Chapter 328

With the Qinglong Society as his backing.

Apart from the three great imperial dynasties.

Wouldn't he be able to walk sideways with impunity?

Across the entire Nine Provinces continent, who would dare to lay a hand on him?

Wouldn't they fear losing face for the Qinglong Society, and thereby invite disaster?!

Just as the people of the world were reacting in various ways.

In the void.

The Heavenly Dao Golden List also seemed unwilling to be left out.

With a faint tremor, it burst forth with resplendent radiance.

In but an instant.

It drew the attention of the people of the world.

A few breaths later.

As the golden light faded.

Lines of text slowly emerged.

【Nine Provinces Combat Power Ceiling Ranking – (Tied) 33rd Place: Xin Qiji, Cultivation: Peak Heavenly Being.】

【Identity: Great Song's Nation-Protecting Enshrined Sage.】

【Xin Qiji, original courtesy name Tanfu, later changed to You'an, pseudonym Jiaxuan, Nation-Protecting Enshrined Sage of the Great Song imperial dynasty.】

【As a civil official, he is the most martial among civil officials; as a martial general, he is the most literary among martial generals!】

【He was innately intelligent, with extraordinary comprehension, bold and unrestrained by nature, yet also sentimental and tender-hearted.】

【Because he was determined to serve his country, from a young age he devoted himself to study, and while reading, he never neglected his martial arts.】

【What is astonishing is.】

【Owing to his outstanding talent, at the mere age of ten he had already read through all the classics, was learned and erudite, and brimming with brilliance.】

【On the path of martial arts, he was even more dazzlingly gifted: entering Grandmaster in half a year, breaking through to Great Grandmaster in one year, stepping into Transcendent in five years, and achieving the Earthly Immortal Realm in ten years!】

【In the following thirty years, because of serving his country, his cultivation was somewhat delayed, yet even so, five years later he stepped into the Heavenly Being Realm in one fell swoop, his fame boundless for a time.】

【Favored by Song Huang, he was enshrined as the Nation-Protecting Enshrined Sage, dwelling in seclusion behind the scenes.】

【Heavenly Dao Evaluation: With a brush he can pacify the world; on horseback he can settle the universe!】

【Heavenly Dao Reward: Mythical Breakthrough Pill (Consuming it increases the chance of breaking through to the Mythical Realm by eighty percent).】

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【Nine Provinces Combat Power Ceiling Ranking – (Tied) 33rd Place: Zhang Sanfeng, Cultivation: Late-stage Heavenly Being.】

【Identity: Qinglong Society's Seventh Dragon Head, Founding Patriarch of Wu Dang of the Great Ming imperial dynasty.】

【Likewise a being of dazzling brilliance and heaven-reaching talent.】

【After the Battle of Mount Wudang, Zhang Sanfeng devoted himself to cultivation at Qinglong Shanzhuang.】

【Owing to the previous Heavenly Dao rewards, as well as the rubbings of Laozi's Dao De Jing in five thousand words that the Qinglong Society had seized from Bei Mingzi.】

【For a time, Zhang Sanfeng's cultivation advanced at a tremendous pace.】

【Coupled with the accumulation of several decades before his breakthrough, in a short span he broke through two realms consecutively, reaching late-stage Heavenly Being.】

【Moreover, with his talent and comprehension, and the vast resources of the Qinglong Society.】

【It is believed that before long, he will break through to Peak Heavenly Being in one stroke, and even the Supreme Mythical Realm!!】

【Becoming one of the terrifying existences that dominate the present age across the Nine Provinces continent!!!】

【Heavenly Dao Evaluation: A rare prodigy, a talent without equal.】

【Heavenly Dao Reward: Mythical Breakthrough Pill (Consuming it increases the chance of breaking through to the Mythical Realm by eighty percent)】

As the final character on the Heavenly Dao Golden List finished appearing.

The Nine Provinces land instantly fell into a deathly silence.

At this moment.

Whether martial artists or ordinary folk.

All stared wide-eyed, faces filled with shock and horror.

After a good while passed.

Only then did they collectively come back to their senses.

The sound of sharply drawing in cold breaths rang out one after another throughout the entire Nine Provinces.

One must know.

Even in the comprehensive martial arts world.

Xin Qiji's great name likewise shook the Nine Provinces!

Although compared with the previous Sub-Sage Wang Yangming.

In the hearts of scholars, his standing might be half a notch lower.

Yet his literary talent was even more widely circulated!

Those widely beloved poems and ci verses.

Even the Banished Immortal Li Taibai, hailed as the triune master of poetry, wine, and sword.

Also praised them without reserve, greatly admiring them!

Especially those bold and unrestrained lyrics.

Were directly enshrined as classics by countless scholars, who called him the 'Dragon Among Ci.'

One could imagine.

Just how exaggerated his standing in the hearts of the world truly was!

As for Zhang Sanfeng.

Compared to shock.

What the people of the world felt even more was envy, jealousy, and hatred.

To be recruited by the Qinglong Society as one of the Seven Dragon Heads, and to be cultivated without sparing any effort.

In less than half a year, he broke through two realms consecutively.

Such treatment.

Who wouldn't want it?!

Who wouldn't be envious?!!

If circumstances allowed.

They would even wish they could kick him aside with one foot and take his place themselves!

Although.

Part of it was due to the other's natural talent and aptitude.

But in the eyes of the people of the world.

If it weren't for the Qinglong Society's cultivation.

No matter how good his natural talent and aptitude.

Could he have broken through two realms consecutively and reached late-stage Heavenly Being so quickly?!

If that were really the case.

Then why, before joining the Qinglong Society.

Could he not even break through the shackles of the Heavenly Being Realm?

Stuck at the peak realm of an Earth Immortal for years on end?!

"Why do all the good things go to someone else? I'm not convinced! Wuuuuh..."

"Great Dragon Head, actually my talent is pretty good too, it just hasn't been unearthed yet, please cultivate me!!"

"With a Mythical Realm Breakthrough Pill, plus the Qinglong Society's massive resources, it probably won't be long before Zhang Sanfeng becomes a supreme powerhouse of the Mythical Realm! Sigh~ gazing at the sky, my heart is so sour, so envious!!"

"What a fine example of the most martial among civil officials, and the most literary among military generals! All I can say is, worthy of being the Lay Buddhist of Jiaxuan, just absurd!!"

"A man in the jianghu, I've already gone numb, just how many unknown powerhouses are there still in the Nine Provinces?! Is this still the jianghu I knew?!"

"Brother, don't panic, I've already faced reality, we're just here to make up the numbers in this world, stay strong!!"