In the following days, since no one was willing to duel him anymore, Zhao Xuan had no choice but to return to solitary cultivation.
The wave of excitement that once swept through Tongcheng First High after he had crushed all the top students gradually faded, drowned out by the looming presence of the college entrance examinations.
The campus once again fell into its usual calm.
Every senior student facing the upcoming exam was giving their all, pouring their focus and energy into the final stretch of preparation.
As the saying went—"Sharpening your blade at the last moment may not be fast, but it still shines."
And indeed, these last ten days of relentless effort brought visible progress to nearly everyone.
Some students—those who had built up solid foundations over the years—experienced significant leaps in strength.
If even they could improve…
then it went without saying how much progress someone like Zhao Xuan, blessed with the Heavenly Dao Reward System, would make.
After more than ten days of intensive training, Zhao Xuan's growth was astonishing.
[Heavenly Dao Reward System]
Name: Zhao Xuan
Age: 18
Spirit: 42.77 / 42.77
Physique: 206.45 / 206.45
Abilities:
Shave – Proficiency: 76 / 200
Iron Body – Proficiency: 143 / 200
Paper Art – Proficiency: 136 / 200
Moonwalk – Proficiency: 87 / 200
Storm Kick – Proficiency: 119 / 200
Finger Gun – Proficiency: 79 / 200
Swordsmanship – Proficiency: 36 / 200
Armament Haki – Beginner: 628 / 1000
Azure Dragon Fruit – Proficiency: 12 / 2000
Nearly all his effort over the past ten days had gone into mastering the Azure Dragon Fruit's power.
And as always—effort paid off.
Zhao Xuan successfully advanced his Azure Dragon Fruit mastery to the Proficient Level.
Upon doing so, he received yet another Fruit Power Baptism—an internal awakening that doubled his physical capacity once again, pushing his physique beyond the 200-point mark.
Now, Zhao Xuan estimated that even if he stood still and let someone like Li Zhiwei attack him freely, the latter probably still wouldn't be able to break his defense.
If the outside world knew his true physique, jaws would drop across the province.
A high school senior with over 200 physique points…
That was unheard of.
For comparison—some weaker third-tier cultivators didn't even reach 300 points.
And so, with tension and anticipation filling the air, exam day finally arrived.
The 15th was dedicated entirely to written exams.
Language and Math in the morning,
Politics, History, and Geography in the afternoon.
"Man, I really didn't expect this," Zhao Xuan muttered under his breath as he flipped through his thick test papers in the exam hall.
"I actually transmigrated to another world… only to end up taking language exams again."
Still, he quickly focused and began writing efficiently.
When he walked out of the exam hall later that afternoon, his expression wasn't great.
He wasn't confident—
not at all.
His written performance had been mediocre at best.
Sigh… Guess I'll have to make up for it in the combat tests, he thought.
The written exams concluded, and the following days were all about martial examinations.
16th Morning: Shave
16th Afternoon: Moonwalk
17th Morning: Iron Body
17th Afternoon: Storm Kick
18th Morning: Paper Art
18th Afternoon: Finger Gun
19th:Combat Assessment
Each subject was graded as follows:
Cultural subjects: 200 points
Six Powers (Rokushiki): 100 points each × 6 = 600 points
Combat Assessment: 200 points
Total Score: 1000 points
Time passed in a blur.
Soon, it was the morning of the 19th—the long-awaited Combat Assessment Day.
At dawn, a large bus rolled into Tongcheng First High.
From it stepped a group of young examiners—students from Nanjing's major universities, all third-tier cultivators.
The structure of universities in this world was nothing like the one Zhao Xuan knew in his previous life.
To advance from Year 1 to Year 2, a student had to reach Tier-2 cultivation.
From Year 2 to Year 3, they had to reach Tier-3 cultivation.
To enter Year 4, they needed to master at least one form of Haki.
Graduation required them to reach Tier-4.
It was a brutal, merit-based system—
only the strong could progress.
Once the university examiners had arrived, the combat tests began.
There were two ways to score highly in the practical exam:
Endurance: Last as long as possible under the examiner's attacks—the longer you held out, the higher your score.
Impact: Deal visible damage to the examiner—the greater the damage, the higher your score.
And of course—
If someone could defeat their examiner outright…
that meant a perfect score.
Zhao Xuan clenched his fists, his eyes blazing with determination.
"I need that perfect score."
"It's the only way to make up for my lousy written exams."
He exhaled sharply.
"Yeah… I have to take this examiner down."
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