A New Cultivation System

Cao Ya had no intention of holding a Grandmaster banquet.

But the old chancellor urged him, "You're the strongest at Magic Martial now, on par with a ninth-rank Great Grandmaster. Holding a Grandmaster banquet would be a good thing. It would deter the cults and boost morale."

Since even the old chancellor said so, Cao Ya agreed.

Afterward, the old chancellor, Cao Ya, and the others remained in Hope City for a while, guarding against surprise attacks from the Catacombs cities.

But Cao Ya's battle seemed to have cowed the high-ranked catacomb powerhouses. For some time afterward, the Magic City Catacombs remained quiet, with no large-scale fighting breaking out.

Even the gazes that had been prying into Hope City withdrew.

It could be said that Cao Ya had won at least several months of peace for the Magic City Catacombs!

Some of the Grandmasters permanently stationed in Hope City could now be reassigned to support catacombs in other regions.

The Southern Heaven Catacombs and the Southern River Catacombs, for instance.

A few days later, Cao Ya returned to Magic Martial and received an enthusiastic welcome from the entire faculty and student body.

Almost everyone in martial artist circles knew about the battle in the Magic City Catacombs.

Magic City Martial Arts University had produced a top-tier expert!

Everyone said so, brimming with envy toward Magic Martial.

The students Cao Ya had taken under his wing felt honored by association and were especially proud.

Only after Cao Ya personally gave them a stern talking-to did those students rein themselves in and return to training diligently.

Before the Grandmaster banquet, Cao Ya received a call from Minister Zhang Tao.

"Minister," Cao Ya said as he answered.

"Congratulations, Cao Ya. A newly ascended Great Grandmaster, and a future Peak." Zhang Tao chuckled.

"Peak? Minister, you're really underestimating me," Cao Ya asked in surprise.

The other end of the line fell silent. Zhang Tao seemed rather speechless.

Even calling you a Peak is underestimating you?

Pretty cocky, aren't you!

And... you actually know about the realms above Peak?

Zhang Tao himself was at the Emperor level, above the Peak True God level, and knew there were many realms beyond Peak. But the vast majority of people knew nothing about that. Where had Cao Ya learned it?

Then he recalled that Cao Ya had leaped from sixth rank to eighth rank, with combat strength no lower than ninth rank.

The opportunity he had obtained had probably come from some relic of an ancient era, some old monster. It was hardly surprising that he knew these things.

"All right, enough nonsense. I received word that you had something you wanted to tell me specifically?" Zhang Tao asked in puzzlement, a little anticipation stirring inside him. Is this kid Cao Ya going to tell me about his opportunity?

Hmm, I have opportunities of my own. I'm not coveting his. I just want to broaden my horizons.

Cao Ya had no idea what Zhang Tao was thinking on the other end of the call.

But he did not care anyway.

Just as he had done in Naruto, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, The Return of the Condor Heroes, and The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, he would spread cultivation methods, help humanity grow stronger, and raise the world to a higher level.

Only that aligned with Cao Ya's aspirations.

Everyone a dragon.

He had asked the old chancellor to notify Zhang Tao precisely to discuss this.

When Zhang Tao actually heard Cao Ya say he intended to gradually reveal the secret behind his strength, he froze.

Honestly, when Magic Martial's old chancellor had called him earlier, his hints had already allowed Zhang Tao to roughly guess what was coming. But actually hearing it himself... felt very different.

He wanted Earth's humanity to become strong enough that Earth need never fear threats from any outside enemy.

Wary of enemies on all sides, including cultists lurking among the vast populace, Zhang Tao had no choice but to conceal many things.

Revealing the secret behind his strength... on this point alone, I look ahead and behind, held back by my worries... I fall short of him...

Zhang Tao sighed softly and fell briefly silent.

"Minister?" Cao Ya suddenly noticed that the other end had gone quiet.

Zhang Tao pursed his lips, then sighed. "Are you certain?"

"Yes," Cao Ya replied.

Naturally, the first method he shared would not be the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art.

He had no such reservations about its introductory version, the Golden Bell Shield.

The Golden Bell Shield likewise led straight to the dharmakaya realm and could produce a Vajra Dharmakaya. It merely fell short of the immovable wisdom king dharmakaya cultivated through the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art.

His self in The Masters of This World was at the outer scenery seventh heaven and came from Shaolin Temple, a Great Martial Sect. He had traveled the martial world and reaped quite a few rewards.

He could bring out those cultivation methods and gradually release them to this country, to this planet.

He certainly would not reveal everything at once. Cao Ya had to take precautions against the cultists hiding in the shadows.

As for subsequent, higher-level methods such as the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art, he decided to release them once he grew stronger himself.

At this stage, methods like the Golden Bell Shield were already sufficient.

After all, this was a different system.

Those established powerhouses already had their foundations set and could not change paths.

The younger generation was full of misgivings, and almost none of them took this path either.

Cao Ya did not force the matter.

They could simply treat it as a reference.

Even though the cultivation system of The Masters of This World had a far higher ceiling than the system of Global Martial Arts.

And it was higher by far, far, far more!

"I understand their hesitation. In the future, when I grow stronger... if I were a Peak, this system would attract plenty of attention. A group of people would take this path."

Cao Ya pondered, his eyes deep.

After organizing them, he released various relatively accessible cultivation methods.

The whole world erupted in an uproar!

Not just Huaxia, but the other countries on the planet—even the Peak powerhouses were stirred.

"A new cultivation system?" Many martial artists discerned the truth. Although it still used martial arts terminology, the methods Cao Ya had released clearly belonged to another cultivation system.

It differed vastly from the Blood-and-Qi System.

Cao Ya... had actually created an entirely new system?!

Public discourse exploded.

Founding a cultivation system-what a monumental undertaking!

And through his own example, Cao Ya had proved that this system could, at the very least, take someone to the Ninth-Rank Realm.

Factions from every quarter gathered in Magic City, hoping to meet Cao Ya in person and discuss these cultivation methods.

In an instant, Magic City Martial Arts University became the eye of the storm.

Unable to bear the constant pestering, Cao Ya refused all visitors. In the end, he even fled his residence and temporarily stayed somewhere no one else would ever think of, avoiding those people who were enthusiastic, skeptical, or harboring ulterior motives.

He could not be bothered to deal with them.

In a world like this, martial strength reigned supreme in the end.

The Logistics Department.

Li Changsheng glanced at him and gloated. "That's what you get for showing off. Now you can't even go home."

Fang Ping was there too, studying a copy of the Golden Bell Shield.

At those words, he glanced at Li Changsheng and grumbled inwardly, You're just jealous, aren't you?

Cao Ya had his eyes closed, seemingly pondering something.

Fang Ping read through the Golden Bell Shield again, rubbed the title on its cover, and could not resist complaining, "Teacher Cao, isn't Golden Bell Shield way too tacky a name? It's a new cultivation system. You should at least give it a name that sounds good."

Cao Ya did not even open his eyes. "That's just the name for the initial stage."

"The initial stage?" Fang Ping's eyes lit up, his heart stirring with excitement.

From what Teacher Cao is saying, does he have better cultivation methods?

Li Changsheng curled his hand into a fist, held it against his mouth, and coughed. "Junior Brother Cao... no, Master... please accept me as your eldest disciple."

Fang Ping gaped. Old Man Li is utterly shameless!