In the Ming Dynasty, there were clans, financial conglomerates, and noble families, but it was the numerous first- and second-tier universities that truly served as the strongest star-making factories, cultivating the geniuses and powerhouses among the more than twenty billion citizens of the entire Ming. If you could become the top of your class at university—whether in martial arts competitions or other academic contests—your future would be limitless. In many years of the All-Star League, the most formidable fighters were those who reached the Transcendent Realm in their early twenties, capable of flying, traversing the earth, and living for two hundred years.

The lifespan limits were roughly 100 years for Spiritualization, 200 for Transcendent, 400 for Divine Power, 800 for Star Lord, and 1,600 for Cataclysm.

If you could advance to the Transcendent Realm in your early twenties or even before twenty, and not fall along the way, you had great hope of reaching the Divine Power Realm. The Divine Power Realm meant moving mountains and overturning seas with your own strength, and physically withstanding technological missiles! You should know that within the Ming, many military bigwigs, overseas governors of Kaifeng, and regional lords were only at the fifth level of Transcendent or the Divine Power Realm.

Especially many of these bigwigs had first made their mark in the All-Star League before rising to prominence.

Just from this, you can see how terrifyingly influential the All-Star University Student League is. This is not something like soccer or the Olympics in your previous life—it’s on a whole different level. Those who stand on the national stage are the next generation of superpowerhouses, the pillars of the next generation of the Ming Empire, and the super elites who will shape global trends!

Every winner, or even the top ten in each category, becomes a true star in their respective fields.

Of course, this refers to the entire Ming.

With Henry Sutton’s strength, just a mere second level of Spiritualization, to participate in martial arts combat? He didn’t even qualify to sign up. He was planning to find his counselor to register for the Spirit Wood division.

Jiangzhou University of Technology is a second-tier university.

There are more than thirty first-tier universities in Ming, with the most prestigious being the Royal Academy, Tsinghua, and Peking University—these three are also among the top ten universities on Earth!

Jiangzhou University of Technology ranks beyond eightieth nationwide. Different schools have different key disciplines, and there are huge differences in strength. Each department also has a limited number of spots for registration.

As far as Henry Sutton knew, for the All-Star League’s Spirit Wood division, Jiangzhou University of Technology had three spots.

The entire university’s Spirit Wood division could only select three team members to participate in the provincial competition.

For these spots, the department’s rules were: seniors provide four people, juniors three, sophomores two, and freshmen only one spot!

Gathering the ten best students from all four years, they would then compete in front of the entire department for the three team spots. Only after winning would they become the Spirit Wood division’s Jiangzhou University of Technology representative team, going on to compete with the teams from three first-tier and more than twenty second-tier universities in the province.

In the end, a five-person team would be selected from the entire province’s Spirit Wood division to represent Jiangdong Province in the national competition in the capital.

For a full twenty years, the Spirit Wood division of Jiangzhou University of Technology had never even made it onto the provincial team, always just accompanying the others, let alone making it to the national competition.

Even so, as long as you represented your school in the competition, you would instantly become a campus star. If you performed well in the provincial competition? You’d become a star in the provincial capital. If you made it to the national competition, you’d be a provincial hero.

The rewards? Whether from the school or the national competition, they were enough to make even a wealthy family’s heart race, let alone a genius from a humble background like Henry Sutton. If he could compete, just getting a ticket to the national competition for his school would be more rewarding than winning a billion-yuan lottery in his previous life.

Participating in the All-Star University Student League is the most important credential for a college student. Even if you only compete once, even if you’re eliminated in the first round, after graduation you’ll be welcomed by countless companies and conglomerates, and staying on to work at the university would be a breeze.

For those from humble backgrounds without enough social resources or connections, the All-Star League is a golden road. Here, only strength matters, not background. Previously, Henry Sutton ranked over fiftieth among freshmen in his department—how could he have had the confidence to compete with the top students for the only freshman spot?

It was only after obtaining the Super Scholar System that he felt confident enough to give it a try.

If he could make the school team, he would be the new hero of Jiangzhou University of Technology. Don’t forget, he’s a freshman, with three more years to apply for the team and participate in the next three All-Star Leagues. If he could make the team as a freshman, he’d definitely be the department’s treasure.

The department leadership would take extra care of him.

The The Hughes Family, who previously beat Henry Sutton’s father into a vegetative state and still act so arrogantly in Henry Sutton’s hometown county, why don’t they dare to kill Henry Sutton? Because he’s a top student at Jiangzhou University of Technology. If they casually killed such an evolved university student, the The Hughes Family would have to bear the consequences.

Last time, Helen Dudley, who clearly had the strength to instantly defeat Henry Sutton—probably a martial arts type at the fourth or fifth level of Spiritualization—only threw one punch to give Henry Sutton a hard time, but didn’t leave any real injuries.

The reputation of being a student at a prestigious university still carries significant weight.

It’s like on the previous Earth—if you were a Tsinghua or Peking University student and offended some local big shot, they wouldn’t just attack you outright. Do you think the university leadership is just for show? Do you think the famous alumni from previous years are fake? Even though Jiangzhou University of Technology is a second-tier school, the president is still a peak sixth-level Transcendent!

If Henry Sutton could make the school team, not only would his own safety be greatly assured, but the spiritual herbs needed to treat his father’s illness would also be easily obtained.

After thinking it through, Henry Sutton got up and walked straight out, heading directly to the counselor’s office.

Chapter 006: He’s qualified to carry my shoes?