The fourth place was announced, and next came the eagerly anticipated top three of the Heavenly Ranking!
Across the Three Thousand Worlds and the hundreds of large continents, heads surged and everyone awaited with extreme anticipation to see just what kind of terrifying figures could suppress heaven-defying physiques such as the Supreme Double Pupils and the Azure Luan Immortality!
"The Great Dao of Longevity can achieve Godhood! How many Gods are there between heaven and earth?"
"At the very least it must be the Ascension Realm!"
"I don't believe there is any existence more powerful than Qiuye!"...
The clamor of the world could not shake the golden Heavenly Ranking in the slightest as the light suddenly grew dense!
That was...
The precursor to an update!
Countless people's hearts were tightly pulled...
The Sacred Continent.
The Land of Eternal Twilight.
Above the misty, boundless azure lake, a single reed crossed the water.
Flocks of birds flew across the green mountains, sketching out a realm of rivers and lakes.
On the small boat, someone was fishing, dressed in black clothes with black hair, a black sword at the waist, only the face as white as snow.
This person fished strangely, without bait, without a fishing line, holding only an empty bamboo pole.
A man in white stepped across the water and asked, "How strange, you are fishing here yet without bait or line, can you catch anything?"
"Hasn't it already bitten?"
"Haha, you mean me? Hmph, I won't argue sophistry with you. Look at that Heavenly Ranking above our heads, guess what rank you'll be?"
"What do you think?"
"Having just entered the sect you saved the Sacred Continent from the demon disaster, and not long ago you also wiped out our Setting Sun Sect's hostile force-the Great Sheng Imperial Dynasty which is a match for the Heavenly Sword Holy Land, such a terrifying existence must be number one ahhhhh!" The man screamed in adoration.
He was the inner disciple Yan Fei, and the person holding the pole for empty fishing was the sect's Holy Son, Chu Shanjun!
For all living beings, he could raise his sword to fight the demon realm, single-handedly storm Azure Cloud, in his anger break ten thousand troops, and he could also sheath his sword, turning back to fish in the autumn river!
Such a person was unprecedented and would come after none.
Chu Shanjun calmly replied "Oh".
Yan Fei grew anxious: "What does 'oh' mean? Is it affirmation or negation? Aiya, talking to you is truly tiring!"
Chu Shanjun said, "The Heavenly Ranking has descended upon the world, and the era is restarting. Naturally I wish to be that very first person on the ranking."
Yan Fei felt relieved: "That's right, you are the future overlord in whom great hopes are pinned after all!
"Don't forget your terrifying aptitude! What Azure Dragon Divine Physique or Azure Luan Immortality aren't even put in your eyes, okay!
"Ai ai! The ranking is changing again!"
Yan Fei cried out.
The Heavenly Ranking wreathed in immortal radiance updated once more!
[Third Place]
Name: Chu Shanjun
Physique: Human Emperor Physique
Evaluation: With a mortal body, he erected the monument of the Human Emperor and forged the path of Immortal Ascension.
"I am f*cked!
"The Human Emperor Physique is so heaven-defying and still not number one?!
"An Immortal! Immortal Ascension ah!"
Yan Fei shouted without restraint.
Chu Shanjun sat upright like a bell, neither happy nor sad on his face.
He nodded: "It seems Chu will have an opponent! And an extremely powerful opponent!"
Yan Fei asked, "Those who can make the ranking are geniuses among geniuses. With your temperament, the opponent you speak of is definitely the number one on the Heavenly Ranking!"
Chu Shanjun narrowed his eyes slightly, raising his gaze slightly to look at the video playing above the Heavenly Ranking-
In the video, the heaven and earth changed unpredictably, the dawn rose dazzlingly, and rolling yellow sands swept across a thousand miles.
Suddenly with a crack, the earth split open with a terrifying crevice, and in an instant wind and snow filled the sky. A golden beam of light soared straight up from the fissure, and with a booming sound, falling rays filled the sky, weaving a chessboard of heaven and earth!
Amidst the rosy clouds, a white back grasped the stars as chess pieces, making a casual and unconstrained move. With a wave of his hand the wind and clouds surged, filled with a shocking sense that compelled one to look up with reverence!
The video finished playing.
The light of the Heavenly Ranking illuminated the earth.
The general public who saw the video at the same time still maintained a state of holding their breath and gathering their focus.
What kind of shock was it?
Just seeing that figure made people feel that the likes of Qu Jiangxuan and Qiuye were nothing special!
Everyone erupted into chatter. They had thought Azure Luan Immortality was shocking enough to shake the world, but who could have expected something to surpass it!
Human Emperor Physique!
With a mortal body, he had proven the Great Dao of an Immortal!
Just from the name, one could tell this physique could achieve Immortal Ascension!
Immortal...
What a distant word that was!
Especially in this era of depleted fortune and Spiritual Qi Doomsday!
It had been tens of thousands of years since an Immortal had existed in heaven and earth!
How could anyone connected to Immortals be anything but extraordinary?
Third on the Heavenly Ranking-truly deserved!
Amid the commotion, a streak of white light swiftly descended into the emerald lake.
[Third Place Reward] "Taiyi Orthodox Lightning Art" ["Taiyi Orthodox Lightning Art": An Immortal Method lost to history, said to be the legendary Immortal Taiyi's signature technique!]
"My heavens, an Immortal Method! I'd only ever heard of one in legends..."
Yan Fei cried out, consumed with envy.
Chu Shanjun was already incomparably powerful. With an Immortal Method to boot, it was like adding flowers to brocade. Just who in all the world could stand against him?
He wanted a Great Dao reward too, but what could he do? His skills were inferior, and he had no chance of making the list!
"Only the strongest are qualified to be Chu's opponents. Chu is very curious... who will that person be?"
Chu Shanjun gazed into the distant sky and murmured.
Dong-
The bells rang out in waves, and second place appeared!
[Second Place] Name: Changying Physique: Immaculate Body Evaluation: Untainted by the world's dust, transcending the mundane. On the path to Immortal Ascension, who but me could claim the summit!
"Changying? That's Guixu Changying!"
"That's not a person's name, it's a title passed down through generations!"
"Even the descendants of ancient Immortals, who've been in seclusion for a million years, have appeared!"
"The Immaculate Body is the most perfect physique for the Great Dao. If there weren't only one or two left in each lineage, they'd absolutely be eternal overlords ruling the Three Thousand Worlds!"
"Look! The video is here!"
Someone cried out. Following the direction they pointed, everyone saw the sound of raging waves surge across the heavens above the Heavenly Ranking!
In the video, an ocean plunged three thousand feet, surging like an angry dragon churning a river, like a raging flood dragon overturning the sea. It seemed capable of drowning the vast world in an instant and leaving everyone trapped in a bottomless, pitch-black ocean trench. That sensation of being hunted with death just a hair's breadth away made them shudder.
That was Guixu!
At the name, the whole world was shaken.
The Immaculate Body was the legendary perfect physique that could win by doing nothing.
Just seeing the name was already terrifying, let alone facing the video head-on.
Never mind the likes of Qu Jiangxuan and Xuan Tugu of the Azure Dragon Clan-even Ye Yuan with Double Pupils and Chu Shanjun with the Human Emperor Physique had to admit their inferiority. Compared with the Immaculate Body, their talents were worlds apart!
How could stars dare compete with the bright moon?!
Now that even reclusive Immortal clans had surfaced, no one would question the Heavenly Ranking's authority anymore!
Heavenly Continent.
There was a vast, ethereal ocean, named Guixu. All the rivers and seas beneath heaven flowed into Guixu!
"Heavenly Ranking, you've brought me no end of trouble.
"After a million years in seclusion, I've appeared before heaven and earth just like that. I wonder whether it's a blessing or a curse..."
A tall, straight-backed man looked up at the golden ranking list that covered the sky and smiled bitterly.
He was the Master of Guixu!
He turned his head slightly and said, "Still, one thing has surprised me. Your Immaculate Body wasn't even ranked first! Tell me, is there any physique in the world that's stronger?"
Behind him stood a woman, quiet as a shadow. She wore elegant white robes, her silver hair flowing in the breeze, and her deep-blue eyes were cool and noble.
Changying!
At that moment, the Heavenly Ranking's reward descended into Guixu and appeared before her.
[Second-place reward]
Heaven-Revering Immortal Diagram
[Heaven-Revering Immortal Diagram: An immortal treasure, born from the data of the Heavenly Dao. It can encompass countless rivers and mountains; when its scroll is unfurled, yin and yang appear!]
Seeing such a reward, even the well-informed Master of Guixu couldn't help but feel inwardly astonished. Treasures of this caliber would have been fought over like mad even in the Primordial Age of the gods, as recorded in the historical texts!
Changying smiled faintly, her temperament serene and untroubled, with the bearing of an Immortal. Yet she thought to herself that it would have been even better if the reward had been a pot of wine.
But she didn't dare voice that thought. If her master found out, who knew how he would lecture her!
How could the future Immortal Lord indulge in drinking?
The Master of Guixu said, "Though Guixu has appeared before the world, as a descendant of the ancient Immortals, even ranked second on the list, ordinary people wouldn't dare set their sights on you.
"But I am curious: what kind of formidable physique could surpass the Immaculate Body and claim first place?"
Even a reclusive expert with an elevated State of Mind, who disdained the petty comparisons of ordinary people, couldn't help being a little surprised by this ranking. It was truly unexpected.
"Master and I can wait and see."
Changying's expression remained calm, her bearing as free and graceful as drifting clouds. She simply spoke softly, though her heart was filled with curiosity as well!