Longevity Martial Arts: Starting from Inner Core Skill

Chapter 1102: Chapter 22: Are You Willing to Be the Enemy of the Entire Starry Sky?

“If I calculate carefully, it’s been around five hundred years since I last left Xuan Yuan Palace, hasn’t it?”

At the same time.

Within Xuan Yuan Palace, in the Trial Secret Realm.

In the seventh stage, cultivators are required to enter a secret realm that suppresses their powers, to live and cultivate, completing trial tasks.

Their abilities are suppressed to that of mortals, and they must find their own way to cultivation within the secret realm, becoming cultivators. If they can’t find a way to become cultivators, they remain ordinary within the secret realm.

The secret realm, however, harbors extraordinary dangers that actively seek out the trial-goers.

If overpowered and killed, it means true death.

It can be said to be extremely dangerous.

After entering the secret realm, the Boundless Saint Emperor prepared himself and began seeking the cultivation system within the secret realm.

Once he successfully found it, he started cultivating day after day. In five hundred years, he had already cultivated to the Fifth Realm.

The Fifth Realm is considered powerful within the Trial Secret Realm.

All trial tasks were completed perfectly.

But—

“Why did a Seventh Realm beast suddenly appear?” said the Boundless Saint Emperor in disbelief.

Beasts are a kind of unintelligent giant creature in the Trial Secret Realm, and they are among the primary threats in the realm.

To complete the trial tasks, the Boundless Saint Emperor had encountered and slain many.

He had been in the secret realm for nearly five hundred years.

Let alone a Seventh Realm beast, he hadn’t even encountered a Sixth Realm one.

And just when it seemed the trial was about to end, a Seventh Realm appeared?

“Why, of all times, a Seventh Realm!”

Before his powers were sealed, he was a Twelve Realm Saint Emperor, with formidable combat strength at full power.

Even at the Fifth Realm, he was confident he could suppress a Sixth Realm, and with proper preparation, possibly even kill it.

But faced with a Seventh Realm that could barely start exploring the starry skies, there was nothing he could do.

If he weren’t once a Saint Emperor, he would have already been slain.

“I knew there was a conspiracy, but this is so blatant!”

As early as the fifth stage, they knew the so-called inheritance had its issues.

The sudden appearance of such a beast, he couldn’t believe there wasn’t some hidden hand behind it.

“They’re trying to kill me!”

Feeling increasingly hopeless as time went by, he knew continuing like this meant certain death, with no chance of survival.

And the only option was—

’True Saint, you must save me!’

What could he do, with his original powers sealed? Using Fifth Realm strength to hold out against a Seventh Realm was already his limit.

Doing more was simply impossible, even escape was an extravagant hope.

Just as he was about to lose hold, he suddenly felt a dizzy spell.

Immediately after, he saw the Seventh Realm beast easily tear his body apart.

’Dead?’

He thought this was his last moment alive.

“You’re not dead yet.”

’The True Saint’s voice!’ The Boundless Saint Emperor was all too familiar with it.

Instantly clearing his mind, he saw the True Saint standing beside him. Without hesitation, he said, “Greetings, True Saint, thank you for saving my life.”

“I said I’d protect your life, and I won’t go back on my word.” For Wang Sheng, his promises weren’t things to be ignored.

The Boundless Saint Emperor, now safe, breathed a long sigh of relief. Recalling what he just saw, after coming to his senses, he was very sure it wasn’t an illusion: “True Saint, I seemed to have seen the scene of my death just now…”

“That was naturally fake. There’s something complex behind Xuan Yuan Palace. To avoid alarming the enemy, we’d need some fakes to get through.”

After all, altering reality isn’t that easy.

But a quiet replacement poses no issue.

The Boundless Saint Emperor nodded and swiftly apologized, “I’m sorry, True Saint, it seems I’ve failed…”

“It’s not your fault. The Palace Spirit never planned to let you pass. You must have noticed, didn’t you? The Seventh Realm beast’s sudden, unanticipated appearance.”

“Yes, I thought I was just completing the trial tasks, but I never expected such a powerful beast to appear, very unusual. But why specifically target me from passing?”

The Boundless Saint Emperor was quite puzzled.

He could guess the beast appeared to prevent him from passing the trial, but couldn’t understand the reason.

From his perspective, he hadn’t done anything outrageous. To achieve the True Saint’s purposes, he seriously completed the trials, but still ended up targeted.

“It’s not just you being targeted; there are four others as well…”

As he spoke, Wang Sheng showcased several images.

Within the images.

Except for the Deep Sea Saint Emperor, both the Seventh Realm and the Boundless Saint Emperor were present.

And what they encountered, without exception, was attacks by beasts far beyond their own strength.

“You were attacked first; the others were attacked not long after, so they are still barely holding on with their own power.”

Then, one Saint Emperor in the images was about to be overwhelmed.

Subsequently, the Boundless Saint Emperor saw the True Saint in front of him wave a hand.

The “Saint Emperor” in the image was still slain, but suddenly a new person appeared right in front of him.

Simultaneously, he also heard the True Saint say, “Safer to save at the last moment, less likely to be detected.”

’Is this how I came to be here?’ He finally understood what had just happened.

And the rescued Saint Emperor, the Phantom Book Saint Emperor, upon seeing the Boundless Saint Emperor and Wang Sheng, instantly grasped the situation, and respectfully said, “Thank you, True Saint, for saving my life.”

“Mm!” Wang Sheng nodded, “When you exit later, go into seclusion and don’t reveal anything about the palace events.”

The plan isn’t complete; caution is still needed.

The Phantom Book Saint Emperor naturally nodded in agreement, stating, “I shall obey the True Saint’s command.”

Following that, Wang Sheng saved the other two Saint Emperors and instructed them similarly.

Now only two inheritors were left in the secret realm.

The Deep Sea Saint Emperor and one Seventh Realm cultivator.

“Go back, and don’t forget the instructions,” said Wang Sheng, sending them away, including the Boundless Saint Emperor.

Back on the Boundless Continent, the Boundless Saint Emperor looked at the Yellow Plum and the breakthrough insights of a top-tier Saint Emperor, unable to hide his smile.

“Great reward!”

“Working for the True Saint is indeed worthwhile.”

Before, those who had pledged loyalty and worked under the True Saint received extra Pan Peaches and Yellow Plums outside of banquets.

Leaving Pan Peaches aside, he was given ten in total, reaching the limit.

But Yellow Plums are different.

Theoretically, Yellow Plums have no upper limit; the more, the better.

Now, returning with Yellow Plums and breakthrough insights, he felt close to becoming a top-tier Saint Emperor.

As the Boundless Saint Emperor smiled, accepting the reward from Wang Sheng.

The Deep Sea Saint Emperor had already completed all the trial tasks, preparing for the secret realm to reopen.

Wang Sheng observed everything.

Since the end was near, he hadn’t left.

Half a year later.

The Trial Secret Realm reopened.

The Palace Spirit placed the Deep Sea Saint Emperor and the Seventh Realm cultivator together.

“Congratulations on passing the seventh stage. You are one step closer to the final inheritance. Now, I can tell you clearly, if you pass, the inheritance is within reach.”

The Deep Sea Saint Emperor looked at the only remaining companion, feeling somewhat somber.

’They all died during the trials? Regardless of rescue…’

As he contemplated, the other Seventh Realm inheritor became a bit eager, not expecting himself to have a chance at the final inheritance.

It was simply a stroke of great fortune.

Passing meant a chance for soaring success.

The Palace Spirit said, “Rest assured, the final stage is simple, merely a question. Answer, and you can receive the true inheritance. I can tell you, it’s the Thirteen Realm’s legacy…”

“Thirteen Realms?” The Seventh Realm inheritor had not fully grasped it, as his insight was too limited to understand the underlying currents of the inheritance.

“Naturally, it suppresses even the Twelfth Realm. If it weren’t the Thirteen Realms, would it be possible?”

The Seventh Realm inheritor responded with heavy breaths, unaware of the larger hidden implications beneath the legacy.

He only saw the chance of receiving the ultimate inheritance and leaping forward was in sight.

The Palace Spirit, in an intriguing tone, said, “Are you willing to become enemies with the entire cosmos, for example, the five Saint Emperors?”