined!

A fault within a fault, a chasm within a chasm!

"Three... more than thirty thousand points..."

"This list... his fractional score is more than my total score?"

"Are they trying to kill us...?"

Countless geniuses trembled in their hearts, looking at Su Jie as if he were a walking myth, a monster that shouldn't exist in this realm.

Daoist Xuancheng surveyed the myriad races' prodigies below, their expressions varied, and his voice, steady and calm, suppressed all the clamor:

"The aptitude test is complete, and the rankings are set. Now, we will proceed to the final stage—the combat power test!"

He raised his hand and pressed down, and ten huge, dark red stone tablets slowly rose from the center of the square.

The monument is covered with mysterious patterns, and there is a faint flow of energy within it.

"This is the 'Battle Stele of Zhenyue,' which does not concern itself with any techniques, but only records the peak pure energy that you can achieve with your full strength in a single strike."

The monument will display specific numerical values, in units of 'source'.

"The rules are as follows: Each person has only one chance to make a move and may use any means except for one-time prohibited items."

Ultimately, based on this score and combined with the total qualification score, the final rankings for this year's competition will be determined!

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the room changed abruptly.

Qualifications are potential, combat power is current ability!

Some of the most promising talents, whose confidence had been completely shattered by the qualification tests, had their flames rekindled in their eyes.

Especially Zi Yin, who suddenly raised his head and looked at Su Jie, his eyes filled with the purest fighting spirit.

He is the second-ranked prodigy of this generation of Dao Clan. He is a descendant of the Supreme Being. He has a god-level physique. He is really not convinced!

"I don't know if my combat power will scare these kids. The system previously estimated that the peak combat power of the top Celestial Realm cultivators of the Dao Clan could reach several million."

"These newly-adult Daoist prodigies only have a peak combat strength of around a few hundred thousand. As for those two, how come you two just happened to be taking the Daoist exam with me?"

Su Jie met Zi Yin's gaze, and the corners of his mouth curled up almost imperceptibly.

"I'll go first!" A burly Rock Spirit prodigy charged forward first, roaring as his body instantly turned to stone.

His Dharma form manifested, a sacred ring of laws swirled around him, a god-level domain enveloped him, and his right fist swelled several times its original size, slamming down with the force of a landslide onto the nearest battle power monument!

boom!

A flash of red light appeared on the monument, and a string of numbers appeared at the top: [8.9 Yuan].

"Not bad! Nearly 9 source power!"

"The Rock Spirit race possesses innate divine strength; that punch was incredibly powerful!"

Immediately afterward, the other prodigies also made their moves. Swords flashed, spells roared, various innate abilities shone, and the numbers on the battle power monument constantly jumped.

Most of the alien prodigies possessed combat strength below 10 Origin Points. Jin Chi of the Holy Radiance Clan, his body transforming into golden light, unleashed his full power, slashing with his holy sword, revealing on the monument: [12 Origin Points]!

This drew some sidelong glances.

Jin Chi retreated, panting heavily, but dared not look at Su Jie again.

P.S.: The Zerg prodigy in the previous Battlefield of the Heavens had a normal overall combat strength of 76500 Sources under the Domain, not including various trump cards.