Yan Chong, first on the Human Ranking, had survived a Thunder Tribulation and Ascended to Heaven in One Step!
This was the news they had received upon arriving in Jiangdong.
Though Ascending to Heaven in One Step seemed far less remarkable now, with Xu Yue and Meng Qi having reached four and five tribulations respectively,
Yan Chong, the "Blade Energy River" who had always been regarded as a Human Ranking first place picked up by sheer luck, had accomplished it. It was undoubtedly a vindication of his position at the top of the Human Ranking.
One had to know that, before He Jiu's generation of the Human Ranking, the previous person to Ascend to Heaven in One Step had been Su Wuming!
Yan Chong was also different from the others. He truly came from a minor sect. Meng Qi had at least entered Shaolin and inherited its teachings, but Yan Chong had not.
He and Luo Shengyi both represented those who had truly risen from humble origins.
Luo Shengyi had chosen the Perfect Half-step and left the Human Ranking early, while Yan Chong had Ascended to Heaven in One Step. At last, he could hold his head high.
Especially since Luo Shengyi had also received opportunities from the Six Paths.
Thus, this matter, which ordinarily should not have caused much of a stir, still spread through every street and alley.
By comparison, many martial artists, especially young heroes, cared even more about this than they had about Xu Yue and the others' past achievements.
After all, whether it was five tribulations or four, both were far too distant from ordinary people of the martial world—so lofty that they could not even be looked up to.
But Yan Chong was different. He was grounded. Even if Ascending to Heaven in One