Nine Grades

Ryu sped back into the Radiant Star Sect, stepping off his great swordstaff with an indifferent expression.

To his back, the war was still raging, but he no longer felt that it had anything to do with him. He had already fought the strongest enemy he could find. There were probably others of the Metal Work Sect, but none of them were currently present and he couldn't be bothered to wait.

If he stayed on the battlefield, he would only be ruining the point of this exercise to begin with, and that was to squeeze out the potential of the youths of this Sect.

Old Wan's original intention was to rebuild the Radiant Star Sect from the ground up. In order to do so, he had to slowly build up their destiny. As such, he drastically lowered the standards to the level of a normal True One Star Sect. This was why their disciples, and even their Inheritor Disciples, were so weak.