Nuwa, the goddess of immortality, said that cultivating immortality does not require spiritual energ

In the blink of an eye, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden had been giving Qin Le special training for five days.

After training ended today, unlike the previous days when she said she would continue tomorrow, she put away her spear and looked at Qin Le:

"I will wait for you in the heavens."

Before she finished speaking, she transformed into a streak of light, shooting straight into the sky and disappearing from sight.

In these five days, in terms of practical combat skills alone, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden had nothing left to teach Qin Le. As for military strategy and tactics, she did not impart any of them.

After all, theoretical discussions are ultimately empty talk. If Qin Le really wants to learn after ascending to the Heavenly Realm, she will naturally not be stingy with her knowledge.

Watching her departing figure, Qin Le smiled gently, her heart filled with gratitude.

The five days of intense training, coupled with the nightly beatings from Nuwa with the Great Dao Hammer, had transformed his strength completely. However, he himself couldn't pinpoint the exact level of transformation.

His path of cultivation differed from others; without a clear breakthrough in realm, it was naturally impossible to measure his progress.

For the past five days, apart from fighting with the Chaos Beast, he has basically been getting beaten up, which fully proves the saying that if you want to learn how to fight, you must first learn how to get beaten up.

In the days that followed, Qin Le felt much more relaxed. During the day, he returned to the academy to guide his classmates, and at night he continued to receive the hammer of the Great Dao from Mother Nuwa.

Before we knew it, the day of the actual college entrance examination had arrived.

When Qin Le arrived at the academy early in the morning, all the students who had gone home to cultivate had returned to school. The classrooms were much more lively, and everyone's face showed eagerness.

Qin Le sat down in his seat and casually asked his deskmate, "Is it finished refining?"

Chen Yun chuckled and patted his chest: "Absolutely!"

Not long after, the teacher entered the classroom and distributed a bracelet-shaped ritual implement to each student.

"Wear it properly, it's for your safety." The teacher instructed, "Although the actual college entrance exam takes place in a secret realm, no one can die—if you encounter a fatal danger, the bracelet will automatically trigger protection and eliminate you from the competition."

The students put on the wristbands. Then, led by their teachers, they gathered at the college gate.

Outside the school gate, ten buses were neatly parked. More than 400 students from Tianting Academy were participating in the practical college entrance examination this year, and they boarded the buses in order of their classes.

Even after entering the era of cultivation, many products from the mortal era were not completely discarded. Especially in the mortal realm where resources are limited, the gods would not deliberately eliminate useful and practical things.

The convoy drove in a grand procession toward the Alliance headquarters. By the time they arrived, buses from the other two major academies had also arrived one after another.

The Confucian Academy, the Three Pure Ones Academy, and the Heavenly Court Academy—these are the three major academies for cultivating immortality that now stand side by side in the mortal realm.

Led by their respective deans, the students from the three academies arrived at a spacious plaza in the alliance.

On the high platform in front of the square, the alliance's top leaders were already seated: the Jade Emperor's avatar, Qin Le's parents, Chen Yun's parents, and representatives of Confucianism and the Three Pure Ones lineage.

After the students lined up, the Jade Emperor rose, offered a few words of encouragement, and said nothing more. Soon, the patterns of a giant teleportation array lit up beneath everyone's feet.

The actual college entrance examination will be held in a secret realm. Each student's performance will be broadcast live in real time via a special magical artifact for viewing by the three academies and the alliance's top officials.

"Activate the formation!"

At the Jade Emperor's command, the teleportation array shone brightly. More than a thousand students vanished from the plaza instantly, transported to various parts of the secret realm.

After all the students entered the secret realm, a figure broke through the air and landed beside the high platform.

It was Ye Li's clone.

"Sorry I'm late." She nodded slightly.

"It's alright, it's only just begun." The Jade Emperor waved his hand, gesturing for her to take a seat.

The other high-ranking members of the alliance were not surprised by Ye Li's arrival—it was perfectly normal for her to come and observe the strength of the younger generation of humans as the two races were about to begin exchanges.

In the secret realm.

Qin Le looked at the boundless grassland in front of him, somewhat speechless.

Not to mention a human figure, not even a single hair of a Chaos Beast was seen.

The rules for this real-life college entrance exam are simple: hunt Chaos Beasts within the secret realm. The stronger the Chaos Beast you kill, the higher your score.

But the hardest part isn't the battle, but finding the Chaos Beast.

The secret realm is simply too vast.

More than a thousand students were randomly teleported; those who were lucky enough landed directly in a horde of Chaos Beasts. If they were strong enough, they could start the scoring mode.

Of course, if you're not strong enough, you might be eliminated on the first day.

The exams will last for ten days, and the final rankings will be based on points. However, most students are not obsessed with being number one; they are more interested in securing a place in the top 300—because the three colleges only admit 100 students each year, and these students are basically selected from the top 300.

Students may be specially admitted unless they have exceptional talents.

Qin Le yawned and tapped the bracelet artifact. A cursor appeared out of thin air, pointing in a certain direction—indicating the presence of a Chaos Beast nearby.

He slowly walked in the direction indicated by the cursor.

It wasn't that he didn't want to fly, but rather that he had long since run out of spiritual energy and was completely unable to activate his magical artifact. If he were to inject the power of the Great Dao into the artifact... it would likely shatter instantly.

This also prevented him from using the art of manipulating objects to fly like others.

Elsewhere, Chen Yun looked at the dark mass of chaotic beasts not far away and couldn't help but grin.

"Tsk tsk, my luck... is really good!"

As he laughed, he took something out of his storage ring—a mecha nearly thirty meters tall!

With its sharp lines, the metal shell gleamed with a cold luster under the light of the secret realm. The mech held a giant battle sword in each hand, commensurate with its size, and runes were faintly visible on the blades, clearly indicating that they were also magical artifacts.

Chen Yun pressed a Qi-restoring pill under his tongue, then leaped lightly into the cockpit on the mech's chest. The hatch closed, and he put on a helmet with a telepathic connection, gripping the two control sticks with both hands.

This mecha isn't purely manually controlled—it's Chen Yun's divine sense that truly drives it. The joystick is merely a device to assist in the transmission of spiritual energy.

"Haha, I'm here—!"

Azure flames erupted from the back of the mecha, propelling its massive body into the air as it charged straight at the horde of beasts.

What followed was nothing short of a Musou mowing-down-the-hill mode.

The mech wielded its dual blades, each strike precisely slicing through the Chaos Beasts' vital points. The horde of beasts was like paper before the mech; wherever the blades passed, debris flew everywhere.

Chen Yun fought with great gusto.

On the high platform, the crowd watching the live broadcast was dumbfounded.

From the moment Chen Yun pulled out the mecha, many people were stunned. And the combat power displayed by the mecha shocked them even more.

"Old Chen, your son's mech... it's really cool." Qin Shoudao sat next to Chen Anyu and teased him with a smile.

"Stop talking." Chen Anyu said helplessly, "That brat..."

As a traditional weapon refiner, he found it hard to accept his son getting involved in these fancy and frivolous things.

But watching the mech wreak havoc in the secret realm, he had to admit—this kid had indeed made a name for himself.