Dragon Nation's Primordial World Tops the National Destiny Rankings!

Golden light blazed across the National Destiny Rankings. Everyone held their breath and stared at the screen floating in the sky as the details of the top finisher in the National Destiny Training slowly appeared.

[1st Place]

[Trial Participant: Li Yi]

[Nation: Dragon Nation]

[Training World: Primordial World]

[Realm: Peak Primordial Unity Supreme Immortal]

[Training Rewards: Dragon Nation's fortune +50%, comprehension for all Dragon Nation citizens +50%, Initial Identity talent for all Dragon Nation citizens +100%!]

Silence!

The National Destiny Plazas and livestream chats fell deathly silent!

Everyone stared at the rankings on the screen, dumbstruck, as though their souls had left their bodies.

Seconds later, messages exploded across every National Destiny Plaza and livestream chat.

"Dragon Nation came first!? How is that possible!?"

"Primordial World? What kind of world is that? I've never even heard of it!"

"Peak Primordial Unity Supreme Immortal? What kind of realm is that?"

"The real shock is the reward! Dragon Nation's fortune went up by 50%!? My god! That's a full three times what second-place Eagle Nation got! Li Yi must be far stronger than Serafino!"

"How could this happen? Dragon Nation's fortune was in decline. Even if Primordial World really is powerful, its citizens shouldn't have been able to survive training there!"

"Exactly! This goes completely against the rules of national destiny!"

While viewers from other nations were stunned, those in Cherry Blossom Nation burst into curses when they saw a Dragon Nation citizen in first place.

"Bastard! What kind of dumb luck is this? A Dragon Nation citizen came first?"

"How did this happen?"

"Dragon Nation must have cheated! How could this Primordial World be stronger than our Naruto World?"

"No, it's just that Li Yi is stronger than Kaito! This so-called Peak Primordial Unity Supreme Immortal is definitely no match for our Sage of Six Paths..."

At the same time, brilliant golden light poured through the clouds above Dragon Nation. Before the viewers below could recover from their joy at taking first place, the light enveloped them.

Seeing the golden glow around them, many Dragon Nation viewers were so moved that tears filled their eyes.

"The national destiny reward! It's the national destiny reward! I haven't felt one in ten whole years!"

"This reward is so much greater than the one we got ten years ago!"

"Ten years ago, Dragon Nation only placed eighth in the National Destiny Trial. This time, we're first!"

"And not just first—we're miles ahead of second place! In past Trials, a 10% fortune boost was enough to make first place exceptional. With a 50% fortune boost and a 100% increase to Initial Identity talent, Dragon Nation is bound to rise in future training!"

"Li Yi! Dragon Nation actually produced a Super Genius like him!?"

"What class is he in? Why haven't we heard of him before?"

In the instructors' room beneath National Destiny Trial Square, Wang Gang felt golden light wash over him. As he stared at the information on the screen, confusion crossed his face.

Li Yi!?

Li Yi from my class!?

That's right! With Primordial World listed there, it has to be the Li Yi from my class!

He came first in the National Destiny Trial!?

Wang Gang remembered how he had pinned all his hopes on Zhao Xuan of Soul Land World and privately looked down on Li Yi for choosing Primordial World.

His face flushed, then went pale.

His colleagues belatedly began congratulating him. Knowing he deserved none of the credit, Wang Gang's face darkened further with shame.

Some celebrated while others despaired. The sight of Dragon Nation's golden fortune surging on the livestream made Cherry Blossom Nation's viewers grind their teeth, but it did not truly hurt them.

Across the world, however, Eagle Nation's viewers were furious!

Before the Trial rankings were revealed, no one in Eagle Nation had doubted that they would take first place!

Even after Serafino, whom they had thought was their strongest, appeared in the rankings, they remained confident. Surely first place would go to their Super Genius exploring Unknown World.

After all, only their nation's fortune could support a Super Genius discovering an Unknown World more powerful than Heaven World!

Instead, the National Destiny Training results slapped them in the face!

Dragon Nation had not only taken first place; its fortune boost and boost to Initial Identities in new worlds far exceeded theirs.

Eagle Nation, which considered itself the greatest on Blue Star, could not stomach it.

"You're telling me Dragon Nation's Primordial World is stronger than Heaven World?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! The strongest beings in Heaven World, the Legendary Angels, can destroy a planet with a wave of their hands. Dragon Nation can't possibly have a training world stronger than Heaven World!"

"Exactly. That Dragon Nation kid just got lucky. We'll catch up for sure!"

Meanwhile, at Eagle Nation's Congress, Speaker Robert was also raging.

"When did Dragon Nation find this Primordial World? Why didn't our Intelligence Department hear a thing about it?"

A congressman below him answered awkwardly.

"According to our investigation, Primordial World was completely unknown. No one from Dragon Nation had ever survived there before. Even Dragon Nation itself had no information about it..."

Another congressman immediately added,

"That Li Yi probably just got lucky and received an Initial Identity with exceptional talent! He might even be considered high-level in Primordial World!"

Initial Identities were generally tied to a nation's fortune, but nothing was absolute. Some people did get lucky and receive an Initial Identity with exceptional talent. Of course, the odds were vanishingly low: across dozens of National Destiny Training rounds and hundreds of billions of newcomers, perhaps only one such person would appear.

The other congressmen immediately chimed in.

"Exactly. That Dragon Nation newcomer was just lucky. There's no way this so-called Primordial World is stronger than Heaven World!"

"Our investigations have shown that Heaven World is unquestionably the most terrifying of all training worlds!"

"Mr. Speaker, we lost the first day's Trial, but Dragon Nation's luck ends there. Tomorrow's National Fortune Rankings will rank participants by the Divine Artifacts they possess! According to our plan, Serafino should have no trouble obtaining Heaven World's Super Divine Artifact, the Seraphim Scepter!"

"He also has a strong chance of obtaining the Cherubim Scepter. Serafino could end up with more than one Super Divine Artifact! Eagle Nation might claim all three top spots on the Divine Artifact rankings!"

"And then there's the National Destiny Battlefield. With Serafino's bloodline, he'll very likely be able to summon one of the six Legendary Angels... There's no way Eagle Nation will lose the later rankings!"

Despite losing the first day's Trial ranking to Dragon Nation, everyone in Eagle Nation remained full of confidence.

Heaven World was simply too terrifying.

After more than a dozen rounds of exploration, no one from their nation had come close to matching that world's Legendary Angels. They had not even reached the next tier of power!

There was no way Dragon Nation's newly discovered Primordial World could hold anyone stronger than a Legendary Angel who could wipe out a planet with a wave of a hand!