The Nine Saints Four Monks, Heaven and Earth Twin Swords, Sun Moon Twin Pillars, the Demon Sect's Six Kings, and the peerless Overlord were the strongest figures at the pinnacle of this age. Excluding the Heavenly Immortals of hidden sects, their number equaled that of the highest realm below the Legendary level. They seemed numerous, but counted carefully, there were only twenty-four of them. And now, after removing the two Heavenly Kings who had fallen at the hands of the Saints and Meng Qi, only twenty-two remained.
Among these twenty-two Heavenly Immortals, there were naturally different ranks. The Overlord, for instance, overwhelmed everyone and sat atop the rest. The Saints had forged their own paths, fusing their ideals with their Dharmakaya, and were only slightly inferior to the Overlord. The Four Great Holy Monks had all inherited martial arts on the level of Buddha's Palm or the Great Dream Scripture; even if they followed convention and advanced step by step, they were still stronger than the others, though not as strong as the Saints. The Heaven and Earth Twin Swords, Sun Moon Twin Pillars, and the Demon Sect's Four Kings had their own strengths and weaknesses, but could still be considered roughly on the same level. Yet a Heavenly Immortal was a Heavenly Immortal. A grotto-heaven formed naturally within them, and every gesture carried the force of a vast star. They were powerful beyond compare. At the same rank, defeating someone was easy, killing them was hard, and capturing them alive was harder still!
Zhuo Chaosheng, nicknamed "Sword Shakes Star Sea," was the Qian Sword among the Heaven and Earth Twin Swords, the Sect Master of the Heaven and Earth Sword Sect, and wielder of a Heavenly Immortal-grade divine weapon. His swordsmanship had begun to touch upon the wondrous realm