I Can Replicate Martial Arts

The vast, starry sea—magnificent and resplendent!

Zhao Rui flew through the cosmic void at speeds far exceeding the speed of light. This velocity wasn’t achieved by transcending mass-energy equivalence, but by using Dark Energy to compress space.

His movement was a series of instantaneous flashes, a form of spatial transmission.

This was the difference between Spiritual Power and the energy of the material world.

It involved many Domains that transcended conventional physics.

Before opening his Hidden Meridian and absorbing Dark Energy, no matter how fast Zhao Rui was, his speed could only be compared to the speed of sound.

He was a world away from true teleportation.

But even at his current speed, in this vast, starry sea, he was as slow as a snail—astonishingly "slow."

To truly travel between stars, one needed the ability to traverse time and space.

That meant tearing through space at will to arrive at any desired destination.

Or manipulating time itself, turning an ocean into a single grain and the ends of the earth into a single step.

It meant compressing any journey into a single instant through the power of time.

Zhao Rui only wanted to go home.

No matter how beautiful the universe was, it was boundless. He could fly for ten days or half a month without even seeing a single planet.

’Few people would genuinely want to stay here.’

As Zhao Rui flew, he studied the art of spatio-temporal traversal. He had never witnessed this Technique before, so he could only try to figure it out based on the memories of his past life.

He flew like this for an unknown amount of time. The Exotic Treasures he had gathered along the way were long since depleted, forcing him to draw on his Hidden Meridian to absorb Dark Energy just to sustain his life force.

Sometimes, to conserve energy, he would enter a deep slumber, relying only on his subconscious to remain aware of any surrounding dangers.

The road ahead was long, and space was treacherous.

His journey was not always through an empty void. Sometimes he encountered strange gravitational fields, misty clouds of interstellar dust, and magnificent yet terrifying stellar mutations.

When interested, Zhao Rui would draw near to admire the sights. When tired, he would steer clear to avoid unnecessary trouble.

After traveling for an unknown number of days, he finally sensed a strong surge of Divine Soul.

This surge was not emitted by the powerful force of a single expert, but from the collective Divine Soul communication of intelligent beings.

This kind of communication was imperceptible to an ordinary Martial Artist.

Only an interstellar expert of Zhao Rui’s level could faintly detect it.

It was a wondrous fluctuation created by the transmission of consciousness, indicating that a group of intelligent beings inhabited a planet ahead.

Zhao Rui had been adrift for a long time. He was exhausted in both mind and body and desperately wanted to find a place to rest.

After a moment’s hesitation, he changed direction and rushed toward the planet from which the Divine Soul fluctuations originated.

His speed was incredible. In the blink of an eye, he passed several planets and closed in on the world that harbored intelligent life.

There were no technological products like satellites in the planet’s orbit, only a few small asteroids revolving around it.

Zhao Rui didn’t enter the planet rashly. Instead, he chose one of its moons and flew toward it.

This moon was desolate and uninhabited, its surface covered in lava pits and meteorite craters.

It had only a thin atmosphere, composed mainly of helium and hydrogen.

The oxygen content was extremely low.

Upon arriving at the moon, Zhao Rui used the Great Hand Seal Technique, conjuring a small house built against a mountain out of thin air.

There was no cement or soil; it was built purely from huge rocks cut by his Tribulation-Breaking Sword.

It wasn’t comfortable, but at least it was a shelter.

Zhao Rui sat cross-legged inside, taking a short rest.

The star here was massive, at least two or three times the size of the sun.

Zhao Rui rested in the stone house for a night, until the local star baked the temperature to over sixty degrees Celsius.

Only then did he awaken from his slumber.

The sun rises in the east, and purple qi follows!

There was no Misty Purple Qi here, only intensely scorching ultraviolet rays.

Zhao Rui’s True Qi surged. A mixture of Dark Energy and Spiritual Qi formed a peculiar force field around him, refining the vast storm of ultraviolet radiation into pure Energy that enveloped his body.

His entire body became as brilliant as a small sun.

On the distant life-bearing planet, a group of extraordinary beings was reclining high in the clouds, absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to nourish themselves.

Suddenly, a dim planet in the distant sky erupted with a dazzling light. High in the atmosphere, this light appeared exceptionally brilliant.

The extraordinary beings were greatly alarmed!

’The Unfamiliar Planet shines! The opportunity of the Great Dao has appeared!’

According to ancient legends, whenever the Great Dao manifested in the world, an unusual phenomenon was sure to be born.

For thousands of years, the Unfamiliar Planet had never shone, yet now it had erupted with unprecedented brilliance. Such a phenomenon was unheard of.

’Doesn’t such a strange sign indicate that the opportunity of the Great Dao is about to manifest?’

Forgetting about absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, they all leaped down from the clouds and flew toward their own territories.

Within a single hour, every cultivator on the planet knew the news.

In the Langhuan Sacred Land!

A female cultivator with pointed ears and slightly bluish skin looked down with a grave expression at the vast crowd of nearly a thousand disciples below and said:

"The opportune moment of the Celestial Dao has arrived. My disciples, you must rise to the challenge and not slacken in the slightest. You are to help and support one another..."

"This time, the Celestial Secret is opening on the Unfamiliar Planet. The Unfamiliar Planet lies in the east and is governed by Li Fire. You should use flame as your foundation..."

As the woman finished speaking, looks of excitement and agitation appeared on the faces of the crowd.

They had actually lived to see the opportunity of the Celestial Dao that appeared only once every thousand years. Born into such a glorious era, how could they not be excited?

It was said that the last time a Celestial Secret was revealed, it triggered a great age, producing generation after generation of chosen ones who illuminated the planet for several hundred years.

Some experts even broke through the planet’s limitations, took that all-important step, and witnessed the vast, starry cosmos.

However, after leaving the planet, that person vanished without a trace and has not been seen since.

It was unknown whether they went to a more Advanced world or became lost in the sea of stars.

Although there had been no news of this person, it did nothing to diminish their prestige and influence on the entire planet.

Countless cultivators took them as their goal, hoping to one day also break through that barrier and take that step.

Now that an age of great contention had arrived, how could they not be thrilled?

"Go!"

The woman waved her hand, and with a flicker of her body, she left the mountaintop and stepped into the clouds.

"Senior Sister, could the Unfamiliar Planet’s sudden radiance be just a coincidence?"

Beside her was another graceful woman. This woman had a silent demeanor, her expression showing not much excitement but rather a great deal of caution.

"It’s fine. The people from the Celestial Secret Pavilion have already made their calculations. The Unfamiliar Planet’s radiance is a reflection of the Celestial Secret. There’s no mistake."

The woman gave a carefree smile and flew toward a distant high mountain.

Soon, the two women landed on a mountaintop. The mountain forests here were dense, and a type of vine-like plant grew everywhere.

This plant enveloped the entire mountaintop, preventing any other vegetation from growing and dominating the peak completely.

The two women landed among the vines and swung their weapons, carving a small path straight toward the deepest part of the thicket.

"Before Grandmaster left, he said that if the Celestial Secret ever manifested, we were to come here to seek the guidance of the Sky Ladder."

"Now is the time!"

Soon, the two of them arrived at the mouth of a cave.