Great Li Martial God

The Director of the Great Li Hidden Intelligence Bureau kept his eyes closed and said nothing. Even battered and covered in wounds from the Old Ancestor's treatment of him, he paid no attention whatsoever to the man's questions.

At the sight, a glint of killing intent surfaced in the Old Ancestor's eyes, but he did not move to finish the man. He only narrowed his gaze and said, "This old one has heard that before the three Martial Gods of the martial world advanced to the Transcendent Realm, all of them visited a place called the Heavenly Martial Abyss, and after returning from there each stepped to the very pinnacle of the martial path."

"Previously, this old one learned from the emperor that the Yuanwu Emperor appears to possess a method for entering the Heavenly Martial Abyss. This old one has no need for you to hand over that method."

"After all, the Yuanwu Emperor would never share something like that with a subordinate like you. This old one only wants to know whether any of this is true."

For a supreme expert of the Old Ancestor's level, the greatest obsession of his life was the Transcendent Realm.

Yet despite his martial cultivation being nearly unrivaled across the entire Great Xuan martial world, he always felt the Transcendent Realm was still impossibly far away.

He had long since abandoned all hope of reaching it in this lifetime, but after obtaining the Longevity Scripture, the ambition had ignited within him once more.

And beyond that, if he could reach the Transcendent Realm, the Life and Death Talisman Li Musheng had planted in him would cease to hold any power. He would no longer be at another person's mercy, and could reclaim his dignity.

As for how to become a Martial God, looking at the entire history of the martial world, there was a little-known piece of lore: it almost always required a certain catalyst.