Chapter 3

Although he did not know what the Heavenly Dao's reward would be.

But from the celestial phenomena before the Heavenly Dao Golden List.

This Heavenly Dao reward was certainly extraordinary!

Yet Great Ming reaped very little of such benefits.

Thus, he naturally felt some disappointment.

Great Ming, Mount Wudang.

Upon seeing the contents of the Heavenly Dao Golden List.

Song Yuanqiao laughed heartily with a delighted expression.

"The pinnacle of combat power—looks like our Wudang has won the Heavenly Dao's favor!"

"I just wonder, what rank will Master achieve?"

Beside him.

Aside from the missing Zhang Wuxia.

Even the paralyzed Yu Daiyan now wore an expression of intense excitement.

"With Master's abilities, he is surely number one!"

Mo Shenggu said without a moment's thought.

The others, upon hearing this, nodded in eager agreement.

Only Zhang Sanfeng, surrounded by them, shook his head with a cheerful smile.

"You all still have too narrow a perspective."

"Not to mention whether there are still reclusive sages on this Nine Provinces continent."

"Just among those I know of, there are more than a handful who equal me."

"Do not be arrogant and boast falsely."

As soon as these words were spoken.

Song Yuanqiao and his fellow disciples were instantly stunned.

Although they also understood that other sages equal to their Master existed.

In their eyes, such beings were surely rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

Added to their reverence for their Master, praising him as number one carried no psychological burden.

But now, from their Master's tone, it seemed such beings were not so few!

At this thought.

They all opened their mouths wide, staring at Zhang Sanfeng in shock.

Zhang Zui opened to ask further, but Zhang Sanfeng merely smiled silently, gesturing with his eyes toward the void.

Seeing this.

The others could only suppress their curiosity and turned their gazes together toward the Heavenly Dao Golden List.

【Nine Provinces Combat Power Pinnacle List—Rank 20: Hua Xi, Cultivation: early-stage Earthly Immortal.】

【Identity: Former Empress of Great Ming's Yihua Palace, current Eleventh Hall Master of Qinglong Society, Codename: November.】

【She was a precocious woman who, from childhood, had witnessed birth, aging, sickness, and death, the myriad facets of the world; orphaned and alone, after enduring years of hardship, she was taken in by an old woman and began her cultivation.】

【Fearing birth, aging, sickness, and death, she conceived the idea of creating a cultivation art during her practice.】

【At age thirty, she finally created Mingyu Art, which could preserve eternal youth, grant icy skin and jade bones, and achieve boundless internal energy upon completion, as well as a technique to redirect force, overcome hardness with softness, and strike last but win first—guiding, shifting, and rebounding an opponent's martial arts.】

【Heavenly Dao Evaluation: Geniuses as numerous as fish crossing a river abound; those who persistently strive and create their own arts number one in three; yet she stands out even among them!】

【Heavenly Dao Reward: Heaven-grade martial art: Zhao Qiankun Da Nuo Yi, Dou Zhuan Xing Yi.】

As the final character appeared and faded.

People across the Nine Provinces all widened their eyes, their faces filled with shock and awe.

Not long after.

A chorus of sharp intakes of breath echoed across the land.

Early-stage Earthly Immortal!

The very last rank was a being of Earthly Immortal level, rarely seen by the mortal world!

This… this…

003- Twelve Realms of Martial Dao, Thoughts Across the Land!

In an instant.

The crowd was stunned, and nothing but stunned.

Know this.

The known Martial Dao realms totaled Twelve Realms.

They were: Third-rate—Second-rate—First-rate—Postnatal—Pre-natal—Master—Grand Master—Peerless—Earthly Immortal—Celestial—Mythical Realm—Shattered.

And among them,

A Master could found a sect.

Not to mention Grand Masters and Peerless Realm experts!

Earthly Immortal—just from the name alone, one could grasp how extraordinary the power was!

Beyond the Eight Imperial Dynasties and a few top factions, very few sects or gangs possessed such a strength.

This reveals the rarity of Earthly Immortals.

And now,

Even the lowest-ranked was an Earthly Immortal.

What about those ranked in the top ten, top five, or even top three?

What level of existence could they actually be?

At this thought.

Countless people's pupils involuntarily contracted.

Their whole bodies trembled all over, as if scared stiff!

The more one thinks about it, the more terrifying it becomes; think carefully, and the terror deepens!!

"Master... Master is actually still alive?!"

Yihua Palace, Embroidery Jade Valley.

Yaoyue and Lianxing cried out in unison.

Each saw surprise and excitement in the other's eyes.

Even Yaoyue, who was always aloof and cold.

Could not avoid showing a ripple of emotion at this moment.

But in an instant, Yaoyue's willow brows slightly furrowed.

"Master... has already reached this step? It seems I still need to keep working hard."

Seeing her elder sister's competitive spirit flare up again.

Lianxing shook her head with a touch of helplessness.

Then, as if suddenly thinking of something, she said.

"What kind of gang is the Qinglong Society? Why would Master join this gang? And why hasn't he come back to see us in all these years?"

Yaoyue's expression froze for a moment.

She pondered quietly for a while.

Unable to come up with any reason, she suddenly spoke.

"Give the order—send out every disciple of Yihua Palace."

"I want to know everything about the Qinglong Society in the shortest time possible!"

Lianxing nodded and turned to carry out the order.

Great Qin, Xianyanggong.

"Zhao Gao, bring me the files on the Qinglong Society."

Upon seeing that the Heavenly Dao reward was merely two heaven-grade martial arts.