CHAPTER 1003: CHAPTER 691: DAO PALACE IMPRINT (2)

They’re truly naïve children, not even knowing something so important.

"Dao Palace Marks! They’re used to mark the geniuses on the Earth Ranking and Heavenly Ranking."

He Yunfang touched his forehead, then explained: "The contests for the Earth Ranking and Heavenly Ranking don’t necessarily have to be held in the Dao Palace. Normally, if two people engage in a fight anywhere in the Edge Corner Airspace, even if no one witnesses it, the rankings on the Heavenly and Earth Rankings can still be updated, relying on the Dao Palace Marks."

"Oh, is that so?"

"Exactly. If both individuals are geniuses on the rankings and they run into each other and fight, once a winner is determined, these marks will automatically recognize their rankings and adjust accordingly. If someone not on the ranking defeats a genius on the ranking, then the person on the ranking will have their mark transferred to the one without a mark."

He Yunfang looked at those two marks with awe in his eyes, filled with emotion, and continued:

"You’re currently in this situation. Since you originally had no Dao mark, but have defeated Tang Yingxin and Cai Kun, these two Dao Palace Marks are now supposed to be assigned to you, determining your ranking."

He Yunfang was truly in awe of Xiang Beifei, completely impressed.

When he was young, he didn’t have the talent to make it onto the Earth Ranking, even though he’s lived for thousands of years, his strength still doesn’t match any genius on the Earth Ranking.

Yet this 23-year-old human kid managed to earn two Dao Palace Marks in just one encounter!

People truly can’t be compared to one another.

"So what will happen if they’re assigned to me? Will they recognize my identity as a member of the Human Race?"

Xiang Beifei continued waving his hand to chase away the two Dao Palace Marks, showing no interest in them.

"Well..."

He Yunfang suddenly remembered that Xiang Beifei is from the Human Race.

And in the Edge Corner Airspace, the Human Race is hunted by the Dao Palace!

At this moment, He Qing also realized and, after a moment of contemplation, said, "No, the Dao Palace Marks only identify rankings, they won’t mark your identity. I also have one here."

She rolled up her sleeve, showing her wrist to Xiang Beifei.

On her wrist, a golden Dao Palace Mark was clearly visible, with the words "Earth Ranking 188" written in the center of the mark.

"Take another look at these two marks."

He Qing pointed at the marks flying around like flies, indicating for Xiang Beifei to take a closer look.

Xiang Beifei carefully examined the flying marks and indeed noticed the numbers on the two Dao Palace Marks, with one marked "Earth Ranking 199" and the other "Earth Ranking 98".

"Since you were never on the ranking before, now that you’ve killed Cai Kun and Tang Yingxin, both marks should attach to you. The mark of Cai Kun will expel the mark of Tang Yingxin, due to ’98’ being a higher level. Higher-level marks can expel lower-level marks.

When the ’Earth Ranking 98’ Dao Palace Mark attaches to your wrist, it will first collect your age to determine if you meet the criteria for the Heaven and Earth Ranking. If you meet the ’Earth Ranking within a thousand years’ or ’Heavenly Ranking within three thousand years’, your ranking will be acknowledged."

"Only collect age?"

"Age, and cultivation level."

"But on the Heaven and Earth Ranking in Divine Feather City, I saw the Earth Ranking has many detailed names, including names and races," Xiang Beifei said.

"For those ranked for the first time, you need to go to the Dao Palace to register. After that, registration isn’t required anymore. You can find any city with a Dao Palace branch to confirm the mark."

"Is it possible not to register?" Xiang Beifei asked.

He Yunfang and He Qing exchanged glances, seemingly at a loss for words.

"Normally, no one chooses not to register."

"Is everyone so proactive?"

"My goodness! Is there a need to ask? Being on the ranking gives you a chance to bring glory to your ancestors, it’s an honor bestowed by the Dao Palace! Your status rises correspondingly, and even when you visit major cities, you receive special treatment, and others must treat you with respect."

He Yunfang felt a bit of a headache, this child is truly as pure as a blank slate.

"Not to mention, you are now ranked 98th, which means if you register now, you can receive a large amount of breath soil! Because it’s the first time on the ranking, you can immediately claim 103 zhang of breath soil!"

He Yunfang said this, then looked at Xiang Beifei with great regret, heaved a heavy sigh.

Due to the sensitive identity issue with the Human Race, Xiang Beifei currently cannot register.

That also means Xiang Beifei cannot obtain the 103 zhang of breath soil!

zhang!

For races like the crane race, it’s already a huge fortune!

For ordinary races, if a young talent from their home ranks 98th on the Earth Ranking, they can’t wait to rush to the Dao Palace to register, as the 103 zhang of breath soil could be used to expand a lot of territory!

"You’re right, I almost forgot about this. If you don’t claim the 103 zhang of breath soil, it would be a waste. Xiao Qing, why don’t you defeat me, and I’ll give this ranking to you."

Xiang Beifei continued trying to chase away the flying Dao Palace Marks. He had just attempted to use burning Yang and burning Yin to burn them, but found out they couldn’t be destroyed.

His burning Yang and burning Yin have their limitations, a more powerful Spiritual Power can completely withstand them, which is the case with these two Dao Palace Marks here.

He Qing said somewhat irritatedly: "It’s not that simple! Not to mention that I don’t have the strength for the 98th rank, I can’t hold onto this ranking at all. Do you think the Dao Palace Marks are so ignorant to let you fool them? If they could be easily given away, I would’ve already let the younger ones from my family take turns doing it, to claim many breaths of soil, as there’s a reward the first time you’re on the ranking, right?"

"Makes sense."

Xiang Beifei nodded slightly.

After a while, he puzzledly asked: "Since the Dao Palace Marks will first determine age, I now that I’ve killed Tang Yingxin and Cai Kun, logically my rank is 98th, so doesn’t that mean 199th is unoccupied?"

In Edge Corner Airspace there’s no rule against infighting, murder and robbery are too common, a genius on the ranking could fall by accident, if they do, what happens if the ranking becomes unoccupied?

"The Dao Palace has its own unique rules for selecting people. If a genius on the ranking is killed and there’s a vacancy, the Dao Palace will appoint someone to temporarily fill the position. This person is usually a Dao Palace official, generally someone who was ranked once before, but later fell off the ranking due to age, temporarily filling in.

He’s different from us. We can refuse challenges for ten years, but they must constantly accept challenges at specific Dao Palace locations. If you’re confident, you can go to the Dao Palace to defeat him anytime."

After a pause, He Qing further explained:

"This person typically can’t last long, they’ll soon be off the ranking, after all, no one can withstand being challenged all the time. The ranking is updated very frequently, sometimes changing a dozen times a day. Rest assured, the Dao Palace will handle everything, you don’t need to worry about this."

"Yes, Young Master Xiang, what you should consider now is how you plan to handle the 98th mark?"

He Yunfang genuinely regretted Xiang Beifei’s ranking, having such a high ranking but unable to receive the breath soil, was such a waste.

"How about I disguise myself as someone from your crane race and then register?"

"You’ll be found out. The Dao Palace isn’t so easy to fool. If you go to register, they’ll verify your true identity, you can’t hide it," He Qing shook her head.

"Then forget it, I don’t need it."

To be honest, Xiang Beifei wasn’t really concerned about the 103 zhang of soil.

But those two Dao Palace Marks continued flying around him.

"Why haven’t you left, I said I don’t want to be on the ranking!" Xiang Beifei impatiently said to the two Dao Palace Marks.

He Yunfang said helplessly: "They won’t leave until confirming your age, speaking of which..."

He suddenly looked up in shock, looking at Xiang Beifei again: "I remember they mentioned that Dao Palace Marks are incredibly powerful, created by masters of the Ancestral Dao Realm, and even experts of the ascension realm can’t stop them from attaching and scanning for age, it’s a mandatory attachment, and no one can stop it, you... how are you able to stop it?"

He became increasingly astonished!

Because Xiang Beifei was constantly driving away these two Dao Palace Marks, but normally, aside from masters of the Ancestral Dao Realm, no one can prevent them from scanning for age.

Yet these two Dao Palace Marks were like flies being shooed away, unable to forcibly attach to Xiang Beifei!