His Fame Shook the Three Thousand Provinces, and Great Emperor Hongyun Flew into a Rage!

After all, rumor had it that the Heavenly Pride Ranking was a legendary immortal treasure of mysterious and extraordinary origins.

Even Great Emperors could not influence its rankings. Its authority was beyond question, and everyone knew it could never be wrong.

Some cultivators could not help rubbing their eyes, closing and opening them several times. Only after finding that nothing had changed did they realize it was true!!

Towering waves of shock surged through everyone's hearts.

At that moment, earth-shaking discussions erupted outside the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, like a giant boulder suddenly hurled into still water, stirring up monstrous waves.

"Holy shit!"

"The Lin Clan's Imperial Son really made the ranking!"

"He crossed two major realms from the Spirit Sea Realm to kill an imperial clan prodigy in the Purple Mansion Realm. How did he do it?!"

"Tsk, tsk. I was wondering who had the guts to kill Luo Tianci. So it was the Lin Clan's Imperial Son. I bet the Luo Clan won't dare let out so much as a fart when they hear!"

Not one cultivator present had expected Lin Fan to make the ranking.

After all, Lin Fan's cultivation was far too low. He had only been in the Pill Condensation Realm when he entered. Even with a breakthrough, he would only be in the Spirit Sea Realm, still a long way from Archaic's true prodigies.

Two major realms!

Every realm presented a barrier like a heavenly chasm. Only monstrous prodigies could defeat enemies above their level.

Though everyone had long heard how monstrous the Lin Clan's Imperial Son was, who could have known he would cross two major realms from the Spirit Sea Realm and defy the heavens by slaying Luo Tianci in the Purple Mansion Realm?

These were no clay chickens and pottery dogs!

They were among the most powerful outstanding talents under fifty in Archaic.

Every one possessed terrifying talent, a powerful and extraordinary physique, or the like, standing above countless geniuses in Archaic. Every ranking had been earned through battle.

Prodigies hailed as the strongest of their level!...

Thus, when people heard that Lin Fan had actually killed Luo Tianci across realms, their jaws all dropped, their mouths hanging open in shock. For the first time, they truly experienced, from one of Archaic's three great monsters-

Just how monstrous Lin Fan was!

Pfft!

In a Heaven-class private room at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, its master reclined in a grand armchair, enjoying a massage from four or five of the establishment's great beauties. Upon hearing his subordinate's report about Lin Fan, he immediately spat out a mouthful of tea.

His whole body sprang upright, as though he had gone limp...

Pah! Like someone who had been bedridden with paralysis for ages suddenly sitting upright, he brimmed with renewed vigor and laughed uncontrollably. The two mounds of fat on his cheeks kept jiggling-duang, duang.

"Hahaha!"

"Good lad, you've given me quite a surprise!"

"You're the first person in all eternity to make the Heavenly Pride Ranking in the Spirit Sea Realm!"

A few days earlier, when Lin Fan killed an ordinary Heavenly Dipper Realm prodigy from the Wang Clan downstairs, he had not been surprised.

After all, as the Lin Clan's Imperial Son, he possessed the legendary Chaos Gods and Devils Body and cultivated every realm to its utmost limit. With such monstrous talent, killing someone in the Heavenly Dipper Realm was child's play.

But Luo Tianci-he had examined that boy carefully.

Once he reached the Purple Mansion Realm and his Purple Firmament Divine Lightning Body began to awaken, even late-stage Purple Mansion Realm cultivators would have to take his attacks seriously. Yet he had fallen at Lin Fan's hands. How interesting!

Meanwhile, outside the Drunken Immortal Pavilion!

News that Lin Fan had slain two great prodigies in the Spirit Sea Realm and made the Heavenly Pride Ranking spread as though on wings throughout the Three Thousand Provinces of the Desolate Ancient Land, causing quite a stir!

In the sky, the Heavenly Pride Ranking had dimmed, as though it might dissipate into the world at any moment.

Yet suddenly, the Heavenly Pride Ranking blazed once more with boundless divine light. Like the first light of dawn at the universe's birth, or an enormous blazing sun rising over the horizon, it instantly illuminated the heavens.

A cultivator exclaimed, "Holy shit, is someone else making the ranking?"

Everyone focused their Qi and attention on the Heavenly Pride Ranking, only to find Wang Kunlong's name vanishing and Lin Fan's name taking his place!

"Holy shit!"

"Wang Kunlong kicked the bucket too?!"

"Heavens, did Lin Fan kill two prodigies in a row?"

"I bet the Wang Clan and Luo Clan prodigies joined forces to kill the Lin Clan's Imperial Son, only to get killed instead!"

"Exactly! How embarrassing. Two mighty Purple Mansion Realm prodigies died at the hands of someone in the Spirit Sea Realm. The Wang Clan and Luo Clan will probably cough up blood."

"What do you know? The Lin Clan's Imperial Son is just too monstrous!"

The cultivators present were initially utterly stunned, but soon some spotted the clues. As they exchanged remarks, they pieced together why the Wang Clan and Luo Clan prodigies had died.

Their words were filled with disdain for the two imperial clans.

Who did not know that the Wang Clan and Luo Clan had previously suffered a huge loss at the Lin Clan's hands? It was perfectly normal for their two prodigies to try to kill Lin Fan in the Primordial Chaos Realm.

Having received another report, the master of the Drunken Immortal Pavilion chuckled and looked toward a certain VIP room on the third floor, as though he could see what was happening inside.

"Hehe! Those old fellows are so naive. They're even drinking to celebrate!"

"As if the Lin Clan's Imperial Son would die that easily! They're celebrating too soon. They'll probably be coughing up blood in anger shortly, haha!"

Meanwhile, inside that private room.

A rich wine fragrance filled the entire room. Several hale and hearty old men with white hair and youthful faces sat around an exquisite round sandalwood table.

A closer look revealed none other than the Luo Clan's three patriarchs, the Wang Clan's Great Emperor Hongyun, and the others.

Each held a crystal-clear jade cup filled with amber liquid-the Drunken Immortal Wine renowned throughout the Three Thousand Provinces of the Desolate Ancient Land-as though celebrating some happy event.

"Hahaha!"

"After so many days, that little bastard from the Lin Clan must have died in the Primordial Chaos Realm!"

"Indeed. We gave our juniors so many trump cards. No matter how monstrous that little bastard is, isn't he still just in the Pill Condensation Realm? Against the trump cards we prepared, he couldn't stir up so much as a ripple!"

"A little bastard dying in a contest between peers-the Lin Clan probably can't do anything to us!"

At that moment, the old men wore smiles as they sipped fine wine and conversed in low voices, seemingly engrossed in discussing something that filled them with wild delight.

Barring any surprises, he would certainly die in the Primordial Chaos Realm.

However, just then...

With a bang, the private room's door opened, and an old man hurried inside, his expression panicked.

The Great Emperors frowned and coldly regarded the old man who had interrupted their enjoyment, as though they would kill him if he failed to provide a reasonable explanation.

Under the pressure of the Great Emperors, the old man collapsed and prostrated himself on the floor, hurriedly explaining why he had come. It was none other than the matter of Lin Fan making the ranking.

"What?"

"That little bastard from the Lin Clan didn't die, and he even killed both Wang Kunlong and Luo Tianci?"

"Trash! A whole bunch of useless trash! You couldn't even kill a mere Pill Condensation Realm brat. What use are you!"

As the man recounted everything at an unhurried pace, his body trembled ever more uncontrollably with each word.

For Great Emperor Hongyun and the others looked increasingly grim, their presences growing ever more oppressive and terrifying, as though they might lose control and erupt at any moment. Radiating a terrifying presence, they finally could not help roaring in fury.

They immediately extended their divine senses outside the Drunken Immortal Pavilion. It was exactly as the man had said.

Not only that, news came from both clans: the life tablets of every disciple who had entered the Primordial Chaos Realm had all shattered within the same stretch of time!

That meant not a single disciple from either clan who had entered the Primordial Chaos Realm had survived!

Yet Lin Fan was still alive!