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The second-place update was finally about to begin.
Looking at the dark screen of the Golden List of the Heavens, the powerhouses from the heavens and the worlds all had light in their eyes.
After three days of rest, the rankings were finally to be updated. They were eager to see what the second-ranked world would look like.
Could it be the world where Emperor Lian was located?
Countless powerhouses flickered with anticipation.
Shen Lian was too mysterious for them.
Although his strength was unknown, he was the only one who could cross the border and enjoy the golden bullet screen.
Anyone who was not a fool knew Shen Lian was definitely no simple man.
In the Universal World, the Daluo Shenshan, not only the powerhouses of the heavens and worlds but also Quasi Emperors like Yuan Ye, Di Ji, and Xuan Ba watched the screen with eager faces.
"Do you think second place will be our Universal World?" Xuan Ba asked hesitantly.
"I don't know. Honestly, the higher the rank, the more bottomless it feels," said Han Ran of Frost Avenue, shaking his head.
Logically, the Universal Great World should be in the top three.
But the ranking list claimed the order wasn't strict.
Who knew which worlds were omitted?
Seeing Xuan Ba and the others uncertain, Yuan Ye, a 630 Quasi Emperor among the six, chuckled softly:
"We've lived tens of millions of years. It's just a list. If you don't make it, it won't affect your strength. Why be so nervous?"
Xuan Ba shook his head:
"That's not the point. The heavens and worlds all show their strength here. We've already boasted about our universe. If we don't make the list, wouldn't that be a bigger joke?"
While they debated, a deep voice sounded slowly over the rankings' screen:
Rise in ruin, revive in silence. The sea turned to dust, thunder and lightning dried, mists touched the earth again, shackles of the world opened, revealing a brand new world with a mysterious corner.
My heart is bright. Thousands of bones lie under my feet. I walk alone, leaving a trail of blood. Even if I don't understand someday, I will go forward.
When one day a star pierces the darkness of a black hole, it is the afterglow of swallowing the heavens and earth, reflecting the heavens. When a mysterious thunder crosses the vast starry sky, it is the strong wind of my fist, meaning I have returned. When galaxies cluster and the universe fills with stars, I laugh—I have recovered, I am returning, I am invincible.
Boom!
Magnificent music exploded, carrying the desolation of ancient times.
The horn of a real dragon sounded, and Xianting's battle drums beat, reviving an ancient battlefield.
Then, amid ceremony and music of Hong Zhong Dalu, the picture gradually lit up.
A solitary smoke pillar rose in the desert as the Yellow River set the sun.
In a vast yellow sand expanse, a young man with short hair in modern clothes walked steadily like an ascetic.
"Huh? What world is this?"
Powerhouses exchanged looks of disbelief.
"Looks like an ordinary person."
Universal World, Daluo Shenshan.
"Not ours, then."
Disappointment flashed in Xuan Ba and the others' eyes.
They hid their doubts and kept watching.
Meanwhile, on Earth, Hades, Tenshin Group Headquarters:
"Chu Feng?"
Lin Nuoyi's family watching the heavens and worlds' screen suddenly widened their eyes.
Wasn't the man walking in the desert her ex-boyfriend Chu Feng?
They had loved for three years but parted peacefully when their studies ended and the Lin family's parents intervened.
The gap between their families was too great, almost an immortal difference.
She was destined for the strange path of transcendence, while Chu Feng, even with extraordinary achievements, would remain a mere mortal, dust among mortals.
They were destined to part.
She knew breaking up might be the best ending.
Yet she never expected the second-ranked world in the heavens and worlds ranking to be Earth—the very world she lived in.
And the man who started this story was Chu Feng himself.
Astounding!
"Mo—isn't this a mistake?"
Though Lin Nuoyi was usually calm and rational, he felt dizzy and unbelieving.
How could Earth compare to countless worlds with territories spanning billions of miles?
Not to mention the top ten worlds like Wang Nixian, Yang Tianqi, Luo Feng, Huangdi.
Any one of them could crush Earth with ease.
How did Earth come in second?
It wasn't Lin Nuoyi's disdain for Earth but the sheer gap—the difference between dust on the ground and the boundless universe.
As for Chu Feng, even walking the evolutionary path toward transcendence, he was barely touching it.
How could he surpass the unparalleled powerhouses like Huangdi?
"It must be a mistake, it must be!" Lin Nuoyi muttered absentmindedly.
Lin's father and mother narrowed their eyes and snorted coldly:
"So that kid Chu Feng? Interesting. I want to see how he ranks second in the future."
Meanwhile, doubts filled the heavens and worlds.
Whether Chu Feng or Earth, both seemed too weak.
These powerhouses could annihilate thousands of such worlds with a glance.
But since Luo Feng, ranked fifth, had learned from past mistakes, they restrained their temper and watched patiently.
The rankings' footage continued.
Chu Feng wandered alone in the desert.
He saw the legendary blue other-side flower bloom and wither in moments.
He traveled west to the plateau, stepping on Kunlun's holy mountain.
There he found an ancient bronze monument, a ruined bronze palace.
At Kunlun's summit bloomed a strange white flower.
Legendary real mastiffs, ominous birds, and other strange beasts fought for it.
Chu Feng accidentally inhaled the flower's pollen and gained some petals.
In his hurried escape, he found a stone jar with three shriveled seeds inside.
He didn't know what they did but sensed these stone jars and seeds were extraordinary.
He carefully stored them and set off for home.
Suddenly, the world changed drastically.
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