The Nine Cauldrons

Book 8 Chapter 64 The Harmonization of the Spirit with the Heavens and Earth

As he stood on the lake, tens of thousands of red, streaming lights whirled through his surroundings, twisting the empty space.

Teng Qingshan looked far towards the east. The morning sun had already completely risen; the sunlight was dazzling.

“Finally, I have attained Emptiness Realm.”

Teng Qingshan felt as if the sun had also risen in his heart. He had faced the powerful and invincible Qing Hu island in the Great Yan Mountain and was forced to flee in embarrassment. The Qing Hu Island announced the pursuit to the world and he was like a rat cursed and beaten by everyone. Eventually, he escaped to the other side of the North Sea—Duanmu Continent.

The winter when he was seventeen, he left his hometown, the Jiangning County of Yangzhou!

At age eighteen, he spent his days in Wu City, being hunted down by Golden Dan Innate Experts, and had to dig into the ground to escape.

At age nineteen, he spent his time in the Forbidden Area of Bright Moon Island, analyzing the Celestial Jade Annulus that Poetic Sword God Li Taibai had left behind.

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Now, he was already 21.

“It’s been more than three years,” lamented Teng Qingshan, but his eyes remained bright. “And I have finally arrived at the Emptiness Realm. Emptiness Realm Experts are powerful experts that stand at the pinnacle of the nine prefectures…If a sect has an Emptiness Realm Expert, it would exist for a few hundred years even under the suppression of the eight Supreme Sects!”

“And now, I am also an Emptiness Realm Expert!”

“If teacher and my parents knew that I had reached the Emptiness Realm, they probably wouldn’t be able to believe it.” A smiled appeared on Teng Qingshan’s face.

He was 21 years old and had reached the Emptiness Realm!

This must have been the most incredible thing since the beginning of the world. When Teng Qingshan arrived at the Innate Realm at age 17, it was already stunning. Four years later, he has arrived at the Emptiness Realm. If the Grand Elder Supreme of Qing Hu Island—the Emptiness Realm Expert, Blind Swordmaster—found out, he would risk everything to try to kill off Teng Qingshan!

This speed of improvement was frightening!

In truth, there were many reasons as to why Teng Qingshan could reach the Emptiness Realm at the age of 21.

During the 29 years of his previous life, Teng Qingshan has already reached the Grandmaster Realm. Thus, in this life, when Teng Qingshan was just a baby, he had already achieved the Grandmaster Realm of the Internal Martial Arts! He then comprehended the Five Element Fists and during the creation of the Xing Yi Five Elements Spear Arts, he refined himself and progressed again.

Adding up the total cultivation time of his two lives, Teng Qingshan had actually already cultivated for over 40 years.

Furthermore…

Teng Qingshan cultivated the Inner Martial Arts, a path that no one in the Land of Nine Prefectures had followed before. Over 40 years of practicing the Inner Martial Arts, with the help of the Celestial Jade Annulus’ and the stone inscriptions of the Thirty-six Splitting Mountain Forms, and by overcoming the setbacks he had experienced when cultivating, he finally stepped into the Emptiness Realm.

Stepping into the Emptiness Realm was akin to stepping into the sky.

From now on, his status would be very different from before. He would be like a fish leaping over the gates of the dragon and soaring above ninth heaven.

Furthermore, Teng Qingshan was the first Emptiness Realm Expert that once cultivated the Internal Martial Arts!

“Finally, I did it! My cultivation methods of the Internal Martial Arts has the potential to reach the Emptiness Realm.” Teng Qingshan smiled. “The future generations who practice my《Fire Element Fist》and the other four fist arts will also have the chance to achieve the Dao of Heaven.” Thinking of how the future cultivators of the Internal Martial Arts could follow in his footsteps and enter Emptiness Realm, he felt excited.

“Nine Prefectures…”

“Wait for my return.” Teng Qingshan’s eyes were bright.

“Emptiness Realm Expert… there was a huge difference.”

Teng Qingshan felt the difference within himself after attaining the Emptiness Realm. If the Innate experts were the ants of the earth, then the Emptiness Realm Experts was the ruler of a certain region in this world. The more one understood, the more power and control one had.

“So this is the Emptiness Realm!” Teng Qingshan closed his eyes.