Chapter 1248: Predicted List

Shang Qing was naturally listed first. The information about him was very simple: Tri-Yang Technique—Invincible. There was also a video available, and it showed Shang Qing’s fight against Shu Jing, and throughout the entire video, Shu Jing was utterly helpless against Shang Qing’s Tri-Yang Technique.

Shang Qing looked like a spirit or a god in the video with the two strands of qi twirling around him. Shu Jing was not even able to approach him, and he had ultimately been struck and defeated by the third strand of ancestral qi.

During the battles in the Mountain and Seas Zone, Shang Qing had proven himself to be truly invincible among his peers with his three strands of ancestral qi. Originally, none of his peers had been able to force him to reveal the true power of the Tri-Yang Technique, but then, Corpse Beast had appeared and overpowered everyone. Only then had Shang Qing finally revealed the true strength of his technique.

The Tri-Yang Ancestral Qi Technique allowed one to produce three Progenitor incarnations that were at the same cultivation realm as the technique’s user. There really was no way to counter this technique, which placed Shang Qing firmly in first among the predicted list of finalists. Almost no one voiced any complaints about this, except for the Sixth Mainland.

Second place belonged to Bu Kong, one of the Sixth Mainland’s Daosource Three Skies. There was almost no information provided about Bu Kong, as he was someone from the Sixth Mainland. However, his innate gift was mentioned, along with the fact that he had already become a Boundless Advanced Lockbreaker who had even comprehended a sourcebox array. These three aspects combined made him ranked second.

A person who was one of the Daosource Three Skies was practically peerless, and Bu Kong had also managed to comprehend a sourcebox array. This really did qualify him to be ranked second.

There was a video available of Bu Kong’s battle in the Cosmic Sea, and it especially focused on how Bu Kong had used a sourcebox array to knock everyone else off of the Champions’ Stage. This scene was something that people would remember for the rest of their lives.

Yao Xuan was ranked third, the crown prince of the Astral Beast Domain’s Celestial Demon Empire. The description had essentially nothing about him the individual, but was rather an introduction to the Celestial Demon race.

The Celestial Demon Race was ranked first in the Astral Beast Domain’s Celestial Beast List. Anyone born into the Celestial Demon Race was born at the Hunter Realm. The species consumed spiritual force, and whatever they devoured could never be recovered.

There was no video available for Yao Xuan or the Celestial Demon Race, as this was something that was even beyond CyNet’s means. There were rumors that the crown prince had been in cryostasis for many years and that he had only awoken after ZENITH had been announced. It was quite clear that he had only come out for the tournament.

No one knew just how strong Yao Xuan was, but as the representative of the Astral Beast Domain, as well as the crown prince of the Celestial Demon Empire, it did not seem excessive for him to be ranked third. After all, the Astral Beast Domain had managed to compete with the Human Domain for countless years, and they had even managed to stop the Sixth Mainland’s invasion. This proved that the Astral Beast Domain had an unfathomable foundation.

Zhi Yi was ranked fourth. She was another one of the Sixth Mainland’s Daosource Three Skies, and when the Sixth Mainland’s invasion had reached the Cosmic Sea, Zhi Yi’s Vitality Qi had left a strong impression on many people. At that time, everyone participating in the battle had only been at the Hunter realm, but Zhi Yi had used her Vitality Qi to virtually hold everyone back.

However, her use of Vitality Qi was not the reason why she was ranked fourth. The core reason was because the Sixth Mainland’s fundamental path of cultivation was significantly different from the Fifth Mainland’s. The people of the Sixth Mainland had access to imprints and bloodlines, which was why both Zhi Yi and Bu Kong were rated so highly.

Cultivators from the Sixth Mainland possessed a natural suppression when facing their Fifth Mainland peers who were at the same cultivation realm as them. And that wasn’t even mentioning how they had their imprints, bloodlines, secret techniques, and martial prints. It was simply too difficult for someone from the Fifth Mainland to defeat their corresponding peer from the Sixth Mainland.

All of the Daosource Three Skies were Enlighters, which meant that they had already surpassed many people in the Fifth Mainland. It was possible that only people like Yuhua Mavis and the other elites from the Neoverse had become Enlighters before the Daosource Three Skies.

The Sixth Mainland had dared to invade the Fifth Mainland, and they had also replaced the Fifth Mainland’s sky in the past, which amply demonstrated their strength. The Daosource Three Skies were truly invincible within the Sixth Mainland.

If not for the fact that Shang Qing cultivated the Tri-Yang Technique, which was too well known for being peerless, and that Yao Xuan was too mysterious, Bu Kong and Zhi Yi might have taken both first and second place in the rankings prediction.

There were not that many videos of Zhi Yi's battles, but the most viewed video was of her battle against Liu Tianmu. Many people knew of the Sword Sect’s inheritor, as she was one of the Ten Arbiters. However, she was only ranked eleventh—not even able to break into the top ten.

Although the Thirteen Swords were incredibly powerful, the battle in the Mountain and Seas Zone had already revealed Liu Tianmu's full strength, and she was much weaker than Shang Qing. That was why she ranked so low on this list.

Xia Jiuyou was in fifth place, and there was only one reason why he was able to place fifth: Progenitor Chen’s Nine Clones Technique. During the battle in the Mountain and Seas Zone, Xia Jiuyou had revealed a level of strength comparable to Yuhua Mavis after only merging with two of his clones at that time. Everyone believed that Xia Jiuyou would merge with more clones before ZENITH, and the Nine Clones Technique was also famous for being invincible.

If the technique had been created by someone else, then that claim might not be believed. However, no one dared to underestimate Progenitor Chen. This alone was enough to place Xia Jiuyou fifth.

There were a few more videos of Xia Jiuyou’s fights, and even without the video of his battles in the Mountain and Seas Zone, there were many other videos of his battles during more normal situations, and these videos showed both wins and losses. However, his strength in these videos were not enough to qualify him for his rank, and he had been given this rank entirely because of the Nine Clones Technique.

In sixth place was Yuhua Mavis. The Mavis surname was not unfamiliar to the people of the Fifth Mainland, or even to people from the Sixth Mainland. Their surname not only represented wealth, but also strength.

The Mavis family were known to be unmatched among the human race when it came to physical strength, and their family also had an innate gift that allowed them to control others. No matter what era, even during the time of Progenitor Chen and the Rune Progenitor, the Mavis family always had been an existence that could not be ignored.

There were no videos of Yuhua Mavis’s battles, as the Mavis family’s Treeheart Descendant had only ever gone out for the Astral Tower. However, no one had any objections to her being ranked sixth, and many people even believed that her ranking was too low.

Wu Taibai was ranked seventh, another one of the Daosource Three Skies. There was only one line to introduce this person, and it could not even be considered a full sentence: ‘He likes to play.’ Not even the people of the Sixth Mainland knew much about Wu Taibai, and no one knew anything about his battle techniques, combat style, or innate gifts.

But despite the lack of information, he was still ranked seventh. This was simply because he was one of the Daosource Three Skies. There was no other reason, but these three words alone were enough. Naturally, there were no videos of him.

Ranked eighth was the Astral Beast Domain’s Bai Mai, which was a carrion bug.

There is no information about Bai Mai at all. Rather, the description was an introduction to the carrion bug race. It was rumored that these insects had been born from the body of an ancient Progenitor, and many people regarded them as parasites.

The term "parasite" was a bit derogatory, but no one dared to underestimate the carrion bugs. Not all creatures were able to parasitize the body of a Progenitor. In Progenitor Chen’s Mausoleum, the guardian giants were unable to penetrate the tomb, and the thousand meter long worms had similarly been unable to dig deep at all, which showed the toughness of a Progenitor’s body even in death. And yet, the carrion bugs had been able to parasitize the ancestral Progenitors. Their physical strength had to be beyond imagination.

It was all because of their connection to a Progenitor that the carrion bugs were ranked second on the Astral Beast Domain’s Celestial Beast List, second only to the Celestial Demon race. If not for the fact that there were too few carrion bugs and that they had been in isolation for hundreds of thousands of years, it was possible that they could actually surpass the Celestial Demon race and taken the top position of the Celestial Beast List.

This was how, despite there being absolutely no information regarding Bai Mai, he was still ranked eighth. It was just because of his race’s connection to an ancient Progenitor.

The person ranked ninth was Qiu Shi, the Cosmic Sect’s senior disciple. She was known as the All Rounder Fairy, and there was a bit more information about her. She was an Enlighter, had received the Cosmic Sect’s secret technique, and was also a Boundless Advanced Lockbreaker who had comprehended a sourcebox array.

Just these three accomplishments alone were enough to shock people. Qiu Shi’s achievements were very similar to Bu Kong’s, but unfortunately, she was from the Fifth Mainland. If she were from the Sixth Mainland and also had an imprint like Bu Kong, then she would not have been ranked so lowly. She had actually set up a sourcebox array to teleport the Champions’ Stage away along with Lu Yin just so that the Sixth Mainland would not succeed in stealing it.

During the events in the Mountain and Seas Zone, she had once again teleported Wen Sansi away by using a sourcebox array, and she had also stood alone against Wen Sansi and Starsibyl.

The only reason why Qiu Shi was ranked lower than Yuhua Mavis was because Qiu Shi was a regular human and not a Mavis.

However, there was something else about Qiu Shi that people were looking forward to, which was the fourth aspect of her strength that had granted her the title of All Rounder Fairy. It should be an innate gift, but no one had any information on what it was.

The Cosmic Sect’s elders had granted her the name of All Rounder Fairy, and it was well known that three of the four aspects behind that title were her cultivation realm, her lockbreaking skills, and her secret technique. It was also possible that she had a terrifying innate gift, but people could only imagine.

There were many videos of Qiu Shi’s battles, but what drew the most eyes were not her fights, but rather her impressive bosom. Quite a few people maliciously spread rumors that her fourth strength was her chest. After all, she also had another title: Queen Jugs.

The tenth name on the list was Wang Yi. When Lu Yin saw this name, his expression changed, Wang? That was a primeval surname.

Lu Yin was not the only one to pay attention to this name, as Wang was a rare surname in the universe, and no one had thought that a Wang would appear in ZENITH.

Wang Yi was from the Technocracy, and there was no further information provided, and there were no videos either. He was only ranked tenth because he was the Technocracy’s representative for ZENITH.

The Fifth Mainland’s three domains were all forces that stood on the same level. Thus, no matter what an individual’s strength might be, if they represented the Human Domain, the Astral Beast Domain, or the Technocracy, then they deserved a place in the list predicting the top ten finalists.

However, because there was no information about Wang Yi, they could only rank him tenth.

As he looked at the name “Wang Yi,” Lu Yin somehow felt that he wanted to meet this person.

Right below Wang Yi was Liu Tianmu, at eleventh. This was no surprise. The Thirteen Swords were famous, and Liu Tianmu had used the Thirteenth Sword to injure Shang Qing. If not for how freakish the people in the top ten were, Liu Tianmu would have been placed much higher.

Wen Sansi was listed right below Liu Tianmu at twelfth. There was no need to look at Wen Sansi’s information, as he was very well known. However, his strength should not have been enough to push him to twelfth. Although Lu Yin clearly had a stronger battle strength, Wen Sansi had a truly infuriating innate gift. It was a barrier that not even Qiu Shi or the other Neoverse powerhouses had been able to break. This barrier had even helped Shang Qing block an attack. Wen Sansi’s innate gift was the reason why he had been ranked twelfth, as the creators of this list did not believe there were more than a dozen people participating in ZENITH who could overpower Wen Sansi’s barrier.

Lu Yin was ranked thirteenth, and there was simply too much information about him. There was an entire list of titles that he had been given, and there were simply too many videos of his battles to even count.

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Translated By: OMA

Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox

TLC'ed By: OMA