When news of the Heaven-Observing Divine Directorate's revisions to the Eternal Evergreen Song Mantra and the Heavenly Gang Nascent Soul True Lord Ranking reached the Vajra Zen Sect, Hui'an was seated in the precious hall.
Sandalwood incense curled through the hall, and the Buddha statue's golden body was solemn and majestic.
Wuchen hurried into the hall and bowed. "Master, wonderful news!"
Hui'an slowly opened his eyes and looked at him.
"News from Great Jin!" Wuchen drew a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his excitement. "Master, you placed one hundred and fiftieth on the Heavenly Gang Nascent Soul True Lord Ranking! Your ranking appraisal has arrived too!"
Hui'an's eyelids twitched slightly. One hundred and fiftieth, no less. Was Great Jin being so generous this time?
His fingers paused on the Buddhist prayer beads.
Great Jin's Heavenly Gang Nascent Soul True Lord Ranking listed the finest Nascent Soul cultivators from Great Jin's Ninety-Nine Provinces and the surrounding seas, taking only the top two hundred.
Everyone who made the ranking was a towering figure in their region, a living legend.
And he, Hui'an, ranked one hundred and fiftieth.
That was even higher than he had expected.
"Let me see it."
Wuchen hastily took out a jade slip and presented it with both hands.
Hui'an accepted it and extended his divine sense inside-
``` [150th Rank: Hui'an]
[Cultivation: nascent soul peak]
[Cultivation technique: Vajra Zen Sect's "Vajra Prajnaparamita Sutra"]
[Power of laws: vajra rules (two rules threads)]
[Supreme-grade magic treasure: Three-Crossing Buddhist Prayer Beads]
[Battle record: during the Cloudtop Showdown in the Golden Scale Sea Region, deployed the Spirit Venerable-level spell "Mount Sumeru Great Annihilation Finger," repelling Demon Lotus Sect Leader Qing Chen; fought Penglai True Lord and Tower Master Yaoyue alone over a hundred years ago, resulting in a draw; subdued the late-stage