Across the entire Douluo Continent, countless people noticed the same thing at that moment.
Those who had been cheering over making the rankings suddenly discovered strange names on the list. Those who had been feeling dejected also noticed names that did not sound human.
"Who's Tai Long? Who's Silver Moon? Why don't they sound like people's names?"
"And that Red Flame-how did they rank in the three thousands? What's their background?"
"Could they really be soul beasts?"
"Soul beasts? How could soul beasts appear in the rankings?"
"Why couldn't they? The Sky Screen said all living beings would compete on the same stage. Soul beasts are living beings too!"
"Were the soul beasts reset to zero too? Are they also cultivating from scratch?"
"My god... then we aren't competing against all of humanity. We're competing against every living being on the entire Douluo Continent!"
"The soul beasts don't seem slow at rebuilding their cultivation! Look at those near the top. They're almost in the top thousand!"
"Those hundred-thousand-year soul beasts still have their foundations after their cultivation was reset. They're bound to rebuild faster than ordinary humans!"
"How are we supposed to compete? Those soul beasts have lived for tens or hundreds of thousands of years. Their foundations run much deeper than ours!"
"But they were reset too. Everyone's starting from zero now. There's nothing to fear!"
"Exactly! We humans aren't any less talented than soul beasts!"
The entire continent was discussing it, arguing over it.
Some were furious, some worried, some unconvinced, and others indifferent.
But whatever they thought, the facts remained unchanged.
The rankings contained more than human names. Soul beasts were listed too.
The Sky Screen hung in the night sky as its golden light slowly drew inward.
The narrator's voice rang out one last time. "The