Chapter 798: The Secret Behind (2)

Translator: Henyee Translations | Editor: Henyee Translations

“It’s the same for the Martial Emperor. He already knew this secret before he reached the ninth realm. He had been studying and preparing for the calamity that the ninth realm would face a long time ago. At that time, my brother and 1 were helping with the research. And in our research, we have made a major discovery!”

Yan Huagu’s expression immediately became solemn. “In the Xuanwu Era before the Great Martial Era, the Martial Suppression Era before the Xuanwu Era, and even the previous eras, the ninth realm of martial arts under these eras actually did not die.

“These ninth realm martial artists have all chosen the same method to deal with the calamity of the ninth realm. That is… to seal themselves! Although the ninth realm of the Martial Dao is not the true end of the Martial Dao, it is the end of life.

“After reaching the ninth realm, there are actually only two situations. It’s either to die in the calamity, or you can survive the calamity and become a Martial God. But up until now, there has never been a Martial God on the Tianwu Continent. Therefore, to a certain extent, it is equivalent to reaching the end of one’s life after reaching the ninth realm.”

Xiao Shi nodded in agreement. It was indeed as the other party had said. Now that no one could survive the calamity,

The ninth realm of the Martial Dao was the end of one’s life. After all, even the first Martial Progenitor to reach the ninth realm could not survive the calamity of the ninth realm and become a Martial God.

But even so, all the demigods were still tirelessly trying to break through to the ninth realm. Even if they knew that the ninth realm of martial arts would face a calamity, no one would think of staying as a demigod and not breaking through.

Because as one’s realm increased, especially when it came to demigods, there would be an indescribable pursuit and fanaticism for the ninth realm of the Martial Dao.

This kind of pursuit was different from the pursuit of being ambitious and determined to become the number one martial artist. It was not so much a pursuit, but more like an instinct!

Just like how one needed to eat when they were hungry and sleep when they were sleepy, it had already become an instinct that could not be disobeyed. In other realms of martial arts, one could choose to lie flat and not break through to a higher realm.

However, it was impossible in the demigod realm! As long as one became a demigod, they would definitely attempt to break through to the ninth realm. Even if there was a bottomless abyss ahead, even if the price of failure was their souls dissipating, they would not hesitate. This was an instinct that they could not disobey.

Although they could not violate it, people like the Martial Emperor, who knew in advance that there would be a calamity at the ninth realm, could make preparations in advance.

“So the Martial Emperor also chose to seal himself like the ninth realm of the Martial Dao in other eras?”

Xiao Shi had a guess.

However, Yan Huagu shook his head. “No. The Martial Emperor didn’t choose to seal himself. He feels that this method of sealing himself is only treating the symptoms and not the root cause. It’s actually no different from death.

“Once these ninth realm martial artists wake up from the seal, they will similarly face a calamity that can’t be avoided. The benefit of sealing oneself is that as time passes, if a Martial God is successfully born in the Tianwu Continent in the future, there might not be a calamity when they undo the seal.

“After all, only one Martial God can be born in the world! If the Tianwu Continent has already given birth to a Martial God in tens of thousands or millions of years, they can survive after removing the seal. It’s like putting your hopes on the future.”

Xiao Shi was enlightened. This also meant that… those who chose to seal themselves in the ninth realm of the Martial Dao had basically given up on advancing to the Martial God realm. They only wanted to survive.

It was normal to have such a mentality. They knew that they could not survive the calamity, so they chose to seal themselves. They knew that he would definitely die, so naturally, there would not be people with iron heads who wanted to break through to the Martial God Realm.

Not to mention these ninth realm martial artists, even the Martial Progenitor chose to stay at the ninth realm after failing to break through to the Martial God Realm. It was all to survive.

A demigod would still have an indomitable instinct to pursue the ninth realm. However, at the ninth realm of the Martial Dao, he was more free and obedient.

“With the Martial Emperor’s personality, he would rather die than live like this. What he wants in this life is to become the only Martial God in the world. It’s just that no matter how much we study it, we can’t find a way to resolve the calamity.

“Although the Martial Emperor has been constantly suppressing his cultivation, he still broke through to the ninth realm not long ago. It was also at this time that the Great Wu Empire was established.”

Xiao Shi nodded. The calamity of the ninth realm of the Martial Dao would not immediately arrive the moment he broke through to the ninth realm. There were still hundreds of years in between.

However, for the ninth realm of the Martial Dao that had a long lifespan, these hundreds of years passed in the blink of an eye. No one would be satisfied with only a few hundred years of life left.

“In fact, the Martial Emperor established the Great Wu Empire mainly to resist the calamity. This is because the fate of an empire will also be of greater use in resisting the calamity. The stronger the empire, the more fate it has, and the greater its use.

“Therefore, the first thing the Martial Emperor did after reaching the ninth realm was to do his best to develop the Great Wu Empire so that he could accumulate the most luck before the calamity arrived. At that time, the Great Wu Empire was at its strongest.”

Although Xiao Shi had never seen the Great Wu Empire at its strongest, he also knew that the Great Wu Empire at that time was far from what he had seen in the future.

Only a few hundred years had passed since then. It was hard to imagine that a huge and powerful dynasty had completely disappeared from the Tianwu Continent in just a few hundred years.

What Xiao Shi was curious about now was, how did the Martial Emperor deal with the calamity in the end? Judging from the results, the Martial Emperor had clearly failed. He did not survive the calamity.

However, Yan Huagu said that the Martial Emperor was not dead. This greatly puzzled Xiao Shi.

“Not long after the establishment of the Great Wu Empire, something strange happened. My brother died for no reason!” Yan Huagu said in a deep voice.

Xiao Shi was shocked. That period was different from the current chaotic world. At that time, the Great Wu Empire was at its strongest. Who could kill this prince? Who dared to kill this prince!

Such a death was indeed a little unusual.

“Although Brother was only a Daolord back then and didn’t become a demigod, it’s impossible for any of the demigods in the present world to dare kill him. With his strength, it’s impossible for Daolord to kill him. This matter caused an incomparably huge commotion in the entire Great Wu Empire.

“But even if the Martial Emperor investigated personally, he couldn’t find any information. This matter made me extremely angry. At the same time, 1 felt a huge sense of danger. I can feel that there must be a huge secret behind my brother’s death. But no matter how I investigate, 1 can’t find any clues.

“And the sense of danger in my heart is getting stronger and stronger. 1 have a premonition that if I don’t figure out the reason for my brother’s death, the next person to die will be me. Just as I was at my wits’ end, a mysterious faction appeared in the Tianwu Continent. This faction called itself the ‘Heavenly Mystery Palace’ and claimed to be able to see through all heavenly secrets.

“I was already at my wits’ end. With the intention of making a Hail Mary effort, 1 found the Palace Master and asked him to help me find the mastermind behind my brother’s death through the prying of the heavenly secrets.

“The Palace Master promised me that after he investigated the heavenly secrets, he told me that the mastermind who killed my brother was the Martial Emperor!”