The first phase of the Immortal Official Exams had finally concluded.
What was meant to be a simple trial of scattering countless pill bottles across the vast Thousand Empty Sea Domain and letting the candidates scramble for them had turned into a blood-soaked slaughterfest.
The proctors from Lower Heaven Realm had designed it that way on purpose.
Weed out the trash. Keep the numbers low.
And, most importantly, make sure those filthy mongrels from the lower-worlds never stepped foot into the second phase.
They had been so confident.
Lower Heaven Realm candidates vastly outnumbered and outclassed the rabble from the mortal planes.
The plan was simple.
Let the strong devour the weak.
By the end, fewer than 100,000 survivors remained out of the millions who entered. And among them were a precious few that came from the lower worlds.
Gu Bingyue stood on the central dais.
Her peerless green hair fluttered gently in the wind like immortal silk.
