Floating Immortal Order - Chapter 267: Reaching Rank 9 On the Daoist Ranking

Atop the celestial turtle’s carriage, Xu Disheng’s eyes shone with a tranquil calmness. In his hand, he held an elegant pale white jade hairpin. Interestingly enough, he sensed the aura of the Immortal Race within it, causing a hint of amusement to flicker in his gaze.

“Supreme Spirit Master, about 3000 km ahead of us, there are nine small-scale powers led by the Jade Wave Sect and the Xu Clan,” Sun Yangping, holding a map jade slip, reported respectfully.

(TL: To avoid confusion, the character for the Xu Clan here, 徐, is different from Xu Disheng’s surname, 许.)

Spirit Master Lu’s eyes darted around before he respectfully addressed Xu Disheng, “Supreme Spirit Master, we can hardly squeeze anything out of these small powers. They are extremely weak, nothing more than rabble. We don’t need to force them into submission. It might be better to just steamroll over them and exterminate them all. By doing so, the merit points you earn on the Daoist Ranking could increase substantially.”

Xu Disheng nodded and replied, “You all may go ahead.”

“Yes, Supreme Spirit Master!”

Lu Xiuzhu, Sun Yangping, Zhao Feibai, and others showed excitement, each leading their followers to quickly depart from the celestial turtle, speeding towards the locations of the small powers ahead.

The celestial turtle slowed its pace. Xu Disheng gently waved his sleeve, and the Dawndusk Spiritual Essence, which represented his status as a Supervising Spirit Master from the Administration Hall, manifested into a screen of light. It displayed over thirty names shining in gold, followed by thousands of names of ordinary Divine Core stage members of the Dawndusk Alliance who had not entered the Administration Hall, which seemed to continue without end.

This was the Divine Core stage Daoist Ranking!

These dozens of Dawndusk Spirit Essences were created from the avatar of a Clone Avatar stage Greater Lord from the Dawndusk Alliance. This primordial spirit did not contain any emotions, only pure logic. Whenever an Supervising Spirit Master holding a Dawndusk Spiritual Essence eradicated a power, the essence on the Supervising Spirit Master would fully record the scene and relay it back to the avatar, who would then assess the merit points for the Supervising Spirit Masters and ordinary Spirit Masters that participated and record it on the Daoist Ranking.

After eliminating the Zhang Clan and forcing them to submit, Xu Disheng’s ranking on the Daoist Ranking had reached the ninth position.

“9th place on the Daoist Ranking, Supreme Spirit Master Xu Disheng. Completely eliminated one medium-sized power, earning 17,000 merit points.”

Glancing at the top of the Daoist Ranking, it was none other than Yun Wuya, the head of the Divine Core stage Administration Hall, with a terrifying 70,000 points!

“1st place on the Daoist Ranking, Ethereal Spirit Master Yun Wuya. Completely eliminated one large power and two medium-sized powers, earning 70,000 merit points.”

“2nd place on the Daoist Ranking, Profound Stillness Spirit Master Li Xuanji. Adequately eliminated four medium-sized powers, earning 61,000 merit points.”

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‘Adequately eliminated’ implied that many from those powers managed to escape, which would ultimately lead to a reduction in merit points on the Daoist Ranking.

It was thanks to the Cloud Soaring Luan that Li Xuanji was able to rapidly eliminate and integrate several medium-sized powers, allowing him to place second on the Daoist Ranking. The Cloud Soaring Luan was a half-step Clone Avatar stage spiritual beast. Even ordinary Primordial Spirit stage cultivators would be crushed by it, let alone these medium-sized powers that didn’t have any Primordial Spirit stage existences.

However, Li Xuanji adhered too strictly to the rules as he systematically integrated and eliminated these medium-sized powers. Otherwise, with the Cloud Soaring Luan, even ordinary large-scale powers could be crushed and annihilated.

Li Xuanji’s actions were akin to cheating, which infuriated those who ranked third and fourth on the Daoist Ranking. And yet, they could do nothing about it.

After all, the Administration Hall had never prohibited Supervising Spirit Masters from using powerful spiritual beasts to assist them in integrating and eliminating other powers. Li Xuanji‘s ability to control such a formidable spiritual beast was his own merit, so people couldn’t really resent him for it.

Meanwhile, Yun Wuya had completely cleared a large power, which slightly surprised Xu Disheng.

Large-scale powers had to have Primordial Spirit stage cultivators among their ranks! Moreover, integrating those large sects and clans was primarily the duty of the Primordial Spirit stage Administration Hall. And yet, Yun Wuya’s achievements showed that he took the initiative to seek out and annihilate a large power!

Even with Xu Disheng’s astonishing combat power, he didn’t dare to say for certain that he could emerge victorious against an ordinary early Primordial Spirit stage cultivator alone, without using Immortal Techniques. At best, he might manage to avoid complete defeat.

This only served to highlight the terrifying might of Yun Wuya. He was clearly a monstrous talent of the Dawndusk Daoist Sect, capable of slaying a Primordial Spirit stage cultivator with his half-step Primordial Spirit stage cultivation base!

Off to the side, Yan Jin had not gone to clear those small powers but instead looked around. Seeing that the other peak Divine Core stage cultivators had departed from the celestial turtle, he approached Xu Disheng and said, “Supreme Spirit Master, when I exterminated the people in the Zhang Clan’s Riverside City, I discovered this item.”

With a discreet flick of his robe, a small seal emitting a sinister ghostly qi appeared beside Xu Disheng’s carriage, trembling as it floated in midair.

Xu Disheng took the small seal in his hands, examining it closely for a moment. “The command seal of a Rank 6 Ghost General?” he muttered.

This seal had clearly existed for countless years. It was unknown as to how it ended up in the Human Realm. The boundless ghostly qi it once harbored had long since dissipated, but even the remnants of such sinister ghostly qi were enough to make Yan Jin feel unsettled by it.

“Indeed, this seal is probably not from the Human Realm. It most likely belongs to a Ghost General from the Nine Serenities Realm and was lost here for unknown reasons. Judging by the time it has been lost in the Dawndusk Realm and the degree of dissipation of its ghostly qi, this item has likely been adrift here for tens of thousands of years.”

A Rank 6 Ghost General held a position within the Nine Serenities Realm comparable to a Clone Avatar stage Greater Lord in the Human Realm!

The Nine Serenities Realm had been under the control of the Heavenly Court for a long time. The highest rank that ghosts could reach was Rank 6 Ghost General. To advance further, they had to completely eliminate their ghostly qi, reform their divine body, and be officially enlisted into the Heavenly Court, which would allow them to become a Rank 5 Heavenly General.

For example, there was Divine General Tianrui, a descendant of the Grandmaster of Rotation who guarded the Human Path of Reincarnation in Dawn Creek Metropolis. As a Rank 4 Divine General, he had a higher standing than a Rank 5 Heavenly General. Even within the Grandmaster of Rotation’s Domain, he could be considered a person of high authority and influence.

In the distant horizon, a thunderous beastly roar came through, stirring the vast expanse of clouds. Another celestial turtle, just as massive as the one they were riding, rapidly approached the location of Xu Disheng’s celestial turtle, carrying countless members of the Dawndusk Alliance.

“Daoist Brother, you seem to be enjoying yourself quite heartily!” Passing Epoch Spirit Master Shao Huangnan, the leading Supervising Spirit Master from the Administration Hall aboard the other celestial turtle, greeted Xu Disheng from afar with a smile and a vigorous nod.

Unlike the Eastern Region, most Divine Core stage Spirit Masters in the Central Region of the Human Realm did not have titles. However, the Divine Core stage Spirit Masters that actually did have titles possessed strength far beyond ordinary Divine Core stage cultivators.

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