"A sacred robe!"
"In this world, where Saints have died out, a sacred treasure actually still exists!"
"Wait, why is it Xie Feng again?"
"Could they really just share the same name?"
"This is the Supreme Dream Robe, third on the Dharma Artifact Ranking! Does he actually possess two earth-shaking Dharma artifacts?!!"
"The reward is actually Chaos Primordial Unity! That treasure exists only in history books!"
As the crowds clamored, light flashed across the Heavenly Ranking in succession.
At that very moment!
The Heavenly Ranking began changing again!
[Second place] Name: Azure Profound Fan Grade: immortal artifact Owner: Xie Feng Assessment: formed from the remains of Immortal Yinxuan in the ancient era, it contains the power of the boundless sea's waves!
"The Azure Profound Fan!"
"This is truly a treasure on par with epic legends!"
"Immortal Yinxuan was the foremost True Immortal of the ancient era!"
"Holy crap!"
"Another of Xie Feng's Dharma artifacts!"
Everyone was stunned when they saw the artifact's owner.
A moving image appeared on the Heavenly Ranking. Amid suffering multitudes and snowy plains of gleaming white, a lean figure arrived like a fleeting swan, each step ethereal.
Suddenly, hordes of demons descended from the heavens, their Sha Qi surging skyward. Immortal Yinxuan raised his palm, and a white folding fan burst into being!
As the folding fan opened and closed, the phantom of a silver dragon circled endlessly!
The Azure Profound Fan!
One man, one fan, slaughtering the hordes of demons until they scattered into ash and smoke!
Everyone trembled all over as they watched, as though they themselves were being slaughtered. The endless killing intent spilling from the video seemed poised to cleave everyone's souls apart!
Yet even more astonishing than the Azure Profound Fan was its owner!
Fourth was Xie Feng!
Third was Xie Feng!
Second was Xie Feng!
"Don't tell me he's first too?!"
"If he's first, I'll streak in public!"
"If he's first, I'll marry the big idiot at the village entrance!"
"If he's first, I-I'll bury myself alive!"
Everyone grew worked up.
At that very moment!
A beam of white light descended from the heavens, flying toward the vast mortal world.
[Second-place reward] Candlelight Scripture [An immortal art possessing the power to destroy heaven and earth]
The white light dissolved into the mortal world. No mighty expert, however powerful, could trace it.
At that moment!
The Heavenly Ranking sounded one final chime.
This foretold...
The arrival of the first-place entry on the Dharma Artifact Ranking, awaited by countless eyes!
[First place] Name: Immortal-Slaying Furnace Grade: Quasi-Saint Artifact Owner: Xie Feng Assessment: condensing the creative power of heaven and earth and drawing upon the laws of the Great Dao, it can refine all things in existence. Winds enter its eight mouths. The strongest pill furnace of the late primordial era!
The video began with nothing but a black pill furnace, pitch-black without a trace of color. It looked like an ordinary stove, utterly unremarkable!
Yet!
Extreme Dao resonance lingered around the pill furnace!
From exquisite refinement to utter simplicity!
From splendor back to plainness!
Suddenly, a torrent of power surged from within the Immortal-Slaying Furnace and shot into the clouds.
That power, that presence, was death, was pallor, was annihilation!
Thud!
Thud!
Its presence pierced the screen, stirring the winds and clouds. Many people were so terrified that they collapsed straight onto the ground!
It was an unparalleled assault upon the soul!
When the top-ranked artifact appeared, heaven and earth fell silent.
Everyone was scared witless!
The previously seething space eerily stilled for an instant.
Then...
Came an uproar of the utmost intensity.
"A Quasi-Saint Artifact!"
"Above the quasi-Saint realm are true Saints!"
"Whether in today's world or millions-even tens of millions-of years ago, this Immortal-Slaying Furnace would stand at the very tip of the pyramid among treasures!"
"The Immortal-Slaying Furnace is absolutely the mightiest Dharma artifact under heaven! And this Xie Feng is truly invincible!"
"He actually swept all four top spots by himself!!"
"He's a monster!!"
"Hey, you lot can start streaking in public and burying yourselves alive now!"
The appearance of the top-ranked artifact sparked a tidal wave of discussion. Just then, another ranking scroll suddenly appeared in the sky!
The Aptitude Ranking!
Two rankings now existed simultaneously.
One scroll for the Dharma Artifact Ranking!
One scroll for the Aptitude Ranking!
On the Aptitude Ranking, the first-place entry on the Heavenly Ranking, which had remained blank all this time, suddenly displayed a name!
"Look, what's that?"
"The name of the Heavenly Ranking's number one!"
"It's actually him!"
Shocked beyond measure, people cried out.
The Aptitude Ranking had undergone a new change!
And the information for the Heavenly Ranking's number one was finally revealed in full!
[First place] Name: Xie Feng Physique: Chaos Sacred Body Assessment: bones of chaos and creation, the supreme Saint of heaven and earth!
A moment later!
The Heavenly Ranking's video appeared!
In the age of chaos, deities were as abundant as mist, and immortals as plentiful as clouds. Where yin and yang met, a Saint was born! With a wave of his hand, winds rose; with a turn of his hand, rain fell.
He created the thirty-six-tier stairway to heaven!
He inscribed the genes of chaos!
Passed down through countless generations, the genes of the Chaos Sacred Body remained powerful!
One Saint after another appeared.
Every one of them forged extraordinary legends.
Next came the reward of the Great Dao!
[First-place reward] Azure-Yellow Radiant Spirit Pill [Azure-Yellow Radiant Spirit Pill: a quasi-Saint-grade pill containing the Great Dao of rebirth]
"Gasp! The Chaos Sacred Body!"
"No wonder he could surpass even the Primordial White Tiger Immortal Physique and the Ancestral Dragon Formless Demon Physique! How could immortals and Saints be spoken of in the same breath?!!"
"Xie Feng again!"
"First on both the Aptitude Ranking and the Dharma Artifact Ranking, and he even swept the top four places on the Dharma Artifact Ranking!"
"This man is too terrifying!"
Spirit Continent. Devil Grotto.
"The Heavenly Ranking's number one has finally appeared!"
"But what concerns me most is that Dharma artifact!"
"To think the Immortal-Slaying Furnace was not lost to history, but has reappeared in the mortal realm!"
"Immortal Yinxuan, the being my ancestor, the Asura Devil Master, feared most! My ancestor's eternal enemy!"
"Just who is this Xie Feng?!"
Lu Xiuluo, the Demon Emperor ranked tenth on the Aptitude Ranking, stood before the Ten Directions Hall in scarlet armor. His half-demon, half-Buddha face was terrifying and uncanny!
He stared at the Heavenly Ranking, dreadful frost and demonic obstructions filling his pupils!
He voiced his dangerous question!
Heavenly Secrets Pavilion.
As both rankings changed together, Qi Wuyan's state of mind finally wavered!
Her slender hand shook.
She nearly dropped the bronze Fate Cauldron!
Heavenly Master Qi was too shaken to speak!
The Beacon Cloud Hook! The Supreme Dream Robe! The Azure Profound Fan! The Immortal-Slaying Furnace!
Which of them was not a Dharma artifact that shook the world?!
Especially...
The existence of a Quasi-Saint Artifact was even more startling!
Azure Cloud Holy Land.
Beneath a red maple, Ye Yuan stood quietly in the wind, his yellow robes fluttering. He gazed at the Heavenly Ranking with his mysterious Double Pupils, a slight ripple passing over his usually composed face!
"A Quasi-Saint Artifact actually exists in this world!"
"And he's also first on the Aptitude Ranking!"
"Xie Feng!"
He murmured to himself.
Meng Wuqu said, "Just what kind of terrifying era are you living in..."
Ye Yuan said, "You make it sound like you're dead."
Meng Wuqu said, "My glory has turned to empty clouds in the blink of an eye. This is your era, but your peers are unexpectedly powerful. Could it be that heroes shape the times? In an age of declining Dharma, such a monster has actually emerged!"
Ye Yuan closed his eyes without a word.
Sacred Continent.
Setting Sun Sect.
"He really is first on the Heavenly Ranking!"
"Xie Feng, so that's your name..."
"I, Chu, will remember it!"
Chu Shanjun gazed at the Heavenly Ranking, excitement showing in his eyes!
He spoke to himself!
Yan Fei limped over and quipped, "Why does this sound like you're chasing a wife? 'Forever remember,' even. Tsk, tsk."
Chu Shanjun raised his leg and kicked him.
"Ow!"
Yan Fei immediately clutched his backside in pain and leaped into the air.
Chu Shanjun said expressionlessly, "My kick wasn't that powerful."
"Tch, who was blaming you? A thief's guilty conscience!
"My old man did it!
"All I did was get drunk and flirt with a beauty, and that old geezer really went to town on me. Getting worked up over me all day long-I'm sick to death of it!"
Yan Fei rolled his eyes.
Chu Shanjun shrugged. Bring disaster on yourself, and there was no surviving it.
Pah, ptui.