Chapter 674

"In order to seek the opportunity to break through to the transcendent and holy, Di Ni left the Cihang Jingzhai two hundred years ago, wandering the four corners of the world, and her whereabouts are unknown."

"Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, she is temporarily ranked third on the Wu Huang Ranking."

As Su Chen's voice fell, another wave of exclamations erupted in the hall.

Evil Emperor Xiang Yutian!

Cihang Founding Ancestor Di Ni!

No one expected that the fourth and third places on the Wu Huang Ranking would be them.

However, thinking of the Great Ming Demon Master Pang Ban and the Great Song Xiaoyaozi, everyone felt relieved again.

Su Chen had already said before.

There is no difference in quality between the immortal path and the martial Dao; they are both just one type of Dao.

Immortal cultivation techniques seem incomparably powerful, but that is only when compared to ordinary martial Dao techniques.

Truly peerless-level martial Dao techniques are not weaker than immortal cultivation techniques.

For example, that Great Song Supreme Master attained the Martial Saint Realm through martial Dao techniques.

Who would dare say his techniques are weaker than immortal cultivation techniques?

The biggest advantage of immortal cultivation techniques compared to martial Dao techniques is that they can extend lifespan, extending it by at least several hundred years is no problem.

This miraculous effect of prolonging life is indeed incomparable to martial Dao techniques.

But martial Dao cultivation is not about being more powerful the older you are; it values talent more.

Those with transcendent talent, like the Great Qin Daoist Heavenly Sect Master Xiaomeng, can enter the Wu Huang Realm at eighteen.

Those with mediocre talent, even if they live to ninety or a hundred, may not necessarily be able to cultivate to the Master Realm.

Of course, if the talent is equal, then naturally the longer you live, the more powerful you are.

In everyone's view, people like the Heavenly Monk, Xiang Yutian, and Di Ni may not necessarily have stronger talent than Song Que and Shi Zhixuan.

But they can exceed the lifespan limit of ordinary people by relying on immortal cultivation techniques.

With equal talent, if I live sixty or even a hundred years longer than you, then my power will naturally far exceed the latter.

From this, it can be seen that immortal cultivation techniques indeed have benefits that martial Dao techniques cannot reach.

Cultivators are also beings that mortals must envy.

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

"Heavens! To think that people like Xiang Yutian and Di Ni who truly attained the immortal path also failed to break through to the Martial Saint Realm."

"Previously, the Great Song's Xiaoyaozi also lived for three hundred years, which shows that this Martial Saint Realm is very difficult, and not everyone can break through."

"That may be so, but cultivators have long lifespans; if three hundred years isn't enough, then another three hundred years, there will always be a day of breakthrough."

"That's right! Lifespan is the greatest advantage of cultivators; as long as you are alive, everything is possible."

"Cultivators are truly enviable; it's a pity there are too few immortal cultivation techniques in this world, otherwise I would definitely find one to practice."

"Isn't the number of cultivators in this Great Sui too high? More than the Great Song and Great Sui combined."

"Judging from the Great Sui Wu Huang Ranking, the strength of the Great Sui Jianghu indeed exceeds that of the Great Ming and Great Song."

"¨｀It's hard to say now! Although Martial Emperors are the peak combat power of a Jianghu, the truly supreme existences are still Martial Saints."

"Martial Saints are even scarcer compared to Martial Emperors; the Great Ming and Great Song only have one each. I wonder if the Great Sui has any Martial Saints?"

"With so many cultivators in the Great Sui, there must be Martial Saints; maybe there's more than one."

"Don't forget that our Great Song still has Chuan Ying; he is the future Martial Saint personally designated by Mr. Su."

"Seeing that these cultivators all failed to break through to the Martial Saint Realm, only then can one realize how terrifying Chuan Ying is; he might be able to break through to the Martial Saint Realm before he is forty."

……

The second private room in the South District..

Hearing that 'Di Ni' was on the list, Zhu Yuyan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, a look of slight ease appearing on her face.

What she feared most was that Di Ni had already broken through to the Martial Saint Realm.

Martial Saint and Wu Huang, this is a difference of a major realm; unless one has a heaven-defying trump card, it is absolutely impossible to cross.

If the Great Sui Buddhist Sect had a Martial Saint sitting in command, that would be an incomparably huge pressure for the Mo Sect.

Let alone the Mo Sect, even the imperial court would have to be cautious.

After all, if a Martial Saint truly strikes with all their might, even an imperial dynasty would be destroyed.

Fortunately, Di Ni's talent was only so-so; she didn't enter the Martial Saint Realm even after three hundred years.

Even if she re-emerges in the Jianghu, the Mo Sect side has Evil Emperor Xiang Yutian who can block her.

Both are Semi-Saints, one formed an Immortal Fetus, the other formed a Demon Seed; who is stronger and who is weaker remains to be seen.

……

On the White Jade Platform.

Su Chen sipped some clear tea, already feeling those burning gazes from all directions.

He didn't deliberately drag things out, unfolded his Autumn Moon Fan, and said directly:

"Next, reviewing the next Wu Huang on the list｀〃."

"Fourth place on the Wu Huang Ranking, Xiang Yutian."

"This person is precisely the Sect Master of the Great Sui Xieji Sect, and also the most outstanding successor in the history of the Xieji Sect."

"He studied under the previous Sect Master of the Xieji Sect, Mo Yiming, possessed transcendent martial Dao talent, and broke through to the Wu Huang Realm at just over twenty years old."

"A hundred years ago, Mo Yiming retired to the desert, Xiang Yutian took over as Sect Master of the Xieji Sect, rampaged through the Great Sui Jianghu without a rival, and became the new generation of Evil Emperor."

"Afterward, Xiang Yutian spent several decades using the Evil Emperor Relic to comprehend the 'Dao Heart Planting Demon Great Art'."

"Ultimately, he succeeded in planting the demon in his Dao heart, became the only person in the Xieji Sect to cultivate this art to completion, and stepped onto the path of cultivation."

"To this day, Xiang Yutian has lived for over a hundred years, and his cultivation has reached the Semi-Saint Realm."

"Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, he is temporarily ranked fourth on the Wu Huang Ranking."

……

"Third place on the Wu Huang Ranking, Di Ni."

"Regarding this person, Su Mou has already mentioned her many times before, so I presume everyone is already very familiar with her."

"She is precisely the founding ancestor of the Cihang Jingzhai, who in her early years fell in love with the Demon Emperor Xie Tiao, and later forgot her feelings for her senior brother, the Heavenly Monk."

"The 'Other Shore Sword Art' she created was precisely inspired by the cultivation techniques in the 'Demon Dao Random Thoughts Record', and when cultivated to the supreme realm, one can form an Immortal Fetus."

"However, because later successors of the Cihang Jingzhai were clever but mistaken and deliberately deleted and modified it, the immortal essence of the 'Other Shore Sword Art' was lost."

"Therefore, Di Ni is the only person in the Cihang Jingzhai to have attained the immortal path, with the Immortal Fetus in her heart and a foundation for longevity."