High Martial Arts: Starting with a Martial Saint Peak Cultivation

The shadowy figure's wings fluttered.

The purple behemoth transformed into a streak of light and vanished from the sky above Luodu City.

Chen Yuan's clone stood on the broad back of the shadowy figure, a holographic map unfolding before his eyes, the dense red dots a startling sight.

"The closest one is a medium-sized grotto located within the territory of Yuzhou..."

He put away the screen and calmly looked into the distance, his shadowy figure moving with incredible speed, traversing the void as if walking on flat ground.

The mountains and rivers of the Great Xia Kingdom rushed past below, moving very quickly from the bustling capital city of Luodu to the vast Central Plains.

......

The following days.

Chen Yuan's clone swept through the riotous Tianku within the Great Xia Kingdom.

Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou...

One after another, caves in the sky; one after another, alien races.

A single shot from an eighth-tier player.

Even a beginner at the ninth rank can be hit with a single shot.

If you encounter one that's particularly resilient, you can fire another shot.

Clean and efficient, never dragging things out.

Chen Tianling led the Holy Dragon Guards to clean up the battlefield, while Youying was responsible for eliminating any who tried to escape.

Shadow Blade also made a few moves. Although he was unwilling to leave the mansion's source power, he was quite formidable in the actual fight.

The strength of a mid-stage ninth rank.

It's more than enough to deal with those alien races that have been half-dead from the backlash.

But every time it finished fighting, it would silently glance in the direction of Longyuan Mountain, its eyes filled with "I want to go home".

......

Time passed day by day.

It was midnight that day.

Longyuan Mountain, the backyard of the Holy Venerable's Mansion.

Beneath the World Origin Tree, Chen Yuan sat cross-legged with his eyes slightly closed.

The primal energy around him was so dense that it almost solidified, and a pale golden mist enveloped his entire body.

Two divine essences floated in front of him, their inner soul power flowing into his brow like a gentle stream.

His spirit was growing at an incredible speed.

Under the tempering of the primordial power, the physical body gradually moves towards its limit.

suddenly.

That familiar mechanical voice echoed in my mind.

[Ding! The monthly check-in count has been refreshed. Would you like to check in now?]

Chen Yuan's cultivation was forced to stop.

He slowly opened his eyes, a glint of shrewdness flashing in them.

It's the beginning of the month again.

He stretched his neck, feeling the power within him that was several times stronger than it had been a month ago, and a smile appeared on his lips.

He's getting closer and closer to the Martial God realm.

"System, check-in!"

[Ding! Check-in successful!]

[Congratulations, host, you have received the following rewards: Divine Essence x1, Saint-grade Top-tier Soul Nourishing Chain x1, Saint-grade Top-tier Boundary-Breaking Talisman x1]

Chen Yuan was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up.

Another divine essence?!

He quickly looked at the introduction on the system panel.

["Soul Nourishing Chain: A Saint-grade supreme soul treasure. When worn, it automatically nourishes the wearer's soul, increasing its recovery speed. Long-term wear can slowly enhance the soul's strength. It has extremely strong defensive effects against soul attacks."]

["Boundary-Breaking Talisman: A Saint-grade, top-tier, one-time use treasure. When used, it can infuse the power of the talisman into any target, ignoring spatial barriers, instantly piercing through the seal of the Heavenly Cave Rift, forcibly pulling the target from the other side of the rift to the user. Note: Ineffective against 10th-tier Martial God Realm cultivators."]

After reading the introduction, Chen Yuan's smile deepened.

The Soul-Nourishing Chain is a soul version of the "Spirit-Gathering Bead".

He was just worried that his soul tempering speed wasn't fast enough when this thing came to him.

As for the boundary-breaking talisman...

"nice one."

A glint of light flashed in Chen Yuan's eyes.

He immediately understood the purpose of this thing.

Some of the alien races behind the rift in the Heavenly Cave wanted to come out but couldn't, while others could come out but dared not.

Now that he has this talisman, he can forcibly drag out those who "dare not come out".

Want to hide inside like a coward?

No way.

"receive!"

Chen Yuan's mind stirred.

All three rewards appeared in the unlimited storage space.

He first took out the Soul-Nourishing Chain.

A pale gold necklace, the chain as thin as a hair, with a tiny, crystal-clear pendant the size of a fingernail, emitting a warm, fluorescent glow.

Chen Yuan put it on casually.

The moment the pendant touched his chest, a cool and gentle energy surged out, enveloping his soul like a gentle stream.

That feeling... is like adding a top-of-the-line radiator to a scorching hot engine.

The flow of his soul became smoother, and even his thoughts became clearer.

"good."

Chen Yuan nodded in satisfaction and then took out the second item.

Boundary-Breaking Talisman.

A palm-sized talisman, entirely silver-white, with mysterious array patterns flowing across its surface.

Holding it in your hand, you can feel a power that tears through space lurking inside, like a thunderbolt that could explode at any moment.

"A good thing to have once."

Chen Yuan carefully put away the boundary-breaking talisman.

This thing isn't useful now, but it will definitely be very useful in the future.

At last.

With a thought, he took out the newly obtained divine essence.

It was about the size of a fist, roughly the same size as the one the system rewarded, and the soul power inside was so dense it was almost overflowing.

Chen Yuan held the three divine essences side by side in his palm.

Two large ones and one small one.

The three crystals glowed faintly in the moonlight, their inner soul power resonating with each other, making even the surrounding air feel heavier.

"Three..."

Chen Yuan took a deep breath and resuspended the three divine essences in front of him.

"That should be enough, right?"

Without thinking much, he closed his eyes and continued absorbing the nutrients.

The three divine essences lit up simultaneously, and the boundless power of the soul flowed into his brow like three rivers.

The Soul Nourishing Chain also lit up, accelerating the absorption and transformation of the soul.

The World Origin Tree swayed gently, and the power of origin enveloped him like a tide.

Both the physical body and the soul are pushing towards their limits!

......

Time passed day by day during the cultivation.

The Great Xia Kingdom, Jiaozhou.

In front of a medium-sized grotto.

The air was thick with the stench of blood and evil, and dozens of the remains of alien races were scattered on the ground.

Chen Yuan's clone stood in front of the rift, the tip of the Light Chaser still dripping blood.

The alien race in front of them, which was at the early stage of the ninth rank, had become a corpse.

His head was pierced by a gunshot, and he lay on the ground, dark red blood still flowing out.

But it was extremely resilient; even with its head pierced, it was still not completely dead.

It lay on the ground, its vertical pupils filled with resentment and madness, emitting intermittent roars.

"You...you shouldn't be so smug..."

Its voice was hoarse, like a leaky bellows.

"The cracks in the Ruins of Myriad Realms... will grow wider and wider... and an even greater being... will arrive soon..."

"The king... will avenge us..."

"Humanity... await the end of the world!"

"This world... will ultimately be ruled by us... You humans... will become our slaves..."

It became more and more excited as it spoke, and the light in its vertical pupils grew brighter and brighter, like a final burst of life before death.

Chen Yuan's clone looked down at it with a calm expression.

"Are you done talking?"

The alien was taken aback.

Chen Yuan's clone sighed, his tone full of disdain.

"Can't you aliens say something else? It's always the same few sentences, I'm sick of hearing them."

"The king will seek revenge, the end of the world will come, and humanity will be enslaved..."

He shook his head.

"It's always the same few sentences over and over again, isn't it annoying?"

A hint of surprise flashed in the alien's vertical pupils.

It had prepared a whole host of harsh words, intending to give this human martial saint a good scare before it died.

As a result, the other party didn't take it seriously at all?

"you......"

What else does it want to say?

Chen Yuan's clone flicked his wrist, and spiritual energy burst forth from the tip of the spear.

"puff!"

The alien's head exploded completely, splattering dark red blood all over the ground.

"You talk too much nonsense."

Chen Yuan's clone retrieved the Light Chaser Spear and turned to look at the battlefield.

Behind.

The Shadow, Holy Dragon Guard, and Shadow Blade are working with the warrior legion stationed here to wipe out the remaining alien army.

The shadowy creature swells to a hundred meters in size, and with a single swipe of its claw, it creates a cloud of blood mist, or it opens its gaping maw and swallows everything whole.

Chen Tianling, leading ten Holy Dragon Guards, moved with incredible speed and skill, weaving through the alien army with unparalleled ferocity.

Shadowblade stood on the periphery, occasionally taking out a few who slipped through the net, but mostly just loafing around.

Its thoughts were entirely focused on that tree on Longyuan Mountain.

"If you keep slacking off, believe me, I'll help you graduate and apply for a newborn job right away!" Shadow turned around and glared at it.

Shadowblade was startled by Shadow's humorous words.

He quickly put aside his thoughts and slapped a seventh-tier alien creature next to him to death.

"Brother Ying, I'm here! I don't want to apply for the newborn position!"

Moments later, the battlefield was cleared.

The surrounding Xia Kingdom warriors erupted in deafening cheers.

"Master Chen is mighty!"

"Long live Chief Chen!"

The martial artists looked at Chen Yuan with eyes full of admiration and fanaticism.

With Chief Chen around, we have nothing to fear from any alien race!

Chen Yuan's clone nodded slightly to them without saying anything more.

He turned and walked toward the chasm in the sky.

The crack was nearly a hundred meters long, its edges shimmering with a ghostly blue light, and a rich otherworldly aura constantly emanated from it.

Chen Yuan's clone stood before the crack, gazing calmly into the depths.

His Eye of Void Insight could clearly sense that there was still a presence deep within the crack.

It's much stronger than that early-stage ninth-tier beast from before.

Moreover, the state of this aura is much better than that of those alien races that forcibly crossed over.

Obviously.

Instead of rushing out, it hid inside and watched.

A smile appeared on Chen Yuan's clone's lips.

He crossed his arms and opened his mouth towards the depths of the crack. His voice was not loud, but it clearly penetrated the crack and entered the depths of the Heavenly Cave.

"Hey, you inside."

His tone was languid.

"You're the king that ant was talking about, aren't you?"

There was no response from the depths of the crack.

But that aura clearly fluctuated.

Chen Yuan's clone continued, "You've been hiding inside watching the show for so long, aren't you going to show your face?"

"You cowardly coward, hiding behind the Heavenly Cave like a turtle, you think you can rule the Blue Star?"

His voice carried a hint of laughter, but every word was like a knife stabbing at you.

"I don't think you have the guts."

"That's true. After all, someone like you only dares to bully ordinary people. When you encounter someone who can fight, you cower with your tail between your legs and don't even dare to show your face."

"Tsk tsk...Are all you alien races this cowardly?"

"Or are you saying you're not a king at all, just a gatekeeper? Your master told you to guard the cave entrance, and you've just obediently stayed here?"

"Cowardly turtle."

Deep within the crack.

The aura fluctuated violently.

A violent killing intent surged from the depths of the crack, and the surrounding air became somewhat heavy.

The person inside was clearly very angry.

But it ultimately held back and did not rush out.

Because it knew that this human martial saint's strength... was too great.

Just now, one of my subordinates who was at the early stage of the ninth rank was killed instantly by a single shot.

Although it was stronger than his subordinates, its strength was only limited.

Forcibly crossing the boundary, not to mention the backlash from the Blue Star's will that could crush it, the human martial saint in front of it alone could easily rub it into the ground.

Going out means delivering vegetables.

It took a deep breath and swallowed its anger back.

silence.

The depths of the crack were deathly silent.

Chen Yuan's clone waited for a moment, and seeing that the other party did not react, shook his head.

"Coward."

He looked away and ignored it.

A thought crossed my mind.

Nine Netherworld Clone Technique!

Nine figures instantly appeared beside him, and together with his original body, ten Chen Yuans stood side by side.

Ten terrifying auras erupted simultaneously, distorting even the surrounding air.

Then all ten figures raised their hands at the same time.

Starting stance: Sacred Ruins World-Suppressing Fist!

Ten fists simultaneously slammed into the depths of the crack!

"boom!!!"

Ten terrifying beams of light converged into a world-destroying force, slamming into the crack in the Heavenly Cave!

The entire cave was trembling, and the eerie blue light at the edge of the crack flickered violently, with rubble falling down from the edge of the crack.

This punch did not cause much substantial damage to the interior of the Heavenly Cave, since the crack itself was protected by a spatial barrier.

However, the terrifying pressure and shockwave carried by that fist force truly penetrated into the depths of the Heavenly Cave.

The message reached the ninth-tier alien race.

"boom!"

The force of the punch exploded in front of it, and the shockwave made it stagger.

Although no one was injured, the blatant provocation was more direct than any words.

The translation is...

I'm going to hit you, so what can you do about it?

Do you dare to come out?

The alien's face turned a deep liver color, his vertical pupils filled with anger and humiliation.

But it ultimately didn't move.

He gritted his teeth and let out a low growl in the darkness.

"Arrogant humans... Let's see if you'll still be laughing when the king's seal is completely broken..."

Chen Yuan's clone withdrew his fist and patted off non-existent dust from his hands.

"Let's go, next place."

He turned and walked toward the shadow.

The shadowy figure flew over and caught him, glancing back at the crack with a smug look in its small eyes.

"Boss, that guy's furious."

"Um."

"It's amazing that it can hold back from coming out."

"Just bear with it if you can, it's not like you'll lose a piece of your body."

The shadowy figure chuckled, flapped its wings, and flew towards the next celestial cave.

Chen Tianling and the Holy Dragon Guard followed closely behind.

Shadowblade followed at the very back, glancing back at the crack, then at the tall figure ahead, and silently swallowed.

It suddenly felt...

It seems that Chen Yuan's words were also directed at it.

Fortunately, I chose to submit back then.

otherwise......

Shadowblade shivered and quickly sped up to catch up.