Su Xin's rise to eighteenth on the Earth Ranking was not all that shocking. After all, countless examples of him killing opponents above his level had been laid out before everyone, and people had more or less grown numb to such things. Thus, they did not make too much of a fuss over it.
However, another person on the Earth Ranking had shot directly up to tenth place, causing far greater shock throughout the Jianghu than Su Xin had. That person was Ye Changge, the Hall Master of the Heavenly Demon Palace's Battle Demon Hall—the "Red Moon Demon God."
Ye Changge's displayed strength on the Ancient Battlefield had been formidable, but that strength had its limits. At the very least, he had been far less dazzling than Su Xin and did not possess Su Xin's terrifying combat power.
The Earth Ranking was ranked according to battle achievements. Based on Ye Changge's performance on the Ancient Battlefield, he absolutely did not qualify for tenth place on the Earth Ranking.
What had truly placed Ye Changge tenth on the Earth Ranking was what happened after they left the Ancient Battlefield, during the time Su Xin returned to the Underworld.
Ye Changge had seized the former Great Heavenly Demon Venerable's divine weapon, the Demon Dragon Heart-Seizing Blade. The people from the other Nine Prisons Demonic Sects had refrained from acting on the Ancient Battlefield, partly because they feared the might of a divine weapon, and partly because the Nine Prisons Demonic Sects could not afford to slaughter one another at present, lest others reap the benefits like a fisherman scooping up a fight between snipe and clam.
Yet afterward, they were unwilling to simply let the Demon Dragon Heart-Seizing Blade fall into the Heavenly Demon Palace's hands. Thus, the Seven Killings Demonic Palace,