35: The Heavenly Ranking has been moved up in time?!
Above the altar, two streaks of cyan divine light became increasingly brilliant, as the transformation of Qin Yuebai and Qin Wanwan entered its final stage.
Jiang Yuan set down his teacup and slowly walked to the edge of the altar, gazing tenderly at the two delicate bodies undergoing a heaven-shaking transformation.
"Husband..."
Qin Yuebai opened her eyes; her pupils now held a faint cyan divine radiance, and her entire aura had undergone an earth-shattering change.
If she had previously been a lotus flower growing in a pond, she was now a divine lotus rooted in Chaos, noble and holy.
"How do you feel?" Jiang Yuan asked with a smile.
"Very good, better than ever before."
Qin Yuebai stood up, feeling the surging power within her body, a flash of disbelief crossing her eyes.
"My cultivation... has it already reached the 8th Realm?"
"Not just that." Jiang Yuan pointed to Qin Wanwan beside her. "She is currently at the Peak of the 5th Realm and will be able to Breakthrough in a moment."
Qin Wanwan also opened her eyes, her small face filled with excitement, and she instinctively threw herself into Jiang Yuan's arms.
"Daddy, I've become so strong!"
Jiang Yuan was jolted by the word "Daddy." Looking at the little loli in his arms who was clearly an adult but still retained a young girl's Heart-Nature, a strange feeling welled up in his heart.
"Mm, very strong." He ruffled her hair.
Qin Yuebai walked over, a hint of shyness on her face. She had now completely accepted her identity—Jiang Yuan's woman.
"Husband, that our mother and daughter have this day is entirely due to your grace."
She bowed gracefully. "This concubine has no way to repay you, only..."
"Only by offering yourself?" Jiang Yuan took over the conversation, smiling wickedly. "Haven't you already offered yourselves?"
Qin Yuebai's pretty face flushed red, and she spat lightly, "Husband loves to tease this concubine."
"Hahaha, I was just teasing you." Jiang Yuan reached out and pulled them both into his embrace. "From now on, you are people of my Jiang Family; there is no need to refer to yourselves as 'this concubine' all day."
"This... this isn't proper." Qin Yuebai hesitated.
"What rules? I say what goes." Jiang Yuan said domineeringly.
At this heartwarming moment, Jiang Zhan entered with a group of clan elders.
"Yuaner, the transformation of the two Imperial Sons Consort is complete. It is time to proceed with the second step of the plan."
Jiang Yuan nodded, releasing the two women from his embrace, and took a Spirit Ascension Pill from his Storage Ring.
"Uncle Fu, immediately send someone to deliver this Spirit Ascension Pill to the Primordial Divine Mountain and hand it over to the White Tiger Royal Clan."
"Yes, Your Highness." Uncle Fu respectfully took the Medicinal Pill, his figure flashing and disappearing from the great hall.
"Uncle, have the candidates been selected for the remaining three Spirit Ascension Pills and one saint spirit pill?"
Jiang Zhan nodded: "Two from the direct line and two from the collateral line have been selected. All possess divine body Aptitude, and their loyalty has been tested."
"From the direct line, one is Jiang Hao, who bears the Purple Heaven Thunder Body, is naturally attuned to the Thunder Dao, and has ferocious combat power. The other is Jiang Haori, who possesses the Haoyang God of War Body; his internal Yang Qi is flourishing, and his Cultivation Technique is extremely rigid and Yang-aligned. They are rare combat talents."
"From the collateral line, one is Jiang Shan; his Immovable Bright King Body is a top-tier defensive Physique rarely seen in the Family. The last one is also the candidate prepared for the saint spirit pill."
"The collateral Prodigy Jiang Chen has a special Physique called the Nirvana Saber Soul. Although it is not a traditional Physical Body, his Soul Power and Saber Intent are naturally compatible, and he has the hope of transforming into a Chaos Blade Body just like Jiang Yi."
To be able to gather four divine bodies so casually—the foundation of his own Family was truly terrifying.
However, Jiang Yuan also knew that if they were letting the collateral line step up, there probably weren't many divine bodies left in the direct line.
Even for the Jiang Family, divine bodies were not cabbages.
"It doesn't matter if the Aptitude is slightly worse; the key is that they must be loyal to the Family."
"Don't worry about that, Yuaner; we don't want to raise an ungrateful wretch either."
The two smiled at each other.
Jiang Yuan nodded: "Then we will proceed as agreed; when Qingxue gives birth to the child, we will have them Breakthrough together."
This was the second step of Jiang Yuan's open conspiracy plan: having several people Breakthrough to become Saint Bodies simultaneously. The shock value would be absolutely terrifying!
It would immediately set the entire Emperor Immortal Great World into an uproar!
Just as he was about to speak, the entire Emperors Son Palace suddenly began to shake violently!
No! Not just the Emperors Son Palace; it should be said that the entire Jiang Family territory, and even the entire Emperor Immortal Great World, as well as the top existences in the thirty-six Major Thousand Worlds below and the tens of thousands of Middle Thousand Worlds, all sensed this change!
This was a change coming from the Heavenly Dao!
"What is happening?" Jiang Shouzhuo's expression changed.
A brilliant golden beam of light descended from the sky, piercing through the entire Jiang Family and striking directly onto the square of the Emperors Son Palace!
Rumble—! Terrifying energy fluctuations swept outward.
"This, could this be?!" Jiang Zhan's expression was grave, and an ominous premonition rose in his heart.
Jiang Yuan walked out of the great hall and looked up at the sky.
He saw that the originally clear sky was now shrouded in endless golden light.
A massive golden scroll was slowly emerging from the Void Realm!
On that scroll, golden light swirled and Dao rhymes flowed, emitting a vast and holy aura that made everyone unable to resist the urge to prostrate and worship.
Jiang Zhan's pupils constricted, and he said in a low voice, "Indeed... this is the heaven and earth golden ranking."
"Impossible!" Jiang Shouzhuo cried out, "Isn't the heaven and earth golden ranking supposed to appear only fifty-three years from now? How could it appear early?"
Jiang Yuan stared at the golden scroll, an ominous premonition welling up in his heart.
He remembered the Old Ancestor saying that the heaven and earth golden ranking was a manifestation of the will of the Heavenly Dao and would list all the Prodigies, Physiques, and potential of the current age.
But the Old Ancestor had clearly calculated that there were still fifty-three years left; could he have miscalculated?
Just then, the golden scroll fully unfurled, and lines of golden text began to appear upon it!