2.With the Flame God Cannon in hand, I reign supreme over the world.
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In the void, the originally majestic and ambitious white tiger divine beast martial soul, ruling over all, had... transformed drastically into...
Short limbs, a petite head, a body adorned with black and white patterns, and even both ears drooped softly, resting on the sides of its forehead. Its whole body appeared weak and feeble...
"This... isn't this a folded-ear cat?"
Chu Yan was dumbfounded. He never expected that the white tiger martial soul, in its effort to clear his meridians, would end up looking like this. Even the ten golden stars on its head had turned into three, with the other seven barely visible and dim.
"White tiger martial soul, I will remember your sacrifice for me," Chu Yan's eyes shimmered as he looked at the white tiger martial soul, or rather, the folded-ear cat. He patted his chest and said,
"I will train with all my might to restore your white tiger divine beast's might as soon as possible..."
After a brief hesitation, Chu Yan retrieved the white tiger martial soul and turned his gaze towards the mirror by his side.
"Hmph! 'Thousand-year waste among the three ultimate wastes'? From today onwards, I'll show you all who the real waste is!"
Crossing his legs once again, Chu Yan intended to try cultivating and experience the differences after awakening his martial soul.
Closing his eyes and focusing his mind, he opened his dantian...
In the vast continent, martial cultivators first cultivate true qi within their bodies, advancing into the Tempering Realm. After reaching the tenth stage of the Tempering Realm, they can break through to the Qi Refinement Realm. This process, for ordinary individuals, takes anywhere from three to ten years, or even an entire lifetime, as the disparity is vast due to differing talents.
And what determines this talent is the variance in their respective martial souls...
Before the age of sixteen, any youth who enters the Tempering Realm can accelerate their cultivation speed through the awakening of their martial soul.
The difference in the star rank of their martial soul determines the quality, speed, and potential of absorbing spiritual energy from heaven and earth. This is the recognized criterion for evaluating one's innate talent.
Martial souls are divided into nine levels, ranging from one star to nine stars. The higher the level, the higher the innate talent, and the greater the future achievements.
Of course, there are also one-in-a-million extraordinary martial souls, such as the full star martial soul!
These rare gifted individuals with exceptional talent, who only appear once every hundred years, become unrivaled warriors in the martial world. It's only a matter of time.
However, someone like Chu Yan, who awakened five full-star martial souls at once, has never appeared in the records of the vast continent...
Seated in a cross-legged position, entering a state of cultivation, Chu Yan...
Began circulating his true qi, experiencing the exhilarating sensation brought about by the profound changes within his body.
Within the room, countless spiritual energies from heaven and earth converged towards Chu Yan's body like rivers returning to the sea in a frenzy.
The gathering of spiritual energies from heaven and earth became faster and more abundant, to the point where Chu Yan was enveloped in a milky-white mist of spiritual energy.
This was many times more than the amount of spiritual energy Chu Yan usually attracted during his cultivation.
Chu Yan never expected that after awakening his martial soul, he would have such a terrifying attraction towards spiritual energy from heaven and earth.
This was simply unimaginable!
Countless spiritual energies flowed smoothly through his thick meridians, entering his dantian with almost no loss.
Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!
The massive spiritual energy fused into Chu Yan's dantian, causing the meager strands of true qi to rapidly increase.
In an instant, it increased by multiple times!
"Second stage of the Tempering Realm!"
Chu Yan was extremely excited.
Even after spending three whole years in the Extreme Sky Sect, he had not reached this stage. He never expected that simply awakening his martial soul could bring him such unexpected joy.
Suppressing his wildly pounding heart, Chu Yan continued to fervently draw in the spiritual energy from heaven and earth into his body, bolstering the true qi in his dantian.
After one night...
Chu Yan opened his eyes, a glimmer of brilliance flashing through his eyes. He lightly opened his mouth, and a white mist spewed out.
"Third stage! The third stage of the Tempering Realm!"
After getting out of bed, he stretched lazily, a refreshing feeling spreading throughout his body. The bones in his body crackled, invigorating his spirit.
"The deadline for being expelled from the Extreme Sky Sect is next month!"
"The Sect Competition? Good... let this competition be the first battle of my rise as Chu Yan!"
Determined, Chu Yan pushed open the patched-up door. Outside, the sky had already brightened, and after the rain, the air was exceptionally fresh.
Taking a deep breath of the fresh air, experiencing the unfamiliarity of the other world, Chu Yan looked beyond the courtyard.
"Bang!"
The flimsy entrance gate was kicked open, finally crumbling to pieces.
Three individuals walked in from outside the courtyard.
Looking at the person leading the way, Chu Yan sneered.
I didn't go looking for you, yet you've come to me willingly.
Perfect timing...!
"Chu Yan, hand over your disciple identity token. You surprisingly didn't take the initiative to hand over your Tempering Pill for this year!"
The one speaking was none other than Sun Hao, a three-star Crocodile Tooth Rat martial soul with the cultivation of the third stage of the Tempering Realm. He was accompanied by his two lackeys and had come to claim Chu Yan's disciple identity token in order to obtain Chu Yan's Tempering Pill.
Sun Hao and his two lackeys stood in the middle of the courtyard, looking at Chu Yan with disdainful expressions.
"Do you really want it?"
Chu Yan stepped forward as Sun Hao was about to berate him, and his icy voice filled the air, sounding like a devil's voice from the depths of the Nine Abyss, striking fear and trembling into the hearts of those who heard it.
Was this still the same Chu Yan who was considered the "thousand-year waste among the three ultimate wastes"?!
Sun Hao's expression turned unpleasant. Just now, he shivered from a single glance from Chu Yan.
This...was a disgrace!
Unforgivable!
Sun Hao looked at Chu Yan with a mixture of resentment and anger, angrily shouting, "Chu Yan, you useless waste, how dare you show yourself!"
Sun Hao's despair and rage seemed as if Chu Yan had murdered his father.
However, Chu Yan didn't say much. He didn't even spare Sun Hao a glance as he walked past him slowly, looking at the shattered wooden gate on the ground.
"It finally broke... what a pity!"
As Chu Yan spoke to the broken wood piled on the ground, Sun Hao, feeling ignored, flew into a rage, shouting, "Thousand-year waste! Do you want to die? It's just a wooden door, what a pitiful thing..."
"Oh, so you originally only wanted to cripple me?" Chu Yan's face darkened as he looked at Sun Hao, his voice cold. "But what are you? How dare you threaten me!"
"What? What did you say?!"
Sun Hao's face turned purple, his eyes widened.
What did he say?
A useless waste actually called me something?
Is he crazy?!
Sun Hao's face twisted completely, looking at Chu Yan who seemed carefree, he gritted his teeth and said, "Say that again if you dare!"
"Oh, what a shame. You served as a wooden door for me for three years, enduring countless kicks. But today..."
Sun Hao: "..."
Ignored again.
How would this waste dare?!
"Waste, you..."
Before Sun Hao could say anything, Chu Yan angrily shouted, "Sun Hao! Do you really think I wouldn't dare to kill you!"
"What?!"
Sun Hao looked stunned, as though he couldn't believe that Chu Yan would dare to be so arrogant. His ferocious eyes widened, almost popping out of his sockets.
"I'm talking about you! You're just a three-star martial soul. Who do you think you are? Hmph! Today, I'll teach you how to be a real person!"
His true qi surged wildly within him, and a tremendous surge of gold elemental true qi rapidly flowed towards Chu Yan's fingertips.
"Good, good, Chu Yan, you..." Sun Hao pointed at Chu Yan's hand, trembling slightly.
"Prepare to die!" Chu Yan sneered and shouted.
"Swish..."
A beam of white and gold elemental true qi shot out from Chu Yan's fingertips like a shooting star.
Chu Yan stepped forward, and before Sun Hao could berate him, Chu Yan's icy voice resounded, akin to the voice of a devil from the deepest abyss, causing fear and trembling in the hearts of those who heard it.
Was this still the same Chu Yan who was considered the "thousand-year waste among the three ultimate wastes"?
Sun Hao's face turned ugly. Just moments ago, he shivered from a single glance from Chu Yan.
This... was a disgrace!
Unforgivable!
Sun Hao looked at Chu Yan with a mix of resentment and anger, shouting, "Chu Yan, you useless waste, how dare you come out!"
Sun Hao's despair and anger seemed as if Chu Yan had killed his father.
However, Chu Yan didn't say much. He didn't even spare Sun Hao a glance as he walked past him slowly, looking at the shattered wooden gate on the ground.
"It finally broke... what a pity!"
While Chu Yan spoke to the broken wood, Sun Hao, feeling ignored, flew into a rage, shouting, "Thousand-year waste! Do you want to die? It's just a wooden door, what's so pitiful about it..."
"Oh, so you originally only wanted to cripple me?" Chu Yan's face darkened as he looked at Sun Hao, his voice cold. "But what are you? How dare you threaten me!"
"What? What did you say?!"
Sun Hao's face turned purple, his eyes widened.
What did he say?
A useless waste actually said that about me?
Is he crazy?
Sun Hao's face twisted completely, looking at Chu Yan who seemed carefree, he gritted his teeth and said, "Say that again if you dare!"
"Oh, what a shame. You served as a wooden door for me for three years, enduring countless kicks. But today..."
Sun Hao: "..."
Ignored again.
How would this waste dare?!
"Waste, you..."
Before Sun Hao could say anything, Chu Yan angrily shouted, "Sun Hao! Do you really think I wouldn't dare to kill you!"
"What?!"
Sun Hao looked stunned, as though he couldn't believe that Chu Yan would dare to be so arrogant. His ferocious eyes widened, almost popping out of his sockets.
"I'm talking about you! You're just a three-star martial soul. Who do you think you are? Hmph! Today, I'll teach you how to be a real person!"
His true qi surged wildly within him, and a tremendous surge of gold elemental true qi rapidly flowed towards Chu Yan's fingertips.
"Good, good, Chu Yan, you..." Sun Hao pointed at Chu Yan's hand, trembling slightly.
"Prepare to die!" Chu Yan sneered and shouted.
"Swish..."
A beam of white and gold elemental true qi shot out from Chu Yan's fingertips like a shooting star.
This was Chu Yan imitating the machine guns from his memories of his past life, deliberately altering the route and method of true qi circulation and attack, wanting to experience the feeling of being a ferocious and iron-blooded warrior.
"Hahaha, this is amazing! With my 'Gatling' in hand, who would dare not submit!"
"Swish, swish, swish..."
"Swish, swish, swish..."
The next moment, before Sun Hao and the others could react, a series of dense true qi piercing sounds resounded, shattering the tranquility of the courtyard. Chu Yan seemed to catch a faint scent of gunpowder in the air.
"Hahaha! Amazing, absolutely amazing!!"
As the beams of golden elemental true qi erupted one after another from Chu Yan's fingertips, his entire body trembled, his appearance becoming wild. He shouted with joy as countless white beams of true qi were intermittently released in a unique manner. The formidable true qi from his third stage of the Tempering Realm endlessly surged towards his fingertips, allowing Chu Yan to experience a surge of blood and passion.
"A tiger never shows its might. Did you really think I was easy to bully?!"
The true qi enhanced by the ten-star white tiger martial soul had immense power, far surpassing ordinary true qi.
"Swish, swish, swish..."
"Swish, swish, swish..."
The dense beams of true qi continued to crazily shoot out...
"Plap, plap, plap..."
Just as Sun Hao and his companions had activated their own martial souls and circulated their true qi to protect themselves, Chu Yan's countless beams of true qi struck them, shattering their defenses and dissipating into the air. Immediately afterward, blood gushed out from their bodies, almost instantaneously turning Sun Hao's two lackeys into sieves, like beehives. Their bodies were riddled with holes, the scene of their deaths horrifyingly gruesome.
"What is this?! Can someone tell me, what is this?! What kind of martial technique is this?!"
Across from him, Sun Hao's face was filled with fear. He felt the passing beams of true qi, which couldn't possibly be possessed by someone with only first stage of the Tempering Realm. Furthermore, the strange attack method left him dumbfounded.
How could this be!
This waste! How could he possess such a powerful martial technique?!
Almost instantly killing his two subordinates?
They were both in the second stage of the Tempering Realm, a whole stage higher than Chu Yan!?
Now, they died just like that, completely without any resistance?!
Chu Yan sneered, slowly approaching Sun Hao, and looked at him, who used to constantly mock and ridicule him. He patted Sun Hao's face while smiling and said, "Big Brother Sun, what's wrong? Scared? Weren't you the one who called me a waste? Why don't you make a move, come on! Ah?"
"You?... Me?"
Sun Hao was practically scared out of his wits, as he glanced at the two bodies next to him, riddled with holes and oozing blood. Trembling, he quivered in place. At this moment, Chu Yan's smile, in his eyes, resembled that of Death's, malicious and terrifying.
"Chu... Chu Yan, I was wrong. Please spare me..."
As soon as Sun Hao finished speaking, he saw a faint smile on Chu Yan's lips, instantly filling him with a sense of foreboding.
Chu Yan extended his hand and placed his index finger on Sun Hao's forehead.
He wants to kill me?!
"Chu Yan, if you dare to kill me, my brother..."
"Boom..."
Close-range beams of true qi burst out, and Sun Hao's head exploded like a watermelon, spraying red and white pieces all over the place...
"Thud..."
The body fell to the ground, with a large amount of blood streaming out and staining the ground red.
Chu Yan withdrew his finger and blew a non-existent smoke from his fingertip, chuckling softly.
"Dare I kill you?! And now?"
"Hahaha, my martial soul is strong. This feeling is so enjoyable..." Chu Yan burst into mad laughter, the sound echoing in the sky above the courtyard, startling several birds that had been perched on trees.
"Uh... but, cleaning up this mess..."
According to the rules of the Extreme Sky Sect, disciples within the inner sect were not allowed to engage in private fights, but the outer sect disciples had much more freedom.
However, one's own courtyard always needed to be cleaned up.
Chu Yan spent the entire day busily cleaning up. Between the three bodies and the courtyard floor, if it weren't for his body being modified by the white tiger martial soul, he would probably have been exhausted.
Fortunately, the Extreme Sky Sect covered a vast area, so the distance between each disciple's courtyard was quite far. Plus, Chu Yan's residence was in the most remote area. Throughout the entire day, no one noticed what had happened in Chu Yan's courtyard.
After finishing everything, Chu Yan returned to his room and continued his cultivation...
The night passed quickly.
As the day broke, someone arrived.
- Writer
