938: Chapter 931: Ancient Martial Punisher!
The Successor!
938: Chapter 931: Ancient Martial Punisher!
The Successor!
Xia Zining, although also a person from the top powers, had left the top powers for three years already, and was not very detailed in her knowledge of the various sects among the top powers.
Therefore, Ye Chenfeng had asked Zhao Wukong to carefully investigate.
Approximately two hours later.
Zhao Wukong, who had hastily left the City Lord’s Mansion, returned to the hall.
This time, he held a thick stack of papers in his hand.
Seeing that Ye Chenfeng and the others were still in the hall, Zhao Wukong handed the papers to Ye Chenfeng, saying, “Brother Ye, this includes detailed information about the Yun Tian Sect and the major sects on the side of the top powers.”
After Ye Chenfeng had thoroughly looked through the information given by Zhao Wukong, he passed the documents to Sun Boyi and the others to read.
He now had a rough understanding of the distribution of power among the top forces.
The strongest of the top forces were four major sects: the Cloud Soaring Palace, the Earth Demon Hall, the Red Flame Valley, and the Yun Tian Sect.
These four major sects were among the very best within the first-rate powers.
The Yun Tian Sect had a total of four Primordial Heaven Realm masters, sixteen Sky-Breaking Realm masters, and twenty-five Innate Realm masters.
Of course, there were countless more masters below and of the Heaven Rank.
The Cloud Soaring Palace had five Primordial Heaven Realm masters, eighteen Sky-Breaking Realm masters, and thirty Innate Realm masters, and of course, the number of masters of the Heaven Rank and below was uncountable.
The Earth Demon Hall had five Primordial Heaven Realm masters, seventeen Sky-Breaking Realm masters, and twenty-nine Innate Realm masters.
Meanwhile, the Red Flame Valley had five Primordial Heaven Realm masters, seventeen Sky-Breaking Realm masters, and twenty-eight Innate Realm masters.
Of course, the minimum requirement for a first-rate power was to have two Primordial Heaven Realm masters, fifteen Sky-Breaking Realm masters, twenty Innate Realm masters, and seventy High Grade Heaven Rank masters.
These four sects far exceeded this minimum.
The Yun Tian Sect was the weakest among these four sects because the other three sects not only had five Primordial Heaven Realm masters, but each of the three sects had one Peak Primordial Heaven Realm master, while the strongest in the Yun Tian Sect was only a Middle Stage Primordial Heaven Realm master.
It was evident that the Yun Tian Sect’s position at the bottom of the four sects was not without reason.
As his thoughts unraveled, Ye Chenfeng’s brows gradually furrowed.
One must know that he was now at a point with the Yun Tian Sect where it was a fight to the death.
The Earth Demon Hall was Xia Zining’s enemy, and the Cloud Soaring Palace also had some disputes with Xia Zining.
Initially, the young master of the Earth Demon Hall had tried to take liberties with Xia Zining and was accidentally killed by her.
Taking advantage of the situation, the young master of the Cloud Soaring Palace forced Xia Zining to become his woman.
Eventually, she publicly rejected him, leading the Cloud Soaring Palace to disengage from the matter with her Moonlight Palace.
In the end, the entire Moonlight Palace was blood-washed by the Earth Demon Hall, with only Xia Zining surviving.
Cloud Soaring Palace?
Earth Demon Hall?
Yun Tian Sect?
Ye Chenfeng suddenly felt the immense pressure.
Currently, among the four sects, only the Red Flame Valley had no grievances or entanglements with him.
His only option was to start with them.
If he could ally with the Red Flame Valley and eliminate the Yun Tian Sect without exposing Xia Zining’s whereabouts, followed by the Earth Demon Hall, and finally confront the Cloud Soaring Palace, this was likely the most secure plan for the moment.
According to the information gathered by Zhao Wukong, the Cloud Soaring Palace was now the leader among the four sects.
This made Ye Chenfeng somewhat puzzled because, in theory, the power of Cloud Soaring Palace, Earth Demon Hall, and Red Flame Valley should be closely matched.
Thus, Ye Chenfeng spoke up and asked, “City Lord Zhao, why is the Cloud Soaring Palace considered the leader among the four sects?”
Zhao Wukong directly answered, “Brother Ye, you might not be aware, but the young master of the Cloud Soaring Palace, Li Zihao, is the successor to the Ancient Martial Punisher.”
Ancient Martial Punisher?
Successor?
Not only did Ye Chenfeng feel doubtful, but Sun Boyi and the others were equally puzzled.
After all, they were merely people from first-tier and second-tier forces and did not comprehend the situation among the top forces.
Xia Zining was the only one who, upon hearing the words “Ancient Martial Punisher,” experienced a slight contraction of her pupils.
She thought to herself, “Li Zihao was actually chosen by the Ancient Martial Punisher?”
Zhao Wukong noticed the confusion on Ye Chenfeng and others’ faces, and promptly explained, “Brother Ye, the Ancient Martial Punisher is the supreme existence among the top forces, the enforcer who maintains the order there, and also the most powerful in the entire Ancient Martial World.”
When mentioning the Ancient Martial Punisher, a subtle fear filled Zhao Wukong’s eyes, and he swallowed before continuing, “Brother Ye, under normal circumstances, our strength can reach the peak of the Primordial Heaven Realm, which is considered the highest realm we can achieve.
However, each Ancient Martial Punisher transcends the peak of the Primordial Heaven Realm and reaches the Transcendent Realm, which means to transcend the ordinary.”
“And with Li Zihao being favored by the Ancient Martial Punisher, he is bound to become the next enforcer.
Therefore, Cloud Soaring Palace has naturally become the foremost of the four major sects.
Moreover, there is now no sect among the top forces willing to offend Cloud Soaring Palace.”
“It is said that Li Zihao is a prodigy seen once in a hundred years.
He is nearly thirty years old now but has already reached the strength of the Sky-Breaking peak.
Recently, it seems he has been attempting to break into the initial stage of Primordial Heaven Realm.”
“Father, what is Li Zihao compared to Brother Chenfeng?
How old is Brother Chenfeng now?
Yet Brother Chenfeng already has the strength to kill experts in the initial stage of the Primordial Heaven Realm in seconds.
If you ask me, Li Zihao isn’t even qualified to carry Brother Chenfeng’s shoes,” said the lively Zhao Yuanyuan, pouting her lips.
“Father, Yuanyuan is absolutely right.
If Li Zihao is a prodigy seen once in a hundred years, then Brother Chenfeng is a talent that comes once in a millennium,” said the calm Zhao Xiaoxiao, unable to hold back her own comment.
By now, these twin sisters had become Ye Chenfeng’s most loyal supporters.
They couldn’t bear to see anyone surpass Ye Chenfeng.
Xia Zining had been deep in thought since earlier, and now, hearing the chattering of the Zhao sisters, she revived from her contemplation and asked, “City Lord Zhao, doesn’t the Ancient Martial Punisher usually choose two successors?
In the end, only one successor will inherit the position of the Punisher.”
“Of course, there are supposed to be two successors to the Ancient Martial Punisher.
However, one of them died three years ago.
He was the young master of Earth Demon Hall, Mo Tianfeng.”
“Three years ago, when the current Ancient Martial Punisher had just chosen Li Zihao and Mo Tianfeng as successors, none of the sects among the top forces knew yet, only the involved parties Li Zihao and Mo Tianfeng were aware.”
“Unfortunately, before the Ancient Martial Punisher could announce his two successors, Mo Tianfeng was suddenly killed by a disciple of Moonlight Palace.
This led to Li Zihao being the only successor left.
In other words, as long as he doesn’t die young, Li Zihao will eventually inherit the position of the Ancient Martial Punisher.”
Zhao Wukong patiently explained to Xia Zining, after all, these matters were not secrets among the top forces, so he knew some details.
After listening to Zhao Wukong’s series of explanations, Ye Chenfeng’s brows furrowed tighter.
He had not expected the top forces to have an Ancient Martial Punisher whose strength exceeded the Primordial Heaven Realm, reaching a new level—the Transcendent Realm?
Also, when Xia Zining accidentally killed Mo Tianfeng of the Earth Demon Hall, it happened to be just when the Ancient Martial Punisher had selected the two candidates, and nobody else knew about it.
But Mo Tianfeng was killed by Xia Zining at that time.
Wasn’t this too much of a coincidence?
The only explanation was that all of this had someone pushing from behind, stirring the waters.
Who would have wanted Mo Tianfeng dead the most at that time?
It must have been the other successor of the Ancient Martial Punisher, Li Zihao!
At that moment, Xia Zining’s gaze turned towards Ye Chenfeng, her teeth clenched, she said, “Chenfeng, the incident back then must have been orchestrated by Li Zihao.”
When she said these words, Xia Zining’s eyes were extremely red.
She was not a foolish woman.
What Ye Chenfeng had thought of, she had also realized.
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(To be continued.
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