I am eight years old again, and I will never serve as a cauldron for the empress again.

Nalan Ruoshui knew that now was not the time to act, and could only hope that even Yang would be unable to subdue this Chaotic Heavenly Tribulation, and might even suffer a backlash and die. Only in this way could he salvage some face.

However, he was destined to be disappointed this time, as this Chaos Heavenly Tribulation Pearl was originally designed for those with a calamity-prone constitution.

Liu Yang's slender hand grasped the Chaos Heavenly Tribulation Pearl. The Chaos Heavenly Tribulation Pearl not only did not resist in the slightest, but instead emitted a triumphant buzz!

The Chaos Heavenly Tribulation Pearl actively recognized its owner.

The next moment, the Chaos Heavenly Tribulation Pearl was already as one with Liu Yang!

Seeing this, Nalan Ruoshui's face was extremely ugly. The Chaos Heavenly Tribulation Pearl, which their Beichen Academy could not subdue, was actually acting like a little kitten, acting cute in Liu Yang's hands!

"Thank you so much for your kindness, senior!"

Zhuang Zhou spoke again to the stone tablet of the Heavenly Pride Ranking.

The Heavenly Pride Ranking Stele sighed slightly: "You don't need to thank me. If you want to thank someone, then thank your own talent and potential! Even if I were to favor you, if you didn't have the aptitude to receive the treasures I bestowed upon you, you still wouldn't have been able to obtain such an opportunity! Just like that student from Beichen Academy! He didn't have the destiny, but he tried to snatch the treasures by force, and in the end, he could only make himself a laughing stock and vanish into thin air!"

The stone tablet of the List of Outstanding Talents evokes a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, deep emotion/reflection).

Nangong Mu, now completely bald and reduced to a mere soul, looked ashamed.

Even though their physical bodies are gone, they are still dragged out and whipped again as a counterexample!

"Oh, right, I forgot about this soul! I think he just offended the majesty of the Heavenly Pride Ranking Stele. Merely destroying his physical body is not enough to show his punishment! Only by refining his soul and completely eliminating him from the cycle of reincarnation can we demonstrate the inviolable status of the Heavenly Pride Ranking Stele!"

Zhuang Zhou spoke like a lackey.

"Zhuang Zhou, what did you say? My student from Beichen Academy has already perished in body, yet you won't even spare his soul? Are you even human?"

Zhuang Zhou's words touched a nerve with Nalan Ruoshui.

This incident has caused Beichen Academy to lose face completely.

If, right under his nose, the students of Beichen Academy were having their souls refined by Zhuang Zhou.

Then what qualifications will Beichen Academy have to continue to stand between heaven and earth?

"Zhuang Zhou is right. If we don't make Nangong Mu's soul disappear, who will respect me in the future?"

The Heavenly Pride Ranking Stele surprisingly chose to collude with Zhuang Zhou.

Nalan Ruoshui stamped her foot in frustration, but dared not utter another word in rebuttal.

He still hasn't recovered from the blow he received from the Heavenly Pride Ranking stone tablet.

He felt as if his internal organs were being burned, as if he were being scorched by endless flames.

This was only because the stone tablet of the Heavenly Pride Ranking showed mercy. Otherwise, based on that attack just now, he would have already been burned to ashes, following in Nangong Mu's footsteps.

"If Lord Nalan Ruoshui has no objections, I will refine Nangong Mu's soul!"

It's true that you can't have two kinds of people sleeping in the same bed.

Zhuang Zhou and Liu Yang have exactly the same annoying and irritating appearance.

Zhuang Zhou wasn't asking Nalan Ruoshui for advice; he was clearly rubbing salt into his wounds.

Nalan Ruoshui was so angry that she vomited blood.

Zhuang Zhou placed Nangong Mu's soul into the Heroic Spirit World and refined it directly.

It must be said that the students of Beichen Academy are indeed extraordinary.

Although Nangong Mu only had the cultivation level of Yin-Yang Realm, the soul power he refined was much greater than that of a Saint Realm expert!

When Baihu, Liu Tianguang, and the others saw the extra soul power in the world of heroes, their eyes burned with fervor.

Zhuang Zhou relentlessly pursued and destroyed Nangong Mu.

Nalan Ruoshui, the teacher in charge, was unable to stop Zhuang Zhou.

Nalan Ruoshui's heart was filled with boundless hatred!

He secretly vowed that as long as he got the chance, he would make those two little bastards, Zhuang Zhou and Liu Yang, suffer a terrible death!

Zhuang Zhou and Liu Yang then continued to study the techniques inscribed on the stone tablet!

This time, without the elders in charge of transmitting skills saying anything, the higher-ups of Bailu Academy had already taken out immortal stones to replenish the array in the transmission chamber.

The other two major academies sent their strongest members.

Zhuang Zhou and Liu Yang's comprehension of the techniques from the wordless stone tablet was no longer an assessment upon enrollment, but a battle for prestige between Bailu Academy and the other two major academies!

Their rankings kept rising.

This means that Bailu Academy may be able to turn the tide this time.

They might just rise to prominence and overpower the other two academies.

With the blessing of the Yin Soul.

Zhuang Zhou felt that his thinking had become exceptionally rational and agile.

The Taiyin Soul represents the pure Yin power of Heaven and Earth.

The soul is pure Yin, and the body is pure Yang.

Two contradictory forces are harmonized into one under the principle of Yin and Yang.

The ninth layer of the "Law of Time and Space" came into Zhuangzi's mind.

This skill is clearly getting more and more difficult.

But this time, Zhuang Zhou felt that the content of the ninth level was even easier than that of the eighth level!

It was like a thin layer of window paper.

With a gentle touch, all the secrets within were immediately revealed!

This time, less than an hour had passed.

Zhuangzi had already fully comprehended the ninth level of the "Law of Time and Space"!

At this moment, all the fragments of spacetime within his body transformed into surging spacetime power flowing through his meridians.

Zhuangzi's understanding of the power of time and space became increasingly profound.

The previously volatile spacetime forces around his body became docile.

The spacetime fragments of destructive power began to reflect the past and future in an orderly manner.

Around Zhuangzi, time and space constantly changed.

In the blink of an eye, the time and space around Zhuang Zhou returned to the ancient era.

Nine great suns shone brightly in the sky.

Ferocious beasts roam the wilderness.

A Qilin walks, a Taotie devours the sky, a black dog eats the sun, and a blue wolf howls at the moon!

"Reversing time and returning to the past! What kind of cultivation technique does Zhuang Zhou practice that allows him to achieve such supernatural powers?"

Nalan Ruoshui's jealousy gradually dissipated.

His eyes widened in disbelief.

Previously, he might have felt that Zhuang Zhou and Liu Yang were somewhat unworthy of their positions.

Now, seeing the scene beside Zhuang Zhou, he felt a deep sense of awe.

"I cannot reverse time and return to the past! After all, the past cannot be changed, and it involves countless causes and effects. If I were to reverse the flow of time and return to the past, any small change would have a butterfly effect, causing endless changes in future generations! I cannot bear the power of cause and effect! Right now, all that appears around my body are projections of the past! I can use this power to observe what happened in the past, and even observe and learn the supernatural powers of those beasts and gods that have disappeared into the river of history!"

"But I can only watch, not interact with it! No matter how great the supernatural power, it cannot compare to order! Once supernatural power tries to destroy order, it will face annihilation!"

Zhuangzi sighed deeply.

"Being able to see into the past is already quite remarkable! Throughout history, no one who has tried to turn back time and change the past has ever had a good ending!"

Zhuang Zhou's name gradually climbed to 490th place on the stone tablet of the Heavenly Pride Ranking.

It's not that Zhuang Zhou lacked supernatural powers or potential, but rather that his level of understanding was too low.

The Ranking of Outstanding Talents is based on a comprehensive evaluation.

Cultivation level is also a part of it.

The higher one's realm, the higher one stands, and the more thoroughly one studies the power of heaven and earth.

Most of those ranked above 500 on the Prodigy Ranking are already at the peak of the Yin-Yang Realm.

Zhuang Zhou and Liu Yang were merely Earthly Fiends. This single trait significantly hampered their performance.

"I never thought Bailu Academy would have a chance to turn things around! On behalf of Bailu Academy, I promise that if you two can make it into the top 300, I will give each of you a special gift!"

A cheerful voice suddenly rang out from inside Bailu Academy!