After leaving Xiao Feng in the outer disciple peak, Bai Su made her way to the divine peak and the building standing in its centre. She knocked on its massive doors.

“Enter,” a middle-aged man’s voice sounded from the building and its doors opened inwardly.

Bai Su slowly walked inside. She saw five of the nine elders of the divine peak: Bai Qin, Xi Ren, Zan Yi, Zan Hua and Ni Yun sitting on the white thrones surrounding the round table. She covered her right fist with the palm of her left hand and bowed her head. “Disciple Bai Su greets elder Bai Qin, elder Xi Ren, elder Zan Yi, elder Zan Hua, elder Ni Yun.”

“Why are you here, core disciple Bai Su?” Ni Yun said as he looked at Bai Su.

“I have come to report that a body strengthening technique of an A-rank was destroyed,” Bai Su said. “Outer disciple Xiao Feng destroyed the divine black dragon body strengthening technique or rather the divine black dragon emperor body strengthening technique. When I asked as to why he did so, he said that no one is allowed to practice it but the possessors of the divine black dragon emperor bloodline.”

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“The world,” Xiao Feng thought. “To cultivate using the cultivation technique, the world, I have to first sense the strands of the world and the divine Qi. Then, I have to absorb one strand of each into my body and move them through my meridians into my dantian. Once they both reach my dantian, I have to split the strand of the world Qi into the five elements: fire, earth, metal, wood and water. And the strand of the divine Qi into the six elements: life, death, light, shadow, order and disorder. When that is done, I have to split the six divine Qi elements into five equal parts and fuse each of the five parts with each of the world Qi elements. By doing so, I will create the divine fire element, the divine earth element, the divine metal element, the divine wood element and the divine water element. Then, I have to fuse those five elements to create a strand of the divine world Qi. And finally, I have to absorb that strand of the divine world Qi into my dantian. Alright, let’s do this! First, I have to sense the strands of the world and the divine Qi. And to do that, I need to clear my mind.”

Xiao Feng took in a slow deep breath through his nose, held it in for a few seconds and slowly breathed out of his mouth. He took in a slow deep breath through his nose, held it in for a few seconds and slowly breathed out of his mouth. He took in a slow deep breath through his nose, held it in for a few seconds and slowly breathed out of his mouth.

Xiao Feng continued taking in deep breaths through his nose, holding them in for a few seconds and slowly breathing them out of his mouth until he sensed them, the strands of the world and the divine Qi. He focused on them and absorbed one of each into his body. Then, he moved them through his meridians into his dantian. And when they reached his dantian, he split the strand of the world Qi into the five elements: fire, earth, metal, wood and water. And the strand of the divine Qi into the six elements: life, death, light, shadow, order and disorder. He split the six elements of the divine Qi into five equal parts and fused each of the five parts with each of the world Qi elements. Then, he fused the divine fire element, the divine earth element, the divine metal element, the divine wood element and the divine water element into one and absorbed it into his dantian. The moment it was absorbed into his dantian, an explosion rang out from his body and he reached rank one of the body refinement realm. But then, not even a quarter of a second later, he reached rank two of the body refinement realm, rank three, rank four, rank five and finally rank six.

Xiao Feng opened his eyes and widely smiled. “I have finally become a cultivator,” as he said, a body strengthening technique of an SSS-rank by the name of the body strengthening of a tyrannical emperor appeared in his head. He blinked his eyes and thought, “I now have two SSS-rank body strengthening techniques, the divine black dragon emperor body strengthening technique and the body strengthening of a tyrannical emperor. But which one do I train my body with? Or can I train my body with both of them? I will train my body with both of them. But not now. Bai Su said that if I wanted to fight, I should go to the arena.” He jumped off his bed and walked out of his house. But as he did, he heard a loud shout, “Hurry up!”

Looking towards it, Xiao Feng saw a boy of around his age with a round face, short black hair, big dark violet eyes and wearing a robe with a terrifying dragon embroidered on its left side, a terrifying tiger on its right side and a full moon on its centre.

“I am coming, brother!” Xiao Feng heard another shout and he looked towards it. He saw a beautiful girl of around his age with an oval face, long black hair, big dark violet eyes and wearing a robe with a terrifying dragon embroidered on its left side, a terrifying tiger on its right side and a full moon on its centre.

“Their robes are similar to the robes of the Xiao family,” Xiao Feng thought. He looked away from the girl and made his way to the peak which connected all the peaks, the fourth peak. And when he arrived on it, he made his way to the arena.