The fourteen Shadow Guard battalions of Greater Martial Master rank are commanded by the Seventh through Thirteenth Taibao, along with other Shadow Guard officers, all of whom are under the absolute control of Imperial Father-in-law Ye Batian. Each battalion is managed regionally and subdivided into smaller units; for instance, the Chenghai Prefecture Shadow Guard detachment is one of the secret strongholds under the Third Battalion. The Third Battalion, led by Ye Mingyuan, maintains a total of five such secret sites.
The strength ranking of these battalions is primarily based on the number of Martial Practitioners who have reached the rank of Martial General. Taking Ye Mingyuan’s Third Battalion as an example, it includes 282 Martial Practitioners of Martial General rank and 4,637 of Greater Martial Master rank. Across all 14 Greater Martial Master Shadow Guard teams, there are a total of 70,000 personnel, with approximately 3,000 reaching the Martial General rank, while the rest are all Greater Martial Masters.
Thus, the total number of Shadow Guard members with Martial General rank currently stands at around 10,000. Although Ye Mingyuan does not possess the exact breakdown for each Martial General tier, he is well aware of the highest cultivation level within the organization. The member with the highest cultivation is actually not the First Taibao, Ye Xingchen; it is someone else who has reached Peak Seventh-Rank Martial General. However, in terms of overall combat effe…
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