Eternal Heavenly Emperor

Chu Hao picked up the bottle and saw a small piece of white paper attached to it, which read: "Only after one's strength reaches one hundred thousand catties, one may consume this. No more than one pill per day, can increase strength by one hundred thousand catties!"

Ten, a hundred thousand catties of strength!

Chu Hao couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, if what was written on the paper was true, then once a Martial Artist stepped into the Vajra Realm, with just nine Earth Origin Pills, one could rush to the Tenth Tier Vajra Realm within nine days!

In Eastern Cloud City, even powerful families like the Tang family, the Fu family, and the Zheng family, the strongest experts were only at the Eighth Tier or at most the Ninth Tier Vajra Realm, which shows how difficult it is to reach the Tenth Tier Vajra Realm!

This is limited by the body's functions; only the short decade-plus from age 15 to 30 is the golden time for Cultivation. Too early, and the body is too tender to bear it, and after 30, the body begins to decline, and it is already good to maintain one's strength without falling.

But these Earth Origin Pills... they're practically cheating!

Chu Hao always thought he was a monster. Although he got a late start, with his ability to absorb the power of Star Stones, coupled with his own perseverance and resilience, he could catch up with anyone!

But now, it seemed like he had been smacked on the head!

With just nine Earth Origin Pills, one could raise a newly advanced Vajra Realm individual to the Tenth Tier in just nine days! Of course, there were only a few individuals at the Vajra Realm in Eastern Cloud City, and theoretically, no matter how many Earth Origin Pills you had, you could only create so many top-tier Vajra Realm individuals.

But the problem was, aren't there also Fire Spirit Pills and Fire Origin Pills?

With enough pills supporting them, anyone could easily break through to the First Tier Vajra Realm and then... then it is the Tenth Tier!

In front of these pills, hard work and talent seemed to have become jokes!

Madam Yun, beautiful ladies in white, what exactly are the forces behind them?

Chu Hao tapped his finger, having a guess: perhaps the Vajra Realm was not the end of the martial arts!

One piece of evidence was that, under the existing pills, the Tenth Tier Vajra Realm seemed too easy to reach—assuming one could get them! Furthermore, the "Sky Wind Eight Styles" required Star Force to use!

Above the Vajra Realm, is it possible to circulate Star Force within the body, rather than just using it to strengthen cells?

Madam Yun also said that his ability to absorb the power of Star Stones was very rare—one in a million! That implies that after reaching a certain stage, more people would be able to absorb the power of Star Stones!

But previously, no one in Eastern Cloud City had done it, which indicates that above the Vajra Realm, there should be at least one more Realm!

That's why the Chi family and Ling family could stay above the rest, and the City Lord's Mansion could always keep the Nine Great Nobles obedient, without daring to rebel!

Chu Hao reaffirmed his confidence; his talent and efforts would not be wasted!

First, he would advance to the Vajra Realm, and then Madam Yun would likely explain things to him!

After one night, after everyone had left, Chu Hao set the entire stockade ablaze with a torch, and the head of the Big Stockade Leader he wrapped up as proof of completing his task.

After leaving the Seven Sons Mountain, the women went their separate ways.

They belonged to different cities, and naturally, it was time to part ways now.

Taking the main road was relatively safe. Chu Hao, carrying Flying Fire, left first—the head couldn't be preserved too long; otherwise, it would spoil, and it would be unrecognizable.

Two days later, Chu Hao returned to Eastern Cloud City. After passing the check at the city gate, he headed straight for the academy to turn in the head of the Big Stockade Leader.

"Not bad, this is indeed the bandit leader of the Seven Wolf Stockade!" A teacher from the mission distribution place compared it with a portrait, looking at it carefully for quite some time, before finally looking up at Chu Hao in amazement with an incredulous gaze.

An academy student had actually completed a mission!

It must be some noble's son who could ask the experts in their family for help; otherwise, it would be impossible for one person, or even for a group of students to team up, to have wiped out the Seven Wolf Stockade!

Chu Hao nodded, and after the teacher recorded his score, he took his Identity Token to the medicine tower.

Here was the place to collect the Fire Origin Pill and also where other pills could be exchanged using points.

Chu Hao saw that most of the pills were for healing wounds; however, what he urgently needed now was to raise his strength to the Vajra Realm to be able to use Earth Origin Pills. Could the strength improvement of one year in the Lesser Mahayana realm and one year in the First Tier Vajra Realm be spoken of in the same day?

He exchanged all his points for Fire Origin Pills; with what he had accumulated over half a year, he obtained a total of 117 pills. According to one pill per day, they could provide him with over ten thousand catties of extra strength for nearly four months!

After leaving the academy, he went to the Tang family to pick up Uncle Yu.

"Chu Hao, you finally deigned to come back!" Tang Xin happened to be at home, immediately rolling her eyes at Chu Hao upon seeing him.

"Ha ha ha, you seem to have made great progress!" Chu Hao laughed. Half a year had passed, and Tang Xin had grown taller, shedding more of her childishness, gaining a bit of toughness and maturity.

"I've just broken through to the strength of ten thousand catties, just reaching the Great Mahayana Realm!" Tang Xin said somewhat proudly.

Half a year ago, she had just reached the Middle Mahayana realm, but now she had stepped into the Great Mahayana Realm, her progress was like flying! No wonder she was favored by Madam Yun—if she didn't have such talent, how could she have received a Blood Wolf Order?

However, compared with Chu Hao... there was no way around it, Chu Hao's Blood Wolf Order was golden, indicating his talents were above Tang Xin's! Moreover, he had also gained additional opportunities.

Chu Hao clapped his hands, laughing, "Then you can follow me on adventures without dragging me down too much!"

"You still talk so big!" Tang Xin rolled her eyes again, pausing for a moment before saying, "You've come back just in time. The Fluttering Wind Academy from Purple Rain City is coming in a few days to have an exchange with our academy. They'll be selecting people tomorrow!"

"Oh!" Chu Hao nodded indifferently. He truly didn't need to take his peers seriously now—except for Chi Zhong!

"Oh what? If we could represent the academy in battle, that's a ton of points. Don't you want the Fire Origin Pill anymore?" Tang Xin called out loudly.

Chu Hao patted his shoulder and said, "Although you have advanced to the Great Mahayana realm, do you qualify to represent the academy in battle?"

There must be several from the eastern and western factions who've reached the Great Mahayana realm, like Cheng Peiyun and Zhao Fang who were ranked first before and have long reached the Second Tier, and it wouldn't be strange if they've entered the Third Tier by now! And that Female Tyrannosaurus, Fu Xue, is definitely progressing even faster!

If there are only three or four spots for the battle, Tang Xin might really not get one!

As expected, Tang Xin revealed a frustrated expression and said, "Senior Sister Fu, Cheng Peiyun, Zhao Fang, and Chi Zhong—that's already four, and I hear the academy is sending five in total this time. It really is a bit risky!"

"I'm one of them!" Chu Hao said with a laugh.

"You think you can definitely beat me?" Tang Xin challenged, unconvinced.

"Of course!" Chu Hao patted his shoulder again before adding, "But don't worry, I'll help you squeeze Cheng Peiyun out and let him lie in bed for a good ten days to half a month!"

What a bold claim!

Even though Cheng Peiyun and Zhao Fang had been outshone by Fu Xue and Chi Zhong and were no longer considered the top experts of the academy, a thin camel is still bigger than a horse—isn't the strength of the Third Tier Great Mahayana realm formidable?

Tang Xin cast a sideways glance at Chu Hao, clearly unbelieving to the extreme.

Chu Hao laughed heartily and said, "I'll make sure it happens. I'll go find Cheng Peiyun for a spar tomorrow. Just you watch!"

"Hey, hey, hey, how much have you improved in this half year?" Tang Xin curiously asked.

"Secret!"

"...Get lost!"

After shooting the breeze with Tang Xin for a while, Chu Hao returned to the Chu Family with Uncle Yu.

However, the house was spotlessly clean, nothing like the dust-covered, spider-webbed situation Chu Hao had imagined.

"Uncle Yu, have you been coming back to clean every day?" Chu Hao asked immediately.

Uncle Yu smiled. How could he let the Chu Family go unattended? Although he resided with the Tang Family at night, he would always come back to tidy up during the day!

Chu Hao felt a warmth in his heart.

Then Uncle Yu told him something that had happened a few months earlier—Liu Yang was dead! He died at home, his head brutally smashed in! Yet, the killer was still unidentified!

It must have been Ma Jicheng's doing! Chu Hao thought.

No evidence was needed; he was just convinced of it. However, he would have a showdown with the Ma Family sooner or later. When the time came, he might as well avenge Liu Yang—it was still his family, after all.

The next day, Chu Hao went to the academy. Tang Xin was already waiting for him at the entrance. Upon seeing Chu Hao arrive, he hurriedly asked, "Hey, you're really challenging Cheng Peiyun? I inquired yesterday, and that guy recently had a fortunate encounter while out on an adventure and got a rare fruit.

He finished refining it the day before yesterday and advanced into the Fourth Tier Great Mahayana realm in one fell swoop!"

"He's full of confidence today, aiming to challenge Senior Sister Fu. Are you sure you can do it?"

Chu Hao smiled faintly and said, "He won't get the chance to challenge Senior Sister Fu!"

Tang Xin couldn't help but be surprised. Although geniuses have the ability to challenge beyond their level, the problem was, Cheng Peiyun was a genius too! When geniuses clash, the difference in skill narrows significantly, and what's compared then is sheer power!

And with Cheng Peiyun being a Fourth Tier Great Mahayana realm practitioner, to defeat him… one would have to be at least at the same tier!

Was that possible?

"You've advanced to the Fourth Tier Great Mahayana realm?" Tang Xin exclaimed, never having thought of Chu Hao as one to boast.

Chu Hao laughed and said, "It's not only Cheng Peiyun who encounters opportunities!"

He had more opportunities and even greater gains! If it weren't for his power still lacking at the moment, after consuming two Earth Origin Pills, his strength would soar to Third Tier Vajra Realm!

By then, Cheng Peiyun would hardly count for anything in his eyes!

And the time until then was at most two months away, very close indeed.

"This is insane, what was your cultivation level before, and you've just leapt into the Fourth Tier Great Mahayana realm?" Tang Xin was incredulous. When he first became friends with Chu Hao, he hadn't even reached the First Tier Lesser Mahayana realm, but now he had been left far behind by Chu Hao?

"Luck is also a part of strength!" Chu Hao said seriously.

Tang Xin rolled his eyes.

As they were talking, Fu Xue walked over from a distant street, her signature Great Yuan Hammer slung over her shoulder, exuding a terrifying ferocity, like a savage beast from ancient times!

In the half year that passed, Fu Xue's cultivation had not slackened, and her progress was astoundingly rapid!