Bo Saixi's Shock: "Are You Serious?" The Ranking Screen Descends, Lan Yu Helpless: "Am I About to Be Exposed?"

"Ha ha ha, Poseidon, long time no see!"

Lan Yu threw back his head and laughed, greeting the enormous phantom in midair as if speaking to an old friend.

Poseidon's phantom also let out a hearty laugh, then his voice carried a trace of emotion.

"Lan Yu, if you had chosen to become a god alongside Yu Han and me back then, you would not have spent twenty thousand years lying dormant in the lower realm."

Lan Yu merely laughed, utterly unconcerned.

Poseidon looked at him, his tone growing more serious.

"Yu Han misses you deeply in the God Realm. She has always hoped that you would take the initiative to contact her."

Hearing that familiar name, Lan Yu's expression shifted slightly, and a complex emotion flashed through his eyes.

Lan Yu shook his head with a sigh and spoke softly.

"Soon. I'll see her again very soon."

Poseidon froze for a moment, then suddenly seemed to realize something. He stared at Lan Yu, his voice filled with undisguised shock.

"You... you aren't seriously about to enter the God King Realm, are you?!"

After becoming a god and ascending to the God Realm, Poseidon had come to deeply understand the insurmountable gulf between a First-Level God and a God King.

Lan Yu had always suppressed his cultivation instead of breaking through to become a god.

Even after spending twenty thousand years in the lower realm, it should have been impossible for him to touch the threshold of the God King Realm!

Faced with Poseidon's shock, Lan Yu merely smiled faintly and brushed it off.

"Wait a little longer, and you'll find out."

The Late Bloomer destiny had helped Lan Yu accumulate a foundation spanning twenty thousand years.

The Blue King had left Douluo Continent twenty thousand years ago.

He had cultivated his influence throughout the three continents of Sun Moon, Heaven Dou, and Star Luo.

(Note: At this point in the timeline, Heaven Dou and Star Luo had not yet been called by these names, but they were being referred to by their later names for convenience.)

Those twenty thousand years had not been spent in vain.

Poseidon gave Lan Yu a deep look and sighed with immense emotion.

"Before Yu Han and I ascended to the God Realm twenty thousand years ago, you once told her:

'We will not meet again until I become a God King.'

I thought you were joking, but I never expected that in all these twenty thousand years, you truly never went to see her even once."

Bo Saixi stood rooted in place beside them. Listening to their exchange, turbulent waves had long since risen in her heart.

This Lan Yu was truly an existence from the same era as Lord Sea God?

He was even a friend capable of standing on equal footing with Lord Sea God?!

And from what Lord Sea God had said, he had already possessed the qualifications to become a god twenty thousand years ago.

Yet, in order to challenge the legendary God King Realm, he had forcibly suppressed himself in the lower realm for twenty thousand years?!

That was simply unimaginable!

Bo Saixi took a deep breath. Unable to suppress the shock in her heart any longer, she could not help asking.

"Lord Sea God... did this senior truly possess the qualifications to ascend alongside you twenty thousand years ago?"

Bo Saixi's voice trembled slightly, filled with disbelief.

"To forsake becoming a god in order to challenge the God King Realm, then lie dormant in the lower realm for twenty thousand years... could anyone in this world truly accomplish such a thing?"

"Qualifications?"

Poseidon's phantom burst into laughter, his voice echoing above the Sea God Temple.

"Bo Saixi, you underestimate him too much."

"Twenty thousand years ago, if we had truly fought to the death, even if Yu Han and I joined forces, we might not have been able to defeat him with certainty."

Bo Saixi gasped sharply, completely losing her composure.

"This... how is that possible?!"

Lord Sea God and the First-Generation Angel God were supreme deities from legend, the ones who had pacified the continent's chaotic age!

Yet this seemingly easygoing young man had actually been stronger than both gods back then?!

"Nothing is impossible."

Poseidon sighed.

"Back then, he was the first among the three of us to touch the threshold of God Rank.

It was simply that his ambitions were too high. He had no interest in the Godhood of a First-Level Deity."

Lan Yu waved a hand and chuckled.

"Alright, Poseidon, stop flattering me.

Back then, you held every advantage in the sea, while Yu Han dominated the skies.

I merely relied on my long life to hang on a few more years."

"You call that hanging on?

When you broke through to Demigod, every plant across the entire continent bowed down and worshiped you!"

Poseidon laughed as he scolded him, then his expression turned solemn.

"Since you are already confident in challenging the God King Realm, I will wait for you in the God Realm.

As for Yu Han, I will keep it from her for now. We'll give her a surprise when the time comes."

"Alright, it's a deal."

Lan Yu smiled and nodded.

Just as the two were speaking, a sudden change occurred!

The previously clear sky abruptly darkened.

A vast, mighty power far surpassing the aura of gods descended without warning.

In an instant, it enveloped all of Douluo Continent, as well as the distant Sun Moon, Heaven Dou, and Star Luo Continents!

In midair, Poseidon's phantom flickered violently, his tone filled with horror.

"What is this power?!

It can forcibly cut off even the God Realm's investigation?

Lan Yu, did you cause this disturbance?"

"It wasn't me."

Lan Yu also put away his smile. With a slight frown, he looked up at the heavens.

Bo Saixi was sent staggering back several steps by the pressure. She could only barely support herself with the Sea God Scepter.

Above the boundless sky, the clouds were violently torn apart by an invisible force.

A massive Ranking Screen, stretching across the heavens and radiating brilliant golden light, slowly unfurled.

Then, lines of ancient and majestic words gradually appeared upon the Ranking Screen, accompanied by the chanting sounds of the Great Dao.

They entered the eyes of everyone beneath the heavens.

[The Great Dao Heavenly Screen descends!]

[Opening review: The ten greatest peak Soul Masters of Douluo Continent!]

As they looked at the golden Ranking Screen spanning the heavens, Bo Saixi before the Sea God Temple—

And the Seven Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island, who had just noticed the disturbance and arrived as seven streaks of light—all stood frozen in place, their faces filled with horror.

In midair, Poseidon's phantom also furrowed his brow and spoke gravely.

"Lan Yu, even the God Realm cannot interfere with this power. Do you know what it is?"

Lan Yu did not answer immediately. He frowned slightly, searching through memories from his previous life that he had nearly forgotten.

After a moment, Lan Yu finally understood the purpose of this Ranking Screen.

"...Sigh."

Lan Yu sighed helplessly in his heart.

I've laid low for twenty thousand years. The power of faith was almost fully accumulated, and I was about to become a God King.

This damned Ranking Screen could have come at any time, but it had to appear now.

Well, that's just great. My entire past is definitely going to be exposed!

Though he was frustrated inside, Lan Yu remained calm on the surface and casually evaded the question.

"I'm not sure either. This power is extraordinary. Let's watch and see what happens."

At the same time, this Ranking Screen that covered the entire world sent every faction on Douluo Continent into an uproar.

Wuhun Hall, Papal Hall.

Bibi Dong gripped her scepter tightly and stared fixedly at the golden words in the sky, ambition and defiance gleaming in her eyes.

"The ten greatest peak Soul Masters?

Hmph!

I would like to see how many experts in this world can rank above me, Bibi Dong!"

She, Bibi Dong, was the inheritor of the Rakshasa God. At the very least, she had to rank among the top three!