I see it this way that the sword can't really see how much of his strength Mordred can bring out, but on the surface he seems very powerful because of his powerful body, huge mana pool, authority of envy and other factors. So we know that Mordred can't control his strength at this moment and isn't very strong, but in a way his innate strength and potential is higher than The Beast of the End or some of the swordsmen of this world snd that's what the sword judges.

Plasma Saber

I guess. An ordinary sword should only compare to a low-grade Rank 1 Gu, so it's naturally better to use a Rank 3 Gu than the finest steel sword. There's no need to carry a piece of metal around and no need for maintenance

The fact is that in every RI fanfic there is, the OC/MC allows FY to do his thing, fulfill his fate and aims for side benefits instead, aiming to stand out of FY's way or scared of FY/Heavens Will/Venerables. This might be the first one where FY is killed. In general in fanfictions, if the MC had a super op cheat, then it often happens that the og Protagonist becomes unimportant and can even be killed off, but without cheats I believe it rarely happens, if there is a huge gap in ability. I don't read much, but I hadnt seen many fanfictions when an ordinary transmigrator aims to kill the blessed protagonist in an established world right after coming there; they often go along with the flow and dont consider the possibility.

She's in the kitchen

No limit on Nine Leaf Vitality Grass is too ridiculous, you can't imagine. Besides, so what?

he has zero connections and it isn't like the deal is bad

Ahh, some teasing is fine, but BNB is a true proud man. He's attatched to his male persona. Even without gentials he would still be a man and he would only hate Chi Yan if he keeps the Yang Gu away from him. Instead, I think it would be interesting if Bai Ning Bing was allowed to develop properly and was the Blazing Glory's partner in crime as they roam the world together.

I tried making Bai Ning Bing a female, but it doesn't work in this story; the introduction and the interactions were very weird. Here Bai Ning Bing is the same as in the original. ||| If the MC/OC was born in the same generation as BNB and grew up on Qing Mao Mountain, then it would be more fitting.

There isnanreason for Fire Path. Lightning type Gu can only be added in later later on.

Interestingly, it's the exact same place and time that Fang Yuan met this bunch in the novel; afternoon of the same day in front of the Internal Affairs Hall.

These were his for months. Fire Arrow is his Vital Gu refined from Fire Pellet Gu. Enlarge Gu is only a Rank 1 Gu, ordinary and the MC owned it during the boar hunting assessment

At Rank 4 without doing anything, yes. The MC's reason to raise cultivation is to have more control and to gain more opportunities on Qing Mao Mountain. If the Dream Path Gu doesn't work, then there are other options to stall time for time and look for another way

Yeah, it's a bit interesting. The Dream Butterfly Immortal Gu would later be refined by Fang Yuan’s clone in the story. It's a bit my mistake, but I think I should highlight that in the story here the Butterfly Dream Gu is only a temporary name given by the MC casually, because the MC is a mortal and isn't sure of the Gu worm's true effect yet.

Ah, especially in this case it's true. But it's actually been used in the og translation fifteen times, so I defaulted to it lol.

It's more of 'bring the MC to the Blood Pond Graveyard under the village', so that First Gen can suck out his blood to increase his Aptitude.

In the original, they were sent after him by the Academy Elder to bring him to class when Fang Yuan skipped classes, breaking through in his room to middle stage. Fang Yuan also did it purposefully to blow up the matter (bring attention to his advancement) and to construct his bloodthirsty image in the students' eyes.

And yeah, Fire Claw being well-known does matter too for more sucessfull sneak attacks. BNB uses Rank 2 Gu mainly.

Shadow Follower Gu man