Eternal Heavenly Emperor-Chapter 334 - 324: Control the Artifact to Fly
The most marvelous thing about Warriors is that they can control the artifact to fly.
Although it still requires external force, it could be said that it fulfilled humanity’s true dream of soaring through the skies.
When Chu Hao was still an earthling, he often flew around the world in airplanes, and he even had a pilot’s license, but flying directly through the skies with his body was an unprecedented experience.
He stepped out of the house, the long-missed sunlight falling upon him, only to realize it was the snowy time of the year, signaling that the New Year had arrived.
He retrieved a sword from the Mustard Seed Ring, but it was not the Deep Blue Sword. Instead, it was a Flying Treasure Artifact given to him by Zhang Tianhua.
Warriors can control artifacts to fly, but not just any artifact will do. It must be a specialized flying type artifact, and undoubtedly, flying with a sword is the most elegant.
Chu Hao couldn’t help but imagine Fu Xue flying with a huge hammer, and immediately, he felt a twitch in the corner of his mouth and couldn’t help but laugh.
Controlling an artifact to fly required a special spell, which was not difficult to comprehend, as there had never been a Warrior who could not perform it, demonstrating its simplicity. Chu Hao stepped on the Flying Sword, chanting the spell in his mind. The Life Spring immediately sprayed out a torrent of Star Force, and the Flying Sword emitted light, shaking unsteadily.
After a while, the Flying Sword lifted Chu Hao off the ground. He wobbled forward like a toddler learning to walk and flew just a few meters before the sword began to tremble violently and crashed to the ground.
Yet, Chu Hao’s heart was filled with excitement. Even though he had flown only a tiny distance, it was genuine flight, fundamentally different from Space-Condensing and Reverse Sky.
If it was like learning to walk, it was better to take it slow.
It had to be said, Chu Hao was incredibly perceptive, and the art of controlling artifacts to fly was indeed simple. In half a day, he had mastered eighty percent of its knack.
It was time.
I fly!
Chu Hao let out a long howl, and whoosh, the Flying Sword carried him swiftly away, instantly flying past Shahai Town.
He started with low-altitude flight, but as his courage grew, he gradually increased his altitude, flying a hundred feet, then a thousand feet up.
Shahai Town became a speck beneath him, it seemed like he could grasp the heavens and earth in his hand, ruling over everything.
It was truly exhilarating.
Chu Hao continuously howled and steered the sword, soaring in the sky.
But after just half an hour, he had to descend back to Shahai Town as his Star Force had been completely depleted. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦
Controlling the artifact to fly was fast and could ignore terrain, but the drawback was the massive consumption of Star Force; it was definitely not possible to use this method for normal travel.
Where’s Fat Cat? Why can’t I see him? Where has he gone to cause trouble again?
Having just made a breakthrough, Chu Hao was eager to share his joy, even if the other party was just a thieving cat.
If he had the chance, he wanted to switch to a better Flying Sword.
The forging material of the Flying Sword was not important because it was not used for combat—of course, it couldn’t be too fragile either; otherwise, if someone easily shattered it during flight, then falling from such great heights would be unstoppable, regardless of mastering Space-Condensing and Reverse Sky.
The core of the Flying Sword lies in the inner core of ferocious beasts, taken from avian species.
The faster the bird species, the faster the speed that could be unleashed by the Flying Sword embedded with such an inner core. In terms of speed, the cultivator’s realm actually does not play a significant role, but rather in the duration of flight.
To put it simply, the Flying Sword itself determines the speed, while the Martial Artist’s Realm determines the duration of flight.
After restoring his Star Force, Chu Hao went to a famous restaurant in town, ordered a table full of fine wine and dishes, treating it as a celebration for himself. Then he returned to the inn to continue his closed-door cultivation.
He planned to elevate his Body Technique to the Warrior level as well.
Body Technique and Star Force were not on the same plane.
Star Force had clear stages, such as the Three Minor Realms involving the opening and expansion of Meridians in the body, while the Middle Three Realms were about forming the Three Great Life Springs of heaven, earth, and man. The Upper Three Realms were said to be related to cultivating the soul and the Dharma Aspect, but Chu Hao did not hear the specifics from Zhang Tianhua, since Zhang Tianhua was only at the War King level.
What about Body Cultivation?
Body Cultivation was straightforward: it involved continuously dividing cells within the body to store power, constantly breaking through limits of strength to achieve the purpose of overpowering with sheer force.
Chu Hao was not an innate Body Cultivator. If he focused solely on Body Technique, his achievements would be limited. However, practicing both Star and Body Cultivation, using the realm of Star Force to enhance the limit, and in turn, the realm of Body Technique, significantly lowered the difficulty.
He possessed the Overlord Body Jue, the Body Tempering Technique learned from the Barbaric Girl, and Dragon Tooth Rice. These three aspects together granted him the credentials to advance on the path of Body Cultivation.
In the past few months of closed-door cultivation, he still ate a Dragon Tooth Rice daily because both his Physique and Star Force had reached their limits. A massive amount of benefits accumulated in his flesh and blood. Since Dragon Tooth Rice primarily enhanced Physique with minimal impact on Star Force, even though he consumed a lot of energy while opening Life Springs, the benefits of Dragon Tooth Rice were almost untouched.
He had finally begun the breakthrough in his physique, and all these benefits were starting to take effect.
His body’s limit had been unlocked, and now all that needed to be done was to allow his cells to divide, increasing the number of cells and accommodating more power.
With the support of the Overlord Body Jue, this step was not difficult. What was challenging was that it required sufficient energy to support this action, much like opening a Life Spring. Now, it was time for the Dragon Tooth Rice to show its strength.
In Ancient Times, almost every Star Force Cultivator also practiced Body Technique, showing that as long as there were sufficient Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures available, Body Cultivation was not difficult.
This did not involve the mysteries of the universe; all that was needed was appropriate cultivation techniques and enough energy supply. Once the body’s limit was opened, one could advance swiftly. It could be said that a martial artist’s level in Body Technique depended entirely on the level of their Star Force.
Chu Hao seemed like a martial artist from Ancient Times, consuming the Dragon Tooth Rice from Ancient Times, practicing the Overlord Body Jue from Ancient Times, and continuously advancing his Body Technique level.
The essence of the Dragon Tooth Rice in his body continuously consumed, and his body underwent qualitative changes, with countless cells dividing and regenerating, increasing his physical limit, and denser cells also enhancing his defensive power a step further.
This was also a lengthy process; he still ate a grain of Dragon Tooth Rice every day, trained in Star Force for five hours to expand the Life Spring, and then ate well and slept well. The rest of the time was wholly spent on Body Cultivation.
After a whole month, the essence of the Dragon Tooth Rice in his body was depleted again, and his Body Technique had also advanced to the Warrior Realm.
Chu Hao swung his fist, feeling a terrifying power filling his body, as if a light punch could collapse the space around him.
Double Warrior.
He raised his hands, Starlight appearing on his left hand, and a Blue Flame appearing on his right hand.
The Starlight was still only half a foot long, seeming like it would not grow any longer, but the power... Chu Hao was confident that even if a War General stood still and let him strike, even with full defense, he would be blasted through.
If the Great Perfection of the Three Minor Realms could only manifest its power in the Martial Sect Realm, what was the significance of such Perfection?
By comparison, the enhancement of the Blue Flame was minimal.
This was because Chu Hao’s bloodline had not undergone a qualitative change. The Blue Flame was born from his fire physique and was limited by his bloodline; with the advancement in realm, its power increased slightly, but the change was not significant.
He remembered what Fat Cat had said earlier; his fire physique was not incapable of rapid enhancement, only by merging with Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire, could this method let the Blue Flame achieve Minor or even Great Achievement.
It would be gradual; Chu Hao still felt it better to focus on enhancing Star Force, with Body Cultivation merely serving as support, including the Blue Flame. It was only an embellishment; the most crucial aspect was still the realm of Star Force.
That was why over the past month, he had never stopped cultivating Star Force; on the contrary, he ensured five hours of daily Star Force training and used the remaining time for Body Cultivation.
It was time to go back.
Chu Hao thought to himself. The purpose of comprehending the Heavenly Spring was to open the Life Spring. Now that the goal was achieved, there was naturally no reason to stay longer.
—Theoretically, a Warrior should at least open Eight Life Springs before attempting to break through to War General. This threshold applied the same for a martial master and Martial Sect; eight was a threshold, one that must be crossed.
However, eight was not the limit; a genius could even open a Ninth Life Spring, and even... there was also a Tenth Life Spring.
Unlike the Martial Sect, a Peak Warrior had another limit that could be crossed, which was to merge all the Life Springs into one. The benefit this brought was that all the power would surge from one Life Spring, faster, stronger, and more fierce.
Generally speaking, only one in a hundred Peak Warriors could reach Nine Springs, and among a thousand Peak Warriors, only one could merge the Nine Life Springs into one.
Ten Springs?
That existed only in theory, much like the Great Perfection of a martial master or Martial Sect.
But today’s martial arts world was welcoming a golden age, and Yuan Tiangang almost had a ninety-nine percent chance of achieving Double Great Perfection. There was definitely an opportunity in the future to attempt the Ten Springs of Great Perfection.
And this was just the situation in Cang State; Sky Martial Star had Nine States, and Cang State was among the weakest.
Lin Zhining, ranked 11th in Yue State, and just like Yuan Tiangang as an existence of Nineteen Meridians, had a very large possibility of progressing further, meaning that in Yue State, as many as 11 such Great Perfection geniuses could exist.
Do not be complacent.
Chu Hao silently reminded himself that the world was vast, and where were there not geniuses? Moreover, according to the message left by Earth Medicine Sect, people from Ancient Times could even travel at the Star Universe level, so there must be other Martial Arts Planets.
"Eh, Little Hao, you finally broke through." Fat Cat appeared and saw Chu Hao, stretching lazily, "You really let down my expectations. I thought you could have done it a month and a half ago."
Chu Hao could not help rolling his eyes; although he had spent another month on Body Cultivation, even subtracting this time would not have allowed him to break through to the level of Warrior half a month earlier.
This damn cat really knew how to discourage people.
He glanced at Fat Cat, startled: "You’ve actually also broken through to Warrior!"(To be continued. If you like this work, we welcome you to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote and support it with monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)
