Endless dark golden leaves, with veins resembling countless eyes, almost covered the entire starry sky.

"Clatter~" The Thousand Phantom Tree shook its leaves, spiritual impacts were everywhere, piercing through the barrier.

Zhao Xing didn't even blink an eye.

"A hundred million miles from the Thousand Phantom Tree, this intensity is almost like scratching an itch."

Zhao Xing didn't need to worry about injury, as the barrier contained recovery arrays. If injured or unable to endure, one would be instantly teleported away for recovery treatment, but would then be eliminated.

Zhao Xing glanced at the stele next to the light gate and blinked.

Because the number of remaining participants displayed on the stele had suddenly decreased to six trillion.

"In one second, so many people were eliminated?"

"There sure are many people just joining in for fun."

"Ten thousand is also money."

The assessment had just begun, the intensity was very weak, it's only the First Realm; anyone who had undergone will training could easily withstand it.

Nevertheless, many were still eliminated unexpectedly.

"The assessment of the Primordial Conference, regardless of whether it's the First Realm or the Third Realm, is conducted together. The first checkpoint of spiritual will doesn't differentiate between professions, everyone faces the same content."

The Domain Realm doesn't participate because they typically exceed ten thousand years, thus not qualifying. Moreover, if someone from the Domain Realm guards the Desolate Domain, even if it's the Five Elements Domain, they can spend two to three thousand years to exchange for an opportunity to study in the Primordial Realm.

The Mystic Power Realm is quite rare; among ten billion people in the Third Realm, not everyone can break the shackles and continue in deep cultivation within the Origin Realm. The Primordial Realm only recruits those with great mystic abilities.

"I wonder if there are two thousand great mystics in this round of the Beihai Star System?" Zhao Xing pondered, without any reference data, he was uncertain.

However, having great mystic abilities doesn't guarantee passing; it's possible that the mystic powers cultivated are not suitable for the assessment.

For instance, even if Zhao Xing cultivated the Great Divine Power Five-Finger Mountain, it would be useless for the spiritual will checkpoint; if one cannot endure, they won't endure.

"Boom~~"

After the first day, the platform began to move forward.

Zhao Xing also saw countless light spots, other participants, but not very clearly.

The barrier protected participants from interfering with each other.

"Still over three trillion left." Zhao Xing glanced at the remaining number, closed his eyes, and began cultivation.

...

Zhao Xing felt relaxed, but it was different for others.

The innate great divine power of the Thousand Phantom Tree, [Thousand Illusion Eye], constantly eroded everyone's spirit.

On the first day, Great Zhou had 54 from the Third Realm eliminated.

"Swish swish~"

After being eliminated, these people were thrown out.

They returned to an arrangement area on the Beihai Border Star.

"The spiritual will checkpoint is truly difficult." Beichen King Qin Feng appeared and couldn't help but sigh.

He was among the first in Xuanhuang Realm to break through to the Rule Realm. Back then, it was his queen and brother-in-law that Zhao Xing transformed into chickens and dogs.

"Beichen King, were you eliminated too?" a military officer looked at Beichen King Qin Feng.

"Ashamed." Beichen King shook his head.

"It seems blindly pursuing powerful strength is not enough; training in spiritual will is also crucial," another Qi Sect General lamented.

In the Third Realm, their main pursuit was excavating body treasures, focusing all their energy there.

Although everyone knew spiritual will was their weakness, not everyone tried to compensate for it.

"Usually, it seems like buying a treasure for self-defense is enough; can individual hard cultivation compare to a treasure crafted by a Refining Master for self-defense?"

"In team actions, Qi Sect Martial Artists usually have companions with the Soul Path."

"With Daoist Soldiers protecting them, they didn't think it was a weakness."

"Only now we see the necessity." Beichen King sighed.

Eliminated on the first day, it was simply a lack of experience!

Ten thousand Red Star Coins for registration, just to play for one day, it's quite embarrassing.

"Beichen King is right." Many military officers echoed.

Actually, it was just talk now.

Without a need, there is no motivation for cultivation.

Assessment is assessment, reality is reality. In reality, with Daoist Soldiers for protection, who would painstakingly cultivate spiritual will?

Ignoring shortcuts, that would be self-torture.

Of course, there are those like Beichen King, seriously considering undergoing high-intensity spiritual training in the future.

...

Bei Ye Star System, under the starry sky, on platform number 10000.

Yu Tianqing looked at the Thousand Phantom Tree, somewhat lost.

"Has it begun? Is this tree the test?"

"Strange... why don't I feel anything?"

A thousand years have passed, Yu Tianqing's [Eye of Truth] has grown much stronger, but it's still in the initial development stage.

Since the assessment started, he felt nothing all day.

He even mistakenly thought the lack of feeling was due to being caught in a powerful illusion.

"Still need to stay alert."

Yu Tianqing muttered.

...

In the same place, Jing Yan frowned.

"The first checkpoint is spiritual will, it's quite troublesome."

Jing Yan had aspired to improve his spiritual will in the Transmission Realm, but after reflection, he forgot about it.

He has also reached the Third Realm, but is not particularly outstanding in this aspect.

Facing numerous competitors, Jing Yan wasn't confident about lasting to the end.

"If I can enter the Primordial Realm for cultivation, with three thousand years of cultivation, I might break into the top ten thousand inheritance positions."

"But my will divine power is only at level four, just barely beyond the introductory stage."

"Better give it a try." Jing Yan began to hastily embrace the Illusion Tree to cultivate his will divine power.