Godhood Reserve, Su Qingxue

The next day.

Blue Star, Linjiang Advanced Transcendent Academy.

A massive golden light screen hung above the training plaza.

The forty-six Class Seven students on Douzhe Continent received the notification that the rankings had opened at the same time.

Unlike the basic statistics from three months ago, which had recorded only Soul Ring counts, academy affiliations, and survivor numbers, this time it was a true stage ranking.

Each trainee's current cultivation, Soul Ring age, otherworld identity, affiliated faction, and growth potential had all been reviewed.

The final rankings represented not only honor, but would also directly affect the resources invested by the academy and the Transcendent Association.

Linjiang Academy had only one key trainee slot this year.

Entering this track meant that the Transcendent Association would establish a separate growth record for them. After returning to Blue Star, they could directly take the assessment for the association's core members.

If they became a Soul Sage in the future, they would even qualify to come into contact with the Godhood Ruins controlled by the Tang God King Transcendent Association.

Of course, ranking first was merely the most basic requirement for obtaining this slot.

What truly mattered was receiving a Special Grade evaluation.

Inside the monitoring hall.

Zhou Ruolan stood before the golden light screen. Her long black hair was pinned up behind her head, while her fitted black uniform made her graceful, tall figure appear even more crisp and capable.

Her gaze swept across forty-seven names.

Forty-six of them had already lit up.

Only the final one remained dim after losing contact.

Soon, the rankings officially began.

[Participants in this assessment: Forty-seven.]

[Successfully descended upon Douzhe Continent: Forty-six.]

[Currently alive: Forty-six.]

[Missing: One.]

Names appeared one after another on the golden light screen.

The nine students at the bottom had yet to obtain their first Soul Rings, but they had all gained a foothold on Douzhe Continent.

Some had entered junior Soul Master Academies, while others had attached themselves to local Soul Master families.

Others had relied on the Soul Beast knowledge they possessed from Blue Star to find jobs at the Soul Hunting Association that could sustain their cultivation.

After the thirty-seventh rank, every student had obtained a first Soul Ring.

Thirty-seven genuine One-Ring Soul Masters.

Seven official students of Soul Master Academies.

One key trainee of a Soul Master family.

In only three months after entering Douzhe Continent, the vast majority of Class Seven had completed the leap from ordinary people to transcendents.

Even the lower-ranked students still had the potential to continue cultivating upward in the future.

The golden rankings continued rising until they reached the top ten.

Without exception, every student who had entered the top ten possessed a high-quality martial soul.

When only the final three ranks remained, the names that had been appearing continuously finally began to slow.

[Third Place: Li He.]

[Current Soul Power: Level Eleven.]

[First Soul Ring: Three-hundred-and-ten-year Spirit-Seeking Falcon.]

[Current Identity: Official student of the Soul Beast Research Academy.]

[Stage Evaluation: Grade A.]

This ranking surprised quite a few people.

Li He's martial soul was not the strongest in Class Seven, nor had his initial identity been particularly outstanding.

However, he had always been the student with the best Soul Beast theory grades in the class.

After arriving on Douzhe Continent, he had not spent all his time increasing his Soul Power. Instead, relying on his understanding of the relationship between Soul Beasts and martial souls, he had entered an intermediate academy specializing in Soul Beast research.

In three months, he had already helped organize two sets of Soul Beast records.

He had also been the one who previously analyzed Qing Yi's transformed state.

Cultivation talent was not the only path.

As long as he continued forward, even if Li He could not become a true super powerhouse, he still had a chance to become a genuine master of Soul Beast research on Douzhe Continent.

This future potential allowed him to surpass several students who were also at Level Eleven Soul Power and enter the top three.

Following Li He was [Second Place: Zhao Lie.]

Zhao Lie was the student who had matched with the Scarlet Flame Tiger martial soul and Innate Level Eight Soul Power before the training began.

His first Soul Ring was likewise not far from the publicly recognized limit of endurance.

The exceptionally high attribute compatibility between the Scarlet Flame Tiger and the Scarlet Flame Demon Wolf had also granted him an immensely powerful fire attack Soul Skill.

With this Soul Skill, he had already placed first in the preparatory assessment at Blazing Fire Academy.

Two Grade A evaluations appeared in succession.

Yet Linjiang Academy's key trainee slot had still not been awarded.

Everyone knew that the sole possible Special Grade evaluation was still waiting at the end.

At the top of the rankings, countless strands of golden light began to gather.

A clear phoenix cry resounded across the training plaza.

The phantom of an ice-blue phoenix spread its wings from within the light screen, and the once-calm elemental energy of heaven and earth transformed into countless ice crystals at that moment.

[First Place: Su Qingxue.]

[Martial Soul: Ice Phoenix.]

[Innate Soul Power: Level Ten.]

[Current Soul Power: Level Twelve.]

[First Soul Ring: Four-hundred-and-twenty-year Ice-Plume Bird.]

[Current Identity: Core disciple of Soul Hall Academy.]

[First Stage Assessment: First among core disciples.]

[Stage Evaluation: Special Grade.]

As the final two words appeared, several long-waiting senior members of Linjiang Academy smiled at once.

A four-hundred-and-twenty-year first Soul Ring.

It was only a few years short of Douzhe Continent's publicly recognized endurance limit for a first Soul Ring.

Even more rare was that the Ice-Plume Bird and the Ice Phoenix were both ice-type birds.

Su Qingxue had not simply pursued the Soul Ring's age. While approaching the limits of her own endurance, she had achieved an almost perfect attribute match.

The improvement that Soul Ring brought her far surpassed that of an ordinary hundred-year Soul Ring.

Level Twelve in three months.

Among all the new students of this year at Soul Hall Academy, she likewise ranked first.

The latest feedback from Soul Hall Academy appeared beneath the rankings at that moment.

[Core disciple resource level increased.]

[Obtained qualification for the Golden Generation Preparatory Camp assessment.]

[Training route to be personally formulated by an Eight-Ring Ice Soul Douluo.]

[Next-stage cultivation target: Level Twenty Soul Grandmaster.]

An Eight-Ring Soul Douluo would personally train her.

Such treatment was no longer something an ordinary core disciple could enjoy.

Zhou Ruolan herself was only a Seven-Ring Soul Sage.

Yet Su Qingxue had entered Douzhe Continent only three months ago, and a powerhouse of a higher realm than Zhou Ruolan was already willing to personally plan her future Soul Rings and cultivation path.

This was the advantage brought by a top-tier martial soul, Innate Full Soul Power, and a mature academy system working together.

As long as Su Qingxue displayed sufficient talent, Soul Hall Academy could immediately turn that talent into cultivation resources best suited to her.

She entered the Godhood Seed Observation Track.

First in Linjiang's regional rankings did not make her the true number one among the countless students across Blue Star currently undergoing otherworld training.

But from this day onward, she possessed the qualifications to compete at that level.

Every breakthrough, every Soul Ring, and every change in identity would be entered into the Transcendent Association's long-term observation records.

At the very end of the rankings, Zhou Ruolan fixed her gaze on a dim name with no rank.

[Gu Xuan.]

[Current Status: Missing.]

[Current Cultivation: Unable to assess.]

[Not included in these rankings.]

No one discussed this name any further.

More than four million years of prehistoric time had long since made most people accept the fact that Gu Xuan could not return.