"Only direct-blood heirs of clans with ancient legacies like our 'Four Clans, Three Sects, Two Dynasties,' Dao heirs and divine maidens, and those true monsters across the Four Regions and Eight Wastelands who possess heaven-defying physiques or tremendous fortune and opportunities are qualified to stand upon it." The brocade-robed youth raised his chin slightly, his aloofness that of someone looking down upon the mortal world.
His gaze fell once more on Wang Hu, whose face was gradually paling, and he delivered his final words lightly, like a verdict:
"The hollow glory of the Four Rankings might be a dream you spend your entire lives chasing, but in the eyes of the prodigies on the Immortal List..." He paused, his lips curling in mockery. "Perhaps you are fundamentally no different from those on the Yellow List, struggling to survive in the mud."
"You...!" Wang Hu's face instantly flushed blood-red with shame and fury, but the bloodline pressure the youth unconsciously exuded cowed him. His throat seemed to have been seized, leaving him unable to argue.
HUM!!!
Before those words had faded, at the summit of the heavens, the void above the floating Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List was violently ripped apart like brocade by an indescribable supreme power! A purple-gold rift spanning the river of stars was revealed!
Boundless purple-gold immortal light surged forth like a celestial river bursting its banks, instantly flooding the Three Thousand Realms and bearing down upon all living beings beneath the heavens!
Endless Dao laws and chaos aura converged and intertwined wildly within the purple-gold immortal light, finally condensing into a soul-shaking-
Dao seal bearing the character "Immortal"!
The true Nine Heavens Immortal List had descended!
Immediately afterward, shafts of purple-gold immortal light fell from the "Immortal" Dao seal like decrees from an emperor of the nine heavens, crossing endless space with unerring precision to envelop locations throughout this world!
Each descending shaft of immortal light was accompanied by an unparalleled figure whose image shone across the heavens!
The first fell deep within the solemn imperial palace of the Great Xia Ancient Dynasty in the Central Province. A handsome young man in a robe embroidered with four-clawed golden dragons, his bearing gracious and composed, raised his eyes slightly. Imperial dragon qi mingled with the immortal light around him—the Crown Prince of Xia, Xia Wushang.
The second pierced the eternally silent sword tomb of the Azure Lotus Sword Sect in the Eastern Region. Amid the ringing homage of ten thousand swords, a barefoot girl dressed in coarse hemp, an ancient sword upon her back, opened her eyes. Her gaze was crystalline and clear, reflecting only the sword in her hand and the Dao in her heart—the Azure Lotus Dao Adept, Li Qingming.
The third entered the Ten Thousand Buddhas Sacred Land in the Western Region. A young monk sat beneath a bodhi tree, his face compassionate and gentle, Buddhist light flowing around him as sacred chants resounded—the Buddha's Son, Xuanchan.
The fourth and fifth crashed one after another into the ancestral court of the Demon Race in the Southern Wasteland. A powerfully built young man with dragon horns on his forehead and killing intent soaring into the sky roared heavenward, rolling waves of sound shaking the mountains-the dragon scion, Ao Zhan. The other was a girl draped in seven-colored feathers, her beauty breathtaking and her eyes proud and lively. As she spread her wings, divine flames flickered into view, burning the sky and scorching the clouds-the phoenix maiden, Feng Jiuxiao.
The sixth plunged into Ten Thousand Demons City at the heart of the Demon Domain. Within the ceaselessly churning, dense demonic qi, only a pair of scarlet eyes emerged like blood moons, accompanied by a low, delighted laugh-the Devil Lord, Jiuyuan Sou.
The seventh shone upon the Ji Clan of the Four Ancient Clans. In its ancestral grounds, suffused with the ancient fragrance of books and imperial nobility, a young nobleman as gentle as jade held an ancient bronze scroll and smiled up at the sky. Graceful and transcendent, he seemed an exiled immortal descended to the mortal world-the Ji Clan's principal heir and crown prince of the Great Zhou Immortal Dynasty, Ji Shuyue.
The eighth graced the Jiang Clan of the Four Ancient Clans. Amid divine mountains filled with the fresh fragrance of countless herbs and Shennong's Dao resonance, a youth surrounded by the phantom of the Shennong Cauldron scratched his head. His aura was ancient and weighty, his smile honest and simple, yet no one dared underestimate him-the Jiang Clan's principal heir and Dao heir of the Supreme Dao Sect, Jiang Shinian.
The ninth favored the Feng Clan of the Four Ancient Clans. Within the ethereal Sky Dome City, which merged with the sky itself, a peerlessly beautiful woman with a flowing figure, seemingly poised to turn into wind at any moment, gazed at the immortal light and smiled, her beauty enough to topple cities and kingdoms-the Feng Clan's principal heiress, Feng Ling'er.
Under the expectant gaze of countless onlookers, the final shaft of purple-gold immortal light poured down like the Milky Way of the nine heavens bursting its banks. It tore savagely through the Eastern Region's sky and fell upon the magnificent grounds of the Yun Clan, completely enveloping the black-robed, black-haired figure before the Perching Phoenix Hall, who stood like a lone pine defying the snow!
—The Yun Clan Eldest Young Master, foremost of the Four Ancient Clans, Yun Qing!
He stood quietly within the immortal light, dim radiance flowing through the depths of his Double Pupils as though reflecting the birth and death of all the heavens. Chaos aura flowed naturally around him, resonating with the purple-gold immortal light.
The ten exalted places on the Nine Heavens Immortal List were now settled, their names branded upon the heavens!
The Four Ancient Clans, Three Sects, and Two Dynasties-the most extraordinary monsters of this age were all gathered upon it!
The entire Heavenly Origin Continent had first seethed with excitement at the simultaneous opening of the Four Rankings. Now, with the appearance of the Nine Heavens Immortal List that finally set everything in stone, it was plunged into astonishment once again!
Looking at those shafts of purple-gold immortal light spanning heaven and earth, looking at those names whose mere mention could crush a region's river of stars, Wang Hu's lips trembled. He could no longer utter a complete sentence. At last, he profoundly understood what the brocade-robed youth had meant by "fundamentally no different." Before those ten godlike figures, his own nomination to the Heaven List was as insignificant as dust.
The true age of great flourishing and great contention belonged to the struggle among these favored children of the heavens. From the moment their names entered the Immortal List and were branded upon the heavens, the curtain had risen on this magnificent, brutal, yet irresistibly alluring prelude!
An intricate, profound purple-gold Dao seal, flowing with immortal Dao resonance, quietly appeared upon Yun Qing's smooth forehead. It was the mark of Dao resonance unique to the Immortal List.
At the same time, ranking marks of varying colors and different Dao resonances appeared upon the foreheads of the cultivators previously selected by the Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow Rankings of the Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List-yellow, black, azure, and crimson, each shining differently.
These were the credentials of those admitted to the Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List. These Dao seals were not merely symbols of status; they could also gather the fortune of heaven and earth and increase one's blessings. No external force could conceal them. A single glance would tell others which list someone stood upon, making their relative standing immediately clear.
Yun Qing's Double Pupils were as deep as the sea, and the purple-gold immortal seal upon his forehead shone brilliantly, lending his already incomparably refined features an added measure of divinity and nobility beyond worldly concerns. He could clearly sense the faint connection between the mark on his forehead and some vast, unseen will, as well as the strands of mysterious fortune gathering toward him.
So the disturbance in heaven and earth the Young Lord sensed earlier was actually the emergence of the Nine Heavens Azure Cloud List! The Immortal List has opened, and the true contest for the azure clouds is imminent... Yun Qing's thoughts raced, his gaze instantly sharpening and deepening. If the threat within remains, how can I contend with the world? The plan must change. The Twelfth Elder and his side must be rooted out completely as soon as possible. I cannot delay any longer...
The Nine Heavens Immortal List was a true chance for a fish to leap through the dragon gate, the starting point for establishing a supreme Dao Foundation and reaching the highest realms! No one could ignore it, and no one wished to miss it!
The ten purple-gold pillars of light upon the Immortal List had yet to fade, while the myriad radiant clouds of the Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow Rankings also streamed down through the void. Just as countless cultivators across the three worlds and six paths remained immersed in the shock of so many prodigies emerging,
Another upheaval arose above the nine heavens!
A world-shaking Dao note resounded across the myriad realms. That vast Immortal List did not vanish into oblivion; instead, beyond its purple-gold immortal light, layer upon layer of boundless divine light unfurled!
Gold and red intertwined, primordial purple qi spread, and an aura of chaos first opening and myriad Daos wailing swept forth. The phantom of a list even more ancient and majestic than the Immortal List slowly unfolded!
At its head was only one great character, written with primordial purple qi as ink and the supreme Great Dao as the brush.
Its form was ancient and boundless!
Its meaning suppressed the myriad Daos!
Its might stood above immortals and gods!
It was a character that existed alongside the "Dao," symbolizing a certain supreme authority and station-
"God"!
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