Days and months mattered not in the path to immortality. One day, Wei Yuan finally finished tempering his flesh and experienced a major leap in strength. It was just in time for the minor exam.0

Originally, the minor exam applied to Wei Yuan’s term only and counted as a temporary exam. As it wasn’t very important, the rewards it gave out were pretty average as well, useful only to a handful of students such as Wei Yuan. 0

However, the Reform Party had been growing bolder and bolder as of late. Besides the centralized learning method, they were plotting to unify the recruitment of disciples as well. This involved revoking the authority of every Trueman belonging to a Hall to select their own disciples. Instead, the Palace of Absolute Beginning would be uniformly recruiting their disciples through the Immortal Sect Unified Examination before assigning them to each Hall. The Halls would only be able to pick their disciples from among those recruited by the Palace. Naturally, the True Lords would retain a limited number of discretionary slots, but they would be strictly limited.2

The Traditional Party rejected the proposal fiercely as a matter of course, and conflicts between the two factions were only becoming more and more intense....1