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The moment he stepped into Star Luo Empire territory, the God of Slaughter power surrounding Tang Chen had yet to fully retract. Blood-red mist churned through the air.
He raised his hand and grasped the hovering Demon Sword. The blade hummed in response as he prepared to feel the surge in power brought by his breakthrough. At that moment, however, the golden divine inscriptions on the rankings in the heavens crashed into his sight like a thunderclap.
"Xuanyuan Sword… Creation-tier martial soul?"
Tang Chen abruptly turned his head. The bloodlight in his eyes froze instantly, and the Demon Sword in his hand began to tremble violently on its own. The patterns along the blade dimmed noticeably.
He had lived for over a hundred years and personally experienced countless storms across the continent, yet he had never once heard of a "Creation-tier" martial soul.
Even within the inheritance of the Asura God, only God King–tier martial souls were recorded as the upper limit. Just who exactly was this Li Tianyi?
When the words "self-created highest-tier divine position of this world, Creation God position" and "First-Tier God combat power" entered his vision, Tang Chen staggered back half a step. His Asura God power instantly fell into chaos.
He had exhausted his entire life pursuing the Asura God position, even losing his sanity for decades because of it. Yet Li Tianyi was able to create a divine position himself, and not just any divine position, but a Creation God position that stood above the Asura God.
"This is impossible… divine positions can only be inherited. How could one be self-created?"
He muttered to himself, his voice trembling with disbelief. With his own talent and brilliance, he could only seek divine inheritance. That alone showed how unimaginably difficult it was to create a divine position.
If Yun Ming had been a lone exception before, that could still be barely accepted.
But a self-created Creation-tier divine position was something Tang Chen simply could not comprehend.
His gaze swept to the reward section, and his breathing abruptly stopped.
"First-Tier God combat power!"
He clenched his fists, breathing rapidly. He himself had only just passed the Eight Trials of the Asura God and barely touched the threshold of a divine attendant, yet the second-ranked martial soul on the list could directly hand out First-Tier God combat power as a reward.
What unsettled him even more was the "six-word battle armor." He had never seen it before, but from the words "battle armor" alone, he could already infer its massive boost to combat power. When compared with his own body sustained solely by Asura God power, the gap became instantly clear.
"Clear Sky Sect…"
Tang Chen lifted his head and looked in the direction of the Clear Sky Sect, a complex light flashing through his eyes.
"In the past, I thought that safeguarding the sect's inheritance would be enough to stand firm. Now it seems that before a Creation God, so-called sect foundations are nothing more than toys in a child's hands."
He pressed a hand against his violently pounding heart. The hum of the Demon Sword gradually subsided, but the pride it once carried was gone, replaced only by deep wariness toward an unknown powerhouse.
...
Above the sea.
A pale blue light vessel condensed from Sea God power cut through the waves, shimmering ripples flowing across its hull and isolating all surrounding gales and towering waves.
All soul beasts encountered along the way, fishermen struggling to survive at sea, and sea soul masters alike knelt in worship.
Bo Saixi stood at the prow, holding the super divine artifact Sea God Trident. Her blue robe snapped loudly in the sea wind, while Sea God power surged around her like the tides.
Following the guidance of the Sea God's Eighth Trial, she was heading toward the continent in search of the Vast Sea Cosmos Shroud. Beneath the waves, countless sea soul beasts lay prostrate and dared not stir.
Suddenly, golden light from the heavens pierced through the clouds, ignoring the spatial barriers of the sea domain. The divine inscriptions of "Xuanyuan Sword" and "Li Tianyi (Heavenly Path Academy)" were clearly reflected upon the ocean surface.
Bo Saixi's steps halted abruptly. The Sea God power sustaining the light vessel instantly fell into disorder. The once calm sea suddenly surged into waves several zhang high, and even the hundred-thousand-year soul beasts lurking below let out uneasy low cries.
"Creation-tier martial soul…"
She raised her hand to her brow, pale blue eyes filled with trembling disbelief.
As the Sea God's High Priestess, she had seen records of countless top-tier martial souls in inherited tomes, yet there was not a single mention of "Creation-tier."
Even the Sea God martial soul itself was only classified as a "god-granted martial soul." Forget contending with a Creation-tier existence, she was not even comparable to the God King–tier Heaven-Piercing Divine Spear, let alone the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger that surpassed the God King level.
When the words "self-created highest-tier divine position of this world, Creation God position" entered her sight, ripples appeared within Bo Saixi's Sea God power, as if even divine inheritance strength had to bow before such a heaven-defying existence.
She lowered her gaze to the reward list reflected on the sea surface, her fingertips trembling slightly.
"First-Tier God combat power…"
Bo Saixi murmured softly. The final reward of the Eighth Trial was merely an increase in affinity with Sea God power, yet Li Tianyi could treat god-level combat power as a reward. The disparity was enough to unsettle even a High Priestess who had lived for hundreds of years.
Even the Sea God she had worshiped for so many years and was about to inherit was, at present, only at the level of First-Tier God combat power.
"Three-hundred-thousand-year soul bone… incomprehensible six-word battle armor, and a level eleven soul tool blueprint…"
"These rewards are absolutely not ordinary items!"
Bo Saixi took a deep breath and forcibly stabilized her restless Sea God power.
The seawater beneath the light vessel gradually calmed, yet the turbulence in her heart lingered for a long time.
Originally, her journey to the continent was solely to complete the Eighth Trial. Now, however, another thought had taken root.
If she could investigate the whereabouts of Heavenly Path Academy along the way, even observing from afar would allow her to glimpse the true strength of this Creation God–level existence.
As the Sea God's successor, she naturally wished to befriend a peerless prodigy capable of creating such a divine position.
...
Heavenly Path Academy.
The golden pillar of light from the rankings had yet to fully dissipate when Zhu Zhuqing finished retracting her six ultimate attributes. Even more brilliant golden radiance descended once again from the heavens.
This time, the pillar was aimed directly at the highest observation platform of the academy. There, Li Tianyi stood by the railing, fingers casually tracing through the air, as though ranking second held no interest for him at all.
The students in the plaza erupted instantly. Shui Yue'er leapt with both hands raised, her crisp voice overpowering the wind.
"It really is the teacher! The teacher finally made the rankings!"
Anticipation filled Ye Lingling's eyes.
Shui Bing'er clenched her fists tightly. The shock Zhu Zhuqing had brought earlier had yet to fade, and now even her breathing had grown rapid.
Standing on tiptoe, Shui Yue'er gripped the corner of her clothes, her voice trembling with excitement.
"Both academy heads are god-level powerhouses. Headmaster Yun Ming created a God King divine position, Headmistress Ya Li is the inheritor of the Goddess of Life, and now the teacher has ranked as well. Our Heavenly Path Academy is incredible!"
Ye Lingling's martial soul surfaced unconsciously, reverence filling her eyes.
"To be taught by three god-level existences at once, we are the luckiest students on the continent!"
The golden pillar poured down like a waterfall, entirely merging into Li Tianyi's body.
There was no earth-shaking energy surge, only ultimate serenity, as though this power capable of overturning the continent had always belonged to him.
The first to integrate was the "First-Tier God combat power."
A faint golden glow spread across Li Tianyi's body. His already unfathomable aura became even more restrained, yet caused subtle ripples to appear in the surrounding space.
He lightly clenched his hand, and a strand of golden divine power condensed in his palm. With a casual flick, it carved a visible trace across the void.
This was not external augmentation, but complete fusion of god-level combat power into his own being, controlled as naturally as instinct.
"With my current strength, combined with the enhancement of the Creation God divine core, subduing Asura God should not be much of a problem."
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