Chapter 805: Chapter 529: Fame Spreads Across the Three Thousand Realms
"Of course, Chief Lu is not just at Breakthrough Sixth. Together with Yaochi Immortal and the others, they joined forces and killed a Demon Saint."
Zhang Jizhi dropped another bombshell.
The Demon Emperors killed by Lu Chenzhou, he couldn’t even be bothered to mention; for Lu Chenzhou, those were just routine matters.
"Demon Saint?"
The old Ji’s eyes filled with confusion.
"Senior, what realm is a Demon Saint?"
Ji Feiyan couldn’t help but ask.
The distance between them and Lu Chenzhou was too vast, and much knowledge that was common among higher-ups was unknown to them.
"A Demon Saint is the Eighth Realm."
"E-Eighth Realm? That can’t be right, Chenzhou is only Breakthrough Sixth but can already reverse and challenge the Eighth Realm. Isn’t it supposed to get harder the further you go?"
"Haha, naturally he relied on a treasure, but that treasure was obtained by Chenzhou himself. Theoretically, saying he reversed and challenged the Eighth Realm is not wrong..." Zhang Jizhi explained.
"Awesome."
No one really grasped the concept of a Demon Saint. But since it was even higher than the Absolute Peak, the gold content was self-evident.
"By the way, Chenzhou is already on his way back under the protection of President Wan. He’ll be back before long."
Zhang Jizhi informed everyone.
Family and friends finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It’s good he’s coming back."
"Really curious what the other worlds are like."
"Let’s wait for junior brother to tell us when he returns."
In the end, Zhang Jizhi stated his purpose.
"Next, the Demon Race will launch a large-scale counterattack against the Human Clan. As Chenzhou’s closest friends and relatives, to ensure your absolute safety, I suggest you move into the Grotto Heaven."
Old Ji’s battle intent surged.
"Senior, we want to fight too!"
"That’s right, we won’t be deserters."
Zhang Jizhi said solemnly, "This has nothing to do with being deserters. The intensity of this war will far surpass the early stage of the Great Catastrophe. There will be hundreds of Sixth Realm combatants, tens of thousands at the Fourth Realm. Each of you is of utmost importance to Lu Chenzhou. If anything were to happen to you, how could we possibly explain it to him?"
The friends and family felt somewhat helpless at heart.
After a moment of silence.
Old Ji said, "Alright! Then I’ll follow the arrangement. Us staying alive is most important. Otherwise, if we’re ever taken hostage by Demon Ghosts, or Chenzhou falls into a trap because of us, we’d be civilization’s sinners."
Zhang Jizhi said, "That’s how it is. Your identities are unique. The Evil Gods hadn’t targeted you before, perhaps thinking they could easily deal with Lu Chenzhou. But after repeated failures, they might try every despicable means to harm Chenzhou through you.
And you shouldn’t feel any psychological burden—this war’s main force will be our Base City military and powerhouses above Grandmaster. The council will make special arrangements for ordinary people and some heroes’ and martyrs’ families.
When the chaos is over, you’ll be able to return home."
And so, the friends and relatives of Lu Chenzhou, Lufang, and other major contributors to the council, were all escorted out of Su City.
They would be placed in Jiangshan Cave Heaven.
Aside from Yuan Mountain Cave Heaven, the council also possessed a Cave Heaven Treasure, named the Jiangshan Map.
Eighth Rank, Low Grade, ranked 93 on the Spiritual Weapon List.
Not long ago, after Ye Xiaoyao’s Breakthrough Seventh, he passed the 6000th level of the Star-Picking Tower. With incredible luck, he obtained this treasure, which was once the Dao field of an Eighth Realm expert from the Heavenly Fighting Sect.
The Cave Heaven wasn’t large, but it could hold several billion people. Compared to the Aurora Palace, Jiangshan Map had no offensive power, so its value was much lower than the former, but it too could roam the Void.
...
With the Elder Council promoting matters from behind the scenes, the twin pieces of news that the Eternal Immortal had achieved Breakthrough Eighth and Lu Heavenly King, together with several Seventh Realm experts, had jointly slain a Demon Saint, quickly spread far and wide.
"The human ceiling is now the Eighth Realm!"
"We killed an Eighth Realm!"
"Chief Lu is now a Heavenly King?"
In that instant,
the Human World was suffused with joy and hope.
"I suddenly realize, though the Great Catastrophe caused great casualties, overall, our population and the number of Martial Artists are actually growing against the trend."
"Resources are exploding, areas are thousands of times larger than before. And according to Archaeological Department experts, the Lu Ming underground palace itself was the Dao field of the Lu Shu God and can promote the proliferation of living creatures. So our strength is indeed growing."
"Right, though the Forbidden Zone is strong, we have the Great Curtain for protection. Even if the sky falls, there are taller ones to prop it up. Martial Arts is rapidly progressing, with Eternal Immortal and other old generation Supreme figures pioneering the Dao, Dragon King and the others as the backbone, and Chief Lu and those of the younger generation catching up—maybe before long, humanity’s ceiling will equal that of the so-called Divine."
"Everything is getting better!"
...
At the same time.
Silver Eagle Federation.
The Rees Family, one of the Four Great Families.
Merfolk Emperor stared at the viral world news.
"Eternal Immortal has achieved Breakthrough Eighth."
"Lu Chenzhou has also reached Breakthrough Sixth."
He knew that there was no more hope of stealing Lu Chenzhou’s opportunities as originally planned. With the Wanbang Council building up Lu Chenzhou’s reputation like this, it was clear that, short of the Heavenly Realm, no one in the Human World could threaten him.
"Enough—I’ve cultivated for three hundred years, triumphed over countless strong foes. The Heavenly Realm alone won’t stop me, Merfolk Emperor! Even without outside help, I will surely succeed in Breakthrough Seventh!"
...
The next day.
Bad news came from the West.
Merfolk Emperor Rees, ranked 23 on the Heavenly Person List, failed Breakthrough Seventh.
Died; Dao extinguished.
With the death of the last founding member of Carefree Travel, the organization vanished from history forever.
...
The news reached the Wanbang Council.
Northern Guardian King’s eyes glimmered with a mocking smile.
"After my master’s success at Breakthrough Eighth, invisibly, the success rate of all peak Heavenly Kings at Breakthrough Seventh rose by ten percent. For those in the top 100 of the Heavenly Person List, there’s another ten percent bonus. With such heavenly timing, earthly advantages, and harmonious people, to still fail..."
Just one word:
Trash!
...
Time passed.
Across the Three Thousand Worlds, the news that Xia Realm had slain a Demon Saint also spread with the travels of the Heavenly Realm experts.
...
Spirit Phoenix Realm.
A woman in magnificent robes, eyes like phoenixes, looked delighted.
"They really did it! Yaochi Immortal did well. And that Lu Chenzhou—everyone’s efforts to rescue him weren’t in vain. No matter what methods were used, to be able to participate in a battle of this level with a Sixth Realm body, his courage surpasses most."
Soon after,
a divine mountain shaped like a soaring phoenix, about a thousand miles across, broke through the skies of the Spirit Phoenix Realm. The vast Spirit Phoenix Realm crumbled apart, turning into endless dust in Ruins Sea.
Nearly ten thousand pairs of eyes gazed at their vanished homeland.
The phoenix-eyed woman said gravely, "Hiding from the world does not avoid death; to fight is to have a sliver of hope! The Xia Realm Human Clan has been born for ten thousand years, and can already slay Demon Saints. My Phoenix Clan was once ruler of the Ancient Heaven and Earth—how could we live on in disgrace? Today, we activate the Myriad Feather Mountain, shatter the Spirit Phoenix Realm, with a break-the-boats resolve. The Spirit Phoenix Clan will ally with Xia Realm and fight the Forbidden Zone together!"
"Let’s fight!"
"The Phoenix Clan shall not fall behind humanity!"
...
Ancient Dragon Continent.
Louis’s golden eyes shook.
"What? Lu has reached Sixth Realm already? What kind of monster is he? I risked my life and barely entered the Fifth Realm!"
Soon after,
The golden-eyed humans, descendants of the True Dragon, also announced an alliance with Xia Realm, and the whole clan departed the Ancient Dragon Continent aboard the Golden Palace, heading for the Three Thousand Worlds.
...
Time passed.
Soon, the news of the emergence of the Dragon and Phoenix Clans shook the Three Thousand Worlds. Compared to the upstart Xia Realm Human Clan, the Dragon and Phoenix, as beings of ancient myth in the Three Thousand Worlds, every appearance marked a world-changing era.
The charisma of the Dragon and Phoenix was no less than that of the Divine.
In just half a year, tens of thousands of worlds, and nearly two hundred Heavenly Realm experts, under the recommendation of Da Xia’s peak, joined the Red Extreme Palace and became part of the movement to save the world.
Amid historic reforms, a mysterious young man named Lu Chenzhou gradually rose to prominence, becoming the epic hero and legendary figure passed on from mouth to mouth by countless people.
Of course, the Three Thousand Worlds are immense, and many places remain isolated from such news; many still know nothing of the changes on the outside.
...
Six months later.
Ruins Sea, Aurora Palace.
The power of Heaven and Earth surged and boiled.
A fierce aura soared into the sky, startling the meditating Eternal Immortal nearby, whose eyes glinted like torches.
"He’s reached Middle Realm... advancing a Minor Realm in three years. Even if it gets tougher later on, he might still hope to reach the Heavenly Realm before the age of eighty, shortening Dragon King’s record by twenty years."
Every era produces its own genius.
Eternal Immortal felt greatly gratified.
As long as every generation surpasses the one before, what of the Forbidden Zone? One day, the Human Clan will ascend to the Divine Domain.
Lu Chenzhou, dressed in white, stepped out.
His eyes were bright, his aura fierce.
"President."
"You’ve entered Middle Realm?"
"Yes."
"How are your acupoints?"
"Six hundred and fifty acupoints, still short seventy."
At this, Eternal Immortal’s eyes brightened even more.
"Twenty acupoints in three years, not bad at all."
A Heavenly King has only ninety acupoints remaining, but opening them is harder than all the previous ones combined. Dragon King lingered at this realm for thirty years. So on average, he only opened three acupoints a year.
Of course, compared to Lu Chenzhou, Dragon King never took any Enlightenment Treasure Medicine or Great Medicine before advancing to the Heavenly Realm.
All in all, the brain acupoint is just too hard to open.
Lu Chenzhou, in seclusion these years, keenly felt this, treading on thin ice every day, worried he might split open his head if not careful.
Eternal Immortal asked casually:
"Do you know what Martial Artists of the Heavenly Realm cultivate?"
Lu Chenzhou’s gaze shimmered with curiosity: "I only know it’s Divine Skills, but not the details. Please enlighten me, Senior."
In fact, he had read the Eternal Immortal’s Sketchbook.
He had a rough idea.
But at this moment, being modest and asking for guidance was the right thing.
Eternal Immortal rose, hands behind his back, looking over Ruins Sea.
"Our Inner Heaven and Earth first opened at Breakthrough First, and as we continued to break limits, we kept evolving Three Mountains and Five Mountains, Five Lakes and Four Seas, Stars and Moon. By Breakthrough Seventh, with the birth of the sun, it became complete, a tiny but fully functional world within the body. Every birth of a Divine Skill is, within this world, the creation of a Primordial God.
That is—the Primordial Spirit.
Different Daos produce different Divine Skills, and the authorities presided over by each Primordial Spirit differ as well. Only martial arts of Seventh Rank and above have the possibility to give birth to Divine Skills at perfection. The higher the martial art’s quality, the greater the Divine Skill. In theory, Divine Skills are divided into high, middle, and low grades, to match Seventh to Ninth Rank martial arts."
Eternal Immortal suddenly asked:
"How many supreme martial arts have you mastered so far?"
Lu Chenzhou shook his head.
"I wish to create my own supreme arts. Setting aside inheritances from great Qi Refiners, I have zero supreme martial arts."
Eternal Immortal was not surprised.
"If you want to create your own, always remember: value refinement over quantity. In theory, the human body has seven hundred and twenty acupoints, which can give birth to seven hundred and twenty Divine Skills, but in reality, from the perspective of Qi Refinement, we only need to focus on a single Divine Skill, push it step by step to the realm of Great Divine Power, and then we will become a Great Power."
"Great Divine Power?"
"A Divine Skill born from the perfection of Ninth Rank martial arts; that is Great Divine Power, the source of a Great Power’s might."