Azure Lotus Sword Immortal Exposed! Have You Not Seen the Yellow River's Waters Descend from Heaven!

"They're simply not on the same level."

Though they did not want to admit it, the facts were right before them.

If Tang San's Blue Silver Grass did not awaken into the Blue Silver Emperor, its quality was merely average.

Yet Li Bai's two martial souls, just from their names and descriptions alone, carried an air of sacred, inviolable superiority.

Yu Xiaogang looked as though he had seen a ghost.

He clutched his head with both hands, pacing in circles as he muttered nonstop.

"Unbelievable..."

"Are there actually other Twin Martial Souls on the continent?"

"That makes no sense!"

"According to my Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul theory, Twin Martial Souls are incomparably rare—the rarest of mutations."

"Other than Bibi Dong, there should only have been Little San."

"Where did this Li Bai come from?"

"My theory... is it about to be overturned again?"

At that moment, the confidence of everyone in Shrek suffered an unprecedented blow.

Heaven Dou City bustled with prosperity and noise.

As the imperial capital of the Heaven Dou Empire, despite the turmoil spreading across the continent, it still maintained an outward appearance of peace and prosperity.

Green Lotus Wine House stood in the most prime district of the city, and scholars and poets streamed through its doors every day.

On the second floor, at a private table by the window.

A swordsman in white lounged lazily against the railing, gently swirling an exquisite jade cup in his hand. The clear wine within gave off an enticingly rich fragrance.

Sitting across from him was an elderly man with a long sword on his back and white hair and beard. He was Sword Douluo Chen Xin, the guardian Douluo of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, renowned as Chen Xin of the Sword Path.

At that moment, this Titled Douluo, who normally would not change expression even if Mount Tai collapsed before him, had his aged eyes wide open as he stared fixedly at the newly updated ranking on the Heavenly Screen outside.

The hand holding his wine cup had even gone slightly stiff. He did not notice the wine spilling onto the back of his hand.

"The Spirit Ranking, seventh place..."

Chen Xin swallowed with difficulty.

"Twin Martial Souls, the Azure Spring Wine Pot and the Azure Lotus Sword."

"Holder, Li Bai??"

Chen Xin abruptly turned his head, his gaze falling almost tangibly upon the man across from him, who was leisurely drinking.

He looked at the Heavenly Screen, then at Li Bai, then back at the Heavenly Screen.

He repeated this three times, as if doubting whether his eyes had grown dim with age or whether he had fallen under some brilliant Illusion Technique.

Yet the golden words on the Heavenly Screen shone brilliantly. Every stroke contained the laws of the Great Dao. There was absolutely no possibility of forgery.

"Brother Li Bai... is the person on this ranking truly you?"

He had met Li Bai over drinks. He had only thought the man spoke remarkably well, possessed unique insights into the sword path, and could compose poetry and prose with effortless ease. He was a rare friend despite their age difference.

In his original understanding, Li Bai might have been a reclusive spirit master with considerable strength, but nothing more.

But now, the Heavenly Screen was telling him that this drunkard, who was intoxicated all day long, had actually ranked seventh on the Spirit Ranking!

After all, Chen Xin's pride, the Seven Kill Sword, was only ranked eighteenth on that list.

The gap between eighteenth and seventh was far from insignificant. It was a chasm as vast as the divide between heaven and earth.

What left him even more breathless was the list of rewards that followed.

Eightfold Spirit Power Solidification, a Three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone Set, a Godly Skill...

Any one of them would be enough to drive the entire Spirit Master World mad and trigger countless bloody storms.

Hearing this, Li Bai merely smiled faintly. There was not the slightest trace of pride on his exceptionally handsome face; he still looked as calm and detached as ever.

He tipped his head back slightly and drained the wine in his cup in one gulp.

"Brother Chen Xin, it is nothing but an empty reputation."

Li Bai casually picked up the azure wine pot on the table. Clear wine traced a graceful arc through the air before falling into his cup.

"When life is at its finest, one must savor joy to the fullest; do not let a golden cup sit empty beneath the moon."

"Come, drink."

He raised his cup toward Chen Xin.

That carefree air, that transcendent detachment—it was as though the ranking and divine artifact rewards, enough to shake the world, were less real to him than the wine in his cup.

Watching Li Bai's demeanor, Chen Xin felt towering waves surge through his heart.

This was the bearing of a true master.

Meanwhile.

On another street in Heaven Dou City.

Two figures hurried toward Green Lotus Wine House.

The woman walking ahead wore a slightly damaged Pope Robe, yet it could not conceal her incomparably graceful figure.

The torn hem of her dress swayed with her steps, revealing a pair of long, straight legs. Half-hidden and half-revealed, they radiated a breathtaking allure.

She was none other than the Pope of Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong.

Hu Liena, following behind her, had her head raised as she stared at the Heavenly Screen in shock.

"Teacher... Mister Li Bai actually ranked seventh on the Spirit Ranking?"

Hu Liena's lips parted slightly, her beautiful eyes filled with amazement.

"That's incredible. Even Second Worship Golden Crocodile Douluo only ranked twentieth, while you ranked fourteenth..."

"Yet Li Bai surpassed everyone and took seventh place?"

Even seeing it with her own eyes, Hu Liena still found it dreamlike.

The Pavilion Master of Wonderful Sound Pavilion, who did nothing but drink and compose poetry all day, had hidden such terrifying strength?

Bibi Dong stopped walking and looked up at the towering signboard of Green Lotus Wine House. At last, a trace of joy appeared on her formerly gloomy face.

It was the wild delight of a drowning person clutching at a lifeline.

"As expected of Li Bai, the Azure Lotus Sword Immortal!"

Bibi Dong took a deep breath, and the light in her eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"I already knew he was extraordinary. I never expected him to possess Twin Martial Souls of such high quality."

"If I can obtain his aid, then what are the Great Tang Empire and Shangguan Wan'er worth?"

She straightened her somewhat disheveled hair and robes. Though wounded, the pride and majesty of the Pope instantly returned.

"Come, Nana."

"Go with me to meet Sword Immortal Li."

The two soon arrived beneath Green Lotus Wine House.

Without encountering any obstruction, Bibi Dong led Hu Liena straight up to the second floor.

The moment she reached the floor, Bibi Dong saw the white-clad figure drinking alone by the window.

Even amid the noisy wine house, that otherworldly temperament stood out like a crane among chickens. It was impossible to overlook.

An elegant and noble smile immediately appeared on Bibi Dong's face—the expression she specially used when seeking out worthy talent.

She strode forward. While still several steps away from Li Bai, she called out from afar, rare respect in her voice:

"Sword Immortal Li!"

She did not deliberately lower her voice, and the call instantly drew the attention of many nearby diners.

However.

Li Bai, seated by the window, seemed not to have heard her at all.

He did not even turn his head.

He merely lifted his wine cup, held it beneath his nose to inhale its fragrance, then took a light sip.

Immediately afterward.

Li Bai set down his cup, gazed toward the sky outside the window, and softly recited:

"Have you not seen the Yellow River's waters descend from heaven..."

The instant that line of poetry was spoken.

A sudden change erupted.

The once-clear sky abruptly changed color.