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Chapter 87: Ascending to the Top, Popular Rankings
Chapter 87: Ascending to the Top, Popular Rankings
Among the current top ten evolvers globally, the one most likely to take the championship title is probably the evolver known as 'Fang Qing'.
Fang Qing, origins unknown.
Suspected to have had a great opportunity, receiving the inheritance of a high-level evolver and cultivating the 'Ancient God' evolutionary path.
The 'Ancient God' evolutionary path is an extremely powerful category of evolution.
Each type of 'Ancient God' evolution corresponds to an 'Ancient God' deep in the starry abyss.
In terms of tiers, the 'Ancient God' evolution path surpasses the sixth tier.
Lin Yuan's greatest concern before his journey through the cosmos was this very 'Fang Qing'.
With the Tai Ji Domain, if Lin Yuan went all out, he was confident he could hold his own against the other eight evolvers.
Only with 'Fang Qing' did Lin Yuan feel uncertain.
But that was before his journey.
After completing his third cosmic shift, Lin Yuan had transformed inside and out.
His strength had even reached the ninth level of the fourth tier.
In this state, even though the Martial Arts evolutionary path had a lower potential ceiling compared to the 'Ancient God' evolutionary path, the vast difference in tiers rendered the two in completely different leagues.
The current Lin Yuan had no interest in watching battle videos of the other nine evolvers, let alone feel any pressure from them.
"Well then, I'll be taking my leave."
Seeing Lin Yuan's lack of enthusiasm, Liao Hu immediately bid farewell.
"It seems Mr. Lin Yuan isn't too confident about the upcoming top ten competition either."
Liao Hu thought to himself as he returned to his personal room.
This was only natural. Just look at the other nine evolvers: 'Thunder God', who could transform into lightning, the lucky one who awakened a sixth-tier 'Falling Star' bloodline, and Fang Qing, who cultivated the 'Ancient God' evolutionary path.
This lineup would be considered outrageous even in past arena tournaments.
In the Cang Lan Star's virtual world, the Central Plaza area had become less crowded due to the popularity of the arena tournament, with most citizens gathering in the arena district.
At dawn, the Cang Lan Evolution Rankings began to 'update' its leaderboard.
At first, not many people paid attention to it.
But soon, someone noticed something amiss.
"Holy crap, am I seeing things? How did the 'Purple Lightning' evolution path that was ranked first drop to second place?"
"I think I'm seeing things too."
"Oh my god, did the Martial Arts evolution path just top the rankings?"
In an instant, the Central Plaza area erupted into an uproar.
Countless people were left stunned, their eyes fixed on the words 'Martial Arts' at the very top of the Evolution Rankings.
Everyone was familiar with the Martial Arts evolution path, some even intimately so.
After all, it had only taken a year or two for it to break into the top hundred and then the top ten.
Initially, people thought that the Martial Arts evolution path would slow down, considering that the top ten evolution paths on the rankings had endured the test of hundreds of thousands of years.
Especially the 'Purple Lightning' evolution path that had dominated the first place spot for five hundred thousand years.
The current favorite for the arena tournament championship, 'Thunder God', followed this very 'Purple Lightning' evolution path.
But now, the myth of 'Purple Lightning' had been shattered.
"What is the origin of the Martial Arts evolution path? Which big shot developed this evolutionary path?"
"I speculate that this evolution path was intentionally placed on our Cang Lan Star by a big shot from another advanced planet."
"I agree. The rise of the Martial Arts evolution path was too sudden. I have elders in the Mid-continent Evolvers' Association, and they've never seen an evolution path similar to the Martial Arts one."
Everyone had their own theories, but they all concluded that the Martial Arts evolution path most likely originated from a big shot on another advanced planet.
After all, while the founder was crucial to an evolution path's development, it also needed a large number of cultivators to refine and improve it.
Take the 'Purple Lightning' evolution path, for example. Countless evolvers had dedicated themselves to its improvement over the last five hundred thousand years.
But what about the Martial Arts evolution path?
It was a sudden dark horse, with no signs leading up to its emergence.
Compared to most onlookers, the evolvers whose paths had been pushed down a rank by the Martial Arts evolution path felt much better about the situation.
When the Martial Arts evolution path first appeared, it immediately entered the rankings at ninety-third place.
As a result, the paths originally in ninety-third, ninety-fourth, and ninety-fifth places naturally dropped by one rank.
Later, when the Martial Arts evolution path rose to seventy-eighth place, the paths in seventy-eighth, seventy-ninth, and eightieth places also dropped by one rank.
And when it broke into the top ten, even more paths were pushed down a rank.
This naturally caused dissatisfaction among many evolvers who cultivated those paths.
However, now that they saw the Martial Arts evolution path at the top of the rankings, these evolvers felt a strange sense of happiness for some reason.
In short, perhaps it was because...
when everyone is demoted, it's as if no one is.
Leiyuxing Domain.
In the virtual world, Loulan He sat cross-legged,
his mind filled with Lin Yuan's teachings.
"The way of Tai Ji, with Tai Yin and Tai Yang as its foundation, forms the Wuji."
The more Loulan He thought about it, the more confused he became. Only by constantly sensing the strand of Tai Ji energy that Lin Yuan had left in his body did he gain some insight.
Just then, a deep voice called out,
"Loulan He."
"Father," Loulan He exclaimed in surprise, immediately standing up and replying respectfully.
Compared to his gentle mother, Loulan He was more fearful of his father.
His father was not only the head of the Loulan family but also a powerful figure in the Leiyuxing Domain, with the power to decide the fate of hundreds or even thousands of life-bearing planets.
"The evolution path you're cultivating has too low a probability of advancing to the sixth tier. Choose another one."
The deep voice spoke.
"Ah?"
"Choose another one?"
Loulan He hesitated, "But Father, I really like Martial Arts, and the founder teacher often guides me."
Loulan He gathered his courage to plead.
"I said it has too low a probability of advancing to the sixth tier, only a ten percent chance. Choose one with a higher probability."
Lou Lan Yu sounded impatient.
Before coming here, Lou Lan Yu had naturally browsed through the Martial Arts evolution path.
With his insight, he could naturally see the pros and cons of the path—the ability to accommodate both Tai Yin and Tai Yang extreme energies was indeed remarkable.
But that was all.
Furthermore, the Martial Arts evolution path currently only had the first and second tiers. Although it had the potential to reach the sixth tier, there was only a ten percent chance.
In Lou Lan Yu's opinion, this was far from enough.
"Alright."
"But the Martial Arts evolution path just updated its third tier this morning, and I haven't even finished reading it yet."
Loulan He sounded a little aggrieved, but he couldn't go against his father's will.
"Third tier?"
Lou Lan Yu paused slightly.
He immediately pulled up the information on the Martial Arts evolution path and saw that the third tier had indeed just been released.
Lou Lan Yu directly chose to purchase it and quickly browsed through the contents of the third tier.
"What is this?"
"The third tier already involves the power of primordial rules?"
"There's a sixty percent chance of advancing to the sixth tier?"
Lou Lan Yu's expression turned slightly solemn.
He glanced again at the release dates for the first, second, and third tiers within the Martial Arts evolutionary path.
On average, each tier was released in less than a year.
"It's not impossible to cultivate, though."
Lou Lan Yu glanced at Lou Lan He, who was looking dejected, and after pondering for a while, he said, "Since you like this evolutionary path so much, then continue."
"Really?"
Lou Lan He widened his eyes.
It was the first time he had seen his father voluntarily change his mind.
As the outside world was in an uproar over the Martial Arts evolutionary path topping the Evolution Rankings, Lin Yuan received the two types of universal spiritual objects that he had purchased.
They were worth twelve billion—the Yin-attribute and Yang-attribute universal spiritual objects.
"So this is the 'Crimson Fruit' and the 'Cold Jade'?"
Lin Yuan opened the alloy box, and his spirit was slightly uplifted.
The alloy box was quite large and divided into two layers.
On the top layer was a crimson fruit.
The fruit was only the size of an infant's fist, yet it emitted astonishing heat, like a tiny fireball.
Lin Yuan knew that this 'Crimson Fruit' was a fruit borne by certain special plants in the depths of the universe.
Depending on their age, they were classified as Hundred-Year Crimson Fruit, Thousand-Year Crimson Fruit, Ten-Thousand-Year Crimson Fruit, and Hundred-Thousand-Year Crimson Fruit. The Crimson Fruit that Lin Yuan had purchased was a Hundred-Year Crimson Fruit, and even so, it was worth seven hundred million and also came with Level 4 citizen permissions.
He carefully picked up the Crimson Fruit and then set it aside before turning his attention to the other item in the alloy box.
Cold Jade.
Although it wasn't as expensive as the Crimson Fruit, it was still a universal spiritual object worth five hundred million.
After inspecting both universal spiritual objects again to ensure there were no issues, Lin Yuan began to refine them.
First was the Crimson Fruit.
Lin Yuan picked it up with utmost caution.
Under the light, the Crimson Fruit seemed to have molten lava flowing within it.
"I wonder what kind of special plant could bear such a fruit," Lin Yuan thought to himself.
Then, he sat cross-legged and began to slowly absorb the energy within the Crimson Fruit.
There were two ways to use the Crimson Fruit.
One was to consume it directly, but the prerequisite was that the user's strength must reach the fourth tier.
Only then could they withstand the terrifying energy unleashed when swallowing the fruit.
If one hadn't reached the fourth tier, they could only refine the Crimson Fruit slowly like Lin Yuan was doing.
Although Lin Yuan had the ninth level of the fourth tier, he could have forcibly refined the fruit by swallowing it, but there was no need for that.
Time passed.
After more than a day, the Crimson Fruit in front of Lin Yuan was left with only a thin layer of peel.
All the essence within had been absorbed by Lin Yuan.
Next was the other universal spiritual object, the 'Cold Jade'.
Refining the Cold Jade was much easier than the Crimson Fruit.
Especially now that he had already refined the Crimson Fruit and his strength had subtly broken into the fourth tier, refining the Cold Jade was naturally much simpler.
After more than half a day.
An entire piece of Cold Jade vanished.
Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, and the aura around him was like a black hole, with the Yin-Yang powers transforming into black and white, connecting with the heavens and the earth.
"Finally, I've recovered to the ninth level of the fourth tier."
Lin Yuan slowly opened his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, in the depths of his dantian's qi sea, the Yin-Yang powers formed a Taiji diagram, like a miniature galaxy, constantly rotating and intertwining.
"This Taiji Domain should now be considered a true domain, right?"
Lin Yuan's thoughts stirred slightly, and the Taiji Domain easily covered all of Dongning City.
Even if Lin Yuan wanted to, he could continue to expand it further.
Domain power was something that only fourth and fifth-tier evolvers could hope to master.
However, it was still just a hope.
In reality, the vast majority of fourth and fifth-tier evolvers were also unable to master domains.
This wasn't related to their combat strength but rather their cultivated evolutionary system and innate talent.
Take Lin Yuan, for example. With the Tao of Taiji as his foundation and the perfect fusion of Yin and Yang, he derived his domain from it.
At the second tier, he had already mastered the Taiji Domain, which was the embryonic form of a domain.
Other Martial Arts evolvers, even if they didn't have Lin Yuan's heaven-defying comprehension, as long as they followed the Martial Arts evolutionary path, mastered Yin and Yang, and formed the Tao of Taiji, even if they hadn't condensed the Taiji Domain at the second tier, by the time they reached the fourth or fifth tier, they would naturally master the Taiji Domain.
This was the advantage of an evolutionary system.
"Continue cultivating."
After regaining his full strength, Lin Yuan once again immersed himself in cultivation and enlightenment.
With his heaven-defying comprehension, Lin Yuan didn't just cultivate while traversing the worlds but could also cultivate and gain enlightenment in the main world.
It was just that compared to the years, decades, or even centuries spent cultivating in the traversed worlds, Lin Yuan's stay in the main world was very short, which led to the misconception that most of his strength came from his travels.
In fact, if Lin Yuan were given decades or centuries in the main world, he could also reach a terrifying height.
As the date of the tournament drew near, the excitement surrounding it intensified.
Especially the upcoming global top ten tournament, which attracted the attention of most of Cang Lan Star's citizens.
Whether they were evolvers or ordinary citizens,
everyone wanted to know which evolver would eventually win the championship.
"In my opinion, Thunder God has a high chance of winning the championship. The evolutionary path he cultivates is currently the number one evolutionary path on our Cang Lan Star, or rather, it's now the second."
"Regardless, there's no problem with the evolutionary path, and Thunder God himself has endured thunder and survived, able to transform into thunder. Just this ability alone is enough."
A well-known 'broadcaster' began analyzing and releasing various videos to support his viewpoint.
"Thunder God may be strong, but he's only at the third tier."
"The one with the highest chance of winning the championship is Yang Wei, who awakened the sixth-tier bloodline."
"A sixth-tier bloodline, do you know what that means? Not only is the upper limit at the sixth tier, but at lower tiers, they can also awaken some innate abilities from their bloodline. How can Thunder God compare to a sixth-tier Falling Star?"
A renowned uploader refuted and presented his viewpoint.
"Heh, what is Thunder God compared to Fang Qing? Do you understand the value of the 'Ancient God' evolutionary path?"
"That's someone with a huge reputation in the Chi Kun Star Domain. If not for the many cultivation restrictions, how could there be such a thing as the 'Purple Lightning' evolutionary path?"
"And as for Yang Wei, even if he awakened a sixth-tier bloodline, so what? His bloodline concentration is thin. What kind of innate talent can he obtain?"
A big shot in the science popularization field spoke mockingly.
Countless people argued on the internet, each standing up for the contestant they favored.
Finally, there was a broadcaster who ranked the current ten evolvers based on the number of supporters and the level of enthusiasm.
First: Thunder God.
Second: Fang Qing.
Third: Yang Wei.
Ninth: Lin Yuan.
Tenth: Ruan Du.
(End of Chapter)
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