Eternal Heavenly Emperor

The deacon's surname was Yang, named Yang Luoren. He informed Chu Hao about many matters regarding cultivation, and did not cause him any trouble because of the "mishap" Chu Hao had caused earlier. Moreover, he conducted a test on Chu Hao's constitution, and sure enough, it was of the Fire Attribute.

Chu Hao understood in his heart that he was now like a sheep being raised within a pen, not yet at the time of slaughter; naturally, he should be fattened up as much as possible.

He waited until noon before leaving Listening Wind Tower and returning to his small wooden cabin.

The change from Martial Disciple to martial master was indeed earth-shattering, and it once again refreshed Chu Hao's understanding of this world.

In the eyes of martial artists on the Sky Martial Star, there were six elements in the world: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and the added element of thunder, all of which could be absorbed and transformed into one's own strength. Correspondingly, martial artists' constitutions were also of six major types.

Generally speaking, the constitution of ordinary people is quite mixed, usually balanced among the Five Elements. The problem this caused was that ordinary people had extremely poor sensitivity to the Six Elements, and were even completely unable to sense them.

Therefore, the purer and more singular the constitution, the more suited it is for cultivation.

However, the role of constitution does not stop there. For example, Chu Hao's previous ability to use the Power of Flame was due to his constitution. Constitution and cultivation complemented each other; constitution could drive a rapid increase in cultivation, and conversely, the stronger the cultivation, the greater the power of the constitution.

Legend has it that a powerful being with a Fire Attribute could, by merely activating the power of their constitution, exhale a breath that could burn an entire ocean to ashes.

How terrifying is that.

All elemental energy belongs to the forces of heaven and earth, and to transform these energies into one's own strength requires a Cultivation Technique to convert it, which is referred to as Star Force.

Because the attributes of the human body differ, when the energy of heaven and earth is absorbed into the body, it is also converted into Star Force that corresponds to the constitution's attribute. And if the Cultivation Technique's attribute is different from the constitution's, that would be troublesome.

For example, a person with a Fire Attribute cultivating a Water Attribute Cultivation Technique might not only progress slowly, but there is also a greater chance of conflict between the constitution and the cultivation method, resulting in a mild case of regression in cultivation, or in severe cases, madness, disability, or even spontaneous combustion and death.

However, the elemental energy in the environment of heaven and earth is ultimately sparse; the best source is still Star Stones.

Star Stones are, so to speak, when elemental energy is concentrated to the extreme and condensed into a solid form.

Because of different purities, Star Stones are further divided into five grades, with First Rank as the highest and Fifth Grade as the lowest. The Star Stones that Chu Hao picked up in the mining cave of the Lower World were trash even among the Fifth Grade.

Star Stones of more than 80 percent purity are First Grade, and those above 60 percent are Second Rank, and so on, with Fifth Grade being those below 20 percent purity.

Within the First Grade Star Stones, those with a purity exceeding 95 percent could potentially form Top Grade, composed entirely of one type of elemental energy. If someone with a corresponding constitution were to cultivate with them, not only would they advance faster, but they could also gain insight into some of the mysteries between heaven and earth, which would be of great help in breaking through to the next cultivation realm.

Although Yunliu Sect was a Sixth Grade sect, it only had one Third Grade Mining Vein of Star Stones, and even that was developed jointly with two other sects—a joint venture was an euphemism because the three sects were of comparable strength, and none dared to fight to the death for fear of allowing another to benefit from their dispute, so they split the proceeds equally.

The Third Grade Mining Vein of Star Stones occasionally produced Fourth Grade Star Stones, but the probability was extremely small.

To Chu Hao, this was likely one of the reasons why Yunliu Sect wanted to invade the Lower World.

But the mere fact that a Sixth Grade sect could monopolize the Lower World indicated how scarce the resources were there; stronger powers simply didn't consider it worth their attention, which is why Yunliu Sect was able to play its hand there, dominating for as long as six thousand years.

Back to the main matter, martial masters could use Star Force, but where did this Star Force come from?

On Sky Martial Star, martial artists believed that the human body had sixteen main Meridians, known as the Proper Eight Veins and the Reverse Eight Meridians. The process of cultivation for martial masters was to fully open up the eight Proper Veins, expand them, and store Star Force within these eight Proper Veins.

Opening each Meridian signifies stepping into a new Realm, but this is just the beginning. After expanding that Meridian to its limit, one can be said to have truly completed that Realm.

Therefore, martial masters have eight minor realms, which can be referred to as First Tier martial master, Second Tier martial master, or as Single-Meridian martial master, Two Meridians martial master.

Similarly, Martial Sects must open up the Reverse Eight Meridians, and then they can proceed to become Warriors.

Chu Hao heard Yang Luoren occasionally mention that Warriors need to open the Life Spring within their body and purify the Star Force into a liquid form. As for the specifics, since Yang Luoren did not elaborate, Chu Hao wasn't clear about it either.

In order to become a martial master, one must first open up a Proper Vein, and before doing so, one could only be known as a Quasi Martial Master.

But ​​the first step is to sense the scattered energy of heaven and earth.

If one couldn't even sense this, how could one talk about cultivation?

Chu Hao received a Star Sensing Pill from Yang Luoren, which could enhance the sensation of the energy of heaven and earth. Of course, he had long been able to absorb Star Stones, and even the scattered energy between heaven and earth, so naturally, he did not need the Star Sensing Pill.

But why turn down something given for free? In the future, he could give it to Tang Xin or someone else. Such Pills would only be issued once by the Sect, and if one couldn't sense the Star Force and start opening Meridians within the next month, they would simply become laborers. When they finally opened a Meridian, they could rejoin the Inner Sect Disciples—or if they didn't want to do hard labor, then they could just leave the Sect.

The Native Faction could certainly leave the Sect as they originated from various martial arts families, but for people from the Lower World who wanted to leave the Sect? They'd likely have to be carried out.