The most melodramatic rebirth in history

Chapter 459 The List is Reopened, Everyone's Gone Mad [Part Two]

"Young friend, the union leadership has changed the competition rules at the last minute, which has caused you trouble and inconvenience. I, Lu, am truly sorry!"

Faced with Feng Ling's questioning, which was tinged with dissatisfaction, Lu Yi remained calm and composed, saying, "However, this Grand Tournament of Ten Thousand Sects is a once-in-a-millennium event, and is extraordinary. Not only will our continent's elusive Divine Envoy Murong personally appear, but the goddess of the South Sea Illusion Continent, Lady Ghost, will also be attending the ceremony. Therefore, extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures! Let me explain in detail!"

Clearly, Lu Yi, as the branch president, had already learned the inside information, and even this whole set of excuses was probably prepared in advance.

"However, in the past three to five years, the ancient ruins of the Eastern Sacred Continent have been frequently excavated by various forces."

Although the ruins are fraught with danger, they also offer countless opportunities and blessings. Therefore, the overall strength of the continent has significantly increased, which is considered the primary reason for raising the bar for the three rankings.

Secondly, there is a mysterious ancient realm called 'Miracle Mountain and Sea', whose four entrances open once every one or two eras.

Whether by coincidence or not, the four entrances to the 'Miracle Mountain and Sea' secret realm are located at the junctions of the four continents and the Guixu Sea.

In other words, the 'Miracle Mountain and Sea' secret realm will be a stage for cooperation and competition among the four continents and various races once again after a thousand years.

Compared to the Eastern Sacred Continent, the upcoming Grand Tournament of Ten Thousand Sects is taking place right at the critical juncture when the 'Miracle Mountain and Sea' is about to begin.

Furthermore, the overall quality of the participants in this Grand Competition will directly affect the number of slots available for those entering the Miracle Mountain and Sea Secret Realm from the Eastern Sacred Continent, as well as the upper limit of the entry threshold for the secret realm.

Therefore, whether it's for the sake of competing with the other three continents, or to raise the bar for our entry into the 'Miracle Mountains and Seas' and obtain more entry slots, our Title Guild has no choice but to raise the standards of the Ten Thousand Sects Grand Competition." Lu Yi mentioned this.

Feng Ling had already grasped the point and raised an eyebrow, saying, "So, to a certain extent, the ranking order of this year's Heaven, Earth, and Man lists determines the allocation of entry slots for Miracle Mountain and Sea?"

"Excellent! The proposed entry quotas for the Heavenly Ranking and the Human Ranking remain unchanged. The Heavenly Ranking will select the top 128 peak Great Saints, and the Human Ranking will select the top 128 outstanding young talents. Only the Earthly Ranking's entry quota has been increased from the originally proposed 128 to 365, due to the strict rectification of the chaotic tie-breaking in the Earthly Ranking by the Divine Envoy Murong. Of course, the higher the ranking, the better. Strive for the top! After all, the proposed entry quotas are just that—proposed. The final quotas will be optimized and adjusted based on the actual number of entry quotas allocated by Miracle Mountain and Sea: if there are more quotas, everyone on the list will be happy; if there are fewer quotas, some will be happy, and some will be sad!" Lu Yi explained in detail.

Upon hearing this, Feng Ling nodded in agreement.

Immediately, Feng Ling seemed to remember something and couldn't help but ask, "Brother Lu, could you elaborate on the chaotic situation of the parallel rankings and the methods for rectification?"

Lu Yi laughed and said, "Of course!"

Immediately afterwards, Lu Yi recounted the chaos on the Earth Ranking and the entire process of its rectification.

It turns out that the previous rankings were mainly used as indicators of the overall strength of all powerful sects and most of the top-tier sects.

Therefore, the ranking list may seem to have only 128 people, but apart from the top ten being unique, the remaining 100 or so places are all small chaotic situations with at least three or five people tied and large chaotic situations with at most fifty or sixty people tied.

This resulted in a staggering 7,000 people actually being listed on the local leaderboard!

Moreover, this situation occurred even though the titled guild specifically restricted each sect, city, and regional independent cultivator group to sending only a few representatives to participate in the war.

Worth mentioning:
The top ten on the local rankings, as well as the representatives of the super sects who are tied for eleventh to sixty-fourth place, are all epic overlords at or above the mortal saint realm.

The remaining individuals, those ranked between 65th and 128th on the original ranking list, who are legendary figures at the 13th level or above, are representatives from various powerful sects.

Therefore, Feng Ling's previous question, "Why were the Jade Purity Sect Master Feng Tianjue, the Blunt Weapon Valley Master Gu Jie, and the Flying Snow Sect Master Xue Mei, who were only at the thirteenth level of the Legendary Realm, able to leave their names on the Earth Ranking where thousands of Epic Overlords roamed?" can now be explained.

Furthermore, the number of 7,000 on the original ranking list is clearly far greater than the current number of 365 places to enter the realm as planned!

Furthermore, the participants on the local ranking range from the 13th level Legendary Realm to the 10th level Saint Realm, with an excessively wide range of realms.

Even though the new rankings have already taken two measures: resetting the data of those ranked outside the top ten and raising the entry threshold to the Mortal and Saint realms.

However, if all participants in the Earth Ranking are to compete on the same stage, and if the chaos of tied rankings on the Earth Ranking is to be rectified, then scenes of ordinary saints challenging great saints and suffering crushing defeats will inevitably occur.

This would not only make the competition rules unfair, but would also severely damage morale.

Therefore, after consulting with the Divine Envoy Murong, the Title Guild divided the Earth Ranking into eight arenas for the first time, based on the contestants' cultivation levels.

The Eighth Arena: Sixty-six arena champions will be selected from all participants in the initial stage of the Mortal Saint realm.

Corresponding to this are the proposed entry quotas for those ranked 301st to 365th on the local list.

The Seventh Arena: Fifty champions will be selected from all participants at the mid-stage of the Mortal Saint realm.

Corresponding to this are the proposed entry quotas for those ranked 251st to 300th on the local list.

The sixth arena: Fifty champions will be selected from all participants in the late-stage Mortal Saint realm.

Corresponding to this are the proposed entry quotas for those ranked 201st to 250th on the local list.

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Fifth Arena: Fifty arena champions will be selected from all participants in the early stages of the Great Sage realm.

Corresponding to this are the proposed entry quotas for those ranked 151st to 200th on the local list.

The fourth arena: Fifty champions will be selected from all participants at the mid-stage of the Great Sage realm.

Corresponding to this are the proposed entry quotas for those ranked 101st to 150th on the local list.

The third arena: Fifty champions will be selected from all the participants in the later stages of the Great Sage realm.

Corresponding to this are the proposed entry quotas for those ranked 51st to 100th on the local list.

The second arena: Fifty champions will be selected from all the newly promoted Great Sage Peak contestants.

Corresponding to this are the proposed entry quotas for those ranked 11st to 50th on the local list.

The number one arena on the Earth Ranking:

The initial stage is a bye-off arena, with a total of ten champions, all of whom are the top ten of the previous season's rankings.

Moreover, the top ten on the previous Earth Ranking were all veteran peak Saints who had been famous for many years, and many of them had even entered the Heaven Ranking.

Incidentally, those listed on the Heavenly Ranking are all peak Great Saints, and the best among them. They not only represent the face of the entire Eastern Sacred Continent, but also have the potential to reach the demigod realm in the future.

Therefore, the ranking of the Heavenly Ranking has always been strictly reviewed, and ties are never allowed. Of course, a peak Great Sage who has been on the Heavenly Ranking but has since fallen off will be automatically marked as a candidate for the Heavenly Ranking.

The previous Heavenly Ranking had a total of 128 peak Great Saints, and so far, there are dozens of new faces among these 128.

In other words, during this period of time, dozens of peak Great Saints who were originally in power have been defeated by their opponents and dropped out of the list, becoming candidates for the Heavenly Ranking.

Don't underestimate the candidates for the Heavenly Ranking!
The last twenty or thirty spots on the basic Heavenly Ranking list (ranked 128-129) are occupied in rotation by dozens of previous Heavenly Ranking candidates who failed to be selected.

In the morning, you defeat him and climb the leaderboard; at the end of the day, he defeats you and climbs the leaderboard. This cycle repeats endlessly, with challenges being issued without end—no one can stand it.

Therefore, over time, most of the candidates for the Heavenly Ranking choose to remain patient and secretly build up their strength, hoping to secure a place on the Heavenly Ranking after returning to it.

In conclusion, the top ten on the Earth Ranking are basically all candidates for the Heaven Ranking, meaning they have the strength to be ranked on the Heaven Ranking.

Therefore, whenever a candidate for the Heavenly Ranking breaks the rules and shamelessly acts arrogantly on the Earthly Ranking, they will inevitably sweep the top ten spots, while they don't even care about the ties for those outside the top ten on the Earthly Ranking.

Moreover, if he shamelessly fails to even make it into the top ten of the Earth Ranking, it will sound extremely bad if word gets out.

Therefore, those Heavenly Ranking candidates who were the first to swallow their pride and quickly climb into the top ten of the Earthly Ranking were referred to by the other Heavenly Ranking candidates, who were unwilling to lower themselves, in a half-joking, half-teasing tone as:

Top Ten Goalkeepers!
"Hmph! Although you have been eliminated from the Heavenly Ranking, you clearly possess the strength of the Heavenly Ranking, yet you come to the Earthly Ranking to act arrogantly? Such vain people are not worthy of my attention!" The old man who was originally ranked first on the Earthly Ranking said this as he turned and left.

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Lu Yi smiled and said, "Based on the Miracle Mountain and Sea Secret Realm, the teleportation site for different landing locations will be randomly determined according to the realm of the person entering the realm. Only the higher-ups of our organization dare to subdivide the eight arenas of the Earth Ranking into eight realms, in order to allow the best of the same realm to compete in battles and thus obtain the predetermined: Miracle Mountain and Sea Realm entry quota. Of course, among the 365 arena masters of the eight arenas, if they covet the higher entry quota of other arena masters, they can choose whether to fight against those of a higher level to take their place."

"Tsk tsk! All the champions are born from the best among their peers, and they probably all have the strength to challenge those of higher levels. How easy is it to replace them?" Feng Ling pondered.

"Indeed, young friend, you are absolutely right!"

Lu Yi nodded in agreement and said with a smile, "They all emerged from various arenas, and their rankings are basically set. The only one who can successfully jump from the top of the arena to the bottom of the arena might be able to succeed!"

Upon hearing this, Feng Ling smiled, "However, your Title Guild's decision to subdivide the realms is largely fair and just!"

Indeed, those who excel in each realm are truly gifted and naturally possess an air of arrogance.

If those who are "temporarily superior in realm" are allowed to take away the rightful entry slots that belong to them, wouldn't that be disheartening?

"These Earth Ranking rules are quite interesting! Even if a contestant's cultivation level isn't the highest, as long as they achieve unparalleled dominance within their realm, they will definitely be able to rank on the Earth Ranking. It's almost as if it was tailor-made for Ji Sheng and the others!"

Feng Ling pondered to himself, shifting his focus from 'rapidly improving cultivation' to 'becoming invincible within the same realm' in his training strategy for the people of the Fierce Ghost Holy City.

In this way, the chances of Ghost City appearing on the Earth Ranking will increase significantly, and it will definitely be able to obtain many rewards, including God Stones.

If we add the reward for being ranked number one on the leaderboard... then collecting the final condition for reviving Yuqing—one hundred God Stones—should be a piece of cake!

"Buzz! Buzz!"

Just as Feng Ling was thinking this, the sealing ring hummed and trembled again.

"In the 3326th era, Xiao He, the 108th ranked person on the Heavenly Ranking, challenged Lei Pusa, the anonymous person, again at Qingtai Temple."

Xiao He suffered another crushing defeat!
They then decisively defeated the tenth-ranked team from the previous year's regional rankings...

Therefore, Xiao He, the Flowing Water of the River, secured tenth place on the Earthly Ranking, while the Anonymous Thunder Bodhisattva maintained his rank of 108th on the Heavenly Ranking!

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"The Third Thousand Hundred and Twenty-Sixth Era, the Number One Prodigy on the Human Ranking: Xing Zhai Demon Prince"

At the entrance of the Two Elements Demon-Slaying Hall - Divine Sect, he instantly killed thousands of challengers who swarmed in.

It is said that among the thousand who perished were several powerful figures at the Mortal Saint Realm; therefore, no one dared to offend them, and Xing Zhai, the number one prodigy on the Human Ranking, truly deserved his title!

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Lines of text messages about the ranking changes of the Heaven, Earth, and Human lists flashed frequently, refreshing at a dizzying speed.

Seeing this, Feng Ling's expression turned serious.

It wasn't just because Xing Zhai instantly killed thousands of people, including several ordinary saints.

Instead, through the information revealed by the rankings, Feng Ling sensed something even more threatening:

In other words, Xing Zhai has left the Demon-Slaying Palace and has already begun to take action again, and he is most likely going to continue to receive the inheritance of the divine relics!

"These forces are really quick! Not only are they eyeing the Heavenly Ranking, but they are also trying to win and replace the top ten of the previous Earthly Ranking and Human Ranking before the start of the Grand Tournament of Ten Thousand Sects, thus gaining a bye in advance!"

Beside him, Lu Yi gazed at the frequently changing information in his sealing ring and sighed to himself, "It makes sense. The opportunities hidden within the 'Miracle Mountain and Sea' secret realm are immeasurable. After hearing the news, sects and cities from all over the world have been eagerly signing up to participate. The number of applicants for the individual ranking alone has already reached an astonishing tens of millions! Even some 'hidden divine clans' have been alarmed by the news of the opening of Miracle Mountain and Sea, and have not hesitated to send their most outstanding talents, the likes of which have not been seen in a thousand years, to sign up for the competition for the three rankings! Therefore, the final number of participants in the three rankings will surely be unprecedented!"

Hidden God Clan?

Suddenly, Lu Yi's muttering to himself pulled Feng Ling back to reality, and Lu Yi also happened to come back to his senses and see Feng Ling's solemn expression.

Lu Yi couldn't help but laugh and said, "Young friend Feng, there's no need to worry. Although the bye spots are highly sought after, they only cause trouble and disturb your peace of mind before the competition begins! Besides, with your extraordinary talent, even if you encounter the geniuses of the hidden divine races in the Ten Thousand Sects Competition, you should be able to hold your own and definitely make it into the top ten of the Human Ranking!"

Upon hearing this, Feng Ling smiled and nodded, offering no further explanation. He then stood up, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and took his leave.

Clearly, Lu Yi was unaware of this:
Feng Ling's concerns all stemmed from Xing Zhai, the Demon Prince, rather than from the difficulty of obtaining a "bye" qualification or the fear of the emergence of a hidden divine prodigy.

Every time a creature hatches, it's a new beginning...

The world is full of chaos and troubles; may the sages and saints offer you a pure land for your souls.

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