Exposure: Golden Ranking First, Taichu Sword! Master Lu Ming!

Golden Crocodile Douluo and the few remaining elders roared as they charged forward, using their flesh and blood to buy time for Qian Renxue.

"Stop Tang San!"

Tang San watched this scene and laughed instead of growing angry.

"Hahaha! How touching!"

"Qian Renxue, do you really think you can turn this around?"

"Nothing but death throes!"

The Shrek crowd was completely unbothered as well. In their eyes, this was merely the final wail of the Martial Soul Empire.

Victory was already in their grasp.

In that tense, sword-drawn moment, the golden light in the sky finally condensed to its peak!

Line after line of even more dazzling, even more majestic gilded characters slowly emerged, coming into view for all!

[Douluo Exotic Treasures Ranking, First Place!]

[Taichu Sword!]

[This sword was born from the first ray of light at the dawn of heaven and earth, coeval with the world, ageless as the Great Dao!]

[When drawn, it can change the colors of heaven and earth, blot out sun and moon! It can reverse time and space, shatter reincarnation!]

[Its might can slay a God King!]

[Divine Artifact Grade: Above Super Divine Artifact!]

[Master: Lu Ming!]

[Reward: One Vermillion Fruit (after consumption, unconditionally raises Soul Power by ten levels)!]

[Reward: One Million Year Soul Bone Set!]

[Reward: Divine Skill—Blue Silver Divine Light!]

As this information clearly displayed itself on the Sky Screen, The entire battlefield at Jialing Pass fell into a dead silence.

Every movement halted in that moment.

Bibi Dong, who had been locked in combat with Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others, jerked her head up. When she clearly read the words on the Golden Ranking, her entire body froze.

Her pupils contracted to their absolute limit!

"Wh... what?"

"Taichu Sword?!"

"First place... is actually... the Taichu Sword?!"

Bibi Dong's mind went blank, her ears ringing.

Her thoughts frantically echoed the words she had just spoken to Qian Renxue.

"That broken sword..."

Broken sword?

This divine sword, which had overpowered the Asura God Sword, overpowered the Angel Holy Sword, overpowered the Eternal Life Pendant, and claimed the top spot on the Douluo Continent's Exotic Treasures Ranking...

Was the "broken sword" she had spoken of?!

She simply could not connect that rust-caked piece of mortal iron with the supreme divine weapon described on the ranking as "capable of slaying a God King"!

Hu Liena, watching from atop the city wall, was also completely stunned.

Her mouth hung open, her beautiful face etched with shock.

"How... how is this possible?!"

"It's actually the Taichu Sword?!"

She, like her teacher Bibi Dong before, had utterly scorned that so-called "broken sword."

She had even laughed at Qian Renxue in her heart—an Angel God who, instead of mastering Divine Skills, spent every day kneeling before a broken sword. How utterly foolish!

But now...

The Golden Ranking's order was like a resounding slap, fiercely striking her face!

Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other elders were so shocked their souls nearly fled their bodies.

"Taichu Sword?!"

"This... this world actually possesses such a divine object?!"

"Above Super Divine Artifact... what grade is that?!"

"Master... it's Lu Ming again?! That same Lu Ming!"

The shock in their hearts defied all words!

In stark contrast to the Martial Soul Empire's horrified disbelief, the faces of the Shrek crowd were painted with an entirely different emotion.

The first to break the silence was Dai Mubai.

His evil eyes were fixed dead on the three words "Taichu Sword" on the Sky Screen, his voice hoarse.

"Taichu Sword?"

"This... what exactly is this Taichu Sword?"

"Why can it be ranked first?"

Zhu Zhuqing beside him said nothing, but her tightly furrowed brows said it all.

She too could not understand.

In her view, the Asura God Sword was already the pinnacle of the God Realm, a supreme divine weapon capable of judging gods themselves—what kind of exotic treasure could possibly surpass it?

"I don't accept this!"

A voice bursting with boundless pride and anger exploded, and it was Tang San!

His eyes were bloodshot, the Sea God Divine Power and Asura Divine Power around him surging violently, as if even the surrounding space was twisting from his fury.

He pointed the Sea God Trident in his hand at the Golden Ranking in the sky, questioning harshly, as if confronting the unseen rules themselves.

"What right does this sword have to be ranked ahead of my Asura God Sword!"

His voice was filled with jealousy and resentment.

The Asura God Sword was his greatest trump card, the pride of his inheritance as the Dual God Positions!

But now, the Golden Ranking was telling him, in the most direct and cruel way, that everything he prided himself on was utterly insignificant before another exotic treasure!

"Third Brother is right!"

Xiao Wu immediately chimed in, hopping to Tang San's side, tilting her little face up, also glaring at the Golden Ranking with fury.

"The Asura God Sword is a Super Divine Artifact, and among all Super Divine Artifacts, it's absolutely top-tier!"

"This so-called Taichu Sword, I've never even heard of it—what right does it have to be first?"

The girl's voice was crisp, but carried an unyielding firmness.

Yet, just as the Shrek group was united in indignation, standing up for Tang San, a discordant voice suddenly rang out.

"What?!"

Yu Xiaogang snapped back from his shock, not because of the Taichu Sword's ranking, but because of something else.

He stretched out a trembling finger, pointing at the Sky Screen, his face full of absurdity and anger.

"The first place... isn't my theory?!"

"I don't accept this!"

This roar instantly made the surrounding atmosphere somewhat strange.

The Shrek group all turned their heads, looking at Yu Xiaogang as if he were some kind of freak.

What time was it?

Everyone was discussing the ranking of Super Divine Artifacts that could decide the victory of the God King battle, and Master... Master was still hung up on his theory?

Yu Xiaogang, however, was completely unaware of the others' odd looks. He was immersed in his own world, getting angrier the more he thought.

"My Spirit Master theory is an exotic treasure unprecedented in the continent's history! It's a priceless gem capable of reshaping the entire Soul Master World!"

He beat his chest and stamped his feet, deeply aggrieved.

"The Golden Ranking is blind! The Golden Ranking is blind!"

"If this Taichu Sword is ranked first, then doesn't that mean... my theory, which could overturn the continent, didn't even make the top ten of the Exotic Treasures Ranking?!"

He couldn't accept this fact!

This was the greatest insult to his life's work!

Watching Yu Xiaogang, who seemed half-mad, Flender and Liu Erlong exchanged glances, both wearing bitter smiles, and quickly stepped forward to pull him back.

"Xiaogang, calm down..."

"Master, now is not the time for this..."

Tang San also frowned, somewhat dissatisfied with his teacher's loss of composure, but he said nothing, simply turning his gaze back to the Sky Screen.

He didn't believe it!

He wanted to see for himself what kind of description this so-called Taichu Sword had, to dare place itself above the Asura God Sword!

The others also pulled their thoughts back and continued looking up at the Sky Screen.

The next moment, when the detailed description of the Taichu Sword slowly appeared on the Golden Ranking, everyone's breath stopped in that instant.