Longevity Martial Arts: Starting from Inner Core Skill

Chapter 1090: Chapter 16: Abnormal Cultivation Bottleneck (2)

The 850th anniversary celebration, under the Source Star System, strong individuals from every world came to Source Star to celebrate, in utmost splendor.

As the head of state, Huangtian naturally had to participate.

The segment he was most interested in, and perhaps the one most of the people on Source Star were interested in, was the Hidden Dragon Society, a grand event that had been ongoing for centuries.

The Hidden Dragon Society is a competition for cultivators under the age of one hundred, known by the Hidden Dragon List within the Virtual World.

The first edition was also held at the Daitong anniversary, during which a Child of Destiny like Shi Ziqin appeared. At that time, Wang Sheng personally received him. Now, he is already a strong individual in the Tenth Realm, not far from the Eleventh Realm.

Today’s Hidden Dragon Society is more formal and grander in scale.

The initial Hidden Dragon Society had only four worlds participating.

Now, as long as they belong to the Source Star lineage, that is, young cultivators from countless worlds, they can participate; the time has changed to once every fifty years.

Of course, due to the large number of participants, preliminary selections have long been conducted within the Virtual World.

Out of billions of cultivators, only tens of thousands can eventually come to Source Star.

Naturally, the final rewards are extremely generous, even tempting for the Tenth Realm.

As the winner of the first edition, Shi Ziqin was also watching the competition from a high platform.

Beside him was Huangtian.

“Head of state, there are too many little monsters in this edition, right? Under a hundred years old, there are quite a few in the Seventh Realm. In our edition, I, as the first place, was only in the Fourth Realm.”

At that time, as the champion, Shi Ziqin was only in the Fourth Realm.

But now, if he were in the Fourth Realm, he probably wouldn’t even pass the preliminary selection.

Upon hearing this, Huangtian smiled. The greater the potential of the Source Star’s younger generation, the happier he was. Of course, some things had to be explained: “Haha, this is a special situation. Don’t forget that this generation’s younger generation has experienced that grand planetary advancement of the Source Star, during which some of the younger generation directly broke through two major realms; otherwise, how could it be so fast.”

Shi Ziqin was taken aback; he had indeed forgotten to consider this point.

“True, planetary advancement is inherently powerful. The last time was even more astonishing, so there might be very few who can reach the level of this edition in the future!”

A planetary advancement is like this.

It can make a generation of cultivators extremely powerful, far surpassing several other generations.

The Old Land Starry Sky is like this. The Saint Emperors are mainly cultivators from the era of cross-realm wars.

Source Star is quite special; basically, each period will have a planetary advancement, so each generation will surpass contemporaneous individuals from other worlds. But within Source Star, the same age in different eras will surely have both strong and weak individuals.

For example, this current generation has experienced a significant planetary advancement.

The Hidden Dragon Society becomes a heptad-realm competition.

Of course, since Source Star’s development time is short, the more powerful cultivators of Source Star have experienced more planetary advancements.

Later cultivators find it difficult to compare.

“The realms are indeed astonishing, but it might take longer to reach the Tenth Realm compared to you.” Huangtian understood the reality well.

“Haha, who knows!”

The two watched the competition.

Suddenly, a voice appeared.

“The Yin Yue Saint Emperor comes to drink!”

Huangtian immediately stopped what he was saying and stood up.

“I shouldn’t be late, right?”

“Of course not, Yin Yue Saint Emperor, please sit.” Huangtian smiled and invited the Yin Yue Saint Emperor to sit.

The arrival of the Old Land Saint Emperor for a drink was something he was aware of.

It was naturally because of the face of the True Saint.

Upon knowing about the celebration, the Saint Emperors wanted to come.

Of course, due to the True Saint’s prohibition, Huangtian had sought permission, and only upon receiving it did the Saint Emperors dare to come.

After the Yin Yue Saint Emperor took his seat, other Saint Emperors arrived.

Huangtian naturally greeted them one by one.

Until—

“The Treasure Vase Saint Emperor comes to drink!”

Huangtian’s demeanor became more solemn, clearly showing more respect.

The attending Saint Emperors were somewhat surprised.

The Treasure Vase Saint Emperor, a newly promoted top-tier Saint Emperor.

Three years ago, when he ascended, it also caused a considerable phenomenon.

Making countless Saint Emperors envious.

To be a top-tier Saint Emperor is not only an enhancement in power but also an increase in lifespan by millions of years.

After ascending, the Treasure Vase Saint Emperor had not appeared.

Now was the first time he appeared.

The attending Saint Emperors, after a moment of surprise, quickly realized something.

’He is probably here to pledge allegiance.’

“The timing is truly perfect!”

’It’s evident that Huangtian is aware of it; it seems they have already communicated well.’

Just as the Saint Emperors speculated, the Treasure Vase Saint Emperor’s purpose in coming this time was to pledge allegiance.

He publicly announced that he, including the Aquarius World, would become a vassal of Source Star.

In fact, after his breakthrough, the Treasure Vase Saint Emperor contacted Source Star once he stabilized slightly.

He appeared today just to perform this act.

Because the Source Star anniversary celebration was being broadcast live on the Virtual World network.

Simply put, it was about building momentum.

The addition of a top-tier Saint Emperor brought the atmosphere to a climax.

The competition became more intense, with every participant giving their all.

Because the young generation of Source Star far surpassed their peers.

If they were all put together, there would be no meaningful comparison, so this edition’s Hidden Dragon Society separated the realms for competition, giving the vassal planets a chance.

After entertaining the Saint Emperors, Huangtian returned his focus to the competition.

“Not only the generation of Source Star, but even the young generation in other worlds and planets have a high level, surpassing the former data.” Although Huangtian has now shifted most of his focus to cultivation, he was still quite familiar with certain data.

“Indeed, the average level has increased by a whole major realm.”

The person responding surprised Huangtian a bit.

It was Li Xueqian!

“Professor Li, are you also keeping an eye on these?” If it were someone from the statistics department, Huangtian wouldn’t be surprised at them paying attention to these.

But Li Xueqian is the type who focuses on research alone, and supposedly, he wouldn’t pay attention to these “useless” research-related data.

Unless some research is connected to this matter.

Huangtian looked at him with curiosity.

Li Xueqian noticed his thoughts, saying, “Indeed, it is related to research.”

Huangtian nodded and stopped, not asking further, and continued to watch the competition.

The celebration lasted for an entire month.

A month later, everyone dispersed.

Huangtian then found Li Xueqian.

“Professor Li, what did you discover?” Huangtian was very concerned about the young generation of cultivators, fearing any issues might arise.

“Head of state, here, take a look, a student of mine discovered this.” Li Xueqian directly handed over a document.

Huangtian took it in hand and examined it.

“You discovered that breaking through for those below the Seventh Realm has become easier?”

“Yes, we have gathered over ten million data points, all indicating this.” Li Xueqian directly called up a light screen, showing various dense data, “We researchers have a different perspective on cultivation, ultimately forming this cultivation model. The model has been practically validated, reflecting the cultivation level and the degree of difficulty in breakthroughs for those below the Ninth Realm, among other data.”

“It was precisely through leveraging this model that my student discovered the reduced difficulty in breakthroughs below the Seventh Realm.”

“Moreover, there is an admittedly unscientific hypothesis; according to investigations, the simplification of breakthroughs is gradual, starting below the Third Realm, followed by the Fourth Realm, and now the Seventh Realm, of course—”

“This growth does not have strict data, and is merely conjecture.” Li Xueqian reiterated.

Huangtian pondered over the data, silent for a long time before asking, “Do you know when this began, and what’s the reason behind it?”

Li Xueqian also fell silent, seeming to hesitate, but finally answered, “The specific time is unclear, but the approximate time, upon investigation, is after the True Saint broke through to the Thirteen Realms.”

Though he seemed to answer only one question, it actually answered two.

Meanwhile, Wang Sheng, cultivating within the Daoist School, suddenly opened his eyes.

Upon reappearing, he found himself in a desolate Void.

However, this desolate Void was not calm at all.

The Void shook, and energy boiled.

A terrifying energy vortex obliterated everything around it, with stars like specks of dust.

At the center of the vortex, an axe vaguely emerged, exuding an overwhelming might.

“Can this starry sky now give birth to such a level of treasure?”