"Is the Martial Emperor Realm the highest realm of martial arts? If not, then what realm comes after Martial Emperor, and how does one break through?!"
The moment Chen An's words fell, the pavilion fell silent!
Shen Qinglan sat quietly to one side, her originally tranquil expression tightening slightly as even her breathing unconsciously softened.
Everything she had known since childhood told her that Martial Emperor was the pinnacle of martial arts on the Azure Origin Continent, an existence said to stand at the very summit of Azure Origin's martial path.
She had never once considered what realms might exist above Martial Emperor.
It was not that she had not thought of it, but that she had not dared to.
Not to mention Martial Emperor—given her Earth-grade martial bones, she might not even reach the Grandmaster Realm in her lifetime.
Martial bone aptitude represented a martial artist's potential. This was no empty saying, but an iron law verified by countless trillions of martial artists.
With Earth-grade martial bones, unless one encountered a heaven-defying opportunity, one's lifelong limit would usually stop at the Innate Realm. Those fortunate enough to brush against the threshold of the Grandmaster Realm were already as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns. To take even half a step further was harder than ascending to heaven.
Chen An was already a Martial Emperor. Otherwise, if anyone else had asked such a question in public, they would only have been deemed delusional, lost in wild fantasy, and become the laughingstock of all.
After hearing Chen An's words, the smiles on Cang Wanli and Xuan Zhantian's faces gradually faded, replaced by complicated expressions.
Cang Wanli sighed, then looked at Chen An. "To ordinary martial artists, Martial Emperor truly is the end of the martial path!"
"Yet the Dao has