Chapter 189

Chapter 189: First-Tier Martial Emperor Level, the Strongest Person in Human History Changes Hands!

Let’s get to it.

Su Xiaobai swiftly selected eight King-grade techniques… he specifically reserved 100,000 cultivation points to trade with the Tongtian Pavilion, in exchange for 1.1 million low-grade spirit stones.

Though he no longer cared what exactly these eight King-grade techniques were… based on the philosophy that every bit of strength counts, Su Xiaobai still chose all ‘passive body-forging techniques’.

These passive body-forging techniques, whether Su Xiaobai used them or not, would significantly boost his strength the instant he successfully cultivated them!

Enhancing physical defense.

Enhancing explosive power.

Enhancing agility.

Enhancing…

In short, as long as a technique could bring any benefit to his overall strength after cultivation, it fell within Su Xiaobai’s selection criteria.

Very quickly, the eight King-grade techniques were in place.

“System, synthesize two Emperor-grade techniques for me!”

“Ding! Synthesis successful. Gained Emperor-grade technique ‘Mist Spirit Six-Method Gu Art’!”

“Ding! Synthesis successful. Gained Emperor-grade technique ‘Unified Azure Light Divine Canon’!”

With the two Emperor-grade techniques in hand, Su Xiaobai had no intention of savoring them slowly. He dove straight into reviewing their memories.

Once he had memorized them fully, Su Xiaobai placed both Emperor-grade techniques into the trainings lot, and at the same time began instructing the system to synthesize again.

“Host, your synthesis level is insufficient. Please upgrade the skill and try again!”

Not enough access?

Su Xiaobai raised an eyebrow and checked his current One-Click Synthesis level—only then did he realize that it was merely level 7, just enough to synthesize [Lower-tier Emperor-grade] items.

Since Emperor-grade techniques belonged to the Emperor tier, they barely qualified for synthesis.

But Saint-grade techniques were clearly out of reach. To synthesize a Saint-grade technique, he would need to raise the synthesis system by at least four more levels!

“I just traded with Tongtian Pavilion for 100,000 cultivation points, and could only get 1.1 million low-grade spirit stones… That’s nowhere near enough to level One-Click Synthesis to level 11!”

Su Xiaobai pondered for a moment.

To synthesize Saint-grade techniques, One-Click Synthesis had to be at least level 11.

According to his calculations, reaching level 11 would cost over ten trillion spirit coins, or over ten million low-grade spirit stones!

“No way, I need to make a serious fortune!”

“Not just for upgrading One-Click Synthesis—there are other system functions I also need to upgrade!”

“And beyond Saint-grade techniques, the benefits brought by enhancements are also massive… as long as I have the money, I can make everything happen!”

“System, dispatch my shadow to the 108th floor of the Illusory Tower to farm cultivation points!”

Upon realizing his current state of poverty, Su Xiaobai immediately began laying out his wealth-building plan… and the first step was, naturally, auto-farming cultivation points in the Illusory Tower—a huge financial channel. At minimum, it could bring in several million low-grade spirit stones a day!

“Shadow cannot be dispatched to the specified location. Please choose a different deployment coordinate, Host.”

But the system’s reply made Su Xiaobai pause.

“Can’t dispatch anymore?”

He tried connecting to the Virtual Network again and attempted to re-enter the 108th floor.

“You have cleared all 108 floors. Please ascend your cultivation realm to the Transcendent Level to unlock new permission zones!”

The Virtual Network’s notification chimed.

Well, great!

Clearing all 108 floors just shut down one of my main financial lifelines!

Su Xiaobai rolled his eyes dramatically.

Still, it wasn’t entirely without benefit.

At the very least, he had obtained the Martial Emperor’s inheritance… As long as Su Xiaobai followed the instructions on the jade shard, he could unlock the Martial Emperor’s legacy and claim all the treasures within!

And those treasures were clearly far more valuable than that one financial path!

What’s more, once Su Xiaobai reached the Transcendent Level, he could immediately head to the Taixu City and challenge the so-called Ninety-Nine Mountains, as well as the Thirty-Three Heavens…

But the Martial Emperor’s inheritance was something Su Xiaobai clearly wouldn’t be able to pursue anytime soon.

The Vast Domain was enormous, and the jade shard only gave a general location—trying to locate it without investing time was impossible… and with the imminent invasion of the Siwu Clan, how could Su Xiaobai afford the distraction?

“Let’s exit the Virtual Network first and launch a full-on sweep of the Holy City!”

“My One-Click Alchemy, One-Click Forging, One-Click Synthesis… all of you are about to shine!”

Su Xiaobai smirked and logged off.

Strictly speaking, this was the first time he had logged off of his own accord… The previous two times had both been forcibly interrupted by warfare.

The moment he went offline, all the Saint-grade experts in the Newborn City seemed to receive the message, and one after another began exiting the Newborn City…

Soon after, even the Martial Emperor-level beings followed suit—but the crowd around the Illusory Tower only grew!

Everyone began calling their friends to come and admire the rankings on the 107th and 108th floors!

…

“Ding! ‘Mist Spirit Six-Method Gu Art’ has reached Highest Level!”

“Ding! ‘Unified Azure Light Divine Canon’ has reached Highest Level!”

Just as Su Xiaobai’s consciousness disconnected from the Virtual Network and returned to the real world, a vast and bottomless aura erupted from his body!

All living beings within ten million miles of the Holy City could feel this powerful fluctuation!

Those with greater strength merely felt a chill in their hearts and looked toward the direction of the Virtual Network branch.

Those weaker trembled in spirit and body.

The weakest among them immediately collapsed to the ground, bowing repeatedly in the direction of Su Xiaobai’s location!

This was the genuine aura of a Martial Emperor!

Someone had broken through to Martial Emperor level!

What they didn’t know was that Su Xiaobai hadn’t broken through in cultivation realm to reach Martial Emperor… It was the arrival of two Emperor-grade techniques that had caused a qualitative leap in his strength, breaking through the constraints of the Sub-Emperor tier and reaching the level of a First-tier Martial Emperor!

In the cultivation chamber.

Su Xiaobai’s body was like a green sun, radiating an overwhelmingly blinding light!

Only after fully digesting the enormous influx of information from the two Emperor-grade techniques did the green light around him gradually fade… He then opened his eyes, their depths like galaxies—impossible to see through with a single glance!

Human: Su Xiaobai

Cultivation Realm: Demi-God Martial Commander

Strength Level: First-tier Martial Emperor

Endurance Level: First-tier Martial Emperor

Agility Level: First-tier Martial Emperor

Cultivation Aptitude: Top-tier

Mental Sphere Level: Martial King-tier

Mastered Techniques: Traceless Soul-Reaping Phantom Codex (Highest Level), Eight Desolations Flame Dragon Spirit Manual (Highest Level), Golden Silkworm Illusory Scripture (Highest Level), Mist Spirit Six-Method Gu Art (Highest Level), Unified Azure Light Divine Canon (Highest Level)

(From now on, only Emperor-grade and above techniques will be displayed; others omitted)

Unlocked System Functions: One-Click Cultivation (Level 25), One-Click Practice (Level 25), Auto-Hunting (Level 19), One-Click Alchemy (Level 15), One-Click Collection (Level 14), One-Click Forging (Level 10), One-Click Mining (Level 10), One-Click Enhancement (Level 10), One-Click Synthesis (Level 7)

“Fully First-tier Martial Emperor-tier!!”

“Now, I finally possess the strength to stand shoulder to shoulder with Luo Yu!”

“And if I unleash blood energy burst along with all my other techniques… even Luo Yu is no match for me!”

A gleam of sharp light flashed in Su Xiaobai’s eyes.

Clearly, from this moment forward, the strongest human had a new name—Su Xiaobai had become the number one among all humans on Earth!

It would not be an exaggeration to say he had also become the number one below Transcendent Level across the entire Vast Domain!

From Sub-Transcendent Level, crossing three major realms—Transcendent, Martial King, all the way to Martial Emperor!

Throughout the entire Vast Domain, there was no so-called Heaven’s Chosen or Holy Son who could rival Su Xiaobai!

“First-tier Martial Emperor… still not enough!”

“The strongest beings of the Siwu Clan are of the Second-tier Martial Emperor level—I have to earn money quickly… no matter what, I must get my hands on a Saint-grade technique!”

“Holy City… don’t let me down!”