Soon, their gazes settled on his own position again.
He had originally ranked eighteenth, but now he was five hundredth.
At the sight, a glint flashed through Chen Wen's eyes. Did this count as punishment for failing to answer a summons to battle?
Still, he had made the list. Otherwise, he might have had to find another way.
A thought stirred in Chen Wen's mind, and he relaxed.
After gathering his thoughts, he asked, "Could you tell me about the top ten?"
Wen Xianhuan sighed softly before saying, "To be honest, our information is very limited too."
"According to our investigations, Chen Chao comes from a small Chen Clan lineage in the Central Heaven Domain. Through his own efforts and talent, he rose step by step until his brilliance shone."
"He's what people would call a mud-legged peasant who rose from humble beginnings."
"But whether that's true, we can't really say."
"Changsun Wufeng comes from the Changsun Clan in the Outer City."
"But that clan produced an extraordinary genius named Zhangsun Wuji."
"Zhangsun Wuji is something of a legend himself. First, he caught the Ascension Alliance's attention in the Inner City, and then the Mandate Temple selected him."
"By now, he's probably become one of the Mandate Temple's mainstays."
"Thanks to him, the Changsun Clan soared into the heavens, growing from a minor Outer City clan into a renowned lineage in the Central Heaven Domain."
Zhangsun Wuji?
A glint flashed through Chen Wen's eyes.
He actually remembered that man.
Back when he was tackling the Ascension Tower's trials, he had encountered a strand of divine sense.
That divine sense had belonged to Zhangsun Wuji.
They had even made a verbal agreement to fight again if the opportunity arose.
What he had not expected was that Zhangsun Wuji came from the