First in National Fortune, the Chaos Gourd! Eagle Nation's Super Divine Artifacts Left in the Dust!

As the rankings updated, everyone in the National Destiny Plazas of every nation craned their necks.

There were only a hundred spots on the list, and Li Yi of Dragon Nation had taken ninety-nine of them himself. That left just one spot and its reward for everyone else to fight over. How could they not be anxious?

Eagle Nation was especially desperate. They needed first place to prove themselves.

As long as first place was theirs, it wouldn't matter if Dragon Nation held the other ninety-nine spots. Their strongest weapon would still outrank Li Yi's strongest weapon, proving that their Heaven World was superior to his Primordial World!

Even if they had fallen a little behind for now, they could catch up later...

At last, under everyone's eager gaze, the Golden Ranking updated once more.

[1st Place]

[Weapon: Chaos Gourd (still forming)]

[Grade: Unknown]

[Trial Participant: Li Yi]

[Nation: Dragon Nation]

[Trial World: Primordial World]

[Trial Rewards: Dragon Nation's national fortune +50%! Comprehension of all Dragon Nation citizens +50%! Initial Identity Talent of all Dragon Nation citizens +100%!]

As they read the newly revealed first-place entry, the livestream chats that had been arguing nonstop fell silent.

People across the nations stared at it, their minds seemingly frozen. A moment later, they erupted.

"What the hell? What does 'still forming' mean? The weapon hasn't even come into existence yet, has it!? That can make the rankings?"

"Baka! What does 'unknown grade' mean? Even the National Destiny System can't determine the Chaos Gourd's grade?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! The National Destiny System can do anything. The likeliest reason is that the weapon is still forming!"

"A weapon that's still forming is stronger than an Innate Supreme Treasure!?"

The people of Cherry Blossom Nation flushed with anger!

They had all made bold claims in the National Destiny Livestream that their Uchiha Fan would definitely come first! Yet first place still belonged to Li Yi!?

Li Yi had claimed all hundred spots on the Weapon Rankings by himself!? Their Uchiha Fan couldn't even beat his hundredth weapon?

The thought was more than the people of Cherry Blossom Nation could take.

"So our Uchiha Fan can't even compare to Li Yi's hundredth weapon?"

"This... this is too much!"

"Baka! Li Yi of Dragon Nation must have cheated. He was born with an Innate Supreme Treasure, meaning he had a weapon a hundred times more fearsome than the Uchiha Fan from birth? What else could you call that but cheating?"

Cherry Blossom Nation wasn't alone. The other nations broke into wails of despair too.

In the Eagle Nation Congress Conference Room, Speaker Robert no longer had the energy to rage. His face was pale, and his heart had gone cold.

Before the final ranking came out, he could still find excuses to comfort himself.

Now the truth lay bare before him.

Eagle Nation had spent more than ten rounds of effort bringing the so-called Super Divine Artifact, the Cherubim Scepter, out of Heaven World, and it couldn't even match Li Yi's hundredth weapon?

Li Yi hadn't merely edged them out. He had left them in the dust!

Li Yi had a full hundred top-tier Divine Artifacts... no, more than a hundred!

Robert raised his bloodshot eyes and glared at the councilor in charge of the Intelligence Department. The man shook, nearly bursting into tears.

"Speaker! The Intelligence Department never expected the Chaos Gourd to make the rankings while it was still forming! Let alone take first place..."

It wasn't that the Intelligence Department hadn't analyzed the situation carefully. Li Yi was just too bizarre!

Who the hell could have guessed that the most fearsome treasure in the Dragon Nation man's possession hadn't even finished forming!?

If it was this powerful already, how terrifying would it be when it was complete?

Robert knew that too. He no longer cared about assigning blame and instead asked where his nation's two Super Divine Artifacts ranked.

"Where do the Cherubim Scepter and Seraphim Scepter rank among the weapons?"

Now that the Golden Ranking had been announced, everyone could check their own nation's weapon rankings.

The councilor shuddered at the question and nervously looked them up.

"Speaker, our two Super Divine Artifacts rank 157th and 158th..."

His voice faded as he finished.

Clearly, every weapon above them belonged to Li Yi of Dragon Nation!

In other words, Li Yi had only 156 weapons in total!

If he'd had a few more, Eagle Nation's artifacts might not even have made the top two hundred!

At that, Robert closed his eyes in despair.

Just as he'd feared, their so-called Super Divine Artifacts couldn't match a single weapon Li Yi owned. Any one of them could trample theirs!

With rankings like these, they couldn't even begin to measure the gap between themselves and Li Yi!

At a glance, 156th and 157th were only one place apart. But the quality of the weapons might differ by thousands upon thousands of times!

The others had clearly realized this too. The conference room fell quiet. Several minutes passed before a councilor raised his head and spoke through gritted teeth.

"We lost this round, but we might still have a chance in the next!"

"Li Yi must already be the most powerful being in the Primordial World. That's how he managed to collect so many Divine Artifacts!"

"But on the third day, the National Destiny Battlefield contest will have us summon figures from our worlds with whom we have close ties!"

"Li Yi may be powerful, but whoever he summons might not be! If we can summon a Legendary Angel, we still have a chance to win! Besides, that world is so dangerous. Li Yi might not survive to the end..."

Everyone exchanged glances. The odds still seemed slim, but they no longer felt quite so hopeless!

True, the National Fortune Rankings weren't final yet. Until then, Eagle Nation still had a chance!

And if they let their thoughts turn darker, the more fearsome a world was, the greater its dangers! Perhaps Li Yi would suddenly die in that world. Then their opportunity would come...

Time went unmarked in the Primordial World. In the blink of an eye, three Yuanhui had passed.

Tongtian had set out early without asking his two elder brothers again.

As Yuanshi and Laozi flew toward Purple Cloud Palace, Yuanshi's brows were tightly furrowed, as if something weighed on his mind.

He hesitated for a long time. Just as they were about to enter the Thirty-Three Heavens, resolve flashed across his face. He had finally made up his mind.

As he flew through the chaotic currents, a delicate little Jade Ruyi slipped from him and fell. Once it had dropped far enough, it transformed into a Daoist—the Kind Corpse he had severed two Yuanhui ago.

Yuanshi's Kind Corpse turned into a stream of energy and flew straight toward Yingzhou Island!

Yuanshi had called Li Yi a rogue Daoist, but seeing his Third Brother break through to Quasi-Saint last time had dealt his confidence a real blow!

This time, no matter what, he would go and listen for himself. Just what kind of Dao did the Heaven-Earth Daoist teach?

Of course, in his own mind, he had found a perfectly reasonable excuse!

He wasn't going to listen to the Wild Heaven-Earth Daoist's teachings on the Sage Dao. He was going for his Third Brother's sake! What if the Heaven-Earth Daoist had hidden a trap in those teachings?

Only by going in person could he tell whether there were any traps and warn his Third Brother afterward!

With that thought, Yuanshi nodded slightly, his usual haughty expression returning.

After several days of flight, Yuanshi's Kind Corpse neared Yingzhou Island. More and more Daoists appeared around him. Then he frowned and fixed his gaze on a figure ahead.

Wait. That Daoist's back looks familiar...

Why does he look a bit like Elder Brother...?