Divine Capital.
With a saber and a sword on his back, Meng Qi passed through the gates of Great Jin's imperial capital. Before he even reached its bustling heart, cries of surprise rose around him like ten thousand people arguing at once.
His ears twitched, and he caught the key news amid the clamor: "Someone new has taken eighth place on the Sky Ranking."
"He Qi the Sword Madman, who attained the Formless Sword Qi True Body, has been pushed down by Daoist Yang Jun, the True Martial Sect's newly advanced Dharma Body expert! Everyone below them has moved down a place too!"
"They're both Dharma Body experts. Why should Daoist Yang Jun rank above He Qi the Sword Madman when he's only just advanced? He has no known battle record and has never even appeared on the Human Ranking or Earth Rankings!"
"The True Martial Dharma Body may be wondrous, but it wasn't passed down by the True Martial Emperor himself. The True Martial Sect's founder created it. Even if the Formless Sword Qi True Body is slightly inferior, He Qi couldn't possibly lose to someone who just advanced."
"You in the back, you haven't squeezed close enough to see the ranking yet, have you? I'll read it out, and you can judge whether eighth place is right. I don't think it is either—eighth is far too low!"
"Fang Yang, twenty-one years old."
"Origin: Unknown."
"Techniques: Seven Heaven-Severing Swords. Has mastered the second form, Dao Cannot Be Discussed, and the seventh form, Dao Destruction and Dao Creation. Other forms unknown. Suspected to possess the complete Seven Heaven-Severing Swords."
"Dharma Body: Heaven-Severing Dao Body, Human Immortal realm."
"Battle record: Destroyed the Heavenly Thunder Tribulation with one sword strike, using the Cause-and-Effect Tempered Heavenly Tribulation Sword."
"Epithet: Dao Lord."
"Rank: Eighth."