In Place of the Great Artisan

Chen Ping'an spoke to the sword cultivators of the Yin Guan lineage about Suppressive Magic. They all understood the reasoning behind it, but Chen Ping'an gave an example that even Sword Immortal Chou Miao found worth chewing over.

In the Azure Sky World, Lu Chen, the White Jade Capital Third Sect Master, had once visited the young Yin Guan's hometown. At Pearl Cave Heaven, he concealed his identity, set up a fortune-telling stall, and stayed for more than a decade.

Suppressed by the Great Dao of the Vast Heaven and Earth, he had remained at the Ascension Realm all along.

Wang Xinshui was somewhat resentful of Lord Yin Guan. Why had he not told them such a world-shaking tale earlier? Had he done so, Wang Xinshui's reverence for Lord Yin Guan would surely have reached the Ascension Realm long ago. How could it still be stuck at the Nascent Soul Bottleneck?

Among the newest little hilltop of six who most closely followed in the young Yin Guan's footsteps, Guo Zhujiu had the highest realm, soaring beyond reach. Thus, she was qualified to judge everyone according to comprehension and achievement. Even Guo Zhujiu found some of Gu Jianlong's fair-minded remarks refreshing and unexpected, so his realm was not low either: he had reached the Immortal Realm, second only to her. Because of his chess playing, Xuan Shen had acquired a trump card, like a disciple of a great sect obtaining an unrivaled secret manual that led straight to the Upper Five Realms. He had attained the Jade Uncarved Realm, with great prospects on his Dao path. Cao Gun had come too late to this mountain to study this Dao, and he was not diligent enough, so he was only at the Golden Core Realm. Wang Xinshui was at the Nascent Soul