Chapter 1 The Examination Begins

"Alright, this is the place."

The heavenly soldier stood before a magnificent palace and said to Lei Qianxing, "This is the Hall of Assessment. Enter with the Tongtian Token in hand, and the assessment will begin automatically."

"During the assessment, you should do your best to improve your score. The benefits are immeasurable."

"Moreover, after passing the assessment, you will also receive a Grade Token, as well as some rewards for entering the Divine Court."

"There are rewards too?"

Lei Qianxing was somewhat surprised. Just passing the assessment could earn rewards? The Divine Court's treatment was too generous.

"Of course, there are rewards." The heavenly soldier smiled. "You'll understand once you start the assessment."

Lei Qianxing cupped his fist in salute, then walked into the hall. The moment he entered, a great light shone forth, and the entire world seemed to shake. Then his body seemed to rise into the highest heavens. At the same time, a nine-tiered heavenly staircase slowly appeared before him.

This nine-tiered staircase was hazy and constantly expanding, with even jade towers and pavilions floating above, spanning the void. Lei Qianxing was petrified by this sight, standing dumbfounded in place, facing the nine-tiered staircase.

Then, he seemed to be drawn by some force and stepped onto the nine-tiered staircase.

*Dong!*

Like the sound of a chaotic bell, the boundless void, the deep darkness, was like a world evolving, with "Dao" and "Principle" intertwined.

An inexplicable trajectory seemed to emerge in the heavens and earth, forming complex and profound rules and order, giving rise to mysterious patterns and designs.

Lei Qianxing felt something in his heart and took another step upward, as if crossing thousands of barriers. Divine power surged, stirring up thousands of starlight. One step fell, as if traversing hundreds of millions of planes.

Behind him, a chaotic divine halo began to shine, as if urging him to go further.

Lei Qianxing gritted his teeth, his divine power seemed to be compressed to the limit, trembling slightly, as if all his divine power was about to be exhausted.

After a long time, he accumulated enough power and stepped out again.

At that moment, the light of the law illuminated the nine heavens, and the boundless void seemed to celebrate. The light of the stars fell on him, making his divine body even stronger!

"Stronger!"

Even without precise measurement, he could be sure that his strength was now greater!

Looking at the fourth step, after a long silence, Lei Qianxing finally made up his mind, unleashing all his will and strength, regardless of everything, breaking through the shackles.

Finally, he squeezed himself into it!

In the void, immortal music resounded, the heavens and earth rumbled, and the Great Dao manifested. It was a vast, supreme, and ultimate Dao and Principle, entwined around Lei Qianxing's body, merging into his mind.

"What exquisite Dao and Principle!"

Lei Qianxing exclaimed in admiration. He seemed to see one Dao giving birth to ten thousand Daos. If he could thoroughly comprehend the Dao in his mind, his will and strength would undergo a qualitative change.

He finally understood what the heavenly soldier meant. Even this one kind of "Dao" was a supreme opportunity for him, worth risking everything for.

Moreover, this was not even the reward after the assessment was over!

"One step further!"

Now, an invisible force was pressing on him, almost causing his divine body to collapse and his will to crumble, but he still decided to do his best. Even if there was a greater crisis, he had to take another step forward.

All the power in his body was gathered at this moment, and endless divine power broke through his divine body. At this time, Lei Qianxing's eyes were bloodshot, and his body was full of blood, but he could also see his body constantly cracking!

*Bang!*

One foot landed, and he took a step, but in that instant, his divine body was crushed by an invisible force, shattered into smoke, and dissipated in the void.

"Ah!"

In the hall, Lei Qianxing suddenly woke up. In front of him, there was no nine-tiered staircase, only an empty palace, but the supreme Great Dao imprinted in his mind could not be faked, making it truly incomprehensible to him.

*Buzz*

A phantom figure appeared, wearing a purple-gold robe, with white hair and beard. He looked at Lei Qianxing and said, "Congratulations, you have taken half a step onto the fifth level of the heavenly staircase."

At the same time, with a wave of his hand, three beams of immortal light flew over and landed in his hand, "These are your rewards."

Saying that, he sent out an object. Before Lei Qianxing could react, the stream of light merged into his mind. At the same time, a voice also sounded in his ear: "This is the Eternal Divine Lightning System, containing 129,600 kinds of Eternal Divine Lightning techniques. Combined with the Supreme-grade Lightning Dao you have obtained, if you can cultivate it to the peak, one Dao will give birth to ten thousand Daos, and you can become a Perfected God, and even hope to become a Supreme God."

"Hiss!"

Lei Qianxing took a deep breath. One reward could allow him to become a Perfected God? This was too astonishing!

"The second reward is this visualization diagram of the Most Holy and Supreme Heavenly Emperor, which can help you cultivate and enhance your will and strength, and increase your chances of becoming a Supreme God."

"Supreme God?!"

The visualization diagram merged into his mind, but even just looking at it made Lei Qianxing feel as if his soul was about to be torn apart. It was an unimaginable figure, the Most High and Most Holy, unseeable, unspeakable, unnamable, possessing unimaginable power!

However, after that tearing sensation disappeared, he felt that his spiritual will had been improved. This unimaginable power was truly alarming.

In the dark, he also completely believed that this reward could allow him to touch the realm of the Supreme God.

"As for the last item, it is your identity token. After refining it, you can accept tasks, redeem rewards, and improve your grade and rank, and so on."

Lei Qianxing took it and refined it, then saw his information:

[Identity: Lei Qianxing (Descendant of the Lei Family of Fenglei Continent)

Realm: Lower God (Divinity Index 1)

Rank: Seventh-Rank Heavenly Soldier

Points: 0]

In addition, there was also a virtual store, where he could buy all kinds of treasures, and receive them through the identity token no matter where he was.

Looking at the various amazing divine objects in the store, Lei Qianxing's eyes lit up, wishing he could empty his family fortune to buy them all.

Unfortunately, these treasures could only be purchased with points, and to obtain points, he could only complete the Divine Court's tasks.

"Go, I hope you will not disappoint the Heavenly Emperor's gift, strive to enter a higher realm, and make contributions to the Divine Court," the old man said, and his figure slowly disappeared.

"Yes." Lei Qianxing bowed and slowly withdrew from the hall. At this time, the heavenly soldiers outside the hall had already left, after all, they also had tasks to perform.

He also saw that task in the token, called "Guard Duty." The point rewards were not much, but it was safe, and there was basically no danger.

After all, if even the divine kingdom of the Supreme God was attacked, then there would not be many safe places in this God Realm.

"Eh… is that her?"

Just then, Lei Qianxing saw a familiar face.

On Fenglei Continent, the strongest families were the Feng and Lei families. The Feng family also had a genius in this generation who became a god earlier than him. It was the woman in front of him.

"She was also recommended to enter the Divine Court." Lei Qianxing's expression was a little gloomy, but he quickly understood. No matter how much the Feng and Lei families fought, it was only in the small place of Fenglei Continent.

But now that they had entered the Divine Court, they had a wider world ahead of them, so why bother with the gains and losses of one place?

He even felt that he could join forces with this successor of the Feng family to complete tasks together, and perhaps improve even faster.

"Go back first, find a suitable task, and then consider whether to cooperate with her." Lei Qianxing activated the token. The next moment, his whole person disappeared into the Divine Kingdom.

The next moment, in the Lei family of Fenglei City, a figure appeared.

"Qianxing!"

Lei Yuanxiu shouted. Lei Qianxing turned around, looked at Lei Yuanxiu, and cupped his fist in salute: "Ancestor."

"You, have you succeeded?"

Lei Yuanxiu asked, naturally not just wanting to ask whether Lei Qianxing had become a member of the Divine Court, but also wanting to ask him whether the Divine Court was really strong enough.

"Ancestor, I am already a Seventh-Rank Heavenly Soldier of the Divine Court."

Lei Qianxing smiled, the excitement in his eyes was hard to hide. He also saw the doubts in Lei Yuanxiu's eyes, and then explained the situation inside the Divine Court to him.

"Two Supreme Gods?!"

Lei Yuanxiu couldn't believe it. What kind of existence was a Supreme God? Today, in the vast God Realm, there were only a few, but this Divine Court actually had two!

He believed that Lei Qianxing would not speak nonsense. Since he dared to say so, he must have his own considerations.

This also meant that the Divine Court had two Supreme Gods was likely to be true!

"Our Lei family is about to rise!"

Lei Yuanxiu was overjoyed, and seemed to have already seen the Lei family walk out of Fenglei Continent and make a name for themselves in the vast God Realm.

"Ancestor, Feng Ling of the Feng family has also entered the Divine Court to participate in the assessment," Lei Qianxing said. Sure enough, upon hearing his words, Lei Yuanxiu's brow furrowed and he snorted coldly.

"Ancestor, in fact, I intend to cooperate with Feng Ling," Lei Qianxing said. Lei Yuanxiu looked at him with a slightly puzzled expression, and then heard Lei Qianxing say: "The assessment of the Divine Court, as far as I know, is an assessment of potential and talent. With Feng Ling's talent, it will not be difficult to pass. Therefore, I can almost be sure that she will become a Seventh-Rank Heavenly Soldier of the Divine Court like me."

"We all belong to the Divine Court, and there is no point in fighting each other anymore. It is better to turn enemies into friends and cooperate together in the future to complete the Divine Court's tasks and constantly improve ourselves."

After hearing his words, Lei Yuanxiu's expression eased slightly. After a pause, he said: "What you said makes sense. Compared with the grievances between the Feng and Lei families, the Divine Court is the most important thing. If we can obtain opportunities from the Divine Court, not to mention the small Fenglei Continent, even the entire God Realm will have a place for our Lei family!"

Speaking of this, he looked at Lei Qianxing again: "Qianxing, do as you think. I will talk to the Feng family's ancestor. I think as long as he is not senile, he cannot refuse."

"Good!"

Lei Qianxing nodded, and at the same time said: "I see that there is a rule task in the Divine Court's tasks, requiring us to unify ten continents. Ancestor, you may as well use this to talk to the Feng family's ancestor."

Although the Feng and Lei families were the strongest on Fenglei Continent, it was only limited to Fenglei Continent. Outside of Fenglei Continent, who would recognize the Feng and Lei families? It was not as if there were no existences comparable to the Feng and Lei families' ancestors in those places.

"Unify ten continents?"

Lei Yuanxiu's eyes shone, and he repeatedly said good, then left the Lei family and headed towards the Feng family's residence.

……

Time flew by, and a thousand years had passed in the blink of an eye.

In the Divine Court, many real living beings gathered. They were not the beings created by Jiang Xuan in the world of the heart, but the beings of the God Realm. At the same time, they were also the Divine Court's heavenly generals.

"Does anyone know the purpose of summoning us here today?"

"Only those of us from the Yantian Division have been summoned. Could it be that the Heavenly Emperor…"

"No matter why, just complete the task."

"What if it's not a task?"

"So what, as long as it allows me to have a good fight, it doesn't matter whether it's a task or not!"

"Heh, Lei Qianxing, you madman has changed too much. Back then, you were still a polite young master from a noble family. Look at you now, what else can you do besides fight?"

"I think he fried his brain by practicing the Eternal Divine Lightning Technique, hahaha…"

"Feng Ling, you're talking nonsense. If you have the ability, let's have a battle on the Heavenly Dao Platform later!"

"Who cares about you!"

"Red Dragon God, do you mean that His Majesty is preparing to completely unify the Yantian Region?"

"Very likely. After all, we nine divisions have not been idle in the past thousand years. Perhaps this summons is just an overture, an overture to conquer the God Realm!"

"Hahaha, if that's the case, then that's great. I've been looking forward to it for a long time."

"Not bad, I'll take this opportunity to step into the realm of the Perfected God. My rank should have been raised long ago!"

In response to the situation in the God Realm, the Divine Court specifically divided the known areas of the God Realm into nine regions, namely the Central Jun Tian, the Eastern Cang Tian, the Northeastern Bian Tian, the Northern Xuan Tian, the Northwestern You Tian, the Western Hao Tian, the Southwestern Zhu Tian, the Southern Yan Tian, and the Southeastern Yang Tian.

At the same time, the heavenly soldiers and generals were also divided into nine divisions, and they were the Yantian Division.

Now, the first batch of people to enter the Divine Court, such as Lei Qianxing and Feng Ling, had reached the peak of the Upper God, with a Divinity Index close to a thousand, and were about to reach perfection.

Now, they were all high-ranking generals of the Divine Court. For example, Lei Qianxing was the Eternal Lightning God, one of the Five Lightning Gods, and Feng Ling was the Eternal Wind God, one of the Five Wind Gods.

In the Divine Court, they were all Divine Generals ranked at the Fifth Rank, and even in the entire God Realm, their status was not low.

Of course, they were able to reach their current level in a thousand years because of the various systems and rewards given by Jiang Xuan when they first entered the Divine Court.

With these good fortunes, they were able to far surpass other beings and reach the level of the Upper God in a thousand years.

While they were chatting, a figure walked out of the void and looked at the many Divine Generals who were discussing.

"Greetings, Vermilion Bird Divine Lord!"

Lei Qianxing and others also hurriedly saluted.

This time, it was a Divine General of the Divine Court's Fourth Rank. If calculated according to the strength of the God Realm, this was a Great Perfection God!

In the Divine Court, both Perfected Gods and Great Perfection Gods could only hold the Fourth Rank position, but their status was different.

For example, the Vermilion Bird Divine Lord in front of them was a peak Great Perfection God, one of the Four Spirit Divine Lords, with great strength. It was said that he was very likely to go one step further and become a Supreme God!

"The reason for summoning you here today is for a war task. Now, open your identity tokens. There are detailed instructions for this task inside." Vermilion Bird Divine Lord was surrounded by endless divine fire, and every strand of flame seemed to be able to shatter endless worlds.

Even the Upper Gods such as Lei Qianxing did not dare to move rashly when standing in front of this existence.

"It really is to unify the Yantian Region…"

Someone said, with expectations in his eyes.