The door on the left had a sign that read, "Enter to test your divine abilities. The stronger the ability, the higher the score." The door on the right had a sign that read, "Enter to comprehend a lineage of law-based divine abilities. Successful comprehension grants passage through this trial, but no score is awarded. Failure results in elimination."

Success yields no score? Mo Wuji scrutinized the words repeatedly, confirming that he had indeed read correctly. Success granted no score. Even if success yielded no score, failure meant elimination.

Mo Wuji shook his head. Without much thought, he was about to enter the left door. With his Rift Domain Fist, he should be able to easily pass the divine ability assessment. But as he approached the door, he suddenly sensed something was amiss.

If it were just that simple, what was the point of having the right door? Surely, no one would enter the right door, right? Mo Wuji stopped and turned back to the right door, bending down to examine the doorframe for any other information.

Sure enough, as Mo Wuji bent down, he saw a line of very small characters. This line seemed to be protected by some kind of restriction, easily overlooked by divine sense. If Mo Wuji hadn't bent down to look carefully, he might not have seen it.

Though referred to as a line, it only consisted of eight characters: "Divine abilities are countless, time is paramount."

This is a temporal law-based divine ability? Mo Wuji suddenly stood up, his heart pounding. He was getting excited.

He didn't know if time was the paramount among countless divine abilities, but he was very clear that a temporal divine ability was derived from the law of time.

Even if a temporal law-based divine ability wasn't paramount, it was one of the most top-tier divine abilities in the world.

Mo Wuji was well aware of what it meant to master a temporal law-based divine ability. His spatial confinement ability might seem like a temporal ability, but Mo Wuji knew it was just a spatial ability, merely scratching the surface of spatial laws.

Even if he didn't enter the Nirvana Learning Academy, Mo Wuji would never miss the chance to comprehend temporal laws.

Without the slightest hesitation, Mo Wuji stepped into the right door. The score was completely irrelevant to him. What mattered most now was how to touch the law of time and then possess his own temporal divine ability.

As soon as he entered, Mo Wuji felt as if his entire body had suddenly disappeared. It felt like his mind had entered the door, while his body remained outside.

Only after several breaths could Mo Wuji perceive that he was truly standing in this temporal law passage.

At that moment, the passage of time around him felt tangible, captured by Mo Wuji. The flowing time, like water, washed past his body, taking away years, taking away everything…

Each step forward now felt like crossing endless eons of time.

Even Mo Wuji's body, already at the level of a half-step Sacred Body, was slowly decaying under this temporal erosion. His hair turned gray in the flow of time, his thoughts slowly aged, and the clothes on his body slowly turned to dust…

Mo Wuji sat down. This was definitely not an illusion. He had a premonition that if he continued forward, he would turn into withered wood, into nothingness in the passage of time.

He slowly closed his eyes, letting the flowing time wash over him, all the meridians in his body revolving around the Beginning Dao Meridian, forming a Beginning Dao cycle. He was searching for the source of the passage of time.

Mo Wuji believed that if he couldn't comprehend a temporal divine ability here, touch the law of time, he could very well die of old age here.

Streams of Dao insights within the Beginning Dao Meridian were unconsciously captured by Mo Wuji. His hand seals changed constantly, sometimes thousands of times in a single breath.

Time continued to flow as Mo Wuji comprehended, his skin becoming increasingly aged, his hair changing from withered gray to white…

As Mo Wuji's young body aged, an aura of decay slowly emanated from him. His hand gestures also transitioned from fast to slow. Initially, they changed thousands or even tens of thousands of times per breath, then dozens of times, then several times per breath, then once every few breaths, then once every few hours, once every few days, and finally, once a month…

…

"Ji Feiyan from Zhexing Mountain has surged to first place with a score of 479. He must have passed the assessment of the sixth divine ability trial. Why hasn't that rogue cultivator 2705's score changed?"

"Ao Rong from the Ao clan has surged to second place with a score of 454, rogue cultivator 2705 has dropped to third… now fourth…"

On the Nirvana Dao City square, there were various exclamations, laments, and some expressions of relief. Everyone was marveling at the ups and downs of rogue cultivator 2705. He was not only the first to complete the first five rounds, but his score was also ranked first. Now, many people had passed the assessment of the sixth trial, but Mo Wuji hadn't made any progress.

"He must have failed the sixth divine ability assessment and been teleported out, right?" someone on the square said with a hint of doubt.

"If he failed, his name should have disappeared. The fact that his name is still up there means he hasn't passed the sixth trial."

"That's not necessarily true. The Nirvana Dao City assessment has changed a lot this time. Who knows if Nirvana Dao City will only remove the names of those useless, eliminated candidates after the entire assessment is over?"

Lao Yu, the Left Peak Lord of the Lingxiao Divine Sect, saw that Mo Wuji hadn't scored any points in the sixth round and breathed a slight sigh of relief. He said, "Chi Kun, is it possible that rogue cultivator 2705 can't pass the divine ability assessment because of his low cultivation level?"

Chi Kun hesitated for a moment and said, "Those who witnessed rogue cultivator 2705's battle before said that rogue cultivator 2705 relied entirely on one divine ability, which was very powerful and no one could resist. In other words, if someone could resist his divine ability, rogue cultivator 2705 might not be able to obtain an assessment spot. Logically speaking, as long as he has this one divine ability, he should have points, right? Oh, right…"

As Chi Kun spoke, he raised his hand and drew a vague image, "Elder Ren Fei, have you seen him in the Dao-Seeking Tower?"

Ren Fei sighed as soon as he saw the image Chi Kun had drawn. "I've seen him. At that time, not only was his aura different from before, but his spiritual root aptitude was also good. He was also a fire-attribute spiritual root cultivator."

Chi Kun dispelled the image he had drawn. Everyone lost interest in speaking. In a short period of time, rogue cultivator 2705's ranking had already fallen to seventh.

Luo Yu in the crowd snorted coldly and left the Nirvana Dao City in a flash. In his opinion, Mo Wuji had failed in the sixth divine ability assessment. Once he failed, as long as he didn't die, he would be teleported out. He would let this ant Mo Wuji know that divine monarchs were not so easily offended.

…

As Mo Wuji made another slow hand gesture, a coolness suddenly erupted from his Beginning Dao Meridian. Mo Wuji abruptly opened his eyes, stood up, and gently swiped his hand.

Time seemed to slow down at this moment, and space became clearer.

"What a powerful divine ability law…" Mo Wuji calmed down instead. He had touched the edge of the law of time. Even though he couldn't yet stop time, let alone reverse it, he could momentarily slow down time within his domain space.

Mo Wuji took a step forward and slowly moved his hand seal again. The flow of time in the domain space seemed to stagnate once more, and Mo Wuji's decaying body regained some vitality.

Another step forward, another touch of the law of time, another hand seal…

Mo Wuji's hair changed from white to gray-white, then from gray-white to gray, then to black…

His decaying body also recovered as Mo Wuji moved forward. When he reached the edge of a vortex formation gate, he stopped.

Besides comprehending the Way of the Mortal, Mo Wuji felt that his greatest gain from coming to God World wasn't being a Grade 5 God Pill King, nor learning to cultivate Green Dew Rice, nor even having the opportunity to enter the Nirvana Learning Academy, but touching the law of time.

He hadn't formed his own temporal law-based divine ability, but Mo Wuji was very clear that if he integrated the temporal law he had touched into his Setting Sun divine ability, his Setting Sun divine ability would become a top-tier grand divine ability no less than the Cycle of Life and Death and the Seven World Finger.

Leaving his name in front of the vortex formation gate, Mo Wuji stepped into the vortex formation gate. He had passed the sixth trial. The sixth trial didn't award any points, but Mo Wuji felt that the sixth trial was where he gained the most.

…

Emerging from the vortex formation gate, Mo Wuji found himself in front of a huge passage with the words "Combat Passage" written on it.

Besides the words "Combat Passage," there was no other introduction.

Mo Wuji knew he had wasted too much time comprehending the law of time, so as soon as he saw the Combat Passage, he entered it without hesitation.

Before Mo Wuji had taken ten steps, a figure pounced at him, and a barrage of blade light rained down.

It was actually a puppet? And its cultivation level was only equivalent to a God Nascent Stage Level 8. Mo Wuji unleashed a punch, and the Rift Domain Fist, with its surging power, directly blasted the puppet into smithereens.

Mo Wuji had previously thought that the seventh combat trial would be a fight against other cultivators, but he didn't expect it to be against puppets. This made it even easier for him. After all, fighting other cultivators could lead to grudges with some major sects. Of those who could participate in the assessment here, besides those who had forcefully fought their way in like him, there were few that this rogue cultivator could afford to offend.

Mo Wuji had barely walked ten steps after destroying the God Nascent Stage Level 8 puppet when another puppet rushed out. This time, the puppet actually possessed a vortex domain similar to Mo Wuji's, as well as a similar Rift Domain Fist divine ability.

Mo Wuji still didn't dodge at all and unleashed the Rift Domain Fist. His fist collided with the puppet's fist, and with another cracking sound, the puppet was once again blasted into smithereens.

Having even touched the law of time, Mo Wuji was in a good mood and his attacks were unhindered.

The assessment time outside had already entered the countdown. Chi Kun and Yu Ruo were both in low spirits. Mo Wuji's name had been falling since it started dropping, and it hadn't gone up since. Now, they only hoped that Mo Wuji hadn't been eliminated. If Mo Wuji hadn't been eliminated, even if he wasn't in the top ten, his score could still get him into the Nirvana Learning Academy. They also knew that this hope was very slim.

(That's all for today's update, goodnight friends!)