["I had never seen Master, in her venerable age, take action, and she never took the initiative to speak of her realm, either, so I was not certain of her cultivation. As her disciple, I also should not speculate about Master."]
["She... could she be a Martial God?"]
[Li Lingyue, Incense Saint Body, Heaven Grade Root Bone.]
[Her talent was certainly supreme, but for her to cultivate from a mortal to a Martial Saint in forty years, her master's capable guidance and overall control had been indispensable.]
[An elder like that definitely was not simple.]
["Not counting your master, are there Martial Gods within the Five Domains?"]
["There probably aren't. If one really had to say there were, they should be the sort that count as only 'half'?"]
["What do you mean, 'half'?"]
[Li Lingyue kept you in suspense, saying you would know once you obtained the "Imperial Mausoleum Underworld Soil."]
[As for beyond the Five Domains, Li Lingyue was certain there were Martial Gods.]
[Her current knowledge had long since ceased to be what it once was, and she knew of the existence of the Star Domain Shen Family and the Three Great Sacred Lands.]
[The Shen Family and the Sacred Lands definitely had Martial Gods hidden away.]
[As for the number of those in the Martial King Realm, within the Five Domains alone, there were at least more than ten times as many as Martial Saints.]
[The specific number was not convenient to tally.]
[Because any sect or family with even a little scale had a Martial King holding the fort. Otherwise, once they grew bigger and stronger, they would very easily be swallowed up by more powerful forces.]
[Some time later, in the skies above Capital City.]
[Li Lingyue held your hand and stood in the air,