"Western Bodhisattva!"
"Jue Youqing!"
Western Bodhisattva Jue Youqing, one of Big Dipper's F4.
Alongside the Northern Emperor, Central Emperor, and Southern Demon, he stood at the head of the younger generation in the four great regions.
He was arguably the weakest link in the F4. Compared with the Northern Emperor, Central Emperor, and Southern Demon, Western Bodhisattva rather broke the pattern. The others were all emperors or sovereigns, with titles of two Chinese characters, while he alone was a bodhisattva, both cheapening the lineup and breaking its symmetry.
Of course, that was only a minor issue. What truly damaged his reputation was his later submission to Golden Cicada, becoming his follower and eventually joining Sakyamuni's sect.
That greatly lowered people's opinion of Western Bodhisattva.
Any prodigy with ambitions on the Emperor Road would never lightly give up, no matter how many defeats they suffered.
Of course, he might also have been converted by Golden Cicada. After all, conversion was Buddhism's greatest specialty, and it was even easier when the target was a fellow Buddhist cultivator.
In that respect, our former protagonist Wang Teng was much stronger.
Granted, our Northern Emperor suffered rather a lot of defeats. Since his debut, if he had not quite lost every battle he fought, he had come close, almost never holding the upper hand.
Yet Wang Teng simply never gave up, steadfastly pursuing his goal of defeating Ye Fan.
He tried to reclaim the protagonist's destiny.
Unfortunately, after Ye Fan defeated him head-on once, Wang Teng never won again. Not even once.
Of course, that did not negate Wang Teng's strength.
Wang Teng might, might have been somewhat weak early on, allowing Ye Fan to defeat him from a lower realm.
But after losing to Ye Fan, he made tremendous progress after every defeat.
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