A furious roar rang through the entire star system, and even the surrounding star systems collapsed one after another because of that sound.
It was impossible to imagine just how powerful this being was. With nothing more than a single roar, dozens of nearby star systems had all crumbled, and the number of living beings who died was beyond counting.
Elsewhere, a great mountain floated silently through the starry sky. It was unimaginably vast, its edges impossible to see at a glance, and waves of Dao resonance manifested across it, wondrous beyond measure.
At that moment, atop the Divine Mountain, an old man with white eyebrows slowly opened his eyes.
The instant the old man opened his eyes, time in the surrounding area abruptly froze.
An incomprehensibly profound aura radiated from around him; even time itself could not leave the slightest trace upon him.
"Ye Lin? Interesting. Within the Demon Domain, our Human Race has finally produced a rather decent genius in this era."
A faint smile flashed across the old man's face as he murmured.
On the Genius Ranking of the Central Continent, the Human Race's strongest genius had ranked no higher than beyond five hundred. There had not been a single one within the top five hundred—but now, there was.
Suddenly, ripples spread through the starry sky before the old man, and a middle-aged man stepped out from within.
The middle-aged man wore an incomparably imposing expression. His entire being resembled a sword; merely standing there, he seemed to make the whole world revolve around him.
"Ancestor."
The middle-aged man respectfully bowed to the old man.
"Mm. I presume you have received the news as well."
"Mm. Ye Lin has already risen to two hundred and ninety-second place on the Genius Ranking. That old fellow Dongfang Shence came