The wind suddenly rose.
Xie Xuanwei stepped forward, his azure-white Dao light becoming a long rainbow that tore straight through the sky toward the Imperial Capital.
On the very day he left the Chi Xi Ancient Battlefield, the latest Heavenly Gang Nascent Soul True Lord Ranking was jointly updated by the Profound Mirror Sky-Hunting Bureau and the Heaven-Observing Divine Directorate, spreading throughout the Divine Capital.
The Azure Abyss Marquis's Manor.
Inside the Seclusion Chamber, Qing Chen sat upright on a meditation cushion, a water mirror suspended before him.
Spiritual light rippled like water within the mirror, and the phantom of a ranking scroll slowly unfurled. Names appeared on it one after another, each followed by background, cultivation, battle record, assessment, and changes in rank.
Qing Chen had originally only been browsing casually to gain a little understanding of the current situation.
After all, he would soon be traveling to the Northwestern Circuit, and he had several major matters to handle: the Primordial Magnetism Cauldron, the four hundred thousand Western Regions Protectorate Dao Army troops, and the Northwestern Heaven-Patrolling Dao Seal. A mere ranking should not have occupied much of his attention.
Yet when that line appeared in the water mirror, his gaze suddenly stopped.
``` [Heavenly Gang Nascent Soul True Lord Ranking · Third place]
[Qin Jundi]
[Background: Six Directions Alliance Assembly, Fist Alliance leader]
[Cultivation: Immortal Realm peak, suspected of having begun forming a nascent Primordial Spirit within his grotto-heaven]
[Rules: Strength Rules, first tribulation; rule domain formed]
[Battle record: Fought Yan Moyou of the Origin-Initial Devil Sect for several hundred exchanges at the Inverted Dream Star Abyss in the Chi Xi Ancient Battlefield, gaining a considerable upper hand. Subsequently encountered Hai Zhu, a wounded Spirit Transformation Realm alien venerable of the Star-Skeleton Race, and joined forces with Yan