High Martial Arts: Starting with a Martial Saint Peak Cultivation

After that evening, life on Blue Star returned to normal.

Over the next few days, the planet's rhythm returned to normal.

Pedestrians have returned to the city streets, vendors are calling out their wares again in the vegetable markets, and children are chasing and playing in the martial arts school with their schoolbags on their backs.

But something is different compared to before.

The sounds of training in the martial arts gym started earlier than before.

As dawn broke, the courtyard echoed with the muffled sounds of fists and feet breaking through the air, and the heavy breathing of people exhaling.

On the stone steps of Lingshan Mountain outside the city, people kneel and sit from dawn until dark every day.

The young martial artists who were meditating with their eyes closed had slightly furrowed brows and fine beads of sweat on their foreheads.

The open-air martial arts arena in Luodu Square is filled with people practicing from morning till night.

The clanging of weapons rang out incessantly, occasionally punctuated by shouts of "Again!" from someone who had been knocked down.

They no longer strive to become stronger simply for the sake of becoming stronger.

That look in his eyes seemed to say—

"Next time, I can't stand behind and wait for someone to come to my rescue."

During a break from morning exercise, someone wiped the sweat from their face and whispered something to their companion.

"The Martial Ancestor killed that alien with a single punch that day, but I couldn't even withstand the aura he was emitting."

"You're not going to waste your breath. That's an Eternal True God, the strongest Martial God on our Blue Star."

"That's why we need to train. Train until we become true gods, until we become eternal true gods, and one day we'll be able to protect Earth on our own."

His companion was silent for a moment, then nodded heavily.

"practice!"

Similar conversations were repeated in every corner of the Earth.

That intense surge of cultivation enthusiasm seemed to have been scorched across the entire Blue Star.

And what about Lin Mengyao?

She is also practicing cultivation.

There's just one more thing every morning.

No matter how late she practiced the night before, she would always appear in front of the celestial statue on time the next morning.

As dawn broke, dew still clung to the tips of the grass blades, and the air was filled with the moist scent of earth and grass.

She walked up to the statue and placed her hand on the cold stone surface.

"Good morning, Teacher Chen."

The statue did not respond.

She waited a few more seconds, then withdrew her hand and turned to leave.

They came again the next day.

"Teacher Chen, the weather is nice today."

no respond.

On the third day, we came again.

"Teacher Chen...are you done with your work?"

There has still been no response.

For seven consecutive days.

Every day is the same routine, the same silence.

On the eighth day, Lin Mengyao did not greet him again.

She simply placed her hand on the statue and waited for a moment, then sighed.

A few thin clouds drifted in the pale blue sky, and sunlight shone through the clouds, casting long shadows of the statue.

She looked up at the stone statue and murmured to herself.

"What on earth are you busy with...?"

After saying that, she flashed into the air and flew towards Luodu.

Her clothes fluttered in the morning breeze, and she soon became a tiny black dot on the horizon.

The Lin family's old house.

The leaves of the old locust tree in the yard rustled in the wind.

Lin Zuyao was sitting at the stone table drinking tea, the tea in the white porcelain cup emitting wisps of white steam.

He heard footsteps and looked up.

Lin Mengyao walked in from the courtyard gate with a calm expression, but the old man still noticed the hint of disappointment in her eyes.

Still no response?

Lin Zuyao put down his teacup, his tone gentle.

Lin Mengyao nodded.

"Hmm. Almost ten days."

She sat down across the stone table, holding another empty cup in both hands, her fingers unconsciously stroking the inside of the cup.

"Grandpa, do you think... something might have really happened to Teacher Chen?"

"He said last time that I could contact him anytime."

"But this time, there was absolutely no response."

Lin Zuyao picked up the teacup and took a sip, the delicate fragrance of the tea spreading between his lips and teeth.

"Mengyao, with the strength of the Martial Ancestor, even if something really happens, it's not our place to worry about it."

"Don't you know how capable he is?"

"When he was at the True God realm, he dared to break through the encirclement of more than a dozen peers by himself. Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, this is definitely the true strength of the Martial Ancestor. He's not just bragging to us."

"Now that we've reached the late stage of Eternal True God, we're even less likely to suffer a loss easily."

He paused for a moment, then put the teacup back on the table.

"In my opinion, he was probably held up by something."

"Perhaps he is in seclusion, breaking through to a higher level, or perhaps he is dealing with something important."

"Let's just wait patiently."

Lin Mengyao was silent for a moment, then gently tapped the rim of the glass with her fingertip.

"......Too."

She finally nodded, and the tension in her voice eased a little.

"Then let's wait a little longer."

From that day on, she stopped going to the statue square every day.

The mornings are used for practicing martial arts, the daytime is for comprehending the principles, and the evenings are for reviewing gains and losses.

Her days passed quickly and regularly, and she buried her worries deep in her heart.

Anyway, Teacher Chen said he would be back.

Then they will definitely come back.

.........

More than half a month passed quickly.

It was a cloudy day.

There was no sun, and no wind.

Thick clouds pressed the sky low, making the light dim, as if covered by a gray cloth.

The courtyard of Yuhua Manor was extremely quiet; even the fairy butterfly remained hidden among the flowers.

Inside the meditation room.

Chen Yuan sat cross-legged on the warm jade board, his body as steady as a rock.

The two orbs of light floating in front of him had completely disappeared—the Earthly Nirvana Crystal and the Profound Spirit Dao Fruit had been completely absorbed by him.

At this moment, it felt as if a vast ocean was churning inside him.

The warm, dark gold currents and amber-colored heat waves intertwined, surging endlessly along the meridians.

Bones, flesh, meridians, and soul—every corner is being tempered and filled.

That feeling of being filled with power spread from my scalp all the way to my toes.

then.

a moment.

All the surging energy suddenly seemed to be under unified command from something.

Swah——

They all converged, condensed, and settled towards the dantian.

An invisible barrier was shattered in that instant.

A muffled boom exploded inside him, like distant thunder.

Only he could hear that voice.

But that feeling was so real.

Breakthrough.

The pinnacle of eternal true godhood!

Chen Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

The powerful aura he had deliberately suppressed in the cultivation room was like a giant beast that had just awakened. It circled the room once before he steadily withdrew it.

Not a single detail leaked out of the cultivation room.

He looked down at his hands.

The fingers are long and slender with distinct knuckles, and the skin has a very faint golden sheen that disappears in an instant.

"This feeling..."

Chen Yuan clenched his fist.

A series of soft clicking sounds emanated from between the knuckles, each sound carrying a crisp, metallic quality.

"It's more than twice as good as before."

His divine sense traveled through his body, carefully sensing the divine power surging in every meridian.

Abundant, pure, and surging.

If his power before the breakthrough was a great river, then now it is a deep sea.

Unfathomable depths, profoundly weighty.

"With my current strength... even if I faced Bo Luo at his peak, he wouldn't last three moves against me in a head-on confrontation."

Chen Yuan's lips curled up slightly.

"If we use the consciousness of the Celestial Statue to descend and take action, the opponent will always stay in outer space of Earth and will not enter it, so the result will still be the same."

"The only difference is where they died."

He stood up.

I stretched my neck and shoulders.

A series of soft crackling sounds came from between the bones.

To be honest... he was thinking of finding a Supreme Realm expert to test his skills against.

The thought popped into Chen Yuan's mind, but he immediately shook his head with a smile.

There's no one around here who can practice with him.

"As for the eternal God..."

He paused.

Not that he is arrogant.

With his current cultivation level and comprehension of the eight ultimate laws, ordinary peak Eternal True Gods are no match for him.

There's not even a need to bring out the Wanbao River.

With just the Sacred Ruins World-Suppressing Fist and the Dawnbreaker Spear, he was absolutely certain he could kill his opponent.

Yes, not defeat, but kill!

If you encounter other peak-level Eternal True Gods with equally profound foundations, you could unleash the Myriad Treasures River...

Then the outcome would be even more predictable.

"There's nothing I can do about it, I have a cheat code."

Chen Yuan smugly muttered to himself.

He reached out and patted off non-existent dust from his robes, then turned and walked toward the door of the training room.

The heavy steel doors sensed his approach and silently slid open to the sides.

The light from outside streamed in.

Although the sky was still overcast, it appeared exceptionally bright compared to the warm yellow light of the spirit lamps in the cultivation room.

Chen Yuan stepped out of the cultivation room.

The air in the courtyard carried that damp, stuffy feeling that comes with the rain, and the scent of grass and trees was stronger than usual.

He had just stopped.

Several figures quickly surrounded them.

The first thing to rush in front of me was Shadow.

The dark purple figure trailed a long tail, its vertical pupils gleaming with excitement.

"Boss! You're out of seclusion!"

The shadow's voice was several pitches higher than usual.

"How's it going? Did you break through?"

Chen Tianling followed closely behind, his steps steady, but his face also showed obvious anticipation.

Chen Yi stood outside the courtyard with nine other Holy Dragon Guards, all ten pairs of eyes staring at him.

Chen Yuan smiled as he looked at them.

"A breakthrough has been achieved."

Just three words.

The atmosphere in the courtyard instantly exploded.

"Very good!"

With a flick of its tail, the shadowy creature nearly knocked the teacup off the stone table beside it.

"I knew it! Boss can definitely do it!"

Chen Tianling also let out a long sigh of relief, unable to suppress the smile on his lips.

"Peak of Eternal True God... Boss, now the number of people in the entire Canglan Empire who can go toe-to-toe with you can probably be counted on two hands."

Chen Yuan hadn't even had a chance to speak.

He suddenly sensed something.

His gaze lingered on Chen Tianling and You Ying for a moment, then he gently swept his divine sense over them.

"Congratulations! Now you two are also eternal gods."

The shadowy figure nodded vigorously beside him, its tail swishing loudly as it said, "Yes, yes."

He straightened his chest.

The dark purple scales gleamed eerily in the overcast light.

Chen Yuan then turned his gaze to Chen Yi and the others.

Although the ten people did not come forward, he could sense that their auras were much stronger than before they went into seclusion.

"The Holy Dragon Guard has also reached the peak of True God."

Chen Yi stepped forward, clasped his hands in a fist and bowed.

"Yes, Master."

"The moment Master broke through, we subordinates, as always, simultaneously sensed the surge in power within our bodies."

"They have all broken through to the peak of True God."

Chen Yuan nodded, his initial surprise quickly turning into satisfaction.

"good."

"In this way, the overall strength of our group has increased significantly."

The shadowy figure beside me had already begun to drift.

"Boss, you're now at the peak of the Eternal True God realm. With the Myriad Treasures River and those supreme treasures, you should be able to put up a fight even against a powerhouse in the early stages of the Supreme realm, right?"

Chen Yuan thought for a moment and didn't make his statement completely.

"If I were to face a Supreme Being in the early stages, I should be able to fight."

"There's a chance of winning, but it's not certain."

He paused.

"However... once I gather the last two laws and break through to the Supreme Realm, things will be completely different."

The shadowy figure's eyes lit up when it heard this.

"Boss, if you break through to the Supreme Realm, you'll be able to roam freely throughout the entire Purple Profound Star Region!"

"Even the Emperor of the Canglan Empire will have to treat you with utmost respect!"

Chen Tianling chimed in from the side.

"It's more than just walking sideways."

"Once the boss breaks through to the Supreme Realm, the only people in the entire Canglan Empire who can stand on equal footing with him are those few Supreme Ancestors."

Chen Yuan found their back-and-forth praise somewhat amusing.

"Alright, alright, stop bragging."

"The road ahead is still long."

He patted a tiny speck of dust off his robe, his tone relaxed.

"But then again—your boss is just that strong."

Shadow immediately chimed in.

"Boss is awesome! Breaking through to the Dominator Realm is just around the corner!"

Chen Yuan smiled upon hearing this and casually replied.

"That's natural."

"Let alone the Sovereign Realm, even the Chaos Sovereign Realm, or even transcending the universe, is only a matter of time for me."

He said this in a calm and casual tone, as if he were talking about what to have for dinner.

But that unwavering confidence made Youying so excited that she spun around on the spot.

"Our leader is awesome!"

Chen Tianling watched this scene, stood to the side, and shook his head with a smile.

He had no doubt about Chen Yuan's words, and had never seen Chen Yuan say anything he couldn't do.

Since he says he can transcend the universe... then he definitely can.

After a while of excitement, Chen Yuan's expression gradually calmed down.

"Okay, that's all."

He looked around, his gaze sweeping across everyone's face.

"Seriously."

"Our current strength is more than one level higher than when we first came to the Canglan Empire."

"But to avoid unnecessary trouble, it's best to keep a low profile."

"Externally, we continue to showcase the level of cultivation we had when we first became naturalized, without letting others know that we have made a breakthrough."

Chen Tianling understood his meaning immediately upon hearing it.

"clear."

"If people knew that our group had simultaneously broken through to the peak of True God and even the early stage of Eternal True God in just a few months, it would definitely arouse countless suspicions."

"Even if the imperial high command doesn't cause trouble, spies from other forces will swarm in."

Even Youying nodded in agreement, a rare occurrence for him.

"That's right, that's right."

"We're not at the point where we can completely act with impunity yet."

"Once you break through to the Supreme Realm, it won't be too late to reveal your full strength then."

Chen Yuan gave them an approving look.

"It's good that you understand everything."

"That's settled then."

"Go do what you're supposed to do."

He waved his hand and turned to walk towards the main building.

There was no sunshine on this cloudy day, but the air in the yard was exceptionally fresh.

The lake surface in the distance rippled with leaden gray, and several water birds landed on the shore, pecking at something with their heads down.