Martial Ascent to Divinity

The Celestial Sword clasped his fists, bent down and bowed deeply, saying: "Junior Celestial Sword, greets Senior Blood of Tyranny."

Blood of Tyranny said indifferently, "You’re looking for Zhou Leng, I can’t be bothered. Should you harm his friends and family, I will destroy your Demon Cult entirely."

The Celestial Sword slightly lowered his head and said, "Senior, rest assured, I am merely here because I cannot find Zhou Leng and came to the school where he resides, I will not harm the innocent. After all, I am an upper-rank demigod."

"Hmm." Blood of Tyranny snorted lightly, taking Huang and walking away.

Midway, Huang turned his head and glanced at the back of the Celestial Sword, baring his teeth and growling a few curses.

"Have you also not seen Zhou Leng for many days?" Blood of Tyranny asked.

Huang whimpered softly twice.

Blood of Tyranny reached out to stroke Huang’s head, strolling slowly with Ruda.

Occasionally, he would hear people discussing Zhou Leng, but they all called him Martial Saint Zhou.

On the vast ancient path, atop Dragon Slaying Mountain.

Zhou Leng resolutely chose the advanced gate, breaking through one battlefield after another.

Constantly battling, constantly cultivating.

A fight with a cosmic-level talent was nearly equivalent to battling a year in the Ten Realms War.

Various types of giant dragons and powerful alien races, like an encyclopedia of combat, became nourishment for growth.

After defeating a group of upper-rank giant dragons, Zhou Leng sat breathlessly on the ground, about to channel his energy to heal, but stopped.

Ahead, there was no appearing light gate as before.

The battlefield cracked open, revealing a grayish-white staircase in the middle.

On the steps, scenes were magnificent, divine light radiated.

Atop Dragon Slaying Mountain.

Zhou Leng smiled slightly, stepping forward.

Treading the steps, he ascended Dragon Slaying Mountain’s peak, entering the Land of Radiance.

Ahead, a gigantic curtain of light appeared, at the top of which a Divine Text revolved slowly.

The Dragon Slaying List.

In the top five of the list, five giants stood, tied for first place.

From sixth to ninety-eighth on the list, tied for second, Zhou Leng ranked ninety-eighth.

From ninety-ninth onward, tied for third.

Zhou Leng saw such tied rankings for the first time, but thinking about it, considering the number of trial takers, even with tens of thousands in the final trial, it seemed normal.

The familiar voice of the Starry Giant resonated again.

"Very good, trial taker. As the second place on this vast ancient path, you can receive a list from which you may select one first-grade, two second-grade, or five third-grade rewards."

"Thank you, Senior." Zhou Leng courteously thanked him.

A curtain of light then appeared before him.

Written with Divine Text, it displayed a large list of rewards.

Zhou Leng did not bother with the second or third grades, only looking at the first-grade rewards.

"Sky-Devouring Void Technique"

The Giant Heavenly Pillar.

Wings of the Dragon God.

The Great Sun Star Pill.

...

Many rewards were gray, indicating they were unattainable.

Seeing this, Zhou Leng understood he belonged to an Elementary Civilization; smuggling in transactions with others was feasible, but at such a time, it was impossible to act recklessly.

He sighed softly after glancing once more.

Among the first-grade rewards were many complete Void God cultivation techniques and even a few ordinary True God techniques.

But unfortunately, under the shackles of civilization, they appeared all gray.

Without a cultivation technique, from previous experience, the best item should be the Golden Crystal.

Improving Clan Divine Power, maximizing benefits.

However, there were no Golden Crystals in the grand trial of the Giant Race.

Even searching among the second and third grades yielded none.

Without cultivation techniques to choose, and having a weapon already, the first choice would be enhancing one’s own power, next to choose armor type.

Thus, Zhou Leng sought specifically for Divine Techniques, bloodlines, and special rituals that could enhance power.

Even though these were only rewards for demigods, being of cosmic clans, the number of rewards was vast.

Zhou Leng, having used his fastest speed, still took three days and nights to select ten suitable powers for himself.

After further screening, only three remained.

One was a top-tier Divine Technique of the Giant Race, called the "Myriad Form Body."

Unlike those that would make one become extremely gigantic using giant Divine Techniques, this body type retained its original size.

The power was equally formidable, with cultivation to the extreme able to easily devour stars.

Purely in terms of destructive power, this Divine Technique was the strongest, importantly it could integrate with Martial Arts power.

Another was a universal clan Divine Technique, named "Great Star Patrol."

In terms of power, this technique was slightly weaker than the Myriad Form Body.

However, Zhou Leng now possessed the starry Divine Technique "Son of the Starry Sky," along with the Martial Body and Undying Star Body, including the Moon Wheel Profound Body, East Monarch Light Body, and Light Chasing Body, etc.

This Great Star Patrol not only did not conflict with these powers, but instead complemented them.

Currently, his starry true energy was sufficient, but only just sufficient; meeting a truly formidable enemy would surely deplete it.

Yet acquiring the Great Star Patrol would allow for more Star Power absorption, more conversion into starry true energy, possibly even causing multiple power overlaps, hastening his process of star transformation.

Star transformation is the foundation for Ascending to Void God.

Only when the body achieves star transformation can one truly stand eternally among the stars, the sun remaining bright.

More importantly, while Great Star Patrol was not outstanding, post-upgrade, the Divine Technique transforms into "Ancient Star Sovereign," an exceptionally powerful star-type Divine Technique, ranking in the top ten within the same Realm.

It’s not just suitable for Martial Artists but is one of the best Divine Techniques for the Undying Star Body.

Zhou Leng had personally experienced the advancement from Starry Nomad to Son of the Starry Sky and knew all too well the vast difference after promotion.

While not to the level of a nation’s prince, Son of the Starry Sky could at least be considered a high-ranked official.

Comparing Son of the Starry Sky, Starry Nomad barely qualified as a street urchin.

The status of Ancient Star Sovereign surpassed even the Son of the Starry Sky, which might also belong to one of the upper-rank Divine Techniques of Son of the Starry Sky.

If he acquired the Great Star Patrol and then coupled it with various gains from the Ascension Divinity Ladder, there was a high chance to obtain Ancient Star Sovereign.

Acquiring Ancient Star Sovereign would elevate one’s life foundation to a celestial level, stepping beyond "celestial talent" to a genuine Divine Son.

The third was a well-known bloodline marrow in the universe, called "Eight-faced Heavenly Turtle."

If the bloodline compatibility was high, absorption would grant this bloodline’s power.

If the compatibility was not high, it would still significantly enhance the body.

Notably, bloodline marrow was generally suitable for Void God level use, with any mishaps potentially eroding one’s bloodline; the Eight-faced Heavenly Turtle was the gentlest bloodline marrow Zhou Leng could use.

Essentially, the Eight-faced Heavenly Turtle bloodline would not result in any mishaps, continuously enhancing the individual after use.

Aside from these three rewards, others were not necessarily bad; many simply were not suitable.

Many powers would mutate the human body after use, inevitably causing Martial Arts deformation.

Zhou Leng compared all three in his heart.

The Myriad Form Body was fierce, the Eight-faced Heavenly Turtle bloodline was stable, the Great Star Patrol was slightly weaker but held unlimited potential.

Soon, Zhou Leng chose the Great Star Patrol.

At the moment of making the choice, the previously white mountain top turned pitch black.

A gigantic star descended from high above, seemingly carrying the power of an entire stellar system, dragging a vast tail of starry flame, thundering straight down.

The closer it got, the smaller the star became until finally, it transformed into a mass of divine radiance, crashing into Zhou Leng’s body.

Zhou Leng let out a muffled groan, fainting away.