"From Second Grade to First Grade... could it be that there had never been a successful case throughout all of history?"
"Of course there had been!" Shen Zhongliang spoke at length. "When Heavenly Fire created the world, the Nine Great Sects all relied on the Blood River to develop step by step; none of them had risen in a single leap. There had also been cases of Second Grade replacing First Grade, but none had succeeded through reverse flow alone.
"The closest was a century ago. The First Grade Shangqing Sect committed some unknown offense and displeased the Heavenly Fire Sect, which reclaimed its Rank Fruit. Though the Heavenly Fire Sect never said so outright, the reasoning was plain for all to see.
"Later, at the Jade Capital Gathering, the three Second Grade Sects—Phoenix Valley, White Tooth Tower, and Jade Capital Gathering—made a swift decision to merge into one, renamed themselves Jade Phoenix Tower, then went into the water together. They brought down the Shangqing Sect and received a Rank Fruit bestowed by the Heavenly Fire Sect. It was the greatest event of the past thousand years."
Liang Qu was stunned.
He had not expected the timing to be so close.
A hundred years was neither long nor short—long enough for an ordinary galloping horse to scrape by.
When he had first arrived, Da Shun had been established for sixty years. Now it had stood for over seventy.
In other words, the Shangqing Sect being overthrown from below had happened at roughly the same time Da Shun had raised its banner in revolt and the Old Dragon Lord had vanished. It truly was quite a coincidence.
"What Rank Fruits do the Nine Great Sects possess? Do you know?"
"Don't know." Shen Zhongliang shook his head. "River God Big Fish, you