Chapter 498: The Great Martial Arts Competition

The aspiring Star Constellations ascended to the heavens, where they would compete outside the Southern Celestial Gate. The best among them would become the Twenty-Eight Constellations and have the opportunity to meet the Heavenly Emperor. Those who failed the trial could choose to remain in the Celestial Court as Celestial Soldiers and Generals, or they could return to the Lower Realm.

The competition was divided into martial and literary challenges.

The Doubu controlled the martial trials, while the Finance Department oversaw the literary ones.

The presiding deity of the Doubu's martial trials was none other than eleven of the Yuan Chen.

The presiding deities of the Finance Department's literary trials were led by Old Tortoise and included three other deities from the Finance Department.

Out of the eleven Yuan Chen, only Yin Hu was absent, having been dispatched to the Mortal Realm on duty, leaving the other ten in attendance.