Making the Heavenly Pride Ranking and Causing a Sensation!

Boom!

Their fists collided!

An earth-shaking crash rang out, deafening as thunder crashing with overwhelming force. Its terrifying might swept in every direction like surging ocean waves, striking fear into every heart.

Rumble!

In an instant, an invisible shock wave spread wildly outward from the two of them. Wherever it passed, sand and stones flew and dust billowed, as though the entire space were about to be torn apart.

Ji Kun and the others fled in all directions, afraid of being caught in the aftershocks of Lin Fan and Wang Kunlong's clash.

Nangong Yu'er's beautiful eyes widened, her cherry lips parting slightly as disbelief filled her face. "Is this... really someone in the Spirit Sea Realm?"

Even watching from afar, she, an early Purple Mansion Realm cultivator, still felt a deadly sense of oppression from the might Lin Fan unleashed at that moment.

If she imagined herself in Wang Kunlong's place, she simply had no ability to withstand Lin Fan's strike.

Thinking again of how she had wanted to save Lin Fan, she could not help smiling self-mockingly. Was she worthy?

Meanwhile, her beautiful eyes flickered, her thoughts unknown...

Boom!

With Lin Fan and Wang Kunlong colliding so fiercely, one of them was bound to break!

Sure enough, Wang Kunlong's heart-rending scream came from the center of the battle. His figure flew out like a cannonball, the White Tiger Arm on his right side nowhere to be seen. Only half of his blood-drenched body remained, a horrifying sight!

Finally, with a bang, he slammed heavily into the mountain range below, sending dust flying.

Wang Kunlong had no breath of life left. His eyes remained wide, filled with unwillingness, preserving the disbelief he had worn before death.

Lin Fan walked out, his gaze looking down upon all directions, his white robes snapping in the wind. He was completely unscathed, without so much as a wrinkle at the hem of his clothes, like a young Great Emperor descending.

He did not even glance at the two dead heavenly prides, as though he had merely crushed two ants in passing!

Seeing this, Ji Kun, whose nerves had been taut all along, secretly exhaled and could not help cheering. "Hahaha! I knew those two petty scoundrels couldn't do anything to the Imperial Scion!!"

A system notification sounded in Lin Fan's ears.

[Ding! The host brutally killed two heavenly prides, conforming to villainous behavior. Obtained Villain Points x20000, Sword Intent Upgrade Card x1]

The Sword Intent Upgrade Card needed no further introduction. It did exactly what its name said!

Ji Kun knew what to do. Seeing that the two heavenly prides were dead, he ran over and searched their corpses, finally taking everything of value from them and handing it all to Lin Fan.

Lin Fan was very satisfied. As a dignified Imperial Scion, certain things were inconvenient for him to do and would diminish his dignity.

He really did need an underling.

Ji Kun had a good eye for things, but his talent was a little lacking. He was already over fifty and only at the peak Heavenly Dipper Realm. Given the opportunity, Lin Fan could focus on nurturing him into a capable subordinate!

Lin Fan only wanted the six wisps of Chaos Origin. The rest did not interest him, so he gave it all to Ji Kun!

It counted as payment for finding Chaos Origin for him, and he also ordered Ji Kun to use the resources to cultivate diligently.

Ji Kun had initially not dared accept them, but he did not dare disobey Lin Fan's order either. He could only accept, swearing to cultivate diligently from then on and never disgrace the Imperial Scion when he went out.

"As expected of an Archaic monster!"

"Lin Fan killed two heavenly prides. He's definitely made the Heavenly Pride Ranking!"

"Making the ranking in the Spirit Sea Realm-he's definitely the first since the Archaic Heavenly Pride Ranking began!"

The surrounding cultivators all looked at Lin Fan with reverence, clicking their tongues and sighing in amazement. It was as though they had witnessed a young Great Emperor rising, destined to sweep through an entire generation of heavenly prides and ascend forcefully to the imperial throne!

Meanwhile, Lin Fan's killing of the two heavenly prides caused quite a stir in the outside world.

Outside the Primordial Chaos Realm.

The Three Thousand Provinces of the Desolate Ancient Land, the Drunken Immortal Pavilion!

Rumble!

The previously peaceful sky was suddenly torn open by a dazzling golden light. It streaked across the heavens like lightning, instantly illuminating the entire sky as brightly as day.

Immediately afterward, a mysterious, unfathomable power of laws that made hearts tremble slowly emerged from that brilliant light.

What was happening?

This sudden change immediately alarmed the Dao protectors from the various orthodoxies waiting for the heavenly prides in the Primordial Chaos Realm. They all looked toward the sky with solemn expressions.

A dazzling golden decree descended from the heavens, hanging in the sky like a golden sun, illuminating the firmament and radiating boundless pressure and light.

As it slowly unfurled, densely packed names were revealed upon it. A careful count showed there were actually a full thousand! Each name flickered with a faint spiritual light, seemingly containing endless mysteries and power.

"It's the Heavenly Pride Ranking!"

The cultivators present all recognized the ranking's origin. It was none other than the Archaic Heavenly Pride Ranking, and they could not help exclaiming, "The Heavenly Pride Ranking has appeared! It seems there's been another change!"

"I wonder whether a new heavenly pride has appeared or the existing rankings have changed?"

"Whose heavenly pride has been fortunate enough to make the ranking? I burned incense for my ancestor yesterday. Could it be our Kun Taimei?"

"I heard five or six heavenly prides entered the Primordial Chaos Realm this time to seek opportunities. Could a great battle have broken out between them, changing the rankings?"

"That's right. I heard those heavenly prides were ranked close together. I reckon one of them obtained a heaven-defying opportunity and defeated a cultivator ranked above them."

Whenever the Heavenly Pride Ranking changed, it announced the news to all of Archaic.

Watching this scene, the cultivators from every faction offered their guesses and waited to see. Quite a few powerhouses hoped their own heavenly prides would make the ranking and bring glory to their ancestors!

After all, once a cultivator made the ranking, their future prospects were limitless. At worst, they would become a Great Saint or a Sage King Realm powerhouse. With an opportunity, they might even prove their Dao and become a Great Emperor.

"What? Luo Tianci actually fell off the ranking!"

"Who on earth defeated Luo Tianci? He was the Luo Clan's strongest Heavenly Dipper Realm heavenly pride, said to possess the Purple Firmament Divine Lightning Body, a constitution seen only once in ten thousand years that commands the heavens' lightning tribulations."

"Could it be Lin Yichen of the Lin Clan, or Fairy Nangong of the Nangong Clan?"

Sure enough, when people saw Luo Tianci disappear from the 758th place on the Heavenly Pride Ranking, they could not help crying out, all speculating about who had defeated him.

"Wait!"

A sharp-eyed cultivator seemed to notice something unusual and exclaimed, "Luo Tianci's name disappeared without pushing down the heavenly pride below him. There's only one possibility. He's fallen..."

"Hiss, that's really true!"

"Heavens, who on earth dared kill an imperial clan's heavenly pride!"

"Could it be Lin Yichen of the Lin Clan? I heard things haven't been peaceful between the Luo Clan and the Lin Clan lately."

Only then did people realize something. Luo Tianci had not fallen off the ranking-he had died! The death of an imperial clan's heavenly pride could be a small matter or a great one.

Defeating a heavenly pride and killing one carried very different weight.

A defeat stopped short of death, while heavenly prides had countless means of preserving their lives. Killing one was harder than hard.

In Luo Tianci's former position, several large, swirling gilded characters appeared in his place.

Yet when people saw those characters, their eyes widened, as though they had witnessed something unbelievable.

758th place: Lin Fan! Early Spirit Sea Realm!

Those words shone with dazzling light, as though announcing to the world that another heavenly pride had been born in Archaic!

Had they seen it wrong?

How could it be Lin Fan?

Outside the entire Drunken Immortal Pavilion, countless cultivators sank into a brief, deathly silence. Clearly, they did not dare question the ranking; they simply could not quite believe the sight before their eyes.