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High Martial Arts: Grinding for the Supreme Talent

Chapter 518 - 494: The Gap Between Top-Level Geniuses · Nov 03, 2026

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501 Chapter 501 - 481: Legendary Senior 2026-11-03
502 Chapter 502 - 482: Ten Thousand Calamities Atlas 2026-11-03
503 Chapter 503 - 483: Control Technique—Ten Thousand Rivers Stream 2026-11-03
504 Chapter 504 - 484: Assassination 2026-11-03
505 Chapter 505 - 485: Brand New Villa 2026-11-03
506 Chapter 506 - 486: Peak of the Sixth Realm 2026-11-03
507 Chapter 507 - 487: Preparing for a Breakthrough 2026-11-03
508 Chapter 508 - 487: Preparing for a Breakthrough 2026-11-03
509 Chapter 509 - 488: Bone Marrow Cleansing and Blood Exchange 2026-11-03
510 Chapter 510 - 488: Bone Marrow Cleansing and Blood Exchange 2026-11-03
511 Chapter 511 - 489: Breakthrough—Seventh Realm 2026-11-03
512 Chapter 512 - 489: Breakthrough—Seventh Realm 2026-11-03
513 Chapter 513 - 489: Breakthrough—Seventh Realm 2026-11-03
514 Chapter 514 - 490: Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Pillar 2026-11-03
515 Chapter 515 - 491: Nine Blood Exchanges 2026-11-03
516 Chapter 516 - 492: Genius Is Just the Threshold 2026-11-03
517 Chapter 517 - 493: Shock 2026-11-03
518 Chapter 518 - 494: The Gap Between Top-Level Geniuses 2026-11-03
519 Chapter 519 - 495: Epiphany 2026-11-03
520 Chapter 520 - 496: Golden Emperor’s Secret Manual 2026-11-03
521 Chapter 521 - 496: Golden Emperor’s Secret Manual 2026-11-03
522 Chapter 522 - 496: Golden Emperor’s Secret Manual 2026-11-03
523 Chapter 523 - 497: Breaking the Shackles 2026-11-03
524 Chapter 524 - 498: First in History 2026-11-03
525 Chapter 525 - 499: Secrets 2026-11-03
526 Chapter 526 - 500: Peerless Genius—Sunx Saint 2026-11-03
527 Chapter 527 - 501: Cultivating Gang Power 2026-11-03
528 Chapter 528 - 502: Xia Country’s Crisis 2026-11-03
529 Chapter 529 - 503: Golden Emperor’s Gang Power 2026-11-03
530 Chapter 530 - 504: The Sacrificed Ninth Realm Martial Artist 2026-11-03
531 Chapter 531 - 505: Spear Gang and Breakthrough 2026-11-03
532 Chapter 532 - 506: A Young Man Arrives at Black Dragon Base 2026-11-03
533 Chapter 533 - 507: Tier Seven Equipment 2026-11-03
534 Chapter 534 - 508: Redemption List 2026-11-03
535 Chapter 535 - 509: First Battle 2026-11-03
536 Chapter 536 - 510: The Domineering Lin Qi 2026-11-03
537 Chapter 537 - 511: Rank 406 2026-11-03
538 Chapter 538 - 512: The Squad’s Powerhouse 2026-11-03
539 Chapter 539 - 513: First Battle with a Seventh-Level Calamity Beast 2026-11-03
540 Chapter 540 - 514: Born to Fight 2026-11-03
541 Chapter 541 - 515: The King of Mountains and Rivers’s Appreciation 2026-11-03
542 Chapter 542 - 516: Fierce Competition 2026-11-03
543 Chapter 543 - 517: Conflict and Revenge 2026-11-03
544 Chapter 544 - 517: Conflict and Retaliation 2026-11-03
545 Chapter 545 - 517: Conflict and Retaliation 2026-11-03
546 Chapter 546 - 518: Not in Three Months, Right Now 2026-11-03
547 Chapter 547 - 518: No Need for Three Months, Right Now 2026-11-03
548 Chapter 548 - 518: Forget 3 Months, Right Now 2026-11-03
549 Chapter 549: Crushing Gu Cheng 2026-11-03
550 Chapter 550 - 519: Crushing Gu City 2026-11-03

Chapter 518: Chapter 494: The Gap Between Top-Level Geniuses

[Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Pillar Rankings]

[1st Place: Sunx Saint (Xia Country), Time: 42 days, 3 hours]

[2nd Place: Li Tianxing (Xia Country), Time: 45 days, 6 hours]

[3rd Place: Augustine (White Eagle Federation), Time: 56 days, 6 hours]

[4th Place: Andre (Bear Country), Time: 57 days, 3 hours]

[5th Place: Ajayi (Tianzhu), Time: 62 days, 4 hours]

...

Zhang Tianyang, standing beside him, looked at the rankings with an astonished expression and said,

”This is insane! What kind of monsters are these people at the top of the list!”

”Especially seniors Sunx Saint and Li Tianxing, actually managing to take the top two spots.”

”Senior Sunx Saint only took 42 days—that’s less than a month and a half—to comprehend a High-Level Source Energy Technique. That’s just unbelievable!”

”I’d heard before that he was the strongest genius since the founding of the three top academies, and now it seems it’s true.”

”And Li Tianxing is only slightly behind him, also one of the absolute top geniuses.”

”The two of them are in a league far beyond other geniuses.”

”Xu Qin is a genius who Awakened two Special Abilities, and even she took almost three months!”

”Compared to them, she’s still quite a ways off.”

Lin Qi frowned as well, continuing to read down the list. He soon found Xu Qin’s ranking.

[24th Place: Xu Qin (Xia Country), Time: 80 days, 23 hours.]

...

[50th Place: Gu City (Xia Country), Time: 110 days, 15 hours.]

...

Lin Qi let out a breath. He saw someone he knew. Xu Qin had only taken 80 days, which was just shy of three months.

And Gu City, the champion of the global Martial Arts tournament from two years ago, took nearly four months to complete his Cultivation.

He was amazed. ’Just who are this Sunx Saint and Li Tianxing? How can they be so much stronger than Xu Qin?’

”The person in first place is Sunx Saint from Xia Country. Why have I never heard of him? He actually finished his Cultivation in only 42 days.”

”Our country’s SSS-level genius took 112 days to complete their Cultivation.”

”That’s terrifying!”

”Why do the geniuses from Japan generally take less time than those from our Silla Kingdom?”

”We geniuses from Japan can’t lose to them.”

”We must bring glory to our country! We have to complete our Cultivation in less time and climb the ranks.”

Watching the rankings, a competitive spirit began to stir among the Seventh Realm geniuses from every nation.

Zhang Tianyang lamented, ”Even among geniuses of the same level, the gap can be enormous.”

”Seniors Sunx Saint and Li Yunxiang are the real top-tier geniuses.”

”Completing their Cultivation in just over 40 days... who can compare to them?”

Lin Qi nodded to himself. His targets were Sunx Saint and Li Yunxiang. ’I’ll set a small goal for myself first: surpass Sunx Saint and take first place.’

Then, the four of them walked down the steps, and their surroundings instantly fell silent.

Director Fu pointed to the colossal, towering Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Pillar and began his explanation.

”After the Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Pillar was brought back, our country began studying the Calamity Beasts carved on it.”

”Even back then, some people believed they were a stronger type of Calamity Beast. Now, it seems they were right.”

”Based on our calculations, there are a total of 9,526 Calamity Beasts on the Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Pillar!”

Zhang Tianyang and Lin Qi were stunned. The number was simply absurd.

There are currently only 29 known types of Ninth-Level Calamity Beasts, and only three Tenth-Level Calamity Beasts.

Yet on this Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Pillar, there were at least 9,526 beasts on the level of Tenth-Level Calamity Beasts.

Director Fu continued, ”After years of research, we’ve divided them into three tiers based on the size of the Calamity Beast carvings.”

”Among them, the carvings of the Tenth-Level Calamity Beasts are the smallest, and they are also the weakest.”

As he spoke, he pointed to a carving in one of the corners. The three of them looked over and saw a lizard-like Calamity Beast.

Zhang Tianyang couldn’t help but blurt out, ”It’s the Desert Giant Lizard that appeared in Tianzhu Country!”

”But why is it at the very bottom?”

Lin Qi nodded. He had also noticed that the nearly ten thousand beasts were divided into three tiers based on their size.

The stronger the beast, the larger its carving.

The Tenth-Level Calamity Beast, the Desert Giant Lizard, had caused immense destruction in Tianzhu Country and required five Ninth Realm Martial Artists to kill.

But on the pillar’s carvings, it only occupied a tiny spot, like an insignificant nobody.

Director Fu continued, ”I have stood guard here for over thirty years.”

”I’ve picked up a bit of experience.”

”In the past, we classified them into three levels: Ordinary Level, Powerful Level, and Top Level.”

”Now, we classify them into three levels: Tenth-Level Calamity Beasts, Eleventh-Level Calamity Beasts, and Twelfth-Level Calamity Beasts.”

”And the higher the level of the Calamity Beast carving you observe, the more profound the Cultivation Technique you will comprehend.”

”After cultivating it, you break the shackles of your physical body, and the transformation it brings is naturally stronger.”

”A powerful Cultivation Technique can even increase your Blood Exchange Times and allow you to condense higher-quality Gang Power.”

”However, if you are just an ordinary A-level or S-class genius...”

”...then you should obediently observe the Tenth-Level Calamity Beasts. Don’t even think about observing the stronger ones!”

”Not only will you waste your time and money, but you might end up with a net loss.”

”After all, not everyone can successfully comprehend a technique even from a Tenth-Level Calamity Beast.”

”Succeeding at that level is already quite an achievement. Don’t be overambitious.”

Dean Liu, who was standing nearby, nodded and said, ”I knew my own limits back then and chose to observe a Tenth-Level Calamity Beast.”

”But a genius stronger than me insisted on observing an Eleventh-Level Calamity Beast and was never able to comprehend a Cultivation Technique.”

”In the end, he had no choice but to give up and come back to observe a Tenth-Level Calamity Beast. He ended up taking even longer than me to succeed in his Cultivation.”

Fu Xuan nodded and continued, ”If you are an SS-level or SSS-level genius, you can choose an Eleventh-Level Calamity Beast.”

”As for the Twelfth-Level Calamity Beasts... to be honest, even among SSS-level geniuses, not many can successfully cultivate a technique from them.”

”Even those who have Awakened two Special Abilities find it just as difficult to succeed.”

As Fu Xuan said this, he looked at Lin Qi. He was over 70 years old and was from the same generation as Emperor Red, the King of Mountains and Rivers, and the Overlord.

He had seen the most brilliant of geniuses.

After being stationed at the Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Pillar, he had seen countless top-tier geniuses over the decades.

And while Lin Qi’s Talent wasn’t among the absolute best of the countless geniuses he had seen, it could still be ranked in the upper echelons.

’An Eleventh-Level Calamity Beast would be no problem for him, but a Twelfth-Level Calamity Beast would be extremely difficult.’

The last genius who came, Xu Qin, who had Awakened two Special Abilities, only managed to comprehend a technique from an Eleventh-Level Calamity Beast.

’Even an SSS-level with two Awakened Special Abilities has a hard time cultivating a technique from a Twelfth-Level Calamity Beast?’

After hearing this, Zhang Tianyang instantly gave up on the idea of comprehending a technique from a Twelfth-Level Calamity Beast.

’I’ll just stick to observing the Eleventh-Level Calamity Beasts.’

Lin Qi, however, had other ideas.

’A High-Level Source Energy Technique from a Twelfth-Level Calamity Beast. That’s what I want.’

After that, Fu Xuan went over a few more points of caution before leaving.

”Lin Qi, Zhang Tianyang, you can begin your Cultivation!”

”I won’t disturb you any longer!”

After speaking, Dean Liu also smiled and turned to leave.

Zhang Tianyang said with a smile, ”Junior Lin Qi, I’m heading over first!”

With that, he walked toward the steps leading further down, wanting to get a clearer view of the Eleventh-Level Calamity Beasts.

Soon, only Lin Qi was left standing there.

He looked up at the Ten Thousand Beasts Blood Pillar. As his surroundings grew quiet, he could feel the waves of Energy emanating from it.

ROAR!!

The fluctuation was unnerving, as if an ancient Calamity Beast was roaring right next to his ear.

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