"I'm not entirely sure what rank we'll get."
Snow Empress shook her head, a trace of worry flashing through her beautiful eyes.
"Bing'er, once we're exposed, I'm afraid human powerhouses will covet us!"
The ever-proud Ice Empress was unconcerned, replying disdainfully through the passage.
"What are human powerhouses worth? You alone can contend with a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo. If we join forces, even demigods will have to retreat! Not to mention that besides us, the Extreme North also has A-Tai, Xiao Bai, and the others."
Thinking it over, Snow Empress realized she was right. The Extreme North was their domain.
Since ancient times, no human had ever set foot in the core region of the Extreme North.
Even Title Douluo were dealt with by A-Tai and the others as soon as they approached the core region.
"By the way, where are A-Tai and Xiao Bai? They were just here watching the Sky Screen with us, but they disappeared in no time."
Snow Empress suddenly recalled something. She turned to look around and asked in confusion.
Ice Empress shifted her delicate body, wrapped her arms around Snow Empress from behind, and leaned close to her ear with a mischievous smile.
"Ah, forget about those two for now. I'm certain the Extreme North will make the top five, and you'll be both representatives. When the time comes, you have to share the reward with me!"
Snow Empress did not pull her hands away. She even seemed to enjoy it somewhat, smiling with helpless indulgence.
"Don't worry, Bing'er. What's mine is yours. Perhaps this will be our chance to break through to seven hundred thousand years and four hundred thousand years respectively!"
Excitement and anticipation welled up in Ice Empress's beautiful eyes.
"We're both only twenty thousand years away from reaching the next hundred-thousand-year threshold. If we each receive a Heaven-Sent Reward, we'll definitely break through. Then what if we're exposed? No human powerhouse will be able to do anything to us!"
As they spoke, the two looked up at the Sky Screen simultaneously, determined to claim the reward.
Ice Empress in particular was certain that, with the Extreme North's foundation, they would definitely enter the top five!
Amid the intense discussion and anxious anticipation of both humans and soul beasts,
the golden Sky Screen floating overhead finally updated, and new words appeared.
[Power Ranking, Ninth Place: Evil Demon Forest] [Ruler Representative: Evil Eye Tyrant Lord · Xiedi] [Strongest Combat Power Representative: Evil Eye Tyrant Lord · Xiedi] [Evaluation: The largest soul beast habitat on the Sun Moon Continent. This forest is mostly composed of dark gray coniferous woods, stretching in a vast black expanse. Even during the day, sunlight is rarely seen. Since it is mainly inhabited by soul beasts with dark-aligned attributes, it is named the "Evil Demon Forest." Hundreds of thousands of soul beasts live here, with cultivation levels evenly distributed from juveniles to those over one hundred thousand years old. The largest soul beast race here is the "Evil Eye Clan." They are an exceedingly rare group of spiritual-type soul beasts, highly sensitive to spiritual fluctuations and immensely powerful. Their leader is the "Evil Eye Tyrant Lord · Xiedi," who possesses seven hundred and eighty thousand years of cultivation. He is the absolute ruler of this forest and has several sons, three of whom have already reached over one hundred thousand years of cultivation. The four of them are also the only soul beasts in Evil Demon Forest with cultivation exceeding one hundred thousand years.] [Intermediate Reward: The cultivation of both representatives will increase by twenty thousand years respectively, along with one Tribulation Transcendence Pill. If the representatives overlap, it will be replaced with one thirty-thousand-year Cultivation Pill!]
"???!"
At this moment, every faction on Douluo Continent was dumbfounded.
Whether human factions or soul beast factions, none were exempt.
After a brief moment of stunned silence, an even fiercer discussion erupted.
"Sun Moon Continent? What the hell is that? Are there other continents in this world?"
"My god, could there be other continents besides our Douluo Continent?"
"A seven-hundred-and-eighty-thousand-year soul beast! Does something like that really exist? Just how powerful must it be?!"
"A level ninety-five Title Douluo is needed to contend with a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. Wouldn't seven hundred thousand years require a level ninety-nine one?!"
"And now the Heaven-Sent Reward is giving it another twenty thousand years of cultivation. Won't it break through to eight hundred thousand years? That's insane!"
At this moment, the understanding of all living beings on Douluo Continent was thoroughly shattered.
So this world did not contain only one continent, and one hundred thousand years was not the limit of soul beasts!
Yet after their shock, the major factions were surprisingly unanimous in remaining calm, like passersby who had merely brushed shoulders.
In almost everyone's eyes, there had been no record of Sun Moon Continent since ancient times. That meant an insurmountable distance must lie between it and Douluo Continent.
Why should they worry about a continent whose traces could not even be found? They could not reach it, and the other side could not reach them either, right? Otherwise, why had they never come?
Chang'an City.
A glint flashed through Shangguan Wan'er's eyes as she asked with some excitement.
"City Lord, is this the Sun Moon Continent you once told Wan'er about?"
Ye Han nodded. He had not expected the forces of Sun Moon Continent to be included as well.
In the original story, Sun Moon Continent had not appeared during this era. It only emerged in the timeline ten thousand years later.
"Then..."
Shangguan Wan'er hesitated for a moment before asking curiously.
"The Sun Moon Empire you mentioned before—could it possibly make the ranking later as well?"
Hearing this, Ye Han was not entirely sure whether the Sun Moon Empire existed in this era.
The Sun Moon Empire should have been the name adopted only after Sun Moon Continent was unified.
"Perhaps. Let's wait and see."
Ye Han smiled faintly, finding himself inexplicably looking forward to it as well.
If Douluo Continent and Sun Moon Continent of this era went to war, which side would be stronger?
Sun Moon Continent.
Evil Demon Forest, core forbidden zone.
"I never expected this Emperor's Evil Demon Forest to make the ranking as well!"
Watching the Sky Screen overhead, Evil Eye Tyrant Lord Xiedi let out a low roar.
"I wonder whether these rewards are real or not. They are simply too generous!"
Several of his Evil Eye Tyrant sons stood beside him and spoke in turn.
"The divine aura and heavenly might emanating from this Sky Screen cannot be fake. Then these rewards should be real as well, right?"
"Why worry about that now? We'll know whether it gives them to us soon enough. In any case, we have nothing to lose."
As the powerful soul beasts discussed among themselves, a golden pillar of light descended from the sky and enveloped Xiedi with a thunderous crash.
"Father!"
Several Evil Eye Tyrants were startled, fearing that their father was in danger, but the pressure of the light pillar knocked them back.
"Do not worry. This appears to be... a Heaven-Sent Reward!"
Within the pillar of light, Xiedi felt a constant stream of energy pouring into his body, his cultivation rising steadily.
Seven hundred and eighty thousand and sixty-nine years! Seven hundred and eighty thousand and seventy-eight years! Seven hundred and eighty thousand and ninety-one years! Seven hundred and eighty thousand and six hundred and sixty-six years! Seven hundred and eighty thousand and eight hundred and eighty-eight years...
When it reached seven hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine point nine years, the heavens and earth instantly changed color.
"Rumble—!"
Thunder rolled through the skies, bolts of heavenly lightning churning overhead as though they would descend at any moment.
Seeing this, Xiedi swallowed the Heaven-Sent Reward's Tribulation Transcendence Pill in one gulp, and the heavenly tribulation phenomenon overhead instantly vanished.
Eight hundred thousand years!
At last, after swallowing the Tribulation Transcendence Pill, Xiedi broke through and became a genuine eight-hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
Xiedi did not hesitate over the thirty-thousand-year Cultivation Pill that had replaced the reward due to the duplicate representative. He swallowed it as well.
Eight hundred and thirty thousand years!
That was right. Before the astonished gazes of his sons, Xiedi's cultivation soared from seven hundred and eighty thousand years to eight hundred and thirty thousand years!
"Now, I lack nothing!!!"
"In this world, no one will ever be able to do anything to this Emperor again!"
After a brief period of silence, the major factions
once again focused their gazes on the Sky Screen.
They held their breath, waiting for the subsequent revelations of the Sky Screen's Power Ranking.
Would another force from that Sun Moon Continent appear next?
Two and a half minutes later, the Sky Screen ranking finally changed again, lines of text emerging.
[Power Ranking, Eighth Place: Extreme North...]
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