Three Days Later, Martial Soul Ranking

Shrek Academy.

Mu En stared blankly at the Golden Ranking's description of Lu Chen, especially the words "equivalent to a God King of the God Realm."

The despair on his face slowly faded instead, turning into a near-numb calm.

"A God King, hehe... so he was a God King!"

He muttered to himself, his voice drifting.

"No wonder the Star Dou Great Forest could undergo such an earth-shaking change. No wonder Di Tian could so easily break through a million years. Before him, perhaps all of this was merely something done in passing!"

Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, Xuan Zi, and the others also sank into the same numb state.

Facing a God King, they did not even have the strength to despair.

That was a height they could not reach even by looking up.

Mu En looked at the Golden Ranking, and fragments of words left behind by Sea God Tang San surfaced in his mind.

The description of the God King realm spoke of a supreme existence that ruled the God Realm and established rules!

The Sun Moon Empire, the Holy Spirit Cult, the Body Sect...

After a brief shock, all the top human factions fell into deathly silence.

All ambition, all plans.

Before a supreme existence equivalent to a God King, they had become a joke through and through.

Jing Hongchen slumped in his chair, his eyes vacant.

The Death Qi around Zhongli Wu completely withdrew inward, as if he feared drawing even the slightest attention from that existence.

Du Busi opened his mouth, but in the end, nothing came out. He merely turned toward the Star Dou Great Forest and solemnly performed a junior's salute.

Star Dou Great Forest, Core Area.

Led by Di Tian, all the Ferocious Beasts bowed their heads toward the depths of the Lake of Life, toward the direction where Lu Chen was, with incomparable devotion and excitement.

"Congratulations to Lu Zun for ascending to the top of the Golden Ranking!"

Their heaven-shaking roars converged into a torrent of devout faith.

Lu Chen looked at the Golden Ranking and smiled faintly, not surprised by this ranking.

He wrapped an arm around Gu Yuena's slender waist beside him and said softly, "Looks like we won't be able to keep a low profile even if we want to."

Gu Yuena nestled against him, a strange light flashing in her violet eyes. "That's fine too. Let the world know of your existence. The position of the Soul Beast Clan will be unshakable."

After announcing the final first place, all the radiance of the golden Ranking list began to slowly draw inward.

That vast pressure gradually dispersed as well.

But the entire Douluo Continent had been utterly changed because of it.

The news that the Star Dou Great Forest possessed two supreme existences swept across the world like a storm.

One was the Level 1 Deity Silver Dragon King.

The other was the supreme Kunpeng, equivalent to a God King!

The human factions collectively fell silent, entering an unprecedented state of caution and concealment.

Meanwhile, the Soul Beast Clan welcomed its most glorious and prosperous era since the Dragon God's fall!

A new era belonging to soul beasts, led by a Supreme Divine Beast, officially began after the light of the Golden Ranking faded!

Just as the entire continent was still immersed in the earth-shaking news brought by the Soul Beast Ranking and the endless shock and pressure brought by those two supreme existences of the Star Dou Great Forest...

Above the Firmament, the golden Ranking list, which had originally begun drawing in its light...

Suddenly erupted once more with a brand-new, dazzling brilliance!

A grand voice, like morning bells and evening drums, rang out again in the hearts of every living being.

It carried a completely different Power of Rules.

[Douluo Continent Soul Beast Power Ranking announced!]

[Three days later, the Douluo Continent Martial Soul Ranking will be announced!]

[This ranking includes all Martial Souls currently existing on the Douluo Continent. Based on comprehensive factors such as Martial Soul quality, potential, uniqueness, and compatibility with the rules, the top twenty will be evaluated!]

[Those who make the ranking can all obtain generous rewards bestowed by the Heavenly Rules, suited to their Martial Soul Origin!]

"Martial Soul Ranking?"

"It's actually the Martial Soul Ranking!"

"Wonderful! It's finally our Human Soul Masters' turn!"

This sudden change made the Human Soul Masters, who had originally been pressed until they could hardly breathe by the Soul Beast Ranking, instantly erupt with tremendous surprise and cheers!

No matter how strong soul beasts were, in the end, they had little to do with most Human Soul Masters.

But this Martial Soul Ranking was directly tied to their own power system and future potential!

For a time, all the major human cities, sects, and academies were thrown into an uproar.

People craned their necks in anticipation, hoping that their own martial souls would make it onto the Ranking list and receive those heaven-defying rewards.

Yet amid this widespread jubilation...

One person felt as if he had fallen into an icehouse, his heart sinking to rock bottom.

Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao's dormitory.

The color instantly drained from Huo Yuhao's face, and his body went slightly rigid.

"Martial Soul Ranking..."

He forced out those three words in a dry voice, with a faint trace of worry that was hard to detect.

Inside his Sea of Consciousness, everything also fell into a frozen stillness.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's plump, round body stopped wriggling. For once, he revealed an extremely serious expression, his voice carrying an unprecedented gravity. "It's over. How did Brother forget about this!"

"The Martial Soul Ranking, Yuhao—your Spirit Eyes are fine, but the key is the martial soul Bingbing granted you..."

Ice Empress's cool voice took over, likewise filled with solemnity. "My Extreme Ice martial soul—the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion—will definitely make the list, and its ranking absolutely won't be low."

Huo Yuhao's heart sank sharply.

The thing he had feared most had still happened.

When the Soul Beast Ranking was announced, although Tian Meng and Ice Empress had made the list, the Golden Ranking had only stated that they had "transformed into human Wisdom Spirit Rings." It had not directly identified who their host was.

That had given them a vague layer of protective cover.

Although it had drawn countless guesses and investigations, there had been no solid proof, after all.

But the Martial Soul Ranking was different!

Once the martial soul "Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion" appeared on the Ranking list, and it was marked as having been formed from a "Wisdom Spirit Ring"...

Then the eyes of every faction would instantly focus on the person who possessed that martial soul!

And he, Huo Yuhao, as a disciple of Shrek Academy who possessed an Extreme Ice martial soul, was practically no secret at all!

The speculation about him being that "lucky host" caused by the Soul Beast Ranking before would be completely confirmed in front of the Martial Soul Ranking!

"A hot commodity!"

A bitter smile tugged at the corners of Huo Yuhao's mouth.

"No. When that time comes, I'm afraid I'll become a piece of 'Tang Monk's flesh' that everyone wants to take a bite of—or even swallow whole."

A Soul Master with one of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, as a Wisdom Spirit Ring, and who was also suspected of possessing a million-year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spirit ring...

That temptation was enough to drive any faction mad!

The Sun Moon Empire would want to capture him for research.

The Holy Spirit Cult would want to Devour his soul.

And the other factions would never let go of this "mobile treasure" that might contain the secret to becoming a god!

Electrolux's old and solemn voice rang out. "Yuhao, the situation is indeed extremely grave. The announcement of the Martial Soul Ranking will almost certainly push you into the eye of the storm across the entire continent."

"You must prepare for the worst."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shook his head irritably. "It's all Brother's fault for being too famous! What do we do now? Do we run ahead of time?"

Ice Empress gave a cold snort. "Run? Where could you run? Under the pursuit of those top factions..."

"Unless you hide in the Core Area of the Star Dou Great Forest, there's nowhere to conceal yourself."

Huo Yuhao took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

He knew that panic would not solve anything.