Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog

In front of Chen Ku, there are a total of three colors, symbolizing the ancient texts of three factions.

Immortal,

Tao,

Demon.

Chen Ku chose the Demon Country faction.

At this moment.

As the teachers and Hall Masters in the General Hall, who could clearly see which hall each of the thousand students chose, their evaluations of the students varied greatly.

"Xue Bailiu chose the Tao Country faction, as I expected. He is currently studying in the Destruction Hall, wanting to comprehend the 'Iron Tree' entering Tao. By choosing the Tao Country faction, he can learn more about this system," said the Hall Master of the Old Dragon Hall, one of the five halls Xue Bailiu chose to study in.

Being the top student in this session and the third person on the Heroic List, Xue Bailiu is undoubtedly liked by every teacher and Hall Master.

Therefore, they have a certain understanding of Xue Bailiu, guessing that he would most likely choose the 'Tao Country faction.'

"The reputation of the Demon Country isn't very good. Indeed, not many students choose the Demon Country faction. After all, it doesn't sound pleasant... But... sigh, haven't these students carefully studied history?"

"You can't blame them either. The projection of the ancient battlefield for the Immortal Institute disciples was a war of the Three Kingdoms three thousand years ago. Over three thousand years, the historical books have become vast as the sea, and no one would pay attention to such a small battle."

"It doesn't matter; after all, the test is about the students' own strength and tactics..."

While the teachers were discussing.

Someone exclaimed softly: "Oh, Chen Ku... he chose the Demon Country faction? How did this most talented young man make such a choice?"

Chen Ku chose to study all the halls' inheritances, so the teachers knew him even more than Xue Bailiu.

In just two months, Chen Ku's growth speed could be described as rapidly as emerging bamboo shoots. Many teachers estimate that at this rate, Chen Ku might touch the threshold of Tenth Realm cultivation by graduation.

This, this is truly stepping into a great threshold among the world's strong.

So, they were puzzled why Chen Ku now chose the Demon Country faction.

Especially as teachers, outside, they could see how many students made their faction choices.

Of the hundred students in the Immortal Institute, fifty chose Tao Country, more than thirty chose Immortal Country, and only a dozen chose the Demon Country faction.

"Could it be that he read some historical books from elsewhere during this period?"

"The history from three thousand years ago, few know of it now. Even we discovered a lot of truth and results from the ancient battlefield's projection..."

While the teachers were discussing with the outside world.

In the ancient battlefield.

After Chen Ku chose the 'Demon Country faction,' the black light ball before him shattered like a soap bubble, and a black Qi Mechanism flew out, enveloping Chen Ku, and a 'demon' character condensed above his head...

His entire aura became dark and unfathomable, like a mysterious person shrouded in fog.

This is the aura of a Demon Country cultivator.

Martial Arts Heaven and Earth granted him this faction identity based on Chen Ku's choice.

However, at this moment, Chen Ku was not in a hurry to report to the Demon Country faction but continued to digest the blue information he heard from the Six-Eared Macaque, from this world;

[Three thousand years ago, in the land of Qiu Dragon, there was a battle between the three major sects: Immortal Country Divine Fire Sect, Demon Country Seven Killings Sect, Tao Country Five Elements Dao Sect. This battle lasted for three days and nights. The Divine Fire Sect and the Five Elements Dao Sect teamed up to attack the Seven Killings Demon Sect.

Tens of thousands of demon soldiers lost ten to eighty percent, yet as the Seven Killings Demon Sect fled en masse, one disciple accidentally entered an underground demon palace a thousand miles away.

That demon palace was originally an underground temple of a Demon Country's Earth Demon lineage 'Demon Saint,' enshrining a demon statue of a Demon Country Fifteenth Realm Demon Saint.

By chance, this disciple of the Seven Killings Demon Sect obtained power from the demon statue inside the Demon Saint statue through a ceremony, gaining the temporary empowerment of the Demon Saint's power. He rallied the remaining Seven Killings Demon Sect stragglers to launch a counterattack against the two armies of Immortal and Tao sects with less than a thousand demon soldiers.

After this battle, only the inner sect's chief disciple 'Fire De' survived from the Immortal Country Divine Fire Sect, while the Tao Country Five Elements Dao Sect was completely annihilated.

After this battle, the demon who accidentally gained power from the Demon Saint statue through the summoning ceremony founded a new Demon Sect in Qiu Dragon Mansion, venerating the Demon Saint as the founder, named 'Yellow Springs Demon Sect.']

This is the outcome Chen Ku heard from the Six-Eared Macaque.

Undoubtedly.

This is the true conclusion of that ancient battle three thousand years ago.

It seemed as if the Immortal Country and Tao Country had the upper hand.

But the Demon Country faction was the real victor, all because of the Demon Saint statue.

Therefore,

Knowing the historical outcome and truth, if Chen Ku didn't choose the correct faction in this version, it would undoubtedly make things unnecessarily difficult for himself.

"This is history three thousand years ago; I wonder how many of the other ninety-nine in the Divine Martial Hall Immortal Institute have heard of this history. If anyone knows this history, they would surely choose the Demon Country like me."

Chen Ku thought to himself:

"This assessment lasts for a total of three days. What I need to do is use the historical truth and intelligence gathered by the Six-Eared Macaque to expand the victory achievements of the Demon Country camp. Ideally, before the two Immortal Taoist countries join forces, I should find that Demon Saint Statue and directly annihilate those two camps. If this can be achieved in one stroke, I wonder how much Martial Destiny I could earn?"

With the idea in mind.

I began to continue using the Six-Eared Macaque to probe the whereabouts of the Underground Demon Palace.

On the other hand, in front of the mural in the General Hall, the teachers observing all the Immortal Institute disciples through a screen similar to the "Heavenly Dome" saw that Xue Bailiu, who had entered the Tao Country camp, had already met with the leader of the Tao Country Five Elements Dao Sect, Tian Lie Daoist. Xue Bailiu showcased his cultivation at the peak of the Tenth Realm and led the Taoist Soldiers of the Five Elements Dao Sect to launch a total attack on the nearby Immortal Country Qi Cultivator camp of the Divine Fire Sect.

On the battlefield.

Xue Bailiu led tens of thousands of Taoist Soldiers into the Qi Cultivator camp, starting with the 'Wind Snow Martial Way' he had comprehended in the Martial Arts Stele Forest, an Immortal Law.

Under Xue Bailiu's execution, during the process of the fist wind trembling, a punch was thrown towards the army within the Qi Cultivator camp. The mere fist wind was like a heavy snowfall in the depths of winter night.

Changing the weather phenomenon and environment.

Under his punch, the airflow in a radius of several miles shattered like a crystal, transforming into gusts of wind that expanded in all directions, brushing against some of the Qi Cultivators.

In an instant, those Qi Cultivators were frozen into ice sculptures and then shattered to ice debris.

After the death of the Immortal Country Qi Cultivators, they transformed into spots of Martial Destiny light that flew towards the heavenly dome above, turning into a series of numbers...

Tao Country Martial Destiny: thirteen thousand two hundred... four hundred... eight hundred...

At this moment, other Tao Country camp students on the battlefield also made their moves, and after scattering the bodies of the enemy camp, they were able to increase the overall Martial Destiny of the Tao Country camp.

With one punch, some of the rules for settling Martial Destiny on the Ancient Battlefield became clear.

Xue Bailiu's arm hung in his sleeve, and he murmured softly in his heart,

"After killing the adversary camp's cultivators, Martial Destiny will not be handed back to me personally but will be wholly calculated within the Martial Arts Heaven and Earth. That is to say, anyone entering the Ancient Battlefield doesn't gain Martial Destiny for killing within it; only by completing this 'Ancient Battlefield' trial, as the victorious side, can you receive the reward."

Upon further thought, he vaguely understood more.

Martial arts fortune is a constant. Generally, when entering to train within Martial Arts Heaven and Earth, a certain amount of Martial Destiny can be handed over, depending on individual strength, and any gain like Martial Destiny or treasures from Martial Arts Heaven and Earth belongs to the trialist personally.

But this is the 'Exam World' manifested by Divine Martial Hall.

Now, Divine Martial Hall has a total of one thousand students; creating one thousand 'maps' requires a massive amount of Martial Arts Destiny among them. If students were allowed to gain Martial Destiny by killing adversary camp cultivators, then the Martial Destiny of the Ancient Battlefield would become only an outflow without an influx...

This is not permitted.

Just when Xue Bailiu had speculated and gained some understanding of Martial Destiny points within the Ancient Battlefield,

following his punch,

a surge of extremely fierce Fire God's Aura suddenly came roaring from the Immortal Country camp, revealing the outline of a 'Three-legged Golden Crow' within.

Bathed all over in flames like the sun, a claw reached toward Xue Bailiu.

Ooh la~~

When the golden claw, seemingly entwined with True Sun Fire, reached towards Xue Bailiu, he felt as if a sun crashed towards him:

"Immortal Country camp, inner sect leading disciple of the Divine Fire Sect, nicknamed Fire De, Tenth Realm Qi Cultivator Zhong Liyang!"

Instantly, he identified the person from the Immortal Country camp who made a move against him.

Not only was Xue Bailiu unafraid, but his eyes also gleamed like lightning. With a stretch of his hand, ten streams of Qi Mechanism immediately emanated from his body, representing an intent to kill on all ten fronts, manifesting into the ten energy forms of knife, spear, sword, halberd, stick, fist, palm, leg, claw, and finger.

Hula!

The terrifying aura roared out, colliding with the golden claw of the Golden Crow.

Boom!

One was a world-surpassing hero, ranked among the top three in a province three thousand years later; the other was a Great Ability yet to rise three thousand years earlier. Their clashes distorted space.

In the vast expanse, winds cried and howled mournfully.

"Hmm? This person's mana is so vigorous, yet this Tenth Realm Divinity Transformation cultivator seems to wield power near the Twelfth Realm in combat. Such formidable strength must have been rare among heroes three thousand years ago."

Upon the first exchange, Xue Bailiu sensed the terrifying power of the Divine Fire, crashing down on his True Yuan like a sun, causing a terrifying tide of True Yuan as if to engulf him in a moment.

At this moment, the image of a figure stepping on a tortoise and a snake suddenly appeared behind Xue Bailiu, with blood qi roaring. A seemingly plain punch was thrown out, yet it seemed to contain the incredible truth of the Martial Path, dispersing the flames on the claw of that Immortal Country camp leader.

It revealed a figure standing within the virtual image of the Three-legged Golden Crow behind the claw.

He wore a flaming red robe, appearing as a young man in his twenties, holding a Fire Pot in one hand, forming a spell with the other, controlling the Three-legged Golden Crow image outside his body. With a flap of its wings, it fanned out tens of thousands of flying swords, roaring toward Xue Bailiu.

Clearly, his strength surpassed that of Xue Bailiu.

"That Zhong Liyang later became the Sect Leader of the Yuan Country Fire De True Sect, stepping into the Fifteenth Realm in cultivation. Though this is but a projection of him in his youth, captured back then by the Martial Temple ancestors from the Qiu Dragon Mansion, it's still beyond Xue Bailiu's ability to counter. This is why we use this battle as an assessment, preventing Xue Bailiu's power from becoming the key to turning the tide of battle, yet also putting him through some trials," said Zu Dengfeng in the Divine Martial Hall.

At this moment, an exclamation was heard from the side:

"Ah, it's Chen Ku... How did he end up in that place?"