According to the rules, the ranking for the first round of the killing battlefield was determined by the speed of killing a hundred prisoners from the World Prison.
Those in the top hundred had already filled the spots, tens of days ago.
How could there be changes at this time?
The only one qualified to change the rankings was the Lord Governor himself.
Could it be that Ling Chen did something so astonishing that even the Lord Governor was shocked?
Suddenly, a great commotion swept through Qing City.
Many believed that there must be a reason for the Lord Governor’s actions.
But even more people suspected that there was a relationship between Ling Chen and the Lord Governor.
Otherwise, how could Ling Chen still be eligible to participate in the Qing Province Heavenly Pride Ranking after killing the Northern Territory Governor?
Even a number of people started to doubt whether Ling Chen was in fact an illegitimate child of the Lord Governor—his name should be Mu Chen!
In the State Governor Mansion.
Yun Du Commander Yun Hong had a somber expression on his face.
Because this Xie Tianpeng was his Yun Du’s pride.
Originally, there were two from Yun Du on the list.
Now, only Yun Xian remained.
But as it was a decision personally affirmed by the Lord Governor, he had no power to refute it.
However, his impression of Ling Chen had instantly taken a drastic turn for the worse.
In a region of ice plains. Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹✦𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖✦𝓷𝓮𝓽
A young man in purple robes sat cross-legged on the ground.
Countless spiritual energies surged into his body.
After a long time, he stopped.
His eyes opened, a trace of disappointment flashed through.
"Sigh, still a bit short of the Nine-Star Emperor!"
The purple-robed young man sighed.
"Is it not over yet?"
The purple-robed young man looked around and found himself still standing on the ice plains.
Then, he injected spiritual power into a token that appeared in his hand.
A light screen emerged.
The previous map had vanished, replaced by a leaderboard.
In the Void Realm, one could not see the real Heavenly Pride Ranking.
But one could see their own ranking and the list of the top hundred from the token.
"One hundred and one!"
The shock was evident on the young man’s face when he saw his ranking on the light screen drop by one.
His face was full of disbelief.
He clearly remembered that before he started cultivating, he was ranked hundredth!
Though it was the last spot on the list, he had still made it onto the list.
His gaze fell on the last name on the leaderboard!
"Ling Chen! Xie Tianpeng swears an oath, our grudge will not end until death!"
A furious roar burst forth from Xie Tianpeng’s mouth!
Soon, many geniuses began to exit their cultivation state.
Most had not elevated their cultivation levels.
After all, abundant spiritual energy alone was not enough for them to make a breakthrough.
The barriers between each level were the hardest to break through.
The higher the cultivation, the stronger the barriers.
Then, they checked their tokens again.
The vast majority found that their ranking had dropped by one.
"How could this happen?"
Many faces were filled with incredulity.
"Hahaha! I’ve finally made a breakthrough!"
In a swamp, Wu Xinyuan laughed wildly.
He had advanced another level in his cultivation, breaking through to the early phase of the seventh layer of the World Realm.
His power was now comparable to that of a Nine-Star Emperor.
After a long while, Wu Xinyuan managed to suppress his excitement, a fierce expression appearing on his face, "Ling Chen, for the humiliation of breaking my limbs, I’ll repay it with your life!"
He checked the Heavenly Pride Token.
"One hundred and twenty-one."
"It actually went down by one spot!"
Wu Xinyuan’s face was filled with shock.
When his gaze fell on the top hundred names on the leaderboard, he saw the name Ling Chen unexpectedly appear.
He clearly remembered that before he went into secluded cultivation, Ling Chen’s name was definitely not on the top hundred list.
At the same time, many others were in the same situation.
Their cultivation levels had each risen by one stage.
Although it was only an advancement of one stage, their strength had significantly increased.
After all, every level of cultivation enhancement corresponds to an increase in the power of the world realm.
The increase in power is definitely not to be equated with just a slight enhancement of Spiritual Power!
However, Ling Chen’s sudden appearance on the rankings also drew the hostility of many.
At this moment, Ling Chen is cultivating.
Even with an abundance of Spiritual Energy,
Ling Chen is not merely cultivating Spiritual Power.
He also extracts Soul Stones to enhance his Divine Soul!
This scene greatly astonished Mu Qing and other Qing Province high-ranking officials.
Because all Cultivators are desperately trying to enhance their Spiritual Power Cultivation.
Although Ling Chen is a Divine Thought Master, enhancing the cultivation of the Divine Soul is extremely difficult.
Moreover, Ling Chen is already an advanced Emperor Realm Divine Thought Master.
Advancing to the Emperor Realm is extremely hard.
There has never been an Emperor Realm Divine Thought Master in the entire Qing Province.
They don’t know the hardship that Ling Chen is facing.
If he cultivates his Spiritual Power at night, he will definitely expose his Night Moon Saint Body and Sunlight Holy Body.
Without sufficient power to protect himself, he would rather not reveal it.
Of course, if others recognize it, he has no choice.
However, even if he only cultivates for six hours during the day, Ling Chen’s Cultivation Speed is terrifying.
Even many of the strong ones in the State Governor Mansion feel inferior to him.
They suspect that Ling Chen is perhaps cultivating an Emperor-grade Cultivation Technique?
In the blink of an eye, another ten days have passed.
The first round of the killing battlefield has ended.
More than twenty-six thousand Cultivators advanced to the second round.
The advancement rate is at a ratio of more than ten to one.
When the last genius was eliminated from the Void Realm,
The first round was declared over.
However, the second round did not start immediately.
Another three days were given for the Cultivators to adjust.
After all, some geniuses barely made it through with risks.
They didn’t even have time to cultivate much Spiritual Energy.
Ling Wu, however, was lucky enough to advance.
Her opponents were Four-Star Emperors, and she had mastered the mid-tier Emperor Spirit Technique Green Lotus Dharma Sword.
With some luck, she advanced.
Ranked more than fifteen thousand.
Like Ling Wu, there were more than a thousand Cultivators.
However, Liu Yu wasn’t so fortunate.
After killing more than thirty prisoners, he was besieged and forced to trigger the Guardian Power, resulting in his elimination.
Of course, he didn’t feel disappointed.
With his strength, it was already not easy to hold on for so long.
Leaving the Void Realm, Liu Yu came to his father’s side.
As a Domain Lord, Liu Xiao still had the privilege of bringing a few people to watch the battles in the State Governor Mansion.
Liu Xiao looked at his son and said with considerable satisfaction.
In a little over a year, Liu Yu had advanced to the third level of the World Realm, his strength comparable to that of a Five-Star Emperor!
Inside the Void Realm.
Ling Chen, of course, knew the news of the end of the first round of the killing battlefield.
Currently, he is still trapped at the later stages of the fourth level of the World Realm.
But he is not far from the fifth level.
He is frantically absorbing Spiritual Energy, even willing to utilize the Spiritual Energy from top-tier Spirit Crystals.
Only three days left.
Such an excellent opportunity, if not seized now, will be even harder to capitalize on in the future.
Ling Chen’s inner world realm shook violently, expanding once again towards the void space in the Dantian.
"World Realm level five!"
Ling Chen was tremendously excited.
Finally, at the last moment, he advanced to the fifth level of the World Realm.
Although it was just a small advancement, his strength surged again.
Now, his cultivation level is comparable to an early Eight-Star Emperor.
But in terms of true strength, even a Nine-Star Emperor might not be his match.
A stream of Spiritual Power was injected into the Token.
Ling Chen’s gaze fell upon the light screen.
When Ling Chen saw his own ranking, he was stunned for a moment.
He remembered that before closing off for cultivation, he was ranked in the twenty-thousands.
How could he have leaped to the top one hundred on the Heavenly Pride List in the blink of an eye?