Great Tyrannical Deity - Chapter 18
Many days before Shi Li entered the Heavenly Fist Sect…
“The assassination mission has failed. We have failed to kill Shi Li!” A voice said.
Hearing the voice from the crystal he was holding, Yan Tiankong was furious.
“Useless lackeys!” He gritted his teeth. He was keeping tabs on where Shi Li was. Every place he went to, he sat on, he relieved on, it was all recorded by him.
Why? Because Shi Li holds a key. It was a key to an inheritance. The inheritance needed to cultivator to be of Fanzui realm before being allowed entrance. And Yan Tiankong…was at Fanzui realm.
“His father truly loves him so much to the point his father got his qi base broken.” Yan Tiankong pitied Shi Li’s father. But nothing must ever stand in his path of cultivation.
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Crunches, squats, lifting weights, almost everything that a bodybuilder on Earth would do was being done by Shi Li.
Shi Li’s body was being tempered not only by the pressure the armor exerts on Shi Li’s body but also his exercises. He may not gain any muscle by doing so, but it could withstand more force than before.
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And so, the day the new disciples of the sect would come was here.
Shi Li stood up and punched the pillar with full force. It shook for a moment and gave a number. 6000 ren! He finally gained small success!
With this, Shi Li sat down and circulated his qi. He did not mind the sweat on his body nor his smell. He just wanted to gain more strength to protect himself.
Within 20 circulations, Shi Li felt his qi compress slightly.
Within 50 circulations, Shi Li’s qi was condensing into a new form.
Within 100 circulations, Shi Li’s qi exploded. The qi he has amassed for days has been destroyed and replaced with a purer, denser type of qi.
And with the explosion did Shi Li hear a pop within his body. He was excited since he finally reached Muscular Refinement Stage 3!
He stopped circulating his qi but his life qi was still raging within his meridians. This confused Shi Li. It didn’t hurt at all but it felt like the qi was strengthening his body so he decided to continue to cultivate.
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With a loud pop, Shi Li’s aura strengthened. Not only that, his bones and muscles were being refined and transformed in an instant. His qi became more condensed as new qi filled the extra spaces of his condensed qi.
He stood up with a smile and punched at the pillar with his casual strength. 1000 ren! Shi Li has reached Muscular Refinement Stage 4 a few minutes after being in Stage 3!
He then gave a punch with full force on the pillar. The pillar shook and the floor of the courtyard cracked slightly. After a moment, the pillar gave out a big number.
20000 ren!
He slapped his face and scrubbed his eyes, thinking it was a dream. Yet the number was still there. Shi Li was surprised. He gained a force multiplier of 20 just by reaching Stage 4.
With this, he could have said to made benefit of his stay. He took a shower, changed his uniform and went to the Reception Hall.
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By the time he went to the Reception Hall, he saw hundreds of new faces eager to enter the sect. They were all smiling. He was smiling too.
When he sat down on a seat, he garnered many people’s attention.
“Hey Senior Brother, why are you here?” A man asked Shi Li.
Shi Li answered back, “I am not your Senior Brother, I am the same as you all, a new recruit. I just came early.” He smiled.
Another voice asked, “So what is your name?”
Shi Li replied, “Shi Li.”
This left some people in shock. “No way! That Shi Li?” A voice shouted.
Many were then curious to ask, “Who’s this Shi Li?”
The voice that shouted then stood up and said, “This Shi Li participated in the recruitment event in Grand Tian City. Even though his cultivation realm is just at Muscular Refinement Stage 2, don’t underestimate him because of it.
He can make the phenomenon Qi Rising Beyond Worlds happen. He can also exert the strength of a Fanzui cultivator! On top of that, his attacks are extremely deadly!
He also gained a spot of an elder or core disciple in every sect but he still chose to enter the Heavenly Fist Sect as an inner disciple.”
If before, people were in shock, then people now were in awe of Shi Li and his deeds.
While people were thinking over Shi Li’s feats, an elder came up to the stage and said, “Listen up!”
Everybody shut their mouths and looked in front of them. The elder was exuding a grandly type of aura, an aura that made him seem like he did not involve himself in worldly matters.
Shi Li looked at the elder and smiled. He was familiar with the elder. He was the same elder that looked over the recruitment event in Grand Tian City.
The elder saw Shi Li was smiling and he smiled back. He then said, “You are all geniuses that we, the Heavenly Fist Sect have picked. As long as you make sure to cultivate diligently and not delve deep into the realms of demonic cultivation, we will never remove you from the sect.
Also, since you are now a part of the sect, you are considered a brother to every other disciple. All of us should help each other as much as possible.”
Hearing these words made the new disciples’ bloods boil. The elder continued, “For the outer disciples, the Grand Outer Disciple Tournament will be in 3 months. As for the inner disciples, the Genesis Core Competition will be in 9 months. That is all. Head to the Disciple Hall and get your uniforms and emblems.”
And then, the elder smiled, “I almost forgot. Welcome to the Heavenly Fist Sect.”
The new disciples started rushing outside the Reception Hall and headed to the Disciple Hall. Shi Li was left.
The elder came closer to Shi Li and gave a slight smile. “How is it in the sect?”
Shi Li chuckled, “Great. I’ve already broken through.”
The elder was surprised, “So you’re saying…”
Shi Li smiled, “I’ve reached the 4th stage of Muscular Refinement now.”
“…” The elder was not really convinced how two stages can change much in his strength. ‘I’d say, at the least, he can reach the Fanzui realm in terms of strength.’ The elder thought.
Shi Li headed to a strength measuring pillar and punched with a force multiplier of 10. A sonic boom was made and the fist landed on the pillar.
Within moments, the result was out. 10000 ren!
“What?!” The elder was shocked.
10000 ren was already in the realms of Dizui cultivators!
The elder then hurriedly said, “Y-y-you’ve reached Dizui realm?”
Shi Li was dumbfounded. “Dizui? What’s that?” He asked.
The elder calmed down and replied, “After the Fan realm would one break through the cages of his physical body and gain attunement to the movements of the earth, hence the name of Di realm.
It has the same stage as Fan: being Xia, Zhong, Shang and Zui. But their strengths are far apart. A Fanzui realm can reach 2500 ren but once that cultivator breaks into Dixia, he can reach 4000 ren instantly!
By then, there’s a difference of 2000 ren every stage, 6000 at Dizhong, 8000 at Dishang and lastly, 10000 ren at Dizui! You have gained the strength of a Dizui!”
Shi Li then said with a smile, “If that’s the case, then I guess I’ve reached far beyond that!”
The elder had been given the greatest shock of his life. To say that this wasn’t his limit, wasn’t he just trying to kill the elder? The elder almost fainted but instead said, “Come with the Grand Hall. We need to talk about this with the other elders.”