In Ruined Hall of Kings.
As rust added away from the throne, ruined hall started to repair rapidly.
The hall is now divided into five sections.
After Ruined Hall of kings repaired completely, a second throne appear on Shi Chenli left side with equal imposing manner.
It was queen's throne.
On second section slightly lower than king's platform four more seats appeared, obviously less imposing than king and queen's throne.
On third step, which is main floor of the hall seats, less imposing than king and queen's thrones, appeared on both sides of halls.
Shi Chenli counted and they were 36 thrones, 18 on both sides.
Fourth section was encircled around third section with 72 seats.
As for the last section it was a viewing gallery on second floor with no seats.
All of these seats were same except for symbols engraved on their back.
After hall completed some information appeared in Shi Chenli's mind.
This was his new talent.
More precisely a representation of his talent.
While Shi Chenli was going to check further, a light flashed and Feng Qingyan and others appeared except Bai Wuying.
Shi Chenli's expression changed after not seeing Bai Wuying but soon he looked back.
And from his shadow Bai Wuying appeared.
She smiled at Shi Chenli and walked toward Shi Tianlei and sat on his seat with him. (Seats are enough for three people to sit.)
As he was going to say some-thing, Feng Qingyan ran toward him.
As Feng Qingyan was about to hug him, Shi Chenli kicked him to the side.
"Why are you hugging me? Do you think you are a woman." Shi Chenli snorted.
Feng Qingyan came back and said while in tears.
"Bro, thank god you are fine, I thought you would die."
Black lines appeared on Shi Chenli's face.
On the other side Ling Xueyao fired a snowball at Shi Chenli's head.
Shi Chenli shook his head and spoke: "So, how were your trials?"
Leng Xueyao replied with an excited voice: "I don't know about them, but I completed the trial with perfect score."
Afterwards she told everyone the procedure of trial.
She had to judge nine types of criminals, with different number of criminals in each type.
They were:
Theft: She had to judge two thieves. One was a professional thief while other stole some food due to hunger.
Abuse of power: She judged officials, who abuse their authority. There were many criminals from simple clerks, soldiers to ministers and nobles.
Murder: She judged three type of murders. One is serial criminal, second was revenge while last was self-defense.
Corruption: Same as abuse of power, she judged many level of criminals.
Treachery: She judger treacherous criminals, who broke their oath or contracts.
Desecration: she judged people who violated sacred grounds, relics, corpses, etc. knowingly or unknowingly.
R*pe: She judged r*pist. (No different kinds. R*pist is a R*pist no matter what.)
Treason: She judged traitors in her eighth trial.
War Crimes: In her last trial she had to judge war crimes, not only for enemies but for her side too.
Leng Xueyao: "Because I got perfect score, I got three rewards."
Shi Chenli frowned on the other hand because the scene he saw in his trial was not Leng Xueyao's experience.
Ling Xueyao continued: "Firstly my existing talent was upgraded by one level."
"It now became 'Snow and Ice Empress', a SSS grade talent."
"Second reward was a growth type talent 'Judicator of Eternal Scales'. This talent will have new functions with each upgrade of territory."
Shi Chenli and others didn't ask for details because a talent is a personal matter.
But ling Xueyao still gave general overview of her abilities.
With his current rank, her talent has two abilities
Eye of Truth:
Passive ability to sense lies, deceit, and malicious intent (Regardless of level).
Can create a "Truth Field", where dishonest individuals feel pressure and discomfort.
Minor debuffs to those with high negative karma.
Gains insight into recent actions of targets within proximity.
(Note: Except for first ability other depend on talent holder's level, only applicable to someone with two ranks above.)
Chains of Remorse:
Can summon spiritual chains to bind enemies with high karmic guilt.
Chains weaken enemies based on their karmic burden.
Gains the ability to project illusions of past sins into enemies' minds, causing hesitation or fear.
Shi Chenli was awe struck but when he looked at others he didn't see any surprise on their faces.
'It seems all of their talents are perverted.' Shi Chenli muttered.
"Third reward was an item but it merged with my soul."
"It was 'Soul Forged Origin Core'"
Then she told everyone about its details:
Soul-Forged Origin Core
Type: Universal Cultivation Enhancement Item
Description: A mythical, crystalline core forged from pure origin energy and inscribed with primordial runes. It can merge with the user's soul, permanently enhancing growth potential across all paths.
Effects:
Triple Cultivation Synchronization: Enables the user to cultivate three different systems simultaneously (Class).
Origin Resistance: Grants partial immunity to elemental and soul-based suppression from higher realms or bloodlines.
Self-Repairing Core: Even if meridians, sea of consciousness, or Dantian are damaged, the core will slowly repair them over time.
When everyone heard about Soul Forged Origin core everyone was astonished.
Shi Chenli was astonished about its heaven defying effects.
While others were astonished because they all got the same reward.
Shi Chenli looked at all of them with some envy because he only got his talent and nothing else.
Afterwards everyone else talked about their trials, which were not as complicated as Ling Xueyao but with same difficulty.
Feng Qingyan Had to defend Shi Chenli against attacks and in the end he got a new talent 'Eternal Great Wall'.
Its initial two abilities are:
Defender's Resolve
Gains a passive damage reduction aura when defending others.
Can sense intent behind attacks—whether it is hostile, probing, or destructive.
The more lives or things the user protects, the harder they are to kill.
Shield of Will
Can manifest temporary energy shields to block incoming attacks on reflex.
Shields grow stronger based on the user's conviction, not cultivation level.
Partial immunity to morale-breaking, fear, or mental intrusion effects.
While his previous talent was advanced and became SSS grade 'Blade Emperor'.
Shi Tianlei had to lead soldiers to win a fight against his enemies and in the end he got a new talent 'Warlord of Myriad Battles'
His two initial skills are:
Instinctive Fighter
Gains supernatural combat intuition, able to react without thought.
Slightly enhanced strength, speed, and pain tolerance.
Bonus damage and awareness when outnumbered.
Blood and Steel Synchrony
Body begins adapting during battle: wounds harden into armor; muscles tighten under fire.
Can enter a Battle Rhythm, increasing stats with each sustained exchange.
Gains partial resistance to fear, illusions, and morale-breaking attacks.
Shi Tianlei's First talent was upgraded to SSS level 'Nine Heaven Thunder Punishment Body' As for time-based talent, it was originally SSS grade so no change happened.
Bai Wuying had to do spy missions and in the end she got a growth type talent 'Shadow Sovereign'.
Its two initial abilities were:
Veil Initiate
Gains instinctive awareness of shadows, blind spots, and lines of sight.
Slight passive stealth enhancement; movements become unnaturally silent.
Can slightly blur presence, lowering detection by spiritual sense.
Phantom Touch
Can bypass physical objects and barriers under certain conditions (e.g., illusions, short-range phase step).
Attacks from stealth have bonus lethality and critical damage.
Can mask killing intent completely.
As for Bai Wuying she had to read and then take examination.
She got a talent, 'Fate's Library'.
She can perform divinations/deductions.
She can learn any skill or art of any class without any limitation.
It all depends on amount of knowledge she can collect.