22: Military fortune, national fortune backfires
In an unknown corner, you silently became the youngest Martial Saint in history, the most promising Heavenly Human.
But you were not satisfied with this; you were not yet invincible, you had not lived to be a hundred years old and survived the great calamity of the century that followed. Otherwise, everything would be but a dream.
Three months later, you had fully adapted to the formidable power of a Heavenly Human Martial Saint.
Within the domain, Heavenly Humans moved unhindered, a power far beyond what an Innate Martial Body could challenge like an egg hitting a rock.
Even moving mountains and overturning seas was effortless.
Currently, you had just entered the Heavenly Human realm. If the Innate Martial Body were to transform into a Martial Saint Body, and true essence and blood qi were to become Heavenly Human Power, your combat strength would be even greater. No wonder many Heavenly Human Martial Saints considered themselves living terrestrial immortals.
When a domain becomes powerful enough, a Heavenly Human Martial Saint can even create a blessed land, a cave distinct from the mundane world, and establish so-called secret realms, using only their domain.
This is also why most Martial Saints, after their death, leave behind a Martial Saint Ruin. Their own passing, with their blood qi returning to heaven and earth, is preserved within the secret realm relic, eventually forming a mysterious place lasting for an unknown number of years.
You calculated with your fingers; it was now almost time for the Grand Competition.
You transformed into the appearance of an old man, disguised your strength as that of a newly ascended Innate, and quietly infiltrated the Great Xuan capital. You silently rented a courtyard near Falling Flower Courtyard and lay low.
Although you still didn't know what Heavenly Demon Ancestor's target would be this time, or in what form he would strike, it was prudent to take precautions in the place where you had previously encountered trouble.
You settled down like this. The Grand Competition had already begun, and during this period, there were too many Martial Saints in the Great Xuan capital. You rationally told yourself not to stand out, to lie low... you couldn't instantly kill them yet, and once you engaged, unpredictable things might happen.
This was something you could not accept in this life.
If it weren't for your mortal enmity with Heavenly Demon Ancestor, you wouldn't have come here to seek an opportunity to kill him.
Moreover, you might not even make a move, unless you were the final straw that broke the camel's back in an upcoming event...
The Grand Competition finally ended!
The top three were all familiar faces: Li Daoyi, the Daozi of Daozhen Academy; Monk Ruogu, the martial monk of Dharma Courtyard; and your former junior brother, now Xiao Tianhao, the fourth direct disciple of Old Man Cangshan!
Xiao Tianhao's combat strength in this life was far greater than in the previous one. You were somewhat puzzled, but after inquiring, you learned that he had gotten together with your senior sister!
You wondered why your senior sister's ranking in this competition seemed slightly lower; it turned out she had helped Xiao Tianhao succeed.
In the previous life, you never heard that your senior sister, Xiao Tianzhi, and Xiao Tianhao had fallen in love, did you?
After calm consideration, you vaguely had a guess: perhaps in your previous life, your brilliance was too dazzling, making Xiao Tianhao seem somewhat ordinary in talent.
And in your previous life, you were accompanied by a sword attendant and went out once, which broadened Heavenly Saint Demoness's horizons, so you didn't have much interaction with this senior sister, leading to the three of you remaining at the normal level of senior sister and brothers.
Perhaps your Fortune was too prosperous in your previous life, making the Son of Destiny seem not so destined.
You are more low-key in this life, so perhaps this Son of Destiny can bring you different surprises this time.
There are also Daozi Li Daoyi and Monk Ruogu, both existences of peerless talent.
It remains to be seen who can forge a path forward for martial arts. The fear is that none of the path-breakers will succeed, and in the end, you'll still have to rely on yourself...
Although you have some confidence that you can succeed, after all, being a transmigrator is not just for show. However, in this life, you don't want to take excessively high risks, especially since you've already died once.
That was a bloody lesson!
A year later, the moment you had been waiting for finally arrived.
Xiao Tianhao and Shangguan Xi, the successor of Tianyin Pavilion, arranged to listen to the Rhythm of Heaven and Earth, and the location was Falling Flower Courtyard!
Shangguan Xi, who had entered the Innate realm, played the Rhythm of Heaven and Earth with even more rhythm, better and more deeply guiding listeners to comprehend their own martial arts and enter a Xuanwu of enlightenment.
The moment Heavenly Demon Ancestor had been patiently waiting for was now!
Our protagonist, Xiao Tianhao, was drinking fine wine and listening to the music when he was suddenly enveloped by Heavenly Demon Ancestor's domain.
Heavenly Demon Ancestor was indeed cunning, and his strategy of waiting by the stump for a rabbit truly caught his prey.
Clearly, Xiao Tianhao was the prey.
You didn't act rashly, remaining quietly hidden. You had been reborn for over seven years now, and you had nurtured this sword for seven years.
If you didn't draw your sword today, you would continue to nurture it, which would be a bit of a pity. You would just watch how the protagonist overcame this difficulty.
You hoped his Fortune would hold strong!
Xiao Tianhao indeed did not disappoint you. First, there was Old Man Cangshan's domain token, and then the imperial family's Heavenly Human Ancestor's life-saving token, which launched two counterattacks in succession.
You had the former in your previous life; the latter was perhaps due to your senior sister, or perhaps the imperial family's support for a junior.
Although he had a father who secretly plotted rebellion, their father-son relationship was strained!
You wondered if the imperial family knew about this...
The two Martial Saint tokens, though capable of delivering a Martial Saint strike as if a Martial Saint were personally present, were not the Martial Saint themselves after all.
Old Man Cangshan and the Heavenly Human Martial Saint Ancestor of the Xiao imperial family, having been alerted, arrived almost simultaneously.
Although the two Heavenly Saint Dynasty Martial Saints intended to block, they found it somewhat difficult.
You placed your hand on the sword hilt, silently accumulating power...
An unexpected event occurred!
"Martial Fortune! Fortune! Ah! Damn it, you actually intertwined Fortune with Martial Fortune!
The hateful Way of Military Martial Arts! Damn it! Damn it!"
Heavenly Demon Ancestor was backlashed by Fortune and Martial Fortune.
Martial Fortune, as the name suggests, is the Fortune of martial arts, while the term Fortune originated after Grand Ancestor of Great Xuan, Xiao Xuanwu, opened the Way of Military Martial Arts and opened the Heavenly Human gateway!
Those of the Xiao clan who enter the Way of Military Martial Arts can condense Fortune!
They condense the power of myriad people and myriad armies!
This is why the Xiao clan's Heavenly Human Martial Saint lineage has continued for ten thousand years without interruption.
Even though the Xuanwu Dynasty, which once almost unified the entire continent, gradually declined after Grand Ancestor of Great Xuan, and after countless years of development, the Xuanwu evolved into today's five great nations, the Great Xuan Dynasty still holds a place!
The Great Xuan is as solid as iron, while kingdoms come and go!
The Way of Military Martial Arts, those with Fortune bestowed upon them, are almost guaranteed to become Heavenly Human Martial Saints. During the peak of the Great Xuan Dynasty, several Martial Saint Heavenly Humans could emerge, and the Xiao clan also divided into countless factions, but the royal family commanded all lineages!
Martial Saints in this world are royalty!
Heavenly Demon Ancestor secretly controlled the Heavenly Saint Dynasty, being a foreign Martial Saint, yet now he brazenly attempted to seize control and swallow the Great Xuan's Fortune, suffering a backlash due to his carelessness.
You were the witness to the entire event; you completely witnessed what the hell a protagonist is!
What the hell it means to find a way out of a desperate situation!
Good heavens, you died on the spot back then, but Xiao Tianhao managed to severely injure Heavenly Demon Ancestor with a backlash.
One can only say that professional matters should be left to professionals.
In your previous life, you were indeed showing off your meager skill before an expert. If you died, you really had to die; there's no comparison, no comparison!
You silently recited the 'Stability Sutra' three more times.
To calm your mind.