National Fortune Weapon Rankings! What Good Are Innate Supreme Treasures Against Our Super Divine Artifacts?

Blue Star.

Eagle Nation.

The congress chamber.

More than a dozen members of Congress sat on the raised dais, with Eagle Nation Congress Speaker Robert at their head.

A virtual screen hovered before them, displaying the Trial information for Serafino, Eagle Nation's strongest participant this year.

[Trial Participant: Serafino]

[Trial World: Heaven World]

[Identity: Descendant of the Legendary Angel Saint Raphael; disciple of the Legendary Angel Michael]

[Angel Path: Wisdom Angel]

[Realm: Eight-Winged High-Rank Angel]

[Experience: Became Michael's disciple, traveled to the Lost Heaven Kingdom, searched the Holy War Ruins for lost secrets, and obtained the Super Divine Artifact Seraphim Scepter and the Cherubim Scepter...]

[Weapons: Super Divine Artifact Seraphim Scepter, Super Divine Artifact Cherubim Scepter, Divine Artifact Holy Angel Armament...]

As they read the information on the screen, delight spread across every face in the chamber.

"Just as the Wisdom Group planned, Serafino went to the Holy War Ruins and obtained the Super Divine Artifact Seraphim Scepter! He even got the Cherubim Scepter!"

"Haha! Eagle Nation has been planning this for more than ten Trials. Today, we finally succeeded!"

"And the Holy Angel Armament? It may not compare to the other two Super Divine Artifacts, but it's still stronger than any Divine Artifact we've obtained in previous Trials."

"In past Trials, ordinary Divine Artifacts were enough to take first place. This year, we have two Super Divine Artifacts and the Holy Angel Armament. I'd say Eagle Nation is certain to sweep the top three!"

Less than an hour remained before the second day's Divine Artifact Rankings.

They had been watching Serafino's progress constantly. Now that he had acquired both Super Divine Artifacts according to the plan Eagle Nation had drawn up for him, they could finally breathe easy. They were brimming with confidence about the second day's National Fortune Rankings!

After all, in previous Trials, the best Eagle Nation had ever obtained was a high-grade Divine Artifact!

This year, even the Holy Angel Armament far surpassed anything they had gained before, let alone the two Super Divine Artifacts, the Seraphim Scepter and the Cherubim Scepter!

Speaker Robert nodded. Then, as if something had occurred to him, he turned to Carl, the member of Congress in charge of intelligence gathering.

"Has that newcomer from Dragon Nation obtained anything?"

Carl, the Black congresswoman seated below him, answered at once.

"Speaker, Dragon Nation's newcomer Li Yi hasn't acquired any new weapons recently. His situation is the same as it was during the earlier competition."

Robert breathed a sigh of relief.

Ever since Li Yi had taken first place in the Trial from them, Eagle Nation had used an insider to gather every scrap of information it could about him.

They had received information on Li Yi's weapons long ago.

There was the Innate Supreme Treasure Cosmos Cauldron, for example, and the Supreme-grade Innate Spirit Treasure Innate Five Direction Flags.

After a professional assessment, Eagle Nation's team of experts had concluded that a so-called Innate Supreme Treasure was probably comparable to one of their high-grade Divine Artifacts! As for that Supreme-grade Innate Spirit Treasure, it was a mid-grade Divine Artifact at best!

Their reasoning was simple: Li Yi already had four Innate Supreme Treasures!

They did not know exactly what an Innate Supreme Treasure was, but as a rule, the more powerful a Divine Artifact was, the fewer of them existed.

Heaven World, for instance, had only six Super Divine Artifacts! All six had been lost in the Holy War.

Eagle Nation had spent more than ten Trials gathering intelligence before it finally obtained two of them!

Li Yi had only just entered his world. With no information to guide him, he already had four of these things. How could they be particularly powerful treasures? And that was without counting his seemingly endless High-grade Innate Spirit Treasures and Mid-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures. Li Yi had nearly a hundred of them, as though they cost nothing!

A smile lingered on Carl's face as she dropped another bombshell.

"And our insider has given us another important piece of information. Li Yi's realm has stalled at what they call Peak Primordial Unity Supreme Immortal. He hasn't made the slightest progress all day!"

"It's exactly as our Otherworld Research Institute predicted. The only reason Li Yi managed to surpass Serafino in the last ranking was that he was already among the strongest in the Primordial World!"

"That so-called Primordial World can't compare to our Heaven World!"

Normally, Trial Participants would not spend an entire day without advancing during the first few days in their Trial worlds, unless their Talent was mediocre!

Li Yi had ranked first on the opening day of the Trial, so his Talent was clearly not poor.

If his Talent was good yet he had made no progress all day, there was only one explanation: he was already among the strongest fighters in the Primordial World, perhaps even at the very top!

Hearing Carl's report, the members of Congress broke into scornful laughter.

"No progress all day? Looks like he really is one of that world's strongest fighters!"

"Serafino reached Eight-Winged High-Rank Angel in just half a day. By the time the second day's Trial rankings begin, he might even have reached Ten-Winged Divine Angel!"

"How could that worthless Primordial World hope to compete with Eagle Nation's Heaven World?"

"Just watch. Eagle Nation will sweep the top three in the second day's National Fortune Rankings!"

"And from then on, first place—perhaps even the entire top three—will belong to Eagle Nation forever."

Eagle Nation was not alone. Cherry Blossom Nation, Kimchi Nation, and other countries had followed the intelligence gathered over more than ten previous Trials to obtain Divine Artifacts they believed were formidable. Each was eager to fight for a place near the top of the second day's Weapon Rankings!

Years passed unmarked in the Primordial World. Li Yi knew nothing of what was happening on Blue Star; he was wholly absorbed in explaining the Primordial Unity Dao.

Some listeners below scratched their heads, while others listened in rapt attention. Those with lower cultivation could not understand his later explanation of the Quasi-Saint Law Dao, but they had grasped much when Li Yi had previously revisited the Golden Immortal Dao. They knew he was teaching the profoundly important Supreme Sage Dao!

Even those who could not follow it strained to memorize a sentence or two. Once they broke through to the Great Firmament realm, they hoped to revisit those words and perhaps grasp a little of the true meaning of Primordial Unity.

Of everyone there, Tongtian listened with the greatest fascination. Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire seemed to swirl within his eyes, forming a Minor World, and understanding flashed through his mind.

He was already a Peak Great Firmament Golden Immortal, and as a member of the Pangu Orthodox, his powers of comprehension were extraordinary! At that moment, everything had fallen into place for him!

As Li Yi spoke the final word of his explanation of the Quasi-Saint Dao, brilliant immortal light burst from Tongtian's body. The fully formed Twelve-Petal Three Flowers slowly appeared above his head. Space trembled around him, heavenly notes of the Great Dao rang out, and laws shuddered. Every living being in the Daoist Abode felt the vast pressure rising from him!

Everyone turned to look, envy spreading across their faces.

"Heavens! Someone has attained the Dao!"