Eternal Heavenly Emperor

When Chu Hao returned, he brought with him a human meridian chart as well as a cultivation technique.

This technique was the most basic of the Human Level Lower Grade, but it had an impressive name, "Seven Star Jue." Its characteristic was that it was an attributeless technique, suitable for anyone to cultivate without worrying about side effects.

——Basically, attributeless techniques are generally lower grade, as real high-tier techniques require a corresponding physique to unleash their greatest power.

Indeed, this was the case.

On Sky Martial Star, the rank of a cultivation technique depended on one element, that was the spiral rotation speed of Star Force.

The faster the rotation, the quicker the absorption and refining of Star Force, and the higher the purity; naturally, the higher the rank of the technique.

Human Level Lower Grade was from 1 to 9 rotations, Middle Grade was from 10 to 18 rotations, and High Grade ranged from 19 to 27 rotations. For Earth Level, the Lower Grade was between 55 to 81 rotations, Middle Grade from 82 to 108 rotations, and High Grade from 109 to 135 rotations. For Heaven Level, it was at least 270 rotations.

From 1 to 270 rotations, that was a difference of 270 times, which shows how huge an impact the quality of a technique can have on the speed of cultivation.

The Nameless Technique's highest realm was 9 rotations, and so was Seven Star Jue, clearly both belonging to the Human Level Lower Grade, with no distinction in superiority. Therefore, Chu Hao decided to still use the Nameless Technique to break through to martial master.

This Seven Star Jue had only one layer, matching the Martial Master Realm, allowing him to cultivate only to the peak of martial master. To break through to Martial Sect, he would have to report to the Sect and then be granted a more advanced technique.

Actually, the Nameless Technique also had only one layer, and generally, lower-quality techniques could not be developed into a second or higher level.

Chu Hao circulated the Nameless Technique, examining the human structure chart, and began to assault the first Proper Vein.

In fact, there was no particular order to unblock the eight Proper Veins, so it didn't matter which one he chose.

Unblocking meridians was relatively simple compared to fully expanding the eight Proper Veins to their limit, which was very time-consuming and not easy. But each meridian could only be expanded in the corresponding realm, and once passed, there was no turning back.

Theoretically, each meridian could expand 100 times, but average people could only achieve 50 times, geniuses could reach over 70 times, and only a few monstrous talents could attain the ultimate state of 100 times.

The more fully expanded the meridians are, not only can more Star Force be stored, but also the same strike will unleash more Star Force due to the wider meridians, resulting in stronger power and more terrifying lethality.

Furthermore, the higher the rank of the technique, the more solid the refined Star Force. The amount of Star Force in Five Meridians could equal that of Six Meridians, akin to an increase in cultivation realm.

This made it possible for geniuses to challenge beyond their level.

Moreover, a strong surge of Star Force was needed to break through to Martial Sect, and if the meridians weren't expanded enough or the Star Force wasn't solid enough, breaking through would be impossible. Many would get stuck at the peak of martial master, either rushing their progress and not expanding their meridians enough, or by cultivating too low-end a technique producing Star Force that was not solid enough.

Chu Hao was still far from that step; he needed to proceed step by step.

He held a Star Stone in his hand, drawing a continual stream of energy from it, transformed by the technique into Star Force, launching an assault on the first Proper Vein in his body.

Boom!

The Star Force surged upward, as if it slammed into a thick wall, only to be pushed all the way back.

Again.

Undeterred, Chu Hao followed the precedent of Yunliu Sect - a Quasi Martial Master would generally need about a month to unblock the first Proper Vein. What was one or two failures.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

He directed the Star Force, launching wave after wave of assaults, and after an indeterminate period, he felt that the entrance of this Proper Vein was finally beginning to yield.

Push harder.

His fighting spirit soared as he drove the Star Force furiously, gradually breaking down the "entrance" of the first Proper Vein.

It was like digging a river, needing to excavate the mud bit by bit along the planned route. As the saying goes, the beginning is the hardest, but once that's done, the rest becomes much easier. The Star Force acted like a shovel, continually carving out the first Proper Vein, making the river longer and longer.

Until, exhausted, Chu Hao had to stop to rest, and after sleeping and eating, he resumed "digging."

The route of the first Proper Vein started at the forehead, and ended at the right hand's tiger's mouth, which is why he chose this vein; he wasn't left-handed and wasn't good with his legs.

Seven days later, he had already unblocked this Proper Vein to the wrist.

In another two to three hours, he would be able to completely penetrate this Proper Vein, and then he would be able to store Star Force and officially step into the Martial Master Realm.

Chu Hao was filled with anticipation.

Hurry up, faster.

He launched an assault towards the final step.

Just a little more... just a little bit more... done!

Chu Hao suddenly felt a relief throughout his body as the Star Force fully penetrated his entire body, giving him an indescribable marvelous feeling.

He had finally broken through.

He suddenly realized that when he circulated his Star Force, a flame-like pattern immediately appeared on his body, which even clothes could not conceal. Upon closer inspection, this pattern completely matched the first Proper Vein he had penetrated.

"Indeed, it's too easy to judge a Martial Artist's cultivation. All you have to do is see how many patterns are shining," he muttered to himself. Of course, high-tier Martial Masters can hide their strength, intentionally circulating less Star Force through a few Proper Veins, and thus the lit-up meridians would correspondingly decrease.

He raised his right hand, and boom, a small flame erupted in the palm of his hand. Although it was far from as impressive as the flames formed by releasing the Power of Flame with his cellular furnace, it was truly made of Star Force, combined with his physical flame, the power immediately saw a qualitative increase!

Although he had just entered the Martial Master Realm and had almost no strength enhancement, if he were to fight against Mo Guxin now, he could kill him with one move.

— The Power of Flame was an unsolvable existence for Martial Disciples.

He closed his eyes and began to run the Nameless Technique again, starting to expand this meridian.

Three hours later, he felt soreness and swelling in his meridians and had to stop.

Cultivation had its limits, generally around three hours. Continuing to cultivate beyond that would be harmful and not beneficial; it could even burst the meridians.

Clearly, within this limited time, the more Star Force absorbed and refined, the greater the extent of meridian expansion. Therefore, the Star Stone, the rank of the Cultivation Technique, and the physique of the Martial Artist all become very important.

Because these three factors could determine the speed of the meridian expansion.

Next, he would be able to accumulate Star Force in the opened space of the meridian, which had no time limit. Since he had just penetrated this meridian, the space was extremely limited; it only took him five minutes to fill the meridian with Star Force.

This meant that after exhausting his Star Force, it would only take five minutes to replenish it.

— This could only mean his current Star Force reserves were too low. There was no helping it; he had just begun formal cultivation.

Now he could begin practicing the Sky Wind Eight Styles.

Chu Hao took out the long-stored Martial Technique from his Mustard Seed Ring and began to read through it.

The Sky Wind Eight Styles was a Palm Technique, with eight moves in total, each with unimaginable great power. These eight moves were named Gathering Wind, Breaking Wave, Cloud Dispersal, Splitting Earth, Sky Collapse, Star Shatter, Stimulating Moon, and Return to One.

The eighth move, Return to One, was peculiar as it fused the previous seven moves together, doubling the power with each move it fused!

Chu Hao began to practice the first move, Gathering Wind.

It was difficult.

An afternoon went by, and he hadn't even mastered the basics of Gathering Wind.

However, the more difficult it was to learn, the greater the power, which made Chu Hao even happier. No matter how hard the Martial Technique was, it was just a matter of spending more time. But once mastered, the power would be formidable.

He wondered what rank this Martial Technique was.

Human Level High-Grade? Impossible, it was much more difficult than the Mad Demon Hammer Technique, so it had to be at least Earth Level.

Chu Hao did not rush to report to Yang Luoren that he had penetrated a meridian and officially become a Martial Master.

Now, he preferred to keep a low profile.