Rankings on the Demigod Prodigy Ranking

Gu Ding's Heavenly Tribulation was more powerful than anyone imagined, yet he endured it with far greater ease than anyone else. From beginning to end, he simply stood still, letting the Heavenly Tribulation pound down upon him.

That golden lightning bolt, any single strike would be enough to kill a Mid-rank God, but in front of Gu Ding, it was not much different from rain hitting the body, except for a slightly tingling sensation.

The last two waves of heavenly Heavenly Tribulation were even more terrifying than ever before. Even High-rank God might perish under those two attacks, but they still did not cause Gu Ding any trouble.

Just as Gu Ding was still wondering, he suddenly discovered a black vortex in his Soul Space, a vortex that resembled a Black Hole capable of swallowing everything. From within that vortex, strange energy was spewing forth, nourishing the Purple Lightning Divine Fire and causing it to grow rapidly.

"This is..." Gu Ding felt a sense of doubt.

"This is the imprint of your innate divine power Devouring the Heavens and Swallowing the Earth, in your Soul Space," the Sea Emperor explained. "You have finally officially entered the Demigod Realm, and I can now probe the things inside your Soul Space. This Fated Divine Power is indeed terrifying."

"Sea Emperor, you can read my thoughts now?" Gu Ding asked, somewhat surprised.

"Yes, you are now essentially a being beyond human existence, so you have activated my secondary master recognition function. My permissions have been greatly enhanced, and I can now communicate with you directly through consciousness." Previously, when the Sea Emperor communicated with Gu Ding had to speak for him to hear him, but now it is completely different.

"This is much more convenient than before." Gu Ding grinned. This time, not only did he become stronger during the tribulation, but the Sea Emperor also became stronger.

"Let's leave as soon as possible. Your Heavenly Tribulation just now was too loud; some powerful figures nearby have noticed it." The Sea Emperor's detection range has also greatly increased, expanding from a single star field to an entire universe. In that entire universe, there is almost nothing that can escape his notice.

Gu Ding nodded and darted back inside the spaceship.

Without the slightest hesitation, Sea Emperor steered the spaceship into the air, disappearing from the Five-Person Planet in the blink of an eye.

"Gu Ding, your Heavenly Tribulation is too terrifying!" Liliath still felt a bit horrified when she thought about what had just happened.

"I don't know why. Normally there should be eighty-one, but I had two extra, and those last two were indeed very powerful." Gu Ding didn't know what caused the change in his Heavenly Tribulation; he only knew that he absorbed the energy of those Heavenly Tribulation. And what provided him with this strange energy was his new divine power called Devouring the Heavens and Swallowing the Earth.

"That Heavenly Tribulation was so terrifying; even with my current physical strength, I wouldn't dare to withstand it head-on. Gu Ding, you're amazing! You withstood it all, but why do I feel that your physical body is still not as strong as mine?" Elsa, standing to the side, felt somewhat puzzled. She was quite sensitive to physical energy and could clearly sense that Gu Ding's current physical body was not as strong as hers. In fact, it wasn't even as strong as Dokter's.

Gu Ding smiled before explaining, "Actually, I didn't use my physical body to withstand it. I have a new divine power that absorbed all the Heavenly Tribulation energy. My current basic physical strength is only that of Four-Star Low-rank God. Even with the permanent bonus from the Myriad Manifestations Emperor Body, I am only at the level of Seven-Star Low-rank God -level god, not even at the level of Mid-rank God."

Gu Ding's greatest gain this time wasn't actually the strengthening of his physical body, but rather obtaining a new divine fire, which further enhanced the depth of his divine source. Furthermore, his soul strength directly rose to the level of Mid-rank God, making up for his previous relative weakness in this area.

"A divine power that can directly devour such a terrifying Heavenly Tribulation. Just how powerful must that divine power be!" Dokter said with a look of envy.

"You can't envy this kind of thing; the captain's physique has always been special," Bigge just chuckled beside him.

"Can you teach me cultivation?" Miko suddenly asked somewhat awkwardly.

Hearing Miko's words, Gu Ding paused for a moment, then asked with a smile, "Miko, what do you want to learn?"

"I don't know either. I want to become stronger and fight like everyone else," Miko, expressing her wish.

"I'll train them," Sea Emperor said, taking on the responsibility.

Gu Ding nodded, then turned to Miko and said, "Miko, I've already introduced all the other members of our team to you, but there's one more member I haven't introduced to you yet. His name is Sea Emperor."

"Is he the one who beat me at chess?" Miko asked immediately.

"That's right, I'm the one who played chess with you before." Sea Emperor finally spoke, his voice sounding about the same age as Miko.

"How did you know?" Gu Ding was surprised that Miko had guessed that he wasn't the one playing chess earlier.

"Because your strategy in the later games was completely different from the first three," Miko.

Miko's words were actually a way of giving Gu Ding face; to put it bluntly, it meant that Guding had completely floundered in the first three games. Gu Ding didn't refute this, acknowledging that he was indeed no match for Miko in terms of chess skills. He simply rubbed his nose sheepishly, saying, "From now on, the Sea Emperor will guide your training. My training was actually guided by the Sea Emperor all along, and the other members of the team have also received his guidance."

"Yes." Miko nodded vigorously. After hearing what Gu Ding said, he admired the Sea Emperor even more.

"Then, Sea Emperor, I'll leave Miko to you for the time being. If necessary, have Robert activate his domain as well to help him cultivate."

The reason for introducing Sea Emperor to Miko at this time was to prevent Miko from letting others know about Sea Emperor's existence on Norman Star.

"I need to draw some blood to test your overall health." The Sea Emperor's purpose in drawing blood wasn't just for a simple physical examination, but to see what was wrong with Miko's eyes.

Miko indeed different from the other children; he cooperated fully with the blood draw without even flinching.

Within minutes, the Sea Emperor's test results came back. "Gu Ding, I've found the reason he can't see. Like you, he has a powerful Gene Shackles within him. This constraint not only limits his abilities but also severely affects his vision."

"Will his eyesight be restored if the shackles are removed?" Gu Ding asked hurriedly.

"It's difficult, because as you know, the innate Gene Shackles aren't just one layer; they need to be broken down every time a genetic entity advances. For him to regain his sight, he'll probably need to become a true god," the Sea Emperor gave a less than optimistic answer.

"Don't mention this matter yet. Just guide his cultivation." Gu Ding was silent for a moment before offering his solution.

"Judging from his physique, once he reaches the same cultivation level as you, his strength probably won't be much weaker than yours," the Sea Emperor laughed. "Moreover, given his intelligence, his cultivation speed will only be faster than yours."

"That's good news, isn't it?" Gu Ding grinned. He never worried about being surpassed.

Over the next few days, Miko cultivated under the guidance of the Sea Emperor. Within Robert's domain, with the twenty-fold time acceleration effect, his cultivation speed was terrifying, increasing by almost one gene level per day. This was even after spending his days playing chess with the Sea Emperor for leisure, and of course, it was also related to the large amount of cultivation resources accumulated by Gu Ding and the others.

As Sea Emperor predicted, Miko's first awakened ability was that of Gambiter. With this Gambiter ability, Miko's IQ is also rapidly increasing every day.

Of course, the others weren't idle either, especially Gu Ding. After surviving the Heavenly Tribulation, his speed in absorbing beast corpses with the Devouring Flame increased, and his cultivation speed of the Myriad Manifestations Emperor Body also improved significantly.

On this day, the Sea Emperor brought another piece of good news.

Gu Ding and his group gathered in the living room.

"What news? Could it be that our bounty has increased again?" Liliath hadn't had a moment's rest these past few days.

"It's not a change in the bounty amount." The Sea Emperor sounded excited. "It's about what I mentioned two days ago."

"Two days ago? You mean the Demigod Prodigy Ranking?" Gu Ding then remembered that the Sea Emperor had said two days ago that the Demigod Prodigy Ranking would be re-ranked in the next few days, and this time, humans with special bloodlines would no longer be removed from the list, but all Demigod Prodigy would be on the same list.

"That's right. In the past, the list of Demigod Prodigy listed those with special bloodlines separately, such as Elsa and the Viking Clan their bloodline, and Liliath and the Medusa with theirs. But this time, the list of Demigod Prodigy puts everyone on one list. The guy who was originally ranked first is now ranked outside the top two hundred." The Sea Emperor seemed quite excited.

"Are we on the list too?" Dokter asked, immediately intrigued upon hearing about the list.

The Sea Emperor immediately projected the list.

The golden list was densely packed with three thousand names.

The number one name was one that Gu Ding had heard of before – Futu.

Before he was promoted to demigod, this Futu had always held the number one spot on the New Talent Rising Cloud Ranking, with no one surpassing him. However, he was promoted to demigod in the same year and was immediately ranked number one.

First place: Stupa

Second place: Gu Ding

Third place: Elsa

Fourth place: Liliath

Fifth place: Dokter

Sixth place: Scarlet

Seventh place: Karrot

Of the top ten, the Gu Ding Team occupied four spots, including second through fifth place. The sixth and seventh ranked teams, Scarlet and Karrot, had also faced the Gu Ding Team in the War God Arena, proving themselves to be incredibly powerful; their high rankings are quite normal.

However, this ranking has also dissatisfied some people, and many have raised questions on SkyNet.

"Why is it that Gu Ding Team has four members in the top ten?"

"How exactly was this ranking done? It's understandable that Dokter beat the top-ranked player to secure a spot in the top ten, but the rest of the Gu Ding Team have almost no achievements, right?"

"Scarlet and Karrot have become much more famous in the Universe Sea Gu Ding Team recently, so how can they be ranked according to the results of the War God Arena a few months ago?"

"Why isn't Bigge? Isn't Bigge the strongest in the Gu Ding Team?" (To be continued...)