On the first day of the tenth month, the Temple of Destiny announced its move to the Northern Zhou, uniting with the Qintian Supervisor of the Northern Zhou.
At the same time, the release of the new Heavenly List.
First, Lord Tai Shang Dao
Second, ‘God of Swords’ Nangong Broken Sword ‘God of Swords’ Yu Chen
Third, ‘True Martial Daoist Monarch’ Qing Yu
Fourth, ‘Mi Shen Weng’
Fifth, ‘Palm of the Edge of Life and Destruction’ Xin Yuan
Sixth: The Devil’s Dignity
Seventh, ‘Devil’s Moon over the Sky’ Yin World
Eighth, Mak Cang Sheng
Ninth: ‘Grand Master of Confucianism’ Meng Shanhe
Tenth, Yan Luo Tian Zi
After less than a year, the Heavenly Ranking was updated once again. And this time, there was another name missing from the Heavenly Ranking. ‘Sword Sovereign’ Shen Yunji, who died, at the hands of the Sword God.
The news that another one of the world’s most powerful people had died made many people anxious. Even the most powerful man had died, what about the others?
The Great Zen Temple battle, the Shuzhou ma*sacre, all sorts of news were circulating wildly in the shadows, and even the most ill-informed commoners knew that at least 100,000 people had died in the past year.
All of a sudden, everyone was in danger and did not dare to go out.
And this time the Heavenly Ranking was different from the past, it gave more detailed information about the people on the list and why they were ranked in this order, instead of just ten names as in the past.
For example, the tied second, Blade God and Sword God, the Heavenly Ranking states that since these two are existences that are called Gods in the Dao of the Blade and the Dao of the Sword, no one knows who is higher or lower than them until they are compared, so they are tied as second.
There is also the fifth, Abbot Xin Yuan of the Great Zen Temple. Many have seen Heart’s Edge transform into light into the Pure Land and appear to have met his demise.
However, the list makes it clear that Xin Yuan had a backhanded way of refining his disciple Shi Jue into a doppelganger, who is still on earth. Moreover, he was able to borrow the power of the Pure Land, and might have been ranked fourth had he not been restricted by Shi Jue’s body.
In a few words, the bottom of Heart’s Edge was revealed in full. The abbot of the Great Zen Temple had refined his disciple into a body, tsk, tsk, this was simply a shocking scandal. At the same time, quite a few Buddhist scandals were also exposed, such as a certain nunnery giving out flesh ah, a Buddhist temple taking up good land ah, and a certain master studying rejoicing meditation, etc.
With the wave of scandals, the reputation of the Buddhist school fell straight down.
There are also people like Meng Shanhe, the heavenly list states that it was Meng Shanhe who did not fight for many years, while Mu Cang Sheng nearly killed the Golden Wolf Khan King who had been tangling with Meng Shanhe for many years, therefore ranking Mu Cang Sheng above Meng Shanhe.
Compared to past lists, this one can be said to be quite careful, at least letting the crowd know the reason for the ranking. There is even a note at the end of the list that the list can be changed at any time and that everything is based on facts.
In other words, anyone who is not convinced by the ranking can simply challenge the others and use the facts to beat their faces.
At first glance, this time, the Heavenly Ranking is indeed very careful. In reality, however, it is full of an air of provocation.
Sword God and Sword God, you say you don’t know their highs and lows, so fine, battle it out. The battle of swords and knives has always existed in ancient times, and the Sword God has suppressed the Sword Dao for over 150 years, which has raised a lot of prestige for the Sword Dao.
The Sword God may not care about the false name of the Heavenly Ranking, but that doesn’t mean he will accept being ranked alongside the Blade God.
Since ancient times, those who stand at the top have always been arrogant, not to mention the duo who stand at the top of the sword and sabre.
All in all, this time, the Heavenly Ranking has made the storm in the shadows more and more turbulent.
After the Heavenly Ranking, there was another piece of news that was a little less vociferous. That was news about the Louvre Palace.
It was confirmed that Luo Fu Palace’s master, Hua Yu Fei, was secretly practising Blood Dao martial arts and had also colluded with the Palace of Ghosts, using human lives to practise his skills. After being shocked by this news, Daoist monarch Qing Yu immediately sent a letter to Luo Fu Palace to question him.
As long as the Luofu Palace had really committed this misdeed, then another sect of the Daoist sect might disappear.
Of course, there was also the possibility that it would trigger a great war between the Daoist Monarch and Yan Luo Heavenly Son, or even with Mu Cang Sheng. That was why some people of understanding had been keeping a close eye on the Dao Sect’s movements.
In the middle of the Great Qian Palace, Mu Cang Sheng and the Southern Border were once again in contact.
The great witch priest in black sacrificial robes had pale battle lines appearing on his face at this time, with a dense fierce aura that could be felt even through the thousand-mile mirror light formation.
“The Witch King has been sacrificed, my Southern Border has been greatly wounded, if you don’t hand over that object, don’t blame the Southern Border for turning against me.” The Great Witch Priest threatened in a morose tone.
“The death of the Witch King was due to the ambition of your Southern Border, what business is it of mine?” Mu Cansheng snorted, “If the Witch King had been able to kill Qing Yu, this throne might still have obliged your Southern Border, but if he was killed in return because he was not as strong as he was, you can only blame your Southern Border’s king for not having the self-awareness to do so.”
The Southern Border was eyeing the Central Plains and wanted to stir up internal strife in the Central Plains, this was clear to Mak Cang Sheng. The Witch King had the intention of weakening the strength of the Central Plains, and as a result, he was killed in return, and now he was being held responsible for this, was this not a joke?
“If the old man wants to take this out on your head, you will have to take it.”
The Great Witch Priest said in a cold voice, “Although the Witch King is dead, my Southern Border still has 100,000 battle bodies, and I can still put up a few fights with my old bones. Guess if the Southern Border and Hou Qian cooperate in attacking your Da Qian, will the Holy Virtue Emperor of Hou Qian agree, or not?”
The Great Witch Priest was also aware that his side was not reasonable, but there were some things that were never decided by whether one was reasonable or not, but by interest.
The Witch King had died and the Southern Border was in desperate need of additional strength. So the Great Witch Priest simply played a rogue and found a reason to threaten Mu Cansheng, forcing him to hand over the so-called ‘key’.
But as it happened, Mak Cansheng also had to be concerned about the Southern Border going mad.
The Great Witch Sacrifice of the Southern Border was too lethal to ordinary people, or even low ranking martial artists.
Apart from the warring bodies of the Southern Border, there was another major characteristic of the Southern Border, and that was its witchcraft. The poison of this ancient people is so deadly that even the Ten Thousand Poison Sect, which has been exterminated, can hardly match it. What’s more, the Great Witch Priest was a supreme power.
If the Great Witch Priest really went mad, there would be no way for martial artists below the True Dan level to survive. Even if Mu Cansheng could stop the Great Witch Priest, he would not be able to stop his poison.
What’s more, the Great Witch Priest is not the only practitioner of compulsion in the Southern Border.
And for the sake of the ‘key’, the Great Witch Priest did have the possibility of going mad. After the fall of the Witch King, he obviously no longer had the idea of provoking internal strife, he only wanted to capture the ‘key’.
“That’s impossible, you’re delusional.” Mak Cang Sheng flatly refused.
The danger of going to war with the Southern Border was great, but the consequences of handing over the ‘key’ would not be small either. Moreover, if he handed over the ‘key’ after being blackmailed, would he be blackmailed again tomorrow and this Great Qian would be handed over to others?
If we seek peace through struggle, peace will survive; if we seek peace through compromise, peace will perish.
He was not so dizzy that he would not be able to make a decision.
“Then we’ll see what happens, and the old man will let you Ken.”
The Great Witch Priest broke the connection straight away, and the image on the array panel abruptly went dark.
The Great Witch Priest was not surprised by Mak Cansheng’s refusal. If blackmail worked so easily, then he would have suspected that Mak Cansheng had ulterior motives.
Whether or not the ‘key’ would eventually be in the hands of the Southern Border would still depend on the follow-up tactics of both sides.
