She rubbed her eyes again and took two careful looks, confirming that she had not misread it.
"Master, he, he-"
Yue Xi turned toward Li Tiemu, pointing at the Black Immortal Stele, too bewildered to speak coherently.
A gap of more than three thousand places had overturned everything she thought she knew.
Li Tiemu had already expected Li Hao's ranking to shock them. With a wave of his hand, he transported them away from the square and brought them to Li Hao's side.
Only upon seeing Li Hao did Yue Xi regain some composure, though disbelief still filled her eyes.
After finding her own ranking, Murong Qingwu scanned the names at the top of the Black Immortal Stele. She soon spotted Li Hao's number and likewise stared at him in disbelief.
"Neither of you has entered the Tenth Desolate Domain yet, right? Once you do, you'll have a chance of making the top fifteen hundred. Then, if you hold out a little longer inside, you could break into the top thousand and stand out among the talents of the Yan Chu Immortal Dynasty!"
Li Tiemu looked at them with a beaming smile, in excellent spirits. "Haotian ranks nineteenth. Don't spread the word, lest you bring him trouble. He's already broken through the Tenth Desolate Domain and secured his qualification to compete ahead of time."
"Broken through the Tenth Desolate Domain?"
At Li Tiemu's words, the two women's eyes widened. They exchanged glances, too stunned to speak.
Only after a long while did Yue Xi recover and murmur, "How is that possible-"
Murong Qingwu fixed her eyes on Li Hao. "Breaking through the Tenth Desolate Domain requires power beyond the tenth level of the true immortal realm, doesn't it?"
"Perhaps."
Li Hao had never fought anyone at the tenth level of