"You are Tang Chen, Tang Chen, ranked fourth on the Golden Ranking Combat Power!"
Sea Dragon Douluo's expression turned grave. Such a powerful figure had suddenly arrived on Sea God Island, and it was unclear whether he was friend or foe.
"May I see Bo Saixi now?"
"You must not directly speak the High Priest's name!"
"You truly are inferior to that Sea Dragon Douluo from back then, whether in cultivation or conduct."
Tang Chen sighed helplessly as his entire aura erupted. He had disregarded even the Clear Sky Sect and rushed to Sea God Island first—how could he possibly accept being unable to see Bo Saixi?
"You haven't come in so many years, yet the moment you arrive, you act like this."
A powerful aura suppressed Tang Chen's own. Wearing the High Priest's ceremonial robes of the Sea God, Bo Saixi flew over.
Watching from behind, Sea Woman Douluo found a different thought rising in her heart.
The High Priest knew people from the outside world too. Why couldn't I pursue my own freedom?
Sea Woman Douluo was not human to begin with. As a mermaid, she was only equivalent to a fourteen- or fifteen-year-old human girl, so her thoughts were naturally lively.
"If I really leave, where should I go?"
Sea Woman Douluo hesitated, while Bo Saixi and Tang Chen in the distance had already headed toward Sea God Mountain.
"Why not take a look at Great Wall Academy? What kind of place could gather so many existences stronger than the High Priest?"
Sea Woman Douluo's heart pounded harder and harder. She sneakily glanced toward where Bo Saixi had departed, then made up her mind and vanished into the sea.
Before leaving, she used Soul Power to communicate with a thousand-year sea monster, telling it to deliver a message to the Mermaid Clan in case Bo Saixi asked about her.
She sped through the sea for a long time. Only when she neared the shore did Sea Woman Douluo emerge from the water and experience a freedom she had never possessed before.
The Talent Golden Ranking, which had been silent for so long, began another round of announcements.
[Talent Golden Ranking, Twelfth Place: Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong!] [First Martial Soul: Death Spider Emperor. Second Martial Soul: Soul Devouring Spider Emperor. Level 99 Control System Limit Douluo. Innate Full Soul Power. Age: fifty-three!]
When the various powers across the continent heard the name ranked twelfth, they all reacted in disbelief. The Clear Sky Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan even burst into laughter.
The reason was simple: the twelfth-ranked person on the Talent Golden Ranking was the current Pope of Spirit Hall.
Bibi Dong's appearance on the ranking further strengthened the Clear Sky Sect's confidence in launching an attack.
Second Elder Tang Ming no longer cared to argue with Tang Chen over Tang Hao. The joy brought by Bibi Dong ranking twelfth far outweighed Tang Chen being ranked thirteenth.
After all, one reaction was, "How could she be ranked so low?" while the other was, "She deserves it. That madwoman belongs right there."
As for the Clear Sky Sect having no one ranked higher than Spirit Hall, what difference did that make?
Instead of thinking about how to rise again when they had fallen into decline, they hoped their enemies would become just as miserable. That was the true mindset of most people in the current Clear Sky Sect.
This was also what Su Han had concluded about the Clear Sky Sect after evaluating the father-and-son pair Tang Hao and Tang San.
The former number one sect in the world could now only be called laughable—utterly laughable.
Spirit Hall, Worship Hall.
Qian Daoliu stared at the Golden Ranking in astonishment. Familiar names had appeared one after another, leaving him even more confused about the people of the continent.
Golden Crocodile beside him voiced his confusion as well.
"If even she can only rank twelfth, then Tang Chen being thirteenth is understandable. I'm afraid old bones like us won't make the ranking at all."
Qing Luan Douluo and the others nodded in agreement. No matter how much they clashed with Bibi Dong, they acknowledged her talent.
After all, she had gone from level eighty-nine to level ninety-nine in twelve years. Even if they gave it everything they had, these old bones could not achieve even one-fifth of that.
Qian Daoliu's thoughts were exactly as Golden Crocodile had said.
If the Combat Power Golden Ranking evaluated the continent's present and even its past, then what was most worth watching on the Talent Golden Ranking was the future.
Thus, he had shown little reaction to Tang Chen appearing on the ranking. Like Tang Chen himself, he regarded it very lightly.
Those truly worth paying attention to were the generations two steps younger, such as Tang Hao and Bibi Dong, and those three generations younger, such as Tang San—the real young people.
Yet as for Bibi Dong's talent, no matter how much Qian Daoliu disliked her character, he had to admit that this woman's talent was terrifying.
Twin Martial Souls, both at the pinnacle strength of Beast Martial Souls. The Soul Devouring Spider Emperor possessed the horrifying trait of growing stronger by devouring.
Qian Daoliu knew that his son had not actually died at Tang Hao's hands, but Spirit Hall needed a Pope, and Qian Renxue needed a mother.
But a woman with such a formidable temperament, one who dared to kill her master and husband, possessed talent so high that within the past half year, apart from Qian Renxue, she was the strongest Qian Daoliu had ever seen.
If even she could only rank twelfth, then what about Qian Renxue?
Thinking of Qian Renxue far away in the Heaven Dou Empire, Qian Daoliu felt sorrow fill his heart.
Mother and daughter had become estranged, and from childhood, she had borne the glory of the Angel Martial Soul, unable to relax for even a moment.
"Xue'er, Grandpa has wronged you."
Spirit Hall, Papal Palace.
Just like Qian Daoliu's astonishment, Bibi Dong's mind was completely blank at this moment.
Most laughably, twelfth place was the rank she had inferred for Hu Liena through Yan and Xie Yue's rankings, yet it had now been applied to herself.
After learning that she could not make the ranking, Hu Liena had forced back her brimming tears.
Even Hu Liena panicked when her own teacher's ranking was this low.
Bibi Dong's expression turned extremely ugly. Just as she had said before, the Golden Ranking's ranks were not about the rewards, nor were they merely something to watch for entertainment.
In other words, if one faction had three people on the Power Ranking while another had only two, and their rankings were also lower, would the peace of the past be broken?
And the current situation was a tremendous opportunity to gather intelligence.
Once the Golden Ranking had finished its announcements, any faction without a single powerhouse on the ranking would be swallowed by factions that possessed Golden Ranking powerhouses and had grown even stronger after receiving its generous rewards. Spirit Hall still possessed formidable competitiveness on the Golden Ranking.
But the problem was that this former number one power on the continent had revealed its weakness. It had told the world that Spirit Hall was not invincible, that it was not unmatched beneath the heavens.
Great Wall Academy, this force that had suddenly emerged, had already surpassed—one could even say crushed—Spirit Hall on the most important Combat Power Golden Ranking.
And now, on the Talent Ranking, Spirit Hall's Pope was only ranked twelfth, not even entering the top ten.
The gods had bled.
The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Clear Sky Sect, Star Luo Empire, and Five Elemental Academies all watched hungrily, ready at any moment to pounce upon Spirit Hall and tear it apart.
How could Bibi Dong, a woman who sought to dominate the continent, not panic?
"Your Holiness, a man calling himself Master has requested an audience while holding an Elder's token."
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