Reborn right after ascending to immortality?

Chapter 23 The Demon Lords: An Sheng must have a top-grade Heavenly Spiritual Root!
An Sheng walked into the deepest part of this cave, where there was another cave within a cave. The space was vast and desolate, with faintly shimmering illusionary talismans pasted all around.

Dozens of righteous cultivators stood in the air, setting up restrictions and each performing their duties to use their immortal power to maintain the illusion.

This is the final trial.

The last of the three aspects of morality, intelligence, and physical fitness is morality.

Moral education and torture tests are new items added this year to the new labor reform education.

The criteria for passing the assessment have nothing to do with one's level of cultivation; what matters is being selfless, upright, loyal, kind, and having an unwavering Daoist heart.

Those who passed the first two trials have all arrived one after another.

The disciples of the Demonic Sect had different expressions, their faces dark as they sized each other up, each secretly plotting to trip the other up. After all, the Demonic Sect's cultivation emphasized the survival of the fittest and the struggle for survival.

"A rabble."

The outer sect steward of Dao Xuan Sect thought to himself, he disliked these demonic disciples very much, "With such evil and demonic hearts, I'm afraid no one can pass the test."

But as An Sheng and Mei Yun entered the torture chamber, the deacons found these demon disciples quite agreeable again.

After all, good and evil are determined by comparison.

Compared to the fickle demon, those originally despicable and morally depraved scumbags now appear selfless and upright, loyal and kind.

The Impermanent Demon Child ranked first in the first two trials, but in this third trial, the righteous path examines the heart, and this chaotic evil heart will surely fail.

As for Mei Yun next to An Sheng, that's even more impossible.

The secret of Young Master Mei has long been known within their system: he has an innate sword physique but is severely afraid of blood, and he doesn't even dare to kill a chicken, which is utterly ridiculous.

A scoundrel and a coward, a pair of brilliant minds, nothing more than a pair of hidden talents.

The righteous disciples looked at An Sheng with both disdain and fear, while the demonic sect members had a more complex view of him.

The Impermanent Demon Prince was able to obtain this year's final exam questions, and they were all genuine questions.

The immense terror hidden behind this is beyond their imagination.

In their eyes, the Impermanent Demon Prince was no longer just a demon prince of the Impermanent Sect; his background had infiltrated the upper echelons of Kunlun.
With such powerful connections, and knowing that he has connections at all levels, could he be the illegitimate son of some leader?

In today's society governed by the rule of law, cultivating immortality is no longer the idyllic pursuit of immortality by gangsters. Cultivating immortality is no longer just about cultivation level. Even if you have a high cultivation level, what good is it?

It's about background and influence.

An Sheng's actual cultivation level was only at the Qi Refining stage, but he at least possessed the bloodline of a powerful expert at the Juye realm.

Moreover, it is at the Great Perfection of the Realm, the True Realm.

Faced with the bloodline of Ju Jing, the originally arrogant and rebellious demons immediately fell silent and dared not act rashly.

In the cultivation world, talent and cultivation level are inherited through bloodline. The descendants of a Jue Realm expert may also reach the Jue Realm in the future. This child's talent is terrifyingly high; they cannot afford to provoke him.

This is the true top-grade Heavenly Spiritual Root, even surpassing the Innate Sword Body!

"Fellow interrogators, welcome to the third trial."

Suddenly, a steady voice echoed deep in everyone's ears.

As the resounding Daoist chant echoed, extraordinary phenomena appeared: a mysterious bird cried out within the grotto, a Baxia (a mythical beast) emerged, and immortal flowers and herbs bloomed in profusion, heralding the arrival of spring for all things.

A vaster, more indescribable realm was hidden within that voice; its cultivation reached the Nascent Soul stage. The Dao Xuan Sect cultivators immediately bowed their heads, descended from the clouds, and lined up in two neat rows, saying:
"Vice Minister Li!"

This was actually a powerful being who had reached the halfway point of the Nascent Soul stage.

The so-called half of the Great Perfection of the Divine Transformation stage—

One must possess both the cultivation level of a Nascent Soul cultivator and the realm of a Vice Minister.

Only half a part is needed to reach the heavens.

All the demonic sect disciples looked fearful. Not to mention the demonic sect disciples in Fengdu, even the reincarnation students from Kunlun had never had the opportunity to see a great cultivator at the vice-ministerial level.

This might be the highest-ranking person they would ever come into contact with in their entire lives.

This vast and boundless cave must be Vice Minister Li's office.

Following the gaze of the righteous cultivator, everyone saw a solitary figure standing at the far end of their sight. This person had his hands behind his back, and every move he made exuded the demeanor of a powerful figure; his blue plaid robe was tucked into his belt, and a string of spiritual artifacts jingled at his waist, while he carried a still steaming jade thermos in his hand.

An Sheng immediately recognized that this powerful figure was the middle-aged torturer he had met at the Immortal Ladder Gate.

This outfit and these mannerisms make him look incredibly imposing, at least like a powerful figure in the Nascent Soul stage.

It turns out that they had been in contact with the bigwigs behind the scenes from the very beginning.

Has the practice of pretending to be weak to actually harm others evolved to this extent?
I'm sorry, sir, I didn't recognize you just now.

"Greetings, fellow students. We meet again."

"Let's get to know each other again. My surname is Li. I am an honorary elder of the Dao Xuan Sect and also the torture supervisor for our third trial."

The Vice Minister Li was amiable and approachable, and spoke in an upright and honest tone, which was completely different from the attitude of his disciples.

He was indeed very kind. An Sheng remembered that Vice Minister Li even reminded them to bring their warrants.

"Those who have passed the three trials will prove that you have a firm Daoist heart, are indomitable and unyielding, and remain steadfast in poverty and hardship. You also have a strong sense of repentance. In addition, you have a prison record that Kunlun disciples do not have, so your popularity among the people will be very high."

"Then they can be released on bail and admitted to the Dao Xuan Sect instead."

"In addition, those who fail to pass the imperial examination can also join social and non-governmental organizations and make their mark in various industries."

Kunlun is not lacking in geniuses, but character is the most important thing.

He glanced at An Sheng, then continued,

"The rules for this third trial are very simple."

"Your consciousness will step into the Illusionary Realm, lose all your memories, and become involved in an event as a certain character."

"By using the Daoist mind to see through the mortal world and by upholding the bottom line with righteousness, one can escape the illusion and prove the Dao by questioning one's own heart."

"The spirits of the Taixu Realm will rate your completion level using the categories A, B, C, and D. A is the highest and D is the lowest."

"Having said all that, I hereby declare the third trial officially open."

"Fulfill the mission that destiny has given you!"

As soon as Vice Minister Li finished speaking, the talismans engraved around Tongtian lit up, and dozens of cultivators stood in mid-air.

The illusory realm suddenly descended, and the tortured beings felt their spirits were light and clear, their bodies stiff and unsteady. Their vision flickered between light and dark, and the spirits, having lost their physical bodies, no longer knew what the world was.

[Tai Shang Wang Ting, Spring of the Fourteenth Year, Wangjia Village, Daze Township]

You were born into the Wang family, a family of alchemists, but are an illegitimate child born to a concubine's maid.

Your family has been offering tribute medicines to the imperial court for many years, and even the eunuch in charge of the imperial workshops has praised them highly.

The Wang family was known for their philanthropy and charitable deeds, providing free medical care to villagers and neighbors. During famines, they distributed medicine, provided relief to the sick, and sheltered displaced people. This earned them a prestigious reputation and widespread praise, making them a prominent family in the county.

[By chance, you stumbled upon your family's forbidden alchemy grounds, only to discover that their elixirs were actually bizarre creatures made from the blood and bone marrow of mortals. The family patriarch, Wang Xuanyang, was the mastermind behind it all, possessing profound martial arts skills and deep influence in the imperial court. And you, a mere illegitimate child who had not yet cultivated Qi, were the mastermind.]

Killing the royal family patriarch is the only way to pass the level.

Only those with a clear and pure heart can avoid the harm of seeking immortality, transcend the void, and attain enlightenment through self-examination.

Upon seeing the exam questions, both the demonic sect disciples and the righteous sect disciples on the viewing platform were greatly agitated.

The new labor reform questions were surprisingly difficult.

This exam question is adapted from real history, which is set ten thousand years ago and is now the extinct mortal kingdom of 'Tai Shang'.

The story is based on the shocking "human flesh elixir case" that stunned the government and the public.

The Wang family conducted experiments on human bodies, using the flesh and blood of refugees as elixirs to concoct immortality pills.

Even the imperial court was involved in this major case.

Immortality is the curse of those who cultivate immortality, and how can those disciples of the demonic sect who have already gone astray, especially those in the lower levels of the Nine Netherworlds, resist the temptation of immortality?

Having lost their memories, let alone killing the Wang family patriarch, they would be considered to have a firm Dao heart if they didn't become accomplices to evil!

Moreover, his own cultivation level was so low.
With such a hellish start, how can one even talk about killing the Wang family patriarch?
(End of this chapter)