Beyond?

Cosmic Starry Sky, Convergence of Four Saints.

An ancient stone tablet hung high at the center of a Shattered Meteor Belt, standing tall in the starry sky.

On the tablet's surface, nine "Sons of the Four Saints" were shrouded in starlight. Their names should have been dazzling, yet beneath the intense, eye-piercing radiance at the top of the ranking, they seemed somewhat dim.

Suddenly,

The starlight flared once more!

At the top of the ranking, the already dense starlight nearly liquefied, continuously seeping into the stone tablet as though it intended to alter the concealed name within.

At the same time,

Bzz! Bzz! Bzz!...

The void trembled repeatedly. The starlight filling the heavens abruptly twisted and gathered toward the top of the stone tablet's ranking, as if it were both adding its support and celebrating in advance.

Beneath the starlight, countless gazes instantly focused on the [Epoch Prodigy Ranking]. Every Councilor present held their breath.

Time passed, second by second.

The void was still trembling, the starlight was still twisting, and the changes at the top of the stone tablet's ranking continued...

But...

There was no progress at all. It was as though everything had reached a stalemate!

"What's going on?"

The Councilors frowned one after another, their expressions gaining traces of impatience as they each voiced their opinions.

"Old Shi said earlier that the starlight was still lacking a bit of heat, which was why Li Qingshan remained the 'Son of the Azure Dragon.' Could it be that it's still lacking that final bit now?"

"It certainly looks that way, but isn't the gap between Li Qingshan and the other nine 'Sons of the Four Saints' a little too outrageous?"

"Something really is off. Before, we could explain it with 'the great sun hangs in the sky, and all