The Grand Ceremony of Myriad Ages Flowing! The First Place on the Golden Ranking List Revealed?!

As this line of text appeared, the faces of countless people with guilty consciences turned deathly pale in an instant.

This was no divine artifact.

This was clearly a mirror that revealed one's true form!

This was clearly an execution ground for the soul!

If they were dragged into this theater, wouldn't all the shameful deeds they had committed be performed like a play in front of the public?

This was a true social death combined with an execution!

It wasn't over yet.

The text on the Golden Ranking List continued to flicker.

[New special ability added—Judgment Resonance.]

[Specific effects: To be revealed after the first place on the Rare Treasures Ranking is announced.]

It stopped abruptly.

The Sky Screen seemed to be intentionally whetting people's appetites, leaving a cliffhanger at this most critical juncture.

Skywater City, City Lord Mansion.

Neuvillette looked at the massive question mark in the sky and shook his head with a touch of helplessness.

"This Golden Ranking List has certainly learned how to build suspense."

He took a light sip of tea, his tone flat, revealing neither joy nor anger.

Standing beside him, Furina was currently playing with the evolved Blade of Still Waters and Judgment, unable to put it down.

She swung the long sword gently.

Instantly, a faint, heavenly operatic aria echoed through the air.

"Wow!"

Furina's eyes sparkled, like a child who had just received a new toy.

"Neuvillette, look!"

"It's become even more beautiful! It's truly worthy of my status!"

She lifted her skirt and spun around in front of Neuvillette, the long sword in her hand tapping the ground lightly, her posture elegant and proud.

"From today on."

"Please call me—God-King of Clear Ripples and Judgment!"

Neuvillette watched her smug little expression, and the corners of his mouth curled into a soft, involuntary smile.

"Very well."

"My Lady God-King."

"I wonder what the God-King would like to eat tonight to celebrate?"

Furina tilted her head to think, just about to start ordering.

The Golden Ranking List above the firmament let out a deafening roar once again.

It was a gold color like never before, carrying a domineering and majestic aura that suppressed everything, covering the entire sky.

That was... the radiance of the first place.

Everyone's breathing stopped at this moment.

The grand finale was finally arriving.

Neuvillette set down his teacup, his gaze looking calmly toward the firmament.

The afterglow of the Golden Ranking List had not yet fully dissipated.

The world was deathly silent.

This silence was not born of fear, but rather from a numbness caused by overwhelming shock.

Outside Jialing Pass, in the camp of Shrek Academy.

Tang San slowly loosened his grip on the Asura Demon Sword.

His palms were covered in cold sweat.

Just a moment ago, he was still trying to find a flaw in that divine artifact called the Radiance of Still Waters, attempting to prove that the glory of the Asura God could not be profaned.

But now, he had completely abandoned that thought.

"San..."

Dai Mubai stepped forward, wanting to pat Tang San on the shoulder, only to find that Tang San's body was as stiff as a stone.

"I'm fine, Boss Dai."

Tang San took a deep breath, and the unwillingness and stubbornness that had originally been in his eyes miraculously dissipated at this moment.

In its place was an unprecedented sense of gravity and curiosity.

"I'm just thinking, if even the Radiance of Still Waters, which can cut through time and space at will, can only rank second."

"Then what on earth could possibly be ranked first?"

Oscar swallowed hard from the side and said with a wry smile:

"I'm wondering the same thing."

"That sword was already absurd enough; what could be more monstrous than that? Could the first-place item actually poke a hole in the sky?"

Ma Hongjun scratched his head, his small eyes filled with confusion.

"Third Brother, do you think this first place could be that file Neuvillette is holding?"

"In the footage just now, wasn't he holding a file and reading it the whole time?"

Everyone was stunned upon hearing this.

But then, they felt it was somewhat ridiculous.

Neuvillette was strong, that was beyond doubt, but using a file as a divine artifact seemed a bit too much like a joke.

Tang San shook his head.

"It won't be that simple."

"Furina's sword represents the power of 'judgment' and 'execution'."

"If Neuvillette is the one who sets the rules, then the divine artifact in his hand must carry a power of a higher order than 'execution'."

Speaking of this, Tang San subconsciously looked in the direction of Skywater City.

There, a pillar of light reached the heavens, and divine might surged.

Even separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, he could feel the aura that made his very soul tremble.

That was the true might of a God King.

Under this pressure, everyone seemed to subconsciously overlook one thing.

That was Xiao Wu, who was still sealed within that massive black ice in Skywater City, her life or death unknown.

In the face of such absolute power, personal love and hatred seemed to become insignificant.

Meanwhile, at Martial Soul Hall.

On the plaza in front of the Worship Hall.

Qian Renxue looked at the giant question mark on the Sky Screen, the light in her golden eyes flickering.

The Angel Sacred Sword in her hand was dim and lusterless at this moment.

As the successor to the Angel God, she had always firmly believed that no weapon in this world could contend with the Angel Sacred Sword, not even the Clear Sky Hammer.

But today, reality had slapped her hard in the face.

Not only did she fail to compete with the Asura Demon Sword, she didn't even make it into the top three.

Especially that Furina.

That girl who seemed a bit eccentric and loved to act actually possessed such a terrifying divine artifact.

"I lost."

Qian Renxue whispered, her tone carrying a rare trace of defeat.

"Lost completely."

"If even the second-place item has such power, then this first place..."

She turned her head to look at Shui Bing'er, who was standing to the side, idly playing with her fingernails.

"Hey."

Qian Renxue called out.

Shui Bing'er looked up, her sea-blue eyes filled with a touch of nonchalance.

"What?"

Qian Renxue bit her lip, seemingly finding it hard to speak, but in the end, curiosity won out.

"You have always stayed in Skywater City and are a student of that Neuvillette."

"Do you know what this number one divine artifact actually is?"

Upon hearing this, a look of "as expected" appeared on Shui Bing'er's face.

She didn't play coy, but instead spread her hands, her tone as relaxed as if she were discussing what to have for dinner.

"What else could it be?"

"Of course, it's the Dean's Grand Ceremony of Eternal Flow."

Qian Renxue was stunned.

"Grand Ceremony of Eternal Flow?"

The name sounded like a book or a legal code; it didn't sound like the name of a weapon at all.

Shui Bing'er noticed the confusion on Qian Renxue's face, the corners of her mouth curling upward as a glint of mischief flashed in her eyes.

"Young Mistress, you don't actually think that someone at the Dean's level still needs to wield swords or spears when they fight, do you?"

She glanced left and right, lowering her voice with a mysterious air.

"Let me let you in on a secret."

"Back when I was cleaning the Dean's study, I accidentally overheard a conversation between the Dean and his wife... oh, I mean Lady Furina."