Half a Month Later

Time flew swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.

Over these fifteen days, every civilization had been frantically expanding their armies, all aiming to secure a spot on today's Ranking System and claim powerful rewards!

Lieyang Civilization, New Solar Star.

At this moment, Pan Zhen stood outside Cloudsoar City, reviewing the newly expanded legions of the entire Solar Star. As the newly formed troops finished lining up, a senior officer clad in silver armor and wielding a three-pointed, double-edged halberd stepped forward from the ranks. After respectfully bowing to Pan Zhen, he spoke: "Great General, the Tiger Fiend Legion has assembled and awaits your inspection!"

Hearing this, Pan Zhen let out a light "Mm," nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Not bad, Xuan Tianji! You've done well!"

"It seems you haven't disgraced the reputation of the Tiger Fiend Heavenly Protector!"

"I have lived up to my duty!" Faced with Pan Zhen's praise, Xuan Tianji showed no arrogance but replied with great humility.

To Xuan Tianji, Pan Zhen was akin to his liege lord, and he had to show respect!

If it were anyone else, Xuan Tianji wouldn't have taken such an attitude!

Even when facing the current goddess of Solar Star, "Dileina," he still carried that demeanor of Pan Zhen being the top dog and himself being second!

The root of all this lay in Xuan Tianji's stubbornness and extreme narrow-mindedness!

He stubbornly believed that whatever Pan Zhen commanded was the ultimate way of heaven!

He stubbornly believed that the rules set by Solar Star were the way of heaven, and all forces in the universe must obey unconditionally!

It was precisely this stubbornness and narrowness that led him, in the original story, to do the despicable act of ambushing Sun Wukong while he was recovering from injuries!

If not for Sun Wukong having a trump card up his sleeve, he might have been killed by that petty man Xuan Tianji!

Hearing Xuan Tianji's reply, Pan Zhen paid it no mind and instead said, "Give me a rundown of Solar Star's current legion situation."

At Pan Zhen's voice, Xuan Tianji immediately turned around and said with a proud expression: "Reporting, Great General! Solar Star now has four legions!"

"They are the Tiger Fiend Legion under my command, the Mysterious Crocodile Legion under the Mysterious Crocodile Heavenly Protector, the Holy Dragon Legion under the Holy Dragon Heavenly Protector, and the Crimson Phoenix Legion under the Crimson Phoenix Heavenly Protector!"

"After using the resources shipped from the Styx Galaxy, each of the four legions has over a thousand members, and their strength is generally at the Second Generation Warrior level!"

"So I believe that in this Ranking System, Solar Star's legions will definitely carve out a place in the entire universe!"

"Even the Angel Clan might be outshone by our Solar Star!"

Seeing Xuan Tianji's proud expression, Pan Zhen shook his head.

Xuan Tianji's vision was narrow, but Pan Zhen's was not!

After all, Solar Star had suffered great trauma in the past and hadn't put much effort into expanding its legions!

Even if they had the intention, the former state of Solar Star didn't allow for too many legions to emerge!

So even with the resources sent from the Styx Galaxy, Solar Star's legion strength hadn't improved much!

Whether they could even make it onto the Ranking System was a question, let alone surpassing the Angel Clan!

After all, the Angel Clan's legions had a minimum recruitment requirement of Second Generation Super Soldier level!

Without the strength of a Second Generation Super Soldier, one couldn't even join the Angel legions!

Moreover, besides the ordinary Angel legions, the Angel Clan also had a powerful High-ranking Angel Legion!

Although this High-ranking Angel Legion had suffered significant losses in the battle against Morgana!

Still, based on the information Pan Zhen had obtained, the entire High-ranking Angel Legion still had at least several thousand members remaining!

And this was only the information about the Angel Clan that had been leaked with Keisha's approval!

As for how many were truly left in the High-ranking Angel Legion, perhaps only Keisha in the entire universe knew!

In Pan Zhen's view, they might not even be able to surpass Morgana's Demon Legion in this Ranking System!

After all, the Demon Legion, which could trade blows with Keisha's Angel Legion, was no pushover!

With the additional resource aid "sent" by Karl, it wouldn't be a problem for the Demon Legion to surpass Lieyang Civilization!

Thinking this, Pan Zhen lost the mood for the inspection. After a few perfunctory words, he left and headed toward the Elder Council's mansion.

This Ranking System was likely a lost cause for their Solar Star, so he needed to discuss with the Elder Council whether to recall the goddess "Dileina" from Earth.

While Pan Zhen was on his way to the Elder Council, the Angels on the other side were also making calculations.

Angel Nebula, Merlot Heavenly Court.

Hexi, sitting on the grass, watched Keisha approach her slowly in formal attire and gave an almost imperceptible smile.

She couldn't remember the last time she'd seen Keisha like this!

Ever since the Ranking System appeared, Keisha had become very strange!

Not only had she been visiting her more often, but her personality was also gradually shifting back toward the former "Sky Blade King" Keisha.

Just as Hexi looked up and smiled lightly, Keisha had already reached her side.

But before Hexi could speak, Keisha said first, "You're living quite a leisurely life!"

"When you feel like researching, you go study technology; when you don't, you sit here sipping tea! Tsk tsk~!"

Hearing Keisha's voice, Hexi shook her head helplessly and ignored her.

Hexi finally understood—the Keisha before her had completely let loose!

The moment she was in front of Hexi, her true nature immediately surfaced, making her a completely different species from the "King of Gods Keisha" who sat in the Angel Cathedral.

Beside her, Keisha, seeing that Hexi wasn't paying her any attention, didn't feel the least bit awkward. She simply picked up the teacup in front of Hexi, poured herself a cup, and began sipping it with relish.

Watching Keisha enjoy her tea with such contentment, Hexi helplessly rolled her eyes before speaking up: "I'm starting to wonder whether the you sitting next to me is Keisha or Liang Bing."

"Hmph~!" Keisha smirked smugly at that, set down her teacup, and slowly said: "She and I are sisters after all. Isn't it normal to share some traits?"

"Alright, let's set that aside for now."

"The Ranking System should be starting soon, right? Didn't it say last time that it would reopen in half a month?"

"I don't know." Hexi shook her head. "I've been waiting here for a while now, but I haven't seen any sign of the Ranking System making a move."