Half a Month Later

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

During those fifteen days, every major civilization had been expanding its armies, all in hopes of securing a place on today's Ranking System and gaining powerful rewards!

Lieyang Civilization, New Solar Star.

At that moment, Pan Zhen stood outside Cloudsky City, inspecting the newly expanded legions spread across the entire Solar Star.

Once the newly expanded legions had finished forming up, a Senior Officer clad in Silver Armor and holding a Three-pointed, double-edged halberd stepped out from the ranks. After respectfully saluting Pan Zhen, he spoke. "Great General, the Tiger Fiend Legion has assembled and awaits your inspection!"

Pan Zhen gave a soft grunt, nodding in satisfaction. "Not bad, Xuan Tianji. Well done!"

"It seems you have not tarnished the reputation of the Tiger Fiend Heavenly Protector!"

"I have not failed my duty!" Faced with Pan Zhen's praise, Xuan Tianji did not grow arrogant. Instead, he answered with great humility.

To Xuan Tianji, Pan Zhen was practically his lord, someone he had to respect!

Had it been anyone else, Xuan Tianji would not have had this attitude!

Even if the Solar Star's goddess, "Dileina," stood before him now, he would still act as though Pan Zhen was first and he himself was second!

The reason for all this was that Xuan Tianji was not only stubborn, but also extremely narrow-minded!

He stubbornly believed that anything Pan Zhen instructed him to do was the Heavenly Way!

He stubbornly believed that the rules established by the Solar Star were the Heavenly Way, and that every force in the universe had to obey them unconditionally!

It was precisely because of his stubbornness and narrow-mindedness that, in the original story, he had committed the despicable act of ambushing Sun Wukong while he was recovering from his injuries!

Had Sun Wukong not possessed a trump card, he might very well have been ambushed to death by that petty man, Xuan Tianji!

Hearing Xuan Tianji's answer, Pan Zhen did not respond. Instead, he continued, "Introduce the current situation of the Solar Star's legions."

The moment he heard Pan Zhen's voice, Xuan Tianji immediately turned around and spoke proudly. "Reporting to the Great General, the Solar Star currently 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 transported from the Styx Galaxy, all four major legions now number over a thousand soldiers, and their strength has basically reached the level of Second Generation Warriors!"

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

"Even the Angel Clan will probably be surpassed by our Solar Star!"

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

Xuan Tianji's horizons might have been narrow, but Pan Zhen's were not!

After all, the Solar Star had once suffered severe damage and had not been inclined to develop its legions on a large scale!

Even if it had wanted to, the Solar Star's former circumstances had not permitted the existence of too many legions!

Thus, even with the resources sent from the Styx Galaxy, the strength of the Solar Star's legions had not increased by much!

Whether they could even make it onto the Ranking System was a question! Surpassing the Angel Clan was even more out of the question!

One had to know that the minimum requirement for recruitment into the Angel Clan's legions was the strength of a Second Generation Super Soldier!

Without the strength of a Second Generation Super Soldier, it was simply impossible to join an Angel legion!

Furthermore, aside from their ordinary Angel legions, the Angel Clan also possessed a powerful High-ranking Angel legion!

Although that High-ranking Angel legion had suffered considerable losses in its battle against Morgana!

Judging solely from the information Pan Zhen had received, the entire High-ranking Angel legion still had at least several thousand members!

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

As for how many members the High-ranking Angel legion truly had, perhaps only Keisha herself knew in the entire universe!

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 had fought several battles against Keisha's Angel legions, was no ordinary force!

With the resources "sent" by Carl as well, it would be no problem at all for the Demon Legion to surpass Lieyang Civilization!

Thinking of this, Pan Zhen lost all interest in continuing the inspection. After casually saying a few words, he left and headed toward the Elder Council's residence.

The Solar Star would probably fail in this Ranking System, so he needed to discuss with the Elder Council whether they should recall the goddess "Dileina" from Earth.

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

Angel Nebula, Merlot Heavenly Court.

Sitting on the lawn, Hexi watched Keisha, dressed in formal attire, slowly approach her and smiled almost imperceptibly.

She did not know how long it had been since she had seen Keisha like this!

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

Not only had she begun visiting Hexi more often, but even her personality had gradually started returning to that of the former "Sky Blade King" Keisha.

Just as Hexi looked up and chuckled softly, Keisha arrived beside her.

Before Hexi could speak, however, Keisha took the lead. "You're living quite leisurely!"

"When you feel like researching, you go study some technology. When you don't, you sit here and drink a little tea! Tsk, tsk!"

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

Hexi had figured it out. Keisha had completely let herself go now!

Whenever she was in front of Hexi, she immediately revealed her true nature. She was practically a different species from the "King of Gods Keisha" who sat in the Angel Hall.

Yet when Keisha saw that Hexi was ignoring her, she did not feel the slightest bit awkward. She directly picked up the tea in front of Hexi, poured herself a cup, and drank it with great enjoyment.

Watching Keisha happily sip her tea, Hexi rolled her eyes helplessly before saying, "I'm beginning to wonder whether the one sitting beside me is really Keisha or Liang Bing."

"Hmph!" Keisha smiled smugly at those words, set down her teacup, and slowly said, "She and I are sisters to begin with. Isn't it normal for us to resemble each other in some ways?"

"Enough of that for now."

"The Ranking System should be starting soon, right? Didn't it say it would open again after half a month?"

"I don't know." Hexi shook her head. "I've been waiting here for quite a while, but I still haven't seen the Ranking System make any move whatsoever."