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Chapter 316: Reaching the top again! No. on the Earth Ranking! (Subscribe)
Xuanhuang World, the headquarters of Tianji Pavilion.

The tranquility of the pavilion was broken by a panicked cry:
"Pavilion Master! Pavilion Master!!! Something terrible has happened! Something terrible has happened!!!"

A young man dressed in Tianji Pavilion uniform came to Tong Xiuyuan's retreat room in a panic, and exclaimed hurriedly through the stone door of the room.

"Kakaka-"

With a sour friction sound, the stone door slowly opened.

Tong Xiuyuan walked out of the training chamber with a frown on his face, and couldn't help but say in a somewhat unhappy tone:

"What's so frustrating?"

After seeing clearly that this disciple of Tianji Pavilion was the disciple on duty guarding the Tianji Monument, Tong Xiuyuan inexplicably felt a bad premonition in his heart.

He couldn't help but said:

"Could it be that Chen Yan has caused some trouble again?"

When he said this, Tong Xiuyuan just felt a little tired.

There are three Yang Gods in the Tianji Pavilion. He and two other Yang Gods are on duty respectively. Each of them takes turns to be on duty for a hundred years.

Tong Xiuyuan was a little confused.

Why is it that when the other two Yang Gods are on duty at the Tianji Pavilion, everything is smooth sailing, but when it is his turn, the Tianji Monument often causes trouble?
For some reason, a young figure flashed through Tong Xiuyuan's mind.

I don’t know, I’m scared.

Tong Xiuyuan discovered that the changes in the Tianji Monument over the years were all related to Chen Yan from the Netherworld.

The world is full of rumors about the son of destiny. Could it be that Chen Yan is the son of destiny of this era?
Tong Xiuyuan couldn't help but start to daydream. When the disciple on duty at the Tianji Monument heard what Tong Xiuyuan said, he looked at him in astonishment, then nodded, shook his head, and said hesitantly:

"I can't explain it clearly at the moment, you should go and see it with your own eyes."

Tong Xiuyuan frowned even deeper, and without asking any more questions, he walked towards the hall where the Tianji Stele was located.

Passing through the winding corridors, Tong Xiuyuan soon arrived in front of the hall where the Tianji Monument stood.

"See the Pavilion Master!"

Following the respectful salute from the two guarding disciples, Tong Xiuyuan quickly stepped into the hall without stopping.

Coming straight to the front of the Heavenly Secret Monument, Tong Xiuyuan looked directly at the middle part where the Earthly Ranking was located.

Unexpectedly, Tong Xiuyuan did not see Chen Yan's name at the 72nd position on the Earth List.

Seeing this, Tong Xiuyuan's heart couldn't help but skip a beat, and a bad premonition emerged in his heart.

"Is this kid going to break through the Yangshen level and then be removed from the list?"

Tong Xiuyuan found it unbelievable and couldn't help but doubt it.

He would not doubt that Chen Yan was dead now.

In Tong Xiuyuan's opinion, this kid's life is the toughest in the three thousand worlds. No wonder his luck is improving. He is a monster with great luck and fortune.

But when Tong Xiuyuan thought about Chen Yan's breakthrough to Yang Shen, he still found it a little hard to believe for a moment.

After all, compared to the Yin God, the difficulty of breaking through the Yang God increases almost exponentially.

In today's world where immortals do not appear, Yangshen is the pinnacle of cultivation.

It is no exaggeration to say that many people will never be able to reach the state of Yangshen in their entire lifetime.

How many years did it take Chen Yan to complete this?
Tong Xiuyuan was full of doubts.

Tong Xiuyuan continued to search upwards following the names, and when he was about three-quarters of the way up the Tianji Monument, he finally saw Chen Yan's name.

Seeing the word 'Chen Yan', Tong Xiuyuan couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief:

“Isn’t this still on the list?”

But soon, Tong Xiuyuan immediately realized that something was wrong.

and many more!

Tong Xiuyuan's face suddenly froze, and he quickly looked up at a name, which read:

[True Lord Feihong, middle stage of Yangshen realm, Qixia Great World...]

After reading this, Tong Xiuyuan immediately looked at the following names:
[Chen Yan, in the early stage of soul refining and returning to the void (first level of Yin soul refining), belongs to the world - the netherworld...]

Seeing this, Tong Xiuyuan's eyes suddenly widened, and his gaze kept scanning back and forth between the names of Feihong Zhenjun and Chen Yan, his eyes full of disbelief.

Above Chen Yan is a True Lord of the Yang God...

The three lists of Heaven, Earth and Man in the Tianji Monument are divided according to the realm of cultivation.

Refining Qi into Spirit belongs to the Human List, refining Spirit back to Void belongs to the Earth List, and refining Void into Dao belongs to the Heaven List.

And that True Lord Feihong is the last one on the Heavenly Ranking, the 36th Yang God on the Heavenly Ranking.

But Chen Yan's name appeared right after Fei Hong Zhen Jun, below Fei Hong Zhen Jun...

What does this mean?
This means that Chen Yan has reached the top of the Earth Ranking!!!
Tong Xiuyuan was in disbelief, he quickly looked at the name after Chen Yan, and sure enough, the person below Chen Yan was the original number one on the Earth List, Sikong Tai, a master who had reached the great perfection of the Nine Yin Spirit Refinements from the Yuling Sword Mountain in the Qixia World!

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but this Sikongtai from Yuling Sword Mountain is the master of Yuling Sword Mountain’s prodigy Zhao Wuji…

The master and his disciple were suppressed by Chen Yan one after another...

But Tong Xiuyuan didn’t have time to gossip about this little thing. He was completely dumbfounded and stood there questioning his life.

Originally, Tong Xiuyuan was certain that there would be no problem with his own immortal artifact, the Tianji Tablet.

But at this moment, Tong Xiuyuan couldn't help but doubt.

Is there something wrong with my own immortal artifact, the Tianji Tablet?

Not long ago, Chen Yan had just broken through to the stage of refining the spirit and returning to the void, and he was just a small Yin God.

it is good.

This Chen Yan was gifted and was even better in fighting. With the qualification of the first level of Yin Shen, he defeated the veteran Yin Shen Fanxu who was the third level of Yin Shen and climbed to the 72nd place on the Earth List.

Although this record was very impressive, it was at least not to the point where Tong Xiuyuan could not accept it.

After all, Huangquan Corpse Dog, who was once number one on the Earth List and is currently number one on the Heaven List, has also achieved this.

But now, you tell Tong Xiuyuan that in less than a month, a person who had just reached the first level of Yin Shen refinement not long ago, suddenly surpassed all the people who had reached the ninth level of Yin Shen refinement and became the number one without any improvement in his cultivation realm. How can Tong Xiuyuan believe you?

Tong Xiuyuan couldn't help but take out a token engraved with the words "Tianji" from his mustard seed bag.

Then, he injected a ray of mana into the token. As a hazy white light emanated from the surface of the Tianji token, a voice full of doubt came from the token:

"You suddenly contacted me at this time? What happened? Did something happen in the pavilion?"

Tong Xiuyuan shook his head: "Nothing happened."

The person on the other side of the token was somewhat speechless: "Then why did you contact me? Don't expect me to come out. I have finally been on guard for a hundred years. The next hundred years is yours. I can't replace you."

This time it was Tong Xiuyuan's turn to roll his eyes:

"I'm not asking you to do it for me."

Then, Tong Xiuyuan showed a hint of hesitation on his face, and said in a rather hesitant tone:
"Wu Chen, I want to ask you something..."

The Yangshen Mighty Wuchen Zhenjun on the other side of the token was puzzled and said:

"What's the matter?" "You said... Is it possible that there is something wrong with the Heavenly Secret Monument?"

When Tong Xiuyuan said this, the True Lord Wuchen on the other side of the token rolled his eyes and said unhappily:
"Even if there is a problem with you, there will be no problem with the Heavenly Secret Monument!"

"Then have you ever seen the number one on the Earth Ranking who has been refined by Yin Shen Yilian?"

"The first on the Earth Ranking of Yin Shen Yilian?!!!"

Master Wuchen, one of the three great Yangshen masters in Tianji Pavilion, couldn't help but raise his voice.

After saying this, Wuchen Zhenjun on the other side of the token fell silent.

After a long silence, Master Wuchen could not help but ask again:
"Is it absolutely true?"

Tong Xiuyuan nodded affirmatively: "It is absolutely true, it is now hanging on the Tianji Monument, if you don't believe it, you can come and take a look."

After a while, as a space fluctuation came from outside the hall, a space channel quickly took shape.

Soon, a figure quickly came to the front of the Tianji Monument from outside the hall. Without even having time to greet Tong Xiuyuan, he looked straight at the first place on the Earth List.

When he saw the huge Yin God refining a few words behind Chen Yan, who was ranked first on the Earth List, the figure fell completely silent.

The light refracted over and saw a figure wearing a white robe, with a tall figure, clear facial features, a high nose bridge, and slightly open nostrils. He looked to be in his early thirties, but there was a sense of vicissitudes between his brows.

Needless to say, the man in white robe was none other than True Lord Wuchen, one of the three great Yang Gods of Tianji Pavilion who had just had a conversation with Tong Xiuyuan.

After looking at Chen Yan, who topped the Earth Ranking for a long time, Master Wuchen couldn't help but sigh:
"The Yin God can reach the top after just one refinement? Isn't this stronger than the Corpse Dog back then? What was the cultivation level of the Corpse Dog when it reached the top of the Earth Ranking? The Yin God had been refined five or six times?"

"Five refinements."

Tong Xiuyuan responded at the right time.

Upon hearing this, Master Wuchen's face was filled with even more emotion, and he couldn't help but smack his lips:

"More talented than a corpse dog... Who is this fellow Taoist? Could he be a new recruit of Huangquan?"

Tong Xiuyuan glanced at Wu Chenzhen and said:
"What if I told you that this person is not yet thirty?"

"The number one on the Earth Ranking who is under 30?!"

Zhenjun Wuchen’s eyes widened so wide that their eyeballs were about to pop out.

I immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

He looked at Tong Xiuyuan and pointed at Chen Yan's name in disbelief:

"You mean to say that Chen Yan is a cultivator of the younger generation?"

Tong Xiuyuan nodded expressionlessly. Looking at Master Wuchen's shocked expression, Tong Xiuyuan felt secretly happy.

"hiss--"

Master Wuchen took a deep breath and couldn't help but doubt himself.
"Is there really something wrong with our Heavenly Secret Monument?"

Noticing Tong Xiuyuan's expressionless gaze looking at him, Master Wuchen smiled awkwardly:
"Just kidding, just kidding."

At this point, Master Wuchen's face straightened and he smacked his lips:
"Under 30, he has already reached the first place on the Earth Ranking after refining his Yin Spirit... Tsk."

"Xiuyuan, please tell me about this Chen Yan."

Afterwards, Tong Xiuyuan told Chen Yan's origins and he reached the top of the human list. It took him another five years to break through the soul refining and return to the void, and he fought against the veteran Yin God cultivator who had completed the third level of Yin God refining and reached the bottom of the earth list. Until now, he suddenly topped the earth list.

"Tsk tsk tsk, from what you said, this kid Chen is simply a monster..."

Wuchen Zhenjun made a sound of "tsk tsk", and then said thoughtfully:

“In this case, this person most likely killed a cultivator who had reached the Great Perfection of the Ninth Refinement of the Yin God directly, or resisted the True Lord of the Yang God directly without losing the upper hand. Otherwise, the Heavenly Secret Monument would not have ranked him first on the Earth Ranking.

Only by making a small effort to win a big battle and achieving an incredible performance can one surpass many Yin Gods and reach the top."

As mentioned earlier, the ranking of the Earth List is slightly different from that of the Human List.

The human ranking will take talent into consideration, while the earth ranking will depend entirely on battle record.

The more brilliant the record, the higher the ranking on the Earth List will be.

Of course.

Generally speaking, only people with higher cultivation levels will have more dazzling achievements.

Therefore, although the ranking factors of the Earth List and the Human List are slightly different, they basically follow the principle that whoever has higher cultivation and stronger strength will be ranked higher.

This rule continued for thousands of years until Chen Yan appeared...

"He directly killed a person who has reached the Great Perfection of the Nine Refinements of the Yin Spirit..."

On the other side, Tong Xiuyuan automatically ignored the following words of Master Wuchen, saying that it was impossible for Master Yangshen to appear in the netherworld.

Even if the True Lord Yangshen from the outside world came, it would be impossible.

The reason why Chen Yan suddenly became the number one could only be that he had head-on killed a Yin Shen Great Perfection cultivator who had reached the ninth level of Yin Shen.

Coincidentally, Tong Xiuyuan happened to know that the Guiku Sect, the place where Chen Yan died, had an old ancestor who was at the Nine Refinements of the Yin God.

so……

After wiping out the main force of the Ghost Crying Sect, did Chen Yan continue to attack the Ghost Crying Sect's lair and directly kill the Ghost Crying Sect's ancestor, the Yin Shen Jiu Lian?

Thinking of this, even though Tong Xiuyuan had lived for thousands of years, experienced countless things, and met countless people, he couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling at this moment...

This is really...

Cut the grass at its roots and leave no room for it.

Even though he had never met Chen Yan and they were separated by countless worlds, Tong Xiuyuan inexplicably felt a surge of murderous intent coming towards him.

Tong Xiuyuan did not hide it and told Master Wuchen his conjecture.

After listening to Tong Xiuyuan's story, Master Wuchen showed an interested look on his face:

"Interesting, interesting. From what you said, it seems that Chen Yan is really a decisive and ruthless person."

At this point, Master Wuchen suddenly asked:
"Xiuyuan, where are the coordinates of the Netherworld?"

Tong Xiuyuan looked at Master Wuchen warily:
"What do you want to do?"

"What else can I do? Of course I want to see the elegance of Mr. Chen in person, drink with him, and get to know him. I have a feeling that Mr. Chen and I will get along very well!"

Wuchen Zhenjun said with his eyes shining.

Among the three Yangshen Zhenjuns of Tianji Pavilion, Zhenjun Wuchen is the youngest, having practiced for less than five hundred years. He was once the number one prodigy on the Earth List like Chen Yan.

"The Netherworld is currently undeveloped and cannot support the arrival of True Lord Yangshen. What's the point of you going there?"

Tong Xiuyuan said unhappily.

Wuchen Zhenjun shrugged indifferently:

"I can suppress my realm. It won't take long for me to suppress it to the Yin God realm. Besides, according to your description, the Netherworld should be able to recover to the Yang God level soon."

After hearing this, Tong Xiuyuan had no more words to persuade him. Besides, the Netherworld would be the focal world of the Three Thousand Worlds for some time to come. With a Yang God in charge, Guo Tai would be able to live in peace.

However, Tong Xiuyuan couldn't help but remind him:
"Don't be stupid. Don't forget what the foundation of Tianji Pavilion is. If you let Big Sister know, you will be in big trouble."

……

(End of this chapter)