"Third place, Hao Tian, one Level 4 Secret Artifact!"
"Fourth place, Jiya, a set of Level 3 secret artifacts..."
Li Qingyun listened as Supreme Being Hao Zhuo proclaimed the rankings and rewards of the grand trial, a trace of irony involuntarily appearing at the corner of his mouth.
That direct descendant of the Hao Clan, Hao Tian, had narrowly survived in his hands, and his Dao heart had subsequently become unstable, likely dropping out of the trial halfway through, yet he had actually still managed to secure third place.
Moreover, this person did not even come to the closing ceremony of the coming-of-age ceremony.
As for the rest of the top twenty such as Jiya and Xi Yang, they were all young disciples of the most prominent lineages in the Eternal Myriad Universes.
Even He Clan disciples lacked the strength to contend for the top twenty seats.
As for the Xia siblings who took first and second place, needless to say, they probably did not even capture a single stowaway and seized the top two spots through semi-public "cheating".
This Coming-of-Age Grand Trial blatantly pitted family background, bloodline, and status against one another.
Fairness did not exist.
All hybrid disciples, and even ordinary Shi-level disciples, were merely running alongside the privileged sons and daughters of these great gatehouse clans to pad the stats.
Supreme Being Hao Zhuo finished reading the top twenty and couldn't be bothered with the rest, handing it over to a middle-aged manager to continue the proclamation.
"Rank nine hundred and one, Shang Yun, bestowed the qualification to take the examination for the Thirteen Privy Domains..."
Li Qingyun's ranking was finally read out as well.
Being within the top thousand was considered upper-middle, slightly higher than he had anticipated.
He had finally obtained the application qualification for