Eternal Heavenly Emperor-Chapter 357 - 347: The Differences in Physique

Taking advantage of the Stone Scale Beast’s stumble, Chu Hao and Fat Cat took the opportunity to slip away, and from a distance, they could still hear the furious roar of the Stone Scale Beast.

"Hao, after this battle, I hereby officially confer upon you the title of Young King," joked Fat Cat. "However—" its tone shifted, "you took too long. Back in my era, to my knowledge, at least a hundred people could be ranked ahead of you."

"What!" Chu Hao could hardly believe it. He had already reached Double Great Perfection of the Three Minor Realms, and his Body Technique was by no means weaker than his Star Force standard, yet it had still taken him half an hour to shatter just one scale of the Stone Scale Beast. He couldn’t imagine that within the same realm, there were others stronger than him, and by so much.

Fat Cat shook its head, saying, "You were born in this decline of martial arts, you simply can’t imagine how powerful the Heaven Talented of my era were! You can’t be blamed for this, if they were born in this era, the vast majority of them wouldn’t have been able to achieve what you have."

Such an explanation slightly consoled Chu Hao, who then asked, "What are the standards for the strongest king?"

"I heard that someone killed the Stone Scale Beast with just ten punches," Fat Cat thoughtfully said. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Chu Hao was shocked, asking, "The same realm?"

"The same realm!" Fat Cat nodded very earnestly, "That guy was quite notorious in my era, known as Little Ming King, and I don’t know how many talents he had swept away."

"Little Ming King." Chu Hao murmured, as if envisioning a young man of exceptional prominence before him, able to annihilate everything with a snap of his fingers. A fighting spirit gradually emerged in his eyes, "I really want to fight with such a person."

"There might be a chance," nodded Fat Cat.

"Oh?" Chu Hao looked over.

"Many were buried in my era, but many did not die; instead, they lay dormant until now, waiting for an opportunity to reemerge," explained Fat Cat. "Little Ming King was one of the most outstanding Heaven Talented of my time, and he would not have died so easily."

Chu Hao involuntarily grimaced, was he to compete with a freak who could kill a Stone Scale Beast with ten punches?

"Rest assured, the Stone Scale Beast you faced just now was close to the peak of the Warrior, the gap in strength between you and it was too great. If it were a real battle on equal footing, you would certainly win," comforted Fat Cat.

Winning and killing with ten punches were completely different levels of combat power.

If there was something he lacked... that couldn’t be right, he had clearly achieved Double Great Perfection of the Three Minor Realms and could hold his own against any talented freak. Why was there such a huge disparity in combat power?

He couldn’t help but take out the golden pupil eye, through which he had seen the weakness of the Stone Scale Beast just before, and with one punch, had brought the beast down.

If that was the case—

"You’re not stupid!" Fat Cat nodded, saying, "The reason Little Ming King could kill the Stone Scale Beast of the same realm with ten punches is because his physique was extremely strong, possessing the Thousand Ice Physique. In fact, it wasn’t the strength of his punches that killed the Stone Scale Beast, but each punch injected absolute cold into its body, literally freezing it to death."

So that was it.

Chu Hao breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately realized that even when he used the Fire Condensation Technique with Blue Flame, dealing with the Stone Scale Beast’s scales was still very difficult, which showed just how much his physique differed from Little Ming King’s.

"Don’t be discouraged, after all, your bloodline has not truly awakened," continued to comfort Fat Cat.

When had this dead cat become so kind-hearted?

"I heard people say that the later the bloodline awakens, the better. Since Little Ming King is a once-in-an-era genius, why did he awaken his bloodline so early?" Chu Hao asked, recalling what Su Wanyue had mentioned—ideally, one should undergo the Ancestral Pool baptism when at a cultivation bottleneck to awaken the bloodline, thus using the opportunity to break through.

"Who’s the idiot who told you that?" Fat Cat rolled its eyes, "Of course, it’s better to awaken your bloodline as early as possible to fully stimulate your physique. However, the bloodlines of most people are quite ordinary and don’t improve the physique much."

"Besides," it paused, "the bloodline may influence the physique, but it doesn’t define it. The upper limit of the bloodline is determined by the martial arts pinnacle achieved by your ancestors, but the upper limit of your physique is decided by nature."

Chu Hao understood. For example, if his Fire Spirit Physique could reach 100 percent and his ancestor only reached 50 percent, then for the descendants, even if the bloodline was pure and they reached the limit of reverting to the original bloodline, the maximum achievement would be only 50 percent, not truly reaching the upper limit of the physique.

However, most of the inheritable bloodlines were so strong that the descendants couldn’t match the achievements of their ancestors, meaning they didn’t surpass the 50 percent upper limit of the bloodline, hence the mistaken belief that bloodlines determine physiques.

"What are the strongest physiques?" Chu Hao couldn’t help but ask.

"Speaking purely of physical toughness, of course, it’s the pure Six Elements Body plus the Spatial Physique. That is, the Thunder Spirit Body, Fire Spirit Body, Water Spirit Body, Earth Spirit Body, Gold Spirit Body, Wood Spirit Body, and Spatial Spirit Body. All physiques in the world are derivations of these seven, or called incomplete versions, all evolving towards these seven perfect physiques. Alas, it’s far too difficult to achieve," said Fat Cat.

"You mean, aside from physical toughness, there are other physiques that can rival the Seven Spirits Body?" Chu Hao’s eyes lit up.

"Indeed, indeed, you can be taught!" Fat Cat wagged its head, "The strength of the Seven Spirits Body lies in the fact that the elements of the world naturally favor it, not only does their cultivation speed fly, but they can also transform into Elemental Spirit Bodies, and few attacks can harm them."

"Isn’t that just Elemental Transformation?" Chu Hao was somewhat dismissive. He had been able to undergo Elemental Transformation when he was a martial master, even if it was just a tiny part.

"Pah, can Elemental Transformation even compare to an Elemental Spirit Body?" Fat Cat immediately sprang up, looking as if it had been greatly insulted, "Elemental Transformation is just vaporizing your body into flames or water, any kind of flame or water counts as Elemental Transformation. But an Elemental Spirit Body, that’s the Origin of the universe, do you understand Origin?"

"I don’t understand!" Chu Hao shook his head.

"Argh, you’re driving me mad!" Fat Cat stretched out its paw and grabbed Chu Hao by the collar, looking ready to throw a punch. But then it changed its mind, shaking its head and saying, "You’re too ignorant, I won’t stoop to your level."

"Besides the Seven Spirits Body, what other powerful physiques are there?" Chu Hao asked.

"Heavenly Path Body, naturally in harmony with the dao, terrifyingly perceptive, and faces no obstacles in cultivation. Deathly Nether Body, born from extreme death, claimed to be unkillable. Sunlight Body, the fastest in the world!" Fat Cat counted off on its claws.

"Where would Xiaocao’s Myriad Spirit Poison Body rank?" Chu Hao wanted a clear concept.

After thinking it over, Fat Cat said, "The Seven Spirits Body, Heavenly Path Body, Deathly Nether Body, these can be placed in the first tier; the various Divine Beast physiques come next in the second tier, and the Myriad Spirit Poison Body, Thousand Ice Physique, and the like can also be placed in this tier."

"And what about me?" Chu Hao couldn’t help being curious.

Fat Cat suddenly fell silent, its gaze measuring Chu Hao up and down incessantly.

"Hey, hey, hey, just spit it out if you’ve got something to say. What’s with that look?" Chu Hao was somewhat annoyed; it was clear Fat Cat held him in contempt.

"At the moment, you could just squeeze into the nineteenth flow," said Fat Cat.

"You don’t have to belittle me on purpose, do you?"

"Actually, nineteenth flow is still a friendly assessment from me, given my acquaintance with you."

"...Then what’s not a friendly assessment?"

"Twentieth flow."

Chu Hao rolled his eyes—twentieth flow... Might as well say he was bottom of the barrel.

"You need to know, the vast universe harbors countless tribes. Some species are born with tremendous advantages and inherent strength; thus, being able to rank in the twentieth flow is not bad at all," Fat Cat said, but Chu Hao couldn’t tell if it was meant as consolation or mockery.

But the next sentence was definitely filled with positivity, "However, the limit of your physique is far beyond the twentieth flow, you can still slowly improve!"

"So by asking me to merge with Exotic Fire, is this what you meant?" Chu Hao asked.

"Correct, the heaven and earth Exotic Fire represent the Fire Element. With each fusion, your understanding of flames improves a notch, even if you can’t grasp this understanding just yet." Fat Cat nodded.

"So to surpass that so-called Little Ming King, I must make a breakthrough in my physique?" Chu Hao asked.

"Correct, if you want to beat the geniuses of my era in a fair fight of the same tier, you have to make a breakthrough in your physique, for they have all raised their physiques to at least the standard of the fifth tier, either through their clans, sects, or by themselves," replied Fat Cat.

Chu Hao clenched his fists. Once he had dealt with Zhou Xin’s matter, he would head to Fire State, the place where flames were most abundant.

After a few more days of travel, they finally arrived at the foot of the massive tree.

However, as the tree was staggeringly large, with its trunk comparable to several cities, despite many people having entered, only a few could be seen from where they stood.

"Fat Cat, is this really a branch of the World Mother Tree or not?" Chu Hao asked.

"The aura is exactly the same, sadly it’s not!" Fat Cat shook its head.

"But you said the aura is identical?" Chu Hao found it odd.

"If this were a real branch of the World Mother Tree, we wouldn’t be able to get anywhere close; we would have been shaken to death long ago," Fat Cat shook its head, then immediately laughed, "However, to mimic the aura of the mother tree so perfectly, there’s only one possibility!"

"This is the Thousand Illusion Tree!"

Chu Hao was taken aback, "What Thousand Illusion Tree?"

"It can mimic any kind of plant. Though it’s nothing compared to the World Mother Tree, not even fit to carry its shoes, but in this era, it can still be considered a divine object," Fat Cat nodded, "The fruits of the Thousand Illusion Tree can thoroughly enhance a martial artist’s physique, which is just perfect for you at the moment."

"Are you saying, what we see of this tree right now isn’t the true appearance of the Thousand Illusion Tree?"

Fat Cat nodded, tapped its paw against the trunk and said, "Don’t be fooled by how real it seems, visible and tangible, but in reality, it’s all an illusion."(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with recommendation tickets and monthly tickets on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)