High Martial Arts: Starting with a Martial Saint Peak Cultivation

At the command of Immortal Lord Youxuan, thousands of flying boats immediately dispersed in the starry sky.

Like a group of sharks that have smelled blood.

They each rushed toward the targets marked on the defense map.

Each airship is equipped with a shielding array, like silent shadows, shuttling at high speed through the darkness.

The Tianhe Alliance's defense map was densely marked with hundreds of military outposts and inhabited planets, which, in the eyes of the Nine Nether Valley elders, were all pieces of fat meat waiting to be cut open.

"The third team is heading to the three border fortresses in the northern part of the Tianhe star system."

"Seventh Team, those dozens of resource stars to the south are yours."

"Eleventh team, sweep along this route, leave no survivors."

"........."

Commands were rapidly transmitted between the formations via the communication artifacts, and each airship received its prey.

The reason the elders dared to disperse their forces in this way is quite simple.

According to the intelligence brought back by Immortal Lord Xuan Ying, the strongest members of the Heavenly Crane Alliance are only at the early stage of Heavenly Immortal, and their numbers are extremely small.

Their Nine Nether Valley alone dispatched over a hundred Celestial Immortal Elders; any one of their squads would be enough to crush an entire direction.

Not to mention, the Immortal King Youyun and Immortal Lord Youxuan are stationed on the main ship, ready to support any battlefield at any time.

.........

Deep in the starry sky.

Inside a border fortress shrouded in a shielding array.

The stationed soldiers patrolled, changed shifts, and dozed off as usual.

This border fortress was built on a desolate meteorite, surrounded by a deathly void where even interstellar dust was pitifully thin.

The fort was brightly lit, and the canteen smelled of burnt, cheap nutritional paste. Several soldiers on leave were playing cards against the wall.

"Yes, K!"

"Go for A!"

"Haha, we won! Give us the star coins!"

Suddenly, all the sounds disappeared at the same time.

A pale blue beam of light fell silently from the starry sky, accurately hitting the central energy core of the border fortress.

The beam of light pierced through twelve layers of alloy armor, directly evaporating the core reactor.

Then came the second, the third, the tenth...

The entire border fortress was torn apart by dozens of beams of light from the Immortal Spirit Cannon in the blink of an eye, and metal fragments and the severed limbs of soldiers scattered in the vacuum.

From the first shot to the last, it took less than ten breaths.

None of the three thousand soldiers guarding the fort had time to raise the alarm.

Similar scenes were playing out simultaneously across the entire front.

One border fortress after another was destroyed, and one outer planet after another was occupied.

The flying boats of Nine Nether Valley were like a red-hot knife, slicing into a piece of unsuspecting cream.

The border defenses of the Tianhe Alliance were so fragile in the face of this knife that they were not even worth a piece of paper.

The message couldn't be sent back, and the alarm couldn't be issued.

All the attacked strongholds vanished without a trace, as if they had never existed.

Meanwhile, on a planet called Smoke Star, the sun shines brightly.

This planet is not large; land covers only 30% of its surface, while the rest is entirely blue ocean.

Viewed from space, it resembles a sapphire set in dark velvet, quiet and beautiful.

There are three continents on the planet, the most prosperous being the Yunyan Continent in the east, where the planet's administrative headquarters is located.

noon.

The sunlight streamed down from above, making the entire General Government Square dazzlingly white.

The square was bustling with people, with officials and civilians in various uniforms hurrying about.

The aroma of food stalls wafted from the edge of the square, the smoky fragrance of roasted spirit beast meat mingling with the bitter taste of spirit tea, spreading in the warm breeze.

Several children chased after a butterfly, their laughter as clear and crisp as a copper bell.

suddenly.

A muffled rumble came from overhead.

The sound came from the very high sky, like muffled thunder rolling across the heavens, causing the leaves of the spirit trees on the square to fall in a rustling sound.

"What's going on? Is it thundering?"

A vendor looked up at the sky, his shovel hovering in mid-air.

The sky was clear without a single cloud, and the sunlight was dazzling.

then.

A blinding white light shone from outer space, like a small sun exploding in the sky above the planet.

Then came the second, the third, the tenth...

The white light illuminated the entire sky, then was quickly replaced by clusters of spreading flames.

That was the fire from the explosion when the Starport was destroyed.

The three starports on the orbit of the Smoke Star have now been reduced to three burning wrecks of metal.

The shockwave from the explosion carried countless metal fragments toward the planet's surface, like an inverted meteor shower.

"Starport! Starport has exploded!"

Someone pointed to the sky and screamed.

The square instantly descended into chaos.

The vendor dropped his shovel and ran, the child was picked up by an adult, and the fairy butterfly scattered in fright.

Screams, cries, and the sounds of tables and chairs overturning mingled together, like a pot of boiling porridge.

"Run! Find somewhere to hide!"

"Space pirates! It must be space pirates!"

"Space pirates are attacking!"

"Don't run that way! Run to the bunker!"

People scurried around like headless flies, some knocking over stalls, others falling to the ground and being trampled on several times.

An old woman, holding her grandson, squatted in a corner, reciting prayers while trembling all over.

Several young people sprinted toward the air-raid shelter at the edge of the square, their faces drained of all color.

Top floor of the General Headquarters building.

In a spacious office, a middle-aged man suddenly stood up from his chair.

He was of medium height, with a square face, a neatly trimmed short beard, and wore a dark blue official robe.

It was none other than Liu Changhe, the Chief Executive Officer of Shenyan Star and a mid-stage True God.

He rushed to the window, pushed it open, and looked up at the sky.

The flames from the Starport explosion were still burning in the sky, and several particularly large fragments streaked across the sky with long plumes of smoke, crashing into the distant sea and sending up towering columns of water.

Liu Changhe's face instantly turned ashen.

"Starport destroyed..."

He muttered something under his breath, turned around, rushed to his desk, and grabbed the communication bracelet.

"Connect to Singapore! Connect to Singapore now!"

He tapped rapidly on the screen, bringing up the communication channel for the Starport Command Center.

beep - beep - beep -

busy tone.

He dialed it again.

Still busy signal.

The third time, the fourth time, the fifth time...

"Answer it! Answer it the fuck now!"

The veins on Liu Changhe's forehead bulged, and his fingers almost crushed the bracelet.

I dialed more than a dozen times, but there was still no response from the other end.

He put down the bracelet, took a deep breath, and forced himself to calm down.

"The destruction of the starport and the disruption of communications indicate that the attackers were extremely professional, precisely destroying all communication nodes in the first wave of attacks."

He quickly calculated in his mind.

"This method is definitely not that of an ordinary space pirate."

He turned around abruptly and shouted towards the door.

"Someone! Prepare the ships!"

Two guards, both at the early stage of True God cultivation, rushed in from outside the door, their expressions equally tense.

"Chief, are you going out yourself?"

"Enough talk, come with me to Star Harbor!"

Liu Changhe strode towards the door, his robes fluttering in the wind.

I just stepped out of the office.

suddenly.

A terrifying pressure descended from the sky.

The oppressive force was as heavy as a billion mountains pressing down at once, carrying a killing intent that made one's soul tremble.

The metal floor beneath Liu Changhe's feet creaked under the pressure, leaving two clear footprints.

His two bodyguards didn't even utter a sound before falling to their knees with a thud, their faces flushed red and veins bulging on their necks.

"What...is this...?"

Liu Changhe struggled to raise his head, his pupils suddenly contracting.

Dozens of auras at the level of eternal true gods descended simultaneously from the direction of the planet's orbit.

Like dozens of meteors crashing into the atmosphere, each aura was so powerful it made his scalp tingle.

His communication bracelet started vibrating wildly, and lines of red alarm text popped up on the screen.

"Multiple fluctuations of spiritual energy at the level of Eternal True Gods have been detected!"

Quantity: Twelve strands!

"Direction: Planetary orbit, rapidly descending!"

"Target: Yunyan Continent, Administrative Headquarters!"

"Estimated arrival time: 30 breaths!"

Liu Changhe stared at the words on the screen, his pupils gradually losing focus.

Twelve strands of eternal divine energy.

twelve.

In the entire Heavenly Crane Alliance, there are fewer than twenty officially recognized Eternal Gods.

And this moment.

Twelve auras of eternal true gods simultaneously descended upon the seemingly ordinary life-bearing planet, Chenyan Star?!

"How...is this possible..."

His lips trembled, and his voice was hoarse.

"No space pirate organization... can reach this scale..."

He frantically searched his mind.

The strongest of the space pirate organizations operating within and outside the Tianhe Alliance is a single Eternal True God, and they all operate in the outer regions, never touching the core territory of the alliance.

But these twelve auras before me.

Each one was as deep and profound as an abyss, as solid and imposing as a mountain, and its purity was unmatched even by the regular army of the Canglan Empire.

"Where did this enemy come from?!"

Liu Changhe's heart sank little by little.

Smokeless Planet is just an ordinary agricultural planet.

They planted spirit grains on land and raised spirit fish in the sea, but there wasn't even a decent spirit vein.

The most valuable thing on the entire planet is the third-tier spiritual vein beneath the main building, which is only enough to maintain daily operations.

How could such a poor place attract so many eternal gods?

"Why...why..."

He was trembling uncontrollably, and his legs beneath his robes were so weak that he could barely stand.

He could clearly sense that several of the twelve auras were rushing straight toward his location at great speed, carrying the aura of a treasure that had locked onto its target.

With his cultivation level at the mid-stage of True God, he wouldn't even have the right to escape, let alone conceal it.

"It's over..."

With trembling hands, Liu Changhe raised his bracelet and used his last bit of strength to compose an urgent military intelligence report.

"Sinking Star has been invaded by an unknown force. Thirty-seven Eternal True God-level powerhouses have arrived. The starport has been destroyed, communications have been cut off, and the enemy is attacking—"

He pressed the send button.

A line of small red text popped up on the screen.

"Send failed: The space has been blocked and no information can be transmitted."

Liu Changhe stared at the line of words, all the color draining from his face.

Space blockade.

The entire space of the Smoke Star was locked.

"this......"

He opened his mouth, but his voice was so hoarse it was almost inaudible.

"Such a large force... attacking this remote and impoverished place, Chenyan Star... what's the point...?"

He suddenly grasped at an absurd idea.

"Could there be some hidden treasure on this planet that we haven't discovered yet?"

The thought had barely formed in his mind when he shook his head.

Impossible. Chenyan Star has been developed for thousands of years. Every inch of its land has been scanned countless times by spiritual senses. Any treasures there would have been discovered long ago.

"Then what was it all for...?"

The guards around him were still trembling. One of them barely managed to raise his head, looked at Liu Changhe's pale face, and spoke in a trembling voice.

"Commander-in-Chief... what... what happened to you?"

Before he could finish speaking...

A terrifying pressure from the eternal true god suddenly poured down from above.

The oppressive aura arrived without warning, like an invisible mountain crashing down from the sky, enveloping the entire headquarters building.

Hundreds of guards inside the building froze simultaneously.

The expression on his face changed from bewilderment to terror, and then from terror to despair, all in less than a breath.

then.

boom!boom!boom!boom!

One muffled thud after another exploded throughout the headquarters building, like a string of lit firecrackers.

Each guard's body exploded into a cloud of blood mist, bones, flesh, and internal organs mixed together, bursting into dark red flowers in the air.

One of the twelve oppressive forces descended first, compressing even the air into a tangible form.

Liu Changhe was pressed firmly to the ground by an invisible force, his face pressed against the cold metal floor, unable to move even a finger.

He heard his bones creaking, the air in his lungs being squeezed out little by little, and his vision began to darken.

then.

An invisible hand lifted him from the ground.

Like catching a grasshopper, it was lifted lightly into the air.

Liu Changhe opened his eyes with difficulty.

A young man was standing in front of me.

The man wore a white battle robe with gold patterns, a standard spirit sword hanging at his waist, and had a handsome face, but a wicked smile crooked at the corner of his mouth.

The aura emanating from his body remained steadily at the early stage of Eternal True God, and his spiritual power was solid and abundant, clearly indicating that his cultivation level was built up with abundant resources.

It was Ye Jing, a true disciple of the Nine Nether Valley.

Ye Jing looked at the native in front of him who was unable to move under his pressure, and the corners of his mouth curved even deeper.

He felt fortunate that he had learned a movement technique, which made him much faster than his fellow disciples.

"Otherwise, how would I have gotten the credit?"

He muttered to himself.

"Killing the strongest being on a planet can earn you a lot of sect contribution points."

Ye Jing looked Liu Changhe up and down, as if he were looking at a trophy that he had already obtained.

Liu Changhe stared at the other person with utter terror, desperately searching his memory for that face.

Unfamiliar faces.

He had seen images of all the leaders and chiefs of the space pirate organizations inside and outside the Tianhe Alliance, but none of them matched the person in front of him.

Liu Changhe opened his mouth with difficulty, his voice hoarse and weak.

"You...you all..."

He took a breath and tried to make his voice sound more confident.

"Why attack Chenyan Star? This is the territory of the Tianhe Alliance! Our Tianhe Alliance is under the protection of the Canglan Empire! Aren't you afraid of the Canglan Empire's retaliation for doing this?!"

After saying that, he stared intently into Ye Jing's eyes, hoping that the other party would feel even the slightest bit of fear after hearing the words "Canglan Empire".

Ye Jing's smile remained unchanged.

He tilted his head and looked at Liu Changhe as if he were looking at someone who was talking in his sleep.

"The Azure Sky Empire?"

He repeated it, his tone carrying a chilling nonchalance.

"What are you muttering about?"

Before he could finish speaking...

In the blink of an eye, Liu Changhe's body suddenly swelled up, like a balloon inflated to its limit, and then—

boom!

The blood mist exploded.

Broken bones and minced meat mingled with the dark red mist, spreading throughout the office.

Ye Jing raised her sleeve to cover her nose and frowned.

"That's really dirty."

He looked down at the treasure hanging on his body, a sect token used to record merits for kills.

On the keepsake, the light representing Liu Changhe had gone out, and a line of small characters had appeared next to it.

"Mid-stage True God, Merit Points: 50"

Ye Jing's lips curved into a smile again.

"Fifty contribution points, plus the points from the previous clearing outposts, should be enough to exchange for a Breakthrough Pill when I get back."

He nodded in satisfaction and put the token away.

Just then.

Several more auras of Eternal True Gods descended from the surrounding area.

Ye Jing turned his head and saw three junior brothers flying in from different directions and landing beside him.

The three were dressed in identical white robes with gold patterns, indicating they were all true disciples.

They glanced at the cloud of blood on the ground, then at the remains of the guards crushed by the oppressive force, and shook their heads helplessly.

The round-faced junior brother at the head of the group cupped his hands to Ye Jinghong and spoke with a smile.

"Senior brother, you're still the fastest."

He gestured towards the blood mist on the ground.

"You deserve all the credit for taking over this planet."

Upon hearing this, Ye Jing waved his hand modestly, but his face revealed an undisguised pride.

"Not at all, my fellow disciples were just delayed on the way."

He then changed the subject and pointed in other directions on the planet.

"Enough of that. Hurry up and clear out the rest of the official institutions and garrisons. Then hand this place over to the outer disciples and continue your conquest of other planets."

He paused, his tone becoming more serious.

"If we're too late, the credit will be stolen by our fellow disciples."

The three junior brothers nodded in unison and each activated their movement techniques to fly off in different directions.

Ye Jing glanced down at the devastated headquarters building, then turned and flew toward his next target.

The remaining forces on the planet are utterly ineffective.

In the garrison camp, thousands of soldiers were unable to stand up under the oppressive power of the Eternal God, and their consciousness was erased in an instant.

On the air defense position, before dozens of giant railguns could even turn around, the gun emplacements were uprooted and smashed into a pile of scrap metal on the distant mountainside.

Inside the communications center, a soldier was still trying to send a final message. The moment his finger touched the send button, he turned into a cloud of blood mist.

A frigate docked at a port on land was forcibly lifted into the air. Just a hundred feet off the ground, the ship was crushed as if by an invisible giant hand and exploded into a fireball.

It took less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

All resistance on the Smoke Star was completely wiped out.

Then, Ye Jing's voice echoed throughout the entire planet.

The sound was amplified by spiritual power, echoing over every continent, every city, and every village.

"Listen up, all living beings of the Smokeless Star—"

His voice was cold and clear, like a knife scraping against everyone's eardrums.

"From this day forward, Chenyan Star belongs to the Cloud Wave Immortal Realm!"

He paused, then emphasized his words.

"Those who resist, die!"

"Don't try to pray that your official forces will save you."

In the square, on the streets, and in the villages, everyone looked up at this unfamiliar name, their faces filled with bewilderment and fear.

"The Cloud-Swept Immortal Realm?"

An old man selling spirit fruits squatted behind his stall, repeating the words with trembling lips.

"I've lived for over seventy years... and I've never heard of this name before..."

A young mother holding her child huddled in a corner, muttering to herself.

"A force from outer space? They even bombed the starport... and sent so many powerful individuals..."

Her voice trembled, and the child in her arms cried loudly in fright.

On the distant street, several young people poked their heads out of the bunker, their faces pale as they stared at the spiritual energy fluctuations in the sky that had not yet dissipated.

"Regardless of the origins of this Cloud Ripple Immortal Realm..."

A young man whispered something, his voice filled with despair.

"To conquer our Chenyan Star, they even mobilized so many Eternal True God powerhouses..."

"This force is definitely not weak..."

The person next to him added a comment and sighed heavily.

"This is bad news for us."

The sky remained clear, and the sun shone brightly.

But the hearts of every living being on Chenyan Star sank to the bottom.

They knew that from this moment on, the planet had a new owner.

A master they had never heard of before.