The Snow Empress Makes the Ranking (1 / 2)

The words on the Sky Ranking List remained for one minute, then disappeared.

Immediately afterward, footage of a battle appeared.

Countless beings across the Douluo Continent snapped to attention.

"Here it comes! A battle between peerless powerhouses at their peak—you might not see one even once in a hundred years!"

The scene still showed a deserted wilderness.

Two familiar figures appeared in the footage.

Countless beings across the Douluo Continent froze for a moment.

"Huh? Isn't this the battle footage shown for Qian Daoliu just now?"

"I get it! The man dressed in black is Tang Chen. The one in gold is Qian Daoliu."

At the sight, countless beings across the Douluo Continent grew excited.

"Hahaha! The footage suddenly ended right after their final clash. Now we can finally see what happened next!"

In the Worship Hall, the corner of Qian Daoliu's mouth twitched at the sight.

He suddenly had a bad feeling.

His lifetime of prestige and his towering image were probably about to come crashing down.

Sure enough, beneath countless watching eyes,

Tang Chen's Great Sumeru Hammer, powered by the simultaneous detonation of all nine rings, collided with Qian Daoliu's ninth Soul Skill.

Mountain peaks crumbled, and a deep crater appeared.

Once the dust cleared completely, a figure lay on the ground, drenched in blood. The six snow-white wings behind him were shattered beyond recognition, every scrap of clothing on his body had been blasted apart, and blood gushed wildly from his mouth. His wretched state defied description.

It was none other than Qian Daoliu.

"Whoa!!"

At the sight, the entire Douluo Continent erupted in an uproar.

The mighty high priest of the Angel God had actually been beaten into such a miserable state!

Qian Daoliu's face twitched violently.

"I hope Xiao Xue didn't see this. Otherwise, how am I supposed to show this old face of mine?"

"Grandpa looks so awful!"

Qian Renxue clenched her fists in anguish, her gaze locked on Tang Chen in the footage.

Tang Chen's clothes had also been completely shredded. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and his face was pale. Clearly, he had suffered considerable injuries in that clash as well.

But compared with Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen was undoubtedly in much better shape.

At least Tang Chen could still walk, while Qian Daoliu could only lie in the crater, unable to move.

In the footage, Tang Chen walked up to Qian Daoliu and laughed heartily.

"Brother Qian, you really are an honest man."

The footage ended.

Countless beings across the Douluo Continent stared, dumbstruck with shock. "So this is a battle between Demigod powerhouses. How terrifying!"

The people of the Clear Sky Sect were beside themselves with excitement, shouting, "The supreme sect master is invincible!"

In the Worship Hall, Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others cast strange looks at Qian Daoliu.

"Great Enshrined, why didn't you dodge?

"If you'd dodged, wouldn't Tang Chen have been a lamb waiting for slaughter, yours to do with as you pleased?"

The corner of Qian Daoliu's mouth twitched. He tilted his head up at a forty-five-degree angle to gaze at the sky and said meaningfully,

"You don't understand."

Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others silently grumbled,

Understand, my ass! You only suffered because you were too straightforward! If it were me, I'd have run long ago.

Just then, new words appeared on the Sky Ranking List.

Countless beings across the Douluo Continent snapped to attention.

"The reward for Ninth Place is here! What will it be?"

"Could it be another chance at resurrection?"

Beneath countless watching eyes, the new words fully appeared.

[Reward: lifespan extended by one hundred years; personal condition restored to its peak]

[Reward recipient: Tang Chen]

At the sight, countless beings across the Douluo Continent were stunned.

Not because the reward was too generous, but because it fell far short of their expectations.

Though an extra hundred years of life was precious, they felt it was nowhere near as valuable as a chance at resurrection.

Could restoring one's condition to its peak be more precious than resurrection? More difficult to obtain?

Unlike the countless beings across the Douluo Continent, Tang Chen was so excited that tears streamed down his face.

He bowed deeply toward the Sky Ranking List once again.

"Thank you!"

He knew the condition of his own body.

After reclaiming his body from the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King, he had discovered that it had been corroded until it was riddled with holes.

Had the sky not previously rewarded him with three extra years of life, he probably would not even have lasted long enough to reach Sea God Island and see Bo Saixi one final time.

Compared with a chance at resurrection, restoring his condition to its peak and extending his life by a hundred years were clearly more precious.

The Sky Ranking List trembled slightly, and a strand of golden light flew out and landed on Tang Chen.

The instant the golden light entered his body, Tang Chen felt his ravaged body return to its peak.

Tang Chen's eyes flew wide.

"It didn't just restore me to my peak. It returned my body to how it was in my twenties—young, full of vitality and energy!

"But my cultivation is still what I spent more than a hundred years attaining. It hasn't changed in the slightest!

"A body in its twenties, with the power of a Demigod—my potential has increased!"

He clenched his fists excitedly. "I knew the reward for Ninth Place couldn't possibly be worse than the one for tenth place. So this was why!

"I can still obtain a new divine trial and inherit a new divine position! I've been reborn!!"

As he spoke, he shook his head regretfully.

"Unfortunately, I already failed the Asura God Trial, so I can't take it again. I can only seek a new divine trial. But before that..."

Tang Chen gazed toward Sea God Island.

"I'm going to see her."

The reward remained for one minute, then disappeared.

New words slowly appeared.

Countless beings across the Douluo Continent watched with burning eyes.

"Eighth Place is coming!"

"Let's see which powerful Soul Master takes Eighth Place!"

Beneath countless watching eyes, the new words fully appeared.

[TOP 8: Heavenly Snow Woman]

When they saw that name, countless beings across the entire Douluo Continent froze.

Heavenly Snow Woman? That did not look like a human name, no matter how they looked at it.

But when they saw what followed, their eyes widened in horror, and shock made their scalps prickle.

[Introduction: Heavenly Snow Woman, a six-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year Soul Beast, an ice-and-snow spirit born of heaven and earth, the supreme sovereign of the Far North]

[Combat power: 126]

"????"

Everyone was utterly bewildered by the introduction.

A six-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year Soul Beast?

Wasn't a hundred thousand years the upper limit for Soul Beasts?

What the hell was six hundred and ninety thousand years?

In the Worship Hall, the pupils of Qian Daoliu and the other six enshrined abruptly contracted, and their expressions changed drastically.

As far as they knew, a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast was the limit. They had never expected there to be a Soul Beast as old as six hundred and ninety thousand years!

In the Star Dou Great Forest, Bibi Dong's eyes widened sharply in shock.

"Isn't a hundred thousand years the upper limit for Soul Beasts? How could there be a Soul Beast this old?"

She suddenly felt immensely fortunate.

Thankfully, the previous Sky Ranking List had been the Martial Soul Ranking. Making the list twice had raised her strength directly to the Peak of Mortal Beings, leaving her unafraid of this Soul Beast called the Heavenly Snow Woman.

Otherwise, if this sovereign of the Far North led an army of Soul Beasts to attack the human world, who could stop her?

She stared fixedly at the name "Heavenly Snow Woman" on the Sky Ranking List, then shifted her gaze down to the combat power.

"A combat power of one hundred and twenty-six, twenty-one points higher than Tang Chen's. As expected of a six-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year Soul Beast. She truly is formidable!"