Chapter 243. Huaxia’s Sixth Martial God Is Born!
At the peak of Kunlun Mountain, the sound of thunder continued without end, only showing signs of stopping when dusk arrived.
Looking out, the surrounding mountains had been ravaged by thunder until they were reduced to rubble. Smaller peaks had been directly razed to the ground, while medium-sized peaks had been split at the waist, leaving behind bottomless holes.
Only the snow peak at the center of the lightning tribulation remained safe and sound. Not even a single patch of snow on it had melted.
“Old Gu, the Martial God Tribulation has dissipated.”
At the top of the Divine Battle Division’s skyscraper, Lingling pointed at the distant sky and spoke with incomparable excitement.
Gu Yuan, Mei Xue’er, and the others immediately looked over, curiosity appearing in their eyes.
Had that person failed the breakthrough, or had he succeeded?
“Monitoring Department, does the spatial turbulence still exist?” Gu Yuan made a phone call and asked in an urgent tone.
If the one undergoing the breakthrough had died in the Martial God Tribulation, then the spatial turbulence caused by his Martial Arts talent would have disappeared.
But if it had not...
“No! Commander Gu, it looks like he succeeded in breaking through!” An incomparably surprised and delighted voice came from the phone.
He succeeded!
Gu Yuan’s entire body shook. Shock appeared on his face, but a smile also rose at the corners of his mouth.
Huaxia’s sixth Martial God had been born!
Who exactly was it? Who could successfully survive such a terrifying Martial God Tribulation?
Was it someone from the Five Top-Tier Families? Or someone from a regional Battle Division?
Gu Yuan immediately ordered, “Have the Sleep God head to the target coordinates at once. Have him confirm the identity of Huaxia’s sixth Martial God!”
They could not withstand the spatial turbulence in the surrounding area. They could only let the Sleep God, who had already become a god, go there.
“Yes, Commander Gu!”
Gu Yuan’s words left Mei Xue’er and the other three frozen in place, their eyes wide.
“Wow! No way. He really survived it? I would have died from even one bolt of lightning from that Martial God Tribulation. Who exactly is he? How can he be so strong?”
Lingling’s mouth hung open so wide that stuffing two eggs into it would not have been a problem. Her eyes were filled with shock.
Mei Xue’er looked at the distant snow peak, her eyes full of curiosity as she murmured, “Huaxia’s sixth Martial God... That really is astonishing.”
Liang Shan and Mo Yan also nodded slightly. The birth of Huaxia’s sixth Martial God was definitely an event that would shock the entire nation.
But why had such a powerful martial artist never been discovered before?
...
At this moment, Jiang Yichen slowly sat up on the snow peak. He looked at the thunderclouds rapidly fading from the sky, rubbed his hazy, sleepy eyes, and could not help sighing.
“It’s finally over. Breaking through to the Martial God Realm really is quite a grand event. It’s far more impressive than breaking through to the Martial Emperor Realm.”
He looked at his own crystal-clear flesh and bones. The strength of his body had risen by another level.
Pale golden energy flowed through his meridians, and the abundant power made him feel extremely comfortable.
Jiang Yichen smiled faintly. From the time he had been reborn until now, in less than half a year, he had completed the Martial Arts path his Martial God father had taken seventy years to walk.
He had simply taken sixty-nine and a half years’ worth of shortcuts.
Moreover, if he continued slacking off and enjoying life for another four and a half months, he would become a god. It made him feel helpless, but also somewhat pleased.
This system really doesn’t give me even the slightest sense of achievement from hard work.
Jiang Yichen smiled and muttered a few words in his heart. Then he tidied up the leftover chicken bones, tossed them into the fire, and looked at the Map of Mountains, Rivers, and the State before him.
He glanced at the sky. It was almost dark, so it was time to go back.
Jiang Yichen touched the scroll with his finger. Spatial power spread around him like a tide, and white, threadlike laws of space drifted through the void.
After breaking through to the Martial God Realm, his Law of Space had also improved significantly.
In the past, he still had to silently recite the formula of the Void Scripture and stir his Spiritual Energy to trigger Spatial Jump.
But now, with just a thought, he could go anywhere he wanted.
It was as though he was space, and space was him. There was not the slightest sense of dissonance.
With a thought from Jiang Yichen, the space around him shifted and flickered.
In an instant, the original Kunlun snow mountain had become the luxurious mansion dormitory.
When Jiang Yichen entered the Map of Mountains, Rivers, and the State, he no longer felt the spatial dizziness he had experienced before. It was as though the restrictions within the scroll’s space had no effect at all.
“Linyu, it’s time to rest. You’ve been cultivating all day.”
On the crimson rock wall, Jiang Yichen walked to the top of the cliff and spoke gently.
Cultivating all day!
Su Linyu first froze for a moment. Then she jolted, opened her eyes, stopped circulating her cultivation art, and looked anxious.
“I’m sorry, Brother Yichen. I was too absorbed in cultivation and forgot to prepare lunch for you. I’ll go right now. Please don’t be angry with me, all right?”
She bit her red lips and lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong.
“...” Jiang Yichen rubbed his forehead. “In your eyes, am I really so incapable of taking care of myself?”
Su Linyu immediately shook her head. “No. Brother Yichen is the most outstanding person in my heart.”
“It was my fault for not doing well. How could I forget that Brother Yichen was still hungry just because I was cultivating? I was wrong. I definitely won’t do it again.”
Jiang Yichen tapped her forehead. “Why do you never think about yourself?”
Su Linyu held her forehead with both hands and silently accepted the lesson without daring to speak.
Jiang Yichen took her hand. A Warrior of Pure Devotion... really could not be talked out of it.
“Come on. We won’t cook today. I’ll take you to a restaurant.”
Su Linyu glanced at the time, and her eyes lit up. “I know there’s a couples’ restaurant in East China. It has a wide variety of dishes and some interesting little activities too.”
“How do you know that? You haven’t even left the military district these past four days,” Jiang Yichen said in surprise.
Su Linyu giggled. “Last time, when Auntie took us to that Sichuan-Chongqing noodle shop, I looked up every noodle shop in East China—the ingredients they use, where they source their supplies... and in the process, I mapped out East China.”
“I was thinking I could make noodles for Brother Yichen next time.”
Jiang Yichen no longer knew how to evaluate it. Just because they had eaten noodles once, Su Linyu was willing to spend time and effort learning so many things.
This was what it felt like to be loved. It was both blissful and moving.
“All right. Then we’ll go to the place you mentioned.”
Jiang Yichen affectionately pinched Su Linyu’s little face, his eyes and brows full of a smile.
“Okay...” Su Linyu looked at him, then suddenly stopped. “Wait, Brother Yichen. You seem a little different from usual.”
Jiang Yichen was stunned. He examined himself inwardly. “What’s different?”
Su Linyu circled around him once. “Your eyes have an added trace of spiritual radiance compared to before. Your skin has become crystal-clear, and there’s a hint of sacred dignity between your eyes and brows...”
She described every change in Jiang Yichen’s appearance after breaking through to the Martial God Realm.
Even Jiang Yichen was shocked. How had this girl remembered all of that?
He could not help sighing inwardly. Those who truly cared did not need to be taught.
“It’s probably because I broke through,” Jiang Yichen explained.
Broke through?
Surprise appeared in Su Linyu’s eyes. “Wow! Brother Yichen, you broke through again? You’re amazing.”
“I worked hard cultivating in the Map of Mountains, Rivers, and the State for an entire day, but I’m still at the third level of the Sixth Realm. It’ll probably take me several more days to reach the fourth level.”
There was worship and envy in her eyes.
She envied Brother Yichen for being able to break through realms every day even while slacking off, while even her painstaking cultivation could not compare to a fraction of Brother Yichen’s progress.
Brother Yichen had broken through again. He should be around the third or fourth level of the Eighth Realm now, right?
Last time, Sister Xue’er had said that Brother Yichen’s realm during the Recruit Challenge had been around the first or second level of the Eighth Realm.
The further one advanced on the path of Martial Arts, the harder it became. For an Eighth-Realm Martial Emperor to rise by one or two levels in two months was already extremely impressive.
My fiancé is so dazzling that I can only look up to him. I must work even harder too.
Su Linyu’s gaze became increasingly firm.
“All right, let’s go. I’ll treat you to dinner.” Jiang Yichen smiled.
Su Linyu came back to her senses, revealed a sweet smile, and obediently wrapped her arm around his.
She was secretly delighted inside. Brother Yichen really spoils me so much.
Compared to their sweetness, Gu Yuan of the Divine Battle Division at Kunlun Mountain was so anxious that he was pacing in circles.
“Old Gu, when I went to that snow peak, I sensed a powerful Power of Laws, but I didn’t see anyone,” the Sleep God said, shaking his head.
Gu Yuan frowned tightly as he looked at the Monitoring Department’s report. “That was a complete law. It wasn’t a law bestowed by a god.”
“That person not only successfully broke through to the Martial God Realm, but also possesses a complete law. That is something only gods should have. He...”
Gu Yuan could no longer find any words to describe it. This was simply inconceivable.
“No. I have to contact the Commander-in-Chief immediately. We must find Huaxia’s sixth Martial God.”
In a flustered hurry, Gu Yuan picked up his phone and dialed the Commander-in-Chief of Huaxia.