Ranking!
A simple, crude ability that seems useless at first glance, but all basic abilities provided by the system are actually very powerful.
Don't think Chu Yang's [Point-to-Point Delivery] is just a delivery service. As long as he wants, he can grab a hundred thousand people and throw them from the North Pole to the South Pole.
As for [Eye of Insight], that's a divine skill. With it, when he offers advice to others, it's always spot-on, never misguided.
Like last time when he awarded the top ten in the Beastmen Secret Realm, Chu Yang gave each of them some advice at the end. It wasn't random; it was based on flaws clearly seen with [Eye of Insight].
And this current third basic ability, Ranking.
Its effect is simple: as long as he defines a group and sets a metric, he can generate a specific ranking list.
For example, if Chu Yang simply thinks of the most beautiful girls in all of Xia Country, he can generate a beauty ranking list.
You can even set the metric to who has the biggest butt... Cough cough, this is an improper usage. The proper usage isn't like this.
Chu Yang pondered, and customized a [Blue Star Cultivator Cultivation Ranking]. Instantly, a golden scroll appeared in his hand.
Chu Yang himself could see it, but this ranking list included everyone. Even if you were ranked one hundred millionth, it would be displayed.
But for others, Chu Yang didn't care; he only needed to focus on the top ranks.
The first rank, as expected, was Li Qingyun. He was the earliest cultivator, coupled with outstanding talent, this was within expectations.
Second was Wang Teng. He followed the path of body refinement. If calculated as a normal cultivator, he was equivalent to the late stage of Foundation Establishment. This was somewhat unexpected, but for body refiners like him, combat was the most efficient way to cultivate.
Third was Bai Nianchen. Daoist Bai was currently at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment. He started at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. Chu Yang's reward for him was a formation, not something that boosted cultivation, so this was also normal.
...
This ranking list, if released, would likely serve as an incentive.
Chu Yang pondered, and set another ranking list.
"Lihuo Palace Ruins Exploration Ranking."
This exploration progress could be simply summarized as the value they had gained within the Lihuo Palace Ruins.
...
Xue Qianwei was currently in seclusion cultivating pills within the Lihuo Palace Ruins. Chu Yang had to go to Xiong Miao's side to find a programmer himself.
Little Wang, who was going bald at a young age, was a core programmer at Xiong Miao.
He had very high prestige within the company. If you asked why he was so respected, it was naturally because during every live stream by Chu Yang, when the servers were about to collapse, it was he who propped up the crumbling building and stabilized the servers.
"I heard you're the strongest programmer in our company?"
Little Wang was stunned. Seeing that Chu Yang was the one talking to him, his face immediately turned ashen!
"Immortal... Immortal Great..."
"Don't be nervous. I have a task for you, and you'll be rewarded handsomely once it's done."
"You say it! I will go through fire and water..."
"It's not that exaggerated. Help me build a website. I'll use it to publish some rankings."
Little Wang was taken aback and said, "How much data..."
"All cultivators on Blue Star."
"Pfft..."
Chu Yang squeezed Little Wang's neck, and instantly Little Wang felt all his fatigue vanish, and his mind became much clearer.
"It's fine. You just build a website. You don't need to worry about the data."
As an experienced hand, Little Wang quickly created a website.
Then he saw Chu Yang pull out a golden scroll from somewhere and shove it straight in.
Little Wang stared dumbfounded at the terrifying scene before him. Was this the combination of metaphysics and science?
"Find a way to publish this thing on the website. Don't try to learn it; you won't be able to!"
There was no logic to it; wherever this thing was placed, the ranking would be displayed.
This was Chu Yang's third basic ability – Ranking!
Thus, not long after these people entered the Lihuo Palace Ruins, the Xiong Miao company, in conjunction with the Xia Country's official authorities, released another website. This website had only one function: to view rankings!
Currently, Chu Yang had created two ranking lists: the "Blue Star Cultivator Cultivation Ranking" and the "Lihuo Palace Ruins Exploration Ranking."
Moreover, this ranking list was constantly dynamic. When someone's cultivation advanced, it would be rearranged.
However, after this ranking list was released, people's joys and sorrows were not shared.
Those with good aptitude couldn't wait for their cultivation to be known and boasted about every day. As for those with poor aptitude, it was practically public execution.
"Wow! What is this thing! Quick, take it away, take it away! I don't want to see it!"
"Damn it! I just bragged to my goddess about being top-tier aptitude, and you're ruining my good deed!"
"Oh no! Damn it, why did you include people from our Maple Leaf Country? Aren't we going to be laughed at?"
"Calm down, upstairs. You don't even know what rank you are in the billions, who would bother to look at your ranking?"
"......"
The release of this ranking list immediately garnered widespread attention. After all, including all cultivators in a single list, and with Chu Yang himself creating it, its authority was unquestionable. People are inherently competitive; no one wants to be suppressed by others, nor do they wish to be surpassed by those behind them.
In the past two days, many countries have successively announced the declaration of a state of war, preparing for the battle three years later.
As for the other ranking list, it ranked the people from the Time Secret Realm.
And to everyone's surprise, when everyone else had exploration points in the single digits, Bai Nianchen firmly occupied the top spot with 30 points.
This was quite unexpected. People were accustomed to Li Qingyun being at the top, but this time Li Qingyun was only in third place.
Second place was still Meng Zibin, but his and Li Qingyun's points were roughly the same, one at 8 and the other at 9.
This meant that neither of them had obtained something decisive like Bai Nianchen had.
Online discussions also emerged regarding this ranking list.
"Holy cow! I knew Daoist Bai had a promising future!"
"Long live Daoist Bai!"
"Hmph! Daoist Bai's cultivation is still inferior to my Qingyun brother!"
"Fanbase behavior, get lost! Go find your Chicken Brother, alright?"
Why was this? Naturally, it was because Bai Nianchen had become the first person to enter the inner sect!
As for what happened, it could only be said that it was fortunate it wasn't live-streamed, otherwise the old Daoist's persona would have collapsed in an instant...