One Year of Qi Refinement—Terrifying Beyond Measure?

Outside the mirror, everyone's expressions changed slightly.

"Heavenly Emperor's cultivation began from this very moment, didn't it?"

"So that means Heavenly Emperor embarked on the path of cultivation—and even became an unparalleled great devil—because of what Emperor Jiang gave him? Because of this cultivation art?!"

A cultivator spoke up.

These words immediately drew everyone's gazes toward Jiang Minghuang.

Jiang Minghuang looked somewhat embarrassed, but he quickly shook his head in explanation. "That is not the case."

"The cultivation system he followed after becoming an emperor was not the one established in this cultivation art, but an alternative system."

"Besides, this is merely the most common Qi Refining Art. When I saw him again a year later, his Divine Meridians had already shattered, and even his Dao Palace had been destroyed!"

The gathered cultivators' expressions shifted slightly.

This world was exceptionally vast and majestic, and thus its cultivation systems were immensely varied.

Yet what they ultimately pursued was longevity.

That step was known as immortality. Beyond that came the Great Emperor realm!

At present, the most mainstream cultivation system consisted of Qi Refinement, Spirit Condensation, Palace Forging, Great Ability, Half-Saint, Saint King, Supreme, Quasi-Emperor, and Great Emperor.

Within this system, a cultivator's foundation lay in their Divine Meridians and Dao Palace!

A year later, Heavenly Emperor's Divine Meridians would shatter and his Dao Palace be destroyed?

This truly astonished everyone.

After all, it was already known that this Heavenly Emperor had not taken the path of the sword, nor had he followed even the most mainstream cultivation system.

So what system had he cultivated?

And he had somehow cultivated it all the way to become the most breathtakingly gifted Great Emperor in history, crushing countless Great Emperor-level existences?!

For a time, the gathered experts grew increasingly curious about Heavenly Emperor's past.

After all, this was a cultivation method capable of producing a Great Emperor. For anyone present who had reached this stage, advancing even the slightest bit was incomparably difficult. Naturally, Heavenly Emperor's cultivation system held an unimaginable allure for them.

Within the mirror.

Gu Changqing began cultivating.

Whether it was to protect his younger sister, or for that Blood Feud.

He knew that he had to become a cultivator—a supremely powerful cultivator!

Watching Gu Changqing sit solemnly atop a large boulder and open that Qi Refining Art, the people outside the mirror could not help revealing curious expressions.

They dearly wished to see how long this Heavenly Emperor, who had single-handedly oppressed all living beings until they could not lift their heads, would take to learn the entry-level cultivation art of this most mainstream cultivation system.

"The greatest taboo in cultivation is not lacking a cultivation art, but having no one to guide you. This old man was untalented; with no one to teach me back then, it took me thirty years to step into the Qi Refinement realm."

At that moment, someone spoke.

He clearly intended to compare himself with Heavenly Emperor.

"Thirty years?"

Quite a few people gasped at those words.

Worthy indeed of someone who had become a Quasi-Emperor. Without anyone's guidance, he had entered the path of cultivation in only thirty years.

One must know that although mortals and cultivators were separated by only a single threshold, that threshold was a chasm beyond the heavens!

The other astonishingly gifted prodigies immediately became fired up as well.

"Thirty years? No one taught this old man either, yet I only needed twenty years."

"Hehe, I only needed ten."

Ye Chen listened coldly to these voices. Then, without warning, he casually added, "No one taught me either. Mere Qi Refinement took me only one year."

"One year?"

The entire place fell silent. The old monsters who had just spoken trembled all over, standing dumbfounded as their cheeks flushed red.

"Who would have thought there could be such a prodigy beneath heaven and earth."

"Emperor Ye is truly astonishingly gifted."

"Yes, yes! Worthy indeed of being the number one prodigy of this era!"

Everyone was stunned!

Listening to the flattering voices around him, Ye Chen's lips curled up faintly.

In truth, he had never lacked such praise.

Because from the moment he began cultivating, cultivation arts, fortuitous opportunities, magical treasures—every opportunity that cultivators burned with desire for—would always inexplicably find its way to him.

His cultivation speed was terrifyingly fast.

That was precisely why, when it came to cultivation speed, he claimed he was inferior to no one.

"Still, the path of cultivation is indeed arduous. The Young Heavenly Emperor was born in the mortal world; he probably does not even recognize Dao scripts. I imagine he has not even entered the Qi Refining realm."

"After all, Emperor Jiang also said that when he met the Heavenly Emperor again a year later, his Divine Meridians and Dao Palace would all have been destroyed!"

Ye Chen spoke with great confidence.

He was confident that in this world, within a single year, there could never be a second person like him who had stepped onto the path of cultivation.

"Emperor Ye's words are reasonable."

"That's right, that's right. If the Heavenly Emperor were to follow the path of the sword, he would naturally surpass us by far. But when it comes to this world's mainstream cultivation... heh heh."

The crowd discussed it heatedly.

But just then—

A tremendous boom suddenly rang out from within the mirror.

Everyone looked toward the sound, and expressions of horror rose onto their faces at an astonishing speed.

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After dissolving Cao Yuwei's attack this time, Mei Gongzi did not rush to counterattack. She simply stood where she was.

Cao Yuwei's brows drew together slightly. Was this little girl's perception truly so keen? After he had clad himself in flame armor, he still had other methods at his disposal. If Mei Gongzi had followed up with an attack, he was confident he could use those methods to restrain her. Please download the app for the latest chapter content, free to read. But Mei Gongzi had not stepped forward, forcing the ability he had been ready to unleash to be interrupted.

His battle blade slashed out once more, its fierce blade intent several degrees stronger than before. Cao Yuwei moved with the blade, man and weapon becoming one as he charged straight at Mei Gongzi.

The Heavenly Secret Plume in Mei Gongzi's hand formed another Heavenly Mysterious Circle, and with an instant displacement, she switched positions. While dissolving her opponent's attack, she also broke his lock-on. In the next instant, she was already on the other side. A flash of golden-red light passed over Cao Yuwei's body. Had she not dodged so swiftly, another ability would undoubtedly have descended upon her.

A battle of attrition! She seemed determined to wear Cao Yuwei down.

Yet no one questioned where such an ability came from. After all, the Peacock Demon Race's greatest innate gift was Stellar Transposition. Her technique possessed the same wondrous effect through a different path.

After dissolving Cao Yuwei's attack this time, Mei Gongzi did not rush to counterattack. She simply stood where she was.

Cao Yuwei's brows drew together slightly. Was this little girl's perception truly so keen? After he had clad himself in flame armor, he still had other methods at his disposal. If Mei Gongzi had followed up with an attack, he was confident he could use those methods to restrain her. But Mei Gongzi had not stepped forward, forcing the ability he had been ready to unleash to be interrupted.

His battle blade slashed out once more, its fierce blade intent several degrees stronger than before. Cao Yuwei moved with the blade, man and weapon becoming one as he charged straight at Mei Gongzi.

The Heavenly Secret Plume in Mei Gongzi's hand formed another Heavenly Mysterious Circle, and with an instant displacement, she switched positions. While dissolving her opponent's attack, she also broke his lock-on. In the next instant, she was already on the other side. A flash of golden-red light passed over Cao Yuwei's body. Had she not dodged so swiftly, another ability would undoubtedly have descended upon her.

A battle of attrition! She seemed determined to wear Cao Yuwei down.