Longevity Martial Arts: Starting from Inner Core Skill

Chapter 1100: Chapter 21: Saint Emperor’s Retirement (Part 2)

The key to the Thirteenth Realm is “status”.

“Status” can be damaged.

This devouring of Chong Xu is indeed cutting off the roots.

“Status” essentially reflects the Starry Sky Rules; if it is destroyed, it means a lack of Starry Sky Rules, leading to permanent reduction of “status”.

By then, a starry sky that could originally support dozens of breakthroughs might only manage a few, and those few cultivations might still encounter problems.

However, there are solutions.

“Of course, if you can reach my cultivation speed, it won’t affect you.”

The Holy Emperors present instantly realized the seriousness of the matter.

They didn’t care much about how much the starry sky was damaged, but when it came to their own concerns, they immediately perked up.

If it affects their cultivation future, they definitely wouldn’t allow others to destroy the starry sky.

At this point, they glared at Chong Xu with even more resentment.

Almost ruining their future cultivation, how could they not hate?

As for the second option offered by the Lifeless True Saint, they didn’t even consider it.

The life history of the Lifeless True Saint had already been thoroughly dissected by various forces.

The most shocking was that in less than a thousand years, he reached the Twelfth Realm… oh, now it should be the Thirteenth Realm!

Reaching the Thirteenth Realm in less than a thousand years; can they compare to that?

In a thousand years, even with a cross-boundary war at the time, they would only hover around the Sixth or Seventh Realm.

If they had the cultivation speed of a True Saint, what would they fear?

Therefore, their choice was essentially only one.

And that was to protect the starry sky.

Matters concerning the path of cultivation cannot be taken lightly.

However, they also noticed that Wang Sheng pointed out some aspects of the Thirteenth Realm’s path.

Unfortunately, none of them truly understood it.

They couldn’t piece together these words to form a method for breakthrough.

Someone wanted to ask, yet dared not.

Wang Sheng obviously had no intention of explaining further.

He once again picked up Chong Xu.

“I hope you don’t follow the path of Chong Xu, otherwise—”

He casually pinched it.

“Bang!”

The sound of an exploding balloon echoed in the ears of every Holy Emperor.

Having already stepped on the path to the Thirteenth Realm, with the breakthrough almost certain, Chong Xu died so simply.

The death was sudden, somewhat comical and ironic.

Chong Xu, who regarded all other creatures as ants, devoured and parasitized at will, slaughtering countless beings, was pinched to death like a trivial insect.

A simple action, yet it shocked everyone.

Chong Xu, whom they felt they couldn’t resist, was killed so effortlessly. If they fell into Wang Sheng’s hands?

They might be in an even worse state than Chong Xu.

Finally,

they understood Wang Sheng’s true intent.

This was killing one to warn a hundred!

Yet they had to accept it and dared not harbor any secret schemes.

After Wang Sheng killed Chong Xu, he glanced at the starry sky.

“Indeed, there is no sign of downfall.”

Being abandoned by the starry sky, naturally, there would be no sign.

Then he continued to look at Yuanhua and the others.

“I hope you take care, the path to the Thirteenth Realm has been opened, I wonder who among you can first become my fellow.”

After speaking, he directly turned to leave, casually taking Yue, Yue Chen, and the Drunk Immortal Saint Emperor, who had been captured by Chong Xu, with him.

The Holy Emperors left behind exchanged looks and fell into silence.

It was a long time before a Holy Emperor spoke, breaking the silence.

“With the Yin Yue Saint Emperor left, who will now guard the Devouring Sect?”

Yuanhua reacted and said, “With Chong Xu dead, other Holy Emperors of the Devouring Sect were likely devoured by Chong Xu. The Devouring Sect probably has no Holy Emperor left, but to be safe, let’s station a Holy Emperor for a while…”

Suddenly, the Holy Emperors came back to their senses.

A Devouring Sect without a Holy Emperor was no threat, easily destroyed.

The Devouring Sect was completely wiped out!

“After fighting us for nearly ten million years, the Devouring Sect was extinguished just like that; it feels somewhat unreal, doesn’t it?”

“Of course it’s unreal, because it ended too simply. A being already halfway into the Thirteenth Realm was so easily extinguished.”

Originally, in the Old Land Starry Sky, the pressure from the Devouring Sect on the Conquest Sect was not insignificant.

It was thought to be a prolonged battle, taking millions or even billions of years to fully resolve.

After all, as long as the Devouring Sect had a member of the Twelfth Realm, they would hold back with apprehension.

Now that it ended so easily, they weren’t mentally prepared at all.

Yuanhua couldn’t stop this feeling, after all, among those present, he had dealt with the Devouring Sect the most.

Finally, he seemed to exhale in relief.

“It’s finally over…”

Regardless, the result was good.

It was a blessing for them.

Then he thought of something and looked at Long Yue, saying, “Daoist Long Yue, what do you think about the True Saint’s words?”

Long Yue replied straightforwardly, “A True Saint would not speak without reason, nor deceive us. Given the previous situation, even if we breakthrough, we’re still no match for the True Saint; it must be true.”

“Indeed, it must be true.”

They realized that even within the same realm, there are differences.

Although the True Saint had just broken through, he was likely a powerhouse among the Thirteenth Realm.

He didn’t care whether they would pose a threat after breaking through.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have said what he did earlier or lectured.

“Since that’s the case, we should also take some action. Although we don’t know to what extent the damage to the starry sky, as mentioned by the True Saint, would affect it, even the slightest possibility mustn’t relax us. Before the Central Star disperses, we should impose some restrictions; surely they’ll agree.”

“I was thinking the same.”

Thus, even though they intended to return, the Holy Emperors were gathered by Yuanhua and Long Yue to the Central Star.

“Regarding the True Saint’s words, everyone as powerful beings of the Twelfth Realm Saint Emperor level understands what it means. The integrity of the starry sky relates to our path of cultivation, and since we don’t know the extent of the damage that could cause an impact, we can only act cautiously…”

Before Yuanhua could finish speaking, everyone understood the implication.

No one interrupted Yuanhua’s words.

“The destructive power of a Holy Emperor is terrifying; fighting at full strength can easily destroy a star domain, even a galaxy. To ensure the integrity of the starry sky, I propose to limit the power of the Holy Emperors…”

“Shattered Star Saint Master, if we’re placing limits, how will they be imposed?”

“It’s simple, all Holy Emperors sign a covenant, not to act recklessly, rest assured, the limits won’t be too stringent.”

Then, Yuanhua outlined a few principles.

As he said, none were overly restrictive.

The only prohibition was against any unwarranted destruction of the starry sky; otherwise, all Holy Emperors would unite against it.

Destroying one’s path of cultivation creates great enmity!

A few days later, they finally produced a standard acceptable to everyone.

All the Holy Emperors signed their true names.

Even those Holy Emperors who followed Wang Sheng did the same, including the Yin Yue, Drunk Immortal, and Yue Chen Holy Emperors, who recovered and returned mid-way.

“Everyone, since you’ve all signed your true names, you must comply; otherwise you need to weigh whether you can withstand the accountability of numerous Holy Emperors.” After everyone had signed, Yuanhua reminded them again.

“Rest assured, Shattered Star Saint Master, we won’t take our path of cultivation lightly.”

Some Holy Emperors, even though they see no hope of breaking through to the Thirteenth Realm, still thought, what if?

This is something no one can predict.

The matter of restricting the Twelfth Realm Holy Emperors was settled.

Some Holy Emperors joked, “Although the restrictions aren’t particularly strict, they are enough to make us retire; from now on, in the starry sky, the Eleventh Realm will probably ’reign’…”

“Haha, isn’t that interesting? With the Holy Emperors retiring, the starry sky will probably be more lively.”

With these discussions, the meeting concluded.

Changes were secretly happening in the starry sky.

On the other side, after resolving the matters of the Devouring Sect and restoring and sending away the three Holy Emperors, Wang Sheng also began his retreat.

In a blink, over two hundred years passed…