As Ye Wushuang pressed his attack, the remaining strands of tribulation lightning were about to disperse, drawn back by the Heavenly Dao of the Myriad Spirits Realm.
"Little Wushuang, watch your Brother Book." A voice rang out within Ye Wushuang. It was actually the Heavenly Book of All Things, which had fallen silent not long ago.
The Heavenly Book turned a page, cutting off the Heavenly Dao's powerful pull. The origin essence of the tribulation lightning actually began flowing into the book.
Ye Wushuang was a little dumbfounded. Was the Heavenly Book of All Things really this underhanded?!
It could actually absorb even tribulation lightning and nurture it within.
As his cultivation realm rose, the Heavenly Book could even improve the quality of the tribulation lightning.
Doesn't that mean I can just summon tribulation lightning to strike my opponents in future fights? Ye Wushuang thought deviously.
"Not bad, not bad. Your ideas show great promise, kid. You're one ten-thousandth as devious as I am."
Hearing the Heavenly Book of All Things, Ye Wushuang's vision went dark.
How could such an imposing immortal artifact of the righteous path have such a sleazy, devious artifact spirit?
And while everyone in the Myriad Spirits Realm was still reeling from the sight of Ye Wushuang driving back the Heavenly Dao.
The light climbing the ranking still did not stop. It actually launched another charge upward.
Ninth place, the founder of the Heaven-Surpassing Imperial Dynasty, the Heaven-Surpassing Empress, was surpassed.
Eighth place, the Heavenly Tyrant Body, the Tyrant King, was surpassed.
Silence blanketed the Myriad Spirits Realm below.
Astonishment and stupefaction enveloped this world.
The position he was reaching on the ranking was actually this terrifying!
Some even began entertaining the illusion that Ye Wushuang might be the reincarnation of a supreme mighty figure from the Immortal Domain, which would explain how he could defy heaven so.
As time passed.
The name Ye Wushuang drew close to three other resplendent names.
The top three on the ranking were actually all ancestors of the Ye Lineage.
Heavenly mysteries shrouded them, leaving no one able to see information about the three. Only their titles remained.
Third place, Immortal Ancient Ye Clan, Dust.
Second place, Immortal Ancient Ye Clan, Stillness.
First place, Immortal Ancient Ye Clan, Heaven.
In the mortal world, above a stretch of sea, a carefree man reclined sideways in midair with a gourd in hand, drinking immortal wine in utter leisure. "How delightful, how delightful! A junior of my Ye Lineage? Interesting."
Within the Blood Sea Pagoda, a forbidden ground in the Demon Realm of the Immortal Domain, a black-haired man stood proudly, his oppressive presence shaking heaven and earth. "My Ye Lineage has a worthy successor. I am not alone on my path!"
In the Heavenly Court, a man sat cross-legged inside a palace. His tightly closed eyelids lifted slightly, and a smile appeared. "It seems that in this life, it will still fall to someone of my Ye Lineage to sever the fate of the World-Ending Great Tribulation."
Three single-character titles hovered at the top of the ranking, exuding majesty.
As though sensing the presence of their own kin behind them, they slowly drifted downward, seemingly making way for their junior.
The name Ye Wushuang shot straight toward the top.
"He surpassed them! He actually surpassed those three!"
It was not just the younger generation. At this moment, even some masters of holy lands could not help roaring.
Only those who knew the deeds of those three understood how terrifying they were.
It could be said that in their lifetime, heavenly prodigies fell into only two ranks: those three, and all the other geniuses!
Even reincarnated immortals, sons of ancient emperors, heirs to Supremes, and peerless divine bodies had all been mere backdrops to those three.
Yet now, the Ye Lineage had produced another peerless heavenly prodigy who surpassed all three and took first place on the Eternal Physical Body Ranking!
(Of course, the gap between those in the top ten was not very large. These were merely their states when they entered the ranking; with further cultivation, victory could still go either way.)
First place, Immortal Ancient Ye Clan, Wushuang!
At that moment, all was silent. It felt like a dream, utterly unreal to everyone.
Their generation had produced a genius who claimed first place on the Eternal Physical Body Ranking!
Now they understood what it meant to be truly unrivaled in a generation, unrivaled across ten thousand lifetimes!
The many factions harbored complicated thoughts, most of them considering how to cling to the Ye Lineage's mighty thigh.
Within a Gu Clan, someone said, "Our princess has exceptional talent and peerless beauty. Hurry and discuss a marriage alliance."
The guard beside them looked somewhat troubled. "Elder, isn't the princess a little too old? This heavenly prodigy of the Ye Lineage is only a youth..."
Within a holy land, someone said, "Quickly summon my younger clansister to discuss this. She is so lively and adorable, the Ye Lineage's heavenly prodigy is sure to like her."
"Young clan leader, what if the Divine Son has somewhat unusual tastes, like that Great Emperor Weiwu from long ago?"
"Then how about we invite the outstanding beauties of the older generation too?..."
By contrast, the factions whose relations with the Ye Lineage were rather strained had no smiles on their faces.
On Qilin Cave's side, someone wore a savage expression. "It seems the descendant of that ancient emperor of our Qilin Cave must emerge as well."
Within the Nine Nether Imperial Dynasty, someone said, "Hmph, if our sixth prince emerged, he would certainly make it onto the Eternal Physical Body Ranking too."
High above, the ancestors all smiled. "He actually surpassed even those three? By now, they have probably already fought their way through the Immortal Domain, perhaps even reached the road beyond."
The name Ye Wushuang still shone on the Eternal Physical Body Ranking, radiating waves of golden light.
The impact his entry into the ranking had brought to the Myriad Spirits Realm was simply unimaginable.
The rulers of the various major factions also began deciding which side to take in this great era, to carry on the glory of their own branches.
Ye Wushuang would influence the upheavals among the Immortal Domain's major factions in this lifetime.
As the major factions and supreme orthodoxies issued their orders.
Ye Wushuang slowly landed on the martial arena. Gazing at the gradually fading Eternal Physical Body Ranking, he seemed to sense something and turned his eyes toward that stretch of sky.
On the Eternal Physical Body Ranking, Ye Wushuang's name, blazing with resplendent golden light.
Actually left first place, transcended the ranking, and vanished.
Deep within the ancient lands of the Myriad Spirits Realm, old relics, figures on the level of living fossils, slowly spoke.
"A mysterious existence has appeared and actually transcended the Eternal Rankings. We simply do not know which ranking it was."
"This child is too monstrous. Even the Eternal Rankings cannot measure him. He has reached a state of transcendence."
What did that mean?
It meant this person's karma lay outside destiny, on an entirely different plane from everyone else. Even the Eternal Rankings could not bear his true name!
Even these immensely powerful existences were somewhat shocked. The talk of transcendence passed down since before ancient times was actually true.
"Haha, Little Wushuang, not bad. You have half my grandeur now."
The Ninth Ancestor descended from the void and appeared before everyone, his face full of smiles, looking every bit an elder with no sense of decorum.
The corner of Ye Wushuang's mouth twitched. This Ninth Ancestor really knows how to tell a cold joke...
When the other Ye Lineage disciples recognized the Ninth Ancestor before them, they all hurried to salute.
"Greetings, Ninth Clan Elder." The disciples bowed one after another.
"Grandpa Ninth Ancestor." Ye Wushuang also came to the Ninth Ancestor's side.
"Will showing my edge so openly this time bring trouble to the lineage?" Ye Wushuang dipped his head slightly.
"You're young. How could you not show your edge? Our Ye Lineage has always acted with a high profile. Hiding our abilities has never been our style. We must fight to show the world our Ye Lineage's splendor!"
"It's fine. Breaking through the Limit Breaking Realm and entering the Eternal Physical Body Ranking has given our Ye Lineage quite a surprise!" The Ninth Ancestor looked exuberant.
As for so-called trouble, their Ye Lineage had truly never feared it!
Compared with Ye Wushuang achieving Limit Breaking and transcending the Eternal Physical Body Ranking.
What did those stray-dog-and-cat holy lands and Emperor Clans outside amount to?