The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

"Reporting to Your Excellency, the leader of the Maitreya Sect is Xiao Yu. I am not aware of his cultivation level."

"However, I suspect that he has at least reached the peak of the ninth level of the Celestial Immortal Realm!"

"Besides Xiao Yu, the Maitreya sect also has a Great Wheel King."

"This man's Buddhist name is Yuanzhen. He is the monk who was seriously injured by the Marquis's sword."

"His cultivation level is also at the Celestial Immortal realm."

"The reason he couldn't even block a single strike from the Marquis is because his cultivation level had already reached the Celestial Immortal realm, and he was suppressed by heaven and earth, unable to unleash his true strength. Therefore, he couldn't even block a single strike from the Marquis."

"Besides the two of them, the Maitreya sect also has eight Dharma Kings."

"Among them, the Black Heaven Venerable Nie Jiuyou and the Mountain-Suppressing Venerable Tuoba Pan have already died under the Marquis's blade."

"The remaining six Dharma Kings of the Maitreya Sect are Lu Qingcang, the Thunder Lord of the Nine Heavens; Tantai Jing, the Holy Lord of the Cold Abyss; Helian Yan, the Venerable of Crimson Flame; Yin Wuyue, the Ghost Mother of the Netherworld; Dong Jingyun, the Star Lord of Heavenly Tribulation; and Yuwen Jue, the Star-Picking Master of the Sky."

"The eight Dharma Kings of the Maitreya Sect are all at the peak of the ninth level of the Earthly Immortal Realm."

"Among them, Lu Qingcang is the strongest and is the head of the eight Dharma Kings of the Maitreya Sect!"

"His strength has very likely reached the level of a Celestial Immortal!"

Ying Taotie said with a solemn expression, "Besides them, there is another extremely mysterious figure in the Maitreya Sect."

That is Xiao Baihua, the holy maiden of the Maitreya sect!

Within the Maitreya Sect, Xiao Baihua's status and position were second only to Xiao Yu and the Great Wheel King.

However, we haven't yet found out exactly how strong she is.

However, one thing we have found out is that Xiao Baihua, as the holy maiden of the Maitreya Sect and Xiao Yu's only daughter, not only held a prestigious position within the Maitreya Sect.

Even within the Xiao family of Yangzhou, he held an extremely high status.

Despite being a woman, she gained the approval of the entire Xiao clan of Yangzhou.

He is widely recognized as Xiao Yu's successor!

"Xiao Baihua?"

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow and said with interest, "That's interesting."

"The Shadow Commander continued."

"My lord, these are merely the superficial strength of the Maitreya Sect."

"The Maitreya Sect, as a heretical sect on par with the Yellow Heaven Sect, is not limited to this level of strength."

"The true trump card of the Maitreya Sect should be the Unborn Ghost Soldiers and Unborn Ghost Generals."

After a moment's thought, Ying Taotie spoke with a solemn expression.

"Unborn Ghost Soldiers?"

"The Undying Ghost General?"

Chu Xiu said in surprise.

This is something he didn't know.

“My lord, this is a secret of the Maitreya Sect, so it’s normal that you don’t know about it.”

"In fact, the heretical sects like the Maitreya Sect and the Yellow Heaven Sect, which have been able to exist for countless years and have not been eliminated by successive dynasties, all have their own trump cards."

"For example, the Yellow Heaven Sect has Yellow Heaven Warriors and Yellow Heaven Divine Generals."

"Lord Huangtian has already witnessed the power of the Yellow Heaven Warrior. Although the Yellow Heaven Divine General of the Yellow Heaven Sect has not yet made an appearance, I suspect that with the accumulation of the Yellow Heaven Sect over the years, the Yellow Heaven Divine General has likely already been created."

“Each of the Yellow Heaven Divine Generals is incredibly powerful, at least no weaker than a peak expert at the ninth level of the Earth Immortal Realm.”

"It's even more terrifying than an ordinary peak ninth level Earth Immortal!"

“Each of the Yellow Heaven Divine Generals can be treated as a peerless master at the Celestial Immortal level.”

"The difference between them and peerless masters at the Celestial Immortal level lies in..."

"Currently, even the most peerless experts at the Celestial Immortal level cannot truly make a move, as they are suppressed by the heavens and earth. Even if they do make a move, they can only be equivalent to a peak expert at the ninth level of the Earth Immortal realm."

"But General Huangtian possesses the strength of a Celestial Immortal!"

"That's the difference between the two!"

Ying Taotie said solemnly.

"The Yellow Heavenly General?"

Chu Xiu narrowed his eyes slightly; he really didn't know that the Yellow Heaven Sect had a Yellow Heaven Divine General.

It seems that Empress Murong Si must have known.

This is also the real reason why Empress Murong Si arranged for various armies to block the Yellow Heaven Sect in Ji Province, but did not take action against Ji Province.

"The reason why Huangtian Divine General is able to unleash such great strength is because Huangtian Divine General can be regarded as a peak ninth level Earth Immortal who has followed the path of physical body tempering. Each of them is extremely strong and invulnerable to swords and spears!"

Ying Taotie pondered for a moment, then spoke to Chu Xiu.

"Is it equivalent to the peak of the ninth level of the Earth Immortal realm in the path of physical body tempering?"

Chu Xiu's face lit up with sudden realization, understanding why Huang Tian Shen Jiang was able to unleash the power of a Celestial Immortal.

After all, the path of physical body tempering is inherently difficult to cultivate. It is only natural that a cultivator who has reached the peak of the ninth level of the Earth Immortal realm would possess the strength of a Heavenly Immortal.

"The greatest strength of Huangtian Divine General and Huangtian Warrior is not their individual physical abilities."

"It's an array!"

"The Yellow Heaven Sect's formation, with the Yellow Heaven Divine General as its commander, has reached an incredibly terrifying level."

"His strength might not be weaker than the Imperial Advisor's..."

Ying Taotie hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice.

Although saying this might seem like it would boost the enemy's morale while diminishing his own, since he was introducing the strength of the Yellow Heaven Sect and the Maitreya Sect to Chu Xiu, he naturally couldn't help but reveal their true strength.

"I understand."

Chu Xiu nodded slightly and said.

It was just as he guessed.

It wasn't that Murong Si didn't want to eliminate the Yellow Heaven Sect.

Rather, they did not want the Imperial Advisor Qi Tianchen to take any risks.

If Qi Tianchen were to take action, and all the armies joined forces to besiege the Yellow Heaven Sect...

Even if the Yellow Heaven Sect is eventually eliminated, if Qi Tianchen is seriously injured, it will be a huge loss for the Great Zhou Dynasty.

In fact, the reason why the Five Clans and Seven Noble Families, and even the holy land-level sects all over the world, have not made a move is because of Qi Tianchen.

If Qi Tianchen is seriously injured now, these people may unite and surround and kill him.

For the Great Zhou Dynasty, this was no longer just a simple adventure.

It would be better to temporarily confine the Yellow Heaven Sect to Ji Province.

As long as they don't cause trouble outside of Jizhou, even if a few experts from the Huangtian Sect appear outside of Jizhou, it won't affect the overall situation.

Not bad.

Even though various armies have now blockaded the entire Ji Province, what they can truly block are just ordinary members of the Yellow Heaven Cult. They certainly cannot defend against the real experts.

"The lifeless ghost soldiers and lifeless ghost generals of the Maitreya sect are no weaker than those of the Yellow Heaven sect."

"The Maitreya sect also has formations."

"And because the Maitreya Bodhisattva worshipped by the Maitreya religion is also known as the Maitreya without birth, who is in charge of the netherworld."

"The Unborn Ghost Soldiers and Unborn Ghost Generals are, to some extent, more terrifying than the Yellow Heaven Warriors and Yellow Heaven Divine Generals of the Yellow Heaven Sect."

"But as of now, we haven't found out whether the Unborn Ghost Soldiers and Unborn Ghost Generals have already been born."

"Or perhaps the Maitreya sect's trump card hasn't been fully revealed yet."

After a moment's consideration, Ying Taotie knelt down before Chu Xiu, looking ashamed, and said, "Please punish me, Your Highness!"

"It's quite impressive that we were able to find so much information in such a short time."

"Commander Shadow, there's no need to blame yourself. Get up."

Chu Xiu smiled and waved his sleeve at Ying Taotie, saying...

"Thank you, Lord Marquis."

Ying Taotie expressed her gratitude.

"This is the strength of the Maitreya Sect."

"How powerful is the Xiao family of Yangzhou, a former imperial family?"

Chu Xiu glanced at Ying Taotie and asked him.