Global Martial Arts

"By the way, the story in your world is officially kicking off. Great martial sects like the True Martial Sect, the Profound Heaven Sect, the Sword Washing Pavilion, the Flower-Washing Sword Sect, the Azure Star Sect, and the Great River Gang accepted the Shaolin Temple's invitation and sent their young disciples there to discuss martial arts. After this gathering, Meng Qi, Jiang Zhiwei, Zhang Yuanshan, and the others will be dragged into the Six Reincarnation Space by the Lord of the Six Paths of Reincarnation."

"What are you planning to do? Sit back and watch?"

Cao Ya from [Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils] asked thoughtfully.

Cao Ya from [The Masters of This World] smiled bitterly. "What else can I do?"

Every Lord of the Six Paths of Reincarnation was a mighty being at the Legendary realm or above. Their ranks even included the Demon Buddha, a heavyweight of the Other Shore.

He was only at the outer scenery seventh heaven. If he dared meddle in their affairs, wouldn't he be courting death?

Forget outer scenery-even someone with a dharmakaya would be walking straight into their grave!

Even if those mighty beings were all sealed away and could only let a little of their power seep out.

A mere sliver of a mighty being's power would still land on a low- or mid-level cultivator like an entire mountain!

Cao Ya from [Detective Conan] deliberately stroked his chin. "You could stay active and attract the Lord of the Six Paths of Reincarnation's attention. What if one of those mighty beings notices an ant like you?"

"And then I fight tooth and nail for the Lord of the Six Paths of Reincarnation? Some mighty being might even set their sights on me and choose me as a vessel for their return," Cao Ya from [The Masters of This World] said indignantly. "Fuck, you guys spend every day trying to screw me over! That's rotten of you. You're all me, too!"

He was heartbroken.

In the eyes of mighty beings at the Legendary realm or above, a mere outer scenery seventh heaven cultivator truly was no different from an ant.

"Enough joking," Cao Ya from [Mysterious Revival] said calmly. "Choosing to enter the Six Reincarnation Space isn't entirely bad. At least... with merit points, you can exchange them for divine arts, supreme techniques, treasure weapons, and divine weapons."

"What would I want those things for?" Cao Ya from [The Masters of This World] asked in surprise.

Divine arts and supreme techniques?

He already had one of the Shaolin Temple's supreme dharmakaya techniques-the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art. That was enough to cultivate all the way to the dharmakaya realm.

Besides, the Shaolin Temple also possessed the legacy of the third move of the Tathagata Divine Palm. That was a supreme technique from a Dao Fruit being, a colossal heavyweight who stood above even the Other Shore!

Did he look like someone short on divine arts and supreme techniques?

Treasure weapons? Divine weapons?

After cultivating the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art, his flesh would rival treasure weapons. Once he attained the immovable wisdom king dharmakaya, he could even catch ordinary divine weapons with his bare hands!

His need for weapons was minimal, too.

Top-tier divine weapons at the Legendary or Creation level, or peerless divine weapons at the Other Shore level, were beyond anything he could dream of obtaining.

Besides, the Shaolin Temple was, after all, a great martial sect in the Real World of [The Masters of This World]. With his status and strength, his impeccable background, and his position as the second-ranked member of the Xuan generation... if he really wanted a treasure weapon, or even an ordinary divine weapon, he could obtain one through the Shaolin Temple's proper channels. Why risk his life fighting tooth and nail in the Six Reincarnation Space?

Was he an idiot?

Staying beneath the notice of all those heavyweights, quietly growing stronger, then emerging one day to dazzle past and present-that was what he sought.

Cao Ya from [Mysterious Revival] said no more. Indeed, Cao Ya from [The Masters of This World] had the better idea.

In a colossal world like [The Masters of This World], caution came first.

Take risks?

There was no need.

They were all the same person anyway. If any one of them improved, once he entered the System Space, the others could touch him and gain the same improvement.

Cao Ya from [Detective Conan] fell silent for a moment, seemingly pondering something. Suddenly, he lowered his voice. "Hmm, if a heavyweight from some colossal world comes straight in later... wouldn't we spiral right into ascension on the spot?!"

The seven Cao Yas rolled their eyes, not bothering to respond.

Always dreaming of everything falling into your lap, huh?

Cao Ya from [Detective Conan] shrugged.

Well, you've got to keep a little hope alive.

[Global Martial Arts].

Magic City Martial Arts University.

Cao Ya woke up and sat on his bed, turning to look out the window. The sun shone brilliantly.

Various excited voices drifted faintly through the air.

"We won!"

"The first national martial arts university freshman exchange tournament has concluded! Magic City Martial Arts University takes the championship!"

Realization dawned on Cao Ya. The freshman exchange tournament was already over, and Magic Martial University had lived up to expectations by taking the crown.

He hadn't followed it, even though the participating students included Fang Ping and the others.

How strong could freshmen possibly be?

They could talk once they reached seventh rank.

Although he himself was only sixth rank.

"But that was before." Cao Ya couldn't help breaking into a radiant smile. After today, he would be an eighth-rank golden body realm martial artist!

In the world of [Global Martial Arts], the martial arts cultivation system was divided into first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth ranks.

Seventh-rank martial artists were called Grandmasters or Commanders. Eighth rank was the golden body realm, whose practitioners were called Venerables. Ninth-rank martial artists were Great Grandmasters, also known as False Gods or False Kings, and belonged to the origin realm.

Above ninth rank, the current term was Absolute Peak, though it should actually be called true god level.

Then came emperor level, saint level, and heavenly king level.

Heavenly Kings were also divided into several levels: break six, break-seven, and break eight. Break-nine counted as neither Heavenly King nor Emperor, but rather False Emperor or Quasi-Emperor.

Finally, of course, came the Nine Origin Emperors and the Four Supreme Path Heavenly Emperors!

In the world of [Global Martial Arts], excluding the Seed, the Heavenly Emperor and the Yang God had the greatest combat strength. The War Heavenly Emperor, one of the Four Supreme Path Heavenly Emperors, had originally belonged to that highest tier as well. Unfortunately, he had died. Although he had a reincarnation, Wang Jinyang, they were ultimately no longer the same person.

Cao Ya sighed softly at the thought.

The eighth-rank golden body realm really didn't amount to much.

There were far too many realms beyond it, and far too many powerful experts.

Even if most of the experts at emperor level and above were asleep and had yet to awaken.

Still... every Absolute Peak on this planet and every True King in the Catacombs was a true god level existence!

Of course, a few of them concealed their cultivation and were beyond true god level.

Zhang Tao, for instance, was an Absolute Peak on the surface but actually at emperor level.

Some True Kings in the Catacombs were also concealed emperor-level experts, such as the Fate King, the Heavenly Demon King, and the King of Ten Thousand Demons.

But none of those amounted to much.

The Heaven-Suppressing King of Star Suppressing City and the leader of the Catacomb Divine Religion-fuck, they were Heavenly Kings, Heavenly Kings of Breaking Eight at that, yet they insisted on posing as Absolute Peaks and True Kings... shameless bastards, every one of them a scheming old fox!

"Hmm, with help from so many other versions of me... I'll be able to intervene in the grand struggle when heaven and earth undergo their upheaval!"

Cao Ya rubbed both brow bones, got out of bed, dressed, washed up, and went outside.

On the Magic City Martial Arts University campus, the students were excitedly discussing their victory in the freshman exchange tournament.

The teachers were quite pleased as well.

It showed that Magic City Martial Arts University had excellent incoming students and high-quality teaching!

Besides, having taken first place, Magic City Martial Arts University would receive the largest share of resources in the subsequent allocation.

All in all, it was wonderful news!

As for receiving the most resources meaning shouldering the greatest responsibility... when had Magic City Martial Arts University ever shirked its responsibilities?

Amid such a celebratory atmosphere, the gloomy-faced Cao Ya looked a little out of place.

"Who are you pulling that long face for?" a female teacher asked, eyeing Cao Ya with displeasure.

"Teacher Lu Fengrou." Cao Ya greeted her, adjusted his emotions, and regained his composure.

He didn't mention his worries.

Telling Lu Fengrou about these things would do no good.

As a Heavenly King of Breaking Eight, how could the Heaven-Suppressing King not know about them?

Yet certain concerns had kept him from telling anyone else.