After these powerful figures belonging to the Ming Dynasty ascended to immortality, Zhang Wuji explained to Zhang Sanfeng that he would only rebuild the Ming Dynasty and would not establish the Ming Cult again. He hoped that Zhang Sanfeng could recruit these powerful figures belonging to the Ming Cult into the Wudang Sect.
After speaking with Zhang Wuji, Zhang Sanfeng asked the powerful members of the Ming Cult to stop worshipping the Ming Venerable and instead worship the Dao Ancestor, so that he would accept them into the Wudang Sect.
After much persuasion from Zhang Wuji and out of respect for Zhang Sanfeng's prestige, the powerful members of the Ming Cult hesitated for a while before finally agreeing to believe in the Dao Lord and no longer venerate the Ming Venerable.
After joining the Wudang Sect, the powerful figures belonging to the Ming Dynasty, including the Ming Cult, were given positions such as stewards and protectors.
Empress Dowager Zhou Zhiruo of the Ming Dynasty, perhaps because she shared in the abundant fortune of Zhang Wuji, experienced a rapid increase in her cultivation after ascending to the Heavenly Origin Sacred Realm.
Compared to the established powerhouses in the world of Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, Zhou Zhiruo, who came later, even broke through to the Martial Dao Yuan Shen realm in a very short period of time.
Zhou Zhiruo, whose cultivation had broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, was personally granted the position of Wudang Sect Elder by Zhang Sanfeng, becoming the seventh elder of the Wudang Sect.
The other six elders of the Wudang Sect are the other six heroes of the Wudang Seven Heroes, excluding Song Yuanqiao.
Song Yuanqiao was the last of the Seven Heroes of Wudang to ascend to the Heavenly Origin Sacred Realm, but this was not because of his weak talent.
On the contrary, Song Yuanqiao was originally the first among the Seven Heroes of Wudang to reach the Ascension Realm.
The reason he arrived in the Tianyuan Sacred Realm so late was to stay in the Yitian World to take charge of the overall situation.
After handing over the position of Wudang Sect Leader in the Yitian world to Song Qingshu, Song Yuanqiao chose to ascend from the Yitian world to the Tianyuan Saint Realm.
After Song Yuanqiao ascended from the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber World to the Heavenly Origin Sacred Realm, Zhang Sanfeng passed on the position of the second leader of the Wudang Sect in the Heavenly Origin Sacred Realm to Song Yuanqiao.
With the continuous influx of powerful figures from the world of Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber over the years, as well as the disciples who have grown up within the Wudang Sect, the Wudang Sect is no longer the sect that was solely supported by Zhang Sanfeng.
The core members began to flourish, and the Wudang Sect, which had several experts at the Yuan Shen realm, even without considering Zhang Sanfeng and the guardian beast of Wudang Mountain, that peerless demon that had already passed the first heavenly tribulation.
In Bloodbath City, where only Xuanyuan had reached the Dharma Aspect Realm, they were a force of great importance.
Over the years, Bloodbath City has developed to include not only its city lord, Xuanyuan, a martial artist at the Dharma Aspect Realm, but also dozens of Nascent Soul Realm experts, a Star Warrior whose realm is comparable to the Martial Dao Nascent Soul Realm, and three powerful Magisters.
The powerful warriors at the Morning Star level can use their abundant battle qi to attract the power of the countless stars above the Thirty-Six Heavens to train their bodies and refine their battle qi.
Those who have cultivated their battle qi to the level of Star Warrior can crush martial artists who have reached the Martial Core Realm simply by relying on their physical strength, even without using the powerful battle qi within their bodies.
In addition, Bloodbath City also has thousands of Martial Core Realm experts and nearly a hundred experts who cultivate other systems but whose realms are comparable to Martial Core Realm experts.
Perhaps because Zhang Sanfeng also practiced martial arts, in the past fifteen years, the status of martial arts cultivation system in Blood Battle City has been even higher than it was fifteen years ago.
In the first year after Song Yuanqiao took over as the leader of the Wudang Sect in the Tianyuan Sacred Realm, a major event awaited him.
The year Song Yuanqiao took over as the leader of the Wudang Sect in the Tianyuan Sacred Realm was ten years after the last large-scale recruitment of disciples by the Wudang Sect.
The time has come for the Wudang Sect to open its gates to accept disciples once every ten years, and this is the second time that the Wudang Sect has officially accepted disciples in the Tianyuan Sacred Realm.
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Chapter Forty-Six: Powerful Figures of Various Races
Because it was not feasible to trouble Zhang Sanfeng with his great supernatural powers to deliver messages every time, Song Yuanqiao ordered someone to spread the news throughout the territory of Blood Battle City six months before the Wudang Sect's once-in-a-decade disciple recruitment ceremony.
After learning that the Wudang Sect's disciple recruitment ceremony would be held in six months, countless talented individuals embarked on their journey to Wudang Mountain.
In the past five years, a number of servants have been sent back from Wudang Mountain. Their cultivation level has made great progress compared to those who were once at a similar level but were not selected for the Wudang Sect.
This incentive led to more talented individuals wanting to join the Wudang Sect, and the elders were more willing to send their children to Wudang Mountain for instruction.
Under these circumstances, after careful counting of the number of participants in Wudang Mountain's once-a-decade apprenticeship ceremony, it was discovered that nearly 20 million people attended the ceremony.
Perhaps it's because the population of Wudang Mountain is gradually increasing, or perhaps it's because the number of people participating in the assessment this time has greatly increased compared to the last time.
In this once-a-decade apprenticeship ceremony, the number of people who successfully passed the Wudang Sect's assessment and entered the sect was much higher than last time.
This time, the Wudang Sect selected hundreds of formal disciples, thousands of registered disciples, and 100,000 miscellaneous servants.
Among the newly initiated disciples and senior disciples, dozens of disciples were selected by the deacons or protectors to become true disciples of the Wudang Sect.
Qingfeng, who became a true disciple more than a decade ago, was accepted as a personal disciple by Elder Yu Lianzhou, who had reached the Martial Dao Yuan Shen realm, during this disciple-acceptance ceremony, becoming the first personal disciple of the Wudang Sect in the Tianyuan Sacred Realm.
After handing over their duties to the new servants, the last batch of servants who had worked on Wudang Mountain ten years ago were sent back home.
Unlike the disciples who were accepted into the Wudang Sect ten years ago, the disciples accepted into the sect at this ceremony did not have many teachers.
After this apprenticeship ceremony, all disciples, including the senior disciples, will be taught by the elders and Dharma protectors in turn.
Not only formal disciples, but also unofficial disciples and the many servants would occasionally be taught by the deacons when they had time.
From then on, Zhang Sanfeng, apart from guiding a few people and those in the world of Yitian, no longer taught cultivation to newly initiated disciples in the Tianyuan Sacred Realm.
After the Wudang Sect's once-a-decade disciple-acceptance ceremony concluded, and after consulting with Zhang Sanfeng, Xuanyuan, who had been in seclusion for two years, finally emerged from seclusion.
After Xuanyuan emerged from seclusion, he immediately flew into the sky above Blood Battle City and forcefully passed the first and second tribulations of lightning.
After passing through the tribulation of lightning, Xuanyuan slowly descended into Blood Battle City, receiving envious glances from the powerful figures there.
After Xuanyuan successfully passed two tribulations and reached the third level of the Heavenly Tribulation Realm, Blood Battle City now had its own martial arts Heavenly Tribulation Realm expert.
In the past fifteen years, the human race's Fuxi and Nuwa, whose cultivation speed has been greatly accelerated by the appearance of the secret realm, have respectively passed the seventh and sixth levels of the Martial Dao Heavenly Tribulation.
The High Priest of the Feathered Clan, Feng Yan, has already passed the eighth level of the Holy Domain Tribulation in the magician cultivation system, reaching the peak of the Grand Magister level.
Once Feng Yan has overcome the ninth tribulation of the Holy Domain, he will immediately step into the final realm before becoming a god, the Holy Domain, and become a powerful Holy Archmage.
Besides these few top experts from the original Tianyuan races, the Tiger-Man King, Nufeng, the Lion-Man Chieftain, Rhine, and the Shark-Man Chieftain, Jingtao, all passed through the first Holy Domain Tribulation and became Radiant Warriors.
The Sun Warriors can now use their immense fighting spirit to draw upon the power of the sun, the supreme star, to refine their physical bodies and fighting spirit.
The tiger-man king, Fury Wind, with wings on his back, even managed to withstand the relentless bombardment of heavenly lightning during his first tribulation, thanks to his incredibly strong physique.