The next moment, he rose and pushed the door open. Lu Changsheng strolled along the streets of Beiling City. The city was livelier than ever, yet something felt off, as there was an air of gloom to the city.0

Lu Changsheng soon made his way to the Martial Pavilion. A massive stone stele stood outside. It was the famed Divine Strength Rankings. There were still one hundred names engraved on it; they were the names of a hundred Divine Strength Realm martial artists.0

With a single glance, Lu Changsheng saw that most of the names on the rankings belonged to the northern barbarians. They occupied at least seventy percent, and only around thirty percent were martial artists of the Da Yu Dynasty.0

Lu Changsheng roughly understood why the air in Beiling City had been rather gloomy these days. The rankings alone told the story. The northern barbarians had completely suppressed the...0