Strongest War Emperor

Watching that unlucky sod Qian Luo get dragged to the back, Shen Lang shook his head helplessly and continued, ”The number of Elements Mansions one possesses is a symbol of power. This holds true whether you are in the Xuanwu Realm or after you have reached the King Martial Realm.”

”In the Xuanwu Realm, having more Elements Mansions allows you to use more numerous and powerful Cultivation Techniques. An Elements Mansion lets you use a Cultivation Technique of a corresponding attribute without needing to convert your Spiritual Power first, making you far superior to others in both speed and ability. But when I say I will help you open ten Elements Mansions, it isn’t for that…”

”Because in my view, a Cultivation level like the Xuanwu Realm is merely the true entry point to Martial Arts. If you can’t reach the King Martial Realm, it’s all for naught!”

”I say I’m opening Elements Mansions for you only to help you build a solid foundation before you break through to the King Martial Realm. It’s to prepare for the moment you form a Nascent Soul!”

As Shen Lang’s sonorous and powerful voice echoed, the group’s blood boiled with excitement, and the fervent look on their faces intensified.

Opening ten Elements Mansions, achieving a true Elements Mansion Great Perfection… This was something even the supreme geniuses of Legendary Sects wouldn’t dare to imagine!

Yet to Shen Lang, it was merely building a foundation, nothing special at all!

In just this short time, everything they had learned and heard from Shen Lang had given the crowd a completely new understanding of Martial Arts.

When a person looks from a higher perspective, they find that what they see is completely different from before.

With just a sentence or two, Shen Lang had opened up a path of Martial Arts before them that they had never conceived of, never even glimpsed before!

Shen Lang’s tone was as calm as ever. ”After reaching the Peak of Xuanwu Realm Ninth Heaven, when you break through to the King Martial Realm, your Pill Sea, Elements Mansions, Martial Soul, and Sea of Consciousness will merge into one to form your Nascent Soul!”

”When condensing your Nascent Soul, the more Elements Mansions you have, the more types of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi a Martial Artist can sense after its formation. Moreover, sensing and absorbing that Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi will also become much easier.”

”So, in the end, opening ten Elements Mansions is all for the sake of building this foundation.”

”I’m helping you open ten Elements Mansions and achieve Elements Mansion Great Perfection not so you can show off, nor so you can simultaneously use Cultivation Techniques of various elements like Wind, Thunder, Earth, and Fire…”

”In fact, the higher your Cultivation, the more you will understand that quality is better than quantity when it comes to Cultivation Techniques! Specializing in the one elemental technique that suits you best will make you far stronger than a jack-of-all-trades.”

”A jack of all trades is a master of none. It’s a very simple principle…”

At that moment, Qian Luo, who had just regained consciousness, rubbed his lower back and stammered, ”Then Sir, why do you know everything?”

The entire area fell silent. You could have heard a pin drop.

All eyes turned to Qian Luo.

However, Qian Luo’s head was still spinning, and smoke was still wafting from it. He clearly hadn’t noticed the change in the atmosphere around him.

He still looked like a diligent and inquisitive student, gazing at Shen Lang with a very ’innocent’ expression, waiting for an answer.

CRACK!

A bolt of lightning as thick as a wrist descended from the sky, striking Qian Luo on the head.

Qian Luo’s hair stood on end. He fell backward, landing stiff as a board on the ground again.

Shen Lang rubbed his hands together and said nonchalantly, ”Interrupting someone while they’re speaking is very rude.”

He paused, then added, ”It’s the kind of thing that gets you struck by lightning.”

The crowd desperately suppressed the urge to burst out laughing, almost giving themselves internal injuries from holding it in.

Shen Lang continued, ”In short, you must understand one thing. I am helping you open ten Elements Mansions now not so you can dominate the Xuanwu Realm, but so that after you reach the King Martial Realm, you can walk further down the path of Martial Arts and truly touch its peak!”

”The Emperor Martial Realm, the Quasi-Emperor Martial Realm—they are all just waystations on this long road, not the final destination!”

Everyone shouted in unison, ”Thank you for this opportunity, Sir! We will go through fire and water and never back down!”

Shen Lang waved his hand. ”Alright, alright. I’m not making you stronger so you can go through fire and water. Quite the opposite, it’s so that none of you have to do so needlessly.”

”Enough talk. Form a line. Based on your current Cultivation, I will help each of you open two to three Elements Mansions. The rest will depend on your own efforts!”

The group’s hearts surged with emotion, their blood boiling. They roared in unison, ”Thank you, Sir!”

Watching all of this from the back, Duanmu Xie felt like dying.

It was bad enough that his earlier attempts at flattery had backfired spectacularly, but then he’d tried to mock Tie Feng’s own brown-nosing, only to have it end like this!

’Looks like I’ve been a Zombie for so long, I’ve developed a generation gap with humans…’

’No, this has nothing to do with being a Zombie. This guy is just too much of a freak! Ten Elements Mansions… I’ve never fucking heard of such a thing!’

’And he can even help others open Elements Mansions! He’s the monster of all monsters…’

’Could it be that after sleeping for ten thousand years, the world has changed this much? Are people with Elements Mansion Great Perfection about to be running all over the streets?’

’Uh, with methods this heaven-defying, does this mean... he might be able to help me recover my Cultivation, or even break through to the Quasi-Emperor Martial Realm?’

The more Duanmu Xie thought about it, the more shocked he became, and the more his heart bloomed with joy.

He began to snicker to himself in delight…

After the group of Xuanwu Realm War Wolf members had all received the Elements Mansions from Shen Lang, they sat down to cultivate beside the Wood Spirit Pearl and the Water Spirit Pearl.

Shen Lang’s gaze fell upon Yuan Bupu, Yin Qianshang, and Flower Soul.

At this moment, like the War Wolf members, the three of them were also filled with a surging, irrepressible excitement.

If Shen Lang could grant such a heaven-defying opportunity to those in the Xuanwu Realm, then he must also have a way to help those in the King Martial Realm like them.

Yuan Bupu, in particular, had long since witnessed Shen Lang’s terrifying power, and his heart was now filled with boundless anticipation.

”Elder Ape, you are a Desolate Domain Demon Ape, a Barbaric Alien Species. Your Talent Ability is earth-shattering, and your potential is immense… Your current Cultivation is the highest of the three, but in reality, you are the weakest,” Shen Lang said leisurely.

Yin Qianshang and Flower Soul exchanged glances, not understanding what he meant.

But Yuan Bupu nodded, a look of anticipation in his eyes.

Shen Lang pondered for a moment before speaking. ”Back in the Dark Moon Abyss, your physical body collapsed, and you were on the verge of complete annihilation. Although I managed to defy fate and save you with the Star Moon Bodhi Prayer Beads, your condition hasn’t improved much since. This entire time, I’ve been thinking about your problem, wondering how to resolve it completely.”

”But before I could solve it, I had no choice but to have you use the Netherworld King’s Three Extremes Sword after activating the second layer of the Nine-Star Profound Meaning to deal with the Zombies in the Hidden Moon Tomb. This caused your unhealed meridians to shatter once more, and you were also infected with corpse poison.”

Yin Qianshang and Flower Soul immediately shot a vicious glare at Duanmu Xie, who was standing at the back.

Duanmu Xie looked like he wanted to find a hole to crawl into. He put on a miserable, pleading expression and said, ”Don’t look at me like that. It wasn’t me, it was my brother who did it…”

Shen Lang ignored Duanmu Xie and continued, ”When I returned, I saw that the corpse poison in your body was completely gone. Was that Shiyin’s doing?”

Yuan Bupu nodded. ”Yes. We all returned to the Imperial Dragon Sect together. I was worried about you, Boss, so I caused a huge scene trying to get them to go after you and save you. As a result, I angered that esteemed lady, and she almost slapped me to death on the spot.”

”I only found out later that she’s cold on the outside but warm on the inside. She actually used her Lifebound Essence Qi to completely purge the corpse poison from my body… Not only that, but she also transferred her Power into me to help me heal.”

”No wonder,” Shen Lang said. ”Right now, many of the meridians in your body are still shattered, and quite a few are in disarray. You often lose control when you circulate your Spiritual Power, and your Nascent Soul is in an unstable state, correct?”

Yuan Bupu’s eyes reddened slightly as he nodded. ”Your perception is truly sharp, Boss. That is exactly the case… I thought that my injuries would get better after a period of hard Cultivation, but…”

”But after some time passed, you found that not only were they not getting better, they were actually getting worse, right?” Shen Lang sighed. ”I let you cultivate on your own and manage your injuries during this time because I wanted a period of observation to determine the best way to solve this problem.”

A look of gratitude immediately filled Yuan Bupu’s eyes. With a THUD, he knelt on one knee. ”Your methods are heaven-defying, Boss! You must have a way to help me!”

Shen Lang reached out and helped Yuan Bupu up. ”I have been thinking about your problem for a long time,” he said leisurely. ”I’ve found several Secret Techniques that, combined with various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, can be used to replace your blood and refine your marrow… But this process is extremely painful and will take a very long time.”

Yuan Bupu slapped his chest forcefully. ”Rest assured, Sir! There is no pain that I, Elder Ape, cannot endure!”

”If you, Sir, can constantly use the Golden Needle Acupoint Forging Body Technique for Body Forging and endure such inhuman torment, how could I, Yuan Bupu, fear the mere pain of blood replacement and marrow refining?”

Their conversation was simple and direct, without much drama.

But to Yin Qianshang and Flower Soul, who were listening on the side, it was absolutely soul-stirring.

When a Martial Artist cultivated, their greatest fear was to have a meridian severed or a Mystic Gate Acupoint crippled, either through a mistake in their practice or for some other reason.

If a Martial Artist’s meridians were severed and their acupoints destroyed, in a minor case, their Cultivation would stagnate or even regress significantly.

In a severe case, they could lose all their Power, suffer from cultivation deviation, and end up crippled or dead.

Such injuries were far more severe than mere flesh wounds.

Look at Duanmu Xie, a Zombie Emperor of his generation—how arrogant and domineering was he in his prime?

And yet, he was brutally beaten down from the Emperor Martial Realm Ninth Heaven Peak to somewhere around the Emperor Martial Realm Fourth and Fifth Heaven.

He had slept for ten thousand years and still hadn’t recovered.

But Shen Lang had actually saved Yuan Bupu, whose body had been shattered, and was now saying he had a way to heal him completely and resolve the issue!

What did that even imply?

Faced with Yuan Bupu’s current condition, even someone at the Quasi-Emperor Martial Realm like Xue Shiyin would be helpless without certain unique Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures!

At that moment, Shen Lang pushed a Jade Scroll toward Yuan Bupu.

”On this Jade Scroll, I have inscribed a Supreme Secret Technique called the ’Prison Guardian Demon Technique.’”