Chapter 761

After all, in the world, how many could possibly withstand Long Xiang Seng's palm strike?

Here, the top experts from Tang Yuan's two major factions combined number no more than ten fingers' worth.

"What a pity, what a tragedy…"

Deep within the Tang Army camp, Tang's national protector and Tian Shi Sun En, observing the battle through his mental perception, couldn't help shaking his head and sighing.

Di Renjie knew Sun En's ranking on the Heavenly Dao Golden List, though it was lower than Long Xiang Seng's.

Yet after Sun En appeared on the list, he was granted the divine scripture, The Tai Ping Qing Ling Dao, by the Heavenly Dao Golden List.

More crucially, Sun En received the Heavenly Dao Golden List's assessment: the Shattered Realm is attainable.

Since then, Wu Zetian has allowed Sun En to command greater quantities of dragon qi to aid his cultivation.

It may seem little time has passed, but in truth, Sun En's cultivation has advanced by leaps and bounds.

Now, his cultivation may still fall short of Long Xiang Seng's.

But when it comes to insight and perception, the gap is likely no longer significant.

Hearing Sun En's sigh, Di Renjie immediately asked,

"Tian Shi, what do you mean by that?"

"As the saying goes, those involved are confused; those watching clearly see."

Sun En stroked his beard and smiled faintly,

"Long Xiang Seng's cultivation is indeed supreme, rare in the world.

But he remains a barbarian outsider, ignorant of our Central Plains' ultimate truths.

The Zhen Wu Seven-Cut Array truly lives up to its reputation!"

Before the Age of Great Struggle began, all experts above the peerless level withdrew into seclusion.

The Zhen Wu Seven-Cut Array of Wu Dangpai resounded throughout the Nine Provinces.

When the news reached the great hidden masters, most merely laughed it off.

They thought: what's so remarkable about an array that can hold off forty-nine peers?

Before today, Sun En held the same view.

But today, seeing Long Xiang Seng as if trapped in a cage, "confined" within the array,

he observed from afar with his martial cultivation awareness—and finally grasped the terrifying nature of the Zhen Wu Seven-Cut Array.

Before Di Renjie could ask, Sun En spoke again after another sigh:

"The Zhen Wu Seven-Cut Array—upon hearing its name, I assumed it was arranged according to the Yuan Tiangang and Northern Dipper, following the path of Northern Dipper demon subjugation.

But today, I see I was utterly wrong.

The foundation of this array does indeed center on Northern Dipper demon subjugation.

Yet no one knows how brilliant those seven dragon heads were—they integrated the Dao of Taiji Yin-Yang into this array as well.

Thus, combining Northern Dipper demon subjugation with Taiji Yin-Yang, the array's power is far more complex than it appears.

Not even Long Xiang Seng could escape it; even Master Moda, if trapped inside, would be left with a throbbing headache."

Sun En went on at length, and to prove his point, he even invoked Master Moda Cang Qu.

Hearing this, Di Renjie couldn't help glancing in shock at the Master Moda beside him.

To his surprise, Cang Qu's expression turned solemn; after a long pause, he nodded.

"Sun En speaks truly—this array is truly absurd.

These seven men are merely Earthly Immortal Realm, some even below it.

With such low cultivation, merely through the array, they command one of the Three Thousand Great Dao, accessible only to Heavenly Being Realm or Mythical Realm cultivators.

And there's one point Sun En didn't fully reveal."

"What point?"

Sun En stared in astonishment; all the Tang protectors turned curiously toward Cang Qu.

"The most terrifying aspect of this array is heart-mind resonance.

Their breath, true qi, even their intentions and spirits—all are linked as one.

The seven are as if a single being…"

Cang Qu said slowly.

565 Absurd to the extreme!

"Qinglong Society's Twenty-Four Solar Terms?"

As Master Moda Cang Qu described it, the Tang protectors instantly recalled this term.

When the Heavenly Dao Golden List first appeared, the first names to appear were the legendary Twenty-Four Solar Terms of Qinglong Society.

The Heavenly Dao Golden List revealed nothing about their names, appearances, heights, or genders.

It only stated these twenty-four individuals shared heart-mind resonance and could form a combined array.

Each possessed only mid-stage Heavenly Being Realm cultivation.

Their potential was fully drained; they could never advance further.

Yet their Heavenly Dao Golden List assessment read: apart, they suppress a region; united, they overwhelm the age.

All of this stemmed from their combined array.

Each additional member entering the array doubled its power.

When all twenty-four formed the perfect array, even a supreme Mythical Realm cultivator dared not challenge its might.

This was one of Qinglong Society's trump cards—the Twenty-Four Solar Terms!

When they first emerged, the entire world was stunned!

Though as more experts appeared on the list, their levels grew ever higher.

But the names of these twenty-four solar terms are already well known to the world.

The performance of the Wu Dangqixia today resembles the twenty-four solar terms very closely.

Some even harbor illusions—for instance, the Great Tang's national protector, Corpses Hanba, could not help saying,

"The Demon Lord? That doesn't seem right."

The twenty-four solar terms are said to be able to match only the peerless Mythical Realm experts, though no specifics are given regarding early, middle, or late stages.

Yet the Wu Dangqixia, by forming the True Martial Seven-Cut Array, can hold their own against the Long Xiang Seng.

Though unwilling to admit it, this Long Xiang Seng appears on the surface to be a peerless Mythical Realm mid-stage expert.

In truth, even a dozen ordinary peerless Mythical Realm experts would likely not be his match, would they?"

Indeed, those who make the Heavenly Dao Golden List differ vastly from ordinary experts.

The Heavenly Dao Golden List's full name is the Nine Provinces Heavenly Dao Combat Power Heavenly Rank List!

The key words lie in "combat power."

Some possess very high cultivation realms, yet their combat power is mediocre—this is actually a very common phenomenon.

For example, Duan Yu, the crown prince of Dali, who inherited the Xiaoyao Sect's ultimate technique, the Northern Dark Divine Art, absorbed the inner strength of many experts.

From a weak, bookish scholar, he eventually neared breakthrough into the Earthly Immortal Realm.

Yet he could not unleash even one or two tenths of his full strength.

This phenomenon is not an isolated case.

But there are also prodigies whose cultivation and actual power are ordinary, yet whose combat power is astonishingly overwhelming.

Take the former Gai Gang Gang leader Qiao Feng—he learned only a few years of Yunzhou Shaolin internal arts as a child.

Later, he received the Demonic Dragon Eighteen Palms and the Capturing Dragon Technique, and possessed no other divine or ultimate arts.

Yet his combat power was nearly overwhelming.

The Yunzhou Shaolin's sweeping monk, then hailed as the greatest expert of the Song Dynasty, once praised him.

Declared his Demonic Dragon Eighteen Palms the number one under heaven.

This is the difference between combat power and cultivation realm.

Hence Bai Qi could, with only half-step Mythical Realm cultivation, rank among these numerous Mythical Realm experts.

According to the Nine Provinces Heavenly Dao Combat Power Heavenly Rank List, the twenty-four solar terms are said to oppose peerless Mythical Realm experts, without specifying any particular combat power tier.

At that time, peerless Mythical Realm experts were rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns in the mortal world.

As a result, countless people assumed it meant ordinary peerless Mythical Realm experts.

Today, the Wu Dangqixia, using the True Martial Seven-Cut Array, have demonstrated every aspect similar to the legendary twenty-four solar terms.

More crucially, they trapped Long Xiang Seng—a top-tier expert ranked nineteenth on the Heavenly Dao Golden List—with cultivation realms of Earthly Immortal Realm, and even some below Earthly Immortal Realm!