Asura God said nothing, but the face hidden beneath his mask had long since turned as dark as water.
He stared fixedly at the Ranking List, towering waves churning within his heart.
"Why should this sword rank above my Asura God Sword?!"
At that moment, the Sky Screen changed, and the description of the Taichu Sword slowly appeared.
When they saw the five words, "Its might can Slay God King," the Five Great God Kings all had their pupils contract!
"What?!"
"This sword... can slay a God King?!"
"How is that possible! How could such a weapon, one that transcends the rules, be born in the Lower Realm?!"
Even they, who wielded the laws of the universe, could not remain calm at this moment.
The existence of this sword had already shaken the foundations of their rule!
God Realm, another sacred land shrouded in clouds and mist.
A woman dressed in a luxurious palace dress, with peerless beauty and a holy, noble bearing, was also watching this scene.
She was none other than the Angel God, Qian Yuhan.
When she saw the three words "Taichu Sword," a trace of reminiscence flashed through her eyes.
And when she saw the two words "Lu Ming" in the owner column, a breathtaking smile bloomed across her face.
"Lu Lang?"
Her voice was so gentle it seemed capable of dripping water.
"Taichu Sword, first on the Exotic Treasures Ranking... Lu Lang, you truly are remarkable."
She still remembered that her Angel Holy Sword had only ranked seventh.
He had always been able to create miracles that left even her astonished.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind like lightning.
"The Taichu Sword has appeared... does that mean..."
Qian Yuhan's heart suddenly skipped a beat!
"Could it be... Lu Lang is still alive?"
Once that thought surfaced, it could no longer be restrained!
She had endured loneliness for far, far too long in this cold God Realm.
If he was truly still alive...
An unprecedented brilliance suddenly burst forth from Qian Yuhan's eyes.
She looked toward the Lower Realm, in the direction of the Douluo Continent, and her gaze became incomparably resolute.
"It seems I should also make a trip to that continent."
Extreme North Land.
Upon the ice plains forged from Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice, the frigid wind cut like blades, sweeping ice shards across the sky.
This was a forbidden zone of life. Even the light itself seemed frozen, carrying an eternal pallor and deathly silence.
Two peerless figures floated above the ice plains. Their beauty was enough to eclipse heaven and earth, yet the ultimate chill radiating from them could make even Titled Douluo retreat.
They were the rulers of this kingdom of ice and snow, Snow Empress and Ice Empress.
At this moment, they both raised their heads and stared at the dazzling Golden Ranking in the sky, their beautiful eyes filled with unshakable shock.
"First place on the Exotic Treasures Ranking, the Taichu Sword?!"
There was a rare fluctuation in Snow Empress's cool voice.
As a Soul Beast who had lived for seven hundred thousand years, she considered herself one of the oldest beings on this continent. She had witnessed the rise and fall of countless eras, yet she had never even heard the name "Taichu Sword."
Ice Empress's emerald eyes widened round, her face full of horror.
"What? Its owner is Lu Ming? It's... it's Lu Ming again?"
Even her voice had gone out of tune.
"Who exactly is this Lu Ming?!"
Ice Empress felt that everything she knew was being overturned.
The owner of ninth place on the Exotic Treasures Ranking was Lu Ming.
And now, the Taichu Sword, which stood above all Divine Weapons and Super Divine Artifacts and was hailed as the number one exotic treasure of the Douluo Continent, also belonged to Lu Ming!
That name was like an invisible net, shrouding the entire Ranking List in mystery beyond measure.
Snow Empress frowned deeply, equally unable to comprehend it.
"This person... has never left a single trace in history, yet he has produced one world-shaking treasure after another. It is truly inconceivable."
Just as the two were reeling in shock.
An indescribably sharp aura pierced across from the distant southern horizon!
Boom—!
In an instant, the entire Extreme North Land trembled violently!
It was not a tangible attack, but a purely overwhelming presence!
It was sword momentum! Sword intent!
Reaching everywhere, shattering everything!
The eternally frozen ice layer, which had not melted for hundreds of millions of years, let out a groan beneath the pressure of that sword momentum.
Countless bottomless cracks spread madly like a spiderweb!
The wind and snow in the sky froze instantly.
At this moment, time and space themselves seemed completely solidified by that sword aura!
Snow Empress and Ice Empress's expressions changed drastically. They could clearly see a golden pillar of light piercing through heaven and earth, soaring into the sky from the end of the southern world.
That terrifying aura, capable of destroying and severing all things, still sent waves of stabbing pain through their souls despite being separated by an unknown number of empires!
"Taichu Sword?!"
Snow Empress cried out in alarm, her tone filled with horror.
"This aura... it is definitely the Taichu Sword! It truly lives up to its name!"
Ice Empress was trembling all over in fright. Looking at the distant pillar of light, she said in a shaking voice:
"This Taichu Sword, ranked first on the Exotic Treasures Ranking, is far too astonishing!"
"The source of this sword aura... is in the direction of Jialing Pass, at least hundreds of thousands of miles away from our Extreme North Land!"
"From such an immense distance, it still possesses such heaven-shaking sword aura... I fear every living being on the continent can see this world-destroying sight!"
A distance of hundreds of thousands of miles was a journey ordinary people could not finish in several lifetimes.
Yet the aftershock of that sword aura could cross it in an instant and shake the entire Extreme North Land!
What kind of terrifying power was this?
Unimaginable!
Snow Empress's chest rose and fell violently. As she forcibly calmed the pounding in her heart, a thought suddenly flashed through her mind without warning.
Her pupils suddenly contracted!
"Ice Empress..."
Snow Empress's voice carried a trace of uncertainty and tension.
"Do you remember... the name of that child Shui Bing'er's master?"
At those words, Ice Empress's entire body stiffened.
The horror on her face instantly turned to blankness, then shifted into an even deeper terror.
Her lips parted, her throat bobbed, and she swallowed hard. Every word seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth.
"Lu... Ming?!"
Those two words seemed to drain all strength from her body.
In an instant, the two were struck as if by lightning, both frozen where they stood.
They exchanged a glance and saw, deep within each other's eyes, an ocean of fear.
The master of a Mortal girl.
A mysterious figure possessing the two great treasures ranked first and ninth on the Exotic Treasures Ranking.
Both identities pointed to the same name.
Lu Ming!
How could this be possible?!
The next second, as if they had thought of something, they abruptly turned in perfect unison toward the core of the Extreme North Land, toward the highest Snow Mountain Peak that was shrouded in blizzards year-round.
There was a graceful figure there.
Snow Mountain Peak.
Here, the bone-piercing cold winds gathered into a destructive storm, and any substance would be torn to pieces in an instant.
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