Stronger by Killing

Chapter 619: Chapter 331: Martial Arts Unveil Their Trump Card Against the Cultivation Realm

Gu Zhan’s voice was devoid of any emotion, exceedingly calm, but as soon as he spoke, it was like thunder, rumbling and resounding, echoing in the ears of those present, while an inexplicable majesty descended.

In that instant,

Kong Xi, Changmingzi, and Master Xuan Yang, the three Middle Tier Golden Core Cultivators, who had always appeared calm, suddenly felt their hearts race. They instinctively took a few steps back, their bodies slightly bent in a gesture of obeisance. When they looked up,

Gu Zhan was still the same Gu Zhan, yet inexplicably, they saw another figure—an imposing figure that seemed to stand independent of heaven and earth, an air of imperial authority that was overwhelming, all concentrated on Gu Zhan, displaying the grand visage of a Human Emperor, shocking the few present into a tremble.

Always composed in response, Kong Xi suddenly felt panic in his heart, a cold sweat breaking out on his forehead. Bowing, he said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the destiny of this world... the destiny, my humble self’s cultivation is too low to discern it, but I dare to guess that the destiny of this world lies within Martial Arts!"

"Yes, yes," Elder Daoist Mingzi, standing beside Kong Xi, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hastily agreed, "It must be Martial Arts. In this era of Martial Arts, under Your Majesty’s leadership, we are sure to surpass the Four Major Side Sects, rival the Three Major Ancestral Veins, and achieve eternal glory!"

Master Xuan Yang also bowed and said, "Your Majesty stands unmatched through eternity, destiny surely binds to Your Majesty!"

A gentle smile appeared on Gu Zhan’s face,

At that moment,

Kong Xi and the others felt the terrifying pressure on them suddenly vanish, and they all felt a sense of relief.

"How is the Cultivation Realm distributed?" Gu Zhan asked.

Kong Xi promptly responded, "There is no specific division; the Three Major Ancestral Veins and Four Major Side Sects are all transcendent. Most sects across the world cannot extricate themselves from these seven sects. Beneath them, there are many Cultivation Sects, difficult to determine in strength, and with the End of the Dharma Era lasting ten thousand years, it is even harder to define. Perhaps only when Spiritual Qi has completely revived and all barriers have been opened will the particulars be known."

Gu Zhan squinted slightly, saying, "Are you saying that some barriers are quite large?"

Kong Xi nodded and said, "Back in the End of the Dharma Era, many Great Power Cultivators forcefully incorporated numerous mountains and rivers into barriers. For instance, in our Confucian Sect, some powerful branches collaborated to create a barrier comparable to a whole province. When these barriers open, the human world’s territory will probably expand several times over!"

Gu Zhan slowly said, "When can complete revival be expected?"

Kong Xi pondered for a moment and said, "Originally, it was estimated to take ten years, but now, the speed of Spiritual Qi Revival far exceeds expectations, and perhaps it will manifest fully in just three to five years!"

Gu Zhan nodded slightly, asking, "How does the strength of your respective Immortal Sects rank within the Cultivation Realm?"

Kong Xi smiled wryly and said, "Before the End of the Dharma Era, the Confucian Sect had three thousand Academy Palaces, and the one I belong to is just a third rank. Changmingzi and Master Xuan Yang’s Wenxian Dao is also a third-rate branch in the Daoist Sect."

Gu Zhan asked, "In that case, how were you able to establish the Kong Family in the human world before the Spiritual Qi Revival?"

Kong Xi replied, "The barrier I was in was created by several dozen similar Academy Palaces working together, with some support from Confucian Sect ancestral lands, which led me to be sent out about fifteen hundred years ago for a period.

The establishment of the Kong Family was purely coincidental. I was not the only one who emerged at that time. The main purpose was to understand the development and changes in the human world. In fact, during the ten thousand-year End of the Dharma Era, all Immortal Sects with sufficient strength would dispatch some people periodically to real-time understand changes in the human world.

The reason I founded the Kong Family was simply that the philosophy of my lineage was to assist the Monarch, so I made a simple attempt. I never imagined it could last for fifteen hundred years. In fact, in the barrier, only less than a hundred years have passed for me."

Gu Zhan then turned to look at Changmingzi and Master Xuan Yang, asking, "And the Daoist Sect?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is the same," Changmingzi said. "In the ten thousand years of the human world for us in the Daoist Sect, only a few decades to a hundred or thousand years have passed within the barrier. Those with conditions also periodically dispatched some people to manifest. However, because it was the End of the Dharma Era, no major actions were taken until three thousand years ago when Martial Arts appeared, leading to the intermittent establishment of some Daoist traditions.

In this aspect, it was the Buddhist Sect that most intervened in the human world, establishing numerous Martial Arts Holy Lands. The Bright Temple and Cihang Sword Hall, which fled directly before the Spiritual Qi Revival due to Your Majesty’s presence, were arranged by the Buddhist Sect in the human world."

Gu Zhan listened and nodded slightly, scrutinizing the three of them without further words.

Gu Zhan’s silence left Kong Xi and the others a bit anxious,

When they had come, they absolutely had not expected the current situation to occur. It was completely different from what they had imagined. In their imagination, the meeting with Gu Zhan was supposed to be on an equal footing, but as soon as they met, all momentum was disrupted. They seemed to have truly become subjects under Gu Zhan’s command, entirely losing their autonomy in front of him.

Finally, after a moment of silence, Gu Zhan spoke, slowly saying, "For what do you three seek an audience with me today?"

Once again, Kong Xi and the others felt their hearts leap.

Kong Xi quickly answered, "We do not dare to seek anything from Your Majesty, only wish to know if there is any place we can relieve Your Majesty’s burdens."

"Yes, yes," Changmingzi agreed, "Your Majesty has said, under heaven, there is no land not the king’s soil. Since we are in the Martial Kingdom, we are Your Majesty’s subjects, and everything is at Your Majesty’s command!"