Tang Hao on the Ranking, Angrily Pushed to the Brink

[Martial Soul: Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, Innate Soul Power: Level 9, Level 28 Support-type Soul Grand Master, Age: 12!]

Inside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong jumped for joy. As someone proud and easily annoyed, she was incredibly enthusiastic about anything that could bring her honor.

Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo were all smiles. This was different from being on the ranking themselves; seeing their junior achieve success made them happier than getting stronger themselves.

Ning Fengzhi also became instantly excited. The rewards from the Golden Ranking were incredibly generous, and it had even broken the curse of the Ye family's Martial Soul. Didn't that mean the flaws of their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's Martial Soul might also be resolved today!

"Dad, I made it onto the Talent Golden Ranking, how are you going to reward me?"

"How about the position of the next Sect Master?"

"I don't want it."

Ning Rongrong snorted. She couldn't be bothered to be the Sect Master.

"Then what do you want?"

"I want to enroll in Great Wall Academy!"

Ning Rongrong's eyes were filled with excitement. Her experiences at Shrek Academy made her desperately want to attend an incredibly, incredibly, incredibly powerful academy.

When she met Yu Xiaogang and those idiots from Shrek Academy again in the future, she, Ning Rongrong, would be a top contender on the Talent Golden Ranking, and moreover, she would be the world's number one support master trained at Great Wall Academy!

"Uh..."

Ning Fengzhi was speechless. He was still hesitating whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should firmly support the Heaven Dou Empire.

He had supported them diligently before because he was the Imperial Preceptor. As long as he waited for Xue Qinghe to ascend the throne, he could make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect even stronger.

But now, Ning Fengzhi keenly sensed that Xue Qinghe seemed to have become exceptionally strange.

Supporting the Clear Sky Sect aligned with his interests, but this was not something the Emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire should be doing at all.

"Uncle Jian, why don't you take Rongrong to see Brother Li? Rongrong's talent is good, and with our sect's sincerity, let's give it a try."

"I will naturally do my best for Rongrong's matters. Let's go, Rongrong. After the broadcast is over, Sword Grandpa will take you to the Extreme North to play."

Martial Soul Hall, Papal Palace.

Hu Liena felt nervous. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her name wasn't on the Golden Ranking.

The Martial Soul Hall was currently being mocked by various powers. If she had appeared on the talent ranking early, wouldn't that mean that not only was the Martial Soul Hall's high-level combat strength inferior to Great Wall Academy's, but their successors were also far inferior?

"Na'er, there's no need to be nervous. Only those in the top ten of the Power Ranking can appear on this Talent Ranking. I imagine Great Wall Academy will only occupy five or six spots. At most, we'll be evenly matched, but in terms of foundation, our Martial Soul Hall is still the number one power in the world."

While conversing with Hu Liena, Bibi Dong visibly relaxed and softened considerably.

"Teacher, I believe our Martial Soul Hall is still the number one in the world. Those people outside are just short-sighted."

As the master and disciple were speaking, a Cardinal requested an audience with Bibi Dong.

"Your Holiness the Pope, the Martial Soul branch hall in the northern province of the Heaven Dou Empire has had its communication cut off. I found this matter strange and went to investigate. During the investigation, I discovered a battlefield!"

"A battlefield?"

Bibi Dong uttered in confusion. The continent was currently in a tacit balance. The Upper Three Sects were waiting to see if the Martial Soul Hall or Great Wall Academy would fight first. How could there be a battlefield now?

"To be precise, it's hundreds of thousands of corpses buried under collapsed rocks. After identification, I learned that those troops were from the Heaven Dou Empire's army, and the commander was Marshal Ge Long!"

The Heaven Dou Empire's number one combat force, Marshal Ge Long, had died silently in the northern province.

Bibi Dong froze in place. She had a guess in her heart.

Her own good daughter not only opposed her on the Clear Sky Sect matter but also foolishly took the initiative to attack Great Wall Academy!

Attacking was one thing, but the problem was that she had directly caused the loss of the only usable Marshal under her command, and brought back no information.

Bibi Dong estimated that Qian Renxue herself didn't even know that her two hundred thousand troops had perished in the Extreme North.

At this moment, the Golden Ranking had also begun its evaluation of Ning Rongrong. Hu Liena immediately watched with rapt attention. As the only remaining hope of the Martial Soul Hall, her ranking did not represent her own honor.

[Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul is top-tier among support-type Martial Souls, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Although it has minor flaws, her considerable Innate Soul Power is still enough to place her among the ranks of geniuses. Although her temper is a bit irritable, she is not foolish. Her ranking is as it should be.]

[Reward: The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's bloodline will be perfected, completing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's flaws and evolving it into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. All subsequent Soul Ring years will be increased by 30%!]

Inside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi's entire body trembled uncontrollably. It was a tremor of ecstatic joy.

He had thought the Golden Ranking's reward would only directly fix Ning Rongrong's flaws, but he never expected the Golden Ranking to be so generous.

Now, all direct Soul Masters of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could ignore the limit of level seventy-nine.

Ning Fengzhi believed that it was only a matter of time before the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect became the leader of the Upper Three Sects, and even the number one power on the continent.

For a time, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Martial Soul Hall, and the two great empires began to re-evaluate the threat level of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Meanwhile, in the Clear Sky Sect, under Tang Xiao's strenuous efforts, at the cost of the Fourth Elder's life, they killed two Titled Douluo elders from the Martial Soul Hall, forced back the remaining elders, and announced the Clear Sky Sect's re-emergence.

Extreme North, Great Wall Academy.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling followed Zhu Zhuqing, calling her "Senior Sister" with every other breath, all curious about the strength of the incredibly beautiful woman before them.

"Senior Sister, what level of Soul Master are you?"

"Mm, perhaps I'll tell you when my name appears on the Talent Ranking."

"Okay, okay."

Zhu Zhuqing felt a bit shy being called "senior sister" by two girls older than her, but she still managed to maintain her composure.

[Fifteenth on the Golden Talent Ranking, Clear Sky Sect, Tang Hao!]

[Martial Soul: Clear Sky Hammer, Innate Full Soul Power, Level 95 Attack-type Titled Douluo, Age 56!]

This name, this Martial Soul, this sect name.

For a moment, any Soul Master on the continent with even a little knowledge was utterly shocked.

The youngest Titled Douluo in Soul Master history only ranked fifteenth on the Golden Talent Ranking!

With their understanding, they couldn't fathom anyone on the continent, aside from the nineteen-year-old Su Han who had appeared out of nowhere and was ranked first on the Golden Ranking, having better talent than Tang Hao?!

At this moment, in the northern province of the Heaven Dou Empire, Tang Hao, who was recounting his youthful deeds to Tang San, froze in place.

"Dad, is that you?"

"Pfft--!"

Tang Hao was so enraged that he spat out a mouthful of blood. After a proud life, he never in a million years expected to be ranked only fifteenth on the Golden Talent Ranking!