Realm-Hopping Martial Master-Chapter 495 - 293: Clashing with a Heaven Rank Treasure, The First Person of the Inner Sect! Peak Master’s Audience!_2
*He wondered if the elders of Thunder Prison Peak would strike in anger because of this.*
*If that happened, even if he destroyed Jiang Shu’s physical body, he would definitely be punished and locked away by the sect, possibly losing any chance for the True Inheritor position for the rest of his life.*
*If he couldn’t become a True Inheritor, maybe he’d never reach the Vientiane Realm in his lifetime.*
*Jiang Shu... If I had known this would happen, I should have gone to the Endless Sea to kill that little ant as soon as I learned about him!*
*A surge of endless regret rose up in Zhou Yan’s heart.*
"In the midst of battle, he still dared to get distracted, he held a Heavenly Rank Treasure in his hand, yet couldn’t unleash even a hint of its power."
Jiang Shu threw another punch.
This punch was simply divinely inspired: ethereal, formless, terrifying in its emptiness. It was the culmination of years of Jiang Shu’s understanding of Sitting and Forgetting.
Leave behind the body, abandon cleverness.
For more than two hundred years, Jiang Shu never stopped improving his spiritual power. He had come just a single step away from entering the Forget Self Realm.
*Although this step seemed nearly impossible to cross for now, as if something was restraining his physical body,*
*his understanding of Sitting and Forgetting had nearly reached the same level as true masters of the Forget Self Realm!*
*In Zhou Yan’s eyes, everything seemed to fall into darkness. He even forgot that he was still holding a Heavenly Rank Treasure in his hand.*
This tenth punch felt as if it simply didn’t exist, transcending all understanding of the Primordial Pill Realm, moving even the elder of Nirvana Realms.
They all saw the horror of this punch!
This punch was nearly the embryo of the Great Dao!
*This... how was this even possible?!*
*Even some Nirvana Realm cultivators might not have comprehended at this level!*
"Boom!"
This punch traversed all time and space, dreamlike and ephemeral, like dew or lightning.
It directly smashed through the defenses of the Heavenly Rank Treasure, all the primordial power that tried to block it was like rotten wood and mud chickens before this one blow.
Layer upon layer collapsed in defeat.
The immense force struck straight at Zhou Yan’s Earth Rank Treasure Robe, shattering it inch by inch. The body-protecting Treasure Patterns’ defenses set off no waves at all under this punch.
This punch pierced everything!
It landed solidly and heavily on Zhou Yan’s chest, and instantly, his pupils dilated in shock, an agony he’d never felt before bursting through both flesh and spirit.
His body curled up by reflex, his face distorted by pain, his mouth opened, and a mouthful of blood gushed out immediately.
If it weren’t for that Heavenly Rank Treasure Umbrella and the Earth Rank Treasure Robe,
this punch alone would have smashed him to pieces!
*Terrifying. Too terrifying!*
Having landed his punch, Jiang Shu didn’t pause for even a second. He flipped his hand, seized the umbrella’s handle, and in the moment Zhou Yan was dazed, snatched the Heavenly Rank Treasure Umbrella away.
All his divine skills burst forth. Each one interrupted Zhou Yan’s attempt to marshal primordial power, keeping him from activating the Heavenly Rank Treasure Umbrella’s patterns from afar.
"Jiang... Jiang Shu, you and I are mortal enemies!"
After so many years of cultivation, Zhou Yan’s road had been all smooth sailing. Early on he enjoyed his family’s support, then after entering the sect, he lucked into tremendous opportunity, apprenticed himself to a Nirvana Realm elder at Sky Flame Peak, and obtained a mountain of cultivation resources.
His voice came out as nearly a roar.
Yet what awaited him was another punch!
Jiang Shu’s understanding of the human body had reached an extreme: Every punch struck the vital acupoints on Zhou Yan’s body, trying to destroy Zhou Yan’s flesh directly.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Moments ago, after deploying the Heavenly Rank Array and Treasure, Zhou Yan still held the upper hand. But now, he looked like a dead dog, battered through the air by Jiang Shu!
Seeing this scene, all the Inner Sect Disciples weren’t just shocked anymore.
They were utterly terrified!
Jiang Shu was too strong, so strong it shattered their very understanding: even a Heavenly Rank Treasure couldn’t do a thing.
Zhou Yan, who ranked among the top True Inheritor Seeds, had no power to resist under Jiang Shu’s hands.
*Was this still the Primordial Pill Realm?*
*If not for the Sect Elders overseeing this, these strikes from Jiang Shu might have directly obliterated Zhou Yan’s physical body by now!*
In the air, Zhou Yan’s primordial power was in shambles from the pounding. His divine skills could no longer be executed; he kept coughing up blood.
He couldn’t even speak. All he felt was chaos and disarray throughout his entire being.
By the count of ten breaths,
his body finally lost all balance. He fell from the sky before the cave mansion, nearly passing out.
"Defeated... Zhou Yan with a Heavenly Rank Array and Treasure was actually defeated!"
"It’s not that Zhou Yan is too weak—Brother Jiang is just too strong! I can’t imagine what kind of fortune Brother Jiang must have gotten. In all the centuries of our True Martial Sect and so many Inner Sect Disciples, never has such outrageous strength appeared. With sixty-eight divine skills, he crushed Zhou Yan’s seventy, Heavenly Rank Array and Treasure and all."
"If this was outside, wouldn’t that make him truly invincible in the Primordial Pill Realm?"
"The Divine Power Conference is coming up—within the Primordial Pill Realm, could Brother Jiang take the top spot? You know that in the Divine Power Conference, it’s a pure contest of primordial power and divine skill—not a single treasure, talisman, elixir, or formation allowed. If it’s about primordial power and divine skills, Brother Jiang really could be called invincible among his peers."
"No question! Even the Senior Brothers on the True Inheritor Seed list aren’t as terrifying as Brother Jiang. In that punch, I could almost sense the aura of the Great Dao’s embryo. I bet even the top Inner Sect disciple of Dao Yi Sect would be no better."
"This is a sign our True Martial Sect will flourish! And Brother Jiang hasn’t even officially joined any of the thirty-six peaks yet. Once he begins cultivating the divine skills and Dao comprehensions of Thunder Prison Peak, he’ll be on a whole new level!"
"Everyone envies Thunder Prison Peak now—they practically got a genius for free."
No one could have imagined that, in just a few moments, Jiang Shu would utterly defeat Zhou Yan with such overwhelming dominance.
In an instant, all the spectating Inner Sect Disciples went wild.
This battle completely cemented Jiang Shu’s status. In the eyes of these Inner Sect Disciples, Jiang Shu was now basically the number one master of primordial power and divine skills in the Inner Sect!
"Jiang Shu, the outcome is decided. The Flame Pearl Phoenix Feather Umbrella should be returned now."
From Sky Flame Peak, a Nirvana Realm elder spoke up, eyes resting on the Heavenly Rank Umbrella in Jiang Shu’s hand, his tone calm, like it was taken for granted.
"Elder, since my fight with Junior Brother Zhou has ended with a clear victory, I should naturally collect the spoils. If Junior Brother Zhou wants this Heavenly Rank Umbrella, then let him come ask me himself—not an elder. After all, this is a matter among us Inner Sect Disciples."
Jiang Shu floated in the void and offered a salute, but showed not the slightest intention of yielding.
Not to mention, till now, he’d never owned a single Heavenly Rank Treasure.
Even if he didn’t use the Flame Pearl Phoenix Feather Umbrella anymore, he could still incorporate it into his divine skills—the Ten Thousand Treasures Cross-Integration Technique—and strengthen his body further.
Zhou Yan had the elders of Sky Flame Peak backing him.
Now, he also had the elders of Thunder Prison Peak on his side!
Sure enough, just as he finished speaking, an elder from Thunder Prison Peak spoke up, "Ming Yan, let the young ones settle their own grudges, as long as it’s not life and death and doesn’t affect the sect’s interests. Spoils of battle are theirs to keep. When Zhou Yan deployed the Heavenly Rank Treasure earlier, none of us did anything."
"We’re still within the sect. If this were outside, forget giving up a Heavenly Rank Treasure—lives could be lost on the spot."
"After all, the Primordial Pill Realm isn’t like Nirvana; it can’t reforge itself through blood rebirth."
"For one measly Heavenly Rank Treasure, even if it went to the Supreme Sect Leader, the one in the wrong would still be you."
As this elder spoke, he stepped out from Thunder Prison Peak. His presence was the strongest among all the Thunder Prison Peak elders—clearly, he possessed late-stage Nirvana Realm cultivation.
"Zi Xiao, you..."
"You what? If you’ve got the guts, let’s wager a fight ourselves, with a Heavenly Rank Treasure as the stakes!"
The True Monarch Zi Xiao radiated dominance as he glanced toward Jiang Shu, liking him more with every look.
It wasn’t just Jiang Shu’s strength he admired, but his temperament even more.
In the face of a Heavenly Rank Treasure, Jiang Shu never flinched, always seized the slightest opening, and unleashed strikes like thunder.
That kind of spirit outclassed Zhou Yan by who knew how many times.
Just as he was about to offer the most tempting terms he could and recruit Jiang Shu as a disciple,
a tremendous aura surged from the depths of Thunder Prison Peak. As wind and clouds shifted, a voice all the Thunder Prison Peak elders knew well echoed out,
"This matter ends here."
"Jiang Shu, Disciple of Thunder Prison Peak, come see me at once."
This voice belonged to... a Lord of the Wanxiang Realm!
The Peak Master of Thunder Prison Peak!
