18: Chapter 018 Grandmaster Realm!!!

"System, exchange all my balance for cultivation time and add points to the Cangxuan Qi-Condensing Art!!!"

As soon as the words fell, the balance on the System panel was completely cleared to zero.

Hum!!!~~

Within a radius of several miles, the originally calm and scattered Origin Qi of heaven and earth instantly became violently agitated, surging and sweeping like a gale.

Endless amounts of pure Spiritual Qi transformed into a vast white mist, like ten thousand rivers converging into the sea or a torrential flood, breaking through all barriers and pouring wildly yet gently into Chen An's body through his acupoints, pores, and Meridians.

The Cangxuan Qi-Condensing Art began to operate autonomously at full speed. The moment the massive amount of Origin Qi entered his body, it was filtered and purified layer by layer by the Cultivation Technique, stripping away all impurities, and then repeatedly compressed, tempered, and refined through the method of thousand-fold layering.

It was continuously transformed into the purest Innate True Qi, filling his Dantian and Qi Sea, and circulating through his entire body.

One year! Two years! ...Fifty-two years!!~~

"Crack!!~~"

Suddenly, it felt as if an Innate shackle within Chen An's body had snapped. His Dantian and Qi Sea undulated and trembled slightly. The Innate True Qi, filled to the extreme, was like a torrent awakening from within the womb; it first curled slightly, pulling inward to the extreme, gathering entirely at the core of his Dantian, and then erupted like a supernova.

Boom!!~~

Starlight shone brilliantly as the Innate True Qi vortex, which originally only had a diameter of about one zhang, suddenly exploded to ten zhang!

Breakthrough, Innate Realm Late Stage!

However, even after breaking through to the Late Stage of the Innate Realm, the Cangxuan Qi-Condensing Art was still operating at full speed.

Endless Origin Qi continued to surge into his body, and after being tempered by the Cultivation Technique, it transformed into endless Innate True Qi that poured into his Dantian, causing the Innate True Qi vortex within his Dantian to grow rapidly.

One hundred and eighty-seven years!

Boom!!~~

Chen An's body shuddered slightly, and the Dantian and Qi Sea within him expanded once more. The Innate True Qi vortex inside grew again, becoming one hundred zhang in size.

Innate Realm, Perfection!!!

Within his body, the System continued to exert its power, and time continued to flow. After reaching Perfection in the Innate Realm, the operation of the Cangxuan Qi-Condensing Art changed once again.

The originally vast and majestic Innate True Qi was repeatedly contracted, ground, and condensed, transforming from a gaseous state into mist, then into liquid, and finally gathering entirely at the deepest part of his Dantian, gradually condensing into a tiny, imperceptible, and deathly still True Qi singularity.

All power was completely restrained; it appeared ordinary, yet it suppressed the full power of the Innate extreme within.

Three hundred and thirty-three years!

Boom!!!~~

After extreme restraint came the ultimate explosion!

That True Qi singularity, compressed to its limit, suddenly exploded. Boundless pure true power instantly surged, completing a qualitative change and sublimation within the Dantian.

In this terrifying explosion and sublimation, a wisp of silver radiance appeared, seeming to weigh over ten thousand jin, exuding endless pressure, and appearing to crush the Void Realm.

Innate True Protective Aura!!!

This wisp of light was none other than the Innate True Protective Aura possessed by a Grandmaster Realm expert!

Looking at this wisp of Innate True Protective Aura, Chen An's mind trembled violently, and huge waves instantly surged in his heart.

He never expected that this pay-to-win cultivation would allow him to directly break through the shackles of a Innate Realm Martial Artist and ascend to that Realm that countless Martial Artists dreamed of — the Grandmaster Realm!!!

What is a Grandmaster?

In a word, one who can establish a sect is a Grandmaster!

This qualification to establish a sect is absolutely incomparable to that of a Xiantian Martial Artist.

Xiantian experts have limited power; at most, they can carve out a territory and establish a foothold in a Prefecture City, living in a corner.

But a Grandmaster, possessing the power of Protective Aura, with their pressure covering a thousand miles, is enough to choose any one of the one hundred and eight provinces in the Great Luo Dynasty, establish a sect, and enjoy the martial arts authority over a territory.

Covering mountains and rivers with a palm, with Protective Aura protecting the body, walking on air, and killing enemies with plucked leaves and flying flowers!

This is a Grandmaster!!!

Even when facing the Great Luo Dynasty, which has hundreds of millions of Martial Artists and controls billions of miles of territory, it still shows deference to Grandmaster experts.

Following the appearance of that wisp of Innate True Protective Aura, the countless Innate True Qi within Chen An's body began to transform one after another.

One wisp, two wisps, three wisps...

Within his Dantian, silver Protective Aura light constantly derived and bloomed, as a massive amount of Innate True Qi continued to melt and undergo qualitative change.

The originally vast and boundless True Qi vortex, with a diameter of several tens of zhang, after undergoing extreme compression and transformation, and being refined and purified layer by layer, finally condensed into only about three thousand wisps of incomparably pure Innate True Protective Aura.

Each wisp of silver aura was solid and heavy, containing the immense power of ten thousand jin, and carried a majestic pressure that seemed to crush the Void Realm, which was extremely terrifying.

Time flowed slowly, and his cultivation never ceased, until the three hundred and eighty-third year...

The three thousand wisps of Innate True Protective Aura within his body steadily settled, grew, and strengthened, forcibly surging to three thousand and fifty wisps. His Protective Aura foundation became increasingly thick and solid, and his Grandmaster cultivation was completely stabilized.

Just at this moment, a cold System prompt suddenly resounded in his mind.

[Ding! The three hundred and eighty-three-year deduction time limit has been exhausted, cultivation terminated!]

The surging Origin Qi of heaven and earth instantly dissipated, and the autonomously operating Cangxuan Qi-Condensing Art slowly quieted down and receded.

The silver Protective Aura churning around his body was completely restrained, hiding within his Dantian, Qi Sea, and Meridians, flesh, and blood.

Chen An slowly came back to his senses, slowly opening his eyes, with two flashes of silver light passing through the depths of his eyes.

Feeling the terrifying aura that lay dormant in his Dantian, yet could still be clearly perceived—an aura that seemed to want to crush the Void Realm and his Dantian, making his mind tremble slightly—Chen An's lips curled up slightly.

Grandmaster!!!

In the entire Wurong County, the strongest people on the surface were only three Innate Realm Martial Artists.

In other words, having just promoted to a Grandmaster Realm Martial Artist, he could be said to be the strongest Martial Artist in Wurong County.

"As I am now, can I shout, I will no longer eat beef!?"

Feeling the power in his body that seemed about to explode, Chen An whispered and laughed lightly.

"Forget it, keep a low profile! Low profile!!"

However, Chen An quickly extinguished this somewhat suicidal thought.

A Grandmaster can indeed run rampant in Wurong County, or even the entire Chengtian Prefecture, but as far as he knew, a Grandmaster is not the end of martial arts.

Above a Grandmaster is a Great Grandmaster, and above a Great Grandmaster is a Martial King who stands tall over a territory.

And above a Martial King, there is even a Martial Emperor, a martial arts ruler who overlooks the common people and stands above heaven and earth!

That is a terrifying existence that truly transcends the boundaries of the mundane; with a single thought, the wind rises, and with a lift of the hand, they can shatter mountains and break seas, annihilate cities, and possess the supreme power to destroy cities and nations.

In the ancient historical records of the Great Luo Dynasty that have been passed down for thousands of years, it was recorded that during the ancient catastrophe, Ancient Demons appeared, wreaking havoc on the world, with monstrous demonic tides, slaughtering hundreds of millions of the Human Race, causing the people to suffer, shattering mountains and rivers, and intending to completely destroy the entire martial arts civilization of the Human Race.

Just when the Human Race was on the verge of extinction and the common people were in despair, two supreme Martial Emperors standing at the pinnacle of martial arts broke through the void and emerged.

The two Martial Emperors suppressed the world, facing the Ancient Demons alone, using their supreme martial arts True Bodies to suppress and kill ten thousand demons, pushing back the catastrophe, forcibly shattering the demonic disaster, and guarding the mountains and rivers, preserving the last vitality for the Human Race, which created the peaceful and prosperous age of the Great Luo Dynasty that has lasted for thousands of years.

Therefore, for him to want to stop eating beef now, it is still far too early!

"However, I really have no money this time!"

Shaking his head to cast away the distracting thoughts in his mind, he then looked at the balance on the panel that had already completely returned to zero, sighed slightly, and shook his head helplessly with a smile.

Fortunately, he did not care too much about this.

Not to mention the Earth Rank Medium Grade peerless art Cangxuan Qi-Condensing Art he had now cultivated, just the few Profound Rank Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills in his hands, if he took any one of them to the Tianbao Pavilion to sell, he could exchange it for a mountain of yuan crystal, so he would never have to worry about the lack of resources again.

"Hmm?!"

"Is there really someone not afraid of death!?"

Just as Chen An intended to go to the Tianbao Pavilion later to sell his Cultivation Techniques, his eyes suddenly narrowed slightly, his gaze seeming to pass through the tightly closed door to look outside, and a cold glint flashed in the depths of his eyes...