Eternal Heavenly Emperor-Chapter 337 - 327: Return to Yunliu Sect

"Junior brother, you must not underestimate Yue Feng," Dong Wei said solemnly. "Although you have reached Double Great Perfection in the Three Minor Realms, and Yue Feng is only at the Dual Extreme of the Eighteen Meridians, he has matured greatly. It is said that... he may have reached the Ninth Tier Warrior and unified his Nine Life Springs into one."

Chu Hao was slightly shocked.

In the Three Minor Realms, there are only two states above the peak: Extreme and Great Perfection. But for a Warrior, there are as many as five, which above the Eighth Tier are: Eight Springs Unified, Nine Springs, Nine Springs Unified, Ten Springs, and Ten Springs Unified.

The higher the Martial Arts Realm, the more difficult it is to break through the limits. Among Warriors breaking through with Nine Meridians, only one percent can reach the Ninth Tier Warrior. And to achieve Nine Springs Unified is absolutely one in a thousand.

The Tenth Tier?

Rarely seen in ancient and modern times, it can no longer be measured by proportions.

Therefore, if Yue Feng really is at the Nine Springs, then his strength is equivalent to the Ten Meridians within the Martial Sect Realm, which is two levels higher than the ordinary Eighth Tier.

No wonder he is called the strongest genius of the Spirit Spring Sect. It’s estimated that even the Spirit Spring Sect’s Young Heavenly King Duan Jing, Ten-sided Demon Hand Bao Wen, Hell Fire Fen Tian, and Silver Lotus Fairy Zhao Yu, who are all at Eight Springs or at most Eight Springs Unified, are suppressed by him.

Chu Hao nodded. The path of martial arts is full of uncertainties. Some seem ordinary but achieve greatness later on, while some talents dazzle briefly but soon fade into mediocrity.

If he were to disregard everything, he would only become a fallen genius.

"Don’t worry, senior brothers, I will not be careless," Chu Hao assured as he nodded.

The next day, Zhang Tianhua threw a large banquet, both to celebrate Chu Hao’s breakthrough to Warrior and as an apprenticeship party.

The current Chu Hao was only 20 years old—what a concept is a 20-year-old Warrior? Even if Chu Hao had broken through from Sixteen Meridians, just considering his age alone would merit extraordinary attention, not to mention that he also achieved Double Great Perfection in the Three Minor Realms.

This signified a potential supreme power of the future!

Therefore, many came to offer congratulations, including young elites like Duan Jing and Bao Wen, all of whom arrived in full. The only exception was the Tu Clan; none of Tu Honglie’s four disciples appeared, as if they hadn’t heard the news at all.

Fu Xue also returned. Her cultivation had significantly progressed, having notably reached Nine Meridians—clearly, she must have encountered a great opportunity. Next, she planned to visit Heavenly Spring to comprehend and break through to Warrior.

The Barbaric Girl had also made further progress, breaking through to Warrior Realm in Body Technique, her vitality more vigorous than before. If she were to run with all her might, guaranteeing it would seem like an earthquake, causing everyone around to be thrown into disarray.

War Emperor Tianshuang even made a rare appearance, which shocked everyone present. What does it mean to be a War Emperor? A true pinnacle of this world, the apex of the pyramid, and yet now attending a celebration for a junior’s breakthrough to Warrior, showing how highly Chu Hao was regarded.

This also signified a message: Chu Hao is a valued individual of the Spirit Spring Sect; anyone who opposes Chu Hao is opposing the four great War Emperors.

From then on, Chu Hao could surely stride across the Spirit Spring Sect, even War Generals and War Kings would treat him with great courtesy.

Yang Jin and Dong Wei were extremely excited, but they still reminded Chu Hao about one grandancestor within the sect who held an even higher status, whom he absolutely must not provoke. This grandancestor was called Huo Jiang, whose martial talent was barely considered upper-class, but his identity was extremely formidable.

Direct lineage of War Emperor Kongming!

War Emperor Kongming was over seven hundred years old. Huo Jiang was his umpteenth great-grandson. The Huo Family had always been sparse in descendants, and Huo Jiang was essentially the only male left, extremely favored by War Emperor Kongming; otherwise, with his not-so-high martial talent, he would not have qualified to break through to Warrior at 25 years old.

Now, as War Emperor Kongming was attempting to ascend to War God, appearing only rarely in several years, his deterrence was unbreakably stern, both externally and internally, thus Huo Jiang’s status naturally was as untouchable as that of a Crown Prince.

Everyone knew that Huo Jiang was absolutely untouchable in the Spirit Spring Sect.

Although Chu Hao verbally agreed, if Huo Jiang did not provoke him, he certainly wouldn’t take the initiative to offend him. However, if Huo Jiang acted aggressively, Chu Hao wouldn’t show weakness either.

—He believed that War Emperor Kongming, in the grand scheme of things, should be able to judge right and wrong objectively.

Finally, Chu Hao formally became a disciple of Zhang Tianhua, who from the following day, began to meticulously instruct him.

Swordsmanship was Zhang Tianhua’s forte. Initially, Chu Hao chose to apprentice under him for this very reason. However, after observing Chu Hao’s Mad Thunder Sword Technique, he stated that in terms of sword technique levels, he couldn’t teach anything more advanced than the Mad Thunder Sword Technique.

He approached from a strategic perspective, explaining the Sword Dao to Chu Hao.

This was his understanding from a hundred years immersed in the Sword Dao, not necessarily all correct, yet it was the insights of a War King, imparted to Chu Hao without reservation.

This wouldn’t make Chu Hao’s strength soar suddenly, but it planted a seed in his heart, which would continue to robustly grow over time.

Originally, Chu Hao had planned to head to Yunliu Sect immediately after becoming an apprentice, but due to listening to Zhang Tianhua’s guidance, he stayed another half-month before commencing his journey. Meanwhile, Zhang Tianhua would continue his cultivation in seclusion, aiming to breakthrough to War Venerate as soon as possible.

Chu Hao departed very discreetly, along with Fat Cat, heading towards Tianhe County.

After resolving matters with Yunliu Sect, he also planned to revisit the Lower World, to check on Uncle Yu. Now as a Warrior, he possessed the qualification to cross geological fault lines and return to the Lower World.

Nearly twenty days later, he finally entered Tianhe County and returned to Yunliu Sect.

The sky was the same, the earth unchanged, but Chu Hao’s sentiment was entirely different.

When he first came to Yunliu Sect, he had a profound sense of awe. At that time, he was just a Third Tier Martial Disciple, essentially nothing in front of a Warrior. Yet, in just a short span of two years, he had remarkably stepped into this level.

Who would have guessed he’d arrive at Yunliu Sect so quickly?

As he thought this, he had already started up the mountain path.

"Who goes there?" two young disciples immediately called out to him as he approached the gate.

"Chu Hao!" a passing disciple recognized Chu Hao and called out with a voice filled with delight.

Chu Hao looked over and couldn’t help but smile. "Brother Lin, long time no see." The person was Lin Zhendong, who had come with him from the Lower World. They had almost come into conflict back then.

Now, Lin Zhendong had become a Sixth-Meridian martial master. This progress could not be said to be slow in Yunliu Sect, but compared to Chu Hao, it was far behind.

Staying within the sect, how could those opportunities compare to the adventures outside?

"Chu Hao, I heard you’ve broken through to Martial Sect level?" Lin Zhendong asked. He couldn’t see through Chu Hao’s cultivation level at all, and he would never think of War Warrior, as that was just too exaggerated.

"Yes, I’ve broken through," Chu Hao nodded. This was the absolute truth.

"Sigh, I still can’t compare to you." Lin Zhendong shook his head, then immediately added, "But Mo Guxin has also broken through to Martial Sect, and he’s been boasting that if you come back, he could suppress you with a single move."

Chu Hao couldn’t help but smile. Mo Guxin could indeed be considered talented and had the full support of the sect, but after all, Yunliu Sect was only a Sixth Grade sect. What kind of deep foundation could it have?

"Haha, if he dares to show up, I’ll punch him flying," he laughed.

Hearing this, the two disciples guarding the gate both showed signs of disdain—just brag all you want. Who doesn’t know that Mo Guxin is now the top-ranked core disciple in the sect, surpassing former members like Jin Wuxiang and Ling Tianhe.

To send Mo Guxin flying with a single punch, what a joke!

These two were newly promoted disciples and had not heard of Chu Hao’s reputation. Moreover, being high up in the mountains, the news of the Fledgling Dragon List wasn’t widely known, particularly in such isolated places. Lin Zhendong and the others wouldn’t promote this in the sect either, as that would just make life uncomfortable for them.

"Not afraid of blowing your own trumpet sky high!"

"A dog from the Lower World can only bark that much."

The two heckled openly, knowing full well that Lin Zhendong was a martial master—yet they themselves were only Martial Disciples, still showing no respect.

This incident underscores how the situation for disciples from the Lower World had deteriorated.

Lin Zhendong immediately showed anger but forcibly suppressed it. It would be easy for him to overpower these two, but that would only escalate the tension between the Native Faction and the Outsider Faction.

Two years had passed, and he had matured a lot. He no longer acted only considering himself; otherwise, he would have certainly struck out in anger.

Slap!

Chu Hao, however, took action, delivering a crisp slap to each of their faces.

"You, you dare hit me?" one of them said, clutching his cheek in grievance. "Do you know who I am? I am a member of the Jin Family, Jin Yudu."

"So what?" Chu Hao responded coolly.

"Chu Hao!" Lin Zhendong looked worried. Chu Hao’s actions were too reckless and might provoke even greater conflict between the Native Faction and the Outsider Faction, making life even harder for disciples from the Lower World.

"It’s okay, don’t worry," Chu Hao reassured him.

"Okay?" Jin Yudu scoffed. "I’ll tell you, no matter who you are, this won’t end easily. I want you to kowtow and apologize to me!" He knew Chu Hao was "Martial Sect," but what of it? Even a formidable dog from the Lower World was still just a dog. How could he compare with a direct descendant of the Jin Family?

Slap!

Chu Hao slapped him again. He didn’t want to stoop to the level of a mere Martial Disciple, but who asked this guy to be so insolent that he was literally asking for it?

"How dare you hit me again?" Jin Yudu’s face filled with disbelief and grievance.

"What’s going on here?" A melodious voice sounded, and a slender woman approached, her face full of displeasure.

Was this a place for such raucous noise?

"Senior Sister Shi!" Jin Yudu cried out as if he had seen a savior. "This dog from the Lower World dared to hit me."

Senior Sister Shi was none other than Shi Lingyue, who had been a core disciple of Yunliu Sect two years ago and had now achieved Eight-Meridian martial master status, although when she could break through to Martial Sect was unknown.

For most disciples of Yunliu Sect, achieving Martial Sect level was an extremely difficult barrier to cross.

"Chu, Chu Hao?" Shi Lingyue turned her head and couldn’t help but show a look of shock. (To be continued. If you like this work, we welcome you to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for and recommend this book. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)