The Big Nephew Has Arrived

With the matter of the Undying Ancestor temporarily resolved, all three of them relaxed somewhat.

"Thunder Ancestor, what did you gain from this enlightenment?" Dugu Qiubai then asked about Thunder Ancestor's situation.

Thunder Ancestor had also used the meditation cushion and entered a state of enlightenment. He did not know whether his strength had improved.

"At my realm, one or two enlightenments are no longer of much use." Thunder Ancestor shook his head. His strength had indeed improved somewhat, but at most, he was now comparable to elder-generation Quasi-Emperors like Gu Shanyi.

There was no clear classification for the Quasi-Emperor realm. It was a very vague realm.

However, based on the current cultivation world, it could be divided into first tier, second tier, third tier, and fourth tier.

Newly advanced Quasi-Emperors were considered fourth tier. Thunder Ancestor had previously been third tier, while Gu Shanyi and the oldest generation of Quasi-Emperors were second tier. Thunder Ancestor was now also considered second tier.

As for the strongest Sword Saint, Lei Zhan, and the current Undying Ancestor, they were both first tier.

As for someone like Gu Tian Yi, he was difficult to classify. That fellow had defeated Lei Zhan before even advancing to the Quasi-Emperor realm. Now that he had advanced, his strength was even harder to gauge.

Generally speaking, as Quasi-Emperors grew older, they would naturally reach the second tier. After all, anyone capable of becoming a Quasi-Emperor was no waste—every one of them was a genius among geniuses.

The first tier, however, was somewhat difficult. In the cultivation world, there were only Lei Zhan, Ye Bufan, and Qin Wudi. The former War Ancestor had also been first tier, and was even slightly stronger than that.

Reaching the first tier required either extraordinary talent or some great fortuitous opportunity.

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