Chapter 1142: First Day Rankings
Although he had no particular attachment to the Xuan Path, the admiration for the strong still caused Xiao Mo's words and eyes to become much more excited: "When I first arrived at the Divine Realm, I heard the name 'Young Master Changsheng' countless times. Among the Four Divine Sons of the Eastern Domain, the other three—Shui Yingyue of the Liuguang Realm, Jun Xilei, heir of the Sword Lord, and Lu Lengchuan of the Futian Realm—are said to have varying strengths and weaknesses in cultivation, making it difficult to determine who is stronger. But only Luo Changsheng is universally recognized as the foremost of the Four Divine Sons and the number one among the younger generation of the Eastern Divine Region."
"And sure enough, he is also ranked first overall! Truly worthy of his reputation... Over twenty thousand soul beads, which means roughly he single-handedly killed over a hundred Divine Spirit Realm profound beasts, and in less than a day... hiss!" Xiao Mo took a sharp breath: "Too terrifying."
Shengyu Realm, Young Master Changsheng Luo Changsheng, the foremost of the Four Divine Sons of the Eastern Domain. On the first day, which should have been the hardest to show a difference, he firmly held the overall first place; nothing could better demonstrate his astonishing strength.
Yun Che glanced down the list:
Shui Yingyue: Origin: Liuguang Realm, Soul Beads: 20491, Battle Zone Rank: 1, Total Rank: 2.
Jun Xilei: Origin: Yaoxin Sword Pavilion, Soul Beads: 19438, Battle Zone Rank: 1, Total Rank: 3.
The top three were unexpectedly all claimed by the Four Divine Sons of the Eastern Domain!
This was undoubtedly telling the world that the name "Four Divine Sons of the Eastern Domain" was no empty rumor.
Xiao Mo flicked his hand, materializing the battle zone ranking list. At the top of this list was a name familiar to Yun Che:
Wu Guike: Origin: Shenwu Realm, Soul Beads: 15849, Battle Zone Rank: 1, Total Rank: 19.
"Wu Guike... oh! I've heard of this person! He's the son of the Great Realm King of Shenwu Realm and also the most powerful of this generation in Shenwu Realm!" Xiao Mo shouted: "I never thought I'd be assigned to the same battlefield as such a strong person. I wonder if I'll have a chance to meet him."
It wasn't that Xiao Mo had extremely extensive news from the Divine Realm; rather, these were all top figures among the younger generation who had long been renowned across the Divine Realm. Not knowing them would be abnormal.
Yun Che slightly frowned... Wu Guike ranked first in his battle zone, which didn't surprise him, but what he hadn't expected was that his total rank was also so high.
Nineteenth among the entire younger generation of the Eastern Divine Region... what a concept that was!
Although this was only the temporary ranking for the first day, far from the final result, it was already enough to showcase Wu Guike's astonishing strength.
Moreover, this achievement seemed to be under a somewhat relaxed state on his part.
However, Yun Che was only slightly surprised and didn't take it to heart at all. Compared to these people, he was completely in a different world. Once the preliminary selection ended, he would do his utmost to fulfill his wishes, and perhaps that would be the time for him to bid farewell to the Divine Realm.
After returning to the Lan Ji Star, he would probably visit the Yin Xue Realm every now and then to see his master Mu Xuanyin. Aside from that, he would have no further connections with this world. His soul had always belonged only to the Lan Ji Star.
Outside the battlefield, the realms of the Eastern Divine Region were also in turmoil.
Those from Yin Xue Realm and Yan Shen Realm who had already entered the Zhou Tian Divine Realm had been arranged into their exclusive lodgings. However, since the battlefield was within the Zhou Tian Pearl, they naturally could not directly see the battlefield conditions and had to rely on the Star Monuments.
"Let's first take a look at the general results of the first day."
The people from Yin Xue Realm and Yan Shen Realm stood before the same Star Monument. Huo Rulie reached out, touched the starlight, and infused his intent. The information of the person he was inquiring about immediately manifested as a light screen:
Yan Mingxuan: Origin: Yan Shen Realm, Fenghuang God Sect, Battle Zone Rank: 105, Total Rank: 98432.
Yan Zhuo: Origin: Yan Shen Realm, Zhuque Sect, Battle Zone Rank: 42, Total Rank: 44600.
"Hahahaha!" Huo Rulie burst into laughter: "Congratulations, Sect Master Yan. It seems like a good start."
Yan Juehai also nodded with a smile, showing satisfaction: "Xuan'er performed reasonably well on the first day, at least not falling outside the top hundred thousand. Zhuo'er is even more outstanding. If Sect Master Yan were to learn of this, he would surely be overjoyed."
"This Yan Zhuo kid not only has high talent but also works extremely hard. He entered the Divine Spirit Realm three months ago, and achieving such a ranking at the first level of the Divine Spirit Realm is indeed rare. As for Mingxuan being within the hundred thousand, that's even more remarkable." Huo Rulie was generous with his praise.
There were over fifty million participating profound practitioners, with profound strength ranging from the Divine Tribulation Realm to the Divine Spirit Realm, but the distribution of profound practitioners between these two realms was vastly uneven.
If the overall distribution of profound strength among the participants were laid out, it would show a steep decline. The early stage of the Divine Tribulation Realm had the most practitioners, and each higher level saw the numbers decrease geometrically, with a cliff-like drop at the Divine Spirit Realm.
Among Divine Spirit Realm profound practitioners, most were at the early stage. There were very few at the mid-stage, and the late stage was extremely rare... The peak stage belonged exclusively to the Four Divine Sons of the Eastern Domain.
In terms of numbers, the total count of Divine Spirit Realm profound practitioners was at most around fifty thousand, barely one-thousandth of the total, while the remaining over fifty million were all at the Divine Tribulation Realm.
With over fifty million Divine Tribulation Realm profound practitioners, having a difference of a few million ranks at the same profound strength level was entirely normal. Yan Juehai's grandson Yan Mingxuan, with profound strength at the ninth level of the Divine Tribulation Realm, ranking within a hundred thousand, proved that he surpassed a large portion of opponents at the same profound strength level—an indeed remarkable achievement.
But no matter how hard he tried or how much luck he had, it was absolutely impossible for him to break into the top fifty thousand, because that was the domain of Divine Spirit Realm profound practitioners.
The ninth level of the Divine Tribulation Realm and the first level of the Divine Spirit Realm, though separated by only one level, were two completely different planes, with an insurmountable chasm between them.
Yan Zhuo, with cultivation at the first level of the Divine Spirit Realm ranking over forty thousand, was also considered an excellent result.
On the other side, the Bing Huang God Sect was already checking the rankings of their disciples.
"Han Yu is at position 1,870,000, which is not bad." Mu Tanzhi nodded slightly, then heard Mu Huanzhi beside him let out an excited shout: "Fei Xue... 520,000th place!"
Within a million! And nearly breaking into the top five hundred thousand!
"Hahahaha!" Mu Huanzhi couldn't contain his excitement and laughed loudly: "As expected of my granddaughter, Mu Fei Xue. Truly impressive."
Mu Bingyun also showed a rare smile: "This ranking already tramples many profound practitioners at the ninth level of the Divine Tribulation Realm. Fei Xue indeed never disappoints."
Both at the eighth level of the Divine Tribulation Realm, Mu Hanyu was over a million places behind Mu Feixue. Their profound strength was the same, but the true difference was evident. After all, Mu Feixue was the direct inheritor of the Ice Phoenix Mysterious Vein, far surpassing Mu Hanyu in every aspect.
The Yin Xue Realm had few participating profound practitioners to begin with. Apart from Mu Hanyu and Mu Feixue, the rankings of other profound practitioners were in the millions to tens of millions, generally not deviating too far from expectations.
While Mu Huanzhi and the others were rejoicing, the expressions of Yan Juehai and the others beside them were gradually growing serious. Huo Rulie reached toward the Star Stone several times but never made the next move.
"Sect Master Huo, let me do it." Yan Juehai said.
"No, I'll do it!" Huo Rulie furrowed his brows and finally released his intent: Yan Shen Realm, Huo Poyun!
Zheng!!
With the infusion of Huo Rulie's intent, the Star Monument flickered, and a light screen appeared before his eyes.
Huo Poyun: Origin: Yan Shen Realm, Jinwu Sect, Battle Zone Rank: 1, Total Rank: 179.
Yan Juehai and Huo Rulie both froze in place. Especially Huo Rulie, whose eyeballs bulged absurdly from their sockets. After a brief dead silence, he suddenly burst into earth-shaking roars:
"One hundred seventy-nine! Rank one hundred seventy-nine! It's within a thousand... within a thousand!" Huo Rulie shouted hoarsely, his beard trembling and sparks flying from his hair ends, like a madman who had lost his mind, with not a trace of the demeanor of a sect master left.
"No, it's not just within a thousand, it's within two hundred." Yan Juehai corrected with a smile.
"Yes! Right, right! It's within two hundred, within two hundred!" Huo Rulie nodded quickly, unable to control his dancing gestures, even with tears glistening in his eyes: "Yun'er... my good disciple Yun'er, well done, well done! Within two hundred... haha... hahahaha!"
His earlier extreme anxiety had now turned into boundless excitement. Huo Poyun not only failed to disappoint them but gave them an unexpected, enormous surprise. All the elders of Yan Shen Realm were overjoyed, and every laughter from Huo Rulie shook the heavens, completely disregarding that they were within the majestic and grand Zhou Tian Divine Realm.
"Quickly send this good news to Sect Master Yan." a Jinwu elder said excitedly.
"No need." Yan Juehai smiled: "Although Sect Master Yan is not here, he is surely more concerned about Poyun's performance than anyone. There will also be many Star Monuments set up in Yan Shen Realm. He probably already knows before we do."
"No, no, we must not celebrate too early." Although Huo Rulie forcibly tried to calm down, he still couldn't control his grinning: "This is only the first day, just the beginning. The gap is hard to widen. In the later stages, when they start fighting and looting each other, the gap will widen in an instant. That's when the real start begins... Sigh! Right... must not celebrate too early. Yun'er, you must work hard! Never be complacent! Be sure to stay within a thousand!"
Beside them, the people of Yan Shen Realm were shouting to the heavens, while the people of Yin Xue Realm had complex expressions. They had been rejoicing at a ranking of 520,000, but now Yan Shen Realm had produced a Huo Poyun ranked 179th.
Within two hundred!
This ranking number brought an incomparably immense shock. For their Bing Huang God Sect, let alone two hundred... even two thousand, twenty thousand, two hundred thousand... they wouldn't dare to dream of it.
"Sigh, enviable." Mu Huanzhi couldn't help but sigh.
"Cannot compare, cannot compare." Mu Tanzhi shook his head repeatedly.
"By the way, what is Yun Che's ranking?" Mu Huanzhi asked.
"Let me take a look." Mu Bingyun touched the starlight and probed with her intent for "Yun Che of Yin Xue Realm."
Although Yun Che's profound strength was the lowest, his identity was extraordinary, and everyone in the Bing Huang God Sect knew that Yun Che's ice talent was abnormally high. His true strength could never be judged by his profound strength realm. Perhaps he could give them a pleasant surprise.
Under everyone's expectant gazes, the light screen displayed Yun Che's name:
Yun Che: Origin: Yin Xue Realm, Soul Beads: 0, Battle Zone Rank: 51302, Total Rank: 51,299,954.
"Th-this..." Mu Huanzhi and the others were dumbfounded.
The very last rank, and especially the soul bead count being zero! This undoubtedly indicated that Yun Che, having entered the preliminary battlefield, had not moved at all throughout the entire day!
"Forget it. It seems Yun Che has no intention for the Profound God Convention." Mu Bingyun's reaction was quite calm. She waved her hand, and the light screen disappeared: "Let him be."
Although slightly disappointed, Mu Bingyun was not too surprised by Yun Che's behavior.