The Mystic Qi was vast. There were eight barbarian lands in the four realms, thousands of small and small empires, and upper, middle and lower-class counties.

The Red Cloud Empire is a small dynasty in the Eastern Region. It is located in the northwest corner of the Eastern Region. The Water Cloud County belongs to a weak county of the Red Cloud Empire.

RUMBLE!

There was a sudden clap of thunder in the back mountain of the Sword Marquis Estate. Then, it started to drizzle.

“Lu Xiaoqing, you bitch! I won’t let you off even if I die!”

Chu Qianye shivered and immediately sat up straight. The pain in his chest caused him to grimace as he sucked in a breath of cold air.

“I’m not dead?”

He hurriedly sized up the surroundings.

Ning Yifan’s two lackeys kept him hidden in the forest. And he was lucky enough to be here, otherwise, he would have been completely devoured by the roaming beasts.

He closed his eyes and sensed his physical condition. After a long while, he opened his eyes and looked gloomy.

“As expected, my Martial Soul has shattered.” Chu Qianye had already expected this, but the result was still quite sad.

He had practice ten years of fencing. He’d been unafraid of difficulties and dangers in order to enter the Sword Marquis Estate when he was a child and had trained arduously. But he had never thought that he’d end up being ruined by a woman in the end?

He blankly looked in front of him, only coming back to his senses when he felt the burning sensation on his neck.

Chu Qianye lowered his head. The dragon-shaped jade pendant around his neck had actually split open at some point, and golden liquid was seeping out and burning him through his skin.

This was the only memento his mother had left for him. Normally, he would carefully protect it, but he hadn’t expected it to shatter.

He was stunned and subconsciously held the pendant with his hand. The blazing temperature surprised him. The pendant was usually very cold, but this time, the temperature was surprisingly high.

Bang!

A sudden explosion rang out from his Martial Soul as the golden liquid within the pendant rapidly flowed away. Before he could even turn around, the golden liquid within had already been sucked dry.

Dong!

Chu Qianye heard the rumbling in his mind. Within his hazy consciousness, the mist churned, and the sound of wind gushed out continuously.

His face was full of shock.

In his sea of consciousness, there was actually a piece of divine bronze wood that had risen up from the ground for 30km.

The divine tree was completely constructed from bronze, mottled in color, and coiled with leaves.

“Blood Rage God Legion; Peerless Battle Magic!”

Chu Qianye felt and jolting in the brain for a moment, and the buzzing gradually calmed down. His consciousness, on the other hand, slowly sobered up.

An astonishing scene appeared...

The golden light in his navel suddenly shone, and a stream of strong Mystic Qi flowed through his whole body. Wherever it went, the clothes on his body were torn apart.

The Qi circulated in his body and finally returned to his navel. The wisps of golden light were burning hot.

“Crunch.”

Within his navel, a golden light slowly condensed, transforming into the illusion of a golden Holy Dragon.

“Roar!”

A dragon’s roar echoed throughout Chu Qianye’s consciousness, almost as though it were a declaration of his arrival.

Just when he thought it was over, a golden holy sword was spat out by the Holy Dragon.

Holy Dragon Spat out a Sword!

Even with Chu Qianye’s vast knowledge, he still couldn’t explain this scene before him.

“Wait, what does this have to do with that dragon-shaped jade pendant?” Chu Qianye was stunned.

Angng!

The golden Holy Dragon circled around the golden Holy Sword, and it looked arrogant and unrestrained.

Boom!

Chu Qianye’s navel suddenly shook violently as a golden radiance illuminated him. From a distance, he looked like a golden god of war.

The pain in his navel gradually intensified. Chu Qianye’s entire face became distorted, and bean-sized beads of sweat rolled down his face.

It took a long time for him to calm down. Ignoring the pain, Qianye hurriedly checked his navel.

At this moment, the golden sword in his navel was emitting a faint suppressive sensation. Chu Qianye was astonished to find clear dragon patterns upon the sword.

Peerless holy sword!

“This is my awakened Martial Soul?”

The golden Holy Dragon was gone, the holy sword was nowhere to be seen, only the shiny golden Martial Soul remained.

When Chu Qianye’s perception came into contact with the peerless sword, a terrifying message shook his mind: Eternal Divine Technique!

“Eternal Divine Technique, heaven defying art, seizing the blessings of heaven and earth, devouring the spirits of all things, cultivating the indestructible body...”

Chu Qianye clenched his fists tightly, his eyes burning.

Seizing the fortune of the heavens and the earth and devouring the spirits of everything!

How tyrannical was this technique? It was filled with an endless amount of slaughter.

Chu Qianye’s blood boiled as he thought to himself, “There’s actually such a heaven-defying cultivation art inside the dragon-shaped jade pendant. What exactly is that liquid? It’s actually allowed me to regain my Martial Soul.”

Cultivation techniques and martial skills were divided according to heaven, earth, and yellow grades. The Heaven Rank was the strongest, the Yellow Rank was the weakest, and every single rank was further divided into high-grade, mid-grade, and low-grade.

The Enduring Divine Technique had a total of nine levels and eighty one cycles, and it was an evolution cultivation technique. Presently, it was merely a mid-grade Yellow Rank cultivation technique, and it had enormous room for improvement!

What was even more strange was that the profound energy absorbed by the Eternal Divine Technique could be directly converted into profound energy.

The secret of a martial artist's strength was their Mystic Power!

“If that’s true, doesn’t that mean that when others are still absorbing Profound power and preparing to convert it into Profound power, I’ve already absorbed Profound power? This is truly inconceivable. In the future, if gods block, I’ll kill gods; if buddha blocks, I’ll kill buddhas.”

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he closed his eyes to feel the new Martial Soul.

Martial Souls were divided into four grades: mortal grade, spirit grade, profound grade, and divine grade. Each grade was further divided into nine grades, corresponding to black grade, red grade, azure grade, gold grade, and black grade.

The higher the grade of Martial Soul, the stronger the cultivation, comprehension, and other aspects.

“Golden!” Chu Qianye’s eyes snapped open as he trembled all over while clenching his fists.

"Lu Xiaoqing, you b*tch, I'll avenge you when I master the cultivation method!"

He disregarded the pain as he sat cross-legged and comprehended the Eternal Divine Technique.

One minute later.

“What a terrifying Martial Soul. Other people took three days to comprehend, but I only took one minute!” Chu Qianye’s eyes were full of shock.

Chu Qianye recovered his wits and muttered, “Let me start the heaven-defying cultivation of martial arts here.”

The Mystic Qi in the back mountain of the Sword Marquis Estate formed a vortex above Chu Qianye’s head and surged over like rolling thunder.

Unknowingly, three days had passed. During these three days, Chu Qianye had been circulating the Eternal Divine Techniques without rest, and his mystical power was constantly tempering his body.

Chu Qianye snapped open his eyes, his gaze as bright as a torch.

First level Yellow Realm!

“So it is the Eternal Divine Technique. It’s only been three days, yet it’s so tyrannical.” Chu Qianye’s eyes sank. “Lu Xiaoqing, I really want to thank you. If it wasn’t for you, how would I have profited from this disaster?”

It was time to return to the Sword Marquis Estate. He couldn’t disappoint Lu Xiaoqing.

Chu Qianye’s feet tapped on the ground as his figure flashed out like a leopard and vanished into the rear mountain in the blink of an eye. When he appeared in the next moment, he was already within the Sword Marquis Estate’s Martial Refinement Pavilion.

“Oh? Trash, you’re still alive?”

“Still not giving up? Lu Xiaoqing, you’re not worthy. Only Mr. Ning has the qualifications.”

Chu Qianye frowned as he gazed coldly at the person blocking his way.

This person’s name was Xu Wei, he used to be his henchman. Before he lost his Martial Soul power, this person often flattered him.

But when his cultivation level continuously fell back to the Body Tempering Stage, Xu Wei became increasingly harsh, frequently mocking and ridiculing him.

"A good dog does not block the way, get lost!"

Xu Wei and his lackeys were stunned, and then burst into laughter.

“Do you think Mr. Xu is someone you can curse at?” an underling who was anxious to perform roared arrogantly. He charged toward Chu Qianye in a single step and threw a sudden punch at the latter.

Bullying the weak, fearing the strong, there was no shortage of these lackeys even if they were beaten to death.

Chu Qianye’s eyes narrowed as he launched a casual palm strike.

“Ha, with trash like you at merely rank two Body Tempering Stage, how can you want to...”

Bang!

Before he could finish when Chu Qianye sent him flying with a single palm strike. The latter performed two somersaults through the air and fell onto the stone slab like a dog eating shit, breaking two of his front teeth in the process.

“You dare to retaliate?” Xu Wei coldly shouted. As he spoke, he circulated his profound strength, raised his fist, and punched towards Chu Qianye.

Chu Qianye’s feet tapped on the ground as he dodged Xu Wei’s fist.

"First Firmament of Yellow Realm?"

Feeling Chu Qianye’s aura, Xu Wei’s face was full of terror as he spoke, while the rest of the onlookers were dumbstruck.

Who said that Chu Qianye’s Martial Soul had shattered? Who also said that he only had the cultivation of the second level of Body Tempering?

Chu Qianye didn’t give him the opportunity to speak. He flashed to his side and grabbed his hand with one and pressed down on his shoulder with the other. With a “crack”, Xu Wei’s hand was cut off.

A blood-curdling scream spread throughout the entire Martial Arts Pavilion.

"Next time if you take the initiative to stir up trouble, you need to value your own strength first. Otherwise, you will lose another arm!"

Everyone couldn’t help but gasp when they heard this.