High Martial Arts: Starting with a Martial Saint Peak Cultivation

The light on the ascension platform grew stronger and stronger.

The spatial vortex in the center of the array plate has expanded to several feet wide.

Deep within the vortex, countless golden rays of light intertwined and flashed like lightning.

Elder Luo stood with his hands behind his back in front of the ascension platform, his gaze fixed on the vortex.

He pondered it over and over in his mind.

The creatures that can fight their way out of the barren lands of the lower realm, whether human or beast, are incredibly valuable!

He had been to places like the Cangxuan Realm.

The spiritual energy was so thin it was practically nonexistent, and cultivation resources were pitifully scarce.

Those who could break through to the Illumination Realm and ascend to immortality under such circumstances were all exceptional geniuses, one in ten thousand.

Several of the disciples who ascended from the Cangxuan Realm have now become the backbone of the Qingtian Sword Sect.

Unfortunately, the last ascendant was unlucky and perished during a sect mission.

"I hope this time's ascendants won't disappoint me..."

Elder Luo said in a low voice.

The inner disciples and true disciples behind him also craned their necks.

All eyes were fixed on the spatial vortex.

Someone muttered to themselves.

"Who do you think ascended this time?"

"I don't know, but someone who can cultivate to the point of ascension in a place like the lower realm must have excellent aptitude."

"Perhaps we can cultivate a potential core disciple."

"Core disciples? Do you think core disciples are as common as cabbages? You're lucky if you can even get into the inner sect."

Just then.

The spatial vortex suddenly contracted.

Then a blinding golden light burst forth.

Everyone subconsciously squinted.

When the light fades.

Twelve figures appeared in the center of the Ascension Platform.

Eleven people and one monster.

They were all dressed in martial arts attire in the local style of the Cangxuan Realm.

The leader was a young man.

He was dressed in an ordinary long gown, with delicate features, and looked harmless.

Ten people followed behind him, dressed in matching tight-fitting clothes, with spirit swords hanging at their waists.

On the far side, there was a small, bluish-gray beast about half a meter long, swishing its tail and looking around.

All twelve people were at the Illumination Realm!

The entire room fell silent for a moment.

Then everyone was stunned.

Elder Luo's eyebrows twitched suddenly.

"Twelve?!"

His voice even changed a bit.

He knew that the Ascension Array in the Cangxuan Realm could teleport multiple beings at once.

But in the tens of thousands of years he had guarded the ascension platform, he had never seen so many people ascend.

The last time an ascensionist came up was nearly a thousand years ago.

He was all alone.

The last time it was two people, and they were a couple who practiced Taoism together.

That was more than 10,000 years ago.

This time it's different.

Twelve of them came right away!

Eleven humans and one demon beast! This is an absolutely unprecedented sight, one that happens only once in ten thousand years!

The disciples around them all stared wide-eyed.

"Holy crap! Twelve of them!"

"I've never seen so many ascendants appear at the same time in my entire life!"

"No, isn't this the first time in the history of our Sky-Piercing Sword Sect that so many ascendants have appeared at the same time?"

"Did that little world stir up a nest of ascension beings?"

"And look, they're all at the Void Illumination Realm! Each one has an incredibly solid aura!"

"Those who can cultivate to the Illumination Realm in the lower realm are not simple in themselves."

"If we could recruit all twelve of these people into our sect..."

On the ascension platform.

Chen Yuan stood still, his gaze quickly sweeping over the surrounding environment.

He saw a huge array platform.

The stone pillars on the base of the array soared into the clouds, more than ten times larger than the great array he had seen in the Cangxuan Realm starry sky before.

The platform was surrounded by people, including disciples in uniform and elders with profound presence.

All eyes were on them.

Those gazes held curiosity, scrutiny, and judgment.

But there was no malice intended.

There was none of the contempt he had imagined for "ants from the lower realm."

Chen Yuan breathed a slight sigh of relief.

It was completely different from what he had imagined.

Before being teleported here, he had prepared for the worst.

For example, as soon as someone ascends to immortality, they are used as cannon fodder and thrown into mining.

They might be sold into slavery, or captured by some evil sect to refine medicine.

But now it seems... things aren't so bad.

This is neither a mine nor a mine shaft.

It's more like the internal structure of a sect.

The surrounding buildings are magnificent and imposing, and the mountains are so rich in spiritual energy that they permeate the air like mist.

Even a single breath is more effective than a whole day of arduous cultivation in the Cangxuan Realm.

The aura emanating from these people was much stronger than that of the creatures in the Cangxuan Realm.

But it wasn't as strong as he had imagined.

At least he could tell that the purple-robed elder in the lead was probably at the mid-stage of the Martial God realm.

It is several major realms higher than the Illumination Realm he is currently displaying.

But compared to his true peak as a god, it's still not enough.

"Boss..."

Chen Yi's voice rang in his mind, a telepathic transmission: "The situation seems to be different from what we thought."

Chen Er also transmitted his voice.

"These people mean no harm; they seem to have been waiting for us here on purpose."

Chen Yuan replied calmly.

"Don't make any rash moves yet, watch my signals before you act."

The shadowy creature lay down at Chen Yuan's feet, its tail flicking gently.

"Boss, the spiritual energy here is incredibly rich, dozens of times stronger than that of the Cangxuan Realm."

"Um."

Chen Yuan silently agreed in his mind.

Then he stepped forward.

His face displayed just the right amount of vigilance and doubt, much like a martial artist from the lower realm who had just ascended and was unfamiliar with everything around him.

"Respected immortals...may I ask...where is this place?"

His voice carried a hint of probing.

Elder Luo snapped out of his daze and a smile spread across his face.

That smile was much more genuine than before.

Twelve Ascended Ones have arrived at once—this is an incredible stroke of good news!

As long as these kids have decent potential, the Sky-Piercing Sword Sect will make a huge profit from this!

"Welcome to the Jade Purity Continent."

Elder Luo stepped forward, speaking very warmly.

"I am Luo Yuanzhou, an inner sect elder of the Qingtian Sword Sect."

"They are specifically responsible for guiding you ascendants who have risen from the lower realms."

Chen Yuan clasped his hands slightly in a fist salute.

"Greetings, Elder Luo."

Chen Yi and the others also clasped their hands in a salute.

Elder Luo waved his hand and said with a smile.

"No need for formalities, no need for formalities."

"Since you've just arrived in the Jade Purity Continent, you must have many questions. Let me give you a brief introduction first."

He pointed to the ground beneath his feet.

"This place is called the Sky-Supporting Sword Sect, and it is one of the top ten sects in Tianxuan Prefecture."

"The teleportation array that you ascended to was personally set up by the previous ancestor of our Sky-Piercing Sword Sect, whose Dharma name was Xuanjian."

"The Ancestor Xuanjian once traveled through the starry sea and passed by your Cangxuan Realm."

"Seeing how difficult it was for the beings of the Cangxuan Realm to cultivate, I felt pity and set up that guiding array."

"Any being from the Cangxuan Realm who can cultivate to the Illumination Realm can ascend to our Qingtian Sword Sect through the great formation."

"Unfortunately..."

Elder Luo sighed.

"Ancestor Xuanjian perished in a star field war tens of thousands of years ago."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan's heart stirred slightly.

So that's how that grand formation came about.

It was laid down by the previous patriarch of the Sky-Supporting Sword Sect; no wonder the style of the array patterns is unlike any other civilization he has ever seen.

The work of a powerful figure from tens of thousands of years ago certainly has some merit.

Elder Luo composed himself and continued.

"Now that you have ascended, I will first explain the cultivation system of the Jade Purity Continent to you."

"I also know a little about the cultivation system of the Cangxuan Realm."

"You call them something like 'half-immortal' or 'mortal immortal' where you're from, right?"

Chen Yuan nodded.

Elder Luo continued.

"What you call immortals of the mortal world are called the Realm of Illumination here."

"Above the Illumination Realm, there are the Return to Truth Realm, Tribulation Realm, Dao Fusion Realm, and Ultimate Realm."

"The differences between each realm are significant."

"I am currently in the mid-stage of the Fusion Realm, while our Sect Master Ye of the Sky-Supporting Sword Sect is at the peak of the Fusion Realm."

"There is also a Supreme Realm ancestor in the sect who has been in seclusion for many years, and is respectfully called the Sky-Severing Immortal Lord by powerful figures of the same realm..."

Elder Luo spoke with a strong sense of pride.