Lin Tian became prominent all of a sudden after he killed the great general Rami from Elephant Country during an operation.
There was definitely an element of luck involved.
Rami had no idea that there was such a person in the base of Dragon Country.
He took him lightly, which allowed Lin Tian to launch a surprise attack and severely injure Rami.
Only then was he able to kill Rami, accomplish a monumental feat, and earn his current status.
Otherwise, if Rami had only focused on escaping, Lin Tian would never have been able to kill him.
At most, he could have defeated Rami.
But the rankings on the Heavenly List do not care about the reasons, only the results.
Murong Xiaoxiao couldn't kill Rami, she could only defeat him.
Since he was able to kill Rami, his ranking would definitely be higher than Murong Xiaoxiao's.
Even if Murong Xiaoxiao didn't accept this and challenged him to a fight, beating him black and blue, the ranking on the Heavenly List would remain unchanged.