Heaven Ranking Descends Upon the World, Unworthy of Its Name

Xuanyuan Che returned from the Battlefield, and the Spiritual Energy on Xuanqing Peak had become so dense it formed a tangible mist, swirling and flowing with its own radiant light. The three old ancestors had kept their promise; the academy's ancestral脉 power was quietly gathering, nourishing this land that had become glorious because of him.

Yun Mengyao stood still in the courtyard, her Heavenly Heart Dao Body resonating with heaven and earth. She could clearly sense that the academy's spiritual roots, dormant for millennia, were rejoicing due to her junior disciple's presence—a recognition that surpassed the ordinary.

"Che'er, the academy flourishes because of you," she said softly, a smile in her eyes.

Xuanyuan Che chuckled, "Senior Sister, it's a mutually beneficial matter."

This was quite good. He enjoyed this worldly tempering and would also protect this place.

Just then, a sudden change occurred!

Myriad rays of light flashed, and then the entire sky abruptly darkened! An indescribably grand will descended, carrying an ancient solemnity and gravity!

A phantom list, seemingly woven from countless laws, slowly materialized above Eastern Xuan Academy. It wasn't as brilliant as the Earth Ranking, but rather more vast and profound.

"The Heaven Ranking! It's the Heaven Ranking manifesting!" Exclamations erupted within the academy, but everyone's voice involuntarily lowered, as if afraid of disturbing something.

This list, encompassing the peak of the younger generation across the Three Thousand Dao Domains, held extraordinary significance every time it appeared. And this time, the momentum of its descent was entirely different from any recorded instance. The heavy Dao might made it difficult for disciples with weaker cultivation to even breathe.

On the list, divine light began to flow, and the laws of the Heavenly Dao struggled to condense, as if inscribing a being that was extremely difficult to define.

Finally, Dao text began to appear:

"There is a Dragon in Eastern Xuan, with power to shatter mountains. Edict: Thunder Roar Ravine, Physical Body Achieving Divinity, Battlefield Slaying Saints, listed at ninety-seventh place on the Heaven Ranking!"

A flash of golden light, and a golden post flew towards the Cave Abode where Thunder Roar Ravine was located.

"There is a Phoenix in Eastern Xuan, its sword singing in the Nine Netherworlds. Edict: Mu Qingxue, Nirvana Sword Heart, Formless Slaying the Great Void, listed at eightieth place on the Heaven Ranking!"

Another golden post flew towards Mu Qingxue.

Two consecutive names entered the top hundred of the Heaven Ranking! The academy's disciples were overcome with excitement, cheers about to erupt—then, everyone froze.

Because as the Heaven Ranking attempted to inscribe a third name, a horrifying scene unfolded!

"There is a..." The Heavenly Dao text painstakingly condensed three characters, but the subsequent words simply refused to appear. The entire Chaos-colored phantom of the Heaven Ranking began to shake violently, emitting a groaning sound as if it couldn't bear the load! On the list, chains of laws flickered wildly, flashing on and off, as if they might snap at any moment!

That grand will of the Heavenly Dao actually revealed a rare hesitation and struggle, even... reverence?

Reverence?!

It seemed unable to define, unable to judge, unable to place that name alongside the other Prodigies on the list!

It was as if placing a great sun that illuminated eternity alongside the myriad stars would be a blasphemy!

Rumble!!!

The Heaven Ranking shook more violently, and subtle black cracks began to appear in the surrounding space! The backlash of the Heavenly Dao laws began to manifest!

Finally, under the horrified gazes of countless onlookers, the painstakingly condensed three characters "There is a" of the Dao text exploded and dissipated!

In its place, not a name, but an ultimate Chaos!

In that area, the rules of the Heaven Ranking completely failed, transforming into a constantly rotating, life-and-death vortex of Chaos, as if admitting its powerlessness. Within the vortex, the re-enactment of wind, water, fire, and the creation of heaven and earth flashed and vanished!

A grand Dao sound echoed, but with a sense of helplessness, like a sigh resonating in the very souls of all living beings:

"A taboo descends upon the mortal world, an existence beyond the Dao. The Chaos Body... cannot be recorded on any ordinary list, nor judged by the Heavenly Dao."

"It originates from Eastern Xuan, its achievements shake the world, hereby... a trace is left to record it, without assigning a rank."

As the voice faded, the vortex of Chaos slowly stabilized, eternally imprinted on the Heaven Ranking, like a silent yet incredibly glaring void, mocking all rankings in the world!

No name!

No ranking!

Only a Chaos that even the Heavenly Dao could not define, only managing to leave a trace to record it!

Silence!

The entire Eastern Xuan Academy, and even all the great powers of the Three Thousand Dao Domains who witnessed this scene through secret methods, fell into a deathly silence!

Everyone's minds froze, unable to comprehend what was happening before their eyes.

The Heaven Ranking... couldn't record it?!

The Heavenly Dao... admitted it couldn't judge?!

This was unprecedented in all of history! Unheard of! Shocking!

What did this mean? It meant that Xuanyuan Che's existence had completely surpassed the scope that the Heaven Ranking could measure! His potential, his origins, his future, had already entered a forbidden realm that even the rules of the Heavenly Dao could not predict or define!

Compared to him, the so-called top ten of the Heaven Ranking, the so-called peerless prodigies, all seemed... dim and lusterless, like fireflies against the bright moon!

"Heh." A light laugh broke the eternal silence.

Xuanyuan Che stood with his hands behind his back before Listen to Rain Pavilion, gazing up at the trace of Chaos on the Heaven Ranking that represented him.

"It does have some self-awareness."

His tone was calm, yet it struck everyone's stunned hearts like thunder.

Indeed, if the Heavenly Dao had awareness, how could it dare to arbitrarily judge immortal blood? How could it be worthy of defining Chaos?

The next moment, three Heavenly Dao golden posts descended. Two of them flew towards Thunder Roar Ravine and Mu Qingxue. The third, however, contained even more complex and vast information, flying directly towards Xuanyuan Che, but stopping three feet in front of him, as if it dared not overstep.

Xuanyuan Che casually put it away, not even glancing at it.

Only now did the people in the academy awaken as if from a dream, erupting into an even more frantic and astonishing uproar than before!

"The Heaven Ranking... his name isn't on the Heaven Ranking!"

"The Heavenly Dao itself admits it cannot judge him! What kind of existence... is this?"

"Senior Brother Xuanyuan... he... he has surpassed common sense!"

Lei Mingjian clutched the golden invitation, his mouth agape. After a long moment, he suddenly slapped his thigh. "Oh, my dear mother! Little Junior Brother is unbelievably awesome!!" He felt immense pride and his blood boiled.

Mu Qingxue held the golden invitation, her cool eyes gazing at the imprint of Chaos. The hand holding her sword tightened, not out of dejection, but with her fighting spirit ignited to an infinite degree. She sighed softly, "Now... the Three Thousand Dao Domains will truly go mad for you."

And just as she predicted, the entire Three Thousand Dao Domains, every force that sensed this scene, was thrown into an unprecedented, immense shock!

"The Heavenly Dao cannot judge... Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"This child... must absolutely not be made an enemy! But if one could obtain his bloodline..."

"The Heavenly Domain Battlefield is about to begin, all plans must change! At all costs, either befriend Xuanyuan Che, or... before he truly becomes invincible in this world, destroy him!"

Central Continent, Northern Plains, Western Desert... all the Prodigies on the Heaven Ranking, regardless of their rank, felt an inexplicable sense of suffocation at this moment. Their pride, their rankings, seemed so laughable before that imprint of Chaos.

The storm was no longer just sweeping through; it was like an apocalyptic tsunami, crashing down upon the entire Three Thousand Dao Domains!

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