Bibi Dong's God-Bestowed Soul Ring! Explosive Rise in Combat Power!

"That's right!"

Yu Xiaogang's expression was incomparably grave.

"Her First Spirit Ring will be replaced by a spirit ring far beyond the limit! Her strength will undergo a qualitative leap!"

"Combined with the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and the Divine Artifact... this woman will become more than ten times more terrifying than before!"

At those words, everyone's hearts sank.

Only Tang San, after his brief surprise, had an ever-brighter gleam in his eyes.

The stronger Bibi Dong became, the more it proved just how great his future self would be for defeating her, didn't it?

"Everyone, there's no need to worry."

Ma Hongjun patted his chest carelessly.

"So what if Bibi Dong is strong? She's only ranked fifth! Our Third Brother is the one who'll defeat her in the future!"

"That's right!" Oscar chimed in. "Even a defeated subordinate can get such great rewards. If Third Brother makes the Ranking, the reward will definitely let him become a god on the spot!"

"Third Brother is bound to be first!"

For a time, the flattery was endless.

Listening to his companions' praise, Tang San revealed a modest smile.

"You flatter me. That's only one possibility for the future. What we need to do now is cultivate diligently with our feet on the ground."

Though he said so, he had long since made up his mind.

In this era, besides me, no one deserves the first position.

The future Sea God, the future Asura God, first on the Talent Ranking—who else but me?

Heaven Dou Imperial City.

Xue Ye stared at the reward list on the Sky Screen, his face so dark it seemed ready to drip water.

"Bibi Dong... everyone knows of her ambitions."

"Now that she has received Heaven's gift and her strength has surged, she poses an enormous threat to Heaven Dou and to Xue Ke!"

He said to Xue Qinghe beside him:

"Qinghe, we must deepen our relationship with Sunset Kingdom at all costs!"

"That ruler Gu Nian is the true support our empire can rely on!"

Xue Qinghe bowed in acknowledgment, but deep in his eyes flashed a trace of complicated emotion that no one noticed.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Clear Sky Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan...

After seeing the Golden Ranking's rewards, every top-tier power felt immense pressure.

In an utterly unreasonable way, this Ranking was widening the gap between the Strong.

Those who made the Ranking soared to the heavens in a single step.

Those who did not could only look up in envy.

Sunset Forest, beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Xue Ke, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling stood gathered around Gu Nian, likewise gazing up at the Golden Ranking in the sky.

"Master, that God-Bestowed Soul Ring is amazing!"

Xue Ke's eyes sparkled like stars.

"Yeah, it can directly replace a spirit ring. That's unbelievable."

Dugu Yan sighed as well.

Gu Nian sat upon a throne woven from Blue Silver Emperor vines, propping his chin on one hand with a calm expression.

Looking at the words "God-Bestowed Soul Ring" on the Sky Screen, the corner of his mouth curled disdainfully.

"It is nothing more than forcibly improving oneself by borrowing external power—pulling up shoots to help them grow. With an unstable foundation, it will ultimately remain a minor path."

To him, so-called spirit rings were merely manifestations of his own power.

Whatever age he wanted, whatever skill he wanted, was only a matter of a single thought.

Something that required another person to "bestow" it upon him was truly beneath his notice.

"I wonder whether the rewards to come will contain anything interesting."

Gu Nian murmured to himself.

He had developed a slight interest in the Ranking itself.

At that moment, above Spirit City, the golden pillar of light that pierced through Heaven and Earth suddenly flared brilliantly!

Within the pillar, two radiant halos slowly descended, falling separately toward Bibi Dong's head.

One merged into her body, connecting with her Death Spider Emperor martial soul.

The other resonated with her Soul Eater Spider Emperor martial soul.

The instant those two God-Bestowed Soul Rings completely fused with Bibi Dong—

An incomparably terrifying aura surged skyward from within the Papal Palace!

Two enormous phantom soul rings emerged behind Bibi Dong, their radiance complementing one another.

Their colors were neither the yellow of a hundred years, the purple of a thousand years, nor the black of ten thousand years.

They were...

Deep, blood-sea crimson rings, dazzlingly sinister!

One hundred thousand years!

The two God-Bestowed Soul Rings replacing her First Spirit Rings were both one hundred thousand years old!

Above the Papal Palace in Spirit City.

Those two sinister crimson halos hung like twin blood-colored suns, radiating Terrifying Pressure that made hearts tremble.

Every Spirit Master in Spirit City—and even across half the continent—felt this aura abruptly surge to its peak.

Inside the hall, Bibi Dong slowly opened her eyes.

Purple and blood-red intertwined in her pupils, while an unprecedented sense of power filled every limb and bone.

"One hundred thousand years..."

She murmured softly, sensing the two utterly different yet equally Vast and Mighty streams of Soul Power within her.

The God-Bestowed Soul Rings had directly replaced the foundational First Spirit Rings of both her martial souls with the hundred-thousand-year level that Spirit Masters dreamed of!

This was a leap in her very foundation—a qualitative transformation!

She spread open her left hand, and a pitch-black arm bone engraved with countless resentful, venomous faces silently appeared, perfectly merging with her arm.

Rakshasa Demonic Spider Left Arm Bone!

Its sinister, vicious, curse-filled power surged through the arm bone into her Sea of Consciousness. Not only did it cause her no discomfort, it instead resonated perfectly with her Rakshasa God's Mind.

Then, a three-inch dark-green short thorn appeared out of nowhere in her right hand.

Divine Artifact—Rakshasa Nether Thorn!

The moment the short thorn appeared, the light throughout the Papal Palace dimmed by several degrees, as though even souls would be drawn into it.

Bibi Dong clenched this Divine Artifact, and the last trace of gloom lingering on her face from the image of her defeat was Completely replaced by fervent joy.

"Good... very good!"

The smile at the corners of her lips gradually widened, taking on a somewhat ferocious cast.

"Merely fifth place has already brought such Creation!"

"With these, my strength will be enough to rise another level in a short time!"

Yet this joy was swiftly drowned beneath even more intense Killing Intent.

Her gaze seemed to pierce through the dome of the Papal Palace and land upon the Sky Screen Golden Ranking still hanging high above.

"The top four..."

Bibi Dong's voice drifted out faintly.

"Your rewards can only be better than mine, right?"

"Whether it's that Blue Silver God King who hides his identity, or... that Sea God Tang San who will defeat me in the future!"

At the thought of Tang San's name, the killing intent in her eyes nearly solidified into substance.

"Since the Golden Ranking has revealed all of your futures, then I will erase each and every one of these so-called 'geniuses' from this world ahead of time!"

"Your talents, your fortuitous opportunities—ultimately... they will all become stepping stones on my path to godhood!"

Just as Bibi Dong's desire to kill boiled over, the image in the sky shifted once more.

A figure clad in luxurious papal robes appeared. It was Bibi Dong.

Behind her, nine soul rings—yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black, red—suddenly lit up!

But in the next second, the foremost yellow hundred-year soul ring Shattered within Golden Light, replaced by a brilliant crimson soul ring!

Red, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, red!

First Spirit Ring, one hundred thousand years!

This soul ring configuration that overturned all common sense was displayed through the sky screen, clearly branding itself into the minds of everyone across the continent.

In the image, Bibi Dong held the Rakshasa Nether Thorn and casually slashed once. Space tore open into a black fissure, emanating an aura that seemed capable of Devouring everything.

Two God-Bestowed Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and a genuine Divine Artifact!

At this moment, everyone understood that the Pope of Spirit Hall had received an epic-level power-up!

Sunset Forest, Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Xue Ke, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling had long since returned to Gu Nian's side. Beside them stood a handsome young man with a gentle, refined bearing.

It was none other than Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who had come on behalf of the Heaven Dou Royal Family to pay a visit.

"Wow... Master, look! Bibi Dong's First Spirit Ring really became a hundred-thousand-year one!"

Xue Ke pointed at the sky, her beautiful eyes filled with astonishment and envy.

"The fifth place gets a Divine Artifact? That's way too ridiculous!"

Dugu Yan clicked her tongue in wonder as well. She could sense that the Bibi Dong in the image was more than a level stronger than before.

"Master, you'll definitely rank even higher!"

Xue Ke turned her head, looking at Gu Nian with eager anticipation.

"Bibi Dong's reward is already this amazing. If you make the list, Master, what reward will the Sky Screen give you?

Could it just give you an entire God Realm?"