The so-called Golden Core Rankings were compiled by the Ice and Snow Pavilion of the cultivation world. They were known as: Eight Hundred Golden Cores, famed throughout the land!
Since it was a Golden Core ranking, it naturally referred to those whose cultivation had reached the Golden Core Realm. In truth, there were far more than eight hundred Golden Core cultivators in the cultivation world, but only eight hundred could make the list. Nor could those eight hundred Golden Core cultivators remain on the list forever once ranked. The rankings were constantly updated. For instance, someone might defeat a ranked cultivator and take their place, or someone might die and naturally be struck from the list.
Many people scoffed at the Golden Core Rankings, because the list was not absolute, and the methods used to assess it drew much criticism.
Some Golden Core cultivators lived in seclusion, unwilling to make a name for themselves, and rarely crossed hands with others. Outsiders had no idea of their true strength. Some victorious Golden Core cultivators did not boast, while the defeated kept silent. Under such circumstances, how could the rankings possibly be guaranteed absolute fairness?
Eight Hundred Golden Cores, famed throughout the land! They truly were famed throughout the land. Whether other cultivators accepted it or not, no one could clearly grasp the exact hierarchy of strength among all Golden Core cultivators under heaven. Those powerful nobles who held resources naturally looked to the rankings, choosing people from the list and supplying them with cultivation resources, hiring a Golden Core Ranking expert as an attendant mage to keep them safe or handle affairs.
As a result, those whose names appeared on the list were in trouble. People often came knocking to challenge them, and most challengers were cultivators lacking cultivation resources. Those