Chapter 410 - 187: Returning Home in Glory, Noble Clans, a Dream of Millet Porridge Must End, I Love to Cultivate in My Dreams

Chapter 410: Chapter 187: Returning Home in Glory, Noble Clans, a Dream of Millet Porridge Must End, I Love to Cultivate in My Dreams

True Martial World Demon Suppressing Profound Skill!

This is a Qi Dao Secret Treasure from True Martial Mountain, one of the Ten Pillars of the world!

Among the forty-nine Secret Treasures of True Martial, this was one of the most precious from the True Skill Grand Ceremony—one concerning the advancement to Qi Cultivation Grandmaster. It was personally created by Qii Xuanzhen, one of the Ten Primordial Ancestors and the founding Ancestral Master of True Martial, making it extraordinarily significant!

At the same time, this Qi Dao True Skill was also widely acknowledged as the most difficult to comprehend.

When Qii Xuanzhen, one of the Ten Primordial Ancestors, used his supreme spirit to purify sixty years of defilement across an eight-hundred-li expanse, he infused the act with a surging True Intent. Just a tiny fragment of that intent was enough for an ordinary person to forge a common Qi Sea Weather.

According to the historical records of True Martial Mountain, of all those who were able to begin comprehending the True Martial World Demon Suppressing Profound Skill, Purifying the Outer Dao and nurturing a Qi Sea Weather...

Even the absolute fastest among them reportedly took one or two months just to barely cross the threshold!

And that was only achieved with the aid of the Primordial Ancestor’s handwritten manuscripts, left behind on True Martial Mountain, as well as the insights gained by generation after generation. They had only reached that point by standing on the shoulders of their predecessors.

’What does this student of mine have?’

’In the vast Jiangyin Prefecture, there are absolutely no shortcuts or special methods available.’

’In other words, his success in cultivating this skill relied solely on his own comprehension!’

’Talent! Pure, unadulterated talent!’

Xu Longxiang clenched his fists, his heart surging with excitement.

He had originally thought that this student was indeed a prodigy and that it might even be possible for him to become a second Xu Longxiang, advancing to earn a Title.

But now, he saw he was utterly and completely wrong!

’This boy’s potential...’

’...is far greater than just that!’

It is said that in a Martial Artist’s Cultivation, as long as one has enough resources and a renowned master, advancement will naturally follow. In reality, that’s not the case.

For any Martial Artist in the world, before reaching the rank of Qi Cultivation Grandmaster, Martial Dao resources are indeed the metric that determines everything.

But from the advancement to the Qi Sea onward, every Secret Martial art, True Skill, Secret Skill, and Divine Soul one must comprehend...

...is inextricably linked, one after another, to the Martial Artist’s own aptitude and comprehension.

Even if meticulously nurtured with Earth Treasures or even Celestial Materials, a Foolish Man can never break through the bottlenecks after reaching Qi Cultivation Grandmaster, let alone condense a Four-Limit Treasure Body, or the subsequent Five-Limit and Six-Limit Bodies!

Take Xu Longxiang himself as an example.

Back then, he had spent three months just to grasp a single wisp of the True Intent within the True Martial World Demon Suppressing Profound Skill, setting him on the path to advancing to Qi Cultivation Grandmaster.

And that feat alone had sent his own Master—one of the old fossils of True Martial Mountain—into a state of ecstatic excitement.

’And yet, this new student of mine managed to fully comprehend its Truth in a single day and night!’

’Isn’t he a hundred, no, a thousand times better than I was back then?’

’This time...’

’...I’ve truly struck gold!’

At this thought, Xu Longxiang sighed inwardly and couldn’t help but stamp his foot in frustration.

To think that such a brilliant pearl, buried among countless grains of sand, had already been claimed by a descendant of the Sword Dao Ancestral Court, taken as a legacy disciple.

As a latecomer, he could only be Ji Xiu’s Master. While this gave them the title of master and student, it paled in comparison to a true legacy succession—a bond akin to blood, where they would share both glory and ruin.

The Celestial Blade School was truly fortunate.

When he thought about that muddle-headed old man who had yet to awaken from cultivating some Supreme True Skill, yet had somehow managed to land such a precious seedling, Xu Longxiang felt a pang of jealousy. With a disciple like that, the school’s prosperity for the next three generations was practically guaranteed.

But in the next instant, Xu Longxiang cast the feeling aside.

’Who cares about all that? He’s my student, one way or another,’ he thought. ’Since he’s cultivating the Secret Martial art of the former Dragon Elephant Daoist, Ye Wenjiang, it must mean we share a bond of fate.’

’In that case, I must give careful consideration to Ji Xiu’s future in the Martial Dao...’

At the same time, Xu Longxiang was also eager to see just what quality of Qi Sea and how magnificent of a weather his prized student would condense upon his advancement. Composing himself, he spoke up at once:

"Alright. Pack your bags. You’re to immediately accompany me by ship, across the sea, to the Dragon Elephant True Sect..."

After several Hundred Years of development and evolution, the Great Xuan Territory is now divided into eighteen great Vassal States. Those who preside over these regions are Dukes, granted their positions through the Dividing the Land and Granting Titles.

And within the borders of virtually every great state, rifts known as Realm Gates appear to a greater or lesser extent.

Some are like mirages, appearing and vanishing at unpredictable times.

Others are permanent passages, leading to and from the All Dao Celestial Universes that exist outside the Great Xuan.

When these Realm Gates first appeared, they often heralded catastrophe.

This is because the Celestial Universes they connect to are not always governed by ancient, mysterious Daoist Lineages with their own Cultivation Systems, like those of the Immortals or the Pure Lands.

They can also lead to worlds practicing the Divine Dao, where all living beings are subjugated to sustain the powerful; worlds of Demon Seeds, Divine Demons, Celestial Humans... and more!

Demon Fiends are chaotic, Divine Demons are man-eaters, and Celestial Humans are devoid of all emotion!

In Celestial Universes ruled by such races, ordinary Mortals are treated as no better than livestock.

Thus, whenever a passage to such a Realm Gate opens, malevolent beings of the Outer Dao capable of crossing between realms often emerge, bringing with them plunder and slaughter!

Moreover, the opening of a Realm Gate signifies the collision of two Celestial Universes, a process that imbues the mortal soil with some of the other universe’s primordial Spiritual Mechanism.

For instance, the Earth Dragon Cave in Anning County was formed by the mere leakage of a wisp of aura from beyond a Realm Gate, and even that was enough to nurture an Earth Treasure.

If a Realm Gate were to truly open there...

The eight-hundred-li area surrounding the Earth Dragon Cave, including all of Anning County, would become a highly coveted Spirit Mechanism Land surpassing even Jiangyin Prefecture, drawing the greedy eyes of powerful factions from all over!

This is precisely why every Realm Gate is guarded by a True Sect.