A fine title.
Emperor Tianwu agreed. "From this day forth, the soldiers of the Imperial Guards shall collectively be called Heavenly Soldiers, and the generals of every division shall collectively be called Heavenly Generals. The specific titles of each division can be discussed later."
Since they would have to conquer Tianshui sooner or later, they naturally needed a resounding name.
Whether among mortals or in the human realm, marching to war was nothing more than a matter of momentum. The title of Heavenly Court was indeed enough to keep their own people from losing heart.
It was simply that those with spiritual roots basically received no help beyond cultivation techniques and spirit grain.
Even the "Imperial Guard instructors" could only be Ningxiang and the others.
Speaking of which—
Ningxiang had cultivated alongside Chen Sanshi for all these years and had already entered Qi Refining Late Stage. Zhaozhao was about to reach the late stage as well. Their cultivation speed on the immortal path had not been slow.
Besides that—
Wang Zhi and Rong Yanqiu had already become True Force Martial Artists.
If Sima Yao, Wei Xuan, and Song Guizhi had sufficient resources, they too could enter the True Force Mid Stage in another two years.
Among the younger generation—
Sima's two sons stood out like cranes among chickens.
The disciples had also improved in martial arts.
Only after Chen Sanshi had more dealings with the Bai family did he learn the difference between the Cultivation World's Mortal Transformation Realm and Divine Continent's blood-and-qi martial path.
The former could use Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy to begin cultivation at an earlier age and slightly accelerate progress, but fundamentally, the difference was not great.
Before the Martial Saint Realm, Spirit Grain Ointment was sufficient, and there were also some cheap first-tier medicinal