Du Busi Made the Ranking

Body Sect.

Du Busi watched as two Holy Spirit Cult martial souls made the ranking one after another, and both were placed so "low."

His heart, which had already been beating uneasily, sank even further now.

"Ye Xishui's Blood Soul Demonic Puppet, Zhongli Wu's Death God Puppet—what level of Monster Martial Souls are these?"

"One created an ultimate, and one touched the Rules... and the result was one at fourteenth, one at thirteenth?"

Du Busi rubbed his head hard.

"My Body Spirit Second Awakening might give me confidence, but I still don't dare say it's definitely so much stronger than those two things that it can securely enter the Top Ten!"

Golden Peng stood to the side, his expression also extremely grave. "Sect Master, the situation with this Golden Ranking seems even more complicated than we expected..."

Du Busi fell silent.

For the first time, he felt a strong wavering and unease about the ranking of his own body spirit.

Those Top Ten seats...

At this moment, in his eyes, they became incomparably distant and mysterious.

The Star Luo Empire, the Sun Moon Empire, and the various other powers.

They were likewise deeply shaken by these two rankings.

The entire Douluo Continent had now fallen into a strange atmosphere.

Shock, confusion, unease, anticipation...

All kinds of emotions intertwined.

The martial soul rankings of the Holy Spirit Cult's two great giants were like two huge stones tossed into a lake that was already churning with waves.

They completely overturned people's perceived upper limit of what a Top-tier Spirit could be.

Everyone vaguely sensed it.

The rankings the Golden Ranking was about to reveal would display existences beyond imagination.

They might even be terrifying beings capable of rewriting the continent's history.

Everyone's eyes were fixed firmly on the Golden Ranking.

Twelfth place was about to be announced!

What kind of earth-shaking name would it be this time?

As if to confirm the growing unease in Du Busi's heart.

And the Various Continental Powers' extreme curiosity toward the Top Ten martial souls.

After a brief buildup, the Golden Ranking in the sky.

Suddenly erupted with an unprecedented blazing radiance!

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

That light was not a single color, but displayed a primordial hue like Primordial Chaos, when all things first came into being.

Douluo Continent Martial Soul Ranking, Twelfth Place: Body Spirit (Golden Level Second Awakening)!

On the Golden Ranking's twelfth line, that chaotic light condensed, but no specific beast form or tool form appeared.

Instead, it outlined a human-shaped phantom sitting cross-legged, solemn and dignified.

This human-shaped phantom looked as though its entire body had been cast from glazed gold, its meridians and blood vessels clearly visible.

Inside it, countless galaxies seemed to be born and destroyed in endless cycles, radiating a majestic, boundless meaning of "the human body is the universe."

Its might was actually not inferior in the slightest to the previous Death God Puppet.

It even seemed nobler on the level of Life!

Martial Soul: Body Spirit (Golden Level Second Awakening)

Affiliated To: Du Busi (Body Sect)

Martial Soul Assessment: Using one's own body as the martial soul, the Golden Level Second Awakening is an extremely high realm in the development of the Body Spirit. It excavates the body's potential to an unimaginable degree, with blood and qi like a dragon, strength that shatters all techniques, and a self-formed domain. Its potential and uniqueness can be called a model of an alternative evolution for Soul Masters. Comprehensive Assessment: Ranked Twelfth.

Reward: Physical potential further stimulated, Bloodline Power doubled, self-healing ability greatly increased, and obtains the embryonic form of the Talent Domain "Body Spirit Domain" (within the domain, all personal attributes increased by twenty percent, and it naturally suppresses owners of non-body-type martial souls).

"Body Spirit! It's the Body Sect Master, Du Busi!"

"Golden Level Second Awakening?"

"So this is the Body Sect's highest secret? They actually cultivated the human body itself to such a level!"

"What a terrifying aura. It feels like he alone is a living Deity!"

"But... even a martial soul that develops oneself to such an extreme still can't enter the Top Ten? It's ranked twelfth?"

The continent burst into uproar once more.

Especially those powers and Soul Masters who had some understanding of the Body Sect.

It made their scalps prickle even more.

Cultivating a Body Martial Soul was extremely difficult.

But once it bore fruit, its strength far surpassed that of one's peers.

Du Busi, in particular, had relied on his Body Martial Soul's golden Second Awakening to shake the continent with his might.

It had made the Body Sect a transcendent power that even Shrek Academy and the great empires regarded with deep wariness.

And yet, an existence like that had only placed twelfth with his martial soul?

Body Sect.

Du Busi looked at the Golden Ranking, at the name of his own martial soul and the majestic humanoid phantom that belonged to it.

He felt the vast, majestic Reward Light Pillar pour into his body.

His body erupted with crackling, explosive pops.

His vital energy surged and roared like a mighty river, while faint golden streams of light turned beneath his skin.

The embryonic form of that "Body Spirit Domain" made him feel an unprecedentedly close connection forming between himself and the surrounding world.

His strength soared!

And yet, there was not the slightest joy on his face. Instead, it had turned ashen.

His eyes were filled with disbelief and a trace of defeat.

"Twelve... twelfth..."

Du Busi muttered to himself, veins bulging on his thick arms.

"My Body Martial Soul, a golden Second Awakening—I've always believed it was no weaker than any martial soul under heaven, yet it can't even touch the threshold of the Top Ten?!"

Golden Peng stood to the side, opening his mouth as if to offer comfort.

But he realized that any words would seem pale and powerless at this moment.

Facts spoke louder than arguments.

The Golden Ranking's placement was like an iron law, shattering all their past confidence and pride.

Shrek Academy, Sea God's Pavilion.

When they saw the ranking of Du Busi's Body Martial Soul, the pavilion fell into deathly silence.

Only after a long while did Xuan Zi slowly breathe out a turbid breath.

His tone carried an unprecedented heaviness.

"Even Du Busi's Body Martial Soul is only twelfth. This Golden Ranking is really trying to punch a hole through the heavens."

Yan Shaozhe's face was pale, his voice dry. "Teacher, Elder Xuan, I'm starting to wonder if anyone from Shrek Academy will still make the ranking."

Xian Lin'er gave a bitter smile. "In a certain sense, Du Busi's Body Martial Soul has already surpassed the categories of ordinary Beast Martial Souls and Tool Martial Souls. He's walked onto another path entirely."

"If even he is like this, then we..."

In Mu En's eyes, which had always been calm, towering waves were now surging.

He slowly closed his eyes, as if sensing something.

A moment later, he opened them again, and only endless depth remained within.

"The body becoming a domain, touching upon the origin—Du Busi's path is not wrong. In fact, he has gone extremely far."

"For the Golden Ranking to grant him twelfth place and reward him with the 'Body Spirit Domain' is already an exceedingly high recognition."

"Let's keep watching. Perhaps the Golden Ranking will give us the answer!"

Holy Spirit Cult.

Zhongli Wu looked at Du Busi's ranking, and the gloom he had felt from being ranked low himself actually dissipated somewhat.

In its place came a strange sense of fellow suffering, along with even deeper curiosity.

"Du Busi, even an old fellow like you has stumbled?"

"Heh heh, twelfth... Looks like this Golden Ranking really is 'impartial.'"

He laughed coldly.

"I'd like to see just what kind of existence can firmly press down on all of us!"

Star Luo Empire, Heaven Dou Empire, Dou Ling Empire...

Every faction, every Soul Master.

At this moment, all of them sank into a silence and anticipation that was almost suffocating.

A Body Martial Soul's golden Second Awakening, a miracle that developed the human body to its very limits.

They had actually all failed to make the Top Ten!

That fact was like a heavy hammer, viciously shattering everyone's established understanding.

The radiance of the Golden Ranking remained dazzling.

But in everyone's eyes, behind that light seemed to lurk terrifying figures powerful enough to overturn the world and stand above all living beings.

The Top Ten!

Everyone's minds were firmly seized by those two words.

Would the next name lift a corner of that mysterious veil?

Who would be eleventh place?