Chapter 514 - 490: Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Pillar

Chapter 514: Chapter 490: Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Pillar

"What?"

Zhang Tianyang’s smile froze. He stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what he had just heard.

He even suspected he had misheard, but he was a Seventh Realm Martial Artist!

With his keen hearing, it was impossible for him to have misheard.

"You’re saying Lin Qi broke through?"

"Lei Frost, that joke isn’t funny at all," Zhang Tianyang said, shaking his head.

Lei Frost, on the screen, said with a calm expression:

"Do you think I have any reason to lie to you?"

Hearing the tone in Lei Frost’s voice, Zhang Tianyang began to believe it. There was no way she would lie to him.

In an instant, his emotions became complicated.

’This junior’s Talent is simply absurd. He’s only just started his third year and has already broken through to the Seventh Realm.’

He wondered if Lin Qi had broken another record.

There was simply no comparison between himself and Lin Qi.

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That evening, within a matter of hours, everyone in the Celestial Vault Institute knew about Lin Qi’s breakthrough.

His phone was instantly blown up. People like Dean Liu, his teacher Mu Hong, and several upperclassmen were all messaging to confirm if the news was true.

After replying to the messages, he took the metal box and went to Villa 48.

At the main entrance, Zhang Tianyang, dressed in a red robe, was greeting the arriving students. The atmosphere was exceptionally lively.

The fourth-year prodigies from the previous class had already graduated but had not left the Celestial Vault Institute.

Instead, they stayed behind to continue their Cultivation, waiting to break through to the Seventh Realm before they would step onto the battlefield to fight the Calamity Beasts.

They could still use the Celestial Vault Institute’s resources, but it was no longer free; they had to pay for them.

"Lin Qi is here!"

Someone in the hall suddenly called out.

Many people looked toward the entrance. Lin Qi, dressed in a special black and gold robe, strode in with a powerful and confident gait.

Perhaps it was because they knew Lin Qi had already broken through,

but looking at him now, they could feel a profound and domineering aura radiating from him.

"I can’t believe Lin Qi has already broken through!"

"He seems to be a full year faster than Xu Qin."

"He’s about to break Azure Sky Martial Arts Academy’s record for the fastest breakthrough to the Seventh Realm."

In the living room, everyone was buzzing with discussion, marveling at Lin Qi’s incredible Talent.

Their tones were filled with envy and jealousy.

Although they were all prodigies, the difference between them and Lin Qi was like heaven and earth.

"Senior Zhang Tianyang, congratulations on your successful breakthrough!"

Lin Qi walked to the entrance and presented his gift.

Zhang Tianyang accepted the gift and said with a wry smile:

"I can’t compare to a prodigy like you!"

Lin Qi smiled as well.

He then entered the hall with the others, greeting acquaintances and making small talk.

Halfway through the party, Lin Qi, Lei Frost, Zhang Tianyang, Meng Yuxuan, and a few others were sitting together and chatting.

Lei Frost took a sip of red wine and shook her head. "Our junior, Lin Qi, has already broken through. We need to work harder."

"This is embarrassing. Even a junior broke through to the Seventh Realm faster than us."

"Still, I feel like I’m close. I’ll just consolidate for another two months to reach my true limit, then take the Bone Marrow Cleansing Potion and break through in one go."

Meng Yuxuan nodded as well. "I’ll probably need more time."

She had been at the Celestial Vault Institute for over a year, and her breakthrough to the Seventh Realm would only be faster than Shen Heng’s.

But it would still take her several months to break through.

Zhang Tianyang looked at Lin Qi and said with a smile:

"Junior Lin Qi, now that you’ve broken through, we can go cultivate the High-Level Source Energy Technique together."

Lin Qi asked curiously, "Senior, can you tell me about the High-Level Source Energy Technique?"

"I heard you have to go to a special place to learn it?"

"Tenth-Level Calamity Beasts have only just been announced. Intermediate Source Energy Techniques use Ninth-Level Calamity Beasts as the object of visualization."

"We can observe Ninth-Level Calamity Beasts, but there weren’t any Tenth-Level Calamity Beast corpses to observe before."

As he voiced his confusion, Jiangtao, Wan Ming, and a few others gathered around, their curiosity piqued as well.

Lin Qi was asking about something he’d wondered about before. Although he’d been curious, he had focused all his energy on Cultivation and hadn’t taken the time to look into it.

Now that he had broken through to the Seventh Realm, he needed to start understanding these things.

Zhang Tianyang took a sip of his drink, glanced at Meng Yuxuan and Lei Frost, and said with a smile:

"Allow me."

"It’s just as you said. Tenth-Level Calamity Beasts were only discovered recently, so it’s impossible for High-Level Source Energy Techniques to use them as objects for visualization."

"In other words, the concept of a Tenth-Level Calamity Beast didn’t exist before. Even if someone cultivated based on one, they wouldn’t have known its level."

"I’ve heard, though, that High-Level Source Energy Techniques are going to change in the future."

"After all, the current High-Level Source Energy Techniques are too difficult to cultivate. Not everyone can learn them."

"So, lowering the difficulty is essential."

"Now that we have Tenth-Level Calamity Beasts, new Source Energy Skills will be created using them as the object of visualization for cultivation."

Lin Qi nodded. He had heard from his senior, Xu Qin, that High-Level Source Energy Techniques were extremely difficult to cultivate.

If the object of observation was a Tenth-Level Calamity Beast, the difficulty would be lower, and more people would be able to learn them.

Overall strength would increase as well.

Of course, he didn’t know much about High-Level Source Energy Techniques and needed someone to explain them now.

Zhang Tianyang continued:

"In the early days of the Martial Arts Era, after Emperor Red observed the Eighth-Level Calamity Beast, the Lava Sparrow, and created the Lava Evolution Method,"

"all sorts of Evolution Techniques began to emerge one after another. A few years later, Emperor Red went on to create the Intermediate Source Energy Technique, the Red Flame Bird Evolution Technique."

"Other Martial Artists followed his example, and the remaining 23 Intermediate Source Energy Techniques were created one by one."

"But everyone soon discovered that there were no stronger Calamity Beasts."

"So, someone proposed observing the corpses of the Insect Race, but it came to nothing."

Only when he reached this point in his story did Zhang Tianyang realize that a large crowd had gathered around him.

Seeing everyone’s curious expressions, he felt a desire to show off and continued his explanation:

"Scientific research has discovered that the human body seems to have genetic fragments corresponding to Calamity Beasts, which is why we’re able to create corresponding Evolution Techniques."

"To put it plainly, we humans share a somewhat similar bloodline with Calamity Beasts. Although it remains an unsolved mystery to this day, everyone has come to accept this as common knowledge."

"But the Insect Race is completely different."

"Completely different from us, the Human Race."

"Just when everyone was about to give up and look for other solutions, Emperor Red took action."

"Emperor Red truly lived up to his name. He encountered a heaven-defying opportunity deep within the Otherworld and obtained a Supreme Treasure."

"At a great cost, he transported the Supreme Treasure back to the base."

"And unlike other Secret Manuals, High-Level Source Energy Techniques must be comprehended from this Supreme Treasure."

"A Supreme Treasure?"

"The Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Pillar?" Wan Ming asked.

Zhang Tianyang nodded. "That’s right, the Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Pillar!"

"The Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Pillar is considered a national Heavy Treasure. It’s incredibly precious and strictly guarded. To date, no pictures or videos of it have ever been leaked."

"It’s shrouded in mystery!"

"I asked Xu Qin about it not long ago. According to descriptions from others, the Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Pillar is said to be enormous, and its surface is carved with countless Calamity Beast patterns."

"And they’re all Calamity Beasts we’ve never seen before."

"Now that Tenth-Level Calamity Beasts have appeared, a corresponding pattern has finally been found on it."

"And on the pillar, Tenth-Level Calamity Beasts are the weakest beings depicted."

"In other words, to even be carved on the pillar, a Calamity Beast has to be at least Level 10."

"And there are even more powerful Calamity Beasts on the pillar."

Many of the students who didn’t know about this felt like their horizons had been massively expanded.

Lin Qi, however, marveled inwardly. ’Emperor Red really gets the ’chosen one’ treatment.’

’Whatever he was missing, he’d just go deep into the Otherworld.’

’And he could find any Supreme Treasure he needed.’

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