Eternal Sovereign

On the Spirit Dawn Continent, there were a total of nine prefectures. One country ruled the world together with three sects.

In the western part of Jingzhou, in the Liang Yue Dynasty, a relatively remote village [Yongde Town], a red glow suddenly appeared in the east. The red glow slowly expanded and soon dyed half of the sky red.

As if waking up from hibernation, Yongde Town gradually became popular.

On the streets, the bakery sellers, blacksmiths, and other snacks started to shout. The shops along the streets also opened their doors and waited for their customers.

In the Chen Mansion, Yongde Town, on a wide playground, dozens of children woke up early to train their bodies and practice their martial arts.

The Liang Yue Dynasty's martial arts were flourishing. Powerful warriors could easily destroy a small mountain, shake the world, and have illustrious statuses. If the family had a powerful martial artist protecting it, it could protect the family for a hundred years.

The starting point of martial arts was to temper the body and gather qi. It would develop the body through body refinement, so that the true qi would condense within the body.

This stage could be called Qi Condensation, or a stage in the Martial Dao.

After reaching a certain limit, the Zhen Qi inside the body would rush into the eight meridians in the body. Once any of the eight meridians were opened, one could be considered a true warrior in the martial way, or one could be considered a true warrior at this stage.

This stage of the Invigorated Meridian Realm was known as the second stage of martial arts, which could also be called the Invigorated Meridian Realm.

Because the great circle of the Invigorated Meridian Realm opened up the two meridians, and the two meridians opened up to form a small circulation in the body, the eight meridians' great circle of the Invigorated Meridian Realm was also known as the small circulation.

These children of the Chen Clan were still at the Qi Condensation stage, and the way they refined their bodies was the Chen Clan's unique method of forging their bodies.

Some of these children were still young, their movements slow and erratic. It was obvious that they had just started. They hadn't even reached the Qi Condensation stage, and their bodies hadn't condensed any true energy yet.

Some moved quickly and skillfully. As they swung their fists and kicked their legs, a strong wind blew, causing a few children who had just been training their bodies to exclaim in surprise and reveal expressions of envy.

Amongst the dozens of children, one of them seemed rather unique. Compared to these children, who were around eight to nine years old and around eleven years old, this one was clearly older. He had already stepped into the ranks of youth.

The youth waved his fists, his fists leaving afterimages. Around him, it was clear that the winds created by his fists were extremely powerful.

If a powerful martial artist was present, they would be able to faintly hear the true energy within the youth's body surge like raging waves, unceasingly surging and rumbling.

It was obvious that this young man had reached the great circle of the Qi Condensation stage. In fact, he could even be considered to be at the peak of the Qi Condensation stage.

No, compared to the peak of the Qi Condensation stage, he was slightly stronger.

Suddenly, the youth slowly punched out, wiping away the beads of sweat on his forehead. He sat down cross-legged with a solemn expression, and the surging true energy within his body suddenly rushed towards a barrier!

Shockingly, this was where one of the eight meridians was blocked!

If one looked closely at this youth, although he wasn't particularly handsome, he was still handsome with clear eyes and delicate eyebrows, making it easy for people to have a good impression of him.

"Brother Chen Yi is about to break through again."

"I wonder when I will be able to enter the Invigorated Meridian Realm. Once I break through to the Invigorated Meridian Realm, I won't need to wake up so early to train here."

"Indeed, after reaching the Invigorated Meridian Realm, we will be much more free."

Even though they were still young, they all had looks of envy on their faces. They still had a heavy heart at this time of the year. It was torture for them to get up so early in the morning to practice martial arts.

"Don't get any closer to Chen Yi. Step back a little, don't disturb Chen Yi's breakthrough!" Suddenly, a loud shout rang out as a tall and sturdy man walked over with large strides, chasing away all the little fellows around Chen Yi.

The group of little fellows immediately scattered in all directions.

Only then did the burly man focus more of his attention on Chen Yi, revealing a worried expression.

Chen Yi, the third son of the Chen family's Patriarch, was also a well-known genius in the Chen family and even in the entire Yongde town a few years ago.

At the age of eight, he began to form Qi in his body. After a month, his body had produced true qi. At the age of nine, he was at the peak of Qi Condensation, breaking through to the Invigorated Meridian realm at the age of ten.

This kind of cultivation speed was one of the top in the entire Chen Clan, hence it had gained quite a bit of attention.

However, on the second day, he retreated from the Invigorated Meridian Realm back to the Great Circle of Qi Condensation.

In the following four years, he broke through to the Invigorated Meridian Realm a total of a hundred and thirty-one times. Similarly, he fell back to the Great Circle of Qi Condensation on the second day.

It had been a long time since he had broken through the 131st level, but it had happened faster and faster. It would happen in just a few days' time.

The last time Chen Yi had broken through to the Invigorated Meridian Realm was five days ago, when he had made the fastest breakthrough from the Great Circle of Qi Condensation to the Invigorated Meridian Realm.

Unfortunately, this record wasn't an honor.

The whole town called Chen Yi's eternal Qi Condensation stage a name that he would never be able to officially enter the Invigorated Meridian Realm. They were even secretly making a bet that Chen Yi would create a new record to break into the Invigorated Meridian Realm one day after retreating from the Qi Condensation Realm.

The clan head and other high ranking members of the Chen Estate, who had originally held Chen Yi in high regard, were also greatly disappointed by him. Soon, they no longer paid much attention to him.

In the entire Chen family, everyone was extremely disgusted with Chen Yi, who had humiliated them. This caused them to be unable to raise their heads in front of their peers from other clans, and only these eight to nine-year-old kids who were still refining their bodies did not have any concept of this.

Also, a small minority like the burly man still had good intentions for Chen Yi. They believed that Chen Yi wouldn't be like this forever.

"I wonder how long this breakthrough will take?" The burly man looked at Chen Yi with a complicated expression.

Breaking through to the next realm had always required one to be in a stable environment, and one had to be careful and prepared.

However, other than the first few dozen breakthroughs being careful and the next hundred breakthroughs being careful, it could be said that Chen Yi was extremely casual and didn't have any cautious attitude at all.

As expected, not long after Chen Yi sat down with his legs crossed, his body suddenly shook as a tyrannical aura emanated out from him.

In less than ten minutes, Chen Yi had broken through from the Great Circle of Qi Condensation to the Invigorated Meridian Realm.

With such a fast speed and so few breakthroughs, there were probably not many people in Jing Prefecture that could break through so easily.

"I broke through again." Chen Yi stood up and looked at his body, spitting out a mouthful of foul air.

"Kid, don't retreat." When the burly man saw Chen Yi break through, he too let out a sigh of relief and walked towards Chen Yi.

Chen Yi smiled slightly. "Hello, Uncle An."

The burly man's full name was Chen An, and he was a branch of the Chen family. He had been assigned by the Chen family's younger generation to teach them the most basic body tempering method, and now that he was at the Great Circle of the Invigorated Meridian Realm, his two meridians were opened. He was a small circle of martial artists, and was considered an expert in the Chen family.

It was easy to open one of the eight meridians, but it was more troublesome to open all eight meridians at the same time, especially the last of the eight meridians, the Ren and Du meridians. It was even more difficult to open them.

Many talented martial artists had entered the Invigorated Meridian Realm at the age of seventeen or eighteen. Perhaps after a few years, they would be able to reach the peak of the late stage of the Invigorated Meridian Realm. However, to open the two meridians and step into the Small Circle of the Invigorated Meridian Realm would require more than ten or twenty years.

In the martial world, there were many people in the later stages of the Invigorated Meridian Realm, but there were fewer who had reached the great circle of the Invigorated Meridian Realm.

The Great Circle of Invigorated Meridian was considered one of the best in the martial arts world. The strong could be considered second rate.

After them would be second rate martial artists in the martial arts world, or even quasi-first level Heavenly Axis Realm experts.

One had to open up all twelve meridians of the human body to reach the level of true qi, and true qi would form a larger circulation within the body. That was why many people would call the level of mastery of the realm Great Revolving Core realm.

Warriors at this level had quite a high position in the martial arts world and could not be underestimated. As one of the three families of Yongde Town, the Chen Mansion did not have any experts at the great circle of the Refinement Realm.

Chen An saw that Chen Yi's expression didn't change. It was as if he wasn't affected by the backsliding of his cultivation level. His eyes were clear, and he couldn't help but feel gratified.

If Chen Yi gave up, he would forever be a Qi Condensation cultivator.

"Although this is your 132nd breakthrough, resulting in your zhenqi being strong and stable and not needing to go into seclusion, just in case, you don't need to continue training here this morning. Hurry up and go back to stabilize your cultivation."

"Hopefully, I won't see you again tomorrow." Chen An said meaningfully.

When one reached the Invigorated Meridian Realm, there would be an Invigorated Meridian Realm training field. Chen An's words were actually a blessing for Chen Yi.

Chen Yi smiled wryly, "I hope so."

After that, Chen Yi respectfully took his leave. Under the envious gazes of many kids, he left the sports field that they hated dearly.

These brats who were still young did not know of Chen An and Chen Yi's vexation, and only knew that Chen Yi could 'end the class' earlier today, thus saving them quite a bit of training. As for whether Chen Yi would leave tomorrow or return here, it was not within their scope of concern.