Twin Extremes of Sea and Sky! Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi Ranked Fourth and Fifth! (Bonus Chapter, Please Vote with Recommendation and Monthly Tickets!)

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Qian Daoliu's lips moved slightly as he silently mouthed that name.

The scene of their peak battle decades ago involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

Back then, Tang Chen had wielded the Clear Sky Hammer, his heroic spirit reaching the clouds and his fighting intent soaring into the heavens. How high-spirited he had been, how open and honorable!

He had truly deserved the title of "Invincible on Land"!

But now...

"Fallen to this state... immersed in bloodshed, his mind clouded..."

Qian Daoliu sighed inwardly.

Though they stood on opposing sides, he still held a measure of respect for Tang Chen's strength and bearing.

Seeing an opponent once capable of contending with him reduced to a walking corpse in a filthy place like the City of Slaughter,

A desolate sense of shared mortality quietly spread through his heart.

Yet that sorrow lasted only an instant.

The next moment, the absolute calm and rationality belonging to the Spirit Hall Grand Enshriner, to the Angel God's Guardian, swiftly dispelled all sentimentality from the depths of Qian Daoliu's eyes.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze sharpening like a blade.

Tang Chen had fallen, his strength damaged, and ranked only sixth... What did that mean?

It meant that the strongest contender who had once competed with Qian Daoliu for the title of the continent's number one powerhouse no longer existed!

Among the top five, aside from the unfathomable Lin Jiang and Bo Saixi, Qian Daoliu's chances... had greatly increased!

The top three came with Divine Artifact rewards!

If he could obtain another Divine Artifact, it would be of tremendous help in perfecting the Angel God's inheritance and advancing Spirit Hall's great future undertaking...

Qian Daoliu lightly rubbed his fingers together beneath his sleeve.

Just then.

A new rank condensed amid endless radiance. Its majesty and weight seemed to carry the ocean's depths and the sky's vastness, reigning over all beneath heaven!

[Soul Master Strongest Ranking, Fifth Place: Bo Saixi!]

[Affiliation: Sea God Island]

[Sea God Island's High Priest, the Sea God's representative in the human world, wielding the authority of the sea on the Sea God's behalf.]

[God-tier Martial Soul: Sea God. Level 99 Assault-type Peerless Douluo, titled "Sea God." She commands the endless seas and controls towering waves. Upon the vast ocean, her power is boundless and her might is like a prison; thus, she is renowned as "Ocean Invincible," a human infinitely close to godhood!]

[She shall be Fifth Place on the Powerhouse Ranking!]

[Reward obtained: All Soul Ring durations increased by—seven thousand years!]

"Boom—!"

An invisible tide seemed to form out of thin air in the void, sweeping through everyone's senses!

Countless people heard illusory yet majestic waves crashing by their ears, and even smelled the faint salty tang of sea wind carrying a sacred aura.

"Bo Saixi... the Sea God Island High Priest!"

"Ocean Invincible! Famous alongside Tang Chen's 'Invincible on Land'!"

"Another Level 99 Peerless Douluo! A God-tier Martial Soul! The Sea God's representative!"

"A reward of seven thousand years! Heavens..."

Before the cries of shock had faded, the Heavenly Ranking's golden light changed again!

Blazing and pure, a sacred aura capable of cleansing all darkness surged into the sky, illuminating half the heavens like a holy hall descended with angels!

[Soul Master Strongest Ranking, Fourth Place: Qian Daoliu!]

[Affiliation: Spirit Hall]

[Spirit Hall Grand Enshriner, the Angel God's most devout guardian and representative in the mortal world.]

[Douluo Hall Master, formerly a Spirit Hall Judgement Elder, wielding Spirit Hall's highest military authority for over sixty years. God-tier Martial Soul: Six-winged Angel. Level 99 Assault-type Peerless Douluo, titled "Angel." His radiance shines in the heavens, his speed surpasses all beneath the cosmos, and his might purifies evil. Beneath the firmament, none can rival him; thus, he bears the illustrious title of "Sky Invincible"!]

[He shall be Fourth Place on the Powerhouse Ranking!]

[Reward obtained: All Soul Ring durations increased by—eight thousand years!]

"Bzzz—!"

A holy chant seemed to drift down from the Nine Heavens as phantom feathers made entirely of pure light slowly scattered through the air.

"Grand Enshriner!"

"Sky Invincible! Lord Qian Daoliu!"

"Fourth Place! A reward of eight thousand years!"

The entire canyon erupted completely!

Two Level 99 Peerless Douluo, two invincible powerhouses who respectively ruled the sea and sky, had entered the rankings together!

Their momentum, their majesty, and the terrifying strength they represented instantly pushed all previous discussion and shock to new heights!

Ocean Invincible Bo Saixi! Sky Invincible Qian Daoliu!

These were names that truly stood at the pinnacle of the continent's Soul Master world, passed down like legends!

To everyone, their appearance on the ranking was only natural. Many even believed they should have competed for the top spot!

Yet when the dazzling golden light gradually stabilized, when those two heart-pounding names and their ranks were clearly imprinted across the sky—

Fifth Place, Bo Saixi.

Fourth Place, Qian Daoliu.

Neither was in the top three.

After a brief, frenzied uproar, a strange and icy silence swept quietly through every corner of the canyon like a rapidly spreading cold wave.

Countless gazes shifted from their initial fervor and worship into stunned disbelief,

Then deep confusion, before finally turning into fine, unsettling whispers.

"F-Fourth and fifth?"

"Even Grand Enshriner Qian Daoliu, Sky Invincible... is only ranked fourth?"

"This, this means..."

"The top three... aren't them?! Then what kind of beings are the top three?!"

A thought that made everyone's scalps tingle and their backs turn cold uncontrollably surfaced in every mind.

At the edge of the arena.

Qian Daoliu stood there quietly, his snow-white hair lightly stirring in the chaotic currents left behind by the Heavenly Ranking's energy. His plain white robes remained spotless.

He raised his head, looking at the glittering golden words "Fourth Place" that represented him on the Heavenly Ranking, as well as the reward of "eight thousand years" beside them.

There was no expression on that handsome face, youthful in appearance yet containing the sediment of countless years.

No joy—although an increase of eight thousand years to his Soul Ring durations was an immense aid in consolidating his foundation and glimpsing the divine path, even at his level.

No anger—as the Angel God's guardian, his state of mind had long been cultivated to near-divine stillness, undisturbed as an ancient well.

There was only a profound indifference, like ten thousand years of black ice.

Yet beneath that indifference, if anyone could glimpse the faint ripple deep within his eyes, they would discover

That it was not calmness, but a coldness nearing absolute zero, along with stagnation.

"Fourth..."

He silently repeated that number in his heart.

This position was like an icy dividing line, clearly placing him, Bo Saixi,

And even Tang Chen, who had just entered the ranking with his condition impaired, outside a certain circle.

The circle of the top three.

The circle of Divine Artifacts.

He and Bo Saixi, the Twin Extremes of Sea and Sky, had roamed the world without equal for decades, yet both had stopped here, unable to touch the ultimate rewards.

What did that mean?

It meant that, in the judgement of the Heavenly Dao—or rather, this mysterious Heavenly Ranking—

At least three beings possessed strength, potential, or some other quality that surpassed both him and Bo Saixi!

Lin Jiang... was undoubtedly one of them.