Chapter 462 - 295: Fame Across the World
Within the gate of Sword King City, the architecture is grand and imposing, shrouded in mist, appearing and disappearing like heavenly palaces built in the human world, with mountain beasts crouching and roaring, guarding outside the gate.
In a courtyard, Elder Celestial Master appeared, the lake was clear, the waterways connected, stone mountains stood, lush trees grew, the gardens were vast and magnificent, seemingly a Grotto Heaven Blessed Land, overflowing with divine essence.
A gentle breeze blew, strands of thick fog swirled, Elder Celestial Master walked straight into a palace, stopping at a thick stone wall, he slowly placed his hand on the wall, suddenly, a wind arose from the ground, strands of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi ravaged, surrounding Elder Celestial Master, soon Elder Celestial Master’s figure became blurred, eventually disappearing.
In the next moment,
Elder Celestial Master appeared in a somewhat dim palace.
This was a closed underground palace, with only a few Luminous Pearls emitting a hint of glow.
In the center of the underground palace, a Grand Array was operating, filled with terrifying Demonic Qi, surging violently, below the array was a Blood Pool, flowing with fresh blood, boiling, the strong smell of blood permeated the underground palace.
The Grand Array operated, rumbling chants rang out, like celestial beings chanting, casting a blood-colored glow, enveloping a person, the hovering Yin-Yang Fish Diagram appeared very ferocious.
The person seated within the array had wild black hair swirling, before him floated a black Long Sword, faint strands of blood mist entwined, emitting a piercing sword cry.
"You succeeded?" Elder Celestial Master asked.
The person slowly raised his head, his long hair flew back, revealing his face, it was Sword King City’s Sect Leader Wei Wuya, his eye corners were cracked, with bloody tears streaming down, his face twisted with hideous blood scars.
"Almost there."
Wei Wuya spoke, his voice eerie.
"Already broken the limits of Martial Arts, but still not stable."
Elder Celestial Master was somewhat surprised: "I didn’t expect you really made it."
Wei Wuya spoke in a low tone: "If nothing breaks, nothing establishes; breaking first fosters establishment, I washed my body with Demonic Qi, replaced Spiritual Qi, no longer bound by Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, embarked on another path, I created an era, De Yue Martial Saint, Highly Accomplished Martial Ancestor, three thousand years before, three thousand years after, the world will remember my name Wei Wuya!"
Elder Celestial Master took a deep breath and said: "I cannot judge your right or wrong, how much more time do you need?"
"At most two months, I will perfectly control Demonic Qi." Wei Wuya said.
Elder Celestial Master frowned and said: "Perhaps, not that much time left?"
"What do you mean?" Wei Wuya asked.
Elder Celestial Master sighed and said: "The Martial Arts Alliance attacked Gu Zhan, but Gu Zhan defeated them single-handedly, only Qi Ga dragged his heavily injured body back, all other sects are on the brink of collapse, now, Gu Zhan leads Beidou Bang in attacks everywhere, the Demon Dao also emerged from Ten Thousand Mountains."
"No problem." Wei Wuya said flatly: "Seal the mountain, tighten fully, no need to worry about gains and losses, once I leave seclusion, it will be the time to unify Yunxi, afterward Yunxi will only have Sword King City, within three years, Sword King City can rival the two major Buddhist Sects, becoming the new Martial Arts Holy Land."
Elder Celestial Master pondered for a moment and said: "Alright then, I’m going to inform them to seal the mountain now!"
After saying, Elder Celestial Master turned and left.
Inside the underground palace, Wei Wuya suddenly opened his eyes, a blood light spread out, he slowly said: "Martial Saint passed martial teachings for two thousand years, Martial Ancestor unified Martial Arts for a thousand years, I Wei Wuya will reign supreme for three thousand years!"
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After the battle between good and evil at Bright Moon Gorge, Yunxi once again became the focus of the entire Xia Kingdom, sparking a storm sweeping across the Xia Kingdom.
This storm was caused by one person,
A person who can overturn the Martial World with his own power—God of Slaughter Gu Zhan.
The battle of Yu City, in a very short time, shocked the entire Xia Kingdom, no longer confined to Yunzhou.
The battle accomplishments he demonstrated in that battle were spread everywhere by wind rogues from various places, causing an uproar.
And the court immediately publicly announced Gu Zhan’s identities as Marquis Yun and Grand General of the Army, directly classifying the Martial Arts Alliance’s attack on Gu Zhan as collusion with the White Lotus Sect, Marquis Yun Gu Zhan was ordered to guard Yunzhou.
A momentary sensation spread across entire Xia Kingdom, and what was most keenly discussed was naturally the enduring focus on martial strength, the saying from ancient times that there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts.
In various places across Xia Kingdom, wind rogues have local ranking systems, just like Yunzhou has Ten Grandmasters, Qingzhou has Twelve Dignitaries, Longzhou has Eight Knights etc.,
However, rank is always done locally, there never was a unified national ranking, due to territorial limitations, no one daring to rank indiscriminately, sharing region is fine, with connections more or less, those martial world rogues also rely on local major forces, so making a ranking locally they can somewhat uphold it.
If someone dared to make national rankings, it would be a big trouble.
After all, people can’t escape fame and fortune,
If those martial world rogues cross regions for rankings, it would easily cause martial world disputes everywhere.
Thus, there always were only individual provincial martial rankings.
However, this time,
Gu Zhan’s single battle shook the world,
As its spread widened, many martial world rogues began pointing out that Gu Zhan possesses the strength of Xia Kingdom’s first Grandmaster, with many enthusiasts comparing his achievements to those of highly renowned Supreme Grandmasters today, none of them capable of comparing to Gu Zhan.