The Supreme Being Against Heaven

Shortly afterward, at the **Eternal Creation Field**.

“Silence!”

Ru Yan Wuji stood on the high platform, his voice echoing clearly across the entire arena.

“Next—the Weapon Refining Competition will begin!”

“The competition is divided into 3 rounds.”

“Round 1: Artifact Evaluation, consisting of 3 sub-stages.”

“Round 2: Guan Bao Dong Zhi, consisting of 2 matches.”

“Round 3: Artifact Refining itself, only 1 final stage.”

“In Round 1, the 2 sects and 1 palace will each send 50 Nascent Soul Realm disciples to participate!”

The structure of this 3-stage artifact evaluation was almost identical to the alchemy competition—except for one difference: there was no blind assessment, since many artifacts have no scent and cannot be distinguished by smell.

Soon, 50 disciples from the **Eternal Immortal Sect** and another 50 from the **Divine Soul Immortal Palace** stood in the center of the platform.

However, the Huangfu Sect only had **49 participants**.

Aside from Gongsun Ruoxi, Murong Shishi’s lineage originally had 3 inner sect geniuses—Cao Bin, Zhong Hantong, and Wang Lun.

Cao Bin had long coveted Zhong Wu Shiyao and once tried to harm Tan Yun on Mount Cangling Immortal, but was severely injured by Tan Yun and could not participate.

Zhong Hantong had been killed 20 days ago by Tuoba Zhantian of the Eternal Immortal Sect.

Thus, only **49 participants** remained.

As the last disciple of Murong Shishi, Zhong Wu Shiyao had trained for over 2 years. Although she was still only a low-level artifact practitioner and had no combat ability, she still stood among the participants.

“Shiyao, do you want to join as well?” Murong Shishi asked softly.

“Yes, Master.”

Zhong Wu Shiyao nodded and walked toward the center of the platform.

At the same time, Gongsun Yangchun—the leader of Huangfu Sect’s alchemy lineage and grandfather of Gongsun Ruoxi—worried that if Gongsun Ruoxi used her full strength, the weapon refining branch might surpass the alchemy branch. Thus, he had ordered her to only display “low-level artifact practitioner” strength.

But now, Gongsun Ruoxi understood that no matter what, Huangfu Sect’s weapon refining branch could not surpass the alchemy branch. So she decided to display **mid-level artifact practitioner** strength instead.

“I now declare—the first round of the weapon refining competition begins!”

Ru Yan Wuji announced loudly.

Zhuge Yu stepped forward and said bluntly:

“Disciples from Huangfu Sect and Eternal Immortal Sect will begin the test first. You will have **10 breaths** per question. Each correct answer is worth **10 points**.”

With that, Zhuge Yu flicked his interspatial ring.

A snow-white flying sword slowly floated out and hovered in front of the **150 disciples**.

“A peak water-element flying sword… an Earth-grade spirit weapon,” Tan Yun muttered softly.

After **10 breaths**, the test ended, and all 150 disciples submitted their jade answer slips.

The result made Tantai Xuanzhong frown immediately.

Zhuge Yu announced:

“Huangfu Sect—Gongsun Ruoxi, Wang Lun… **16 people** answered correctly, earning **160 points**.”

“Eternal Immortal Sect—Gao Wanyue… **39 people** answered correctly, earning **390 points**.”

Next, Ru Yan Wuji took out a large flaming-red sword from his interspatial ring and continued the evaluation.

After another **10 breaths**, the result deepened Tantai Xuanzhong’s grim expression.

In this round, Huangfu Sect had only **15 correct answers**, earning **150 points**, while Divine Soul Immortal Palace had **41 correct answers**, earning **410 points**.

Tantai Xuanzhong took a deep breath and stepped forward, taking out a black spear from his interspatial ring for the next round of evaluation.

After another **10 breaths**, all **100 disciples** submitted their answers.

Looking at the cumulative results, Tantai Xuanzhong felt an exhaustion deep in his heart.

He said calmly:

“Eternal Immortal Sect—**50 people**, **39 correct**, **390 points**, totaling **780 points**.”

“Divine Soul Immortal Palace—**50 people**, **42 correct**, **420 points**, totaling **830 points**.”

“Now, I—Sect Master—hereby announce the results of the first round of the Weapon Refining Competition.”

“Divine Soul Immortal Palace is currently in the lead with **830 points**.”

“Eternal Immortal Sect follows in second place with **780 points**.”

“And Huangfu Shengzong is in last place with **310 points**.”

Tantai Xuanzhong took a deep breath and slowly sat down, his expression extremely grave.

“The gap from the very beginning between our sect and Divine Soul Immortal Palace is already **50 points**… this is not a good omen.”

Ru Yan Wuji pondered briefly, then stood up and announced in a resonant voice:

“Next, we proceed to the second round of the Weapon Refining Competition—rapid knowledge assessment and artifact identification Q&A!”

“All three forces—Divine Soul Immortal Palace, Eternal Immortal Sect, and Huangfu Shengzong—will participate simultaneously.”

“The first to answer must correctly identify the **year of creation, elemental attribute, and material composition** of the artifact.”

“The purpose of this test is to evaluate the depth of knowledge of the geniuses from all three factions. As weapon refiners, one must memorize all materials precisely—just like alchemists must memorize all medicinal herbs.”

After speaking, Ru Yan Wuji turned toward an elder of the Eternal Immortal Sect’s inner lineage.

“Who will your sect send to participate?”

The elder took a deep breath, his heart tightening as he recalled Tuoba Zhantian’s death.

“Reporting to Sect Master… disciple Tuoba Zhantian has perished. Therefore, **Yao Xin** will take his place.”

Among the inner sect disciples of the Eternal Immortal Sect, there were **29 Grand Weapon Masters at the mid-level**, and Yao Xin was the most outstanding among them.

“Mm…” Ru Yan Wuji sighed softly, his expression turning serious.

“In that case, Yao Xin must win. There is absolutely no room for failure.”

“This disciple obeys!”

A young woman in a green dress stepped gracefully onto the central platform.

At the same time, Zhuge Yu spoke calmly:

“Li Guiyi will represent our side.”

“Yes, sir!”

A burly young man in white robes walked steadily onto the stage.

“Tantai Xuanzhong,” Murong Shishi turned to him, “does our sect have a suitable candidate? Do we have any mid-level Grand Weapon Masters?”

Murong Shishi stood up, her expression slightly ashamed.

“Reporting to Sect Master… both Ruoxi and Wang Lun are only **low-level Grand Weapon Masters**.”

“Too weak…” Tantai Xuanzhong shook his head with a bitter smile before falling silent.

“Ruoxi, Wang Lun—who will go?” Murong Shishi asked again.

Wang Lun lowered his head, not daring to meet anyone’s gaze. His answer was obvious.

“This disciple… withdraws.”

At that moment, Gongsun Ruoxi stepped forward with a calm yet determined expression.

“Master, I will accept this challenge!”

She possessed deep knowledge of weapon refining texts and was extremely familiar with all types of refining materials. She was confident she would not lose to Li Guiyi or Yao Xin in this evaluation.

And at this moment, she did not reveal that she had already reached the level of a **mid-level Grand Weapon Master**.

She wanted to “surprise her master.”

“Very good. Do not disappoint your teacher.”

Murong Shishi said with expectation.

Although she knew that if Tan Yun were to participate, the result of this branch might not be so poor… she could not allow it.

The reason was simple—

Tan Yun belonged to the alchemy lineage. Even if he participated in the weapon refining competition, win or lose… it would still be inappropriate and embarrassing either way.

--Translated by likesnovel--