Seventh-Order Immortal Spirit!
Ten thousand years in time, a sea turned into a mulberry field, and such a tremendous change occurred, allowing Gongshu Ling, a third Order Legendary hero, to leap into becoming a Seventh-Order Immortal Spirit.
This was not just an upgrade of tier, but a jump in rank. The effort and hardships a third Order Legendary Hero had to endure to ascend to a Seventh-Order Immortal Spirit hero are unimaginable to others.
After all, each time a hero advanced, there was the possibility of their rank falling. It was all too common for a third Order Legendary to become a Fourth Rank Epic, and it was not at all surprising for a Fourth Rank Epic to ascend to a Fifth Rank Rare. It was even more likely for those at the Sixth and Seventh Orders to become commonplace among the people.
This was not only about innate potential but also inseparable from acquired effort and a measure of Qi Fortune and opportunity. It could be said that none could achieve this without great determination, Great Wisdom, and vast amounts of Qi Fortune.
Take Gongshu Ling as an example, as a Legendary Hero, although her innate potential was not weak, if starting from her own efforts alone, ascending to Seventh Order would already be quite difficult. Just maintaining her Legendary rank was already an arduous task, let alone leaping over the Mythical threshold and stepping into the highest Immortal Spirit Rank.
The achievements she has made are partly due to her innate potential and personal effort, but mostly because Xu Yang spared no expense, pouring his heart and soul into nurturing and cultivating her, step by step to today.
For this reason, Xu Yang even played favorites, focusing on cultivating her alone over so many years. Whether it was the supply of elixirs or guidance in cultivation, teaching through real combat, even the number of times of "Dual Cultivation" was far more than any other hero.
Not to mention Hua Mulan or Lv Qiling, even Ao Chi, the once son of Qi Fortune who was destined to enter the Ninth Order as a Mythical Dragon Maiden, did not receive the same treatment as her.
As a result, among the many heroes under Xu Yang's command, only she has successfully advanced to Seventh-Order Immortal Spirit. Whether it is Ao Chi, who has a Mythical foundation, or the fellow Legends Hua Mulan and Lv Qiling, they all have only reached the Mythical Rank to this day. The former could be said to be marking time, and the latter only advanced one Rank, falling far short of her.
And these are the Close Ministers. Other heroes, who are not as closely related, because they do not receive enough guidance and cultivation from Xu Yang, can only advance from Rare to Epic, and from Epic to Legend, with no hope for the Mythical Domain.
This is an unavoidable matter. After all, Xu Yang is only one person, yet he has tens of thousands of heroes under his command. How can he possibly have enough time and resources to fully guide and cultivate each one individually? Considering the closeness of relationships and the extent of contributions, playing favorites is inevitable.
Gongshu Ling is no exception. Although in terms of closeness of relationship, she does not compare to Hua Mulan and Lv Qiling, who joined earlier, or to Ao Chi, who had a "Long-term following" from a former life, when it comes to contributions and value for cultivation, she surpasses the three. Thus, she is worth Xu Yang's favor, and it is necessary for Xu Yang to show favoritism toward her.
All of this can be explained in four words:
Heavenly Craftsmen Creation!
There is a sequence in hearing the Tao, and specializations in one's craft!
As the hero with the highest rank and greatest potential in the industry, she undoubtedly became the target of Xu Yang's key cultivation. Xu Yang's favoritism in giving her special treatment was both a natural trend and a necessary investment.
And she lived up to expectations, successfully advancing under Xu Yang's careful instruction and nurturing, becoming after Ksitigarbha and Shi Pi, the third Immortal Spirit Hero in Xu Yang's territory.
Indeed, the third, because those guys from the Demon Abyss had constantly been avoiding battle over the years, reducing him to catching small fries, rendering his gains from war pitifully small. Not to mention Immortal Spirit Heroes, not even a single Mythical Hero had been obtained through war, only by his own recruitment and cultivation.
But such recruitment is not easy. Even though he possesses talent skills like the King's Way and has acquired several special tavern buildings through the Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion, these have only a marginal effect on Epic and Legendary Heroes, and virtually no effect on Mythical and Immortal Spirit Heroes.
This also shows the preciousness of Mythical and Immortal Spirit Heroes. Aside from some extremely rare recruitment-type talents and buildings, one could only hope to obtain them through super-intense warfare.
Although Xu Yang has not recruited Immortal Spirit Heroes, he does have a few Mythical Heroes, brought in by Ksitigarbha through the "Netherworld Sect Leader" and "Ksitigarbha King Venerate" attributes, including his former followers such as Diting, Golden Robed Child, and the Ten Yama Kings, all Mythical Heroes. seaʀᴄh thё NovelZone.fun website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
But these Mythical Heroes are not very compatible with Xu Yang, so they were not included in his Wander's School for guidance and cultivation. Instead, they were put under Ksitigarbha's instruction to become the structural support of the "Ksitigarbha's Netherworld Palace."
Now, the heroes under Xu Yang's command can be divided into four categories:
The first category is the ministerial and martial hero type, led by Hua Mulan. This group includes historical generals like Lv Qiling, Li Cunxiao, and a combination of historical ministers. They have the largest number but are slightly weaker in strength. Currently, only Hua Mulan and Lv Qiling are Mythical Heroes, while the others are either Epic or Legendary.
The second category is the Mythical and Legendary hero class led by Ao Chi. Apart from Ao Chi, there are also a number of spellcasting heroes recruited later and mage heroes "promoted" from the Yellow Heaven Army and Mingxiao Taoists. In short, they mainly focus on the direction of Cultivation Skills Divine Magic, and their strength is slightly stronger than that of the martial heroes.
The third category is the "Ksitigarbha's Netherworld Palace," led by Ksitigarbha himself, an indomitable Immortal Spirit Hero, and includes Shi Pi and Jiu Panpo whom he converted, as well as Diting and other followers he later recruited. This group, bolstered by many Ksitigarbha disciples and newly appointed followers, is the strongest class of heroes.
The fourth category is led by Gongshu Ling, consisting of supportive heroes. Their scope is extremely broad, covering logistics and supplies, production and construction, medicine and farming, artisans and commerce, Elixir Talisman Array Tools, Spirit Plant Beast Mastering, Hundred Arts of Cultivation, to Ten Thousand Techniques. They are an extremely important "production and construction legion!"