172: The Cloud Palace that dominates the charts

“The Cloud Palace Team, are they trying to reach the heavens? Dominating the rankings so aggressively, are they not leaving any room for Cultivators from other forces to live?”

“Haha, the faces of those top-tier giant immortal cultivation forces have all turned green. This time, the Cloud Palace Team has definitely incurred public wrath.”

“The guy in first place is indeed that youngster from the Cloud Palace Team named Long Aotian. Grand Elder Dan’s previous declaration of him as the number one on the ranking list was indeed well-deserved. However, it’s a bit puzzling that the Saintess from the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace, Feng Zixian, has steadily held the second position, closely trailing Long Aotian’s ranking. Since when did the Prodigies of the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace become so strong?”

“What’s so puzzling? The Saintess from the Nine Heavens Immortal Palace, Feng Zixian, entered the Trial Tower with Long Aotian. I heard they are also Dao Companions. It’s not at all surprising to me that she is second only to Long Aotian.”

“So that’s how it is. It seems I was ill-informed.”

“Long Aotian, Long Bubai, Long Wudi, Long Shijie—these four all share the surname Long. Are they Cultivators from the same immortal cultivation Family? This immortal cultivation Family is incredibly powerful, actually producing so many Mahayana Realm Disciples with such astonishing potential. Is this the prelude to the emergence of a fifth sub-continental level immortal cultivation Family?!”

“...This Dragon Clan is indeed a bit terrifying!”

“Back then, the Ye Clan, Chu Clan, Xiao Clan, and Qin Clan became sub-continental level immortal cultivation Families, seemingly by suddenly emerging on the heaven ruins millennium grand list of prodigies. They then grew stronger step by step, ultimately establishing their status as the four great sub-continental level immortal cultivation Families of the Central Continent. Now, this Dragon Clan is performing even more powerfully on the ranking list than the four great immortal cultivation Families of the Central Continent did during their rise. I truly don’t know if the four great immortal cultivation Families will simply watch the Dragon Clan grow and change the pattern of the four great immortal cultivation Families...”

As everyone discussed animatedly, the faces of the six continental-level giant immortal cultivation forces were all rather unpleasant. What prevented them from erupting and attacking the Cloud Palace Team was that everyone’s results were equally poor; no one could mock anyone else, and no one wanted to be the villain who stepped forward.

Furthermore, the immense potential and strength displayed by Long Aotian, as well as the strong potential shown by the Mahayana Realm Cultivators of the Cloud Palace Team, were also major reasons why those who wished to harm the Cloud Palace Team dared not act rashly.

Cang Jue and Ling Yu were not even a match for Long Aotian, a Cultivator at the Ninth Revolution Peak of the Mahayana Realm. The thought alone sends shivers down one’s spine. Who would dare to easily seek trouble with the Cloud Palace Team?

In the face of absolute strength, all troubles are self-inflicted discomfort!

The four great immortal cultivation Families were also very displeased with the sudden emergence of the Dragon Clan. They also did not want other immortal cultivation Families to rise and disrupt the existing balance of their four great immortal cultivation Families. However, they were equally unwilling to be the villain who stepped forward and were similarly wary of the powerful and infinitely potential Long Aotian.

If the six continental-level giant immortal cultivation forces did not act rashly, why should their four sub-continental level immortal cultivation Families act rashly?

In comparison, what did the sudden emergence of the Dragon Clan, threatening the top immortal cultivation Family structure established by the four sub-continental level immortal cultivation Families, count for when the sudden appearance of Cloud Palace threatened the million-year-old top continental force structure established by the Central Continent Immortal Mansion, Tianxu Immortal Mansion, Honghuang Shop, Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, Dan Pavilion, and Demon Alliance, these six continental-level giant immortal cultivation forces?

The four sub-continental level immortal cultivation Families jointly formed the Central Continent Immortal Mansion. If they were to step forward and cause trouble for the Dragon Clan, it would be almost equivalent to the Central Continent Immortal Mansion seeking trouble with Cloud Palace.

This was extremely inadvisable!

The Central Continent Immortal Mansion had subtly become the strongest among the six continental-level giant immortal cultivation forces, already making the other five forces somewhat wary. If they were to aggressively seek trouble with Cloud Palace now, it was not impossible that these five forces might secretly stab the Central Continent Immortal Mansion in the back.

Not to mention, Cloud Palace didn’t seem like a force that was easy to provoke. Especially that Long Aotian, who could casually toss around even the ten strongest Grand Elders of the Central Continent Immortal Mansion. His strength was terrifyingly unfathomable. Whoever dared to underestimate him would suffer greatly.

As the only continental-level giant immortal cultivation force that had experienced Long Aotian’s power, the Central Continent Immortal Mansion was naturally the least willing to be his enemy.

With the four sub-continental level immortal cultivation Families not moving and the Central Continent Immortal Mansion not moving, other forces dared not act rashly. The Cloud Palace Team, under unusual gazes, remained composed.

This could not be attributed to the efforts of the ten thousand Protector enforcement teams of the conference, but rather to the fact that, at this stage, no one was determined to cause trouble for Cloud Palace.

Of course, the conference’s Protector enforcement team also played a role in maintaining order, but once a force decided to act against Cloud Palace, it would almost certainly be a continental-level giant immortal cultivation force. At that point, the conference’s Protector enforcement team would be completely unable to intervene, so how could they maintain order?

Once a continental-level giant immortal cultivation force made a move, it would be a grand game between the top forces of the entire Sky Ruins Continent. The conference’s Protector enforcement team originated from the Central Continent Immortal Mansion and could only represent the Central Continent Immortal Mansion... In the Trial Tower, the names on the ranking list were constantly changing. Some advanced several, a dozen, or even dozens of places, while others dropped several, a dozen, or even dozens of places. On a ranking list of ten thousand people, the frequency and magnitude of fluctuations were very high; names on the ranking list were almost always fluctuating every minute.

The Trial Tower’s ranking list competition trial lasted for one month.

On the tenth day of the ranking list competition trial, Mahayana Realm Cultivators began to be successively teleported out of the Trial Tower. Most of these teleported Mahayana Realm Cultivators were in the Early Stage of the Mahayana Realm.

From the tenth day to the twentieth day, in just ten days, as many as two million Mahayana Realm Cultivators were teleported out of the Trial Tower.

The later it got, the higher the cultivation of the Mahayana Realm Cultivators who were teleported out. By the twenty-first day, many Late Stage Mahayana Realm Cultivators were also teleported out.

This also meant that the ranking list competition trial was entering its final sprint phase.

At this time, in the Trial Tower, Long Aotian and Feng Zixian had already reached the ninety-first floor. Their achievements were tied, placing them jointly first on the ranking list.

Ao Jingtain had reached the eighty-seventh floor, holding second place alone.

Long Bubai and his son, Long Wudi, were on the eighty-third floor, tied for third place. This was something no one had anticipated.

This father and son, like Long Aotian and Feng Zixian, were teleported in simultaneously through the same teleportation gate when entering the Trial Tower.

Not only were Long Bubai and his son Long Wudi like this, but also the two sisters Hua Buwan and Hua Buqi, who were tied for fourth on the ranking list, and Huo Yaner and Si Nan, who were tied for fifth, were also the same.

The top five were completely dominated by the Mahayana Realm Cultivators of the Cloud Palace Team, and that wasn’t all.

Ye Tian, happy, Long Shijie, Wan Jun, and other Mahayana Realm Cultivators from the Cloud Palace Team also had high rankings on the list...