Chapter 389 370: Shuishui Gang: "Congratulations to Young Master Song

Song Ciwan stood at the back of the crowd. After the first wave of people passed, she went forward and bought a copy of the Ten Thousand Spirits Celestial Pride List.

One of the first to get a list couldn't wait to unroll it and exclaimed loudly, "There really is a new Celestial Pride! Incredible! Why is the tenth-ranked Fox Demon, Tushan Keji, gone?"

Immediately, a portion of the crowd who had been unwilling to waste five hundred cents on the list themselves swarmed forward, asking anxiously, "The list really changed? The tenth-ranked Tushan Keji is gone? Then who took his place?"

However, the man with the list rolled it up with a chuckle. "No rush, no rush. Come on, let's head to the teahouse nearby and take a closer look. I, ah, will tell you all about it!"

Immediately, people began to crowd around him. Some shouted eagerly, "Let's go! Make way for our Fifth Brother Zhang! Get us a table and some tea so we can hear about the list!"

"Hey, Fifth Brother Zhang, slow down a bit! This way..."

The group of people bustled and jostled, a lively scene. Surrounded in the center, Fifth Brother Zhang looked incredibly smug and pleased with himself.

Being in the spotlight like this, the value of spending five hundred cents on a single list suddenly became apparent.

The entire scene grew even livelier as small groups like that one gathered all around. The Big White Goose, following beside Song Ciwan, craned its neck and swiveled its head, its eyes darting from one side to the other. There was almost too much to look at.

The bookshop's Shopkeeper stood on the steps, grinning from ear to ear.

Song Ciwan unfolded the list she had just acquired and stood in a corner of the street, her gaze immediately falling on the top ten names.

Ten Thousand Spirits Celestial Pride List, First Place: Tushan Jing of the Fox Race!

Second Place: Yun Liuguang of the Human Race;

Third Place: Lu Wen of the Golden Crow Race;

Fourth Place: Su Shun of the Human Race;

Fifth Place: Du Xingheng of the Human Race;

Sixth Place: Bu Tianzhi of the Human Race;

Seventh Place: Bi Danxin of the Human Race;

Eighth Place: Jiang Yu of the Human Race;

Ninth Place: Ao Feng of the Dragon Race;

Tenth Place: Song Zhao of the Human Race!

...

Seeing that long list of humans, Song Ciwan was truly shocked at first glance.

The Ten Thousand Spirits Celestial Pride List wasn't like this ten years ago. At that time, while the Human Race held the advantage with six humans to the Demon Race's four in the top ten, first place was always firmly occupied by Tushan Jing of the Fox Race. And now—

Looking closely at the current list, the Human Race now occupied seven of the top ten spots, while the Demon Race had a mere three.

Being human herself, Song Ciwan couldn't help but smile at the stark contrast.

Nearby, people were also exclaiming in astonishment, "Whoa! The top ten on the Celestial Pride List are all humans now!"

All humans... This was, of course, an exaggeration, but the seven-to-three ratio was so impressive that no one minded the hyperbole.

But someone else sighed and said, "Originally, there were six from the Demon Race and four from the Human Race on this list. Tenth place was Tushan Keji of the Fox Race. He's been replaced by one of our own Human Celestial Prides, which is why it now looks like the top ten is full of humans. But first place... is still held by Tushan Jing of the Fox Race..."

That one sigh seemed to quiet the surrounding excitement for a moment.

It seemed everyone's elation was crushed by the reminder that "first place is still Tushan Jing," leaving them deflated.

Holding the list, Song Ciwan also let out a soft sigh from a short distance away.

She took a closer look at her own entry on the list: Song Zhao, Qi Refining Great Perfection, origin mysterious, Dharma Body unknown.

Primary Magical Treasure: Spiritual Artifact Sun and Moon Wheel of Formless Life and Death, possesses the power to control time.

Battle Record: Despite a Cultivation below the Divinity Transformation stage, defeated a Celestial Pride Level Fox Demon of the Demon Core Stage and annihilated a Flying Spirit Level Evil Spirit Wild God. Excels at fighting above her rank; limitless potential. Assessed combat power: Celestial Level, qualifying her for tenth place on the Ten Thousand Spirits Celestial Pride List.

Reading this, Song Ciwan didn't feel joy at her "Celestial Level combat power assessment." Instead, the first thing she felt was relief at the words "origin mysterious, Dharma Body unknown."

The Ten Thousand Spirits Celestial Pride List had actually only recorded her public name, "Song Zhao," and not "Song Ciwan"!

It wasn't that Song Ciwan thought her real name was something to be hidden; rather, this proved to her that the Ten Thousand Spirits Celestial Pride List was not, in fact, truly omniscient.

But relief was one thing. Song Ciwan still had many doubts about how the Ten Thousand Spirits Celestial Pride List gathered its information on the various Celestial Prides.

'Since it's not omniscient, then where does the information it knows come from?'

'The Ten Thousand Spirits Celestial Pride List also didn't mention the Heaven and Earth Scale... so, did the Heaven and Earth Scale protect my information?'

'Between the Heaven and Earth Scale and the Ten Thousand Spirits Celestial Pride List, which one is of a higher tier?'

All sorts of doubts rolled through Song Ciwan's mind, but she didn't dwell on them for long. These questions clearly had no easy answers at the moment. It was better to be pragmatic than to worry and upset herself over them.

She could keep the questions in the back of her mind and remain vigilant. As for whether or not she would ever find the answers, she would just have to wait and see.

Song Ciwan continued to study the list. Since the Celestial Pride List provided a basic combat power assessment for every listed Celestial Pride, its value wasn't merely in the rankings.

The rankings were only one part of it. The greater part lay in the combat information revealed about the Celestial Prides on the list!

For example, the information on the second-ranked Yun Liuguang had changed from ten years ago.

Ten years ago, Yun Liuguang was at the Late-stage Divinity Transformation.

But now, ten years later, Yun Liuguang's entry on the list read: Divinity Transformation Perfection, Half-Step Refining Spirit, Daoist Name Fu Guang, Daoist of the Profound Heart Sect...

Yun Liuguang had already cultivated to the brink of the Divine Refining Stage and could break through at any moment.