Realm-Hopping Martial Master-Chapter 381 - 242: The Sea Turns to Dust, Lightning Dries Up, the Cosmic Star Gate in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm!_2

Chapter 381: Chapter 242: The Sea Turns to Dust, Lightning Dries Up, the Cosmic Star Gate in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm!_2

"He would end up being used by the other Divine Skills Ranking geniuses as leverage to suppress him, and that’s exactly what he didn’t want. As for his right-hand man, Yuan Xuan... with this kind of strength, if anyone came at him now, he’d take them down one by one!"

After three months of arduous cultivation, Jiang Shu’s Realm had already come infinitely close to the mid-stage Furnace Fire Realm. His overall strength had also skyrocketed exponentially. Saying he could easily overpower most mid-stage Furnace Fire Realm Cultivators was no exaggeration.

He had completely refined the True Man Ming Lei’s three Divine Skills.

He was also about to reach entry-level mastery with the Spirit Rank Puppet Refining Technique, and had already crafted two peak Mortal Rank Puppets.

He only lacked enough resources to attempt crafting Spirit Rank Puppets.

He activated Divine Skills and began cultivation of the Heavenly Mechanism Puppet Technique.

With a massive, nearly endless supply of Pure Essence Pills, plus the dense Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi inside the Pacific Secret Realm, Jiang Shu’s cultivation showed progress every single day, no less effective than using Spirit Rank Primordial Crystals for training.

During his month in the Secret Realm, the portal was once again closed. Jiang Shu only went out briefly to report his safety, bringing some Mutant Beasts and Heaven and Earth Treasure Medicine to Xia Country, then went immediately back in to continue cultivating.

According to Xia Country’s research institute’s predictions, the complete stabilization of this Heaven and Earth Secret Realm portal would be within this very year. He planned to make full use of the period when Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi was most abundant to advance his cultivation.

Inside the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, powerful sixth-rank Mutant Beasts became Jiang Shu’s meals. With the entry-level mastery of the Spirit Rank Cultivation Technique, "Mixed Element Profound Skill," his Spirit Realm had fully reached Divine Breath Realm.

With every inhale and exhale of the Kunpeng Swallowing Technique, he absorbed and refined all the Primordial Power from Pure Essence Pills and the surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi. His cultivation rate increased once again.

He frequently unleashed the Five Thunders Great Handprint, almost transforming entire stretches of ocean into a sea of thunder.

He threw himself into it, cultivating the Underworld Prison Lightning Tribulation Body.

Back in the True Martial Sect, after exchanging for the Spirit Rank Cultivation Technique, Jiang Shu hadn’t gone back down into the Underground Abyss. Once he had saved up enough Contribution Points, he casually exchanged for an outside mission and began quietly gathering information on the descendants of True Man Ming Lei in the True Martial Thirty-Six Cities.

Xia Country.

Ever since Jiang Shu single-handedly pressured an entire country and forced the Freedom Country to retreat, Xia Country’s strength, in global public opinion, had started to firmly surpass that of Freedom Country. More and more small countries were joining the Xia Country Alliance as well.

Some former genetic warriors even began to switch over to studying Martial Arts.

The Martial Artist Sleep Pods that appeared during the Spring Festival Gala had officially launched in May as well.

The Cosmic Relics inside the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.

Cultivation Methods suspected to be from other cosmic civilizations—Spiritual Cultivation Methods—could push cultivation beyond the Six Martial Arts Realms!

The Inner Strength Method, pioneered by Wang Tianren, allowed ordinary Martial Artists with no innate Talent to directly ascend into being a Martial Artist.

One earth-shattering revelation after another had been fully announced.

Martial Artist Alliance.

"I originally thought that the college entrance exam reform four years ago was already a huge deal. I never expected that, in just a month or two, there would be so many changes that even I, an old veteran, almost couldn’t keep up. Spiritual cultivation, deep sleep... now it’s all being publicized. Why is Wang Tianren’s cultivation speed so fast? Because he was born a spiritual powerhouse. That’s what it means to be a naturally gifted cultivator."

"Deep sleep, meditation, fetal breathing... once you reach the first tier of Fetal Breathing, Thought Breathing, it’s equivalent to the Sixth Martial Arts Realm—Ultimate Sincerity Path—which allows you to foresee things. It’s terrifying. *If only I had talent for Spiritual Cultivation, even if my advancement in Martial Arts was slower, I could make up for it through spiritual training.*"

"Why are all of you only focused on Spiritual Cultivation? Am I the only one who noticed that Inner Strength Method? Although the officially released version only allows cultivation up to the equivalent of the Dark Force Realm, who knows— with Wang Tianren’s supreme Talent, maybe he’ll pioneer later stages of the Method. If he does, Wang Tianren will not only be a myth in Martial Arts, but also the founder of a new era. Every Martial Artist who stepped into Martial Arts without Talent will have to revere Jiang Shu as their master."

"Not only is his cultivation speed terrifying, but he also pioneers entirely new systems of cultivation. *Could Wang Tianren really have been born a sage, knowing everything from the start?*"

"He’s literally too powerful. Suddenly, it reminds me of a phrase—after stepping into Martial Arts, you may become a Grandmaster, or even a Great Grandmaster. You might be called a genius, but being a genius is merely the threshold to meet Wang Tianren. I used to think that was an exaggeration, but now, it seems even Great Grandmasters aren’t worthy of meeting Wang Tianren."

"Enough! Say another word and I’m going to lose it. I’m not even a Grandmaster. The gap is just too much. *Even if I lived another life and cultivated since I was in the womb, I still couldn’t catch up to Wang Tianren after two or three years of his training. I can’t listen anymore, or I’ll give up Martial Arts entirely.*"

The voices of Martial Artists, shaken and impassioned, ignited a frenzy of Martial Arts cultivation.

Shengjing.

"The contributions Wang Tianren made this time are simply enormous. Not only did he indirectly raise our Xia Country’s global power ranking, he also directly secured the Pacific’s Heaven and Earth Secret Realm for us. Without him, that secret realm would now be in the hands of the Deep Sea Avenger."

The First Leader sighed emotionally; in this period of time, under the guidance of Wang Yan and Wang Tianren, he had also fully mastered the Crane Longevity Fist. Even with a nation’s power in his hands, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of awe—and even a little fear—when it came to Jiang Shu.

Even he couldn’t see through this young man.

For someone capable of crafting this kind of cultivation system, *just how high was his Realm, truly?*

*Maybe, in the battle for the Pacific, he hadn’t even gone all out— not even ten percent of his true power?*

"The Pacific’s Heaven and Earth Secret Realm truly is of utmost importance. This might be the last, and the biggest, piece of the puzzle. Once the portal stabilizes, what awaits us will be an entirely new era."

Wang Yan stood aside, manipulating the surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, allowing the First Leader to always remain in an optimal state.

After years in the heart of the regime, Wang Yan was almost privy to all of Xia Country’s secrets.

From the research institute’s view, the Pacific Heaven and Earth Secret Realm was just as strategically vital as the fabled battlegrounds of ancient times; fortunately for them, Xia Country had produced a Jiang Shu.

Time passed. The Pacific would never again return to peaceful silence.

Mutant Beasts leapt out, one after another, from the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.

There were immense kunpeng soaring sky-high.

There were massive whales, capable of swallowing entire islands.

There were great flood dragons, summoning wind and rain.

Missiles fired continuously like a rainstorm, launched from both Xia Country and Freedom Country, never ending, slaughtering ambitious Mutant Beasts or driving them back into the deep sea.

And Jiang Shu stood alone in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, high above the ground.

And then, another half a year of cultivation passed.

He had completely refined Ming Lei True Man’s Primordial Pill. All ten Divine Skills were now fully tempered within him.

His Cultivation Realm had stabilized at Mid-stage Furnace Fire Realm, and in less than a year, he’d gone from early stage to mid-stage—this rate of advancement was simply shocking.

Not to mention, he now held mastery of eleven Divine Skills.

For short-term combat ability, he could even match up to the outer disciple geniuses on the Divine Skills Ranking!

"I didn’t expect that, in this Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, I’d end up cultivating for so long. Now, finally, the fruits I’ve been waiting for are about to ripen."

"Let’s hope I won’t disappoint myself."

Over the past half-year, apart from training, Jiang Shu had basically been clearing out this Heaven and Earth Secret Realm. At this point, there wasn’t a single Mutant Beast left inside. If they hadn’t been driven out by him, they had been devoured and turned into his feast.

He had refined most of the Heaven and Earth Treasure Medicine into pills, grinding for proficiency while converting them into internal Primordial Power.

As these words settled—

The ocean turned to dust, thunder and lightning ran dry.

Above the dome of the sky, countless stars shone brightly.

Starlight gathered and, out of thin air, a vast and deep Star Gate appeared. The whirlpool of starlight at its center seemed to possess an infinite pull.

"Boom!"

It felt as though a dull thunder resounded throughout Heaven and Earth.

The portal between the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm and Xuanxing was fully stabilized, and massive amounts of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi surged toward Xuanxing.

Inside the Star Gate, the whirlpool of starlight grew ever clearer.

Stars flickered within the whirlpool, like a miniature universe. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Jiang Shu’s gaze grew sharper and sharper, finally settling on one particularly dim star that began to shine with dazzling brilliance.

This star’s surface was a wash of blue.

It looked exactly like Xuanxing, as he had seen it gazing down from the universe!