Chapter 819: Chapter 543: Supreme Level Spear Skill
The sun rose high, its light shining upon all directions and the Three Realms. The rocks on the planet’s surface evaporated in an instant, and a pitch-black crater nearly a hundred kilometers in diameter appeared just like that.
Within the Battle Trip, the sun and the Falling World collided. The torrent of Sword Qi kept retreating until it finally dissipated.
The Falling World, shattered.
Buzz! The long spear slid down, shattering the Blood Hidden Building Master’s Supreme Fast Blade, slashing his body into countless fragments.
"After defeating the Blood Hidden Building Master thirty-seven times, I have finally created this Supreme Spear Technique. It really wasn’t easy."
Lu Chenzhou’s mind returned to reality.
The asteroid trembled amid the aftershocks. The crust, like a cracked eggshell, scattered endless debris into outer space, forming a ring of meteors orbiting the asteroid.
"Supreme Divine Skill would already be true world-annihilation for an ordinary planet. The secondary disasters caused by a peak strike would be enough to affect a vast range of ecosystems.
So before Xia Star grew in size, mighty figures at the Martial Arts Tournament often decided victory just with a clash of aura. If they went all out, it would be a catastrophe for civilization."
Lu Chenzhou withdrew his spear.
In his mind, the Martial Arts Tree had grown past a million zhang.
[Chaos: Fifth Rank (1%)]
"The fifth Realm of Dao is ’Walking Dao’. On the path of Dao, I have already walked quite far. After entering Walking Dao, the diameter of the Law Realm (Heavenly Person Law Realm) will increase to over 100 kilometers, and the power of the Law Realm will be raised to a new level."
He tested it on the spot.
[Dusk of the Gods], [Eastern Chanting], and [Realm God Nation]—the three great Domains were already on par with those of some Seventh Realm cultivators he had seen, because in terms of Dao, he was no weaker than the Seventh Realm. He might even surpass many of them.
Take someone like Blood Hidden Building Master, for example—their level of Dao is pretty average, just the basic Entering Dao standard of the top thirty on the Heavenly Person List. But those Absolute Peak Dao Pioneers in the End of Dharma era of Da Xia, by the time they reached the Seventh Realm, were basically all at the ’Walking Dao Realm’.
There are differences within the Seventh Realm as well.
The improvement in Dao caused his spiritual power to rise accordingly.
It didn’t take long before it reached 250,000 prajna.
And with the birth of the Supreme Spear Technique, his qi-blood soared alongside, surging powerfully to around 240,000. Strength, speed, and all physical qualities improved across the board.
The End Realm standard for Heavenly Kings is exactly 240,000.
The limit for Heavenly Kings is 500,000.
This meant that if he used the Kun Character Technique, his cultivation for a short time would be on par with the top ten experts on the Heavenly Person List.
He could be called a quasi-Seventh Realm.
The Seventh Realm standard in Da Xia is at least one million qi-blood. Even the Blood Hidden Building Master only has a bit over 800,000, which is why Lu Chenzhou considers him a false Seventh Realm. Many abilities and methods that a true Seventh Realm should have, the Building Master simply doesn’t possess. For the same realm, the Dragon King could easily overpower ten Blood Hidden Building Masters.
In his mind.
The Martial Arts Tree at a million zhang began a new metamorphosis.
It looked like this stage would take some time.
Lu Chenzhou didn’t bother with it for now.
[Please name the new spear technique.]
"Let’s keep calling it Martial God Spear."
[Martial God Spear: Perfection]
[Divine Seed·Martial God (Tenth Rank)]
[Effect 1: Soldier Wisdom, Tenth Level,
greatly increases martial arts comprehension in soldier attack martial arts...
...
Effect 10: Arrogant Sun Like Me—In an instant, burn all spear formations, fuse essence, qi, and spirit into an energy star, unleashing an offensive far beyond the current realm.]
[Divine Skill: Pending]
Comprehension boost had now become ’greatly’.
As for [Arrogant Sun Like Me], this was the seventh killing move.
It was also, at present, the strategic nuclear weapon in his hands, capable of inflicting massive damage to those at the Seventh Realm.
The instant burst would exceed ten million ding in energy level!
Finally, there was still a Divine Skill option.
But the acupoints were not yet complete.
Hence it was still gestating.
Spear Technique Divine Skill belonged to the "Soldier Attack Divine Ability" category, and its functions were basically always oriented toward the path of ultimate killing power.
When Seventh Realm powerhouses fought, if their cultivation was similar, ordinary martial arts tricks were usually for sparring or feeling each other out—unless one side made a grave mistake, it might be three days and nights and still no winner. The moves that actually decided life and death were supreme martial arts killing moves, the unfathomably powerful Law Realm, and the realm-deciding Martial Arts Divine Skills.
Killing move, Law Realm, Divine Skill.
The three ultimate weapons of the Heavenly Realm.
Take the Mountain Moving Scripture for example—why is the Sixth Layer called [Star-Picking Power]? Because, when trained to the limit, one can comprehend a Great Divine Ability (Immortal Law) that shakes the entire Great Wilderness:
Star-picking and Moon-taking!
Back then, the Ape God Ancestor once used Star-picking and Moon-taking in the Xia Realm’s starry sky to compress a star with a diameter of thirty thousand li down to three zhang. The Great Star-picking Hand could annihilate and reorganize microdust particles at the microscopic level and manipulate primordial magnetic force.
So-called Power Extreme, that is precisely this.
The Aurora Empress also once said, if one pushes the Chasing Light Chapter to its limit, surpassing lightspeed, one could birth a Divine Ability Escape Skill considered the number one life-saving move in the Great Wilderness, named:
Universal Golden Light!
One can escape nine million li in a second, and that’s under the most severely rule-suppressed highest level world like the Great Wilderness.
If it were in the Xia Realm starry sky, one could escape a light year in a second.
If not for the fact that Divines are born as Daoist Lords, with the ability to strike across dimensions, even figures like the Sun Chasing Dragon Emperor would simply be unkillable.
There are thousands of Divine Skills in the Great Wilderness, but Ninth Rank Great Divine Skills—until Qi Refiners were wiped out—numbered only thirty-six.
Of course, these thirty-six didn’t include innate Divine Skills of True Spirit clans like Dragons and Phoenixes, but referred specifically to cultivation Divine Skills.
For the most part, as long as a Great Power mastered a single Divine Skill, they could roam the world. Ancestor, in his year, mastered two: Star-picking and Moon-taking of the Power Extreme Dao, and Creation Pillar of the stick technique.
His combat power ranked in the top ten of all Great Powers.
As for the Four Emperors, they were even more transcendent.
Each of them mastered at least three Great Divine Skills. The one with the most Divine Skills was Emperor Zhan.
Five Great Divine Abilities.
Alas, still not Divine.
No matter how many Divine Skills one had, it was ultimately in vain.
Thus, the Eternal Immortal reminded Lu Chenzhou—
Focus on one Divine Skill. That is enough.
In the Inner Scenery Land, Lu Chenzhou ascended the Chaos Dao staircase nonstop, drawing ever closer to the Dao Palaces.
Until he could go no further.
He stood there, deep in thought.
"With the Four Emperors’ talent, what exactly is it that keeps them stuck at the Ninth Realm, unable to take that step? Is it obstruction from the Divines, or is there an end to the Dao?"
Can mortals truly never become Divine?
If not Divine, is there another path?
Those ancients are long gone, no one can answer him.
Only by climbing to the summit can he investigate for himself.
...
"Young master, congratulations on your breakthrough."
"Master, what’s the name of the new spear technique?"
The Fox Woman and Second Lady both sent their congratulations.
"Still called Martial God Spear."
"Master, could it be you can’t think of another name?"
"Just used to it, that’s all. Old habits die hard."
"I see."
Lu Chenzhou departed.
In the Inner Scenery Land, the Fox Woman and others sighed.
"Sixty years old and at late Sixth Realm; Xia Realm has gained another one who reached the Inner Seven Realms before a hundred. Martial Artists may have short lifespans, but they’ve walked a path more suited to this age."
"Lifespan isn’t important. Mr. Turtle says, if Master can set foot in the Fifth Realm of the physical body, and the Fifth Realm of the spiritual mind, both soul and flesh become Saint—no disaster and no calamity, in theory lifespan will be limitless."
...
Wanbang Council.
Northern Guardian King was cultivating.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes.
Lu Chenzhou’s projection appeared.
"Chairman, I’ve done it."
"You’ve created a Supreme Divine Skill?"
The Northern Guardian King’s eyes flashed with brilliance.
"Yes, I’m now returning to Xia Realm. It’ll take a few months. What’s the situation on the war front these days?"
Lu Chenzhou asked as he made his way.
Northern Guardian King explained simply:
"As of now, we’ve killed sixty-three Demon Emperors, thirteen Heavenly Ghosts, thirty-five Shadow Kill Clan of the Sixth Realm, and tens of thousands at the Fourth and Fifth Realms. Only a few tough opponents are holding out, but it’s only a matter of time. Luckily you killed Mo Yun Demon Emperor—without its interference, this past year casualties were minimized."
"The war in Xia Realm is nearly over. I estimate before the Shroud breaks, the Forbidden Zone will at most cause small-scale harassment—unlikely to deploy any more Demon Emperors."
"That’s right. Demon Emperors are the backbone even in the Forbidden Zone. The Demon Race is different from us—they grow slowly. On average, it takes us two or three hundred years to give rise to a Heavenly King, but for them a Demon Emperor takes one to two thousand years. Since total war broke out, the Forbidden Zone has been exhausting its reserves. It’s impossible for them to produce much new high-end combat power quickly. If I were their leader, I’d abandon Xia Realm for now, focus on invading other worlds, gathering resources, hastening revival, preserving living forces—then, when the Shroud breaks, strike all-out."
"I think the same."
Northern Guardian King continued:
"Chairman Wan says: what we need in Xia Realm, first, is to recuperate, use this period of peace to grow strong fast—make up the losses in manpower, and turn the resources of war into war power.
And, besides a few Heavenly Realm powerhouses keeping watch, the rest should keep traveling the Three Thousand Worlds, making alliances, helping weaker worlds resist the Forbidden Zone, ultimately encircling it and winning the final battle in the future.
Then there’s Mystic Sky Realm. It’s the trans-realm transport hub, the foundation for our unification of the Three Thousand Worlds. But now, the main Shadow Kill Clan force and the newly rising Divine Alliance have already sent troops to invade the Mystic Sky Realm. Divine Alliance has its eye on us—my master worries they’ll invade. Next we have to strike first and take the Mystic Sky Realm. After matters in the Human World are settled, Master plans to send you there."
"All right, I’ll go. Divine Alliance, huh—never would have thought, as descendants of Divines, rather than resist the Evil God, the first thing they think of is how to deal with their own. Truly, they remember the rewards but not the pain—never learned the lesson from the Great Wilderness at all."
Northern Guardian King smiled and said:
"The only lesson civilization learns from history is that civilization learns nothing from history."
...
Time passed.
In the blink of an eye, another month.
Lu Chenzhou was hurrying through the stars. On this day, Aurora Palace traveled through a minor asteroid belt in the Constant Star System.
Meanwhile—
Three million li away, on another asteroid—
In a ring-shaped crater, the toad monster slowly awoke.
"Outrageous! The second curse, at the price of three hundred years of my lifespan, still failed. Is it my luck that’s so bad, or Lu Chenzhou’s luck that’s so good?"
The Communication Order sounded—a projection appeared.
Lord Toad said, "You’re finally awake."
The toad monster hurriedly knelt to the ground.
"My lord, I did my best."
"Use causality to check if Lu Chenzhou is dead yet?"
"Understood, let me check."
The toad monster caressed the cracked crystal ball.
"My lord, he’s not dead."
"I see."
"Still want to curse-kill Lu Chenzhou?"
"Forget it..."