High-Level Martial Era

News of Li Yuan's condensation of the true intent of heaven and earth spread wildly in the Martial Divine Star Realm.

"Li Yuan has broken through?"

"Condensing true intent? How old is he? He's only a little behind Bertman, right?"

"Hard to say. When he climbed Seven Star Mountain, his strength was much stronger than Bertman. Maybe he broke through even earlier and just never leaked the news." The discussions were rife.

Especially for Dantai Feng, Alicia, Tian Dazhuang, Yan Jing, and the others, they were even more astonished because they had just been at a gathering, congratulating Yan Jing on condensing the true intent of heaven and earth.

They never expected that in just a short while, news of Li Yuan's breakthrough would come, making them feel a bit strange.

During the banquet, Li Yuan hadn't revealed a thing.

However, regardless, over a thousand members of the Martial Divine Hall already knew.

Li Yuan, this peerless genius who set the youngest record on Seven Star Mountain, had, after one year, once again made the record of 'the youngest true intent Origin Warrior in the Seven Star Civilization', firmly standing at the peak ranks of Seven Star Mountain.

The members of the Martial Divine Hall vaguely divided into four levels: ordinary disciples, elite disciples, ordinary Seven Star Mountain members, and true intent Origin Warriors.

Elite disciples usually compare favorably with the top-grade Origin Martial Artists of the outside world, and are even stronger.

Ordinary Seven Star Mountain members at least, reach the threshold of Fifth Stage Perfection in skill realm, and possess the strength of a Flying Heaven Warrior, just without the ability to fly.

There were about thirty true intent Origin Warriors in total. Each of them could fly and escape through the earth, with every one being able to suppress an ordinary Flying Heaven Warrior. The more powerful among them could even kill an ordinary Flying Heaven Warrior, and now Li Yuan belonged to this level.

At the pinnacle stood, first Lude Nef and now Yu Jinghe.

Both of them had proven through action that they had the power to contend against a group of ordinary Flying Heavens single-handedly.

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In the villa mansion on Seven Star Mountain.

"These guys." Li Yuan looked at the messages being passed around by more than a dozen people in the group, all talking about him becoming a true intent Origin Warrior.

He closed the V chat.

He calmed down for a while.

"The Rob Sea war has caused heavy casualties, and many from Xia Country are heading there to reinforce." Li Yuan suddenly recalled seeing the detailed introduction to the battle situation a moment ago, and a surge of nameless anger arose in his heart.

Defending the homeland had been his ideal since childhood.

Due to his uncle's incident, his hatred for the Alien Race deep in the Rob Sea Star Realm intensified, and he had once sworn that one day he would enter deep into the Rob Sea Star Realm for revenge.

Now, with the outbreak of a new round of war, Li Yuan could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.

He decided to take action.

This was also a form of real combat training.

"Big Brother Yu, Wu Manong, and the others are trapped in the Mingxu Star Realm." Li Yuan thought silently: "If I don't act, probably only one or two true intent Origin Warriors from Seven Star Mountain will accept the mission to go. It might not be enough to win this battle."

The Rob Sea war might seem fierce, but as it didn't touch upon the foundation of the Seven Star Alliance, the higher-ups of the alliance wouldn't make demands, leaving it entirely up to the geniuses of Seven Star Mountain to volunteer for the war.

"If I join the battle, once the news leaks, I fear it will prompt the top talents of the Tianliang Clan to make a move, seeking to kill me." Li Yuan contemplated, a glint in his eyes: "Then, I must reach my current limit of strength as much as possible."

Hum~

The smart ring vibrated, and Li Yuan couldn't help but look down.

"Oh? The Martial Divine Hall has changed my Seven Star Mountain ranking to 32nd?" Li Yuan mused, receiving a notice from the highest level of the Martial Divine Hall.

Over the past year, he had been following Lie Feng Semi Divine in his cultivation and hadn't participated in any missions. Without anyone knowing his true strength, naturally, his ranking wouldn't rise.

"32nd?" Li Yuan thought to himself, scanning the Divine Palace panel.

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[Life Level: 29.9 (Second Rank)]

Fist Strength: 1,002,200 kilograms

Speed: 420 meters/second

Spiritual Power: 36.9

Willpower: 36

Spiritual Awakening Level: 45% (current upper limit 45%)

Star Meridian: Five-Star Meridian (10 Layers+6 Layers+5 Layers+5 Layers+4 Layers)

Skill Realm: True Meaning of Earth (Sixth Stage Initial Rank), Mysteries of Wind (Fifth Stage 98%), Mysteries of Water (Fifth Stage 3%), Mysteries of Wood (Fifth Stage 2%)

Ninefold Star Technique "True Solution of the Earth Star Vein": First Order Level 9 (9)

Fifth Layers Star Technique "Stellar Mysterious Body": Second Order Level 5 (10)

...

"My Life Level has long reached the Second Order Limit." Li Yuan thought to himself: "To make my foundational strength stronger, I either have to cultivate a stronger Body Refining Star Technique or break through to become a Flying Heaven Warrior."

But with just five-star meridians and still a bit away from the six-star pulse, Li Yuan naturally would not break through.

"Reaching the six-star meridian is already so difficult, let alone getting to seven star veins and eight star veins – how much more difficult could that be?" Li Yuan sighed to himself.

In the past year, apart from deducing and contemplating the mysteries of heaven and earth, Li Yuan had also never relaxed in his visualization method and awakening of star meridians.

However, awakening star meridians became increasingly difficult as he progressed. Over the year, the five awakened star meridians had indeed grown stronger, with even the weakest reaching the Fourth Layer... yet he had still not formed a new star meridian.

Of course, Li Yuan wasn't too anxious.

Regarding cultivation, whether it was star meridian awakening or growth in spiritual power and many other aspects, it all became more and more difficult as one progressed.

As far as Li Yuan knew, like Lude Nef, it took several years just to reach five-star meridians... then more than a decade to awaken to the level of a six-star pulse.

In comparison, Li Yuan's speed of star meridian awakening was already astounding.

Star meridian awakening is related to one's inherent star meridian talent, spiritual power, skill prowess, and other factors.

"If my spiritual power reaches the Semi Divine level, that would significantly enhance my actual combat power." Li Yuan shook his head internally: "It would also speed up the awakening of star meridians, and maybe even bring the upper limit of Spiritual Awakening to 50%, allowing for a second Spiritual Guidance."

Alas, that was even harder to reach.

Even with practicing Visualization Method, spiritual power had entered a sort of major bottleneck after the breakthrough at level 36... progress becoming slower and slower.

The same was true.

To date, Li Yuan had no clear idea of how much spiritual power was needed to raise the upper limit of Spiritual Awakening... it all remained unknown.

"Enhancing strength essentially comes down to four aspects: foundation, weapons, skill realm, and star techniques." Li Yuan pondered.

Skill Realm? In the past year, Li Yuan made astounding progress in the Wind Vein.

In the aspect of the True Meaning of Earth, it seemed to remain at the Initial Rank of the Sixth Stage, but in reality, he had made tremendous progress, or else he wouldn't have been able to combine the two Mysteries with each other.

Even during his perception of the world's Mysteries, without realizing it, he had already made preliminary entries into the Mysteries of Water and the Mysteries of Wood… but that was merely an entry-level understanding.

This was all quite normal, as the operation of all things and the Mysteries of the world are inherently a whole.

According to what Li Yuan knew, for example, a Fire System Semi Divine who had cultivated for hundreds of years, often unknowingly reached Perfection Level of the Fifth Stage in many aspects like the Mystery of Wind, the Mystery of Metal, and so on.

This is one law leading to the birth of thousands of others.

However, after Li Yuan had briefly attempted, he confirmed that his talent in the Mysteries of Water and the Mysteries of Wood was quite ordinary and had not deliberately distracted himself with further contemplation... Even with all his confidence, he didn't believe he could succeed in mastering the four Great Laws concurrently.

"In terms of skills."

"Unless the True Meaning of Earth steps into the Intermediate Rank of the Sixth Stage, or the Mystery of Wind condenses true intent, a significant change in the short term will be difficult." Li Yuan mused, "Understanding the Mysteries of the world cannot be forced."

"Only weapons and Star Techniques are left."

...

After pondering for a while.

"Other Level 29 Origin Warriors can often only cultivate one or two Star Techniques." Li Yuan mused, "But I first cultivated the Body Refining Star Technique making my body's foundation extremely strong, and the Star Meridians also incredibly powerful, perhaps allowing me to cultivate an additional Star Technique."

Li Yuan was not entirely sure, he could only try.

Among the many Star Techniques he had been taught, the one Li Yuan chose was the Fifth Layers Star Technique "Shadow Division Technique."

There were three reasons.

First, once he achieved some success in cultivation, it would make his ultimate move 'Shadow Domain' more terrifying and unpredictable.

This was Li Yuan's strongest move; naturally, he wanted to make the strong point even stronger.

Second, in times of danger, using "Shadow Division Technique" could also serve as a cover, and although not as directly enhancing speed and movement technique like the Fifth Layers Star Technique "Wind Feather", it could play a significant role in saving his life.

Third, the Fifth Layers Star Technique "Shadow Division Technique" and the Seven Stars Technique "Ninefold Shadow Clone" stem from the same lineage. In the future, as his Star Meridians grow stronger, he would be able to cultivate "Ninefold Shadow Clone" without any obstacles.

"Even though Star Techniques can be re-cultivated, the deeper one's practice, the more profound the price to pay for each re-cultivation, and it can also have an impact on the body." Li Yuan thought, "In choosing a Star Technique, one must be extremely careful."

Other Prime Warriors and Flying Heaven Warriors might not care as much.

After all, for most Flying Heaven Warriors, being able to cultivate a Seventh Layers Star Technique is already very precious.

But the goal Li Yuan set for himself was to cultivate at least a Seventh Layers Star Technique for each Star Meridian, or to practice ordinary Star Techniques that wouldn't affect his future.

Better to have none than to have something flawed.

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"To cultivate 'Shadow Division Technique', one method is to rely on oneself, using Origin Power within the body… To cultivate to the First Order Limit it would take a minimum of three months, or as long as six months." Li Yuan was reading the various requirements of this Star Technique, "To cultivate to the Second Order Limit would take between one and three years."

Three months? Three years?

"I can't wait that long." Li Yuan frowned, "I must think of a way to use external objects to assist in cultivation."

Generally, low-level Star Techniques and common Star Techniques can be cultivated without external objects, but it would require a lot of time.

However, for high-level Star Techniques, such as "Great Earth Divine Body" and "Ninefold Shadow Clone" and so on, they need a large number of precious and rare treasures... without such treasures, even with Li Yuan's awakening of the Seventh Layers Star Vein, he could at most slowly cultivate them to the First Order Limit, making them almost impossible to cultivate to the current limit.

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Virtual network, Starfire Space.

"53,500 Seven Stars Points?" Li Yuan opened the Seven Star Treasure Vault and looked at his points page, unwittingly revealing a smile.

There were the 30,000 Seven Stars Points given by the Dean.

And the 20,000 points gifted by the Semi Divine Lie Feng… for the time being, he was indeed not lacking in points.

After a quick browse through many vaults.

"Purchase 30 units of 'Wind Source Marrow', costing 1,200 Seven Stars Points."

"Purchase in a short time, enough external treasures to cultivate 'Great Earth Divine Body' to the Second Order Limit, costing 8,600 Seven Stars Points."

"Also purchase a set of Third Rank high-quality Battle Garment, among other life-saving items… totaling 2,100 Seven Stars Points." Li Yuan quickly placed his orders.

Tens of thousands of Seven Stars Points were spent just like that.

The second Star Meridian was close to awakening to the Seventh Layers, so Li Yuan had to prepare in advance for cultivating "Great Earth Divine Body."

...

Just six hours later, the many treasures Li Yuan needed were urgently sent over, escorted by two Flying Heaven Warriors.

Also delivered were.

Six bottles of Divine Spirit Liquid, enough for Li Yuan's cultivation needs for the next half year.

...

"Let's begin cultivation." Li Yuan received the many treasures and, without much hesitation, began trying to cultivate the "Shadow Division Technique."

After a brief try.

"Haha, as expected, I can enter the threshold." A light flashed in Li Yuan's eyes; his strong physical foundation indeed allowed him to cultivate more Star Techniques.

He continued to cultivate patiently.

...

As time passed, three days later.

In the war base outside of the Martial Divine Star Realm, inside a conference room.

"Alas."

"Just as I expected, not many are willing to join the battle." Dean Hai sighed internally, "Only three members from Seven Star Mountain have accepted the mission, and all are ranked after the 50th position."

Those ranked after 50 were not True Intent Origin Martial Artists, hence not much help in the battle.

What Dean Hai hoped for was to have True Intent Origin Warriors participate in the battle.

Suddenly.

"Hm, two more Seven Star Mountain members have accepted the mission?" Dean Hai suddenly received the notification, "Rank 31? Rank 32?"

A glimmer of hope crossed his mind, "Are these two, True Intent Origin Warriors?"