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"Boom!"

Stimulated by the essence of heaven and earth, the power of Wang Shouzhe's bloodline surged instantly, and a massive Dharma Aspect shadow automatically appeared behind him.

It was an incredibly majestic figure.

He seemed like a great existence that had been around since ancient times, with flowing robes and an extraordinary demeanor, exuding an aura that felt like a refreshing spring breeze.

Beside him, amidst the green light, mysterious patterns appeared and disappeared, sacred and solemn.

With the appearance of this Dharma Aspect shadow, a gigantic tree shadow, as if supporting the heavens and earth, also appeared behind Wang Shouzhe.

This was a phenomenon evolved from the Green Emperor Codex.

The towering tree, with its green canopy seemingly covering the sky, emitted a radiant green glow as the essence of heaven and earth cascaded down towards Wang Shouzhe.

For a moment, the entire portable cave mansion was filled with this light, transforming it into what seemed like a fairyland.

Seeing this, Wang Luojing, who was guarding Wang Shouzhe, immediately moved a bit further away, giving him ample space.

The absorption of the essence of heaven and earth is a gradual process. Compared to the domineering effects of the Immortal Improvement and its Essence Version, the process of enhancing bloodline aptitude through the essence of heaven and earth is much gentler and safer.

As the essence of heaven and earth was gradually absorbed, the power of Wang Shouzhe's bloodline continued to grow.

The phenomena within the portable cave mansion became increasingly intense.

As Wang Shouzhe's bloodline improved, his life-bound spirit plant, Wang Lixian, also benefited.

The relationship between a cultivator and their life-bound spirit plant is mutually reinforcing; the cultivator's advancement promotes the growth of the spirit plant, and the spirit plant's growth, in turn, enhances the cultivator.

Although Wang Lixian was already a ninth-grade spirit plant and her cultivation level did not change, the life source power feedback from Wang Shouzhe slightly increased her potential.

It's important to note that Wang Lixian was already a celestial plant, with potential equivalent to the Heavenly Son or Daughter among humans. At this level of potential, every bit of increase is extremely precious.

In Changning Wang's Clan, within Stay Immortal Valley, Wang Lixian's main body stretched its branches and leaves, as if enjoying a full-body spa, rustling with a pleasant sound.

Unconsciously, the immortal spirit energy emanating from her main body became purer and more concentrated.

Unknowingly, several days passed.

Finally, at a certain moment a few days later.

It was as if a certain limit had been broken, and Wang Shouzhe's aura suddenly surged, while the phenomena in the heavens and earth underwent a transformation.

"Buzz~~"

A grand sound of the laws echoed in the heavens and earth, as if even the heavenly way was cheering for him.

Amidst the intense buzzing, the resonance between bloodline and laws even penetrated the isolation of the portable cave mansion, spreading to the Officer Training Academy.

The phenomena that covered the sky and earth rose up.

In an instant, the entire Officer Training Academy was alarmed.

Many people who were either practicing or chatting in the assessment venue ran out, even those who were playing mahjong at a few tables couldn't sit still, throwing down their tiles and running out.

It's important to note that Wang Shouzhe's portable cave mansion has a certain isolation effect. Inheriting an intermediate codex and ascending to Heavenly Son would indeed cause some heavenly phenomena, but the commotion transmitted outside through the cave mansion's isolation would be minimal.

Therefore, it hadn't attracted much attention before.

However, this time, the phenomena transmitted outside far exceeded their expectations, being somewhat too spectacular.

"Sigh~" Prince An looked up at the astonishing phenomena and shadows in the sky, unable to help but feel a myriad of emotions, "I remember when I first met Shouzhe, I thought he had an extraordinary temperament, like an immortal descended to the mortal world. Now it seems, it was I, Wu Mingyuan, who had a limited perspective."

The phenomena spilling out from the portable cave mansion were already so exaggerated; he couldn't even imagine how exaggerated they would be outside.

"I think my husband has a broad perspective." Gongye Qingrui comforted him, "I remember when you first met Master Shouzhe, you two hit it off, enjoying discussions about farming and building a nation, full of youthful vigor~"

"Indeed! My greatest perspective is holding onto Shouzhe's thigh tightly." Prince An, having figured this out, became full of vigor again, "After all, I can't surpass him, so why should I compete with him? As long as I have thick enough skin and cling to Shouzhe, I'll have everything I need. Who knows, one day, our great work might become a celestial dynasty by riding on Shouzhe's coattails!"

"Husband, if you become a True Immortal, you'll enjoy a lifespan of ten thousand years." Gongye Qingrui said softly, "It's a pity I won't live past two thousand years, so you must marry a few young imperial consorts to keep you company, lest you become too lonely."

"Of course..."

Before Prince An could finish speaking, Wang Shizhao beside him couldn't help but cough several times.

Prince An immediately realized and hurriedly changed his words, "Of course, that's impossible. I, Wu Mingyuan, am only devoted to building a nation, benefiting the people, and achieving my ideal world. Marrying more, that's impossible."

"Hehe~"

Gongye Qingrui glared at him, not believing a word.

Even Emperor Longchang, after the first generation of imperial consorts passed away, found several new ones, only losing interest in such matters as he grew older.

Apart from Prince An, everyone else was also shocked.

Especially those from the allied families, many of whom were truly seeing the strength of the Wang's Clan for the first time during this visit to the training academy. They thought they had become numb to shock, but witnessing this scene, they couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

It could only be said that the Wang's Clan had hidden their true strength too well.

Fortunately, within the academy, apart from the allied families, everyone else was from the Wang's Clan. They already had a blind admiration for Wang Shouzhe, with a filter at least eight feet thick, feeling that no matter how abnormal he was, it was normal.

Wang Luojing, Wang Luo Qiu, and the other siblings were calm, only feeling that their brother was always their brother, hiding his true strength too deeply.

Ancestor Long Yan was full of satisfaction.

Seeing Shouzhe reach this point was more gratifying to her than reaching it herself.

At the same time, she was secretly encouraging herself. Long Yan, you must also work hard to maintain the strength of the first ancestor and protect this family well.

As everyone was filled with emotion and shock, time passed bit by bit.

No one knew how long it took, but eventually, the phenomena and shadows that had risen up began to gradually dissipate.

Within the portable cave mansion.

Wang Shouzhe sat cross-legged in the air, surrounded by radiant light, an extraordinary aura enveloping him, sacred and solemn, giving the impression of a deity descending to the mortal world.

He slowly opened his eyes, feeling an unprecedented clarity in his mind, with a deeper understanding of the laws of the heavenly way.

After being baptized by the essence of heaven and earth, his physical body and soul seemed to have undergone a thorough cleansing, becoming pristine and almost immortal.

"Fourth Brother, how are you feeling?" Wang Luojing, who was guarding him, moved closer, full of concern.

With a slight movement of his divine sense, Wang Shouzhe spread the life source profound energy like ripples in all directions.

In an instant, the flowers, trees, and some spirit grains in the portable cave mansion began to grow wildly, full of vitality.

A stick of incense later, the rapidly growing plants almost filled the small portable cave mansion.

Not only that.

Wang Shouzhe's divine sense became exceptionally sharp and delicate, easily penetrating the deepest parts of spirit plants, observing their most primitive life rhythms, and even actively interfering and influencing their life evolution process.

He had a feeling that at this moment, with just a slight thought, he could cut off their life, and with just a thought, he could grant them life.

This feeling of seemingly becoming the master of life was simply mesmerizing.

"Very good."

Having lived for over two hundred years, Wang Shouzhe, who could be considered "well-informed," was a bit excited.

This was almost a qualitative transformation, and in the future, whether it was improving various spirit grain seeds, economic spirit plants, or even spirit medicines, it would save a lot of time and resources.

"Luojing, thank you for guarding me these past few days." Wang Shouzhe stood up and cupped his hands.

"Fourth Brother, what are you saying?" Wang Luojing said with a slight hint of anger, "I only did some trivial things. Between us, is there a need for thanks?"

In fact, over the years, Wang Luojing had been presiding over the situation in the Sacred Gu Clan in the Southern Border, educating the locals. Under her management, the Sacred Gu Clan had long since changed, and her prestige had already surpassed that of previous Saintesses, reaching an unprecedented peak.

With just a word, she could make countless members of the Sacred Gu Clan sacrifice themselves, and with a word, she could change the fate of countless people.

However, even after becoming such a prestigious Saintess, Wang Luojing never felt she was that great. In front of Wang Shouzhe, she was still the delicate girl she used to be.

The reason she worked so hard outside was simply to lighten the burden on her Fourth Brother's shoulders.

Others might see Fourth Brother as relaxed, but she knew the pressure he actually bore. It was the rise and fall of an entire family.

Even a little bit, even if it was just a tiny bit, if she could help him, she would be satisfied.

"Yes, yes, that's Fourth Brother's fault." Wang Shouzhe laughed, "Now, it's time for me to help you evolve your bloodline. You should first take an Extreme Improvement Essence Version."

"Yes, Fourth Brother." Wang Luojing smiled sweetly, full of happiness.

Another few days passed in the blink of an eye.

After enduring the most difficult absorption phase with willpower and Wang Shouzhe's assistance, Wang Luojing's entire temperament underwent a complete transformation.

Originally, she had a mysterious aura and unpredictable methods, giving off a dangerous feeling, but it was still within certain limits. However, after becoming a Heavenly Daughter, she exuded an ethereal and transcendent purity, like a goddess hidden in the deep mountains, aloof and otherworldly, with every movement resonating with heaven and earth.

On this day.

It was finally Wang Luojing's turn for the assessment.

Everyone gathered again at the assessment square, waiting to watch Wang Luojing's performance in the assessment.

In such assessments, although due to the need to control scores, Wang Luojing and others responsible for ranking wouldn't fully reveal their strength. For example, Wang Shouzhe didn't even use his life-bound spirit plant.

But even so, each of their combat styles had distinct personalities, with many aspects worth learning.

Everyone here would eventually go to the outer region battlefield, so learning more was beneficial. Especially the young Celestial Realm individuals who would later undergo independent ordinary and elite assessments, watched each session with great seriousness.

Seeing the radiant Wang Luojing appear, Wang Luo Qiu passed by her with a proud look, "Wang Luojing, you better control your score, don't embarrass yourself by not surpassing me."

"Hehe, thanks to you helping Fourth Brother get the advanced codex, I've been very happy spending time with Fourth Brother these past few days." Wang Luojing chuckled, casually retorting, "I'm only a year older than you, even if you become an empress or a True Immortal, you'll still be under me."

"You!" Wang Luo Qiu's eyebrows twitched in anger.

Before she could say anything, Wang Luojing directly entered the assessment mode.

Soon, the first ordinary task, which everyone was already familiar with, began. In this task, most people would first analyze the information and then formulate tactics.

But it was different for Wang Luojing.

When the task started, she didn't care about anything else and immediately activated the storage space for her Gu insects. The densely packed Gu insects spread out in all directions like locusts.

At the same time, she flicked her Gu insect space ring, and a colorful butterfly flew out.

When this butterfly appeared, it was only the size of a palm, with thin, translucent wings adorned with ice-blue spots of varying sizes, their edges shimmering with a brilliant luster, dazzling like starlight, dreamy and enchanting.

Under the soldiers' stunned gazes, the butterfly flew higher and grew larger, and in a flash, its wingspan reached over ten feet wide.

An overwhelming aura like a vast ocean swept out from the butterfly, instantly enveloping the entire battlefield.

"Heavenly Emperor Butterfly!"

This was the second form of the Heavenly Silkworm, the sacred Gu inherited by the Southern Border Saintess, which evolved into the Heavenly Emperor Butterfly after reaching the ninth grade.

"Spirit Artifact Ai Pan." Wang Luo Qiu was immediately displeased upon seeing this scene and questioned, "How can she bring Gu insects into battle? Why can't we bring puppet guards or battle pets?"

"Miss Wang Luo Qiu," Spirit Artifact Ai Pan replied respectfully, "What can be simulated is automatically decided by the assessment simulator. Puppet guards can be brought in, but only if the simulator identifies you as a puppet master relying on puppets for combat, and only life-bound puppets or those with a clear contract relationship can be brought in. The same applies to battle pets and spirit plants. This Miss Wang Luojing is clearly a spirit insect master, relying on Gu insects for combat, and there is a mental connection between her and the Gu insects. Without simulating life-bound Gu insects, how could she be assessed?"

Having been in the Sacred Gu Clan for many years, Wang Luojing had naturally cultivated many powerful Gu insects. With the assistance of these Gu insects, she could almost be considered an independent army, making the subsequent assessments very simple.

Even when she reached the hero mode stage, there were basically no obstacles, until she needed to control her score, at which point she had the Immortal Sword Niyue assist, finally stopping her assessment score at 92.5 points.

A perfect conclusion.

When Wang Luojing emerged from the assessment simulation cabin, whether it was the spirit artifact or her clan members and friends, they all looked at her with awe.

Ancestor Luojing, who had always been stationed outside, usually kept a low profile, and everyone didn't have a clear understanding of her strength. It was only today that they realized her combat power was so terrifying, and her Gu insects were not only strong in battle but also extremely effective in reconnaissance, counter-reconnaissance, and preventing ambushes. Apart from requiring a lot of time and effort to cultivate, they were almost perfect.

Even Spirit Artifact Ai Pan, who thought she wouldn't be surprised anymore, felt a bit overwhelmed by Wang Luojing's performance.

Her tone was exceptionally respectful, "Honorable Miss Wang Luojing, congratulations on achieving the first place in the hero ranking history. Please choose your prize."

"I choose the inheritance rights of the intermediate codex, the Immortal Grade Bloodline Improvement Liquid, the Lingxu Realm puppet, and the semi-immortal spirit plant."

"Honorable Miss Wang Luojing," Spirit Artifact Ai Pan quickly said, "I'm sorry, but the intermediate codex quota in the prize pool is also empty."

"……" Wang Luojing looked skeptical.

"There were only eleven intermediate codex inheritance rights in total..." Spirit Artifact Ai Pan was almost in tears, her tone bitter and helpless, "The hero mode is extremely difficult, and the high-level prize pool rewards were only occasionally claimed one or two items before. Having eleven was already quite a lot, originally thought to last for a long time... I already informed that kid Wang Ningxi about the remaining rewards in the prize pool."

In a daze, it was already eleven!

Wang Luojing was also a bit dazed.

Indeed, Ancestor Long Yan claimed one, the third sequence claimed six, the second sequence claimed four, so naturally, there were none left for her.

"I recommend you take the unique treasure, the Wine Knife Immortal's brewing gourd, or the Little Holy Emperor's treasure box, or Weiwei's evolution fruit." Spirit Artifact Ai Pan introduced helplessly, "These are treasures donated by True Immortal big shots, each with its own wonderful use."

"Then I'll take the Little Holy Emperor's treasure box." Wang Luojing quickly decided, "After all, everything will be taken."

"Uh..." Spirit Artifact Ai Pan felt a sense of being emptied, even her voice was a bit weak, "Additionally, the Immortal Grade Bloodline Improvement Liquid had a total of twelve vials, and the one you just took was the last one."

Is there no Immortal Improvement either?

Wang Luojing nodded to indicate she understood, after all, it was all calculated by Ningxi, and doing math problems was a bit difficult for her.

At this point, Wang Shouzhe also slapped his forehead, feeling a bit of a headache from the miscalculation.

The reason he appeared early was because he thought the Immortal Improvement had already been interrupted.

Now he suddenly remembered that the six Immortal Improvements obtained by Wang Zong'an, Luo Tong, and the others in the second sequence hadn't been used; they used the Extreme Improvement Essence Version. Theoretically, the Extreme Improvement Essence would be interrupted, but since he, Wang Shouzhe, didn't use the Extreme Improvement Essence, neither would be interrupted.

According to this calculation, Wang Shouzhe didn't need to appear early. He glanced at Wang Ningxi and said, "Ningxi, why didn't you remind and stop me from appearing early?"

"Well... I thought Ancestor Grandfather wanted to play early, how could I dare to stop you?" Wang Ningxi looked innocent.

"I was momentarily confused and miscalculated." Wang Shouzhe sighed, "It seems I'm truly old."

"Ancestor Grandfather, don't belittle yourself. This must be some mysterious, handsome, wise, and great behind-the-scenes existence making a mistake, only able to correct it by shifting the blame and tarnishing your wisdom~" Wang Ningxi comforted, "Besides, you appearing early doesn't affect the overall situation."

"Who's next to appear?" Wang Shouzhe quickly accepted the fate of being blamed and asked.

"According to the order, it's Ancestor Lu Wei's turn. Although Ancestor Lu Wei has strong overall abilities, especially in research, we're worried her wisdom, no, her command ability might be biased."

Wang Ningxi felt a bit complicated when mentioning Ancestor Lu Wei.

There were private rumors that she was his second great-grandmother, even his great-grandmother Liu Ruolan seemed to half-acknowledge her existence. She was jealous of many people but never of Ancestor Lu Wei.

Could it be that the more exaggerated rumor was true?

Was his great-grandfather Wang Zong'an actually born from Ancestor Grandfather and Ancestor Lu Wei?

"It's good for Senior Sister Lu Wei to appear early." Wang Shouzhe agreed, "The later it gets, the smaller the margin for error."

With that, he took the items, called Senior Sister Lu Wei, who was playing mahjong with Liu Ruolan, and entered the portable cave mansion together.

As expected, Liu Ruolan had no reaction, continuing to play mahjong.

After spending some time.

Wang Shouzhe used an Extreme Improvement Essence Version and an Immortal Improvement without much difficulty to help Senior Sister Lu Wei break through to Heavenly Daughter.

And because Lu Wei was the reincarnation of the Demon Plant Venerable's main body, activating part of her bloodline, she had already reached the top grade before, and now she broke through to Heavenly Daughter C grade.

Once her bloodline fully awakens, she might even improve to Heavenly Daughter B grade.

After all, this was a rebirth, with advantages much stronger than a True Immortal reincarnation, without the need for downgraded qualifications, though it's uncertain if there would be other side effects.

Subsequently, another assessment began.

This assessment was still uneventful, but during a few tasks in hero mode, Senior Sister Lu Wei, to ensure score control and not betray Wang Shouzhe's trust, entrusted the Immortal Sword Niyue to fight while also using her Green Emperor Codex.

Naturally, she precisely controlled the score at 92.75 points.

So far, the task of ranking first had been completed seven times, even pushing Ancestor Long Yan's name to seventh, Wu Panpan to tenth, and the mosaic friend was finally pushed out of the top ten.

Thus.

The top ten of the hero ranking were all Purple Mansion Realm Heavenly Sons or Daughters, with most being their own people, making for a truly spectacular scene.

As Wang Shouzhe felt that Ningxi's plan, though reliable, lacked any waves and couldn't stir emotions, suddenly.

"Buzz!"

Wang Shouzhe's Green Emperor Codex unexpectedly flew out of his Purple Mansion spirit platform.

Spirit Artifact Qinghuang appeared above the codex, her delicate face extremely excited, staring intently at Senior Sister Lu Wei, who had just emerged from the simulation cabin, "It's really you! Qingying!"

Qingying? What Qingying?

Could it be that Lu Wei's name before reincarnation was "Qingying"?

Everyone was puzzled, even Senior Sister Lu Wei didn't react.

At this moment.

A green light shot out from Senior Sister Lu Wei's Purple Mansion spirit platform, instantly transforming into an ancient, heavy, green codex.

A spirit artifact in the form of a young girl emerged above the codex, looking at Spirit Artifact Qinghuang with excitement and joy, "Sister Qinghuang, you're here too?"

Qinghuang? Qingying?

Everyone realized at this moment.

Wang Shouzhe and Senior Sister Lu Wei were both stunned.

Unexpectedly, the two Green Emperor Codexes not only knew each other but seemed to be sisters.

"Qingying, you have no right to call me sister!" Unexpectedly, Spirit Artifact Qinghuang's expression changed drastically, angrily saying, "You traitor, you actually followed that witch and betrayed His Majesty the Holy Emperor!"

"Sister, you misunderstand, Weiwei and I never intended to betray His Majesty the Holy Emperor." Spirit Artifact Qingying hurriedly explained, "It's just that His Majesty didn't allow Weiwei to delve into her project."

"Shut up!" Qinghuang was furious to the extreme, "We were all evolved from the Green Emperor Sacred Diagram, naturally, we should unconditionally serve His Majesty."

"Sister, His Majesty the Holy Emperor's thinking is too rigid." Qingying also said with some resentment, "Our Weiwei is not wrong, it's the Holy Emperor who is wrong. Moreover, I've found Weiwei, and this time she will definitely prove herself."

"Weiwei?" Spirit Artifact Qinghuang looked at Lu Wei in disbelief, "You, you, you... you're actually that witch's reincarnation... no, you, you, you, you're that witch?!"

Spirit Artifact Qinghuang only recognized Lu Wei at this moment.

No wonder, as a spirit artifact of the codex, she was mostly in a dormant state, and although she was familiar with Qingying, she hadn't seen her since Qingying was inherited, and she wasn't familiar with her master, having only met a few times at most.

"Ah!" Spirit Artifact Ai Pan also suddenly screamed, her voice becoming terrified and helpless, "I knew your moves and aura felt so familiar, you, aren't you ***?"

"Spirit Artifact Sister, what is ***?" Wang Ningxi's mind moved, and he asked.

"*** is her, right, that name is blocked, I can't say her name." Spirit Artifact Ai Pan said excitedly, "She was a student from the second academy, not from our third academy, I didn't recognize her at first."

Wang Ningxi was stunned, could a name really be blocked?

Wait!

He couldn't believe it, "Spirit Artifact Sister, isn't she one of the two friends with mosaics on the hero ranking? Is she the original fourth, or the original seventh?"

"The original fourth, now pushed to eleventh." Spirit Artifact shouted excitedly, "***, you traitor, witch, how dare you come back?!"

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