High Martial Arts: Starting with a Martial Saint Peak Cultivation

Time slips away quietly during cultivation.

Chen Yuan sat cross-legged on the ninth floor of the cultivation tower. Nearly a month had passed since he began his seclusion.

What he has been doing during this period has been very simple.

That's burning resources!

One million one hundred thousand high-grade spirit crystals were completely absorbed.

He devoured and refined every single one of the eighth- and ninth-grade pills that could enhance his cultivation.

He even absorbed half of those ten thousand top-grade spirit crystals, a full five thousand!

If those martial saints outside knew about this, they would be drooling with envy at Chen Yuan's extravagant behavior.

But Chen Yuan didn't care.

Resources are meant to be used, aren't they?

however.

Just as he was about to continue absorbing the remaining five thousand top-grade spirit crystals, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

Chen Yuan frowned slightly and stopped cultivating.

"This feeling..."

He closed his eyes and carefully sensed the state of his body, finding that his cultivation had indeed improved considerably compared to before his seclusion.

The energy accumulation has reached an unprecedented saturation state, the limit of the peak of Martial Saint!

The spiritual energy within his body was overflowing to the extreme, with every inch of flesh, every bone, and every cell filled with energy.

But here is the problem.

It's full.

It's like a large water tank. The water is already filled to the rim. If you pour more water in, it will only overflow and won't make the tank bigger.

"So... this is the end of the peak of Martial Saint?"

Chen Yuan opened his eyes, seemingly lost in thought.

He tried to break through that invisible barrier, to see if he could take that step.

boom!

His spiritual energy surged within him as he charged forward with all his might.

But the barrier remained unmoved, like an invisible wall, firmly blocking our way.

After several attempts, Chen Yuan stopped.

"no."

He shook his head and didn't insist.

After thinking about it for a while, I gradually understood.

To break through to the realm beyond the peak of Martial Saint, simply accumulating energy is useless.

At this level, energy accumulation is just the foundation; what is truly needed is something else—a certain opportunity, a certain insight, or a certain condition.

As for what it is?

Chen Yuan has absolutely no clue what to do.

"System, can you tell me how to break through?"

He tentatively asked in his mind.

"Sorry, host, I cannot disclose this information. Please explore on your own."

Okay, let's stick to the same old routine.

Chen Yuan wasn't disappointed; he hadn't expected the system to tell him directly anyway.

He thought about it.

He retrieved the purple-gold Saintly Decree from his infinite storage space and directly contacted the Dragon Martial Division headquarters.

"Could you check if there are any records of realms above Martial Saint in the core confidential database?"

A respectful reply came half a minute later.

"Reporting back to Chief Chen, an investigation revealed no relevant records in the core confidential database. Currently, no martial artist on Blue Star has broken through to the Martial Saint level, therefore no relevant information is available."

Chen Yuan nodded and ended the call, not too surprised.

As expected.

If there really were relevant information, Zhou Qing would have already brought it out to discuss with him, and he himself wouldn't be stuck at the late stage of Martial Saint.

"Fine, I'll figure it out myself then."

Chen Yuan stood up and glanced at the remaining five thousand top-grade spirit crystals beside him.

If you can't break through, absorbing more is a waste.

With a casual wave of his hand, he retracted everything into his storage space.

Looking up at the dome of the cultivation tower, I could sense through the layers of arrays that it was already daytime outside.

"I've been in seclusion for almost a month... It's time to go out."

Chen Yuan stretched, his bones cracking and popping.

Take a step forward.

The figure disappeared into the training tower.

......

Sunlight streamed down in front of the main hall of the Holy Venerable's Palace, making it warm and bright.

Chen Yuan appeared out of thin air and stood on the steps. He looked up at the sun and squinted comfortably.

"It's so much more comfortable outside."

Even with the densest spiritual energy inside the cultivation tower, staying there for too long can feel suffocating.

He had only stood still for a few seconds when a figure appeared silently beside him.

Chen Tianling.

"Boss, you're out of seclusion!"

A hint of surprise flashed in Chen Tianling's eyes.

Immediately sensing the even deeper aura emanating from Chen Yuan compared to three months ago, he quickly clasped his hands in greeting:

"Congratulations, Boss, on advancing your cultivation level again!"

Chen Yuan waved his hand, his smile faint: "I've improved a little, but not much."

This is the truth.

His cultivation has indeed improved, and his energy accumulation has reached its limit, but what he wants is to break through to the level of Martial Saint.

That's what real progress looks like.

Chen Tianling had no idea what Chen Yuan was thinking. In his eyes, his boss had been in seclusion for more than half a month, and his aura was stronger than before, which meant he had made progress!

"Boss is too modest," he said respectfully.

Chen Yuan didn't explain further, but instead asked, "Has anything happened in the outside world while I was in seclusion?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Tianling immediately became serious and began to report.

"Reporting to the boss, some things have indeed happened during your seclusion these past few days. The most important of these is that the Lin family patriarch, Lin Zuyao, has successfully broken through to the Martial Saint realm."

"Thanks to the Breakthrough Pill you bestowed upon me, Lin Zuyao successfully broke through to the early stage of Martial Saint after half a month of seclusion. On the day of his breakthrough, an extraordinary phenomenon occurred in Luodu, shaking the entire city."

"The Fifth Elder of the Dragon Martial Division has come to offer his congratulations. Now the entire Great Xia knows that the Lin family has gained a Martial Saint. The Lin family's status has risen accordingly, and it has officially been promoted from a 'first-class family' to a 'sacred family'."

Chen Yuan nodded.

He learned of this when he accidentally triggered a hidden achievement during his cultivation.

"Anything else?"

"After Lin Zuyao broke through and his realm stabilized somewhat, he and Minister Lin Wei personally paid a visit to express their gratitude to you, Boss, for bestowing upon him the pill."

As Chen Tianling spoke, he took out a spatial ring from his pocket and presented it with both hands.

"I didn't disturb you when you were in seclusion. Lin Zuyao left this gift to express his gratitude for your great kindness, please accept it."

Chen Yuan took the ring and scanned it with his divine sense.

Three hundred thousand high-grade spirit crystals, plus a bunch of rare and precious natural treasures starting from the eighth rank, and various rare spiritual materials.

Although it wasn't a life-saving "massive loss" like the Liu family's, it was definitely a generous gift full of sincerity.

"This Lin Zuyao..." Chen Yuan smiled and put the ring away.

He had a good impression of this patriarch of the Lin family.

Even though his breakthrough wasn't entirely due to him, he still personally visited to express his gratitude immediately afterward, proving he wasn't the kind of ungrateful person who "uses and discards."

The key is.

This old man caused him to accidentally trigger a hidden achievement.

Even just for Chen Yuan, you have to think highly of him.

"Okay, I understand," Chen Yuan said.

"Go tell Butler Zhao to prepare lunch, and make something delicious."

With his peak Martial Saint cultivation, he had long since achieved abstinence from grains and no longer needed to obtain energy through food.

But the ingredients on Earth, imbued with spiritual energy, taste far better than the so-called delicacies of my previous life.

Spirit beast meat, spirit vegetables, spirit fruits—any one of them is better than Michelin.

Not for energy, but simply to satisfy one's appetite.

"Yes!" Chen Tianling accepted the order and left.

Watching Chen Tianling's departing figure, Chen Yuan turned his gaze to the system page, where only three days remained until the next sign-in.

......

Chen Yuan had a very leisurely three days.

On his first day, he went to the headquarters of the Dragon Martial Division and went straight to the core secrets vault.

I personally went through all the records about cultivation realms, from martial apprentice to the peak of martial saint, and there was all kinds of information.

The only blank space is the content about "above the Martial Saint".

Not to mention the cultivation method, there isn't even a record of what this realm is called.

"It seems there really isn't one."

Chen Yuan closed the last ancient book, shook his head, and left.

The next day, he didn't go anywhere and just stayed in the mansion.

I wake up naturally in the morning, enjoy a spiritual feast prepared by Zhao Wenyuan at noon, take a walk and fish by the artificial lake in the afternoon, and browse various intelligence information in the Holy Venerable's Decree in bed at night.

On the third night.

Chen Yuan was lying on the large bed in the main bedroom, resting with his eyes closed, when suddenly the Holy Venerable Token at his waist vibrated slightly.

He clicked on it casually.

"Dragon Martial Arts Division Headquarters Notification: The 2 billion Great Xia Coins for Division Chief Chen have been credited to your account this month. Please check."

"Please note: 10 spirit crystals will be delivered to the Longyuan Mountain residence by a special envoy tomorrow."

Chen Yuan glanced at it and then turned it off.

20 billion has arrived? Oh.

10 spirit crystals will be delivered tomorrow? Oh.

To be honest, he doesn't really care about these numbers anymore.

He still has 300,000 high-grade spirit crystals and 5,000 top-grade spirit crystals lying in his infinite storage space.

A mere 100,000 is nothing.

But Chen Yuan still smiled, and it was a smile he couldn't suppress.

It wasn't because my salary had arrived.

It's because the midnight hour has passed, and the monthly check-in count has been refreshed!

"It's finally here!"

Chen Yuan sat up abruptly, her eyes filled with anticipation as she silently recited in her heart:

"System, check-in!"

[Ding! Sign-in successful! Congratulations, host, you have obtained: Saint-grade Supreme Sky Armor, Saint-grade Supreme Dawn Spear, and Void Beast Mount for Early Martial Saint]

"Azure Sky Armor: It can change form according to the host's will. In its normal state, it is a close-fitting inner armor, and in battle, it can unfold into a full-body battle armor. Its defensive power is astonishing, capable of withstanding a full-force attack from a peak Martial Saint without damage."

"Dawn Spear: A cold weapon spear with a body made of void meteorite iron and a tip that can tear through space."

Includes the complete mastery of the Saint-level supreme spear technique, "Nine Forms of Dawn," with each form stronger than the last, and the ninth form capable of defeating enemies of higher ranks.

【"Early-stage Martial Saint Void Beast Mount: Can be hidden in the void, normal speed is nearly a thousand meters per second, burst speed is a thousand meters per second.

Bound to the host's soul, absolutely loyal, annihilated upon the host's death, its level automatically increases as the host's strength increases.

["Does the host wish to claim it immediately?"]

As soon as the system notification sounded, Chen Yuan's eyes widened and he stared blankly for three seconds.

Then......

"Holy crap!" I couldn't help but exclaim in my mind!

Each of the three rewards is more outrageous than the last!

A Saint-grade top-tier defensive armor! A Saint-grade top-tier offensive weapon! Matching Saint-grade top-tier marksmanship!

There's also a Void Beast mount at the early stage of Martial Saint!

"System, you're amazing!"

Chen Yuan paced back and forth in the room, unable to suppress her smile.

Last month's offer was already amazing, but this month it's even more ruthless!