Ye Yun

Although Earth Demon Thunder was lightning, it belonged to the earth element among the five elements,

just as Bone Chilling Flame possessed an ice attribute, Sea Heart Flame a water attribute, and Three Thousand Burning Flame a stellar attribute.

Earth Demon Thunder transformed Futu Yun's lightning-attributed Divine Soul, granting it a trace of earth attribute;

meanwhile, the Netherworld Heart Demon Thunder that had once taken the form of Hu She successfully transformed into a dragon under the aid of the thunder gang power of Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Flame,

though it was only a jiao dragon.

Futu Yun used the essence soul of the Primordial Tiger Jiao as a catalyst,

following the principle of "earth gives rise to metal" to cultivate the metal-attributed White Tiger Divine Seal from the Four Divine Beasts Constellation Scripture.

The original White Tiger Divine Seal was a Divine Spiritual Art,

but when cultivating it, he used materials from the true Super Divine Beast White Tiger as a catalyst, raising it to the level of a Divine Art;

combined with the enhancement of his innate Divine Ability, Seal, he ultimately cultivated the White Tiger Divine Seal to the realm of Divine Ability.

The White Tiger stood upon the stars, its killing aura carrying the power of geng metal as it spread outward.

Futu Yun's cultivation had now reached the mid Divine Soul Stage, but this was merely the beginning.

A strange roar capable of shaking heaven and earth suddenly resounded in every direction,

as a black tide swept forth, carrying a frigid aura that could freeze the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The temperature of the entire world plummeted, and the air seemed to condense into icy threads. Even the flowing spiritual energy of heaven and earth became sluggish.

It was an enormous beast, pitch-black from head to toe, lying quietly like a turtle;

yet its tail was a long black python, coiled with its savage snake head exposed, flicking a dark-black tongue.

If the White Tiger Divine Seal had previously been forged through "earth gives rise to metal," then the Black Tortoise Divine Seal was now cast through "metal gives rise to water"!

Black waves surged forth, their crashing sounds almost tangible as they echoed between heaven and earth.

Like the White Tiger Divine Seal, the Black Tortoise Divine Seal also reached the Divine Ability level,

and Futu Yun's cultivation likewise advanced to the late Divine Soul Stage.

A heaven-shaking dragon roar suddenly rang out,

as an azure dragon wound through the skies, its indescribable pressure filling heaven and earth as though a true divine dragon had descended!

This time, he cultivated the Azure Dragon Divine Seal through "water gives rise to wood,"

and Futu Yun's cultivation also reached the Peak Divine Soul Stage, while his Divine Soul underwent another transformation.

The lightning attribute inherently belonged to wood among the five elements,

and the beast soul he had refined in the Divine Soul Stage was the Netherworld Heart Demon Thunder in the form of Hu She.

It had previously transformed into a jiao with the help of thunder gang that carried dragon might;

now, with the enhancement of the wood-attributed Azure Dragon Divine Seal, it finally completed its transformation into a true dragon!

"Dragon Soul Thunder Spirit." Futu Yun murmured, suddenly giving a name to his current state.

However, the improvement of Futu Yun's cultivation should come to an end for now.

His progress had been far too rapid, which could easily destabilize his foundation,

so he had to remain at the Peak Divine Soul Stage for a while and consolidate it.

With that thought, he took out a crystalline card—Futu Yun's Spirit Value Token from the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.

The number on its surface represented Spiritual Value, which could be used to exchange for anything he needed within the academy:

Spiritual Arts, spiritual artifacts, Formation Diagrams, even Heaven-Tier Spirit Beast essence souls and personal instruction from top instructors.

The Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy offered all kinds of missions, and completing them earned Spiritual Value;

turning in essence souls after hunting spirit beasts could also be exchanged for Spiritual Value;

in addition, students could privately trade Spiritual Value among themselves. It essentially served as the academy's internal currency.

And Futu Yun possessed an income source from the Thunder Realm, making him the wealthiest person in the entire academy.

After all, the Thunder Realm had originally been academy property, and its ticket revenue was supposed to go into the public accounts. Now, it all flowed into his private coffers.

Just then, a beam of light abruptly shot into the sky,

streaking across the heavens like a meteor and charging toward the enormous stone monument that symbolized the glory of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy!

Challenging the Spirit Ranking could earn Spiritual Value,

but his goal was clearly not that small amount of Spiritual Value. He wanted to use it to assess the strength of his foundation.

If he could not even challenge the top of the ranking, he intended to cripple his cultivation and start over.

The coming commotion was almost foreseeable.

This was not merely a change in ranking, but an open challenge from a new student to the authority of the older students.

After all, for many years, no new student had ever pushed the older students at the top of the Spirit Ranking down on their very first day of enrollment,

let alone Futu Yun, who had not even officially enrolled and could only be considered a specially admitted student.

The dazzling beam dragged a brilliant tail of light across the vast skies above the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy,

finally crashing into the towering stone monument engraved with the Spirit Ranking amid countless astonished gazes.

The instant the beam entered the monument, everyone clearly saw:

The Spirit Ranking erupted with dazzling light, and a golden gleam rose through the rankings, charging into the top ten within only a few breaths.

A wave of shocked uproar immediately erupted throughout the academy.

Although the Spirit Ranking was the academy's most basic ranking, the top ten had always been difficult to shake,

because those occupying those spots might bear the name of the Spirit Ranking, but in truth, they were already genuine Fusion Heaven Realm cultivators.

"Which guy who broke through to the Fusion Heaven Realm is causing trouble again?"

"Heh, the usual rule. They don't even leave a path for the new students."

"Weren't we the same back then? New students are too arrogant. They need to be tempered."

"Tch, if they have the ability, they should go challenge the Sky Ranking. What's there to show off on the Spirit Ranking?"

"The ones in the top ten are way too thick-skinned."

The change in the Spirit Ranking drew the attention of countless students, and discussions rose one after another,

as everyone clearly took this dark horse for an older student who had broken through to the Fusion Heaven Realm.

Under countless watchful eyes, the golden light continued to climb, finally causing many to feel astonished.

Though the Spirit Ranking was basic, none who could remain on it for long were ordinary,

especially the top three, who possessed some fame even among all the academy's Fusion Heaven Realm cultivators. Their rankings had not shifted for more than half a year.

Yet now, that golden light climbed to first place without the slightest obstruction.

By convention, the name of the person surpassed would only drop by one rank rather than disappear.

However, the original first place, Su Ling'er, had already advanced to the Fusion Heaven Realm and no longer qualified to compete on the Spirit Ranking,

so after being pushed down, her name vanished directly from the ranking.

"First place on the Spirit Ranking?"

"The previous first place was Su Ling'er."

"Her older sister is Su Xuan, third place on the Sky Ranking!"

Some in the academy laughed with schadenfreude, their gazes turning toward the golden light occupying first place.

The light gradually faded, revealing a name:

First place on the Spirit Ranking, Ye Yun, not officially enrolled.

"Uh." The atmosphere throughout the academy instantly froze. What did "not officially enrolled" mean?

He should be a new student, right?

They had heard that this year's new students were still undergoing assessments in the Northern Cang Realm. Had he only just obtained his Spirit Value Token?

But a new student had actually pushed the older students off the Spirit Ranking?

After a brief silence, the academy erupted—how many years had it been since something like this happened?

"What's Ye Yun's background? This year's new students seem quite extraordinary."

"Could he have just broken through to the Fusion Heaven Realm today too, and used that method?"

"Heh, this is rather interesting. He actually kicked Su Ling'er down without any hesitation."

"That little ancestor is definitely not someone to be trifled with. Her temperament is completely different from her sister's."

Futu Yun nodded in satisfaction.

He had only wanted to test his foundation. It seemed there were no issues.

Having just broken through to the Peak Divine Soul Stage, the power of a casual strike already surpassed those on the verge of entering the Fusion Heaven Realm.

As for the name "Ye Yun,"

he had merely replaced the surname "Futu" with "Ye" because Futu was far too conspicuous.