Gao Wu: From Martial Arts Student to Star Emperor

On the Kendo fighting stage, a projection of the host, Bai Xinlin, appeared.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the overall champion of the Kendo Department's freshman martial arts competition in the 7366th year of the Galactic Calendar has been determined: it is Shao Lin from Canglong Star!"

"Everyone in Canglongzhou should be familiar with Shao Lin, who won the championship in the Hundred Schools Martial Arts Competition a few years ago."

"Next up is the martial arts department versus the swordsmanship department in the Starry Sky University three-department martial arts competition."

Blue Star Chen Lie v Azure Star Shao Lin.

Please get ready, both students. The final round of the school-wide freshman martial arts competition will begin promptly in thirty minutes.

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A significant portion of the spectators watching the battle were martial arts students from Canglongzhou Martial Arts High School. Almost all of them knew Shao Lin's illustrious name. Being the champion of the Canglongzhou Hundred Schools Martial Arts Competition was almost like being the martial arts champion of a province on Blue Star.

The martial arts champion of a province on Blue Star is the strongest among all eligible young people. The champion of the Hundred Schools Martial Arts Competition in Canglong Continent is naturally not as prestigious as the champion of Blue Star. This is because many geniuses cultivated by top noble families in Canglong Continent do not participate in such competitions, while the champion of a province on Blue Star is open to all, regardless of whether they are commoners or nobles.

The martial arts level of Canglong Star is far superior to that of Blue Star. Even if the scions of top noble families do not participate, the chosen champion is still extremely powerful.

Many of the martial arts students from various high schools in Canglongzhou who came to watch the Starry Sky University freshmen martial arts competition were Shao Lin's biggest fans, and they kept shouting Shao Lin's name from below the stage.

Inside the waiting area, Huang Yuxi said to Chen Lie, "Chen Lie, you've been fighting at a high intensity just now, so your strength must have been greatly depleted. There's a meditation room behind the waiting area. Let's take you there for half an hour to regulate your inner energy and quickly recover your strength."

"Is there a meditation room?"

Chen Lie looked back and said, "Alright then, but assistant teacher, you don't need to help me regulate my breathing. I can just use some spirit stones."

"How many spirit stones can you use in just half an hour?" Huang Yuxi asked.

"My cultivation technique is powerful, so my speed in refining spirit stones will definitely not be slow!" Chen Lie said.

"Oh well!"

Huang Yuxi knew that Chen Lie had cultivated the Saint-level technique "Yuan Tian Ju Qi Zhen Jing" (Original Heaven Gathering Qi True Scripture), so she had no doubts and got up to lead Chen Lie into the meditation room.

Upon arriving at the meditation room, Huang Yuxi said, "You can cultivate here; I'll protect you!"

Chen Lie nodded, sat cross-legged on the meditation table in the meditation room, took out some Yuan Stones from his storage bag, and began to refine the Yuan Stones by circulating the "Primordial Chaos Qi Gong".

After the intense battles just now, Chen Lie's inner dantian is even more powerful than before.

His primordial energy was frantically generating true qi, reaching a state of overload and hunger. Therefore, as soon as Chen Lie refined the energy of the primordial stone, his primordial energy began to absorb it frantically.

The spirit stones that Chen Lie took out were being consumed at a visible rate, and he could refine hundreds of pounds of spirit stones in just two or three breaths.

Huang Yuxi was also shocked to see how quickly Chen Lie refined the spirit stone.

Is the "Source Heaven Gathering Qi True Scripture" of the Transmission Tower really that powerful?

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The speed at which this elemental stone is being refined is a bit outrageous!

In just a few breaths, a hundred catties of spirit stones are consumed. If one continues to practice for ten hours, wouldn't that consume tens of thousands of catties of spirit stones?

She didn't have such speed when she was at the seventh level of Qi Refining Realm. Even after breaking through to the eighth level of Innate Breathing Realm, she was only slightly stronger than Chen Lie.

But this isn't the right way to compare them. What level is Chen Lie at now? He's incomparable to her at all.

"Is it because the Saint-level cultivation technique, the 'Origin Heaven Gathering Qi True Scripture,' is too profound, or is Chen Lie's physique special? Or perhaps both?"

But no matter how you explain it, Chen Lie's qualifications are beyond doubt.

The "Origin of Heaven Gathering Qi True Scripture" must have been underestimated.

Otherwise, how could Chen Lie have defeated so many geniuses from the Ten Star Alliance planets in a head-on battle before he even had a chance to cultivate any type of true qi?

A strong person and a powerful technique, when combined, create a perfect match of strength upon strength.

After watching Chen Lie for a while, Huang Yuxi quietly left the meditation room.

On the other side, Shao Lin took a break to recover on the battle stage.

Their gazes were drawn to the light screen above the battle arena.

"Blue Star...Chen Lie?"

Is this his opponent?

At this moment, a girl approached Shao Lin: "Brother Shao, your opponent today is the same person we encountered in the Dual Realm!"

"It's him?"

Shao Lin pondered.

"Yes! He has already defeated Wei Zeyang from the Martial Arts department and Luo Yunshang from the Mental Strength department!"

"Oh? It seems that this person's strength has improved a lot in the past month or so!" Shao Lin murmured.

"So this Chen Lie is from a marginal planet in the Eastern Star Region. I thought he was some big shot who dared to steal so many of our innate spirit jades!"

"Brother Shao, when you go up on the battle stage later, you must teach him a good lesson. Don't let him lose too easily!" the girl said.

"I really don't know what these freshmen from the Ten Star Alliance planets are good for. How did someone from a barren planet in a remote star region actually make it to the final round of the Freshman Martial Arts Competition!" Another male student next to him said.

The girl said with a smile, "That would be even better. As long as Brother Shao can teach this person a lesson later, people will know what kind of trash the Ten Star Alliance planets are this year!"

"If it weren't for Brother Shao, the top freshman of this year would probably have been snatched away by that Blue Star person!"

The boy asked, "Brother Shao, can you take down Chen Lie within ten moves?"

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"Does it really take ten moves to defeat someone from a marginal planet? It'll be over in three moves!"

Right, Brother Shao?

Shao Lin shook his head, his expression solemn, and said, "You can't think like that. Wei Zeyang from the martial arts department and Luo Yunshang who uses mental attacks, are they easy opponents?"

Chen Lie's ability to defeat these two cannot be explained solely by luck; he must have been an extremely formidable opponent.

The woman's voice couldn't help but say, "But... that's just someone from a planet on the edge of a star system!"

"There's no difference! This Chen Lie can get along with the Wen family, and even Shen Jiuxi from the Shen family is involved with him. There's only one possibility."

He was taken in as a disciple by a powerful figure on Canglong Star.

In this way, although he was a Blue Star citizen, he was no different from the disciples of noble families from Canglong Star, which allowed him to shine brightly and defeat geniuses from the Ten Star Alliance planets in the martial arts competition, reaching the final!

"What?"

The boys and girls next to them were all stunned.

Shao Lin said, "This Chen Lie comes from Blue Star, yet he possesses such strength. Only this explanation makes sense."

Having become an apprentice of a great figure from Canglong Star, he is not a genius from the Ten Star Alliance planets, yet he surpasses them in talent.

If you look down on him because of his background, you will suffer a terrible defeat.

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Twenty minutes passed quickly. During this time, Chen Lie in the meditation room rapidly circulated the "Primordial Chaos Qi Gong" and refined 20,000 jin of Yuan Stones.

Chen Lie broke through to the early stage of the second-order Qi Refining Realm in just over ten days, but he has already used nearly 100,000 jin of spirit stones, yet he still hasn't filled the small stage of the early Qi Refining Realm.

After the continuous battle and the constant replenishment and depletion, Chen Lie keenly sensed that the barrier of the mid-stage of the second-tier Qi Refining Realm was as thin as a piece of paper, easily pierced.

He could have continued cultivating and refining the spirit stones, naturally breaking through to the next realm, but the finals were fast approaching, and he couldn't afford to delay any longer.

Chen Lie stood up from the meditation table and muttered, "That's fine too, we'll see how it goes later."

If things don't go well, I can break through at any time.

Although Chen Lie always pursued breaking through realms naturally, breaking through realms in battle is also an experience.

At worst, he can make up for the deficiencies in his realm later. For him, consolidating a newly broken-through realm is not difficult at all.

Seeing Chen Lie emerge from the meditation room, Huang Yuxi immediately asked, "How's your recovery going?"

Chen Lie nodded: "Very good, it has fully recovered."

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"Okay, time's almost up!"

Huang Yuxi and Chen Lie walked together toward the waiting area.

Thirty minutes passed quickly.

At this moment, a beautiful woman, about twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old, with long, dark blue hair reaching her waist, stepped onto the battle stage.

This is Bai Xinlin, the host of this martial arts competition at Starry Sky University.

"Hello everyone, I am Bai Xinlin, the announcer and host of the Canglongzhou Interstellar Channel."

It is a great honor to be invited to host the Martial Arts Competition for the Class of '7366 at Starry Sky University.

Our martial arts competition has reached its final round, and the winner among the freshmen will soon be decided.

"Next, please welcome the two students who participated in the final competition: Chen Lie, the first place in the Martial Arts Department, and Shao Lin, the first place in the Kendo Department, to the stage."

As soon as Bai Xinlin finished speaking, Chen Lie and Shao Lin walked onto the stage from both sides.

"Hello, Chen Lie and Shao Lin!"

Chen Lie and Shao Lin also greeted the host, Bai Xinlin.

"Congratulations to both of you for reaching the final round of this martial arts competition."

To have broken through to this level within half a year of entering Starry Sky University, you are all truly outstanding individuals.

Here I want to remind you that both of you have a chance to get first place among the freshmen of Class 7366.

The winner of the first place in the new generation is usually accompanied by a ninth-level martial artist from your own star to the Canglong Star Interstellar Cloud Platform, specially set up by the Ten Star Alliance, to speak to trillions of martial artists in the central star region and make their own martial arts declaration.

The escorts must be from this planet. You must inform this planet and make preparations!

This is a tremendous honor for you personally, and you should not miss it.

Bai Xinlin gave Chen Lie a special look.

Chen Lie remained calm and showed no reaction to the host's reminder.

Because of his seventy years of experience in his previous life, he no longer cared about personal honor or disgrace. To him, whether or not he could show off was irrelevant, as it was not as valuable as any actual benefit.

Bai Xinlin's words were definitely a reminder to Chen Lie. Seeing that Chen Lie's expression was normal, she assumed that Chen Lie had already made arrangements, so she continued, "Okay, I won't take up any more of your and so many viewers' time."

Because this is the final match, you have 100 seconds to prepare. After 100 seconds, the competition will officially begin.

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After Bai Xinlin finished speaking, she stepped off the battle platform.

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Inside the waiting area, Zhang Wenwu, the director of the Blue Star school-based working group, was taken aback and immediately stepped forward to Huang Yuxi's side.

"Assistant Huang, what was that 'trillion-year youth from the star field' thing that the host Bai mentioned in the conversation?"

Huang Yuxi glanced at Zhang Wenwu and said, "You don't know?"

"Uh, yes, because our Blue Star freshmen have never won a ranking in the freshman martial arts competition, not even in the regional martial arts competition, so we have never paid much attention to higher rankings," Zhang Wenwu said.

"Does your Blue Star have any ninth-level martial artists stationed at Starry Sky University?" Huang Yuxi asked again.

"No... there really isn't!"

There are only a handful of ninth-tier Grandmasters on Blue Star, so how could they possibly send a Grandmaster to the school-based working group?

"That's troublesome."

Huang Yuxi said, "The top freshmen of each year at Starry Sky University have a dialogue with teenagers of the same age from other planets in the Starry Sky region, to show the top freshmen's unparalleled martial arts prowess in the Starry Sky University, where they outshine the top ten geniuses."

This stage is a great honor for an individual or for the planet that becomes the first to be born, almost meaning that they are ranked first in a certain period or stage in the Canglan Starfield.

The Canglong Star Interstellar Cloud Platform is located within a space station outside Canglong Star. Only ninth-level martial artists can use it to traverse the void and bring people in through a dedicated passage.

Only those who are registered in the Canglan Starfield's superbrain and are from the same star as the new student who wins first place can enter the exclusive channel through their privileges.

"Your Blue Star doesn't have any ninth-tier Grandmasters here. If Chen Lie really wins first place in the martial arts competition, we'll have to forfeit this part."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Wenwu couldn't help but say, "We didn't expect Chen Lie to have come this far!"

Otherwise, our Grandmaster-level martial artists from Earth would have been waiting here long ago!

"Assistant Huang, you should be a native of Canglong Star. Could you perhaps find a way to grant me some more access?"

Huang Yuxi shook her head: "Only the Holy Envoy Hall can grant this authority. Even if you contact the president of Starry Sky University, it won't help!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Wenwu could only sigh repeatedly.

Chen Lie hasn't won first place among the freshmen yet, so he might not even get to this stage.

Huang Yuxi also gently shook her head.

People from remote planets certainly have it tough. If it were a planet in the middle star system, they could get there in no time by using a space jump station.

And this Blue Star is really neglecting its own geniuses.

If they had known in advance that Chen Lie was the best in the entire department, or even just one of the top ten, they should have asked about everything beforehand and prepared everything in advance.

Starry Sky University ranks first among each freshman class, and even planets in the Ten Star Alliance place great importance on it.

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On the battle stage, Shao Lin sized up Chen Lie and took out his longsword, while Chen Lie also took out the Blood River Blade from his storage bag.

Shao Lin frowned: "I can sense that you are much stronger than last time."

"You're the same!" Chen Lie said calmly.

Last time in the Dual Realm, Shao Lin was at the early stage of the Qi Condensation Realm, but judging from his aura now, he is clearly at the late stage of the Qi Condensation Realm.

"Although you are quite good, you are still far inferior to me. I'll give you a chance to withdraw voluntarily."

Otherwise, I'll settle the score for what happened in the Dual Elemental Realm today.

"Come and try if you dare!"

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