After hearing this, Lin Mai's expression turned rather strange.
The Starweave Ranking had stood for over three years, and it was true that no one on it had advanced to the next realm. But...
How many people at that level had ever forced someone Beyond the Mundane to achieve Ascension?
He knew Dao Yezi, of course. The man was a prominent figure in Kunlun. Nothing about him had seemed remarkable when he first joined, but his extraordinary temperament had gradually emerged. He had even chosen to cultivate the renowned Three Corpses Slashing technique, though he had been stuck at a bottleneck for years.
Even so, Dao Yezi remained one of Kunlun's finest younger cultivators. When the Starweave Ranking appeared, he had lived up to expectations and claimed a place in the First Rank.
But everything had changed when the name "Chen Fangqing" appeared on the Ranking List.
"Uncle-Master Dao Yezi has always stood among the best of the Eight Sects, yet he's been held down for years! Master Soaring may occupy a First Rank spot and keep everyone else in the Second Rank, but how could he truly suppress their cultivation? Uncle-Master Dao Yezi's breakthrough to Longevity is a slap in Taihua's face! It shows that even if that man can block the Ranking List, he can't truly outmatch every hero under heaven!"
"Exactly. When you get down to it, the Starweave Ranking is just a list of names. I've heard that if you find a trick, you can leap into the First Rank regardless of your foundation or reserves, and even hold others back!"
"Exactly! I've long heard that Master Soaring of Great Hua Mountain uses the stray thoughts of the Eight Sects within the Starweave Ranking to suppress others. That's no skill of his own. He's hogging a