Su Chen walked down the street, attracting quite a bit of attention. There was no helping it; Su Chen’s Root Bone Qi was less than five hundred years old, yet he was at the Half-Step Divine Sovereign Realm, which was extremely terrifying and remarkably eye-catching.

Many old Emperor’s children looked at Su Chen with awe in their eyes, a respectful awe towards the strong.

Even if they didn’t know that Su Chen possessed a terrifying ability to battle across seven or eight minor realms, a Half-Step Divine Sovereign alone was worthy of respect, not to mention being less than five hundred years old.

Being less than five hundred years old meant that Su Chen was definitely not an old Emperor’s child.

Generally speaking, only the sons and young masters of the old monsters of the Imperial Academy’s high-ups could possess such terrifying strength at such a young age, and only they had the chance to come to Ascension Thousand City for a stroll. Ordinary Emperor’s children of the Imperial Academy were all burying their heads in cultivation within the academy and rarely came to Ascension Thousand City—firstly because it was dangerous, and secondly because the costs were too high.

"Young Master, I am Jia Tiansheng," came a sudden voice just as Su Chen was curiously, and rather interestedly, looking around. A figure appeared in front of Su Chen, wearing a flattering smile and slightly bent at the waist.

This person appeared somewhat thin, astute like a monkey, with a small figure but large eyes.

He wore a hat, looking very clever.

His strength was not bad, at the Fifth Level of the Human Lord Realm; however, his age was quite old, over nine million years. Although he looked youthful, he was indeed over nine million years old, which could be considered quite monstrous.

"What do you want?" Su Chen gave Jia Tiansheng a glance and asked indifferently.

"Young Master, it is your first time in Ascension Thousand City, correct?" Jia Tiansheng’s smile grew more enthusiastic.

Su Chen nodded; it was normal for the other party to recognize this.

"You might not be very familiar with Ascension Thousand City. Allow me to introduce it to you," Jia Tiansheng offered eagerly.

"What do I need to pay?" Su Chen asked straightforwardly. "I have no currency for Ascension Thousand City."

He was speaking truthfully.

"No need, no need. Young Master, it’s my pleasure to introduce you free of charge," Jia Tiansheng said, assuming Su Chen was the son of a high-ranking figure from the Imperial Academy—which made it normal for Su Chen to have no currency when visiting Ascension Thousand City for the first time. It was to be expected.

He was a smart person.

Although he wouldn’t earn any True Stones from introducing Su Chen, if he could gain Su Chen’s favor, he would have a strong backing in the future.

"Alright, go ahead," Su Chen had roughly guessed Jia Tiansheng’s misunderstanding but didn’t bother to correct it. He didn’t know anything about Ascension Thousand City and needed someone to introduce it.

"Young Master, what would you like to know?"

"Details about the Head of the Imperial Academy’s closed-door disciple, Ke Wuxin," Su Chen stated directly. To know one’s enemy is to win a hundred battles, isn’t it?

"Ah?" Jia Tiansheng paused, puzzled. He thought Su Chen was the son of some old monster at the Imperial Academy, so he should have been well aware of Ke Wuxin. Why was he...?

"I’ve been in secluded cultivation for the past few years," Su Chen explained.

"I see!" Jia Tiansheng’s expression returned to normal without any surprise; after all, Ke Wuxin had joined the Imperial Academy only a few hundred years ago.

In the next moment, Jia Tiansheng lowered his voice and said, "Ke Wuxin is the fastest to become a Nine-star Emperor’s child in the Imperial Academy’s history. He is also the Head’s closed-door disciple and has the fabled Immortal Slaying Physique."

"Go on, I know about those. I want to know about his specific deeds and accomplishments."

"There’s a lot to tell, Young Master. Let me tell you about Ke Wuxin’s most famous events."

"The first event: six months ago, Ke Wuxin defeated ’Life and Death Blade’ Xuu Bai. Xuu Bai was an established Nine-Star disciple and had been at the Ninth Level of the Human Lord Realm for over seven thousand years. He was considered one of the most likely Emperor’s children to ascend and was at the top of the Emperor’s children ranking for seven hundred ninety-three years. Yet, he was defeated by Ke Wuxin."

"Note, Ke Wuxin had been at the Imperial Academy only a few hundred years at the time!"

"It’s said that when Ke Wuxin first joined the academy, he was the weakest in terms of martial cultivation realm in the entire academy. At that time, Ke Wuxin was the laughing stock of the entire academy. No one expected that in mere hundreds of years, he would undergo such earth-shattering change."

Jia Tiansheng spoke with admiration and awe in his words.

Su Chen listened silently, expressionless.

"The second event is about Ke Wuxin’s Immortal Slaying Physique. Rumor has it that to activate Ke Wuxin’s Immortal Slaying Physique, the academy’s Head, a super old monster over a hundred million years old, personally took Ke Wuxin to the Void, helping him kill a Void Behemoth and successfully activate the Immortal Slaying Physique."

"And indeed, the Immortal Slaying Physique is true to its name. I’ve obtained confirmed information from some people that after Ke Wuxin activated the Immortal Slaying Physique, he broke through a minor realm almost every month—it was overwhelmingly ruthless."

Jia Tiansheng became more animated as he spoke, appearing quite excited.

"The third event is even more terrifying: the academy, to cultivate an invincible heart for Ke Wuxin, exceptionally allowed him to enter the Ancestor’s Crypt for cultivation. You should be aware of the Ancestor’s Crypt? It’s the burial place for the mighty figures who died over countless years of the Imperial Academy’s history. To be buried in the Ancestor’s Crypt, one must have been at least of elder rank in the academy’s history."

"The Ancestor’s Crypt contains all sorts of incredible legacies, treasures, martial cultivation resources, etc."

"Ke Wuxin is the first and only Emperor’s child in the academy’s history permitted to enter the Ancestor’s Crypt for cultivation. He only trained there for seven days."

"But after those seven days, a rainbow pierced the sun, mysterious fragrances soared, the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder struck down, stirring jealousy among heavenly punishments. Some say that within those seven days, Ke Wuxin’s strength doubled."

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"The fourth event, seemingly, is that the Head entrusted the academy’s town-treasure, Thousand Motion Divine Thunder, to Ke Wuxin. That Thousand Motion Divine Thunder is the legendary Half-Step Chaotic Supreme Treasure, and also the highest ranking of its kind, just barely short of being a true Chaotic Supreme Treasure."

"For as long as anyone could remember, the Thousand Motion Divine Thunder was the symbol of the academy’s Head. With Ke Wuxin having obtained it, it’s almost like he’s the next head of the academy. Of course, he’s not interested in that position; he is destined to ascend to the Grand Cosmos World."

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