The four men's subsequent conversation confirmed this point: Sun Hongyu and the other two had failed to make it onto the Heavenly Talent Ranking.
Lingxiao Dao Academy was exceedingly meticulous in compiling this ranking.
A place on the ranking was not determined solely by one's cultivation realm. Past battle records, talent for cultivating the Dao, family background, regional environment, and many other factors all fell within the scope of consideration.
They gave their rankings only after gathering all available intelligence and making an overall assessment.
As for the three children of the Sun Clan, although their cultivation had advanced quickly, they had mostly relied on resources piled up by their Lineage. They had no outstanding achievements outside, and their talent could not be called exceptional. Thus, they did not fall within the category of heavenly talents recognized by Lingxiao Dao Academy.
If they were placed in some small Qi Gathering Realm family in the Northwest and made to cultivate anew, it would be utterly impossible for them to attain their present achievements.
Yet through this matter, one could see even more clearly just how terrifying the foundations of a Central Region family like the Sun Clan, which had endured for hundreds of years, truly were.
To enable three children of merely ordinary talent for cultivating the Dao to possess their current cultivation realms, without showing the slightest sign of instability, was already an extraordinarily impressive method.
The gulf between the Central Region of Canglan and the Northwest was like glimpsing a leopard through a tube—one could see the whole from a single spot.
As thoughts whirled through his mind, Yang Yuanhong recalled the words his second uncle often kept on his lips.
"The Dao Path stretches long and far. One must be diligent, one must work hard!"
Although the Yang