Stormy weather

On this day, a divine light descended from beyond the heavens!

It enveloped the entire mountains and lands, spanning across the Central State Three Thousand Domains.

Accompanying the divine light were also various rankings!

The rankings were entirely golden in color, tens of thousands of feet tall, standing tall in the exact center of the sky above each Domain.

Tall, mysterious, and majestic, they gave people a feeling that they could not be looked at directly, yet could not be ignored.

The Heavenly Dao Rankings, selected once every thousand years, appeared, causing an uproar throughout the entire Central State.

Countless forces and countless people were filled with excitement, determined to push their own Disciples onto the rankings.

For a force, Peak combat power is the pillar, but Disciples represent the future.

Those who can make it onto the Heavenly Dao Rankings not only represent the future potential of the Disciple but also, to a certain extent, the potential of that force.

It is a symbol of prestige.

Therefore, with the appearance of the Heavenly Dao Rankings, the entire Central State boiled over.

Shuo Bei Land!

Xianshan Sect!

On a mountain Peak.

Sect Master Chen Xianshan's eyes were deep as he looked at the sky, and beside him were several high-ranking Sect members.

"Sect Master, do you think our Xianshan Sect has a Disciple who can make it onto the rankings?"

"Difficult!"

Chen Xianshan shook his head.

"Although my Xianshan Sect is a major Sect in Shuo North, in Shuo North alone, there are thirty-six forces similar to my Xianshan Sect!"

"Looking at the entire Void Domain, there are at least eighteen thousand forces with Venerable Realm cultivators."

"Not to mention, within the Void Domain, there are also the Three Sects, One Academy, and One Dynasty."

"Those are immortal forces with Supreme, and even Half-Saint, cultivators guarding them."

"Every year, the majority of the spots on the Heavenly Dao Rankings are monopolized by the Three Sects, One Academy, and One Dynasty."

"Besides these forces, there are also a few Disciples of reclusive Masters, and some true Prodigies left in the outside world."

"Under such intense competition, the difficulty for my Xianshan Sect's Disciples to make it onto the rankings is imaginable."

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.

But an Elder still gritted his teeth and said, "No matter how difficult it is, even if we use the entire Sect's power, we must secure a spot."

"If we can make it onto the rankings and have the opportunity to enter Fengtian Hall for further cultivation, then the future of my Xianshan Sect will be secured."

"It's up to us!"

Chen Xianshan looked at the rankings in the sky, his emotions turbulent.

...

Similar scenes unfolded throughout the entire Central State.

Some forces that didn't even have Venerable Realm cultivators, even if their Disciples had good talent, were limited by their foundations, and even if they wanted to help their Disciples, they were powerless.

They could only watch the excitement from the sidelines.

Of course, this was not absolute!

There were also some small Sects that, by great luck, took in peerless Prodigies. Such individuals, even without the Sect's help, had a high chance of making it onto the rankings.

And the true main force for making it onto the rankings were those major forces.

Li Huo Sect!

A transcendent force located in the southern part of the Void Domain!

It governed hundreds of Prefectures, including Shuo North Prefecture, and its sphere of influence was terrifying.

It was a colossal existence in the entire Void Domain.

This Sect used the Heaven and Earth strange fire, Glazed Flame, as its sacred fire.

Sect Master Yuan Xiaotian was an unrivaled Supreme Realm expert.

At this moment, on the Glazed Field!

Yuan Xiaotian, the burly, black-clad Sect Master of Li Huo Sect, looked at the Heavenly Dao Rankings in the sky.

He said loudly, "Issue an order to open the Leaving Fire Secret Realm. Within this year, the Secret Realm will be open without restriction to the Sect's Disciples. Let the True Disciples, Core Disciples, and even the top one thousand Inner Sect Disciples from the last Sect Disciple competition, who are under a thousand years old, enter the Secret Realm for training."

"Furthermore, instruct Pill Refinement Peak and Artifact Refining Peak to continuously refine Medicinal Pills day and night to supply the Sect's Disciples for their cultivation."

...

As he issued one command after another.

Finally, he declared loudly, "Last time, my Li Huo Sect had eight hundred seventy-three people on the Heavenly Dao Rankings. This time, our goal is over a thousand people."

It must be said that a super great Sect was indeed a super great Sect.

While some other Venerable Realm forces were still preparing for whether a single Disciple under their command could make it onto the rankings, the Li Huo Sect had already shouted the slogan of having a thousand people on the rankings.

Void Domain!

On top of a snow-capped mountain.

A man was sitting cross-legged on the vast mountain Peak.

This person looked to be in his twenties, with silver hair falling to his chest, and his eyes revealed a hint of wildness.

He looked at the Heavenly Dao Rankings, his eyes shining brightly.

"I didn't expect that after so many years, and having only recently returned from Reincarnation, I would encounter the appearance of the Heavenly Dao Rankings."

"The first place, who else but me?"

"This Heaven and Earth is too turbid. If I can enter Fengtian Hall and be given a hundred years, it won't be a problem to return to Peak, or even achieve the position of a Great Saint."

"However, the creation of the snow mountain has almost been consumed by me now."

"To make it onto the rankings and firmly hold the first place, I still need to find some Secret Realms."

Then, he took out a map and finally set his gaze on Shuo Bei Land.

"I remember when I traveled here back then, I discovered a valuable Beast Clan Secret Realm there. I wonder if that Secret Realm has been excavated after all these years."

"If not, it can become a resource for my growth."

...

On the vast ancient road!

An old man and a young boy were walking slowly on the ancient road.

"Master, where are we going?"

The eight-year-old child, dressed in white, had a scholarly air about him, and his eyes were innocent and playful.

The old man chuckled and patted the child's head.

"Your Master is taking you onto the Heavenly Dao Rankings!"

"But I heard the Senior Brothers in the Academy say that the Heavenly Dao Rankings only allow those with exceptional talent and potential."

"Not only that, but it also takes into account the improvement in cultivation over the year as an important reference. At this time, shouldn't we be working hard to improve our strength to make it onto the Heavenly Dao Rankings?"

The old man smiled and explained, "You are different from others!"

"Others need to work hard to improve their cultivation this year, but you, bathed in various rare and great Medicinal Pills since childhood, have already achieved Minor Achievement in your Saint Body. You only need to unleash your own potential to make it onto the rankings."

As the two conversed, several figures flew over from the sky.

Upon seeing the two, one of them's pupils constricted.

"Su Xun, the current Half-Saint of Inheritance Academy!"

"Meng Fan, the peerless Saint Body of this generation!"

"Hiss..."

As these words came out, his companions beside him all gasped.

Inheritance Academy, to them, was a colossal existence, and Half-Saint Su Xun was a legendary figure.

Meng Fan, at birth, caused an unusual phenomenon in the sky, leading to three thousand miles of purple Qi coming from the east, shocking half of the Void Domain. He was a Saint destined for the future.

"I didn't expect that with the appearance of the Heavenly Dao Rankings, even such Prodigies would be drawn out."

"I wonder what kind of Prodigies will be on the rankings this time?"

"I'm really looking forward to it!"

It can be said that the appearance of the Heavenly Dao Rankings invisibly stirred up the winds and clouds in Central State.

It stirred up countless surging waves.