Fantasy: Starting with a bowl, you can exchange it for endless cultivation.

The city of Huangzhou.

In a courtyard house.

A person lay on a recliner, his hair disheveled and his eyes bloodshot.

There were jars of strong liquor all around.

It was He Teng.

Since being defeated by Gu Chen.

He then became despondent.

He couldn't understand it all day long; the scenes of being humiliated by Gu Chen that day kept replaying in his mind.

The mocking gazes from all around the training ground.

Gu Chen looked at his face as if he were a fool.

And recalling that this was an experience where he paid to be humiliated.

Let him not understand.

This has become his inner demon.

As long as Gu Chen lives, he cannot break free from this inner demon.

But he was no match for Gu Chen and had no way to kill him.

They also didn't have enough money to hire an assassin to deal with Gu Chen.

Unable to resolve his inner demons, he spent his days drinking.

At this moment, Chen Lei arrived at his residence.

Seeing him like this, she said with exasperation, "What's wrong? You're ready to give up on yourself after being defeated by that Gu Chen once!"

Upon seeing Chen Lei arrive, He Teng hurriedly stood up and called out, "Master."

"Here you go!" Chen Lei handed him a package.

There are several things inside.

Official seal, identity token, and official robes.

He was removed from the official position he had been assigned.

He was to go to Lishui Prefecture to serve as the head of the prefecture's night watchman's office.

"Cheer up!" Chen Lei shouted. "A true man does not boast of his abilities because of temporary success, nor does he lose heart because of temporary setbacks."

"What does one defeat matter? Life is never smooth sailing. If you fall down, get back up from there!"

Hearing Chen Lei's scolding, He Teng was jolted awake.

Like waking from a dream.

He accepted the official robes, identity token, and official seal handed to him by Chen Lei.

He nodded and said, "Yes, Master."

Master is right, he can't just keep giving up like this.

Get up from where you fall.

He was determined to avenge the humiliation he suffered at the hands of Gu Chen.

We can't let Gu Chen continue to be so arrogant.

Lishui Prefecture was one of the four prefectures under the jurisdiction of Yuehai County.

It is adjacent to the Black Rock Mansion in Jiuwan City, where Gu Chen is located.

Over there, his official rank is one level higher than Gu Chen's, giving him a chance to deal with him.

The next day.

The city of Huangzhou.

Outside the main gate of the Inspectorate.

Spies from many factions and many cultivators from the desolate state gathered together.

It has been three months since the last release of the Top Talents Ranking.

today.

It's the day the Supervision Department releases the latest list of the "Top Talents" for this quarter.

The Imperial Censorate of the Divine Dynasty oversees all nine provinces of the world, including the Central Province, and has established three lists.

It includes geniuses from all stages of their lives.

There are three lists: the Human Ranking of Prodigies, the Earth Ranking of Supremes, and the Heaven Ranking of Heroes.

Most people focus their attention on the list of human prodigies and the list of geniuses.

Because the powerful figures included in the Earthly Supreme Ranking and the Heavenly Hero Ranking rarely change.

The competition is most intense only on the Human Ranking and the Prodigy Ranking.

Many young talents who failed to make the list enjoy relentlessly challenging other masters on the list.

He hoped to take his place and fight for his own reputation.

soon.

An inspector took out three lists and posted them in the corresponding posting positions.

A group of people hurriedly squeezed forward to copy it down.

It must be spread.

"Are you blind? You stepped on me!"

"So what if I step on you? There are so many people, everyone wants to be the first to see. It's normal to get stepped on in a crowd. Who has time to look at their feet? If you're afraid of being stepped on, look from behind!"

"You think you're right for stepping on my foot? You want to die? If you're not happy, let's go outside and fight one-on-one later."

"One-on-one it is, I'm not afraid of you!"

Every time the list of the most talented people is released, this scene will appear: a group of people crowd together, and soon an argument will break out.

The members of the Inspectorate who were posting the results saw this scene but didn't bother to do anything about it.

It's always like this when the results are released.

He's used to it.

This week's Earth Ranking and Supreme Ranking haven't changed much; it's still the same top players as before.

After all, the Earthly Ranking and Supreme Ranking only include strong individuals under the age of fifty, so there won't be much change in a short period of time; at most, the rankings will change.

Three months is not a long time for the top-ranked individuals on the Earth Ranking.

However, there has been a change in the Heavenly Ranking!

The Heavenly Ranking includes powerful individuals under the age of one hundred, and sometimes it remains unchanged almost every year.

Of course, once the Heavenly Ranking changes, it means that some of the top three-rank experts in the Divine Dynasty have broken through, which brings quite a stir.

This change.

This was because Gu Chen's master, Shangguan Wuqing, had broken through to the Earth Venerable Realm and entered the tenth place on the Heavenly Ranking.

He is now over ninety years old.

To be able to step into the Earthly Venerable Realm now.

There is a chance to reach the Celestial Venerable Realm in the future.

The group copied down the changes to the Heavenly Ranking and the Human Ranking.

"Helian Jiao, the eldest daughter of the Helian family, a top-tier family in Lizhou, has actually broken through to the early stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm and risen to 296th on the Prodigy Ranking!"

"Yuan Geng of Jin Yao Palace has also changed his ranking, rising to 250th. I heard that he suffered a loss in the Desolate State some time ago and was injured by an unknown expert. Unexpectedly, after returning, he not only recovered from his injuries, but also broke through and established a new realm, raising his cultivation level by a small realm."

"The top three are still Qiu Xuanji from the Daoist sect, Xuan Kong from the Buddhist sect, and the sixteenth prince of the Divine Dynasty. The three of them have less than half a year left and will soon turn twenty-five. I wonder which of them will be able to break through to the Core Formation Realm and reach the fourth rank in the remaining time, and after leaving the Heavenly Pride Ranking, directly step into the Earthly Ranking Supreme Ranking."

The Earthly Ranking Supreme Ranking includes the top 1,000 strongest individuals under the age of 50 in the Divine Dynasty.

Once you reach the fourth-grade minor grandmaster level, you will definitely be able to enter it.

"Holy crap, Mad Blade Chen Xinglong from the Mad Blade Hall has dropped one place to 248th. His previous position has been taken by this guy named Gu Chen. Wasn't Gu Chen only 501st last month? He has jumped more than 200 places."

"It's true! Mad Blade Chen Xinglong of the Mad Blade Hall and Ice Maiden Shen Qinglan of the Misty Hall have both dropped one place!" The person next to him exclaimed in surprise, "The Surveillance Department actually ranked Gu Chen at the level of the mid-stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm."

Everyone was now focused on Gu Chen's ranking information.

They were all powerful forces and independent cultivators within the desolate state.

I have all the information about Gu Chen, who was in the limelight a month ago.

A month ago, Gu Chen defeated Wen Lingtian and He Teng, despite being of a higher level.

This made him the center of attention.

With this update to the Prodigy Ranking, they knew that Gu Chen's ranking would definitely improve significantly.

But I never expected that we would make so much progress.

More than 250 people were promoted in one go.

The list includes the following information about Gu Chen:

Name: Gu Chen

"Realm: Mid-stage of the seventh-grade True Essence Realm".

"Ranking: 247th".

"Records: One month ago, defeated He Teng, a strongman of the Night Watch Division who was in the early stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm, mastered the Minor Completion of the Crimson Copper Body, which can ignore the attacks of the early stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm, mastered the Perfected Sixth Grade Sword Technique, comprehended a sword intent, and cultivated the Night Watch Division's top-level technique, the Four Beasts Celestial Phenomenon Technique, in order to comprehend the two extraordinary phenomena of the Azure Dragon and the White Tiger."

"Affiliation: Night Watch, Chief of the Night Watch of Nine Bays City"

Combat strength rating: Mid-stage Breakthrough Realm!

"Truly a prodigy! Gu Chen's combat strength has been directly rated as the mid-stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm. His defense is invincible in the early stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm. He has comprehended a kind of sword intent and mastered a perfect sixth-grade martial art. No wonder he was able to squeeze out Mad Blade Chen Xinglong and Ice Maiden Shen Qinglan."

The group of cultivators sighed in admiration.

A cultivator from the desolate state remarked with emotion.

This time, the desolate state has truly produced a genius who, at the age of twenty, can already rival the prodigies of other states.

Mad Blade Chen Xinglong and Ice Maiden Shen Qinglan both come from the Six Palaces faction.

Moreover, they were taken in from a young age and received countless resources for their upbringing.

The two are currently twenty-one years old.

He is one year older than Gu Chen. Currently, both of them are at the early stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm, and they have a chance to break into the top fifty of the Prodigy Ranking before they turn twenty-five.

It is said that when he was a child, Mad Blade Chen Xinglong absorbed the true blood of a demonic dragon at the terrestrial immortal realm, which improved his physique and made his cultivated true essence exceptionally violent, giving him the ability to challenge opponents of higher levels.

He was able to rank among the top 250 with only the initial stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm.

Shen Qinglan, the Ice Maiden of the Misty Palace, is another example. She possesses the Mysterious Ice Body, a special physique that gives her a natural affinity for ice-attribute techniques, allowing her to progress in cultivation very quickly.

Thanks to her physique, she was able to exert the combat power of a mid-stage Breaking Aperture Realm cultivator despite only being at the early stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm.

Apart from the two of them, the other 250 or so powerful individuals were all at the mid-stage of the Breaking Aperture Realm.

Yuan Geng of the Golden Palace, who just broke through, is one of the two hundred and fifty.

I never expected that Gu Chen would appear.

With his mid-stage True Essence Realm cultivation, he ranked 247th.

This was quite unexpected.