Chapter 168 - 153: Martial Arts Earthquake, Reactions from All Sides!

Chapter 168: Chapter 153: Martial Arts Earthquake, Reactions from All Sides!

"Half-step Invincible..."

Chen Sha chewed over this phrase.

He really wanted to go to the South Sea earlier to meet Yuan Ruhua, to see exactly what kind of formidable figure this Half-step Invincible was.

Before that, however, he glanced at I heard, whom he was carrying in his hand. He decided it was best to return to Yuanjing to save the person first, and incidentally cultivate the new Three Gods. Only then would he have the confidence to proceed.

Finally, he looked at Yan Chimei.

"What you told me today has been somewhat helpful. Since a battle between me and those top three is inevitable anyway, it isn’t impossible to agree to your request. You just need to keep an eye on Jianghu news in the near future. I will take my leave now. We will meet again if fate allows."

With that said, Chen Sha leaped up, landing on the back of Teng Zijing, which was circling high in the sky.

WHOOSH~~

Teng Zijing flapped its wings and soared far away from the war-torn ruins of the Pure Land Zen Sect.

Yan Chimei was left standing there. Watching Chen Sha leave high in the sky, he slowly exhaled.

"He’s been down the mountain for less than half a year, and I already have to yield the fourth place to him. At this rate, it probably won’t be long before he stands at the position of number one in the world."

At this moment, Yan Chimei couldn’t help but recall the time when he first practiced Martial Arts. On his very first day of training, he knew he was destined to make a name for himself in the Jianghu. Because no matter what Martial Arts it was, he could master it with a single glance.

But there was a saying: grasping the truth in one’s youth, but achieving nothing by the time one’s hair turns white.

At the age of seven or eight, he already understood the principles of certain things. Yet from then on, he spent his entire life pursuing them, but still failed to achieve the results he desired.

Pang Saint, the third in the world, was like a heavenly abyss blocking his path forward. It reached the point where this man even became his Heart Demon, causing a terrifying flaw to appear in his mind.

As long as Pang Saint didn’t die, his mental flaw could never be repaired.

That was until he met Chen Sha.

Yan Chimei finally realized that the world was not without true geniuses who heard the Dao in their youth and attained it in adulthood.

He felt he had seen through the mysteries of Martial Arts at the age of seven or eight, but after a lifetime, he only managed to become fourth in the world. The gap between expectation and reality was simply too vast.

However, the young man who had just left was probably different.

Judging from Chen Sha’s dominant personality and confident demeanor along the way, this man probably also knew long ago that he would definitely be invincible in the world.

The thing was... This person could actually do it! This was the gap between them. Sigh...

He let out a faint sigh. Yan Chimei was about to walk away, but he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

After pausing in place for a moment, he seemed to recall something. He quickly turned around and headed toward the Scripture Pavilion of the Pure Land Zen Sect.

Unexpectedly, a long while later, he walked out cursing under his breath. Empty-handed and with a look of extreme misfortune, he left the Pure Land Zen Sect.

Meanwhile, Chen Sha returned to Yuanjing.

In the Capital City, Emperor Yuan Gu Xuanong naturally cared most about the outcome of Chen Sha’s trip. The entire Yuan Country Court’s forces were also waiting for Chen Sha’s response.

Chen Sha merely offered a light remark: "In a couple of days, there will naturally be rumors in the Jianghu."

After leaving this single sentence behind, he brought I heard and Ancient Bell Spirit to Mu Hongfu’s General’s Mansion. He began using the Power of Brain God to control I heard to perform the Karma of the Physical Body for Ancient Bell Spirit... This process was successfully completed without any accidents.

Chen Sha praised inwardly, "As expected of the Cultivation Technique created by Sister Taie."

This old nun of the Buddhist Sect was the first Broken Great Vajra Ascender of the Ninth Tribulation Era. It was estimated that even the Realm name "Great Vajra", which carried a Buddhist Sect tone, was proposed by her.

Vajra was originally a Guardian God in the Buddhist Sect, known as the Four Great Vajras, while in Daoism, they were called the Four Great Heavenly Kings. What they guarded seemed to be the Southern Heavenly Gate within one’s own body.

Shaking off these distracting thoughts, Chen Sha instructed Mu Hongfu, "This child’s Qi Curse has just been dispelled, so she might not recover immediately. She needs some time to grow. Please take good care of her. As for me, I need to borrow your place to rest and go into seclusion for a few days."

"Rest assured and stay as long as you like."

Mu Hongfu looked at Chen Sha with gratitude. Let alone staying for a few days, even if Chen Sha stayed here permanently, she wouldn’t have any objections.

As for Emperor Yuan Gu Xuanong, upon hearing that Chen Sha went straight into seclusion at Mu Hongfu’s mansion, his heart grew heavy. He thought, "Could this be a case of it being easy to invite a god, but hard to send one away?"

However, two days later, the events at the Pure Land Zen Sect were spread by the Jianghu figures who had followed behind.

"What? Sect Leader Chen actually went that far!"

Gu Xuanong stood up directly from his dragon throne in excitement. He wished he could go to Mu Hongfu’s mansion immediately, treat Chen Sha as an honored guest, and have him come to the Imperial Palace for seclusion.

There was no other reason. The commotion Chen Sha caused at the Pure Land Zen Sect was simply too massive. This Dao Yi Sect Master ascended the Buddhist Sect alone and practically wiped out the entire Buddhist Sect, big and small, from Monastery Master I heard at the top, down to the Monk Soldiers.

"Monastery Master I heard was captured alive!"

"Eminent Monk Lantuo, who possessed the strength of the world’s fourth, exhausted his life and died in battle at the Buddha Worship Plaza..."

"Over a hundred head monks bled from their seven orifices, all dead..."

"The corpses on the Buddha Worship Plaza numbered more than a thousand."

"Through this single battle, at least seventy or eighty years of Primordial Qi and foundation accumulated by the Buddhist Sect have been entirely toppled."

"It’s even said that the seventy or eighty Supreme Martial Arts Classics in the Scripture Pavilion of the Pure Land Zen Sect have vanished into thin air."

"This time, the Buddhist Sect is waning like the setting sun. If they want to rise again, it is likely hopeless without a century of accumulation."

When the entire Yuan Country Court heard this news, everyone was incredibly shocked and overjoyed.

The Buddhist Sect’s influence within the borders of Yuan Country was too massive, and its roots were incomparably deep. To the Dynasty’s rule, they were the most unstable threat.

Now that this threat had suddenly vanished, how could Gu Xuanong and the higher-ups of Yuan Country not breathe a massive sigh of relief? They didn’t even have to use a single ounce of their own power.

Everything... was solely the work of the Dao Yi Sect Master, Chen Sha.

When this news reached the Three Kingdoms of the World, the various Sects, and the Martial Arts Gate Valve Power, the resulting turmoil was far from what the Yuan Country Court experienced. It was a Martial World Earthquake.

On Jade Emperor Mountain, Celestial Master Lin, who had already taken over the position of Sect Leader Celestial Master of Jade Emperor Mountain, was once again struck with Heart Spirit terror. "The Buddhist Sect actually..."

It had only been a month or two since Chen Sha, under the recommendation of True Martial and Queen Mother, became the Daoist Leader and nominally commanded the Daoist Sect. Last time, he was so furious about Chen Sha taking over as Daoist Leader that he coughed up blood.

Now, he hadn’t expected Chen Sha to topple the Buddhist Sect, one of the Three Religions, in one fell swoop. Celestial Master Lin’s vision darkened. He realized that the growth speed of Chen Sha and the Dao Yi Sect was like adding fuel to a roaring fire, spiraling completely out of control...

As the days passed, that young Sect Leader would only get closer and closer to the position his father once held.

"Heavens, can you really not give my Jade Emperor Mountain a chance to turn things around and seek revenge?"

While the people on Jade Emperor Mountain were filled with sorrow and apprehension, tens of thousands of miles away in another direction...

True Martial Mountain. Emperor’s Descent Peak.

Jiang Chengzi and the other Elders couldn’t help but fall silent after hearing this news. They looked at each other and sighed.

"I’m afraid his strength has already reached the level of the top three or four in the world."

This was evident from the fact that Chen Sha killed four Great Innates with a single punch.

Not to mention, although no one from the Buddhist Sect had ascended to the top ten positions in the last thirty years, it didn’t mean that Monastery Master I heard and Lantuo Monk, who fought in the Pure Land Zen Sect battle, lacked that strength.

Among them, Monastery Master I heard was ninth in the world over thirty years ago. Everyone knew that for Buddhist Martial Arts, the older one got, the purer their skills became. Even though he hadn’t walked the world in these thirty years, his Power had only increased. Since he was ninth in the world thirty years ago, it was entirely possible for him to rank at the level of fifth or sixth in the world now.

Not to mention, under the propaganda of Yuan Country, the world learned that Lantuo Monk had actually defeated Yan Chimei, the fourth in the world, proving he possessed the true strength of the world’s fourth.

Because of this matter, when Yan Chimei heard about it in a small city in Yuan Country, his face darkened. He wished he could rush to Yuan Country immediately and tear apart the mouth of that old geezer, Chen Wuji. The fact that he lost to Lantuo Monk had actually been broadcasted by Yuan Country until everyone knew it.

Now it was great. Originally, Chen Sha didn’t care much about his "fourth in the world" position. But now that the news of his defeat to Lantuo Monk had spread, it meant Lantuo Monk was the true fourth in the world. Therefore... Chen Sha, who had beaten Lantuo Monk to death, logically took his place in the hearts of the people of the world.

"The past few times, it was just talk. But this time, I’ve truly fallen from the fourth position, and the whole world knows it," Yan Chimei smiled bitterly in resignation.

It wasn’t just him who had to slide down to fifth in the world. Even Long Zaitian, who was fifth, had now become sixth, two places lower than Chen Sha.

This news even reached Bai Zancang, who was far away in Zhao Country, still recuperating from his injuries. He thought to himself, "Good thing Zhang Shouren is dead. Even with this kid added, the top ten is still ten people. Otherwise, I would have really fallen out of the tenth spot..."

Within the Demon Saint Sect, there was currently dead silence. The hall was filled with experts from the Demon Sect.

Counting from left to right, there were a total of seven armchairs. Sitting in the first seat on the left was Young Master Yu, followed by Fire Worship Sect’s Sect Leader Tian Jingshui and Rebirth Sect’s Sect Leader Granny Meng.

On the three seats on the right, however, only one person was seated. It was the White Lotus Sect’s Sect Leader, Ning Yuanchen.

Although the other two seats were empty, according to this arrangement, they were undoubtedly prepared for the other two Sect Leaders of the Six Demonic Paths. It was just that the Celestial Demon Sect hadn’t submitted to them yet. As for the Emotionless Sect, which had recently been subjugated by Long Zaitian, its Sect Leader was willing to nominally obey Long Zaitian’s commands, but had never personally come here.

"The spawn of Chen Canxuan and Yun Shouxuan is truly a Demon of this generation. How long has it been since he came down the mountain? He directly climbed to fourth in the world, forcing the Demon Saint down a rank..."

Fire Worship Sect’s Sect Leader Tian Jingshui said with lingering fear, "Fortunately, we haven’t declared war on the Daoist Sect yet. Otherwise, we’d probably have offended another unmanageable figure."

Granny Meng spoke in a toothless, muffled voice. "The way this old woman sees it, for this generation, we should just live in harmony with the Daoist Sect. The Six Demonic Paths have unified five paths. This is something we haven’t seen in so many years, and it’s already a great achievement for the Demon Saint. As for unifying the world... it’s too distant a goal after all. Perhaps we should wait..."

She glanced at the empty seat belonging to the Little Demon Saint, then changed her tune and said, "Wait for the generation after the next before thinking about it."

The Little Demon Saint himself was not here. But how could everyone present not catch Granny Meng’s underlying meaning? How old was Chen Sha now? He was a few years younger than the Little Demon Saint, Ma Rulong. Relying on Long Zaitian’s next generation, the Little Demon Saint, to compete with others... who knew who would beat the other to death first? They could only be a bit optimistic and pin their hopes on the generation after the next, to see if they could produce an equally formidable and tyrannical Demon. Only then could they lay their hands on the world.

Unexpectedly, right at this moment, Little Demon Saint Ma Rulong walked in with his hands behind his back. "Master has orders."

The noisy discussion hall of the Demon Saint Sect instantly fell silent, and everyone looked at Ma Rulong’s face.

Long Zaitian’s orders?

Ma Rulong said expressionlessly, "In one month, Master will invite Dao Yi Sect’s Chen Sha to a battle at Copper Mountain. Please send this letter of challenge out!"