Chapter 1028

As Su Chen's voice fell, there was another burst of exclamation in the hall.

The crowd of Great Ming Jianghu heroes all showed depressed expressions, not expecting Tai Xuan Zhenren's ranking to be so low.

The Jianghu heroes of the other imperial dynasties were also very surprised.

The terrifying degree of this overall Martial Saint Ranking truly exceeded their imagination.

Big shots like Tai Xuan Zhenren, who had achieved such great success, entered the immortal Dao through the martial Dao, and created their own immortal cultivation techniques, were actually only ranked in the weakest tier.

How powerful must the Martial Saints ranked higher be?

Thinking this, everyone looked toward the white jade platform one after another, waiting for the commentary on the subsequent Martial Saints.

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The second private room in the East District.

Tai Xuan Zhenren raised his eyebrows, revealing a look of dissatisfaction.

He considered himself the guardian deity of the Great Ming, having lived for five hundred years, traveling the world, soaring like an immortal, and yet he was ranked at the bottom among the Martial Saints?

Su Chen had made it very clear before.

The Nine Provinces Martial Saint Ranking had a total of twenty seats, divided into four tiers.

And even in the fourth tier, he could only be ranked in the middle; this gap was truly something he could not accept.

"Interesting, let this old Daoist see who exactly is ranked ahead of me."

Tai Xuan Zhenren circled his hands, squinting his eyes as he looked toward the white jade platform.

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On the white jade platform.

Su Chen did not drag things out, scanning the whole venue with his gaze, and said loudly:

"Next, let us comment on the next Martial Saint on the list."

"Seventeenth place on the Martial Saint Ranking, Sun En."

"This person comes from the Great Sui; I believe many of the older generation in the Great Sui have an impression of him."

"Sixty years ago, there was a very sensational battle between Buddhism and Daoism in the Great Sui, and the representative of the Daoist sect was Sun En."

"At that time, the Buddhist sect produced a top-tier expert named Zhu Faqing, known as the Great Living Maitreya."

"Although he acted in a rebellious manner and was called a heterodox Buddhist, the 'Ten Abodes Mahayana Art' he created originated from the orthodox Buddhist sect and was extremely powerful, deterring all Buddhist sects in the Great Sui."

"Sun En, as the leader of the Heaven Daoist sect, was called the number one expert of the Daoist sect, standing in opposition to Zhu Faqing."

"The final decisive battle between Buddhism and Daoism ended with the defeat and death of Zhu Faqing, and the Heavenly Master Sun En became the undisputed number one person in the Great Sui Jianghu with his powerful strength."

"But after that decisive battle, Sun En retired from the Jianghu, no longer appearing before people, and gradually became unknown to the world."

"At that time, Sun En had already proven his Dao in the Martial Saint realm, and from the 'Dao De Jing' by Laozi, the ancestor of the Daoist sect, he grasped the profound mysteries of the immortal Dao, creating the 'Yellow Heaven Great Law' and stepping into immortal Dao cultivation in one fell swoop."

"But Sun En's ambition did not stop there; he also had a great grand wish, which was to open up an immortal Dao cultivation system!"

"Previously, Su Mou said that many immortal cultivators in the world today are actually based on the martial Dao, entering the immortal Dao through the martial Dao."

"For example, immortal cultivation techniques like the 'Everlasting Spring Art' and the 'Tai Xuan Scripture' are essentially practicing martial arts first, and then turning to the immortal Dao after the martial Dao has been cultivated to a certain degree."

"Although this is also a path, it is extremely difficult to truly forge an immortal foundation, and it is not possible without top-tier martial Dao talent."

"And the immortal Dao cultivation system that Sun En wanted to open up was to start directly from the immortal Dao, like the 'Shrouding the Heavens' method, starting with immortal cultivation, which greatly lowers the difficulty."

"After a full sixty years of contemplation, Sun En finally succeeded in summarizing a complete immortal Dao cultivation system."

"As everyone knows, the martial Dao cultivation system of this world is divided into seven realms: Postnatal, Pre-natal, Master, Grandmaster, Unity of Man and Heaven, Transcendence into Sainthood, and Shattering the Void."

"And the immortal Dao cultivation system created by Sun En only has five realms: Refining Essence into Qi, Refining Qi into Spirit, Refining Spirit into Emptiness, Refining Emptiness into Dao, and Great Completion Tribulation Crossing."

"If one can cultivate to the fifth realm, Great Completion Tribulation Crossing, one can fly directly to the Immortal World like the Martial Emperor who shattered the void."

"However, even Sun En himself has only just cultivated to the fourth realm, 'Refining Emptiness into Dao'; the so-called fifth realm is just a hypothesis."

"But even if he only cultivated to the fourth realm, it also gave Sun En various extraordinary abilities, allowing him to use his primordial spirit to absorb strange energy from the universe to strengthen himself."

"Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, he is tentatively ranked seventeenth on the Nine Provinces Martial Saint Ranking."

As Su Chen's voice fell, there was another exclamation in the hall.

That mysterious Great Sui Martial Saint was finally revealed!

For this big shot who opened up an immortal Dao cultivation system, the crowd of Jianghu heroes had been looking forward to it for a long time.

Yet no one expected that such a figure would only be ranked seventeenth.

Those Great Sui Jianghu heroes were even more shocked, their eyeballs almost popping out.

Heavenly Master Daoist leader Sun En!

This name was like thunder in the Great Sui.

They originally thought that the mysterious Great Sui Martial Saint was a reclusive expert like Tai Xuan Zhenren, but they never expected it to be him.

Sixty years ago, Heavenly Master Sun En was absolutely the most invincible figure in the Great Sui Jianghu.

In that earth-shattering battle between Buddhism and Daoism, Sun En used absolutely powerful strength to defeat Zhu Faqing and resolve a catastrophe for the Great Sui.

Compared to that battle between Buddhism and Daoism, the current struggle between Buddhism and demons in the Great Sui is just a small matter.

But after that great battle, Sun En never appeared again, and the Heavenly Master Daoist sect declined from then on.

Therefore, the Jianghu speculated that Sun En had used forbidden secret techniques in that decisive battle, leading to his life force being exhausted and his death.

Yet no one expected the truth to be like this.

Sun En did not die, but retired from the Jianghu.

Because his cultivation had already surpassed everyone in the Jianghu.

And even more because he had an incomparably lofty ideal—to open up an immortal Dao cultivation system!

At the same time, the immortal Dao cultivation system that everyone was thinking about also unveiled its mysterious veil.

It was indeed as they had imagined.

Cultivating according to this cultivation system of Sun En is directly equivalent to immortal cultivation, and there are only five realms, with reaching the fourth realm being comparable to a Martial Saint expert.

How could such a powerful cultivation system not make everyone extremely jealous?

For a time, everyone in the hall began to discuss it one after another:

"Heavenly Master Sun En? I never thought that the mysterious Great Sui Martial Saint was actually him; this person is truly famous."

"That's right! Heavenly Master Sun En sixty years ago, calling him a martial arts myth is not an exaggeration; he was an absolutely invincible existence in the Jianghu."

"I thought Sun En had already died; sure enough, Jianghu rumors cannot be fully trusted."

"What a powerful immortal Dao cultivation system; I wonder if it's too late to join the Heavenly Master Daoist sect now?"

"This immortal Dao cultivation system is much easier to cultivate than techniques like the 'Tai Xuan Scripture'; if it could be promoted, wouldn't everyone have an immortal path to cultivate?"

"Just a Martial Saint ranked seventeenth is already so powerful; it is truly hard to imagine what kind of astonishing divine powers the Martial Saints behind have."

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