Chapter 452: Chapter 167: Seeds of Divine Skills! Martial Arts Saint!_3

But Innateness is not the limit that martial artists can reach, those who are above the realm of Innateness are known as Martial Saints!

Such figures, in the nearly three thousand years since the founding of the Great Flame Empire, have been exceedingly rare. Each one of them has left a name in history, their sects have become top-tier major sects, and the sects they founded have turned into millennial aristocratic families!

Even the Founding Flame Emperor of the Great Flame Empire was a Martial Saint. Without unparalleled martial prowess, it would have been impossible for him to sweep away all opposition and become the Founding Emperor.

To most people, Martial Saints belong to the realm of legend. Are there Martial Saints in the present world? There certainly are, but they almost never involve themselves in worldly affairs and choose to live in seclusion, focusing on their cultivation.

And to achieve the status of a Martial Saint is as difficult as ascending to the heavens!

The most basic requirement is to open the twelve Heavenly Pulses and achieve the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, as well as reaching the realm of Five Qi towards the Yuan in the Sea of Consciousness.

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These are merely the basic conditions; the most important one is to possess and refine a Divine Seed!

By refining a Divine Seed, one will gain powerful ‘Divine Skills’ in Martial Arts that are beyond the imagination of ordinary martial artists, forge a Martial Saint’s body, and possess unmatched martial prowess, worthy of being called a Saint among martial artists!

To reach the limit of Innateness and refine a Divine Seed is to become a Martial Saint.

The former is achievable, as those who can cultivate to the realm of Three Flowers Gathering at the Top and Five Qi towards the Yuan are without exception the top experts of their time, dominating their own domain. Whether it be the royal family or various top sects and millennial families, there are indeed some of them.

But the Divine Seed is thousands of times, even tens of thousands of times rarer than Innate Qi. It is exceedingly hard to find in the world, making Martial Saints incredibly rare!

Within the shattered corpse of the Han Chi, the crystal that was revealed, although only the size of a fingertip, naturally made people deeply desire it, and it immediately brought to mind the Divine Seed!

“No wonder Chi Dragon Hall Master Han Chi chose to retreat from the Jianghu. Not only was he facing external pressure, but he also wanted to concentrate on refining this Divine Seed, aspiring to become a Martial Saint. But it seems he has failed… Not only has he perished, but thousands of Chi Dragon Hall disciples have perished with him!”

Bai Yunhe thought to himself, as the Deputy Sect Master of the East Cloud Sect, he was well-traveled and had seen many secret ancient scriptures. He knew very well that refining a Divine Seed was no easy feat.

Thousands of elite disciples and Innate Elders of the Chi Dragon Hall joined forces in some ritual, intending to aid Han Chi in refining the Divine Seed and achieve the status of a Martial Saint.

But the attempt ended in failure, and everyone involved lost their lives. The entire Chi Dragon Hall was frozen by the overflowing power of the Divine Seed, and over the years, it formed this unique spectacle.

“Divine Seed…”

Whether it was the disciples of the East Cloud Sect or Wind Sun Moon, their eyes could not help but show a burning desire for it.

The Divine Seed could potentially create a Martial Saint, a treasure that anybody would want to possess!

“What is that?”

Only Su Changkong seemed slightly puzzled. He had never heard of the Divine Seed, let alone knew its value.

“Those corpses of Innate martial artists… not a trace of energy within them!”

However, as Su Changkong’s gaze wandered, he noticed the forty or fifty ice sculptures sitting around the plaza. Without a doubt, these people were martial artists from the Chi Dragon Hall, but upon inspecting with his spiritual energy, Su Changkong found these corpses to be nothing more than decayed bodies, akin to rotten wood.

Su Changkong had seen the corpses of Innate martial artists before, like Old Man Qishi and Zheng Feisha. Even in death, their flesh did not decay, and one could distinctly feel a faint qi inside their bodies, the residual Innate Qi of Innate martial artists!

However, if Innate martial artists die and their bodies remain too long, the Innate Qi within them will return to the heavens and earth. Over many years, a complete strand of Innate Qi might form anew. The Innate Qi inside the bodies of the forty or fifty Chi Dragon Hall Innate martial artists from this plaza had long since dissipated and returned to the world.

Upon reflection, the reason that more than one strand of Innate Qi was suddenly discovered on Snow Abyss Mountain might be due to these Innate martial artists’ bodies returning their Innate Qi to the world, and over the long years, rebirthing new strands of Innate Qi.

Otherwise, the bodies of these forty or fifty Innate martial artists, being of great value, could be sold to the Evil Sects and Demon Gates that have the means to refine Innate Qi, surely fetching more than a single strand of Innate Qi!

“Divine Seed!”

The obese man Zhong Yue’s eyes blazed with an intense, greedy light. He flung himself without hesitation toward the ice-blue Divine Seed floating in the air.

As Zhong Yue’s palm clasped the Divine Seed, before he could feel joy, his expression changed. He felt an extreme cold emanating from the Seed. He quickly tried to fling it away, but it was already too late.

Whoosh!

From Zhong Yue’s hand, frost spread and ice crystals formed. In a breath’s time, he was frozen into an ice sculpture, with a trace of shock lingering in his eyes.

The ice-blue Divine Seed fell from Zhong Yue’s palm, landing atop the head of the ice crystal Chi Dragon sculpture, melding into it.

Something eerie happened.

“Huff!”

The body of the ice crystal Chi Dragon glowed, its eyes shimmering with a flicker of divine light. Then its massive body began to move, and its scales reflected the cold light—it seemed to come to life!

This scene, defying all logic, caused Bai Yunhe and the others to inadvertently step back several paces, bracing themselves with serious expressions.

“Is this the Divine Seed? Does it contain divine Martial Arts skills?” Wind Sun Moon looked up at the revived ice crystal Chi Dragon, equally in awe. Like others, he had only heard of the Divine Seed, seeing it for the first time.

“This is my fortune! If I obtain this Divine Seed, even if I can’t use it myself, handing it over to the Master of the Association could at least get me a high-tier Monster Core! Maybe the Master will even help me personally integrate and refine it!”

Wind Sun Moon’s eyes burned with passion.

“Is this something like Demon Art or Bloodline Divine Skills?”

Su Changkong too was shocked by the scene before him. In his understanding, only the Demon Monsters’ Demon Art and the great family’s Bloodline Divine Skills had such an obvious difference from Martial Arts—what exactly was the substance that entered the ice crystal Chi Dragon’s skull?

Both Deputy Sect Master Bai Yunhe of the East Cloud Sect and the mysterious and formidable Wind Sun Moon, who was wearing a dark red mask, appeared extremely eager to obtain it!

The members of the East Cloud Sect were heard discussing it in hushed tones, referring to it as a Divine Seed!

While everyone harbored their own thoughts, the Chi Dragon, possessed by the Divine Seed, had a trace of cold divinity in its eyes. It lifted a huge dragon claw and smacked at Zhong Yue, who had twice offended it before.

“Crack-crack-crack!”

As the dragon claw smashed down, amidst the explosive sounds of shattering, Zhong Yue’s body, frozen within the ice crystal, was hit and shattered into pieces, scattering across the ground.

“It’s the power remaining within the Divine Seed. I’ve heard the Divine Seed is difficult to tame, and that obtaining it is not so easy!”

Bai Yunhe murmured softly, his eyes filled with fervor.

To refine the Divine Seed, one must reach the realm of ‘Three Flowers Gathering at the Top,’ ‘Five Qi towards the Yuan,’ to be qualified for refining. Bai Yunhe was far from this realm, but to obtain a Divine Seed prematurely meant the chance to challenge the Martial Saint realm in the future. Which practitioner wouldn’t yearn for this world-dominating Martial Power?

To obtain the Divine Seed! Whether it was the mysterious martial artists like Wind Sun Moon or the innate martial artists from the East Cloud Sect like Bai Yunhe, an intense desire arose in their hearts—to get the Divine Seed!

Even if it could mean death!

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