[Power Ranking, Eighth Place: Extreme North] [Ruler Representative: Heavenly Snow Woman · Snow Empress] [Strongest Combat Representative: Heavenly Snow Woman · Snow Empress] [Evaluation: One of the three major Soul Beast habitats on Douluo Continent, located at the northernmost end of the continent. Its vast frozen tundra was blanketed by blizzards and icy winds year-round, hence the name "Extreme North."] [Tens of thousands of Soul Beasts lived here, almost all of them ice- or cold-attributed. Though their numbers were not great, the ancient Ice God had once visited this place. The Soul Beasts worshipped the Ice God and received his blessings, giving them generally superior quality. Combined with the uniquely harsh freezing environment, they could practically fight above their level and take on many opponents alone, making this place a feared "forbidden zone" in the Soul Master world!] [The strongest Soul Beast here was the "Heavenly Snow Woman · Snow Empress." She had not been born through the reproduction of ordinary Soul Beasts, but was a lifeform condensed from the purest ice-attributed essence of heaven and earth in the Extreme North. Her cultivation had reached 680,000 years, making her the undisputed Dominator of the Extreme North. In addition, there were three other top-tier ice-attributed Soul Beasts with cultivations far beyond 100,000 years. Some of them possessed a trace of the Ice God's bloodline because their ancestors had been favored by the ancient Ice God.] [Most importantly, this place possessed extremely abundant mineral resources. Because it had once been visited and blessed by the Ice God, two hidden peerless treasure basins known as the "Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave" had been born here. Within them lay two supreme treasures, the "Ice Extreme Divine Crystal" and the "Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow," capable of allowing any ice-attributed Soul Beast or Soul Master to leap into the ranks of peerless experts! However, only one Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave remained!] [Intermediate Reward: The cultivation periods of the two representatives will each increase by 30,000 years, along with one Tribulation Transcendence Pill. (If the representatives are duplicates, it will be replaced with one 40,000-year Cultivation Pill!)]
The release of the new Power Ranking list on the Sky Screen sent the entire continent into an uproar once more!
"Another Soul Beast faction made the list—three in a row! And this time it's actually the Extreme North?!"
"How does that deserve a spot? The Evil Demon Forest had a 780,000-year Soul Beast. What does this place have to compare with that?!"
When the Extreme North appeared on the list, everyone's first reaction was utter disbelief.
After all, among the continent's three major Soul Beast habitats, this was the one with the least presence.
They had almost entirely attributed its status as a "forbidden zone" to its harsh environment, which made it unsuitable for hunting Soul Beasts.
What gave it the right to rank so highly?!
Yet after reading the evaluation, every doubt instantly froze, melting into overwhelming shock!
No one had expected that the Extreme North, which they had always overlooked, concealed such terrifying foundations!
Spirit City, Pope Palace.
Bibi Dong's exquisite face was filled with uncontrollable shock.
"The Extreme North was actually a place blessed by a god... I truly never expected that. No wonder it possesses such astonishing foundations!"
"Heh... Hahahaha, good! Very good indeed!!"
Gradually, Bibi Dong began to laugh, her laughter brimming with coldness and ambition that was determined to prevail.
"Everything in the Extreme North, whether Soul Beasts or treasure basins, will belong to me! Especially you, Heavenly Snow Woman!"
"When the time is right, I will personally descend upon the Extreme North. First, I'll take your lives, then absorb your Soul Rings, and finally dig out your Soul Bones!"
"While you still have your lives, enjoy your final days in the Extreme North!"
Worship Hall.
"The Extreme North was once visited by the ancient god, the Ice God?!"
Golden Crocodile and the other six worshippers cried out in unison, their voices echoing through the hall.
"No wonder it has such terrifying foundations, and even gave rise to a heaven-defying Soul Beast with 680,000 years of cultivation!"
"We once believed ourselves to stand at the peak of this continent. Looking at it now, we were truly arrogant and ignorant!"
"It truly proved the saying: 'There are always greater people beyond people, and higher heavens beyond heaven.' The Sky Screen has brought us far too many shocks!"
Previously, when a 780,000-year Soul Beast had appeared on an unfamiliar continent, they could not reach it and had not taken it too seriously.
But now that such a heaven-defying, terrifying existence had appeared on their own continent, none of them could remain calm.
"Ice God... how does he compare to the Angel God I worship?"
Qian Daoliu was likewise shocked that the Extreme North had been visited by a god, but he was not overly surprised by the Heavenly Snow Woman.
After all, he had visited Sea God Island and learned from Bo Saixi of the existence of the nearly million-year Soul Beast, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
He had merely promised Bo Saixi to keep this secret, so he had not spread it around—not even telling the worshippers.
Since this world contained Soul Beasts close to a million years old, the existence of several Soul Beasts far beyond 100,000 years was hardly surprising.
Unless... their numbers were enough to overturn Spirit Hall's current balance of power!
Just as the worshippers were feeling heavy-hearted, the Fifth Worshipper, Guangling Douluo, laughed at an inappropriate moment.
"Wow, 680,000 years is really high. Then its Soul Ring and Soul Bone must be incredibly strong too, right?"
The moment they heard that, all the worshippers fixed their eyes on his smiling face.
"Ahahaha..."
Feeling everyone's gaze, Guang Ling awkwardly scratched his head and laughed.
"Why are you all looking at me? Was I not supposed to laugh at a time like this?"
The worshippers shook their heads.
"No, keep laughing. We just think you're right. This Soul Beast's Soul Ring and Soul Bone must be extremely strong!"
At that point, a grim expression appeared on Golden Crocodile's rugged face as he said coldly,
"How about we designate this Soul Beast as Xiao Xue's future Ninth Soul Ring?"
The worshippers exchanged glances, then all nodded in agreement.
"Though we don't know exactly how strong this Soul Beast is, if we join forces, we can definitely take it down!"
It was only natural for Soul Masters to hunt Soul Beasts.
Qian Daoliu neither opposed nor approved of it. In a grave tone, he said,
"We can keep watching. There are still seven faction slots yet to be revealed on the ranking. Perhaps there are even stronger Soul Beasts more suitable for Xiao Xue."
Upon hearing this, the urgency on Golden Crocodile and the others' faces eased somewhat, and they nodded in agreement.
"Fine. Then let us take a good look at just how many terrifying existences this world is hiding that we know nothing about!"
Suddenly, Guang Ling asked another ill-timed question.
"What about the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave treasure basin? Why haven't you mentioned a single word about it? Are you ignoring it just because you aren't ice-attributed Soul Masters???"
The worshippers really had overlooked that matter, and they exchanged embarrassed glances.
Golden Crocodile glanced toward the Pope Palace and snorted sinisterly.
"Don't worry, Fifth Brother. With Bibi Dong's ambition, she'll definitely send people to search for it. Once she finds it, I'll help you 'take' it from her. Just wait and enjoy the spoils!"
Guang Ling's eyes lit up. He threw his arms open and pounced over to hug Golden Crocodile's arm, bouncing excitedly like a child.
"Great! Second Brother, you're so clever! You're the best!"
Suotuo City, Shrek Academy.
As everyone watched Soul Beast factions make the list one after another, with Soul Beasts far beyond 100,000 years appearing again and again, they were all utterly dumbfounded.
"Hahahahahaha! Finally, finally, this Grandmaster has found a practical flaw!"
Yu Xiaogang alone burst into laughter. His laugh cut through everyone's astonished discussion as he pointed at the Sky Screen and cursed loudly.
"As everyone knows, once a Soul Beast reaches the 100,000-year level, it can live for only another thousand years at most! There's absolutely no such thing as some bullshit 600,000- or 700,000-year Soul Beast!"
"This Sky Screen is indeed nothing but a trashy wild ranking fabricated by people to mislead the world!!"
PS:
I'm not deliberately smearing the Grandmaster. I greatly admire the Grandmaster!
The image below is from the original story. Tang Hao spouted nonsense to Tang San, claiming that 101,000 years was the limit for a Soul Beast.
So it was perfectly normal for the "knowledgeable and learned" Grandmaster to spout nonsense too, right? The next chapter will slap him in the face!
Before you continue