Lin Jiang, First on the Powerhouse Ranking! The Continent Shaken!

(Qian Renxue Artwork)

"First... Lin Jiang! It really was him!"

"Hand of Creation... Creation God Legacy... My heavens! Could he... could he be a god reincarnated?!"

"Twenty thousand years! A full twenty thousand years of Soul Ring age! This... this could turn an ordinary Soul Master into a monster!"

"They took all top three spots! My heavens! King's Hall... King's Hall was going to defy the heavens!"

Inside the VIP room.

Xue Qinghe's body swayed almost imperceptibly. Her fingernails dug deep into her palms behind her back, yet she was completely unaware of it.

The golden pupils hidden beneath her gentle eyes contracted violently, reflecting the two dazzling words in the sky like blazing suns, as well as that figure in green robes.

Shock? Of course.

She had guessed that Lin Jiang was strong, but she had never expected him to be this strong—directly claiming the top spot, bearing the Creation God Legacy!

Fear? Of course.

Such an existence was an unprecedented variable in Spirit Hall's grand undertaking, an immeasurable threat.

Yet even more than that was a complicated tremor she herself had never anticipated, sweeping through her like a tidal wave.

That young man, who had always remained so composed before her... was actually a supreme existence standing at the very pinnacle of Soul Masters on this continent?

Just what kind of person... was he?

An unprecedented urge to learn more, mixed with an indescribable instinctive attraction to a strong person's radiance, grew wildly within her heart.

Ning Fengzhi stood there blankly, staring at the sky, staring at Lin Jiang, muttering unconsciously:

"All top three... Creation God Legacy... So that was it... so that was it..."

All the doubts, all the shock, seemed to have found their answers at this moment.

Why had King's Hall been able to rise so suddenly and overpower all others?

Why had the Heavenly Ranking placed it first on the Faction Ranking?

Why were all the powerful figures under its command so exceptional?

Simply because their Hall Master was Lin Jiang—a man bearing the Creation God Legacy and destined to ascend to the absolute peak!

Bone Douluo Gu Rong's face, usually as cold and hard as stone, could no longer hold itself together. The corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

"Hand of Creation... No wonder... no wonder he could so easily create such an unbreakable arena, move mountains and fill seas with a wave of his hand... Fengzhi, our... our previous judgment was still far too conservative.

"This boy... his future was limitless, and he could not be opposed!"

On the other side, inside Spirit Hall's VIP room.

Hu Liena's beautiful face had gone pale, her delicate body trembling slightly. Nothing remained in those bewitching fox eyes now but boundless reverence and deep helplessness.

Before her teacher Bibi Dong, she still had the desire to catch up.

But before Lin Jiang, who bore the Creation God Legacy, stood first on the Soul Master Ranking, and could make several Peerless Douluo willingly follow him...

What she felt was an absolute gap in both the hierarchy of life and the level of fate.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei were even more ashen-faced, instinctively drawing close together as though that might grant them a sliver of security.

"Creation God... it was actually the Creation God Legacy..."

Yue Guan's shrill voice carried a tearful quaver.

"How were we supposed to compete with that? Old Ghost, should we... should we start considering a way out?"

The black mist around Gui Mei churned violently. He remained silent, but that silence itself was the greatest fear.

In a secluded corner.

Ye Qingxian held her daughter Ye Lingling tightly in her arms. This usually gentle and composed Sect Master of the Nine Heart Begonia Sect was breathing rapidly.

Her beautiful eyes shone with repeated flashes of light, even trembling with excitement at its peak.

"Lingling, did you see that? Did you see it?"

Her voice was low and urgent.

"The Creation God Legacy! First on the Soul Master Ranking! This is the true path to the heavens, the power capable of breaking every shackle!"

Her gaze toward Lin Jiang became incomparably fervent and resolute.

Rely on a strong person? No, this was perhaps... following a miracle!

Ye Lingling blinked her large eyes in confusion. She did not quite understand what "Creation God" meant.

But she could feel her mother's excitement, and she could also sense that the Big Brother in the distance seemed to possess a light warmer and more dazzling than the sun in the sky.

At the edge of the arena.

Qian Daoliu stood there quietly.

From the Heavenly Ranking announcing Xiang Yu in third place, to Old Master in second, and then Lin Jiang in first...

His expression had changed from initial indifference, to slight gravity, to the profound calm he wore now.

Yet beneath that calm, it was as though ten-thousand-year glaciers were shifting and colliding in silence.

He slowly closed his eyes. A moment later, he opened them again.

All ripples of emotion had vanished from those deep eyes, leaving behind only absolute reason and coldness.

"Creation God... Legacy..."

He murmured softly, too quietly for anyone to hear.

But beneath his sleeves, those hands that had once held Spirit Hall's highest authority and guarded the Angel God Light for decades slowly clenched, then slowly loosened.

The top three spots were beyond reach.

The Divine Artifact rewards had been missed.

But Spirit Hall's path still had to continue.

The Angel God's glory could not be profaned.

Clear Sky Sect, Snow Mountain Hall.

Dead silence.

More silent and colder than a gorge.

Bang!

Fifth Elder smashed the ironwood chair beside him to pieces with a single punch. His face was livid, his beard and hair bristling as his voice twisted with extreme fury.

"A scam! A blatant scam! The top three were all people from King's Hall!

"Even that so-called first-place Lin Jiang had some bullshit Creation God Legacy?! Make it up! Keep making it up!"

"This Heavenly Ranking was nothing more than a show directed and performed by King's Hall itself, a tool they used to fool the world, elevate themselves, and suppress Clear Sky Sect and other factions!"

Third Elder's beard and hair stood on end, fury blazing in his eyes.

"They put Uncle in sixth place and even slandered him as fallen! Then they pushed their own people into the top three! Utterly shameless!"

"Clear Sky Sect and King's Hall cannot coexist under the same sky!"

Second Elder's gloomy voice echoed through the frigid hall like a venomous snake.

A towering fury at having been plotted against and publicly humiliated.

Mixed with the embarrassment of Tang Chen's fall and their unwillingness to accept their own low rankings, it blazed fiercely in the hearts of every Clear Sky Sect higher-up.

King's Hall, the side room of Lin Jiang's courtyard.

"Ah—!"

Ning Rongrong let out a short, muffled cry and abruptly covered her little mouth with both hands.

Her beautiful eyes widened round, filled with disbelief and an almost dizzying worship.

"Master... Master was... actually first?! First on the Soul Master Ranking?! The Creation God Legacy?!"

Her voice trembled, and her heart raced as though it might leap out of her throat.

That handsome Master who leisurely went out for late-night snacks and had even frozen in surprise when she secretly kissed him...

Had transformed into a supreme existence standing at the very peak of all Soul Masters on the continent, recognized by the Heavenly Dao as number one?

The contrast left her head spinning, her cheeks burning uncontrollably.

But then, an even fiercer and more resolute thought ignited in her heart like wildfire!