Supreme List, Wind-Cloud List, Hidden Dragon List.
Even before these three lists were released, merely the rumors about their existence immediately sparked heated discussions amongst all the martial artists in the jianghu of the Great Ming. Even the martial artists within large powers could not stay out of it.
Moreover, these large powers were wracking their brains, seriously and carefully pondering the underlying goal behind Bai Xiaoshengt s such actions.
However, no matter how they speculate, Bai Xiaosheng's movements would definitely not cease because of them.
The first list to be released was the Hidden Dragon List, which was divided into two parts: the upper and lower volumes.
The upper volume contained thirty-six names under the category of Tiangang, the lower volume had seventy-two names under Disha, and together they included one hundred and eight young talents under thirty years old who were third-grade and below.
Among these were several familiar faces to Pei Xuanjing. One was Li Yuzhen, from the Li Family of Longxi, who Pei met by chance in the blessed land of the Anping Prefecture's Forbidden Place. As years passed, Li Yuzhen had stepped into the grandmaster realm as a third-grade martial artist, ranking 19th in Tiangang.
Another was Yu Yiyao, the Holy woman of the Mire Sect who he had once seen. This direct disciple of the leader of Mire Sect, Zhao Baiyang, surprisingly ranked ninth in Tiangang.
It's safe to say that once the two volumes of the Hidden Dragon List were published, they immediately caused a heated debate and even incited dissatisfaction among many people.
It's known that the territory of Great Ming is vast and the number of martial artists is immeasurable, especially the ones under thirty years old.
Especially after the upper and middle volumes of the Martial Classics were widely circulated, the number of martial artists multiplied.
However, there were only one hundred and eight names on the Hidden Dragon List, no one doubted the difficulty of making onto the list. This caused dissatisfaction among many who perceived themselves as deserving to be on the list but ultimately did not make it.
Even with Bai Xiaosheng's reputation, he still faced many criticisms.
As a result, it started a new trend in the entire jianghu: countless people wanted to challenge the talented individuals on the Hidden Dragon List and take their place.
For a time, throughout the jianghu, daily occurrences of challenges could be heard.
Three lists in total, just the first Hidden Dragon List alone caused countless uproars. What kind of impact would the following lists bring then?
Bai Xiaosheng did not disappoint the expectations of everyone. Three months after the release of the Hidden Dragon List, under the watchful eyes of the public, he released the Wind -Cloud List.
All the martial artists aspire to make a name for themselves, lead the world, and become a famous personality.
The leader of the Wind-Cloud List is Pei Xuanjing.
Name: Pei Xuanjing.
Reputation: Slayer Taoist.
Cultivation: First-grade Realm.
Martial Arts Skills: Shenxiao Heaven's Intention Classic, Dragon Elephant Art, Flying Immortal Outside Heaven, Drawing Sword Skill, Dharma Sword Skill…
Evaluation: Unparalleled in sword technique, exceptional in palm technique, cultivating the horizontal training art to have unlimited power.
Summary of Legendary Achievements: Taoist Slayer Pei Xuanjing, 28 years old, rises from an unnamed Border County. Slayed Yin Si Pingdeng Wang, the deputy leader of the Mire Sect, and various masters. Later, because his identity as the Shenxiao Sect disciple was revealed, the imperial court launched an attack on him in Xuanfu which resulted in the killing of Brocade Guards commander Qian Ning and a first-grade martial artist. He even beheaded first-grade martial artist Ding Yulong outside the city.
With the strength of a second-grade martial artist, he drove back Mire Sect Leader Zhao Baiyang and seized the Sacred Fire Order. By the prime of his life, he ascended to the first-grade martial artist realm and on Shenxiao Mountain, he killed four first-grade martial artists with a simple palm attack
Not long ago, he single-handedly killed Ning King Zhu Chenhao, surrounded by numerous elite martial artists, and calmly departed. The aura he emitted was frightening.
Therefore, he is ranked first on this Wind-Cloud List.
Upon the issuance of this list, the jianghu fell silent for a moment.
Pei Xuanjing's rise was all too legendary. In less than 30 years, he had gone from a nameless pawn to the peak of martial arts.
When Bai Xiaosheng listed all of his legendary experiences, many were suddenly struck by the realization of how strong Pei Xuanjing had become. He had traversed a path in just ten years that many could not reach in a lifetime.
We must understand that among his peers who were also hailed as geniuses in the jianghu, most had just entered the Third-grade Grandmaster Realm and the breakthrough to the Second-grade Realm was still a distant goal. Let alone the First-grade Realm.
Seeing his achievements, with the lives of countless First-grade Martial Artists as evidence, everyone unanimously agreed with him ranking first on the Wind-Cloud List, an extremely rare occurrence.
Actually, not only Pei Xuanjing, who sits atop the Wind-Cloud list, quite deservedly so, but the second person on this list was just as deserving.
Second on the Wind -Cloud List, Zhao Baiyang, the leader of the Mire Sect.
Compared to Pei Xuanjing, who's pretty recent in the limelight, Zhao Baiyang was famed a lot earlier.
This person, who had been renowned for decades, was very famous throughout the entire jianghu of the Great Ming, only his fame has mildly faded as he hadn't journeyed out into the world for many years.
However, the rebellion stirred up by the Mire Sect in the Northwest Dao not long ago once again shocked the world, making many recall the imposing reputation Zhao Baiyang had left in the jianghu.
No one knows how much time and energy Bai Xiaosheng has devoted to this. In conclusion, up to this point, every individual on the two lists he has released has been chosen with great deliberation and careful consideration.
Even though there were some disputes regarding the ranks of several people on the lists, no one questioned the achievements of those on them.
With the foundation laid by these two lists, everyone understood the authority of Bai Xiaosheng's lists.
Therefore, everyone was looking forward to the last Supreme List that Bai Xiaosheng was compiling.
The Supreme List, as the name suggests, naturally represents the supreme individuals in jianghu.
There are countless experts within the Great Ming jianghu. Excluding those who originated from ordinary small forces and those who are loners, the number of powerful individuals supported by great forces that rule in their respective territories goes well beyond thousands.
However, according to the whispers around Bai Xiaosheng, there are only eighteen names on the Supreme List of Jianghu.
Looking at it this way, it seems quite a few people won't make the list.
Bewildered by fame and fortune, some people see through it, while others can't.
Some people may not care about this list, but others, due to their positions, have to care.
As for the eighteen Supreme Jianghu titles on this list, there are at least hundreds of versions circulating in jianghu, each looking plausible and having its own reasons.
Unfortunately, Bai Xiaosheng, for some reason, had been delaying the release of this list.
On Shenxiao Mountain, Pei Xuanjing was in a secluded chamber for cultivation. He finally finished refining the Taoyun on the Shenxiao Command token. Setting down the Shenxiao Command token in his hand, Pei Xuanjing slowly opened his eyes..
After half a year, he finally accumulated enough Taoyun to initiate a new life simulation.
[Taoyun points: 112435]
[Would you like to use the Life Simulator? One use will consume 100000 Taoyun points.] After settling his state of mind, Pei Xuanjing initiated the life simulation.
[The Great Tao is fifty. Heaven evolves through Forty-Nine Paths, leaving one behind! Thus, all things in the world have a glimmer of life to cling to!]
At twenty-nine: When you come out of seclusion, the Supreme Ranking of the martial world is announced. At the same time, you receive a message from Yu Zhenzi, alerting you that the Lord of Shenxiao Gate is plotting against you. You decisively chose to play a waiting game, killing several masters, but the Lord of Shenxiao Gate escapes.
At thirty: Due to the strange activities of the Netherworld Book, you serendipitously encounter a person from the netherworld, killing them to seize two pages of the Netherworld Book.
At thirty-two: Zhao Baiyang, the head of the Mire Sect, ascends Shenxiao Mountain, and the two of you battled without determining a victor.
Zhao Baiyang appears to hold no ill intentions toward you, the enemy who ruined his grand plans. After your fight, Zhao Baiyang invites you to do one thing – to assassinate the emperor.
You choose to refuse this request.
At thirty-three: News of the emperor's sudden death arrives. At this moment, you finally understand why the emperor, who was in his prime age, dies so abruptly. Soon after, a new emperor ascends to the throne.
At thirty-four: Qingxu Taoist sends news, claiming that he has successfully deciphered the formation obtained from the forbidden place in the blessed land. You arrive at True Martial Sect half a year later. After discussion, you, Qingxu Taoist, and others devise a strategy where you will divert attention, while they secretly plot.
At thirty-five: With your ambition to ascend to the supreme position in the martial arts world, you challenge all the high -grade martial arts experts and consecutively defeat established first-grade experts. For some time, you become the center of attention in the martial arts world.
At thirty-eight: At the most critical point of your plan, you announce that you will ascend Dragon Tiger Mountain to challenge the current Heavenly Master of the mountain, and invite various high-grade experts to witness it.
Half a year later, you ascend Dragon Tiger Mountain and duel with the Heavenly Master.
After a evenly matched exchange, you are recognized as a top-grade expert.
Meanwhile, the grand formation of True Martial Sect is activated.
With the activation of the grand formation laid by the True Martial Sect, countless essence Qi from heaven and earth are gathered. One of the elderly masters from True Martial Sect who volunteered to participate in the spell succeeds in being enthroned as a God, gaining long life.
At thirty-nine: Facing such act from True Martial Sect, they become a target for everyone.
Even the usually friendly Great Ming imperial court is outraged, viewing True Martial Sect's actions as a betrayal.
As it turns out, there were spies from major forces within the True Martial Sect all along, who knew about the sect's actions but feigned ignorance, allowing the sect to attempt it first.
With the plan'S success, all forces gather at True Martial Sect, threatening them to surrender the original map of the formation for all to share.
Facing the converge of these forces, even the True Martial Sect faces grand crisis.
Fortunately, Qingxu Taoist predicted this early on and secretly roped in multiple forces from the Taoist School. With your appearance, a deadlock is formed between the various forces.
At this time, a great upheaval occurred at Taihe Mountain, causing a violent explosion of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi.
As it turns out, the aftershocks caused by the grand formation were not over. A seal on Taihe Mountain broke due to the intense Essence Qi, causing the revival of the Heaven and Earth and an epochal change.
At forty: All the forces disperse, each going back to deal with the possible impact of the Heaven and Earth's huge change. But after this incident, all forces dropped their low profile, each claiming spiritual mountains and blessed lands. The Great Ming imperial court was powerless to suppress the parties.
At forty-three: Although the utility of the formation has been proven, the formation still has a shortcoming; it can only help the enthroned gods gain an extended life span, but cannot enhance strength, which is unacceptable to you.
You temporarily refuse this method, and join hands with Qingxu Daoist, Bai Xiaosheng, Dragon Tiger Mountain to establish a mythical organization. This is to assist each other and explore the secret of immortality together.
At forty-five: You join Qingxu Daoist and several other experts to kill the Lord of Shenxiao Gate and obtained another Shenxiao Command Token.
On merging the two Shenxiao Command Tokens, a map to the true inheritance of Shenxiao Sect was revealed.
You entered it alone and after much hardship, eventually obtained the sect's treasure, the "Shenxiao Jade Clear Secret Record". This contains the essential records of how to break through the first-grade realm.
At fifty-one: According to the records in the Shenxiao Jade Clear Secret Record, you attempted breakthrough cultivation but unexpectedly entered demonic cultivation and died.
[This life has ended.]
Pei Xuanjing was a bit stunned as he looked at the results of this life and it took him a long time to come back to reality.
"So, the revival of Heaven and Earth does not necessarily have to wait until the seal at the top of Tianshan Mountains is opened. As long as the Shenxiao Sect's formation is stimulated, there is a chance to trigger the revival of Heaven and Earth using the essence Qi gathered," he thought, furrowing his brows.
He originally thought that if they waited for the revival of Heaven and Earth, they would have to wait for many experts to gather at the peak of Tianshan Mountains, and all the people would have to make a concerted effort to trigger the revival of Heaven and Earth.
Now it seems that this is not the only way!
"Perhaps, even Shenxiao Sect, who designed this formation, did not know that it had such an effect," thought Pei Xuanjing.
If the Shenxiao Sect knew that this formation had such an effect, then they wouldn't have to risk everything doing that. Instead, they could just set up this formation.
What Pei Xuanjing was not aware of, is that this situation is not that simple.
The Heaven and Earth of two hundred years ago and the present Heaven and Earth are completely two different things.
The essence Qi of Heaven and Earth is now gradually recovering, so this formation works. However, if it were two hundred years ago, even if the formation was set up, it would not have been of any use.
[Simulation ended, you may choose to retain one of the following rewards.]
[Option One: The martial arts realm reached at age fifty-one.] [Option Two: The wisdom attained in life at age fifty-one.]
[Option Three: Key points for improving the Shenxiao Great Formation.]
"Hmm, there is no 'Shenxiao Jade Clear Secret Record'
Pei Xuanjing was somewhat surprised as he looked at the rewards.
He originally thought that since he had obtained the true inheritance of Shenxiao Sect, the 'Shenxiao Jade Clear Secret Record', in this life simulation, the book would also appear in the rewards.
But the result was somewhat unexpected.
Looking at the three options, Pei Xuanjing took a moment to think, then chose the first option.
Pei Xuanjing, who had received the rewards from this life simulation, increased in strength. Not only did his physical Qi and blood increase, but his deficiency compared to other high-ranked experts- -the accumulation of True Qi was also filled.
Now, Pei Xuanjing's True Qi is profound and in no way inferior to distinguished experts like Qingxu Taoist..