Realm-Hopping Martial Master-Chapter 556 - 322: Return to the Wilderness, Dao Artifact! The Myriad Manifestations Sonic Boat!_2

Chapter 556: Chapter 322: Return to the Wilderness, Dao Artifact! The Myriad Manifestations Sonic Boat!_2

Every time, he was able to absorb loads of battle experience from each fight.

"The Star Network version of you was just a virtual construct, it didn’t really represent your true combat power, just like you couldn’t bring the Meteor Vine into the battle zone for a real fight, and all the other geniuses had their own various Treasures as well, so in the real Universe, nobody really cared about the so-called ranking of geniuses in the battle zones,"

"True genius only showed up in the Star Ruins Realm, and fighting was just meant to let you see the flaws in your own techniques, to make you clearly aware of the weaker parts of your body. After that, there was no need to get obsessed with it; most of your time should be spent raising your Realm,"

"Whether in the Star Ruins Realm or the endless Universe, the Ninth Rank was the real entry ticket,"

"On the top floor of the villa district, I parked an intelligent fighter jet with Ninth Rank speed; just treat it as a gift from your brother. If anything ever happened to Xuanxing while I wasn’t around, you’d take Mom, Dad, and Ye Zhenzhen away at once. Even in outer space, the fighter could keep flying; its internal energy source would last for a whole ten years, long enough to reach a distant planet,"

"Once you’re safe, send me the coordinates, I’ll come find you guys myself,"

"Be good."

He hung out for ten days straight in the Ji Mountain villa district. Jiang Shu patted Jiang Yanyue’s head, left behind several Storage Bags, then spent the night with Ye Zhenzhen, and got up at dawn to head to Shengjing.

He tried to get up to speed on the latest scientific research and unresolved technical bottlenecks.

"Genetic evolution, yeah, it really was nothing like a Laser Cannon, or building robots, much less simple,"

What truly surprised Jiang Shu was that he might have underestimated the level of science and technology in Xuanxing.

Maybe it was because Xuanxing was now unified, but the world’s top scientists had all converged on Shengjing, devoted themselves full-time to the development of Xuanxing.

These scientists barely slept day or night, every day was a new round of brainstorming, constant communication, and fresh ideas bursting forth everywhere.

Robots at the Eighth or Seventh Rank like in the Universe, sure, they couldn’t build that yet, but they’d already applied the robot tech to civilian and military models. In just a few days, the first wave of domestic-use robots had begun to roll off the lines.

The military robots were deployed to the Pacific Battlefield for field-testing.

The Laser Cannon couldn’t be fully replicated yet, but combining the tech from the Laser Cannon and the laser railguns of cosmic warships, they developed an entirely new generation of laser cannons—enough to threaten even a Seventh Rank Genetic Cultivator, and powerful enough to exceed the old nuclear weapons.

"As for genetic evolution, I’ll bring some important books next time. The resources on Heavy Earth Star could now be tapped, but Dead Water Star should be left for future use,"

"The Cultivation Method I founded might not emphasize Talent the way the Spirit Path did, but it still had huge limitations. There was no way it could compare to the Spirit Path over the long haul. For now, since Xuanxing desperately needed to develop, it made sense for Martial Artists to choose my Method, or gene evolution. I totally got it,"

"But if Xuanxing wanted to keep producing real geniuses, it needed to strongly support Spirit Path cultivation. Any genius in the Spirit Path could be given a little extra support in Cultivation Resources. We couldn’t just look at the present—cultivation before the Ninth Rank was the easy part. What mattered was after Ninth Rank,"

After he finalized Xuanxing’s new direction for future growth, Jiang Shu wasted no more time, declined the First Leader’s invitation to the state banquet, and left Shengjing. On Xuanxing, he picked out a secluded spot and opened up a simple Cave Mansion.

Sitting cross-legged, he watched a virtual panel float to the front of his gaze, and with a single thought, he activated the Two Realms Shuttle.

...

Out in the Endless Sea, more and more Transformed Demons began to appear along the outer regions, and none of the Loose Cultivators in Fuhai City dared leave port like they did before.

Every single Loose Cultivator still left in Fuhai City was immersed in frantic secluded cultivation, making one last push for power.

For them, war was disaster, but it was also opportunity.

*If you wanted a shot at the Great Dao, you couldn’t just keep running from danger.*

Plus, under the fierce orders from the Eight Great Sects, if a Loose Cultivator was found to have purposely dodged conscription after war broke out, they’d still be dragged into the Endless Sea anyway—at that point, their team might as well be a suicide squad.

No way would it work like before, where you could cut down Condensing Seed and Inner Core Realm Demon Beasts and redeem a fortune in Cultivation Resources right at the start.

"Senior Sister Lu, still no word from Brother Jiang?"

In Fuhai City’s restaurant, Lu Qingling, Xue Xuan, and Luo Yu gathered together.

The Divine Power Conference was about to open up, with teams setting out from the Eight Great Sects. Their team had arrived early, hoping to broker a deal with some Loose Cultivators in Fuhai City before war kicked off.

Bearing in mind, these Loose Cultivators often ventured into the most dangerous places; besides life-saving Treasures, they gathered up all sorts of objects whose nature or use no one could even tell.

During peaceful times, they’d never think to sell such things—everyone dreamed of deciphering some secret inside and striking a heaven-shaking fortune.

But now, time waited for nobody.

All these items would be sold off in Fuhai City, swapped for useful Elixirs, talismans, and Divine Skills.

Xue Xuan and Luo Yu, who arrived early, managed to scoop up several bargains in Fuhai City with Lu Qingling’s help, even netting several fragmented maps in the process.

Those fragments all came from different Loose Cultivators, and at a moment like this, Xue Xuan and Luo Yu bought them all up, assembling them into a map that covered about three-fifths of the full area, enough to roughly pinpoint the final marked spot.

"I asked this wave of brothers from Thunder Prison Peak, and none of them saw Brother Jiang either. Still, Brother Jiang always knew what he was doing; maybe he’d reached a key point in his secluded cultivation. Once he grasped his Divine Skills, he’d show up,"

"You two take good care of that Treasure Map. Even if it really recorded Heavenly materials, there’s still no proof it was the real deal. And even if it was true, areas around Heavenly materials were never safe, and the three of us just weren’t strong enough,"

"Besides, with all-out war on the verge of breaking out, even if there were opportunities, we had to wait until we were stronger before chasing them,"

Lu Qingling shook her head. Because of Jiang Shu, she’d gotten closer to Xue Xuan and Luo Yu.

"We get it, Senior Sister Lu. Even if this chance really was real, we didn’t want any of it—Heavenly materials were just Cultivation Resources to us anyway, we might as well give it straight to Brother Jiang,"

"Xue Xuan and I already discussed it—Brother Jiang was now practicing the Heavenly Puppet Sect’s Divine Skills, and must have really needed materials, probably aiming to refine a Heavenly Rank Puppet. These Heavenly materials were just what he’d need,"

Luo Yu gave a sly little laugh. Ever since he and Xue Xuan entered the True Martial Sect, Jiang Shu had always looked after them. Now that they scored some luck, Jiang Shu was the first person that came to mind. Being able to help Jiang Shu mattered a whole lot more to them than getting a Treasure they wanted for themselves.

As they spoke, Luo Yu suddenly sensed a tremendous surge of Yuan Qi raging all around them.

Noise instantly filled the restaurant—Cultivators everywhere began reaching out with their spiritual power to see what was happening.

In the far, far distance, the view filled with roiling clouds and wind; uncountable Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, drawn by massive suction, all gathered in tides, endlessly surging to the south.

In the sky, a colossal palace ship took shape amidst the clouds.

Beneath the palace stood a grand ship few Loose Cultivators in Fuhai City had seen in their lifetime.

Its prows took the form of a True Dragon,

The tail a Phoenix Feather,

The hull Kunpeng’s Body,

And every manner of Demon Beast carved along the palace sculptures and around the Treasure ship’s flanking grooves.

Each sculpture and each groove at that moment let loose its own howl, roar, or shriek,

*It felt like a thousand different Demon Beasts had converged into a monstrous tide—the terrifying force pressed down on every Loose Cultivator, leaving them frozen in spot,*

The spiritual power that had just swept out now totally crumpled, at the sight of the towering mast like Qingtian’s jade columns, where the golden characters for True Martial Sect blazed like a sun—no one could hold on, all withdrew their power at once,

The shock in everyone’s eyes was unmistakable,

"Senior Sister Lu... is this our True Martial Sect’s..."

Luo Yu’s mind went blank; even after just reaching the Primordial Pill Realm, the blow to his spirit almost knocked him out. He hurried to sit and catch his breath,

He started circulating his Cultivation Technique and turned to ask Lu Qingling,

He and Xue Xuan were still new to the True Martial Sect, their knowledge barely scratched the surface. Getting to see a Nirvana Realm elder in person was already a rare thing.

*Who could have imagined seeing a scene like this,*

"If I guessed right, this was one of our True Martial Sect’s Dao Artifacts—the Wanxiang Heavenly Sound Ship,"