First, Ye Qing!

Ye Qing ignored the furious crowd.

He closed his eyes slightly, extending his Divine Sense, attempting to track the location of Langya Xuan's main body.

But a moment later, he opened his eyes again, his brows arching slightly.

"He ran quite fast."

The Myriad Spirits Langya Clan was already skilled in various strange spiritual arts.

This Langya Xuan had shown himself to be so afraid of death.

Not only did he sever the spiritual medium on his Clone extremely cleanly, leaving not even a trace of aura behind.

But his main body had also hidden in some mouse hole, leaving no trace at all.

If he searched carefully, spending some time, he could indeed find him.

But—

"Forget it."

Ye Qing was too lazy to waste effort searching the whole world for a mere Langya Xuan.

"Such a person has lost his spirit and his Dao Heart is broken."

"His path has reached its end; his lifelong achievements will stop here."

"And he still deludes himself into fighting me?"

Ye Qing shook his head.

"Next time we meet, I will simply slay him at will."

"If that truly doesn't work, after the trial ends, I'll find an opportunity to leave the Sacred Academy and conveniently wipe out that Myriad Spirits Langya Clan as well."

His thoughts were very simple and direct.

Since a grudge had been formed, he would pull up the weeds by their roots to avoid flies buzzing around and annoying him later.

Meanwhile, in the field.

Upon hearing Ye Qing's casual words, the crowd instantly fell silent.

Treating a top-tier Prodigy like trash and even claiming he would wipe out a Supreme Aristocratic Family... if anyone else had said these words, they would definitely think it was arrogant ignorance, not knowing the heights of the heavens.

But at this moment.

Coming from the mouth of Ye Qing, who had just slain a Void Return Great Demon Mythical Beast with a single sword strike.

They actually felt... it was only natural!

They even felt that this was the style a powerhouse should have!

... "Langya Xuan has fled."

Ye Qing's gaze turned toward the remaining people in the field, his tone flat, showing no emotion.

"How should you people... be handled?"

As soon as these words were spoken.

The crowd only felt a chill rush from the soles of their feet straight to the crowns of their heads; their hearts almost jumped out of their chests.

"Young Master... Young Master Ye, spare us!"

"We were also deceived by that villain Langya Xuan! We didn't intend to be your enemy!"

"We beg Young Master Ye to be merciful and let us go like a fart!"

Immediately, someone's knees went weak, and they knelt on the ground begging for mercy, with tears and snot flowing, looking miserable.

They begged Ye Qing to let them go and give them a way to live.

Ye Qing's expression was calm.

He thought for a moment and felt it wasn't necessary to waste too much energy on these ants.

"In that case..."

Ye Qing spoke indifferently.

A sword light formed in his hand.

"I will also give you a chance."

"As long as someone among you can take one strike of my sword, you live."

"Otherwise, you die."

Hearing this, the eyes of the crowd instantly became terrified, and their hearts filled with despair.

Take one strike of your sword?

Are you joking!

Even the Void Return Great Demon Mythical Beast couldn't take one strike from you and was directly turned into ash!

What capability do we, these dregs of the Nascent Soul Stage, have to take one strike of your sword?!

This is clearly a dead end!

"Langya Xuan! You bastard! You've ruined me!!!"

Someone shouted in despair, looking up to the sky and cursing, wishing they could eat Langya Xuan's flesh and drink his blood.

The next moment.

"Ah!!!"

Ye Qing raised his hand.

Without any flashiness, he delivered a simple sword slash.

Shua—!

A green sword light swept out, like autumn winds sweeping away fallen leaves, instantly passing through the entire field.

"Puff, puff, puff, puff, puff..."

No screams, no blood.

Only the sounds of explosions.

After the sword light passed.

The hundreds of Prodigies in the field, whether they were kneeling for mercy or trying to resist.

All turned into flying ash!

Completely dissipating into the world!

One sword strike, clearing the field!

With a casual wave of Ye Qing's hand, hundreds of storage rings flew over like raindrops, falling into his hand.

His Divine Sense swept through them briefly, and he shook his head with some disappointment.

"No good."

"Not even a decent sword."

His previous cold abyss sword had shattered, and now he lacked a handy weapon.

Ye Qing thought to himself:

"It seems I need to find an opportunity to get a good sword."

And with the deaths of the crowd.

On the Sacred Academy trial token at Ye Qing's waist, the number representing points began to soar at a crazy speed!

Up, up, up!

In the blink of an eye, it reached a staggering astronomical figure!

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..."

Inside the soul nurturing jade, Cang Yuanzi sensed this scene and said with a strange expression through a transmission:

"Young Friend Ye, these points of yours..."

"I'm afraid you're going to become the number one of this Entrance Trial by a landslide!"

"You're going to leave the people behind so far that they won't even be able to see the fractional remainder of your points!"

However.

In his heart, Cang Yuanzi felt that Ye Qing deserved this number one spot!

In fact, let alone being the first of this term.

Even looking through all the past Entrance Trials of the Sacred Academy, Ye Qing's result was unprecedented, a well-deserved number one!

... After dealing with the small fry in the field.

Ye Qing was about to leave.

Suddenly, his heart stirred, and his gaze fell on the place where the Mythical Beast had fallen earlier.

Although the Mythical Beast's Physical Body and demon bone had turned to ash.

In those ashes, a few crystal-clear things emitting a faint fluorescence remained.

Those were... the Mythical Beast's teeth that had been shattered by Ye Qing earlier!

Also one of the hardest parts of a Void Return Great Demon's body!

"I've heard that black dog teeth ward off evil."

Ye Qing raised his hand and pulled them, grabbing those few teeth into his hand.

They felt as warm and smooth as jade, yet incredibly hard.

"I can take them back to polish them and make a pendant or something."

Ye Qing casually put them away.

Then, with a movement of his body, he left the Island in the Heart of the Lake.

During the remaining time.

Ye Qing did not hunt Evil Nethers anymore.

After this battle with the Mythical Beast, he realized that although his strength was powerful.

If he faced even stronger powerhouses, he would still be somewhat lacking.

"Fighting a black dog took quite a bit of effort, and I even broke a sword..."

"If I truly encounter that Holy Sovereign's main body, won't it be very troublesome then?"

A sense of urgency grew in Ye Qing's heart.

Therefore.

He decided to take advantage of the remaining time in the trial to find a place for secluded meditation.

Subsequently, Ye Qing found a secluded valley, set up multiple Restrictions, and began his seclusion... Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, more than two months had passed.

On this day.

In the valley.

Ye Qing, who had been sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes!

Buzz!

Two beams of brilliant light shot from his eyes, piercing through the Void Realm like lightning!

And the aura on Ye Qing's body was now deeper and more harmonious than it had been two months ago.

Now, his cultivation was already at the Nascent Soul Ninth Layer Peak!

He was only one step away from the Deity Transformation Realm!

In fact, as long as Ye Qing was willing.

He could immediately trigger heavenly phenomena, commune with heaven and earth, and step into the Soul Transformation realm!

However.

At the moment he was about to Breakthrough, Ye Qing felt a mysterious sensation in his heart.

"Karma..."

He faintly felt that he still had some unresolved Karma.

If he forcibly broke through to Soul Transformation, although he could succeed.

It might lead to an imperfect Foundation and leave a flaw because of this unresolved Karma.

"Very well."

Ye Qing suppressed the urge to Breakthrough.

"No rush."

"It won't be too late to seek a Breakthrough after resolving the Karma."

"It is better to be as perfect as possible."

Ye Qing sensed his current state.

"After my cultivation improved, my current combat power..."

Ye Qing clenched his fist, feeling the power surging like an ocean within his body.

He made a rough estimate.

And reached a conclusion:

"If I don't use other abilities and only rely on conventional means..."

"It should be roughly at the level of the second layer of Void Return."

Ye Qing was quite satisfied with this improvement.

At this time.

Buzz—!

Ye Qing's heart suddenly stirred, and he raised his hand to take out the Sacred Academy trial token from his robe.

At this moment.

This token was emitting a soft white light in Ye Qing's hand.

And the light was getting brighter and brighter!

"I suppose the trial time is up?"

Ye Qing smiled slightly.

The next moment.

A dazzling white light flowed out from the trial token, instantly enveloping Ye Qing's entire body.

Space distorted for a moment.

Shua!

Ye Qing's figure instantly disappeared from the Nether Abyss... When Ye Qing opened his eyes again.

The scene before him had changed.

It was no longer the dark and gloomy Nether Abyss, but a vast and sun-drenched White Jade Square.

Clouds and mist swirled around, and cranes flew in the air, looking like a fairyland.

It was precisely the teleportation platform of the Jixia Sacred Academy!

The trial was over!

At this time.

Many figures had already gathered on the platform, with Prodigies who had just been teleported back everywhere.

However.

Compared to the grand departure three months ago.

The number of people now was clearly much smaller.

At least a third fewer!

Clearly, even though everyone felt they were Prodigies.

The harsh environment and fierce competition of the Nether Abyss in this Entrance Trial.

Still caused many people to remain in the Nether Abyss forever.

"I'm back..."

Ye Qing took a deep breath of air filled with pure spirit qi, feeling refreshed.

If nothing else, this environment looked bright and was much better than the Nether Abyss!

At this time.

The soul nurturing jade in his robe vibrated slightly, and Cang Yuanzi's voice, tinged with joy, came through:

"Thank you for the escort, Young Friend Ye!"

"Now that we've reached the Sacred Academy, I can sense where my main body is!"

"I'll take my leave first and return to my Physical Body. Farewell!"

After saying that.

A faint stream of light flew out from the soul nurturing jade, instantly drilling into the Void Realm and disappearing.

Before leaving, Cang Yuanzi left a sentence:

"Young Friend Ye, please wait a moment! After I return to my main body and recover a little, I will definitely come to thank you immediately!"

Hearing this, Ye Qing smiled slightly... In the field, after the crowd waited for a while.

"Silence!"

A gentle yet majestic voice resounded throughout the square.

Then, a white-haired old man with a kind face was seen approaching through the air with a smile.

"I am Chief Examiner Yu Feiyang, the presiding mentor for this term's Entrance Trial."

The old man's gaze swept across the field, a gratified smile on his face.

He nodded and said:

"Congratulations to all of you for successfully passing these three months of difficult trials and returning safely!"

Beside Chief Examiner Yu Feiyang.

Stood two other powerful mentors.

One was a middle-aged man with a resolute face, who introduced himself as Lei Wanshan.

The other was a middle-aged woman in gray robes with a cold face, who introduced herself as Yun Zaishui.

"Next."

Mentor Yu Feiyang said with a smile:

"The three of us will jointly reveal the final points ranking of this Entrance Trial!"

"And based on the rankings, we will select the top one hundred Disciples to enter the Inner Academy! The top three hundred qualified participants will enter the Outer Academy!"

"If you can successfully pass the six-month assessment period in the Outer Academy, you will have the opportunity to transfer to the Inner Academy."

As his voice fell.

The entire field instantly erupted into a commotion.

Many people's breathing became rapid.

Realizing that the most critical moment had finally arrived!

Then.

"Rise!"

Mentor Yu Feiyang waved his large sleeve.

Swish, swish, swish!

The trial tokens on everyone's bodies seemed to be summoned, flying out one after another and gathering in mid-air.

Subsequently.

Countless trial tokens intertwined, transforming into a massive list emitting ten thousand feet of golden light!

On the list, names and corresponding points began to jump, arrange, and combine frantically!

A moment later.

The ranking gradually stabilized.

Everyone in the field widened their eyes, staring intently at that list.

Some were uneasy, their palms sweating, fearing their ranking would be too low and they would be eliminated.

If all else failed, even entering the Outer Academy would be good!

While some had fervent gazes, full of expectation, feeling they had performed well this time and should get a good rank.

Many people were also discussing, guessing who would be the number one of this Entrance Trial.

"I think it's definitely Young Master Qin Mingyue! The number one Prodigy of the Primeval Qin Clan, who can compete with him?"

"That's not necessarily true! Young Master Chun Ziliu of the Divine Mountain Chun Clan is not to be outdone!"

"And Young Master Langya Xuan!"

Those who didn't know that Qin Mingyue and Chun Ziliu had already died in the Nether Abyss were still full of confidence, analyzing them one by one.

And concluded:

"The top three will definitely be taken by the Prodigies of these three Supreme Aristocratic Families!"

"This is a matter beyond any suspense!"

As he spoke, that person also looked around, trying to find the figures of these three top Prodigies in the crowd to curry favor with them.

After this Entrance Trial, he truly realized the gap between himself and the top Prodigies.

However, after searching left and right.

"Eh? Why don't I see Young Master Qin and Young Master Chun?"

"Why does Young Master Langya Xuan look so terrible... Strange, where are Young Master Qin and Young Master Chun?"

In a corner of the crowd.

Nan Yunfeng, whose white clothes were stained with blood and whose face was pale, was standing with difficulty.

His experience in the Nether Abyss could be described as a narrow escape from death, although he had suffered many injuries, he had also slain many Evil Nethers.

"My points should be quite high..."

Now, Nan Yunfeng stared closely at the ranking list, his eyes filled with persistence.

"I hope to get into the top hundred and successfully enter the Inner Academy..."

Amidst everyone's gaze.

At the very top of the golden list, the position representing "First Place."

Finally revealed a name!

There were only two characters:

Ye Qing!

Nan Yunfeng's eyes widened like copper bells, staring fixedly at the name at the top of the list, once doubting if his brain had been damaged in the Nether Abyss, causing hallucinations.

First place... is Ye Qing?!

How is this possible!

In his view, Ye Qing might have some skill.

But in a place like the Nether Abyss, having offended the three Supreme Aristocratic Families, it was like carrying a lantern into a latrine—seeking death!

He should have turned into a pile of dry bones long ago.

How could he not only be alive but even climb over everyone's heads?

Becoming the number one of this term's Entrance Trial?

Nan Yunfeng could not believe it and scanned the crowd frantically.

Finally, he saw that familiar set of green robes.

That person had a calm expression, as light as clouds and a breeze—it was indeed Ye Qing.

Nan Yunfeng's pupils shook!