When turmoil in the martial world subsided, the Golden Rankings discussed martial fame. Every time All-Knowing Hall released one of its rankings, it drew the attention of countless people—not only those of the martial world, but also the imperial court. This showed just how formidable All-Knowing Hall was. Without powerful intelligence networks, how could it rank so many martial artists?
All-Knowing Hall's rankings mainly consisted of three lists: the Weapons Ranking, the Jade Ranking, and the Peerless Ranking. As its name implied, the Weapons Ranking ranked weapons, and not merely swords; other weapons counted as well, such as spears and fists. The spear was the king of all weapons, so the first weapon on the Weapons Ranking was the spear of Spear Immortal Sikong Changfeng. The fists naturally referred to Baili Dongjun's fists.
The Weapons Ranking differed from the Sword Manual Ranking. The Weapons Ranking could also be considered a ranking of experts, since a weapon still depended on the person wielding it. It included quite a lot of people—not merely those from Bei Li, but also people from Nan Jue, Sky Beyond Heaven, the Northern Barbarians, and even the Western Regions.
By comparison, the Sword Manual Ranking had far more matters to consider, so it had not been updated for all these years and still listed those same ten swords. Updating it would be troublesome. Setting aside the Heaven's Severance Sword, there were simply too many famous swords in the martial world. Unrivaled City's Unrivaled Sword Case alone contained thirteen famous swords, while Sword Heart Tomb held even more. Add to that the swords carried by the Five Great Sword Immortals, and even Ji Ruofeng had no way to produce a ranking that would satisfy the martial world.
For instance, Luo Qingyang's Nine Songs Sword. Many in the martial