Douluo Continent: The Sky Revealed, What the Hell is Honkai Academy?

Chapter 54: Ninth on the Soul Beast Potential Ranking, Ultimate Life!
The far north, an eternally frozen world.

Hyotei looked at the list, her crystal-clear scorpion tail swaying uneasily, making a crisp clinking sound: "That great whale hidden in the deep sea is only ranked tenth. The quality of this list is far too high."

Her tone carried a hint of defiance, but more so a sense of gravity.

The Snow Emperor floated amidst the swirling snow, her exquisite face as calm as still water, like ancient ice.

However, the extreme cold surrounding him became even more intense and frigid when the rewards from the Golden List appeared, even causing the space around him to freeze slightly.

"Potential Ranking... Essence of Bloodline, Nourishing the Source..."

She murmured to herself, her clear, cold gaze piercing through the wind and snow, looking towards the Starry Sky Forest, as if examining herself, "I wonder where I, the ruler of this far north, rank in the judgment of the Heavenly Dao?"

The source of water was also beneficial to her cultivation of the ultimate ice technique, and the bloodline essence was an irresistible temptation for any soul beast!
The entire world of soul beasts was thrown into turmoil by the announcement of the tenth place.

At this moment, the golden scroll's light dimmed slightly, and the golden text vanished with the wind, but the golden light did not diminish at all, indicating that the next ranking was about to be announced.

Everyone's hearts were in their throats, eager to know what terrifying being ranked ahead of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
The golden scroll shimmered with light, and a lifelike scene appeared in the sky.

Moonlight shone down, and a giant swan gracefully spread its wings.

Its feathers are not pure white, but rather carved like the finest jade, radiating a warm and magnificent life brilliance. It gracefully lands on the shore of the Lake of Life in the Starry Sky Forest, its long neck curved, its posture noble and sacred.

Wherever it goes, withered trees come back to life, wilted flowers and grasses stand up and bloom again, and wounded animals crawl at its feet, their wounds healing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Its emerald eyes contain compassion and love for all things in the world.

This is none other than the Emerald Swan, one of the Ten Ferocious Beasts!
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[Soul Beast Potential Ranking, 9th Place - Bi Ji (Beast King Level, Emerald Swan, Ultimate Life)]

[Race]: Emerald Swan (Beast King Level)

【Bloodline】: A pure ancient swan bloodline mutation, fused with the life essence of heaven and earth, achieving ultimate life attributes.

[Cultivation Level]: 580,000 years

[Potential Assessment]: ★★★★★

[Talent Domain]: Ode to Life (Large-scale healing, revival, and purification; within this domain, all things are endlessly vibrant with life)
[Core Ability]: It can control the most extreme life force in the world, and under certain conditions, it can even bring the dead back to life. It can purify most negative states and is itself a darling of the laws of life, able to guide life energy to create and sublimate.

[Reason for inclusion]: It is not its combat prowess that makes it stand out, but rather its unique and supreme life attributes and compassionate heart towards all things, which endow it with irreplaceable potential and status. Its very existence is the greatest blessing to the soul beast race and even the entire world's ecosystem.

If one can go further, one may be able to touch the forbidden realm of life creation and become a god of life walking in the world.

[Potential Ranking Rewards]:
1. Life Source Core: The crystallization of the purest life essence, which can greatly enhance one's understanding and control of the laws of life, and slightly and permanently increase the total amount of life essence.

2. Innate Divine Power Sublimation - [Hymn of Life]: Sublimates its healing and purification abilities to a level close to the rule level. When chanting the hymn, it can dispel death and decay over a large area, greatly increase the regeneration speed and status recovery of friendly targets within the area, and exert a strong suppression on undead and dark beings.

3. Immortal Feather: A feather imbued with the essence of life and blessings from the heavens, possessing powerful healing and protective abilities. It can be activated at critical moments to form an absolute protective barrier or instantly heal near-fatal injuries (each feather can only be used once).

"...Bi Ji, with 580,000 years of cultivation! Although her lifespan is not as long as that of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, she actually possesses a rare and extreme life attribute!"

"Resurrection? Purification of everything? This...this is something only a legendary god could do, right?"

"Her rewards are amazing too, Life Source Core, Immortal Feather... They seem even more enticing than combat rewards!"

Compared to the fear brought by the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, the appearance of Bi Ji on the list brought more shock and disbelief to the Douluo Soul Masters.

The concepts of extreme life and resurrection challenged their understanding.

Many Soul Masters who were seriously injured or suffered from hidden illnesses couldn't help but reveal a glint of longing in their eyes.

Unfortunately, they are human and have no way of entering the core area.

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The core area of ​​the Star Forest, the Lake of Life.

As Brigitte looked at her name and introduction on the list of successful candidates, a gentle surprise appeared on her beautiful face, which quickly turned into a faint joy.

She is not someone who seeks power, but gaining the approval of Heaven and receiving the reward of enhanced healing abilities greatly benefits her desire to protect the Star Dou Great Forest.

Di Tian nodded slightly with his enormous dragon head: "Bi Ji has cultivated the Law of Life for over fifty years. No one on this continent understands 'life' better than her. It is only right that she is on the list this time. Her existence is of vital importance to the entire Soul Beast race in my Star Dou Great Forest!"

Gu Yuena, who was on the lake, also spoke softly, expressing her approval: "The Way of Life is also one of the supreme laws. If Biji can obtain this opportunity, she may have a chance to break through to the Beast God realm!"

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[Soul Beast Potential Ranking, 9th Place – Bi Ji, reward has been issued!]

Above the Lake of Life, a green beam of light, brimming with vitality, descended and steadily enveloped the Emerald Swan, Brigitte, located in the core area.

Immediately afterwards, the [Life Source Core], like a breathing fruit, emitted a mesmerizing emerald glow.

It fell slowly, not caught by Brigitte's hands, but like a fledgling returning to its nest, naturally merging into the core of her chest.

"Om-!"

The moment the life source core merged, the entire Lake of Life boiled!
The extremely concentrated life energy transformed into a tangible liquid, and thousands of emerald-like pillars of light burst forth from the lake surface, soaring into the sky!

The Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena, who was sleeping in the lake, was awakened and felt a warm and powerful force gently nourishing her damaged essence.

Various miraculous herbs and lingzhi mushrooms grow wildly by the Lake of Life, increasing in age rapidly, and filling the air with a fragrance that makes one feel several years younger with just one breath.

Brigitte's already magnificent emerald wings were now even more radiant, each feather seemingly meticulously carved from the finest imperial green jade, with life-like veins flowing slowly within them.

(End of this chapter)