The savage had kept silent until he spoke, and when he did, he stunned the world.
A white triangular orb had merely appeared in his hand. They had not even begun the real battle, yet the heavens and earth had already begun to show strange signs. Black clouds churned across the sky, while the water elements in every direction were driven away. Wherever that spiritual energy reached, plants withered and flowers fell. Small animals with weak vitality had their life force instantly stripped away, dying in a sudden disaster brought on by man.
One thought gave birth; one thought brought death. This was the might of Withered-Prosperity.
The seven realms of martial artists were Empty Valley, High Mountain, Idle Cloud, Withered-Prosperity, Starry Sky, Divine Wanderer, and Dragon Slayer.
Empty Valley was the foundation, while High Mountain was the first step. Reaching Idle Cloud already meant possessing outstanding talent and extraordinary strength. Withered-Prosperity experts were even rarer. They were either great generals guarding a region or the heads and backbones of the great lineages. Take Lu Xingkong of the Lu family, for example. He had used his Withered-Prosperity cultivation to support the wealth and ambitions of a huge family. Anyone who opposed the Lu family would inevitably feel apprehension and fear upon remembering that a Withered-Prosperity expert stood guard over it.
The reason the Song family of the Xifeng Empire had stood firm for ten million years without falling was that every generation produced Starry Sky Experts. For this very reason, even the imperial family wanted to marry into the Song family, binding it firmly to their own interest-driven chariot.
Martial artists who reached the Withered-Prosperity Realm were highly respected throughout the entire nation. Even the imperial family would do everything in its power to win over such experts. None of