Martial Soul Ranking's First Place

Boom!

Immediately afterward, the inherited mysteries of the God Slaying Sword Technique and the method for unleashing the divine skill Gods' Ashes Extinction—

transformed into two imprints containing the ultimate will of slaughter and destruction, deeply engraved within his soul.

Lu Xiao carefully comprehended these sword techniques and divine skill, both specially suited to the Extinguishing God-Slaying Sword.

At last, a satisfied curve appeared at the corner of Lu Xiao's lips.

"Not bad. This God Slaying Sword Technique is quite unique. Combined with my Second Martial Soul, its power is enough to slay gods across realms."

He assessed it silently.

With the invincible foundation the system had built for him over the years, along with the newly acquired God Slaying Sword Technique and divine skill—

he had absolute confidence that even against a true Third-rank God of the God Realm, he would have the strength to fight.

Perhaps, relying on the Extinguishing God-Slaying Sword's extreme slaughtering nature, even killing an enemy above his level was not impossible!

The rewards had been fully absorbed.

Lu Xiao's aura was like an unfathomably deep ancient pool, without the slightest hint of leakage.

He still wore that lazy expression.

Meanwhile, across the entire Douluo Continent—

whether it was Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, or the two great empires of Star Luo and Heaven Dou—

or Sea God Island, the City of Slaughter...

Every faction and every expert had fallen into an almost suffocating state of dead silence and madness.

Twin Martial Souls!

Lu Xiao of Big Dipper Academy also possessed Twin Martial Souls!

And one ranked third, while the other ranked second!

That mysterious and powerful Life Ancient Tree, and that murderous Extinguishing God-Slaying Sword, said to have been born solely to slaughter gods!

What kind of monster nest was this Big Dipper Academy?

It had already occupied eight positions on the Ranking List, from second place through ninth!

Countless gazes, filled with endless fear, reverence, curiosity, and a trace of despair—

were fixed tightly upon the final Golden Light Sphere in the sky, the brightest and largest of them all!

First Place!

What kind of existence could stand above the Extinguishing God-Slaying Sword and the Life Ancient Tree?

Could it... still be Big Dipper Academy?

This thought, like the most maddening nightmare, wrapped itself around the hearts of every Top Expert.

At Shrek Academy, the training field was deathly silent.

Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu...

Everyone seemed to have been immobilized, stiffly staring up at the sky, their faces long drained of color.

Only boundless shock and confusion remained.

Starting with the Northern Darkness Kun at ninth place, followed by the Sky Halberd at eighth—

then one unheard-of Martial Soul after another, each more powerful than despair itself, had appeared in succession.

And every single one belonged to that mysterious Big Dipper Academy.

Their understanding of the world had been utterly crushed, rebuilt, then crushed again.

Yu Xiaogang looked ashen, his eyes empty and unfocused as his body trembled slightly.

He had devoted his entire life to studying Martial Soul Theory and believed he knew the continent's top Martial Souls inside and out.

The Clear Sky Hammer, the Seven Killing Sword, the Six-winged Angel...

Those had been the peaks of his theory.

But now, the Martial Soul Ranking was like an invisible giant hand that had viciously slapped him across the face.

Among the first nine places, aside from the unknown First Place, Big Dipper Academy had claimed all eight positions from second through ninth!

Those Martial Souls—the Life Ancient Tree, the Extinguishing God-Slaying Sword, the Sky Halberd...

He had never even heard of them.

The descriptions of every one of them were inconceivable, powerful enough to overturn everything he knew!

"Absurd... utterly absurd..."

Yu Xiaogang muttered blankly.

"My theory... was it really nothing more than a frog at the bottom of a well? Why were there so many powerful Martial Souls hidden away in this world?"

Seeing how devastated the teachers and his companions were, and recalling those terrifying Martial Souls all bearing the name "Big Dipper Academy," Oscar could not help muttering softly, "They only accept monsters, not ordinary people. I think Big Dipper Academy is the real monster academy..."

His tone carried undisguised yearning and a trace of inferiority.

Though the mutter was quiet, it pierced Yu Xiaogang's ears like a needle.

His body shuddered violently, and a trace of bewilderment and bitterness flashed through his eyes.

That was right!

Shrek Academy prided itself on accepting only monsters and had believed it gathered the continent's greatest geniuses.

But compared to Big Dipper Academy, Shrek's little monsters were as tame as house cats.

Not just Shrek—perhaps every faction across the continent had been beaten black and blue before this Big Dipper Academy that had appeared out of nowhere.

An unprecedented sense of powerlessness and frustration swept through everyone present at Shrek Academy.

Just amid this extreme oppression and silence—

BOOM!!!

A Loud Noise like the opening of heaven and earth suddenly exploded from the highest reaches of the sky!

At the center of the Golden Sky Curtain spanning the heavens—

the final Golden Light Sphere, the largest and brightest of all, as though it had gathered every ray of light in the world, exploded with a thunderous crash!

Endless golden divine radiance poured forth like a burst dam, instantly flooding the entire sky and illuminating every corner of Douluo Continent as though a divine kingdom had descended.

An indescribable, vast pressure, as though it originated from the very source of the world, swept outward like a tide.

All living beings could not help but feel reverence rise in their hearts, wanting to kneel and worship!

At the center of the endless golden light, a line of ancient text containing supreme power, as though condensed from the rules themselves, slowly emerged.

It was branded deep within the soul of every living being.

[Martial Soul Ranking, First Place: Creation Divine Ring]

[Holder: Lu Xiao (Big Dipper Academy)]

[Rating: A unique special Martial Soul containing the power of the Origin of Creation. Its mysteries are extraordinary; it can give rise to all things, and it can return all things to nothingness. Because its power is too immense, it independently formed nine supreme seals to contain its strength. With each seal lifted, part of the Creation Authority can be unlocked, granting limitless might. Current development level: ???]

[Reward: Remove the first seal of the Creation Divine Ring]

"Creation Divine Ring!"

"A unique Martial Soul? The power of the Origin of Creation?"

"Nine seals? This... this Martial Soul is so powerful that it needs to seal itself?!"

"Lu Xiao, it's him again! Twin Martial Souls weren't enough—this is... Three Lives Martial Soul!"

"My heavens! Three Lives Martial Souls have never appeared in the history of Douluo Continent!"

The entire continent fell into an unprecedented and bizarre state where madness and Dead Silence were intertwined.

Everyone was utterly dumbfounded by the Origin and description of this First Place Martial Soul.

Creation!

What an exalted term that was!

And Lu Xiao of Big Dipper Academy was actually the unprecedented owner of Three Lives Martial Soul.

Moreover, all three of his Martial Souls occupied the top three places!

What kind of heaven-defying talent was this?

It had completely surpassed the limits of what any Soul Master could comprehend!

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Spirit Hall, the Clear Sky Sect, Sea God Island...

The experts of every top faction felt dizzy, their hands and feet turning icy cold.

They had originally believed the Six-winged Angel and Sea God Martial Soul were already the pinnacle, never imagining...