Within the divine network of the true gods.

Huang Zichou watched the numerous students selecting their examination techniques and smiled, “The choice of technique is also crucial in this exam.”

Too difficult a technique, if ultimately unmastered, would directly result in a zero score.

It would be better to choose a slightly simpler technique, one with a greater chance of success.

Another minor deity said, “This is part of the examination, to see if they have a clear understanding of their talent, their limits, their potential…”

“However, since most students have reached this stage, mastering a five-star difficulty technique shouldn’t be too difficult.”

“Six stars and above carry a risk of failure. Seven stars would be quite risky.”

“Eight or nine stars would have a very high probability of failure. As for the ten-star, most difficult technique, only Yun Jing and Ye Lingxiao would dare to choose it.”

Just then, Huang Zichou exclaimed in surprise, “There are actually three people who have chosen the ten-star technique!”

“Another person chose a nine-star difficulty technique, and yet another chose an eight-star technique!”

Huang Zichou laughed, “There are quite a few arrogant individuals among this year’s candidates.”

Bai Zhenzhen looked at the Myriad Swords Without End Formula she had chosen, and a sense of nervousness began to rise in her heart.

The Foundation Establishment Examination was divided into three rounds, and apart from the first round’s comprehensive exam, the next two rounds would be conducted according to the four tracks of Dao Heart, Mana, Body, and Martial Arts. Ultimately, a champion would be determined in each track, earning the qualification for Foundation Establishment.

“Yu Zi is taking the physical exam, I’m taking the martial arts exam.”

“Right now, I just lack a powerful sword art.” Looking at the 1.49 million-worth, ten-star difficulty practical martial art, Myriad Swords Without End Formula, Bai Zhenzhen thought, “If I miss this opportunity… it might be a long, long time before I have another chance to learn such a sword art.”

After repeated searching, Bai Zhenzhen knew that this Myriad Swords Without End Formula was the most suitable and most powerful technique among the current batch.

“And in the martial arts arena, the Immortal Capital elites I have to face… they probably all have mastered this kind of top-tier, expert-level martial art to some extent.”

“To defeat them, I must seize this free opportunity and learn this martial art within two hours.”

However, despite this, Bai Zhenzhen didn’t have much confidence, because she had never learned such an expensive martial art, and had never personally experienced the difficulty of a ten-star technique.

But there was no choice, as a poor person, to compete against the wealthy students present, she had no choice but to go all out and gamble with all her chips.

At the same time, Li Tongyun on the other side was already trembling with nervousness, simply because she had just chosen a nine-star technique.

She kept telling herself, “I must master it! I must master it!”

Li Tongyun had fallen outside the top twenty in the first two exams, especially in the second round’s Gluttony Competition, where she had plummeted to thirty-something place amidst constant vomiting.

So, to ultimately get into the top 20, she calculated that… she absolutely had to master the nine-star technique in this round.

On the other side, Zhang Yu chose an eight-star difficulty technique, the Spring and Autumn Endless Zen, worth 1.55 million.

Although it wasn’t the highest ten-star difficulty, Zhang Yu knew that this technique was definitely one of the strongest among the current batch.

“Alas, the Titanium Body Refinement and the Great Heavenly Dragon Divine Strength are also very strong, but the alloys and dragon blood needed to upgrade them later are too expensive.”

“The Spring and Autumn Endless Zen, on the other hand, doesn’t need any external objects to upgrade.”

After thinking this through, Zhang Yu knew that he could only choose the Spring and Autumn Endless Zen.

As a poor man, he didn’t have many choices to begin with. Having such a rare opportunity to practice the Spring and Autumn Endless Zen for free was already a godsend.

With the end of the ten-minute technique selection, the exam officially began.

The data of each student’s chosen technique, as well as the necessary cultivation items, were sent to them.

What was sent to Zhang Yu was simple: a physical book with the five characters “Spring and Autumn Endless Zen” printed on it. This was his exam paper for this round.

After scanning through the entire Spring and Autumn Endless Zen, Zhang Yu began to condense the Evergreen Mana described within, according to the instructions.

Only by successfully condensing the Evergreen Mana, and then using it in conjunction with the forty-nine body refinement movements in the Spring and Autumn Endless Zen, could one be considered to have entered the door of this body refinement martial art.

Just as Zhang Yu was practicing the Spring and Autumn Endless Zen.

On the other side, the numerous students were also making rapid progress in their respective techniques.

While Yun Jing was practicing the Myriad Manifestations Palm, his star-like eyes could see the entire structure of his body, clearly seeing the circulation of muscles and mana, achieving the effect of internal vision.

Even after the contents of the Myriad Manifestations Palm were memorized, he could see a figure performing the technique overlapping with his own body, constantly grasping any mistakes he made in practicing the palm technique, constantly adjusting and improving at every moment.

This was one of the effects of his eye-bone relic, allowing him to have internal vision, quickly imitate various techniques, and automatically detect any errors during practice.

And when Yun Jing’s gaze slightly glanced at others who were practicing martial arts, various numbers would pop up in his vision.

“500,000… 450,000… 700,000…”

These were the prices of the martial arts that many people around him were practicing, as marked by the eye-bone relic.

Through the comparison of these prices, an impression of the strength of these people was constructed in Yun Jing’s mind.

At the same time, Ye Lingxiao on the other side glanced at the Myriad Swords Without End Formula, but didn’t choose to practice the sword moves within. Instead, he directly sat down on the spot and began to practice in his mind.

For Ye Lingxiao, who could completely control his body and mana, as long as there were no problems with the practice in his mind, there would be no problems.

And the speed of practicing in the mind was obviously much faster than practicing in the body.

So, when he practiced most techniques, he would often scan through the manual, then sit down on the spot, practice in his mind, and then master it when he started to move.

But for Bai Zhenzhen, who had also chosen the Myriad Swords Without End Formula, things weren’t so simple.

She held a practice sword and moved her body, accompanied by wandering lightning, already displaying one move after another from the Myriad Swords Without End Formula.

However, this Myriad Swords Without End Formula was a top-tier sword art among expert-level techniques, said to have exhausted all the sword move variations of the Qi Refining stage, reaching the end of the sword move variations of the Qi Refining realm.

After all, in the Qi Refining stage, supernatural powers were not obvious, and the sword moves driven by pure strength, speed, and mana were still limited.

But even so, this Myriad Swords Without End Formula was said to have ten thousand sword moves.

Bai Zhenzhen flipped through the thousands of pages of the Myriad Swords Without End Formula while quickly practicing the sword moves, but the more she practiced, the more she felt something was wrong.

“This won’t work.”

“If I practice one move at a time like this, how could I possibly learn this Myriad Swords Without End Formula in two hours?”

With the circulation of her mind method, Bai Zhenzhen didn’t blindly practice any further. Instead, she flipped through the general outline of the Myriad Swords Without End Formula again and began to think.

“Practice the sword ten thousand times, and its meaning will naturally appear.”

“The normal way to practice the Myriad Swords Without End Formula is indeed to practice these sword moves one by one, master all kinds of sword move variations, and ultimately condense sword intent, being able to break all kinds of external techniques with a single move.”

“But there’s obviously no time for that now.”

“But since the true god has placed this technique here, it means that it is theoretically possible to master this sword art in two hours.”

As time continued to pass, Bai Zhenzhen became more and more calm, constantly thinking about the secrets of the Myriad Swords Without End Formula.

“Is there any rule that can connect these sword moves? As long as I understand it, I can instantly master them?”

Just then, Bai Zhenzhen saw Ye Lingxiao, who was deep in thought with his eyes closed.

Although she didn’t know what Ye Lingxiao was doing, Bai Zhenzhen had a flash of inspiration.

“Practicing ten thousand sword moves in two hours is impossible for me now.”

“My body can’t do it, but what if I practice in my mind?”

Bai Zhenzhen closed her eyes and began to practice each move of the Myriad Swords Without End Formula in her mind, but she still felt that something was wrong.

“No, thinking in my mind is different from my body actually making the moves, it can’t be considered mastering it.”

“But since the Myriad Swords Without End Formula is about condensing sword intent… does the move have to be accurate?”

Bai Zhenzhen thought of how Zhang Yu had comprehended the Heavenly Martial Heart Refinement Formula back then, and it seemed that the crooked moves didn’t matter much.

Thinking of this, Bai Zhenzhen closed her eyes again and began to practice the sword moves in her mind, while also having a new idea.

“The Myriad Swords Without End Formula is, after all, a practical martial art. What if I create an opponent in my mind?”

Speaking of opponents, Bai Zhenzhen first thought of Zhang Yu. As the opponent she had fought the most times and was most familiar with, Bai Zhenzhen quickly simulated the scene of Zhang Yu fighting her in her mind.

In the many past battles, her memory had long recorded Zhang Yu’s various performances in battle.

So at this moment, in her mind, Zhang Yu, with all his strength, was like a piece of invisible mist blocking in front of her, appearing impeccable, no matter how she struck with her sword, it was difficult to break through.

“Yu Zi is really hard to fight.”

And in this mind sparring, Bai Zhenzhen constantly noticed the flaws in her own sword moves.

In the past, she would always try this on her opponents, to see through the flaws in their moves.

But now, with her own practice in her mind, she was constantly seeing through the flaws in her own Myriad Swords Without End Formula.

This time, Bai Zhenzhen felt that she was doing the right thing.

“That’s right… the Myriad Swords Without End Formula is the limit of sword move variations. Why do sword moves need to change? Naturally, to break the opponent’s moves.”

“Practicing ten thousand times is rote memorization. Comprehending sword intent in breaking moves should be the superior way to practice this martial art.”

Next, she simply flipped through the Myriad Swords Without End Formula while sparring with Zhang Yu in her mind. In this kind of practical training, Bai Zhenzhen felt as if she was about to transform into a bolt of lightning, tearing through the heavy fog in front of her, and a sword intent gradually rose in her heart.

And in the following time, the other students were also making rapid progress.

Yu Xinghan came out of the temporary operating room with a tragic expression. The third eye in his mind opened, carrying the hatred of reversed life, and he was making rapid progress in the cultivation of his technique.

Yun Jing’s speed was faster and faster, more and more standard, and he was getting closer and closer to success.

Ye Lingxiao was even further ahead, with hundreds of himself practicing different sword moves in his mind, rapidly advancing the progress of the Myriad Swords Without End Formula.

But just when Ye Lingxiao felt that he could take first place.

“Examiner, I’m done.”

Ye Lingxiao suddenly opened his eyes and saw Zhang Yu raising his hand and saying, “I’ve mastered it.”