Open up and break into another world

King-level, High-level peak!

King-level, Top-tier!

......

Xu Ming's Ancient Cultivator clone's cultivation base soared wildly.

"Too fierce!!"

Xu Ming could completely feel that, on his divine body, every tiny particle contained incomparably vigorous power!

Every particle was comparable to the full power of a Rank One God!

And Xu Ming's entire divine body possessed billions, trillions, countless tiny particles!

"King-level peak!"

Xu Ming felt his cultivation base, and it finally settled at the King-level peak.

"This is the power of the Primordial Chaos Liquid!!"

A tiny drop of water directly caused Xu Ming's cultivation base to skyrocket from the early stage of King-level to the peak!

However, Xu Ming also knew that this was because he was using the Primordial Chaos Liquid for the first time, and he was also using Primordial Chaos Qi and energy crystals in conjunction, so it had such a good effect! The next time he used the Primordial Chaos Liquid, the effect would probably be discounted.

"My current strength..."

Immediately, Xu Ming began to feel his own strength. After all, cultivation base was only an appearance; strength was the foundation.

Feeling this, Xu Ming couldn't help but feel a little disappointed: "The higher the cultivation base, the stronger the strength, the more difficult it is to challenge beyond one's level!—Before, when I was only at the early stage of King-level, I could challenge the top-tier God Emperors; now that my cultivation base has reached the peak of King-level, I estimate that I can only challenge Half-Step Sovereigns!"

Xu Ming originally thought that after this breakthrough, he could possess the battle strength of a "Sovereign Initial Stage"! Now it seems that he still overestimated himself slightly.

Of course...

It wasn't just Xu Ming who found it more difficult to challenge beyond his level; it was also more difficult for other Emperor-level geniuses to challenge beyond their level!

For example, Mo Jiang God Emperor, the "Number One Expert of God Emperor Middle Stage", had battle strength comparable to ordinary top-tier God Emperors; however, the Number One Expert of God Emperor High Stage didn't have battle strength comparable to ordinary peak God Emperors!—The higher the cultivation base and the stronger the strength, the less likely it is for challenges beyond one's level to occur! After all, those with high cultivation bases are not mediocre; they will not be easily defeated by those challenging beyond their level!

"Although my strength has not reached the Sovereign level, it should be enough to deal with Yehe Nara · Cantian!" Xu Ming thought to himself.

Yehe Nara · Cantian was indeed the leading figure of the younger generation in the God Realm; however, among the Half-Step Sovereigns, he was just a very ordinary one! There were many other veteran Half-Step Sovereigns who were stronger than Cantian!

"First, consolidate my cultivation base properly!"

With such a great leap in cultivation base, if it wasn't properly consolidated, it would easily leave hidden dangers of an unstable foundation.

......

In less than a year, it was just a blink of an eye.

Many experts and great powers felt that they had only blinked their eyes, and it was almost time for the Peerless Grace Ranking to be updated again.

Inside the Blood Sea Battle Stage.

One genius after another gathered.

"I wonder if the changes to this update of the Peerless Grace Ranking will be significant!"

"How much change can there be in a ranking that is updated once a year?"

"That's not necessarily true! As far as I know, in the past year, several hidden geniuses have shone brightly on the Blood Sea Battle Stage! With their strength, they can completely replace a few people on the Peerless Grace Ranking!"

The Peerless Grace Ranking only had a hundred spots. If someone was ranked one hundred and first, they would naturally be squeezed out of the ranking.

"The strangest thing is that I heard that a King-level Initial Stage actually annihilated Mo Jiang God Emperor! His strength is completely capable of being ranked on the Peerless Grace Ranking; moreover, he is likely to be ranked in the top fifty!"

The Peerless Grace Ranking was not ranked according to cultivation base, but according to strength!

Like Xu Ming, although his cultivation base was only King-level Initial Stage, the strength he displayed had already reached the top-tier God Emperor level—stronger than many geniuses on the Peerless Grace Ranking!

"What!? A King-level Initial Stage cultivation base can be ranked in the top fifty of the Peerless Grace Ranking?" An ignorant genius exclaimed, "How is this possible!?"

"You don't even know this?" Someone immediately ridiculed the ignorant genius, "That King-level Initial Stage genius is called 'Xu Ming'; you can find out about his deeds by asking around in Holy Emperor City!"

"Hmph!" At this moment, a cold snort sounded, "Xu Ming cannot enter the Peerless Grace Ranking!"

The one who let out the cold snort was Yehe Nara · Cantian!

"Because he... is about to be annihilated by me!" Cantian smiled sinisterly, "And dead people will not be on the Peerless Grace Ranking!"

......

One genius after another arrived at the Blood Sea Battle Stage.

Some geniuses had already jumped onto the battle stage, wanting to show a little more strength in order to obtain a better ranking on the Peerless Grace Ranking.

Boom!!

Suddenly, an arrogant and invincible white-armored figure stepped in.

"Li Xiujie!"

"Look! It's Li Xiujie, who is ranked first on the Peerless Grace Ranking!"

"He actually came too!"

"Of course he has to come!—Those ranked in the top ten on the Peerless Grace Ranking must be present when the ranking is updated, ready to accept the challenges of other geniuses at any time; if they are not present, they are not qualified to be ranked in the top ten!"

Li Xiujie looked cold and arrogant, as if he didn't put any geniuses in his eyes at all. His gaze only paused slightly when it passed over Cantian.

"Xu Ming?" Li Xiujie had been in seclusion this year, so he had only just heard about Xu Ming's news, "I didn't expect that someone named 'Xu Ming' would rise to fame on the Blood Sea Battle Stage!—What a coincidence!"

Li Xiujie certainly didn't think that Xu Ming on the Blood Sea Battle Stage and Xu Ming in the Endless Continent would be the same person.

"Same name and same surname?—Even if it's the same name and same surname, it won't work! I hate this name very much!" Li Xiujie sneered in his heart, "However, this Xu Ming has a battle agreement with Cantian; with Cantian's strength, he should be able to easily annihilate him!"

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At this time, Cantian was waiting with a cold expression: "Why hasn't this Xu Ming arrived yet? Could it be... he doesn't dare to come, does he?"

Among the gods watching the battle, there were also many who had waited for nearly a year just to see the battle between Xu Ming and Cantian. Seeing that Xu Ming hadn't appeared yet, they all cursed angrily:

"That Xu Ming is definitely scared and doesn't dare to come!"

"Hmph! Isn't it normal for Xu Ming not to dare to come?—The gap between his strength and Cantian's is so great; coming is just sending himself to his death!"

"It's nothing if he doesn't dare to come! But since he doesn't dare to come, then he shouldn't have acted so arrogantly last year!"

"That's right! Xu Ming is just an arrogant coward!"

......

Just as many gods were cursing angrily, a cold voice resounded throughout the arena: "Who said that I, Xu Ming, don't dare to come! ?"