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Chapter 98 Shattering the Void

It was already August, and even at night, the air was thick with heat.

However, both Chu Ming, Li Hongzhuang, and An Miaoling had long since cultivated to the point where they were impervious to heat and cold, and the temperature outside could not affect them.

Chu Ming was in the inner palace, a place where ordinary people had no right to enter. So, although it was in the bustling capital city where land was incredibly valuable, it was a rare place of tranquility.

Bibo Pavilion is built on Bibo Lake, which is not very large. It is an artificial lake filled with lotus flowers. On weekday evenings, many retired leaders take a walk on Bibo Lake.

But tonight, there wasn't a single person to be seen on the shores of Bibo Lake.

Chu Ming knew that Bibo Lake had been cleared out by the people of the Heavenly Dao today, and no one unrelated was allowed to approach it.

It's pitiful that in the dead of night, he sits before the empty hall, asking not about the common people but about ghosts and gods!

This is a sarcastic remark.

But this also proves from another angle that those high-ranking officials and nobles were curious about ghosts and gods.

Otherwise, there wouldn't have been so many swindlers openly deceiving people in the imperial city in ancient times, and even many emperors were deceived.

Unlike scammers, martial arts myths are genuine myths, and many people know more or less about their extraordinary nature.

Back when Chu Ming came to the capital, many high-ranking officials and nobles wanted to visit him after hearing news of him, but they were all stopped by the people of the Heavenly Dao.

Now, two martial arts legends are about to meet, and the people of the Heavenly Path will naturally not allow unrelated people to disturb them, especially since one of the legends is the leader of the Heavenly Path.

Such a person can be said to be one of the pillars of a country, of immeasurable value, and an existence that suppresses the fate of the nation!

Chu Ming arrived at Bibo Lake without any obstacles. From afar, he saw a beautiful woman who looked to be about thirty years old leaning on the railing in a pavilion on the lake.

Below are lotus leaves reaching to the sky and lotus flowers reflecting the sun; above, the bright moon hangs high and the stars are dazzling. Between heaven, earth, and humanity, this scene is simply like a perfect painting.

Chu Ming knew that this person was the leader of the Heavenly Path, Sun Yuqing. However, people in the Heavenly Path usually called her Mr. Sun, a title that seemed very masculine to most people.

In fact, women can also be addressed as "Mr." The word "Mr" originally referred to older, learned people, and also had some connotations of "teacher."

Sun Yuqing founded the Heavenly Path with the intention of protecting China. The experts of the Heavenly Path have all received instruction from Sun Yuqing to varying degrees, so they all call her Master.

Of course, those people can only be considered Sun Yuqing's students, not her disciples. Sun Yuqing actually has quite a few disciples, but there is only one successor, and that is Li Hongzhuang.

Disciples and successors are different. There can be many disciples, but there can only be one successor. Just like when the Fifth Patriarch of Zen passed on his robe and alms bowl to the Sixth Patriarch Huineng, this is the origin of the transmission of the robe and bowl, which is to be inherited by the person who will inherit the lineage.

Judging by her age, Sun Yuqing is already over eighty years old. Most people are already very old at eighty and have difficulty taking care of themselves, but Sun Yuqing looks only about thirty years old.

Of course, the lifespan of a martial arts legend is at least 150 years. For a martial arts legend, 80 years old is still considered to be in their prime.

As for Chu Ming, his lifespan reached an astonishing three hundred years.

However, in Chu Ming's view, this Mr. Sun of the Heavenly Dao was nearing the end of his lifespan. At the very least, three years, and at most five years, Mr. Sun's life force would be exhausted, and he would pass away peacefully.

In addition, Chu Ming also realized that this Mr. Sun had not survived the tribulation and was still at the first level of the martial arts myth.

Because the other party did not possess the kind of vitality and yin-yang growth that comes after surviving a tribulation of lightning.

"Times may have truly changed. I never imagined that I would live to see someone like you born." From afar, the beautiful woman on the pavilion parted her lips slightly, her voice as clear and melodious as pearls falling onto a jade plate.

Although they were hundreds of meters apart, her voice still rang clearly in everyone's ears.

"How could that be?! Could it be that before me, there were other people in the world like me?" Chu Ming replied.

As far as Chu Ming knew, the highest-ranking martial arts masters in this world who had ever reached the pinnacle of martial arts were all over forty, around the age of thirty.

In many people's understanding, to become a myth, one must experience the vicissitudes of life in order to accumulate enough spiritual strength to support the awakening of the primordial spirit.

Before Chu Ming, the only person to break the age limit of forty was the Heavenly Emperor, who cultivated a martial arts legend at the age of thirty.

Chu Ming, however, was even more monstrous, or rather, a miracle. He had cultivated a martial arts legend at the age of twenty, a speed that would have been impossible even if he had started cultivating from the womb.

Instead of directly answering Chu Ming's question, Ms. Sun looked up at the starry sky, her gaze as ethereal as drifting clouds. She said, "Martial arts cultivation is a step-by-step process, each step revealing a new world. However, under the influence of fate and destiny, some people are ultimately not bound by conventional wisdom, making rapid progress in their cultivation, with one year of cultivation comparable to several years of cultivation for ordinary people!"

"I've met two people like you: one is my mentor, and the other is a leader!"

Mr. Sun revealed a secret.

"A leader is also a spiritual practitioner?!"

"If the leader is a practitioner, then why would he...?"

"Shatter the void!"

Mr. Sun uttered this single word.

"Of course, it's also possible that he/she is really dead!"

"Back then, my master followed the path of martial arts, while the leader followed the unorthodox path."

"Judging from your aura, you have clearly passed the tribulation of lightning. I just don't know how far you are from the furnace of heaven and earth. My master once said that there are three realms of martial arts legends: the first is legend, the second is tribulation of lightning, and the third is furnace of heaven and earth. Back in the day on Mount Zijing, my master drew upon the power of the furnace of heaven and earth and shattered the void with a rainbow!"

"My master said it was shattering the void, but I feel it might be annihilation."

"Martial arts are supreme, but there is an even higher way..."

"well!!!"

Mr. Sun sighed deeply throughout his life, his sigh carrying an unspeakable meaning.

Upon hearing this, Chu Ming appeared deep in thought. He had originally thought that only Kunlun Laodao was at the Heaven and Earth Furnace realm, but he never expected that there were two others who had surpassed Kunlun Laodao.

However, they said they were going in different directions. The old Taoist Kunlun was on the path of merging with the Dao, while the other two embarked on a more unpredictable path of shattering the void.

Does the realm of shattering the void truly exist in this world?!

Chu Ming expressed his doubts.

The higher Chu Ming's realm, the more he could feel the vastness and infinity of heaven and earth.

Even the realm of martial arts legends pales in comparison to natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and tornadoes, let alone the power of the sun and moon's rotation and the stars' shifting. These powers are merely a tiny fraction of the vast divine power of heaven and earth.

(End of this chapter)