Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 650 - 629: Emptiness

Zhou Leng looked down at his body, not killed by the impact, truly fortunate.

At this moment, he finally understood why the fierce beasts were unrivaled in strength across the Ten Realms.

Neither the Giant Dragons nor Giants would dare to collide like this.

A human Grandmaster could definitely kill Xiaoba, but if engaged in a collision contest, after a few times, the human Grandmaster would surely be scattered in pieces.

Zhou Leng rubbed his numbed arms, realizing that he should no longer play like this with the fierce beasts.

The two walked over to Xiaoba’s side.

The massive Eight-toothed Mammoth lay with its six legs pointing skyward, its two forelegs twitching slightly. Upon closer examination, Xiaoba’s eyes rolled back and he remained unconscious.

The trunk drooped softly, one tusk was broken, and on its enormous head was a pit larger than a bathtub, with dark bruising and blood pooling in the meat pit.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Leng understood.

Xiaoba had the advantage of high weight, but he himself had the advantage of high pressure.

His own strength was concentrated, causing Xiaoba to pass out directly.

The Eight-toothed Mammoths laughed heartily, occasionally using their trunks to point at Xiaoba’s broken tusk.

The other fierce beasts from different races looked at Zhou Leng, the fierce ape, as if he were a monster.

Some members of the fierce ape race and fierce monkey race leaped up and down, shouting chaotically, occasionally pounding their chests with their hands.

Apart from the legendary King Kong, the ape and monkey races were mere pancakes in front of the Eight-toothed Mammoths.

Now, Zhou Leng, the fierce ape, had proven that the fierce apes are formidable!

Before long, a group of fierce apes and fierce monkeys charged over, lifted Zhou Leng, and circled the camp three times before setting him down.

Xiaoba staggered over, looking aggrieved, and pointed with his trunk at the large pit on his head.

Huang jumped up, stepping on Xiaoba’s trunk, and licked the wound a few times, making Xiaoba smile broadly.

Zhou Leng looked at his hands, realizing that his current physique far exceeded that of a Grandmaster.

Without True Qi, even a Grandmaster’s body wasn’t as strong as his own.

Whether it was the Undying Star Body, the rewards from trials of the Giant Dragons and Giants, or the cultivation method of Stellar True Energy, all were evolving him toward the terrifying realm of Stellar Life.

A 500-ton level of Grandmaster training equipment had become redundant.

The originally used 500-ton barbell for squats was now used as a single-hand dumbbell.

This meant his squat weight had at least broken the 2000-ton level.

In the whole of Rucheng, only the Martial Arts Academy had a demonized weightlifting platform capable of testing his power, and it was rarely used.

After thinking, it would be safer to test strength with the Demon City Army, reducing the likelihood of leaks, or simply applying for a batch of Martial Saint-level demonized equipment at the Guhe Research Institute.

But... it seems insufficient.

Using the Demon Brain, he checked the offline data.

A complete set of Martial Saint training apparatus costs two billion.

Once outside, contact the Ice Snow Divine Sect to buy a set of Martial Saint training equipment according to the Giant standard.

The human Martial Saint’s body is still too weak.

That expense would be at least thirty billion.

Painful, but necessary.

Training through cultivation methods and equipment must complement each other.

"It’s not enough..."

Zhou Leng thought for a moment, realizing that with his current growth, this level of training equipment was still inadequate. Highly adjustable training apparatus must be used.

Returning to Mammoth Mountain, he happened to bump into an Ice Snow Divine Sect Demon Spirit Master caravan, led by multiple legendary Demon Spirit Masters.

Zhou Leng communicated with them and received both good and bad news.

The good news was that Holy Son Huang had a quota for forging and refining half-divine artifacts, and a Demigod Demon Spirit Master could help forge a "Demigod Training Hall" for free; they had helped Giants forge three similar items before.

The bad news was that forging training equipment for ten-thousand-ton levels or higher requires some special heavyweight materials, such as "Dense Star Core."

This material was not available from the Ice Snow Divine Sect.

If replaced with inferior materials, then ten-thousand-ton level training equipment would be absurdly large, making it unsuitable for human use.

Dumbbells at ten-thousand-ton levels, when forged with ordinary materials, would each have a disc diameter over five meters, which for humans, would be more like a horizontal bar than a dumbbell.

Zhou Leng requested a list of rare materials from the Demon Spirit Master and asked them to keep an eye out.

After completing cultivation in the fierce beast world, Zhou Leng returned to the Frost Giant Tree with Huang.

Huang dug out a new Divine Text Golden Page.

This time, the opening of the Divine Text Golden Page was the fourth piece of the "Ten Reversed Beast Fist": "Inverted Ape Chapter."

Zhou Leng glanced at it briefly, noting that this was a Martial Saint-level training method, which was still a bit challenging for him presently.

The cultivation method was interesting, incorporating handstands for practice.

Upon finishing "Inverted Ape Chapter," he continued reading the rest of the Golden Page content.

The text focused on the methods Foreign Gods and Divine Spirits used to descend on Elementary Civilizations.

The descent of the Divine Spirit’s true body to Elementary Civilizations is forbidden, as God Spirits beyond the Void God possess unimaginable divine might and mass.

When a Divine Spirit approaches a normal planet, at best it alters the orbit and causes geological upheavals; at worst, it directly disintegrates, causing the stars to collapse.

Yet, Divine Spirits always find some gods willing to descend for benefits, entertainment, or other purposes, using part of their power.

When descending, Divine Spirits cannot carry powerful divine artifacts.

However, some Plane Merchants can help spirits transport divine artifacts through special means.

At the end, two small techniques for resisting divine might were included.

Divine might is unique to Divine Spirits and is useless against spirits of similar or higher ranks, but it imposes absolute suppression at the level of spiritual will on spirits of lower ranks.

Recalling his experiences on the Great Battlefield, Zhou Leng remembered sensing terrifying powers from afar, likely the divine might.

There are two ways to resist divine might.

One is submission, provided the spirit is willing to accept. Being regarded as a deity’s citizen results in least resistance to divine might or even receiving aid from it.

One method is through suppression. By borrowing the high-level divine power to suppress.

The latter is extremely dangerous, only suitable for countering a god whose background you clearly understand. If the invoked high-level god is the enemy of the opposite party, you will certainly be killed.

The first method is called "Pseudo Faith Technique," which requires only mastering items or powers related to gods to use, very simple.

The second is called "God Worship Technique," which has stringent usage conditions but can be used after the failure of the pseudo faith technique. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

After learning, Zhou Leng tried to use it, quite simple, though it would consume Stellar True Energy.

Having read it once, reading it over and over again, finally sighing softly.

"When will there be an endless supply of Stellar True Energy?" Zhou Leng said.

Huang’s eyes spun, looking up at the Frost Giant Tree.

The Frost Giant Tree remained motionless.

Huang’s eyes curved, sticking out his tongue, revealing a fawning smile.

The Frost Giant Tree still did not move.

Huang, begging and with winking eyes on the side, Zhou Leng continued to study and cultivate.

After adjusting his state, he looked again at the Gate of Purgatory.

The fifth level, Realm of Emptiness.

Zhou Leng thought for a moment and chose to enter.

In the blink of an eye, he froze for a moment.

He found himself at home, and everything around was exactly the same.

On the sofa sat an adult woman, picking spinach while looking over.

A gentle smile appeared on the woman’s face.

"Mom..." Zhou Leng’s voice trembled.

"Why so excited? Come over, help me pick the vegetables."

"Okay, okay..." Zhou Leng, knowing it was an illusion, still walked over, eyes misty, sitting next to his mom, slowly picking vegetables.

"We haven’t seen each other for years, you grew up so big, so sturdy..."

Zhou Leng did not know what this trial was, but since he could enter repeatedly, failure this time did not matter.

Even if it was fake, his feelings were real.

The two picked spinach, snapping off the roots, removing the withered and rotten leaves.

"Don’t throw this away, it’s edible..." His mother picked a half-yellow spinach leaf back from the trash can.

Mother and son chatted.

Zhou Leng slowly recounted the events of the recent years, his mother sometimes listened with a smile, sometimes asked questions, sometimes rejoiced for her son, sometimes felt sad...

"Huang has been doing great, he’s now a Spirit Dog, right there in the Fierce Beast World..."

"Zhang Xinglie is quite impressive, he got admitted to Yunhua. But he originally wanted to get into one of the National Defense Martial Academies, he really doesn’t care about fame, but couldn’t resist the persuasion from the school and Yunhua people..."

"I also have many friends you’ve never met. Like Hu Yi, although he is as ordinary as I am, he is innately righteous. During a conflict between our class and an outside school, he prepared in advance, quietly carrying a dagger, luckily there was no fight..."

"Feng Wenhao isn’t as assertive as Hu Yi, but he is good-tempered, with a well-off family. When we ate lunch together, he often pretended to swap meals with me, or said he was tired of some dishes, intentionally let me eat more meat..."

"By the way, do you remember Xu Qingjin? We are engaged."

"Ah? Really? That’s great! I liked that child so much the moment I saw them, getting engaged, that’s wonderful..."

His mother’s smile was radiant.

Zhou Leng’s misty eyes joined in the smile.

Not knowing how long it took, the two finally finished picking the long spinach.

His mother held the bowl of vegetables, walking to the kitchen, saying, "You sit and watch TV, I’ll make tomato stew with beef for you..."

Zhou Leng watched his mother’s back, nodded lightly, saying, "Okay..."

Zhou Leng quietly watched his busy mother in the kitchen.

Not knowing how long it took, his mother brought out a steaming bowl of tomato beef stew.

"Here, have a taste first. It’s been years since I made it..."

Zhou Leng could no longer hold back, tears welled up.

Getting up, he walked over, picked up chopsticks to take some beef.

The beef disappeared, the dining table disappeared, the chair beside him disappeared...

The whole world shattered quickly, soon the entire home vanished, placing him amidst the stars.

His mother smiled, her body gradually broke apart, dispersing.

"Mom!"

Zhou Leng moved forward, reaching out, and caught nothing but void.

Zhou Leng’s heart, sinking deeply, going down into an endless abyss, leaving his chest empty.

Zhou Leng stayed where he was, after a long time, reached up to wipe his eyes.

His hand, before touching his eyes, gradually broke apart.

Next, his body broke apart and dispersed, until finally, the entire body disappeared.

All around turned into darkness and void.

No eyes, no perception, the world dimmed.

Only consciousness remained.

Unable to move, unable to make any changes to anything around.

Everything seemed to freeze.

Both the perception of time and space all blurred.

At this moment, finally understanding what emptiness is.

Aside from consciousness, nothing else remained.

Zhou Leng sighed softly, recalling the previous scene, but quickly calmed down.