However, for Rocky, whose strength had actually reached the high grade already, the body of his
Imperial Soul was powerful enough to pass this kind of test.
Therefore, no matter what kind of attacks his Imperial Soul received, such as breaking its meridians or
bones, it was not harmed in any way.
Then, after overcoming the hellish torture, Rocky successfully passed the last floor of the human pass
and entered the first floor of the earth pass.
Meanwhile, the other contestants, who were also taking the test, had exhibited varying performances.
Some of the feeble ones that displayed a weak potential of their Imperial Souls could only hold on up to
the third or fourth floor of the human pass. After that, they had to give up the test.
Hence, after everyone had taken the tests on the first six floors, ten of the original twenty participants
had failed and quitted, while the rest continued and entered the earth pass. Apart from Rocky, Michelle,
Carla, Eunice, Moore, and Holden, three middle-grade and one high-grade Spiritual Emperors made it
to the earth pass.
However, the earth pass was actually the formal start of the test. In here, all candidates would have a
hard time. It didn't matter whether one was weak or strong, because the challenges they were about to
face had nothing to do with their strength.
Right off the bat, two candidates, including Holden, failed to pass the first floor, where the test of greed
was conducted.
Upon reaching the second floor, the remaining participants carried out the test of evil intention.
Surprisingly, even Michelle, who had a stable performance on the earth pass, had almost failed.
At the same time, Moore and two other middle-grade Spiritual Emperors also barely passed.
On the other hand, Carla and Eunice had evidently shown less trouble in handling the test because
they had been cultivating their minds since childhood. It meant that their ambitions and desires were
not that strong to lose their focus.
But among all of them, the only one who had a consistent performance from the beginning until now
was Rocky. He used to have fame and power as Prince Crimson, and later on, he even became the
successor of the Holy Lord. Right now, he was living as a chosen Godly Genius. In other words, he had
already experienced everything in life. So any desire or honor was not that appealing to him anymore.
Hence, when they reached the third floor, the gap between the potentials of their Imperial Souls had
been pretty apparent.
Soon enough, Eunice and two other middle-grade Spiritual emperors were eliminated.
Then, on the fourth floor, where the test of inner demon was conducted, Moore and the last middle-
grade Spiritual Emperor were eliminated. Thus, at this point, the only remaining ones were Rocky,
Carla, Michelle, and a high-grade Spiritual Emperor.
As they reached the fifth floor, they underwent the test of soul connection.
This test was to examine the connection between the Imperial Soul and its master. The participants
would experience all kinds of extreme circumstances and various temptations. Thus, in the end, only
those who could display an incredibly strong will could pass.
Of course, the four remaining participants were very talented. So, their Imperial Souls were naturally
more powerful and fearless compared to the Imperial Souls of the others who had already failed. In the
end, all of them successfully passed the challenge.
The sixth floor, which was the last one in the earth pass, was the most difficult one yet. Here, the
participants had to deal with the test of death.
For Rocky, since he had already experienced several kinds of deaths, he was not even fazed at all.
Therefore, among the four, he was the fastest to pass it.
Obviously, for the other three, no one among them experienced death itself. Hence, the test actually
came as a great challenge for them.
However, Michelle was still able to overcome it through her extraordinary talent and unyielding spirit.
So far, only she and Rocky were the ones to succeed in the test.
In the end, the other two failed. It meant that Rocky and Michelle were the only ones who qualified to
proceed to the heaven pass.
However, right after entering the heaven pass, Rocky decided to deliberately suppress his Imperial
Soul, knowing that his performance from the beginning was already enough to establish a good
ranking. Hence, he immediately failed.
At the same time, Michelle also gave up and failed to pass the first floor of the heaven pass. It seemed
that only extraordinary talents would really be able to reach its upper floors.
Then, after Rocky and the other participants were sent out of the Imperial Soul Testing Array, the
Spiritual Emperor of the Di Clan, who was in charge of monitoring the test, began announcing the
results of each candidate's Imperial Soul potential.
He first announced the results of the ones who were eliminated in the human pass.
Afterward, he then announced the results of the Spiritual Emperors who reached the earth pass.
"Holden, the low grade of the Earth Stage."
"Moore, the middle grade of the Earth Stage."
"Eunice, the middle grade of the Earth Stage."
As the announcement was made, it instantly caused a huge commotion among the spectators.
After all, in the previous test of the Imperial Soul's potential, very few were able to reach the Earth
Stage. But in this batch, two of them already reached the middle grade of the Earth Stage, and they
were not even the strongest yet.
"What did he say? Why am I at the low grade of the Earth Stage? Are you telling me that the potential
of my Imperial Soul is weaker than these people's?" Holden exclaimed and could not believe the result.
He could not accept that Eunice and Moore had higher results than him. After all, he was one of the
best new Spiritual Emperors of the Sovereign Pavilion. It was such a disgrace for him to be ranked
beneath them.
"Moore and Eunice are very impressive! It is not an easy feat to reach the middle grade of the Earth
Stage!"
"That is right. Moreover, they are still low-grade Spiritual Emperors. When they break through to the
middle grade, they will have more chances of surpassing the other Spiritual Emperors."
"But there are more results to be announced. I wonder how powerful the Imperial Soul potentials of the
remaining low-grade Spiritual Emperors are." "Well, we are about to find out!"
While the onlookers were still discussing among themselves, the Spiritual Emperor of the Di Clan
continued to announce the results of the remaining candidates.
It turned out that the three middle-grade Spiritual Emperors also had an Imperial Soul potential at the
middle grade of the Earth Stage.
But since they were already this strong in terms of strength, this result was not really something to be
surprised about.
"Carla... The high grade of the Earth Stage!"
When Carla's Imperial Soul potential was announced, the crowd was dumbfounded, and they were not
able to speak for a while.
"Did I hear it right? Her Imperial Soul potential has reached the high grade of the Earth Stage? But
she's just a low-grade Spiritual Emperor, right? How come her Imperial Soul potential is that strong?"
"I think that is just normal. After all, she was once a genius Spiritual King of the Sky-suppressing
School. In fact, she broke through to the Emperor Realm just within a year. I won't wonder why she can
have such a high Imperial Soul potential!"
Then, a few moments later, the Imperial Soul potential of the high-grade Spiritual Emperor was also
announced. It turned out that his result was also at the low grade of the Earth Stage, which was also
not surprising given his level of strength.
"Michelle, the low grade of the Heaven Stage!" At this time, the Spiritual Emperor of the Di Clan finally
announced the most awaited result among the candidates.
Upon hearing this, the crowd instantly burst into an uproar.
Although they had expected a lot from Michelle, they were in disbelief that she had actually reached the
low grade of the Heaven Stage. After all, she was just a low-grade Spiritual Emperor. With this
achievement, she had just clearly made herself distinct among all the other low-grade Spiritual
Emperors in the entire Ethereal Region.
She was indeed a genius that could only appear once in countless years. At the same time, Michelle
also held her head high in pride and confidence.
She thought that she really deserved this since she had done very well in the test just now.
However, all the results of the group were already reported except for one—Rocky's.
"Hey, why haven't they announced the result of your Imperial Soul potential yet?" Eunice and Carla
asked Rocky with a confused look on their faces.
"I don't know either. That guy has all the results. Maybe he just forgot or overlooked it?" Rocky
remarked as he shrugged his shoulders.
"That cannot be. I'll ask them!"
However, just as Eunice was about to approach the Spiritual Emperor of the Di Clan, he suddenly read
and called Rocky's fake name, and then announced, "The middle grade of the Heaven Stage!"
As his voice trailed off, the whole area fell into a deafening silence.
All the people present were utterly stunned and all they could do were opening their eyes wide in shock
and letting their jaws drop. It was already extremely surprising that Michelle's Imperial Soul potential
attained the low grade of the Heaven Stage. Hence, it was even more outrageous that Rocky's Imperial
Soul potential would reach the middle grade of the Heaven Stage. Furthermore, even from ancient
times up until now, only three members of the Di Clan owned such amazing Imperial Soul potential,
and all three of them had been famous chiefs of the Di Clan.
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