741: Chapter 742 Ranking

Someone else has reached the summit!

Moreover, three people actually stepped onto the 9,999th ultimate step at almost the same time!

Who on earth are they?

The entire Road to Heaven instantly fell silent. Everyone subconsciously held their breath, their eyes fixed on the phantom of the heavenly pride list in the sky, where runes were wildly jumping and the list was fluctuating violently.

On the list suspended in the sky, Gu Shitian's name, which had just slipped to second place and whose light was slightly dim, suddenly sank again under the gaze of countless incredulous eyes!

Replacing it was the name Ji Qingyi, shining brightly, suddenly breaking through layers of constraints and boldly leaping to second on the list!

It settled firmly below Ling Guzhou at the top of the list, unshakable!

With a cultivation of the Immortal King Early Stage, she forcibly suppressed top Prodigies like Gu Shitian, Xuan Yi, and Luo Shenyue, who were at the Immortal King Late Stage or Immortal King Peak, to occupy the prestigious second place!

Immediately following, the rankings quickly solidified:

Third place, Gu Shitian; fourth place, Xuan Yi.

The layout of the list was rewritten in an instant, shocking the entire audience!

"Ji Qingyi?!"

"Is it that Ji Qingyi who is only at the Immortal King Early Stage?!"

"She... she actually ranked second?!"

"How is that possible! On what basis could she reach the summit before Gu Shitian and Xuan Yi?!"

One after another, exclamations and the sound of people sucking in cold air swept through the entire Road to Heaven like a tide.

Everyone was dumbfounded, their minds shaken, completely unable to accept the change in rankings before them.

One must know that Gu Shitian possessed the Supreme Bloodline of the Ancient God Clan, and his Physical Body was peerless among his generation. But now, he was firmly suppressed by a woman at the Immortal King Early Stage.

At this moment, everyone suddenly realized that the Road to Heaven trial never only tested cultivation Realm and brute force combat.

Physical Body, Immortal Power, Divine Soul, Dao Heart, obsession, and Origin Foundation—everything was factored into the evaluation.

On the heavenly ladder, everyone's Realm was different, and the pressure and trials they faced were also different.

Ji Qingyi possessed the Taiyin Divine Body and was the Reincarnation of an Immortal Emperor remnant soul. With Gu Changge's guidance, her Dao Foundation was condensed to Perfection.

Under the layers of suppression and tempering of this heavenly ladder, she was like a fish in water, transcending step by step.

This result was far more shocking and overturned the established perceptions of all the Prodigies in the Immortal Realm than Ling Guzhou's earlier summiting!

Seeing this, the remaining Prodigies who had not yet reached the summit felt waves of shock in their hearts, and their pace of climbing involuntarily quickened again.

The road ahead was unpredictable, and the list was volatile. No one knew who the next dark horse to rewrite the rankings and amaze the crowd would be.

At the Peak of the heavenly ladder, on the platform.

The blood Qi surging like a sea around Gu Shitian slowly retracted, but his eyes, burning with divine fire, remained as sharp as a saber.

He first glanced at Ji Qingyi, who was not far away, surrounded by Taiyin Power and looking cold and ethereal, a hint of surprise and inquiry flashing in his eyes.

This woman's Dao charm actually made him feel an instinctive stagnation and alienation; this was definitely not something an ordinary Immortal King Early Stage could possess.

Then, his gaze swept over Ling Guzhou, who stood with his hands behind his back in the distance, his Sword Intent soaring to the skies, and he frowned almost imperceptibly.

The strength of this Little Sword Emperor seemed to be a few points purer than he had expected.

"Interesting," Gu Shitian whispered in his heart. His anger subsided slightly, transforming into a deeper, more oppressive Battle Intent.

This trip to the Heavenly Monument would indeed not be boring.

Just then, at the edge of the Peak platform, space fluctuated again in succession.

A figure with overwhelming Devilish Qi and overbearing arrogance, wrapped in a fierce dark purple light, boldly stepped forward!

His aura was extremely violent; as soon as he appeared, the air at the Peak became several degrees thicker.

Fifth place, Mo Cha! A top Demon Race Prodigy from the Myriad Demon Abyss!

Following that, an ancient, majestic dragon roar with a prehistoric aura faintly sounded. A tall young figure with prominent dragon horns appeared; it was Ao Zhan of the Primordial Dragon Abyss!

Sixth place, Ao Zhan!

However, the seventh figure to reach the summit, following closely behind, drew even more attention than the previous two.

A pure, white-and-blue sword light, like a fleeting glimpse of a startled swan, quietly landed in a corner of the platform.

The sword light dissipated, revealing a figure in green robes with a calm and indifferent face.

Seventh place, Li Xuanfeng!

"It's him! It's that green-robed Sword Cultivator who defeated Saint Son Xing Wuji and Demon Son Xue Lu with a single sword strike at the Ancient Plain of Fallen Stars. So his name is Li Xuanfeng!"

Someone saw Li Xuanfeng and recognized him.

"Li Xuanfeng! He actually reached the summit so quickly and is ranked seventh?!"

"Such pure Sword Intent, no wonder he could defeat those two." Exclamations rose again from below.

The name of the green-robed Sword Cultivator Li Xuanfeng had already spread. Now, by breaking into the top ten with an Immortal King Early Stage cultivation, he proved his terrifying sword Dao talent and strength.

On the Peak, Ling Guzhou seemed to sense something. His eyes turned slightly, and a condensed silver-white Sword Intent crossed layers of cloud seas to look at Li Xuanfeng.

That Sword Intent carried the scrutiny and rivalry unique to a Sword Cultivator, as if confirming whether this fellow Sword Cultivator Prodigy was qualified to stand alongside him in the top ten.

Although the two were a hundred feet apart, an invisible Sword Intent seemed to spontaneously resonate in the air, emitting a faint but clear sword hum that made all the top Prodigies present shudder!

Li Xuanfeng felt the lock of that pure and aloof Sword Intent, but his expression remained calm.

Eighth place, Luo Shenyue arrived gracefully, her moonlight cold and clear, echoing Ji Qingyi's Taiyin Power, yet each having its own merits.

Ninth place, a sharp and heavy Saber Intent pierced through the air, and Shi Jingxian's figure solidified, standing in silence.

Tenth place, Xu's figure appeared quietly like a reflection in water, his aura becoming increasingly elusive.

Eleventh place, Huang Jiutian descended, carrying the True Phoenix Fire.

Twelfth place, another Demon Race Prodigy with a cold aura, Li Han, reached the summit.

...

The top rankings on the list quickly solidified, their light flowing and illuminating the heavens.

As the number of people reaching the summit increased, the names in the middle and lower sections of the list also began to emerge clearly, triggering bursts of discussion.

"Look! That's Saint Chu Yungui of the Taixuan Immortal Palace, ninety-eighth place!"

"As expected of a Saint from a top-tier Dao tradition. Although he didn't make the top fifty, being in the top hundred is already extremely impressive!"

"Wait... look at the top hundred! So many unfamiliar names?!"

On the list, names in a certain area lit up one after another, their light solidifying:

Nineteenth place, Mu Chenyu!

Twenty-first place, Shen Jinghong!

Thirty-fifth place, Lin Mochen!

Forty-seventh place, Su Qingyuan!

Fifty-fifth place, Lin Xiaowan!

Sixty-third place, Lu Chenyu!

Seventy-first place, Yun Qingjue!

And Wang Zhan, who only cared about climbing and surpassing, actually fought his way through and squeezed into sixtieth place, relying on his death-defying tenacity and ever-increasing combat power.

The blood Qi on his spear had not yet dissipated. Looking at his name on the list, there was only determination in his eyes, without the slightest satisfaction, as if he were still coveting a higher ranking.

Slightly behind the rankings of these Azure Profound Sect Disciples, another group of pseudonyms also began to stabilize, concentrated around the hundredth position:

109th place, Battle Asura!

110th place, Sword White Robe!

111th place, Azure Rakshasa!

112th place, Wang Xiaopang!

113th place, Mo Yu!

114th place, Dong Li!

Although Xiao Ruobai and the others started low-key, their speed was stable. Even they didn't realize they had quietly surpassed the vast majority of Prodigies.

Having broken into the top 120, their pseudonyms also began to enter the sight of some observant people.

In this single battle of the Road to Heaven, as many as ten people from the Azure Profound Sect lineage had firmly secured positions in the top hundred.