The Prodigies War

After serving breakfast to the Third Young Master, Qing Zhu hesitated for a moment before whispering softly, “There’s news from last night… Eldest Young Master has been defeated.”

Lin Xun, who took the identity of Su Qinghan, was taken aback at first. Then, memories flashed across his mind.

Every ten years, the three great dynasties in the True Martial World would cohost the True Martial Contest.

The top ten would be rewarded with Heaven Blessed Powers!

The champion would also have the opportunity to train in the True Martial Mountain.

Every youngster who had set foot onto the cultivation path and was under the age of eighteen was eligible to take part in the True Martial Contest.

After multiple rounds of selection, the Great Gan, Great Chu and Great Wei dynasties would each select ten seed candidates to compete for the final top ten positions.

Not long ago, the True Martial Contest kicked off in the Great Qian Dynasty.

As a second-rate clan in Dragon Abyss City, the Su Clan was only given one quota for the True Martial Contest.

In Dragon Abyss City, Su Qingchou was an outstanding talent among the younger generation. At the age of sixteen, he had already reached the seventh layer of the True Martial Stage.

The Little Cycle Stage!

Su Qingchou, one of the four great talents in Dragon Abyss City, was regarded as the future leader of the Su Clan. A young achiever, he exuded enthusiasm and confidence.

In Su Qinghan’s memory, he greatly admired and respected his eldest brother Su Qinghan.

But now, Qing Zhu told him that Su Qingchou had been defeated...

After a thought, Lin Xun said aloud, “Qing Zhu, gather some information about the True Martial Contest for me.”

The request took Qing Zhu aback. Third Young Master used to never care about these things because he couldn’t practice cultivation.

Is this because Eldest Young Master was defeated this time?

Qing Zhu took the order without much thought.

Once she left, Lin Xun fell into deep thought:

The Heaven Blessed Power granted to the top ten of the True Martial Contest…could it be connected to the law power of the True Martial World?

To escape the cycle of reincarnation in the True Martial World, one must fulfil the condition of leaving behind their own great dao will in the world.

Lin Xun had a strong feeling that if he wanted to succeed, he needed to begin with the True Martial Contest.

“Should I say you’re lucky or blessed? Since I temporarily borrowed your body, I shall repay you with a great fortune,” Lin Xun muttered.

Su Qinghan’s inability to cultivate stemmed from the blockage of certain fine meridians in his body. As a result, he was unable to sense the flow of qi generated by qi refining techniques.

In the True Martial World, blocked meridians signified that one was not destined for cultivation in this life.

After all, the highest cultivation stage in this world was only the True Martial Stage, and people’s understanding of the great dao was highly limited.

However, for someone like Lin Xun, who had reached the perfect Supreme Quasi-Emperor Stage, blocked meridians was no big deal.

Then, he was suddenly struck with realization—

After entering the world of reincarnation, he not only awakened his consciousness immediately, but his memories, inheritance and intelligence also remained completely intact!

However, according to the law power figure that appeared in the Nirvana of Transcendence, every cultivator who entered the cycle of reincarnation would have their spirit, body, mind and cultivation—everything they possessed—reduced to that of an ordinary person.

If one wanted to practice cultivation, they had to start all over in the True Martial World. Even if they awakened their consciousness, their prior great dao insights, inheritance, and memories would remain out of reach.

It was no different from being reincarnated into another person!

However, Lin Xun retained his previous great dao insights, inheritance, and memories!

This was undoubtedly abnormal.

For a while, Lin Xun stood in a daze.

After pondering for a long time, he suddenly remembered that when he encountered the power of reincarnation and entered the True Martial World, his Origin Aeth Artery was awakened from its dormant state and underwent an astonishing change...

Unfortunately, at that time his consciousness had fallen into darkness and he had no time to assess the changes.

Now that he remembered, he believed that this unusual situation was most likely due to the ‘change’ in his Origin Aeth Artery!

The Origin Aeth Artery was his innate talent, allowing him to grasp the mysterious power of Time Stopping.

He also recalled that when he entered the Ancient Nebula Underworld and passed through the vortex passageway formed by the laws of time, his Origin Aeth Artery had undergone a transformation and swallowed up a strand of the law of time!

The True Martial World was created from the laws of reincarnation and time, and the essence of this power was the secret of time itself!

“If I follow this line of thought, then the fact that I was able to awaken immediately and retain all my memories from before reincarnation...is actually connected to my innate talent...”

With this thought, Lin Xun couldn’t help but gasp.

Grand Abyss Heaven Devourer!

What exactly does this innate talent represent? And on the other side of the cosmos, what grade of talent would it be considered as?

After a while, Lin Xun finally calmed down. He had decided to start training.

Soon, a bitter smile appeared on his lips. It was not ideal to possess too many inheritances, as having so many choices made it difficult for him to decide.

Taixuan Sword Scripture, Great Endless Devour Scripture, Great Treasury Silent Scripture, Green Lotus Grotto Art, World-Guarding Nine Cauldrons Scripture, Grand Dao Yellow Court Classic, Great Faded Lightning Scripture…

He possessed dozens of scriptures alone!

Each one was a supreme dao scripture that was powerful enough to shock the past and the present, leaving Lin Xun uncertain about what to do.

“I know!”

Suddenly, an idea flashed in Lin Xun’s mind. He realized a potential solution.

True Martial reincarnation was the beginning of the journey to nirvana, allowing him to transform into an ordinary person again and re-walk the cultivation path, just like when he first started cultivating.

In the past, practicing any cultivation technique was enough for him to embark on the path of cultivation.

However, was the journey to nirvana in the True Martial reincarnation...really that simple?

“No matter whether it is reincarnation or not, I will just treat it as a new beginning. Since it is a brand new cultivation journey, I will choose to practice the Great Dao Furnace Art that I created!”

At this moment, all distracting thoughts vanished from Lin Xun’s mind, leaving it clear and focused.

Before reincarnation, he had already reached the perfect Supreme Quasi-Emperor Stage and had set foot on an unprecedented path, one that had never existed in the past or the present. It could be said that his dao was invincible and unique in all history.

Before reincarnation, he had emerged from a mine prison and grew up in the lower domain world. In the years that followed, he rose to fame in the Ancient Wasteland Domain and battled his way across the Ancient Nebula Road!

He had experienced life and death, overcome endless trials and tribulations, witnessed the vastness of the universe, discerned the boundlessness of the countless worlds, comprehended the great dao along the way, grasped many supreme dao scriptures...

He had been there, seen that, done that…

Before reincarnation, he had already reached the pinnacle of cultivation below the Emperor Stage, achieving perfection in his cultivation. But was his cultivation journey truly flawless?

No!

For instance, when he first began his cultivation journey, his body was frail, and he only practiced the techniques taught by Mister Lu. These weren’t particularly profound but simply the most suitable for him at the time.

He only truly set foot onto the Supreme Path in the Supreme Realm, when he broke through to the Supreme King Stage!

When he was at the lower five cultivation stages, he never touched upon the Supreme Path, and this was a flaw in itself!

Furthermore, it was something he could not change.

It was all in the past, how could it be changed?

Now, with the opportunity to enter the Nirvana of Transcendence and undergo the cycle of reincarnation, he had the chance to re-cultivate, eliminate these flaws and correct these regrets!

This was the true meaning of nirvana rebirth!

At this moment, Lin Xun realized what an unprecedented opportunity the Nirvana of Transcendence truly was.

Perhaps, this destiny-changing journey to nirvana was the path leading to the Eternal Supremacy Path!

After coming to this realization, Lin Xun’s mind grew clearer than ever, and his resolve became stronger and calmer. He would definitely not let this opportunity slip by!

……

Time flew by.

The atmosphere in the Su Clan became heavy and somber after the eldest son, Su Qingchou, was defeated and lost his chance to participate in the True Martial Contest.

It was said that after Su Qingchou returned to the clan, he seemed like a different person. He became quiet, lost his former spirit, and gradually grew thinner.

The Su Clan members were sad to see him like this. Su Qingchou was the pride of the clan, but now he had suffered such a setback. It must be a huge blow to him.

It was said that the head of the Su Clan was so worried that his hair turned gray—not because he blamed Su Qingchou for losing, but because his heart ached when he saw his son unable to overcome the shadow of his defeat.

If he continued like this, he would be completely ruined.

Lin Xun stayed in his courtyard all this time and never ventured out, but through Qing Zhu, he managed to gather a lot of information about the True Martial Contest.

“Third Young Master, Second Young Master has gone to participate in the True Martial Contest!”

Early in the morning, while Lin Xun was having breakfast, Qing Zhu exclaimed cheerfully, “No one would have expected that Second Young Master, who has been in closed-door cultivation, has already broken through to the Big Cycle Stage. He’s now even stronger than the Eldest Young Master.”

Lin Xun smiled and nodded. “Second Elder Brother is indeed amazing.”

Su Qingfeng, the second young master of the Su Clan was a quiet and reserved fourteen year old boy. Since a young age, he was not very talkative and spoke only when necessary.

Despite that, he treated his third younger brother Su Qinghan very well. He would often visit him and although he rarely spoke, he would eat and read with him.

The real Su Qinghan might not know, but Lin Xun could tell that the reserved Su Qingfeng was actually more talented and capable than their eldest brother Su Qingchou.

On this day, Su Qingfeng left to participate in the True Martial Contest, and a group of clansmen personally saw him off.

Lin Xun also went with them.

Su Qingfeng, elegant as jade, exuded a heroic air and a restrained confidence. Alone, he rode off on a white horse, disappearing into the distance.

Lin Xun also saw their eldest brother, Su Qingchou. His once tall and imposing figure had grown thin, his face pale, cheeks sunken, and he appeared haggard.

At this moment, he smiled cheerfully, clapped Lin Xun on the shoulder, and said, “Third Younger Brother, the heaven blesses our Su Clan. With Second Younger Brother going to battle, he’ll definitely do better than I did. Come, I will take you to Haze House for a drink. Were you not curious what a brothel is?”

He warmly put his arm around Lin Xun’s shoulders and they walked into the distance.

The corners of Lin Xun’s lips twitched. How could an older brother take his younger brother to a brothel?

However, he did not refuse. After all, he was just going to have a drink there.

Watching the two brothers leave, the Su Clan members smiled in relief. The Eldest Young Master had finally regained some of his spirits...