Chapter 1996 - 852: Caged Birds and Lifting Up

Chapter 1996: Chapter 852: Caged Birds and Lifting Up

The results of the third round of talent assessment are out, and the preliminary results of this Imperial Palace Saint Heir election have been finalized.

However, the True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment and Qian Yan True Monarch did not directly announce the final result, but respectfully presented a Jade Scroll with Starlight to Emperor Dongxuan.

The benevolence comes from above.

The final result and rewards need to be announced by Emperor Dongxuan, the Supreme of Tongxuan Domain.

Such taboos are something the True Monarch of Heavenly Punishment and Qian Yan True Monarch would not commit; otherwise, they couldn’t be close central ministers.

Emperor Dongxuan merely glanced at it, and with a wave of his hand, the Starlight in the sky changed, projecting the final ranking results onto the sky as he laughed,

"The preliminary results are out, my Tongxuan Domain is full of talents, and this preliminary result is quite satisfactory to me.

However, you must know that the preliminary selection is only the beginning, only reflecting your strength as bird in a cage.

The decisive selection is the true beginning for you to step into the Galaxy, the start of your contact with this Star River World!"

Normally, Xu Jin didn’t pay much attention to such leadership speeches, just listened casually.

But when he heard Emperor Dongxuan say the three words ’bird in a cage,’ Xu Jin’s expression suddenly became startled.

Bird in a cage?

Are these candidates, even those participating on behalf of Star Monarchs, merely birds in a cage?

Does this mean they haven’t truly touched the real Star River World?

This speech instantly piqued Xu Jin’s interest.

But sadly, Emperor Dongxuan’s speech ended there, without revealing any more information.

The rankings projected onto the sky were entirely within Xu Jin’s expectations; he had already calculated them.

Xu Jin was not the ultimate first place.

The final first place went to He Moyu.

There was no trickery involved.

The main issue was the staggering point difference casually determined by the Emperor during the third round of assessment.

Those who completed the first Tao principle got a hundred points directly.

But those who completed the second Tao principle received four hundred points directly!

Among the more than one thousand and one hundred candidates, only seventeen of them managed to complete the first insight into the Time Dao Principle Fragment, and only these seventeen got a hundred points.

Theoretically, the points from the third round of assessment do not significantly affect the overall assessment; it only affects his previous first place in points.

Among those who successfully gained insight into the Time Dao, only He Moyu managed to gain insight into the second principle and received four hundred points.

He Moyu’s original total points were only five hundred and thirty-three, while Xu Jin’s total points were as high as six hundred and five, greatly surpassing He Moyu!

However, in the third round, He Moyu directly gained four hundred points, while Xu Jin only gained a hundred.

This resulted in He Moyu rising to first place with a total of nine hundred and thirty-three points, while Xu Jin had seven hundred and five, only ranking second.

Xu Jin understood clearly that he actually had the opportunity and time to successfully gain insight into the second Tao principle of the Time Dao Principle Fragment.

He spent an extra day transporting the Time Fragment onto the Candou Platform.

Missing out on first place.

But Xu Jin believed it was worth it!

Totally worth it!

If he had to do it all over again, Xu Jin would make the same choice.

The changes in rankings behind were not too significant.

Only one in the top ten failed to gain insight into the first Tao principle and dropped out of the top ten.

The third place was Xiang Yan, the fourth was Ling Fei.

Ji Wei, who had previously greeted Xu Jin, ascended to fifth place.

Xu Jin didn’t pay much attention to others’ ranks, focusing mainly on the Dongxuan Star Realm people’s ranks.

It surprised Xu Jin quite a bit; the Dongxuan Star Realm harvested quite well this time.

Although only Xu Jin scored in the third round of talent assessment, several Taoists entered the top three hundred.

Except for Su Xuan, they all shared one characteristic: better scores in the second round of Star Power Law assessment compared to the first round of Divine Soul Cultivation assessment.

Obviously, Heavenly Patrol True Monarch Ding Moqiu’s previous strategy of bringing them to Xuanxin Mountain proved quite helpful.

Aside from Xu Jin, six others entered.

Yuan Chengfa finished thirty-seventh overall.

Su Xuan finished sixty-fifth overall, both within the top hundred.

Lu Zhen’s performance was slightly weaker, finishing one hundred and thirty-fifth.

Liu Shu, Xie Hui, and Zhu Shizhen all entered the top three hundred with trailing rankings.

Liu Shu at two hundred and seventy-seventh, Xie Hui at two hundred and eighty-ninth, Zhu Shizhen at two hundred and ninety-eighth, somewhat precariously.

Conversely, Li Qingchen, who was previously confident, appeared totally disheartened now.

His Xuanxin Mountain ranking was quite good, within the top two hundred; however, his first-round ranking was directly after five hundred.

Ultimately ranking three hundred and forty-first, failing to enter the top three hundred.

His emotions were complex to the extreme at this moment.

How to put it, Li Qingchen managed to advance to this stage through his own capabilities, which is already quite impressive.

Others from Dongxuan Star Realm each have backing, be it from True Monarch Royal Mansions or Star Monarch Marquis Mansions, supported by cultivation resources.

Failing to enter the top three hundred is rather unfortunate.

However, with his mindset and talent, as long as he persists, he is sure to achieve success in the future.

Mainly practicing Space Star Technique, people generally live long.

"The positions are set, the rewards I promised you naturally will be fulfilled." Emperor Dongxuan’s voice rang out again.

Upon hearing this, most candidates felt uneasy and helpless.

No other reason, because most had no success in the third round, feeling disconnected from rewards.

"Despite your third-round performance not satisfying me, there will be rewards.

Due to the few who succeeded, I will make a simple arrangement for the rewards.