Martial Ascent to Divinity

Zhu Shiji was stunned for a moment, looking at the numerous messages from Martial Faith, silent.

He stared at Zhou Leng’s profile picture on Martial Faith, pondering deeply, before shaking his head.

Then he went online to search for related videos.

He watched the blurry battle video, second by second, with a furrowed brow.

Even without injuries, even at his peak, he wasn’t as strong as the Martial Saint impersonating him in the video.

The video was directly sent by Martial City Army One and Middle-level Martial Saint Huang Xuan Pavilion.

Zhu Shiji received the video.

Zhu Shiji looked aged, but Huang Xuan Pavilion, dressed in a military outfit, appeared very young. If he wore sportswear, people might believe he was twenty-seven or twenty-eight.

Zhu Shiji’s eyes lit up, asking, "Have you advanced to Upper-Rank?"

Huang Xuan Pavilion smiled and said, "I directly used the Celestial Ladder Star and the Little Star Pill you gave me, so I turned misfortune into a blessing. But, you’re still going strong, have you broken through to Middle-Rank?"

Zhu Shiji awkwardly smiled, "Think carefully, can that person in the video really be me?"

As he spoke, he turned the camera, and outside, there was a vast ocean.

Huang Xuan Pavilion recalled in detail, "It’s really unlike you, the style is completely different. I assumed too much initially, which led me not to notice. Then... who could it be?"

"Zhou Leng," Zhu Shiji said.

Huang Xuan Pavilion chuckled speechlessly, "Even if he hasn’t become a Martial Saint, let alone a newly advanced one, it’s impossible for him to fight two Saints alone."

"I’m not saying it’s him, I’m saying it involves him. Unsurprisingly, he brought out the Blood of Tyranny," Zhu Shiji replied.

Huang Xuan Pavilion was silent for a moment, then said, "That’s probably it; I can’t think of any other possibility. However, Zhou Leng’s connections are indeed impressive, being able to summon the Blood of Tyranny. I heard he’s advanced to Upper-Rank?"

"Current intel suggests he acquired many drops of Ancient Beast Blood early on and advanced to Upper-Rank early. He’s aiming to become a Peak Martial Saint," Zhu Shiji said.

Huang Xuan Pavilion said, "If that’s the case, you should just stay home and pretend that it’s you."

"Wouldn’t that be like Li Kui meeting Li Gui, saying Li Gui is the real one?"

They both chuckled.

Zhu Shiji said, "How’s the final Ten Thousand Lamps plan coming?"

"Mostly completed; just waiting on time and execution," Huang Xuan Pavilion replied.

"Is Zhou Leng involved?"

"He’s in the first position."

"Who nominated him?"

"I did," Huang Xuan Pavilion said.

"Wasn’t it supposed to be you in first position?"

Huang Xuan Pavilion smiled, "The world always belongs to the young. We old ones shouldn’t block the young even when fleeing."

"You’re the new generation Martial Saint, while I’m the old one," Zhu Shiji said.

Huang Xuan Pavilion sighed, "It’s a pity. Originally, Xu Ming, Wang Boxiong, Chen Shouhu, Li Shenkong, and Zhang Xinglie... were all on this."

"Yes, sometimes it’s our own people who extinguish the lamp of thousands," Zhu Shiji replied.

"Never mind that. Ancient Beast Blood is scattered worldwide; it will take quite a while to fight for it. Please bear with the burden," Huang Xuan Pavilion said.

"I can still hold on," Zhu Shiji reassured.

"Don’t worry; the Martial Mansion is increasing efforts in collecting and purchasing Little Star Pill materials. Our injuries should slowly heal. By the way, do you know who’s doing the alchemy?"

"I only know it’s through Zhou Leng’s connections. I don’t know exactly who, but theoretically, it should be a Demigod Demon Spirit Master," Zhu Shiji answered.

Huang Xuan Pavilion remarked, "Zhou Leng’s connections are unrivaled in the Ten Realms."

While they chatted, bad news rolled in from Elephant Country.

One Martial Saint after another, either missing or killed.

After a few days, the people of Elephant Country discovered that the Martial Saints of Dragon Country went berserk, striking continuously in the Himalayas.

Originally, with only Zhu Shiji, the Martial Saints of Elephant Country were unafraid.

But the appearance of the one-armed Martial Saint, Lin Yingshun, incited panic among the Demon Worship Sect Martial Saints.

Lin Yingshun, due to severe injuries, remained at the level of a newly advanced Martial Saint.

Even though he was powerful, he was not taken seriously by the countries and demons.

Because according to the analysis of his injuries, Lin Yingshun’s strength had already begun to drastically decline.

In the eyes of many, Lin Yingshun was no match for even Zhu Shiji.

He bore the Great Annihilation Fist, but could only await death.

On the tenth day of the Ancient Beast Blood struggle, Lin Yingshun descended upon the Himalayas like a legendary figure, injuring multiple Elephant Country Martial Saints as a Middle-level Martial Saint.

Finally, with eleven strokes of the Great Annihilation Fist, he exchanged light injuries with light injuries, driving back Elephant Country’s Upper-Rank Martial Saint.

As a result, Elephant Country’s Martial Saints withdrew completely.

The Martial Saints causing trouble around Dragon Country also left one after another.

They found that Dragon Country’s strength had rapidly advanced recently.

Amidst the mountains of the Himalayas.

With a loud rumble, a large avalanche scattered, revealing a cave.

A figure ascended, flying out of the cave.

Zhou Leng looked around, in utter silence.

In these days, he had killed five Demigod Dream Spirit Masters of the Demon Worship Sect, seized two drops of Ancient Beast Blood, found one drop himself, and combined with the one from the Fierce Beast world, had obtained four drops.

Looking up at the sky, the five levels of the Ascension Divinity Ladder are still there.

The blood of ancient beasts from before has been divided into thousands of drops, and the Ten Realms’ demigods and Martial Saints, on average, can’t even get one drop each.

To have obtained four drops myself could already be considered good fortune.

Leaving the Himalayas, I sprint toward the eastern ocean.

Ten days have passed, the Dragon Country Martial Saints should have already searched through entire Dragon Country and now probably are searching around other parts of the world.

Arriving at the nearest city, connected to the Internet, Zhou Leng continued his journey while reading various news.

Lin Yingsoul built momentum slowly and advanced to Middle-Rank Martial Saint, sent a letter of gratitude.

Finally, he promised that he would never hesitate to go through fire and water whenever there’s a request.

Zhou Leng replied politely and then checked out the latest news and the Martial Saint intelligence shared by Zhu Shiji.

Lin Yingsoul advanced to Middle Rank, Huang Xuan Pavilion progressed to Upper Rank, boosting Dragon Country’s strength substantially, and all kinds of noise vanished, the network is full of uplifting news.

Zhu Shiji also suddenly became popular again.

The Internet started debating the ranking of Martial Saints once more.

Thus, Zhou Leng browsed through Martial Saint rankings on major websites, and finally went to see a video blogger specialized in "Martial Saint List" and "Gods List," known as the List God.

In this blogger’s ranking, Huang Xuan Pavilion moved up from nineteenth place to thirteenth on the Martial Saint list, the last among human Upper-Rank Martial Saints.

Zhu Shiji, due to having the record of defeating two Saints with his palms, jumped straight to thirty-ninth place on the Martial Saint list, ranked first among Lower Martial Saints.

Lin Yingsoul, with his real battle achievements of retreating Upper-Rank Martial Saints, surpasses all Middle-Rank Martial Saints, ranked fourteenth on the Martial Saint list, the first Middle-Rank Martial Saint.

And Song Juesi, due to his stunning battle record, ranks ninety-second on the Martial Saint list, the top new Martial Saint.

The first place among human Upper-Rank Martial Saints has always alternated between Li Tianyuan and Chen Shaohuang, and currently, Chen Shaohuang is first.

With the List God’s latest rankings, the whole world was thrown into chaos.

New entrants, Lower, Middle, and Upper first ranks, all dominated by Dragon Country.

Although the Martial Saint list is purely subjective ranking, every country places its nationals at the forefront, having Dragon Country take the first spot of all four listings is unprecedented.

Therefore, nations began chaotic wars, with many even diving into Dragon Country’s internal network to fight with the List God and his fans.

Just as Zhou Leng was enjoying the spectacle, he suddenly got caught in the fray himself.

There’s a very lively discussion recently on Martial Arts, titled "What do you think of someone suggesting Zhou Leng should be ranked last on the Martial Saint list?"

The discussion below had arguments from all sides.

Some believe Zhou Leng shouldn’t, others believe he should, and the debate was as messy as a pot of boiling porridge.

Among them, the List God’s comment received much approval.

"When I rank the Martial Saint list, I consider many factors: age, peak, injuries, martial arts, Martial Saint evaluations, etc., but the most important is combat. Combat is everything..."

"In my heart, Zhou Leng absolutely has the strength to be on the Martial Saint list, I feel at least one-third of new Martial Saints aren’t his match..."

"This is not just my opinion, many Grandmasters have said so, after all, his battle against Zhao Ritian was too dominant, practically crushing Zhao Ritian..."

"However, he ultimately hasn’t advanced to Martial Saint, so I can’t place him on the list. But once he advances, he will surely enter the top hundred, very likely behind Elder Song..."

"You have to know, Elder Song is the first Zhou supporter, even if you put Zhou Leng ahead of him, he would feel it deserved."

The majority support this viewpoint, but many oppose and don’t believe Zhou Leng could rank in the top hundred.

After reading, Zhou Leng shook his head, unexpectedly becoming a topic for virtual cricket fighting.

After reading the news, he chatted with Xu Qingjin, then checked messages from others.

Zhao Nandi, whom he hadn’t contacted for a long time, sent a message.

"Ancient River Sect Ruins have new discoveries, if you have time, don’t forget to translate it..."

"Some experts have had a brainstorm and believe these new ruins might be the Ancient River Sect’s main hall, far surpassing the one we entered last time..."

"You handle your things first, once there’s further news, I’ll contact you immediately."

"By the way, I’m in Rucheng, just finished a meal with Qing Jin, after which I’m heading back to Guhe Research Institute..."

Zhou Leng immediately browsed the Divine Script Ruins section on the Martial Arts City APP and found the newly excavated Ancient River Sect Ruins photos, translating all the Divine Texts.

He regularly used the World Instrument to contact the Little Elf Teacher for learning, already completed multiple Divine Text simulation exams, scoring either 100 or 99, preparing for the final exam.

His Divine Text ability has vastly improved since before.

It took only two hours to complete the translation of the majority.

A small portion involving Ancient River Sect Techniques and secrets wouldn’t be made public yet.

Five minutes after releasing, countless Divine Text experts flooded the comments.

"YYDS, the eternal god of the Divine Text realm!" an old expert said, using a decades-old internet slang.

"Hahaha... Not choosing Ancient River Sect research direction was indeed correct, choose and you’re doomed, Leng God raises a hand and academia collapses."

"Everyone’s experienced now, relevant fields just wait for Leng God to feed them. Here, the meal is delivered, truly delicious!"

"I guess someone messaged Leng God, preparing for Ascension to Divinity, received news, used lunch break to complete all translation work."

"The above comment is so vivid, using lunch break to solve an engineering workload that the entire Divine Text realm couldn’t finish in a hundred years..."

Suddenly, Zhu Shiji shared Martial Saint intelligence.

"Blood of Tyranny entered Demon Purgatory, discovered by the Eye of Omniscience. Demon Purgatory Lord dispatched five Upper-Rank Demigods for pursuit, four died, one escaped. Not surprisingly, Peak Demigods have been mobilized."

"Intelligence indicates Blood of Tyranny seized three drops of ancient beast blood in Demon Purgatory."

???

Is the senior brother this fierce?

Knowledgeable that the Eye of Omniscience was watching, yet still dared to enter Demon Purgatory, and successfully snatched from the tiger’s mouth.