As we all know, there are eight disciples under the main door of the Tongtian Sect, namely: Duobao Daoist, Golden Spirit Virgin, Wudang Virgin, Turtle Spirit Virgin, Cloud Immortal, Bixiao Fairy, Qiongxiao Immortal and Zhao Gongming.
These eight people were all highly powerful, and their cultivation had reached the Great Luo Golden Immortal Realm. In particular, the three immortals of Yunxiao, Bixiao and Qiongxiao, the three of them are also called the Three Xiao Niangniang, and the cultivation is said to have reached the quasi-holy realm, according to the extraordinary saint, there is only one step away from becoming holy, and there is only one chance to become a saint who stands shoulder to shoulder with the Master of the Tongtian Sect.
As the master brother of the Master of the Tongtian Sect, Yuan Shi Tianzun actually had disciples in his own lineage, but the number was small, only two.
One is a lantern taoist. The Lantern Daoist was extremely senior, higher than the eight disciples of the Tongtian Sect Master, and had already attained the Dao as early as the ancient times, and before worshiping Yuan Shi Tianzun as a teacher, he was already a highly cultivated immortal, so he and Yuan Shi Tianzun were also teachers and friends, and enjoyed the reputation of the deputy leader of the Illuminati Sect.
However, although the Lantern Daoist was highly qualified and powerful in mana, it was not as strong as the Eight Great Lineage Disciples. The strength of any of the Eight Great Lineage disciples should be above that of the Burning Lantern Daoist. For example, Zhao Gongming, his strength was not very high among the eight disciples of the Eight Great Lineages, but he had killed the Burning Lantern Daoist and fled.
But the Lantern Daoist also has his advantages, that is, he is intelligent and has strong leadership skills. He once led the Immortals of the Illumination Sect to participate in the Battle of the Ten Deadly Fronts, defeated the Ten Heavenly Lords of Jin'ao Island, and made great achievements in the Battle of the Fengshen Gods.
The other is the Antarctic Fairy. In the original work, the Antarctic Immortals did not play much and rarely participated, so his qualifications and strength were not very clear.
However, from his reclusive and unpredictable style, as well as his performance in the Red Sand Array (effortlessly defeating the Red Sand Array to advocate the Heavenly King), his mana, roots, and understanding were all first-class, and his overall strength was one notch higher than that of the Twelve Golden Immortals, and his cultivation had reached the Realm of the Great Luo Golden Immortals.
We know that after the Battle of the Gods, the eight great disciples of the lineage were either killed or injured, or broke away from the sect of the Sect of Interception, for example, the Duobao Daoist who was a disciple of the Eight Great Lineages, defected to the West, became a Buddha, and founded a Buddhist group, so he also became the head of the Buddhist group, so where did the two disciples of yuan shi tianzun go?
The whereabouts of the Lantern Daoist are relatively clear. The original work clearly mentions that after the Battle of the Gods, the Lantern Daoists abandoned the Buddha and defected to the newly born Buddhist group, and were revered by Rulai as the Burning Lantern Buddha, ranking first in the West.
However, the whereabouts of the Antarctic Immortal are not clear, because it is not mentioned in the original book. But according to the original plot, there are about three possibilities for the whereabouts of the Antarctic fairy.
First, the Antarctic Immortals, like the Lantern Daoists, defected to the nascent Buddhist clique. However, with the status of the Antarctic Immortal, once he joins the Buddhist group, he is likely to be revered as the Buddha, which is undoubtedly a matter worthy of a big book, but the original book did not mention it.
Second, after the Battle of the Gods, the Tianting Group rose rapidly, and the Antarctic Xianweng joined the Tianting Group. At that time, many immortals chose to join the Heavenly Garden Group, including Lao Tzu, who was the leader of the Ren Sect.
Third, the Antarctic Immortals did not defect to the Buddhist group, nor did they join the Tianting Group, but continued to stay in the Expository Sect and assist Yuan Shi Tianzun in presiding over the teachings. But as you know, after the exposition was dissolved by the Yuan Shi Tianzun, so it is impossible for the Antarctic Immortal to stay in the interpretation of the religion all the time.
So, the second possibility is the greatest. There is a view that after the Antarctic Immortals defected to the Heavenly Court, they were treated with courtesy by the Haotian God and were revered as the Great Emperor of the Antarctic Immortals. The position of the South Pole Immortal Emperor was extremely prominent, one of the Six Emperors, and its status in the Taoist group was second only to that of sanqing. What do you think?