A few momentste and Nn arrived before his ss, settling in his seat.


    After a couple of minutes, the teacher walked into the room.


    A male teacher belonging to the race of Emeraldine, he had a green body and a green tail.


    It reminded Nn of the first alien he had sighted when he came to this world—the greendy doctor who had scared the life out of him when he woke up in the hospital room.


    "ording to the information given to me, it seems the number in this ss is finallyplete."


    "Thest person we''ve been waiting being none other than Nn Gottschald," the man said as he turned to look at Nn, who gave a nod.


    Nn had also counted the students in the ssroom and discovered that they were alreadyplete.


    The nine people who went on the excursion had already arrived back, leaving him as thest person to return.


    He could guess that their mission had likely only taken about two or three days toplete, while his had taken close to seven days.


    "sses have been on hold, partly due to your absence and partly due to the fact that the exam for Neers to move to the Ascendants ss will begin exactly a week from now!" the teacher dered, and Nn''s eyes instantly narrowed.


    The exam to the next hierarchy in the academy was beginning so soon?


    [Well, there goes your advantage,] the system said to him as Nn clicked his tongue.


    He had thought he could remain the boss of the Neers as long as he stayed in the Neers hierarchy, but now the exam to move to the next level would begin so soon.


    "The exam will take ce exactly next upper week Monday, and it will test your knowledge on the various topics that have been taught, as well as yourbat skills and situational handling abilities.


    "Also, it''s important to remind you that trying to take the test while being lower than the Heavenly Disciple stage will be intensely difficult for you."


    "So unless you want to be stuck here for the next three years again, I would advise you to try and increase your cultivation base if you haven''t reached the Heavenly Disciple stage yet."


    "For those of you who have reached the Heavenly Disciple stage, it would be better for your potential and future to work hard and study as wide and deep as you can for this exam."


    "Do not get stuck here for the next three years while your peers ascend to the next ss."


    "If that happens, you will never be able to catch up to your ssmates anymore, as their strength and growth will be nothing short of monumental, while you will remain at your normal stages."


    "If you don''t want that to happen, then I will advise you to try your hardest in thising exam that will begin next upper week Monday and willst for exactly three days."


    "Your fate will be determined before the week''s end," the teacher exined to them, and all the students had their 100% attention focused on him.


    It was pretty clear to all that a neer would have to spend three years within the academy before they are ever allowed to move onto the Ascendants ss by taking a special exam.


    Completing that exam means joining the Ascendants—a group of people that some students have never even seen in their lives.


    But failure? That would mean having to repeat the ss. And since its duration is for three years, one will be stuck in this ce for exactly three years!


    That would make anyone who failed the test have to spend six years in the neer ss.


    Of course, they would never be able to catch up to their mates, who will have definitely grown incredibly faster during those three years.


    To fail or repeat in the academy is to give up on one''s dreams and goals in life.


    And that is also why the pressure and heaviness in the room was nothing short of monumental.


    Even Nn himself wasn''tpletely rxed.


    He might be at the Heavenly Disciple stage and even the strongest neer, but he knew well he wascking in the written test and topics.


    He had forgotten many things due to his reincarnation into this body, and it wasn''t even like the previous Nn attended sses that much.


    He needed to lock himself up in the library and read everything, or else his strength alone wouldn''t help him pass.


    While he wasn''t exactly 100% sure, it was better to be safe than sorry.


    While he might love the feeling of supremacy in being a neer, that didn''t mean he wanted to remain in the same ce and hole for exactly six years!


    Failure was uneptable to him.


    "On ount of this, the sses throughout this week will continue covering the topics and will be a revision of the subjects that you have been taught these past three years."


    "If you''re smart, you will also be aware of the ces where the questions are most likely toe from in the teacher''s revision."


    "So I''ll advise you that, rather than locking yourself up in the library or the training room, to please attend the sses."


    "It would be better for you not to skip any ss during this week, or the way you will pay for your that is by staying for the next three years…"


    "The subject on cultivation and the training rooms and education that are being given to some of you is no longer effective."


    "That''s why the academy thinks it''s time for you all to ascend to the next ss.


    "When you reach the Ascendants ss, you will discover you''re but frogs in a deep well, and realizing that will be very good for your cultivation and future…"


    "I feel like I have spoken enough about the importance of this exam.


    "Now, let''s get into today''s revision…" And just like that, the ss began.