The Almighty Dominance (by Sunshine) novel Chapter 586

At dawn the next morning, Alex woke early.

The air was still cool, and a faint mist hung over the mountain.

He stepped out of his small log cabin, crossed the quiet courtyard, and began walking toward the Medicines Pavilion.

The sun slowly rose over the distant horizon. Golden light spilled across the sky, scattering through layers of drifting mist. The colors shimmered across the mountain paths like schools of golden carp swimming through clouds.

It was a breathtaking sight.

But Alex barely slowed down.

He walked quickly along the stone path, surrounded by numerous Outer Sect disciples who were heading in the same direction. Their robes fluttered in the morning breeze.

None of them recognized him.

And Alex didn’t recognize any of them either.

The last time he had come here, Xuan Chen had only given him a brief explanation of how things worked inside the Medicines Pavilion.

Today, he intended to see it for himself.

When Alex arrived, he walked straight to one of the staff members standing near the entrance.

“I want to take the test to become an apothecary,” Alex said.

The staff member looked him up and down.

Then he pointed toward a row of massive stone steles standing in the open courtyard.

“See those five stone steles?” the man said flatly. “Place one spiritual stone on the platform and the test will begin. If you pass, you will qualify as a trainee apothecary.”

“Thank you,” Alex said politely.

He walked across the courtyard and chose the stele standing farthest in the corner.

The stone monument towered over him.

Alex took out a spiritual stone and placed it onto the platform at the base of the stele.

The moment the stone touched the surface—

Energy surged through the monument.

Ancient runes carved into the stele lit up with a soft glow.

Suddenly, a dark dome of energy expanded outward and completely surrounded Alex.

Inside the dome, an image appeared in the air before him.

A voice echoed from the stele.

“Identify the medicinal herb.”

“The more accurate your answers, the more points you will earn.”

“Each incorrect answer will deduct one point.”

Alex remained calm.

Before coming here, he had already used Gaia to record and analyze countless herbs.

Because of that, recognizing them now was effortless.

He answered the first question immediately.

Then the next.

And the next.

Herb after herb appeared before him.

Alex answered every question without hesitation.

But after nearly an hour, he began to frown.

The images still hadn’t stopped.

More herbs kept appearing in the air.

One after another.

Endlessly.

Another hour passed.

Then another.

Alex stared at the floating images in disbelief.

“When is this test going to end?” he muttered in frustration. “This thing feels like it goes on forever.”

Outside the stele, however, the situation was completely different.

The courtyard had fallen into stunned silence.

Above the testing area stood another massive stele—the Ranking Stele.

It displayed the top hundred test scores in the sect.

The rankings were constantly updated through magic.

And right now, every single person in the courtyard was staring at it.

A new name had suddenly appeared.

Jun Jiu.

At first, it had quietly entered the bottom of the top hundred.

But then it began rising.

Fast.

Within minutes, the name climbed past the top fifty.

Then the top twenty.

The crowd erupted into whispers.

“Who is that?”

“Jun Jiu?”

“I’ve never heard that name before.”

But the name didn’t stop moving.

It continued rising.

Slowly approaching the top ten.

The top ten rankings had remained unchanged for hundreds of years.

No one had managed to break into that list.

Until now.

More disciples gathered around the ranking stele.

Their eyes widened as Jun Jiu’s name climbed even higher.

Top nine.

Top seven.

Top five.

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