Martial Saint!

"By the way, Chenzhou, the Merfolk Emperor is known to be vengeful, like a local tyrant in Fu State. Since you've killed Baoshan, be careful of his retaliation."

"I will be mindful."

After turning off the projection, Lu Chenzhou returned to the Primordial Mountain Cave Heaven and finished counting the spoils from Baoshan's storage bag.

Mid-grade Primordial Stones, 300.

Low-grade Primordial Stones, 20,000.

A Middle-level Divine Skill Secret Manual of the 'Mad Bear' style, which was a martial arts school founded by Baoshan himself.

A set of Top Class Divine Weapon level armor.

Other than these, there was nothing else of value.

Oh, right, there was also a piece of deep blue fabric that emitted a faint luminescence. Using spiritual power to perceive it, Lu Chenzhou felt as if he had entered a starry sky, where lines of light connected stars like a complex map.

"So poor, not as wealthy as that one from the Blood Shadow Building." He took the only item that might be valuable—the fabric—to his senior brother.

Mr. Turtle looked over it and laughed, "This is a star map, notes left by an Eighth Realm expert from the Great Wilderness who traveled and explored the starry skies of your world. If you're interested, you can follow the star map's route in the future—you might even obtain the inheritance of this expert."

"I see."

Lu Chenzhou was not interested.

He already had a Great Power's inheritance, so there was no need to waste time searching the vast starry sky for other inheritances.

However, to his knowledge, certain families in the West seemed to be planning to leave the planet and seek refuge in the starry sky.

In fact, the evacuators previously consisted mainly of two groups: one led by the Four Heavenly Kings, who wholly deserted this human world and headed to the Mystic Sky World to start anew.

The other group, led by certain Western families, aimed to emigrate to the starry sky, build a new home, and try to gain safety through distance. Little did they know that to the Evil Gods, as long as there were humans, they could ignore spatial distances and descend upon civilized societies through belief or other channels.

Seeing Lu Chenzhou's lack of interest, Mr. Turtle smiled and said, "Actually, there are many treasures hidden in your world's starry sky. Before the Great Wilderness was destroyed, many Divine beings and Great Powers from the Divine Court and sects hid their inheritance in the starry sky.

By the way, starting with the Fourth Level of 'Mountain Moving Scripture,' it's a bit ineffective to rely solely on the Father Lifting Fruit to quickly bolster Qi power and enhance Power Extreme Dao. You need to refine 'Star Oddities,' using Star Power to temper the body. The ancestor traveled the starry sky for thousands of years to seek star oddities to cultivate the 'Star Undying Body.'

"The Fourth Level, Heavenly Realm, right?"

"Before reaching the Heavenly Realm, the Father Lifting Fruit is sufficient."

"How does one find Star Oddities?"

"Yuanbao Mountain possesses a heaven-reaching spirit weapon named 'Star Plate.' Once you refine it, you'll understand. However, you are far from the necessary realm, and searching for Star Oddities is time-consuming; except for ancestors who have long lifespans, other experts often send clones."

In the Great Wilderness, many cultivate clones.

However, martial artists are not fond of cultivating clones, but once promoted to Heavenly King, they have the privilege to exchange for the 'One Path to Three Forms' secret manual at the Wanbang Council, thus condensing a clone projection. The projection lacks will and disappears once its power is exhausted.

"This is indeed a good method."

Moreover, Star Oddities are not essential since, with the Martial Arts Tree, his comprehension increases infinitely. As long as his understanding of the Dao progresses, relying on the Father Lifting Fruit won't slow him down either.

Oddities are merely the icing on the cake.

From discussing some cosmic knowledge within the worldview of Great Wilderness cultivators with his senior brother, Lu Chenzhou learned that the Xia Realm is quite special among the Three Thousand Worlds.

The majority of the Three Thousand Worlds are simple, either a sky-above-earth world or a continent. Often, the concept of 'starry sky' doesn't exist, with only a few worlds, like the Great Wilderness, mirrored by the starry sky.

The Chi Ji God chose the Xia Realm as the Fire Seed World partly due to this reason—starry skies imply expansive spatial depth and many unexplored, valuable resources.

...

Three days later.

Wanxiang Dao headquarters, Myriad Volume Pavilion.

"Here we have all the martial arts, true skills, and divine skills of the Wanxiang Dao, totaling over one hundred thousand volumes. However, there are many duplications, and not many fundamental martial arts. You can freely copy them; this is a privilege of yours as a Mountain Lord."

After the introduction, Li Jin left.

"Alright."

Looking at the vast sea of books, Lu Chenzhou thought that even immortals couldn't finish learning so much martial arts. Given his intelligence, he could start learning from Divine Skills directly.

He first looked toward the Dragon Form sect.

"'Heavenly Dragon Palm,' the Dali Heavenly Dragon Temple's quintessence, a Middle-level Divine Skill. I'll copy it for future reference."

"'True Dragon Cloud Hand,' created by the Trapped Dragon Heavenly King, a Supreme Divine Skill, not bad, I'll take it..."

"'Dragon Battle Divine Skill...' "

Any true skill or divine skill that he found, he copied and took with him. As long as he didn't casually spread them, he could freely use the martial arts of Wanxiang Dao. ThistextwasacquiredfromM|V|L0EMPYR.

"Hmm? There's actually the Dragon King's quintessential learnings." Lu Chenzhou's eyes were drawn to an unpretentious scroll.

['Six Volumes of Grey Dragon,' Supreme Divine Skill, created by the Cangtian Dragon King... a consummate work of his Dragon Form Fist Technique before Absolute Peak! The six volumes integrate attack, defense, burst, speed, life preservation, and endurance into one. Once the six volumes reach perfection, one can cultivate the strongest 'Gray Dragon Profound Body' beneath Absolute Peak. For those with 'True Dragon Treasure Body,' practicing this volume achieves twice the results with half the effort; those with low understanding, must not practice.

——Cangtian Dragon King]

"Tsk tsk, those with low understanding, must not practice?"

I'll practice!

Of course, given his realm, he wouldn't completely imitate the Dragon King's practice. He intended to make slight adaptations based on other Dragon Form Fists and his 'Dao' to adjust to local conditions.

He who learns from me shall live; he who resembles me shall die.

After becoming a Great Grandmaster, one must always keep this in mind.

Afterwards, he found a Supreme Divine Skill in the Turtle Form: 'Mystic Turtle Sea Suppressing Fist,' created by the Four Symbols Master, which, compared to the comprehensive 'Six Volumes of Grey Dragon,' focused more on defense. It could perhaps aid him in understanding the 'Supreme Skill of Control.'

Before long, carrying over a hundred manuals of true skills and divine skill fist manuals, Lu Chenzhou returned to Su City to continue his seclusion. As for the skepticism from some Western fighters, he turned a deaf ear.

Baoshan's final strike was intended to kill him. If it hadn't been for his undying body, he would have died long ago. In a life and death battle, a loss cannot be blamed on others; he had no intention of leaving a strong enemy harboring fervent murderous intent against him outside.

Rather kill mistakenly than let one escape!

Of course, since he had formed a grudge, he had to find a way to cope with the Merfolk Emperor's revenge and quickly achieve Breakthrough Sixth.

...

The next day.

On the Martial Arts Tree, two leaves sprouted.

[Six Volumes of Grey Dragon: Beginner (1%)]

[Mystic Turtle Sea Suppressing Fist: Beginner (1%)]

"With my current understanding, it's quite easy to enter the Supreme Divine Skill. In terms of difficulty, all my martial arts combined don't compare to half of the 'Nine Dukes Moving Mountains Scripture.'

'The Six Volumes of Grey Dragon' is divided into Pan Zhu, Play Pearl, Sea Departure, Cloud Ascending, Diving, Returning to Heaven... The Pan Zhu Volume is about endurance. Once mastered, endurance greatly increases. Paired with the eightfold endurance of the 'Longevity Character Technique,' my endurance should be more than sixteen times that of someone in the same realm, which is extremely exaggerated.

'The Mystic Turtle Sea Suppressing Fist' is divided into Defending Six Harmonies, Control Five Elements, Suppressing Four Directions, Fixing Three Talents, Transforming Yin and Yang, and Embrace Taiyi—these six styles are all defensive moves. If they can be practiced to Perfection, both fists can neutralize countless attacks.

This also serves as a preliminary fist technique to the 'Ling Kong Four Symbols Fist.' It's really wonderful to incorporate these into my spear skills. Currently, I rely too much on the 'Immortal Armor' for defense. My martial arts blocking skills are lacking; once the armor breaks, facing Heavenly King-level enemies, I can only rely on my physical body, leading to severe injuries and a waste of one year's lifespan.

..."

Fist technique and spear skill, for Lu Chenzhou, lead to the same destination, merely different expressions of the 'Dao.'

He has already transcended these constraints.

Fist techniques can entirely be applied to spear skills.

...

In the blink of an eye, two years passed.

January 1, 2255.

Wanxiang Dao, Sect Gathering.

"Master, I broke through to the Third Realm!"

Li Yao had become a youthful woman nearing thirty.

Lu Chenzhou, emerging from retreat, clad in a white robe, bore a seasoned appearance. Looking at the young disciple, his heart was somewhat nostalgic.

He too was at the age of knowing Heaven's will.

"Not bad, keep it up."

Lu Chenzhou patted Li Yao's shoulder.

During the meal, everyone talked about their current situations.

Shi Ruyu, merely sixty years old, also broke through to the Third Realm. With her talent, this was likely her limit.

Even in a golden era, being a Grandmaster was still a threshold, not something that could be attained just through relying on treasures and assuring promotion.

Acupoints, martial arts... these fundamentals all required talent, effort, and comprehension. Qi-blood was not difficult.

Other friends and relatives, with his support, all broke through to the Third Realm if they could. Master Ji was also striving for a Breakthrough Third.

Chen Jiu also advanced to Grandmaster.

On a whim, Lu Chenzhou inquired about some former classmates' opportunities, feeling a profound sense of emotion.

Du Men died during a demon tide and was awarded a Heroic Medal.

Chen Xiaoyun was arranged by her family to marry a Genius Grandmaster from the Chu Family. She herself had achieved Breakthrough Third Realm cultivation.

Grandmaster Yao Cheng went to teach at the headquarters of Wanxiang Dao.

Grandmaster Zhou Changkong became a guardian of a certain Base City.

Little He failed Breakthrough Third, mingling with the Demon Hunting Team.

Leopard Woman Grandmaster joined the military like her father.

Wang Gang was impressive; a Martial Arts Master with both inner and outer cultivation, he was ranked ninth on the Earth List, commanding awe in Jiangnan.

This guy had an epiphany, and during an official trial, encountered a fortunate opportunity, earning the nickname "Little Chenzhou."

Old Tian was severely injured in battle, his acupoints ruined, aged, and faced a dim future in martial arts, so he abandoned martial pursuits for literature.

Wang Hongdao's daughter also became an outstanding Martial Artist, pursuing her father's path and re-engaging in martial arts.

...

At fifty, looking back at those like-minded friends on the path, some have stopped forever, others move slowly forward—karma and fate, there are reasons for everything in this world.

Perhaps it is the age.

Late at night, Lu Chenzhou drank alone by Stone Lake, gazing at the night sky, recalling this journey. Scenes clearly unfolded in his mind, all the people and events blending into the rich Dao Yun that invisibly emanated from around him, merging with the world.

Under the influence of the Second Rank illusion realm technique, those who had passed seemed to manifest through yin and yang, approaching Lu Chenzhou to bid farewell.

The world felt vast and desolate.

With a thought, Lu Chenzhou began wielding his spear technique again, from Dusk of the Gods to Nightfall Elegy, from myriad houses' lights to star falling like rain. Vaguely, the barrier that spanned between the Eighth and Ninth Rank got pierced through by his spear.

In an instant, the rooster crowed for dawn; it was as if a great figure unveiled the heavy curtain of night, tearing apart the endless night.

After the eternal night comes dawn.

The spear lifted, the spear light like a practice, illuminating Su City.

The spear fell, the morning light dimly visible, and the east turned white.