章 899: Chapter 899: Success

"Don't be happy so soon. It is not as simple as that.  If it was a competition between the leaders of the other worlds and me, I might have been as confident as you. Still, my victory wasn't assured as the other leaders are just as strong. But the conditions are different," Emperor Meng Lian said as he sighed. 

"The ranking won't depend on the strength of the leaders," he continued.

"The ranking won't depend on our strength? What does that mean? What will it depend on?" Patriarch Qin asked. 

"Could it be on a test of something other than strength? Like comprehension?" Sect Master Min theorized.

The Emperor shook his head slowly as he answered, "No. Some of the planets have different sets of Cultivation methods. Some aren't even humans. Comprehension can't be used to decide rankings."

"Exactly. That's what I thought too," Patriarch Qin muttered. "Strength seemed like the best factor to rank, but they're not even using that. What could they be using?"