The so-called centipede, though dead, does not stiffen.
The Shenxiao Sect, as a potent force with a millennium-long heritage, naturally, was not easily extinguished.
"The Shenxiao Sect" Yu Zhenzi brought up signifies a group of "inheritors" who accidentally obtained the dispersed heritage of the Shenxiao Sect.
The Great Ming territory spans millions of miles, with endless human resources. It has never lacked geniuses; rather, many potential geniuses that could have reached the peak of martial arts fail to realize their potential due to lack of opportunity and absence of martial studies and skills, thereby fading into mediocrity.
Perhaps the dispersal of Shenxiao Sect's heritage was arranged for this purpose. They spread an unknown amount of heritage, and after two centuries, gifted individuals naturally emerged, carrying on the legacy and rising to power.
Even, perhaps, Pei Xuanjing, if indeed a true genius, could be counted as a genius of the Shenxiao Sect.