42: Sky City, Sky Arena

At nine years old, you manifested a Divine Ability, moving heaven and earth to create Sky City and the Sky Tower! It stood high above the clouds!

You used a Divine Ability to shine upon the world, making it visible to countless beings!

Then, a voice from heaven and earth proclaimed:

"I have opened the path for the Heavenly Human Martial Saint!

In three days, I shall preach to all beings from the peak of Sky City's Sky Tower. Those with destiny may come and listen!"

The masses were astir! The Saints were deeply moved, and the multitude was excited!

They all unleashed their martial arts, bravely climbing towards the sky, eager to reach the Martial Ancestor's training ground!

You did not make Sky City difficult to ascend!

Anyone capable of crossing the land and climbing five hundred meters into the sky could enter Sky City!

However, Sky City was actually ten thousand meters above the ground!

This was the wondrous application of your 'near yet far' technique!

Three days later, in Sky City, Heavenly Human Martial Saints gathered, and many Innate Grandmasters also ascended to the peak through their own power. Of course, some were brought up by the Heavenly Human Martial Saints.

These three days also allowed all beings to experience your immense power!

Whether it was Sky City, spanning ten thousand miles, or the fact that it was miraculously reachable by flying only five hundred meters high, despite being an unknown height from the ground, all beings felt an immeasurable and majestic power.

The three-day period had arrived!

The moment you appeared, you manifested the Dharma Idol of Heaven and Earth, a thousand-meter-tall Dharma Idol overlooking the entire Sky City!

This was still not at your maximum potential.

You began to preach!

You spoke of sacrificing to heaven and earth, heaven and earth origin qi… You focused on explaining the cultivation of the Divine Ability Realm, with its three stages and nine Divine Abilities!

The profound concepts of Indestructible Blood, Indestructible Will, and Indestructible Body were highlighted!

You also elaborated on the cultivation of Divine Abilities and their nascent forms!

Furthermore, you expounded upon the nine great Divine Abilities for all beings!

Martial God Body, Dharma Idol of Heaven and Earth, and Heaven Refining Art achieve the Indestructible Body!

Realm Transformation, Clear Mind, and Divine Eye Transformation achieve the Indestructible Will.

Qi Transformation into Myriad Forms, Boundless Sea of Blood, and Divine Might achieve the Indestructible Blood!

The Martial God Body transforms into an Innate Martial Body, where the body of a Heavenly Human Martial Saint becomes a Martial God Body, possessing myriad divine powers!

The Dharma Idol of Heaven and Earth, as the name suggests, transforms one into a gigantic form as tall as heaven and earth, greatly increasing deterrence and combat power!

The Heaven Refining Art allows all things in heaven and earth to become martial arts resources, refining heaven, earth, demons, and humans, which has a somewhat evil nature… Realm Transformation transforms a Heavenly Human Martial Saint's domain into a Divine Ability Realm! It builds upon the past and has traceable origins.

Clear Mind condenses the martial will into spirit, allowing for supreme intuition and clear understanding of heaven and earth, excelling in combat and enlightenment!

Divine Eye Transformation observes heaven, self, and soul, breaking through confusion, illusions, and inner demons!

Qi Transformation into Myriad Forms allows qi and blood to transform into myriad forms, manifesting supreme power and evolving myriad forces!

Boundless Sea of Blood is a great Divine Ability of qi and blood; as long as the sea of blood does not dry up, combat power does not diminish! It can trap enemies, kill enemies, and exhaust enemies!

Divine Might suppresses everything, making one inviolable. The characteristic of divinity can be cultivated later!

You demonstrated each of the nine great Divine Abilities, making countless martial artists yearn for them, wishing they could immediately learn and cultivate them, and take their place!

After your demonstration, you thoughtfully informed them that the nine layers of Divine Ability require cultivating at least nine Divine Abilities, not just the nine great Divine Abilities, and that the Three Indestructibles cannot be achieved solely through the nine Divine Abilities!

However, mastering the nine great Divine Abilities is the minimum requirement to reach the next realm!

The next realm was still being deduced, and youdomineering stated that it wouldn't be long before you would complete it!

The awe and reverence they held for you were akin to worshipping a god!

This realm had just been established, and you were already researching the next one!

Truly a born Martial God!

Someone called you Martial God, but you refused, saying it wasn't time yet. You named this realm Divine Ability, and honored its practitioners as Martial Emperors!

All beings bowed before the Martial Emperors and acclaimed you as the Martial Ancestor!

You graciously accepted!

Martial Ancestor Wu Ming! Emperor Ming! Ming Emperor!

You had many honorific titles!

All beings still revered and admired you as they did in your previous life… You were accustomed to it!

The preaching concluded!

You informed all beings that you would host the First Martial Arts Grand Tournament here! A grand competition held every five years!

It would contend for the top position among all levels in the Xuanwu Realm!

The first-place winner of each realm would be rewarded with a heaven and earth origin qi!

Those who had not yet reached a realm could store their heaven and earth origin qi in the Sky Arena! They could claim it whenever they wished!

You established the Sky Arena!

It had two hundred and two floors!

To contend for the position of floor master!

Each victory would bring generous resource rewards!

You would establish one hundred and eight floor masters, and each floor would contain a nascent Divine Ability imprint for comprehension!

Initially, only the top ten Heavenly Human Martial Saints would be allowed to reside there!

Later, only those in the Divine Ability Realm could permanently reside in the pavilions!

You instructed the Five Kingdoms to establish Martial Arts Academies across the land!

To promote martial arts among all citizens! To cultivate prodigies!

Each kingdom, and indeed each power, that could cultivate someone eye-catching, capable of passing the twelfth floor of the Heavenly Tower, would receive generous rewards.

In short, you vigorously promoted martial arts, generously distributing rewards!

All the Saints understood your will and expressed their full support!

You were pleased with their discernment, so you distributed many Sky City tokens, allowing them to travel freely between heaven and earth!

You informed them that the first Martial Arts Grand Tournament would be held one month later!

You wanted to test the caliber of martial artists in this era!

You did not tell them that the Demon Ancestor Realm was eyeing them from outside.

Perhaps you would only tell them when a Divine Ability Martial Emperor broke through in the future.

Or perhaps by then, you alone would be able to flatten the Demon Ancestor Realm!

The future was promising!

A Heavenly Human Martial Saint hesitated for a moment before asking if you intended to set age limits for Houtian martial artists or Innate Grandmasters participating in the competition?

You considered it for a moment and did not agree, as it was the first time it was being held, so it should truly be the First Martial Arts Grand Tournament for all!

As for the second session, you still wanted everyone, regardless of age, to contend for the title of 'First Under Heaven.'

However, at that time, you would also open a separate competition for Innate Grandmasters under thirty and Houtian martial artists under twenty!

Of course, after the youth competition, those who received some rewards could still participate in the grand competition to contend for heaven and earth origin qi!

After all, it was the first time it was being held, and there was no experience, so it would be taken one step at a time.

Finally, you gave it no further thought and left it to the Heavenly Human Martial Saints to handle.

However, at the end, you specifically kept Old Man Cangshan back!

After all, he was your master in the first life, and you were openly giving him special treatment. Who would dare to question you?

Who would want to die?

Old Man Cangshan was somewhat flattered. You didn't explain much, but after giving him some pointers, you also gave him a heaven and earth origin qi!

This made Old Man Cangshan doubt his life!

He was surprised and uncertain, and only after much deliberation did he accept the heaven and earth origin qi!

You were a bit speechless; a good thing almost wasn't given away!

But finally, you told him to use it as a reference and to pursue the path of obtaining heaven and earth origin qi by sacrificing to heaven and earth!

It was only temporarily lent to him!

You thought highly of him, and so on…

Your current appearance, which you can change at will, is your adult form from your previous life!

Otherwise, if a nine-year-old child were to open the path of martial arts, who knows how many people's dao hearts would shatter!

They would doubt their lives and feel they had lived in vain!