Tang San Ranked Thirteenth on the Golden Ranking?! Shrek in Uproar! This Is a Genius?!

Outside Jialing Pass, Shrek's main camp.

"What?!"

"Third Brother... is only ranked thirteenth?"

Inside the tent, the Shrek group stared at the content on the Heavenly Screen and cried out in unison, every face filled with stunned disbelief.

Tang San had just finished packing his belongings and was preparing to set off with Xiao Wu for Sea God Island, where he would inherit the supreme Sea God Position.

His face still bore a smile filled with anticipation and confidence for the future.

Yet the instant he saw the Heavenly Screen, the smile on his face froze completely.

"How is that possible?"

Tang San's pupils suddenly contracted as he stared fixedly at the words on the ranking.

"My Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer are both among the continent's finest martial souls. With Twin Martial Souls combined, I actually... actually only ranked thirteenth?!"

Even his voice trembled. This was an enormous blow to him.

Xiao Wu leaned against him, her lovely face drained of color as she shook her head again and again.

"That's impossible! Third Brother has the best talent. How could he only be ranked thirteenth?!"

Dai Mubai abruptly rose to his feet, his golden eyes full of shock.

"What kind of joke is this?! Third Brother is the most outstanding among our Shrek Seven Devils. His talent is peerless, he possesses Twin Martial Souls, and he is even the future Sea God! Yet even he can only rank thirteenth?"

Zhu Zhuqing, beside him, instinctively covered her mouth, her pretty face utterly pale.

"Then... then wouldn't the rest of us not even qualify to be on the ranking?!"

Ning Rongrong also wore a dazed expression.

"Just what kind of monsters are on this Spirit Ranking?!"

Every member of Shrek was deeply shaken, overcome by a profound sense of helplessness.

Ma Hongjun scratched his head, confusion written all over his plump face. He looked toward Yu Xiaogang, whose expression was equally grim.

"Master, what does the Heavenly Screen mean by saying Blue Silver Grass should follow the Life System? That Third Brother abandoned the fundamentals for the superficial?"

At those words, Yu Xiaogang was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, his face instantly flushing red.

"Utter nonsense!"

He shouted decisively.

"There must be a problem with this Heavenly Screen! My theories have been verified countless times. They cannot possibly be wrong!"

"Blue Silver Grass is a martial soul best suited for the Control System. Even the Blue Silver Emperor is no exception! This Life System nonsense is complete drivel!"

Tang San had already suffered a tremendous blow. Now, hearing his teacher's resolute voice, he seemed to find his anchor.

"Teacher is right!"

He clenched his fists, and his gaze became resolute once more.

"Teacher's theories cannot possibly be wrong! There must be something wrong with the Heavenly Screen, and the rankings must have been arranged at random!"

"When I saw Qian Renxue's Six-winged Angel ranked below me, I thought it made some sense. Now it seems it was all utter nonsense!"

Yu Xiaogang's expression improved slightly upon hearing Tang San's words, but the resentment in his heart did not lessen in the slightest.

With a grim expression, he said,

"If Third Brother can only rank thirteenth, then there are still twelve martial souls ahead of him. Where did so many people more exceptional than Twin Martial Souls come from on this continent?"

Even if Tang San ranked above his mutated Luo San Pao, there were still a full twelve spots ahead of him! How could that be possible?

Hearing this, the Shrek group nodded in agreement, feeling that the matter was highly unreasonable.

Even a peerless genius like Tang San could only be ranked thirteenth. Just how powerful must the martial souls ranked before him be?

Especially the one ranked first—just how unprecedented and extraordinary must it be?

As everyone discussed heatedly, their minds unsettled, Tang San took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the turmoil in his heart as he silently muttered,

"Claim reward!"

The Vast Sea stretched endlessly, its blue waves spanning ten thousand miles.

Sea God Island.

A figure of exquisite beauty stood quietly atop a cliff, wrapped in a luxurious blue gown. The sea breeze, carrying a salty dampness, lifted her watery-blue hair.

The wind stirred her skirt, outlining her breathtakingly perfect curves.

A pair of straight, shapely jade legs appeared and disappeared beneath the gauzy fabric. Merely her back was enough to make all things in the world pale in comparison.

Bo Saixi gazed out at the boundless sea before her. Her azure eyes were deep as an abyss, reflecting the sky and sea, yet seeming to conceal an even denser fog.

The Heavenly Screen's reward, the Godly Skill known as Sea God's Time Prophecy, rested deep within her mind like Pandora's Box, tempting her to open it.

She had too many doubts, too many things she could not understand.

About the Sea God, about this island, and about the mission she had carried for a hundred years.

Bo Saixi parted her red lips and let out a sigh.

"Sea God Lord, what... exactly have you been hiding?"

Her voice scattered in the sea breeze, carrying a trace of confusion and struggle.

To use this power to glimpse the truth would be no different from blasphemy for her.

She was the daughter of the sea, the Sea God's most devout believer and spokesperson. How could she question her own faith?

Yet the curiosity and unease rising from the depths of her soul wrapped around her heart like vines, gripping it tightly.

Just as her thoughts were in turmoil, the heavens overhead were once again shrouded in boundless golden light without warning.

The golden radiance spilled across the Sea Surface, dyeing the entire ocean a brilliant gold.

Bo Saixi slowly raised her head. Her gaze pierced through the clouds and landed upon the updated ranking.

With just one glance, a heavy look of astonishment suddenly appeared on her serene, exquisitely beautiful face.

"Tang San... is only ranked thirteenth?"

Her voice was no longer calm, carrying obvious wavering.

In her understanding, Tang San was the inheritor personally chosen by the Sea God Lord. He possessed Twin Martial Souls, extraordinary talent, and an unyielding temperament. He was the person most likely in the past century to pass Sea God's Nine Trials.

In fact, he had already reached the final step.

As long as he passed the Sea God Ninth Trial, he could inherit the divine position and become the new generation's Ocean Overlord.

Yet such a person, a future god, could not even enter the top ten on this Spirit Ranking?

This completely overturned everything she knew!

Behind her, seven figures silently appeared. They were the Guardian Douluo of the Sea God Seven Sacred Pillars.

They too looked up at the Heavenly Screen, every face wearing the same shock as Bo Saixi.

Seahorse Douluo was the first to speak in disbelief.

"High Priest... am I seeing this correctly? Tang San... thirteenth?"

Sea Dragon Douluo furrowed his brow and said in a deep voice,

"He passed the trials of Sea God's Nine Trials. He is the future Sea God inheritor, yet he is only ranked thirteenth?"

"Then just how terrifying must the twelve people ranked ahead of him be?"

The other Holy Pillar Douluo also began discussing it among themselves, their words filled with uncertainty and alarm.

This ranking had completely shattered their pride as the guardians of Sea God Island.

So the continent truly hid dragons and crouching tigers to such an extent.

Even the future Sea God could only rank in the middle.

Bo Saixi did not answer them. She merely gazed quietly at the Heavenly Screen, while the fog in her azure eyes grew ever denser.