Martial Saint!
Chapter 640 - 0398 Forty-eight thousand (request for monthly ticket and subscription)_2

Chapter 640: 0398 Forty-eight thousand (request for monthly ticket and subscription)_2

"Although I still have one more Martial Arts Retrospection chance, I can use it to save my life at a critical moment. If both chances are wasted, and I encounter some accident while climbing the mountain, then I can only wait for death. Forget it, since I’m here, I might as well give it my all and try to fill the Qi Sea, condensing forty-eight thousand True Gang Stones."

Previously, Lu Chenzhou was curious about what would happen if he could condense forty-eight thousand True Gang Stones.

But this is unprecedented.

Even beings as strong as the Eternal Immortal and the Dragon King could only manage thirty-six thousand.

Now, as long as he can safely get out, he no longer cares how much time it takes.

If he can truly condense an unprecedented Super Magic Robe, any losses from missing the golden period can be compensated.

With his strength, he can always find a treasure that will restore his Qi-Blood to its peak.

...

On a certain year, certain month, certain day.

Lu Chenzhou woke up quietly, his gaze becoming more and more aged.

In this place with no sense of time, no reference points, he has already forgotten how old he is.

Sometimes, his memory would falter for a moment, like an old man with a flickering candle.

No wonder only Grandmasters can enter the Candle Realm for cultivation.

The human body has a fixed clock, even traveling abroad can be painful due to jet lag, let alone differences in time flow.

Over the long term, those with weak minds are at risk of being lost in the disarray of self-awareness and time.

He gazed at the Inner Scenery Land, the Three Mountains and Five Mountains, the qi swallowing the universe, clouds obscured by mist, celestial birds flying around, like an ancient Divine Mountain.

In a moment of thought, it manifested as forty thousand True Gang Stones.

"Continue, let me see where the limit of the Immortal Armor lies!"

...

Candle Realm.

Inside the thatched cottage.

Amidst his secluded training, Wang Changming calculated his lifespan through his bone age.

After becoming a Great Grandmaster, one can perceive lifespan and limits through bone age, like rings of a tree, this is called "Knowing Heaven’s Will."

"Unknowingly, I’ve spent nearly twenty years in the Candle Realm, solidifying the Heavenly King Middle Realm. The ’Mountain Lord Inquiry Fist’ has been developed into a Supreme Divine Skill, fulfilling my master’s last wish... I wonder what’s happening in the Human World? Chenzhou, he should be back soon, right?"

Wang Changming stood up, looking at the thatched cottages scattered among the towering mountains.

Within each cottage, there is a Grandmaster-level strongman secluded in training.

Information from the outside world suggests that after the first wave of large-scale war with the Demon Race, the Human World has entered a relatively peaceful period.

Martial Arts flourished, the Demon Emperor lay dormant, occasional chaos caused by Demon Kings was quickly suppressed.

Under the call of the Northern Guardian King, more Lamp Holders entered the Candle Realm to seclude themselves, seeking breakthroughs.

Beside him, in the thatched cottage, Wang Xian and Lin Xia temporarily ended their pile training.

"Master, are you going to end your closed training?"

"Yes, it’s been too long since I’ve been to the Human World, I need to go out and take a look."

"Then let’s go out too."

"Wang Xian, have you comprehended the killing move of the Divine Skill and advanced to the Heavenly Phenomenon?"

"Almost, I feel I’m just short of a round of thorough and exhilarating combat to unleash myself."

"Lin Xia, how many apertures have you opened?" Wang Changming glanced at Lin Xia.

"Hehe, I’ve opened 430 apertures and consolidated the cultivation at Grandmaster Middle Realm."

"Not bad."

The master and disciples were silent for a long time.

Wang Xian suddenly said, looking a bit wistful, "Recently, Sister Hong also advanced to Grandmaster and came in for secluded training, said the junior hasn’t returned yet."

Lin Xia pursed her lips, "Ugh, suddenly don’t want to go out... might as well continue secluded training here, it’s boring."

Wang Changming: "Chenzhou is lucky and blessed, don’t worry, maybe he’s quietly advanced to Grandmaster."

Wang Xian calculated the time: "With the junior’s talent, he is surely a Grandmaster by now, unless he’s pursuing the Heaven-reaching Immortal Armor."

Lin Xia: "The junior said he’d advance with the Nine Mountains Mysterious Robe like us, won’t insist on the Heaven-reaching Immortal Armor, not worth missing the golden period."

Suddenly, Wang Changming frowned slightly, looking at the stones trembling underfoot.

The siblings also noticed something strange, faces slightly changing, Lin Xia asked, "What’s happening? Might the Candle Realm be unable to bear it, about to collapse?"

Wang Changming: "It shouldn’t be, Chairman Wan said before closing that the Candle Realm is enough to sustain for over a hundred years, enough to hold through the big break."

The strange occurrence in the Candle Realm awakened all the figures secluded inside.

Li Xiuying flew out, looking at the distant mountains, her expression serious.

"Fellow Wang, what’s happening?"

"Not sure, we better leave here first."

Everyone immediately used the Lighting Order, consuming one Candle Fire, to leave this place.

Suddenly, a Great Grandmaster’s expression changed: "Oh no, the Lighting Order has failed."

Many strong individuals gathered together, surrounding the Heavenly Kings.

Li Xiuying said: "Everyone, please don’t panic, I’ll use the Token to contact the Northern Guardian King."

Though the transmission failed, they still managed to connect with the Northern Guardian King.

Wang Changming asked:

"Vice Minister, there’s a disturbance in the Candle Realm."

"We felt it too... In fact, it’s not just the Candle Realm, it seems there’s some kind of disturbance in the Human World as well."

"Is the curtain being shattered prematurely?" Those inside were startled.

"No, the curtain is fine, I can’t really say what has changed right now, but this heaven and earth are trembling, as if a phenomenon is about to descend. I’m initiating Chairman Wan’s Lighting Order to see if I can open a small realm passage, please be patient."

...

At the foot of Heavenly Candle Mountain.

Lu Chenzhou rose and viewed his Inner Scenery Land.

The Super Giant Mountain stood lofty and majestic.

The Divine Mountain stretched across the heavens, its force overshadowing the Five Mountains and covering Chicheng.

The height of the Giant Mountain, in terms of momentum, even rivals the Martial Arts Peak established by the multitude.

Even if placed in the ancient ages, it remains the king of Divine Mountains.

Lu Chenzhou was unsure of how much time he spent gathering so many True Gang Stones, but the further he went, the more challenging it became, to the point of driving him crazy.

To leave this place, he had no other choice.

He consumed all things he brought in, including Third Realm cultivation Great Medicine, treasures, food, and spoils obtained from enemies during trials.

Anything that contained energy with minimal side effects, he ingested.

This included 3 precious drops of Earth Mother’s Origin Milk, which were seized from enemies.

Originally, he intended to exchange it for Battle Merit after exiting, or to leave a few drops for his sect’s friends.

No choice, in such a strange place, failing to do so might lead to starving here.

"A Divine Mountain of forty-eight thousand zhang, only the [Heavenly Platform Mountain] from Qinglian Sword Immortal’s magnificent fantasy can match it."

In an instant, an invisible, colorless armor appeared on his surface.

Like a barrier formed of time and space, separating him from the outside world.

He amassed strength with his Big Spear, wielding Heaven and Earth Power, and stabbed at the armor.

Boom! Invisible shockwaves rippled, shaking off the spear, his own palm painful beyond measure.

"Even my spear cannot pierce my shield."

Remaining in place, he practiced "World Tiger Fist," over three thousand points of vast Qi-Blood roaring like mountains and oceans, burning along his muscles and flesh.

With a punch, countless Fierce Tigers roared out, trampling the heavens and earth.

"With the same Grandmaster Realm, the same Qi-Blood, yet the power of the fist technique is even stronger than before."

Twice ascended as Grandmaster, tempered by endless solitude, making his Martial Arts Will unbreakable.

His figure was like an arrow, climbing the peak.

This time, advancing like a bamboo!

The Yin Wind after ten thousand zhang couldn’t shake his invisible armor.

Without obstacles, he pressed forward boldly, quickly surpassing eighteen thousand zhang.

The intensity of the Yin Wind abruptly increased, causing some tremors in the invisible armor.

His heart was assured, fearlessly moving towards the summit.

Twenty thousand zhang, thirty thousand zhang, thirty-six thousand zhang... This should be the limit of the Heaven-reaching Immortal Armor.

The tremors in the invisible armor increased, but it hadn’t reached its limit yet.

He was not far from the mountain peak.

Unable to turn back, he continued upward.

After forty thousand zhang, the Yin Wind became tangible, with thunder and lightning, like a dance of demons.

Here, Lu Chenzhou could already see the source of the mountain peak’s illumination, an eternally burning long candle, illuminating the ages.

Using both hands and feet, he escaped from the Yin Wind shortly after his invisible armor shattered, reaching the summit.

The candle’s light dispelled the chilling force that had infiltrated his body, leaving his complexion pale.

At that very moment, a voice seemingly from the river of time echoed.

"This place has long had no visitors."