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♪Holding a sword that pierces nine heavens I'm as carefree as I can be♪

♪Not going to waste my youth while I'm young♪

♪I slay demons at the end of the divine path♪

♪I stop by Hell♪

♪I accept all challenges that come my way♪

♪A young man with two lives♪

♪Roaming the martial world hundreds of nations under his feet♪

♪Had his bloodline awakened in a secret realm♪

♪Refined his body from the inside in thunderstorms♪

♪A hero of the ancient world♪

♪Boiling hot human blood♪

♪His hand stretches through space♪

♪Which fighter will make it to the top?♪

♪In the 33rd realm he'll be slashing the great sky♪

♪That's me, a living legend♪

[Dominator of Martial Gods]

[Adapted from original work of "Dominator of Martial Gods", The Universe Part I by Ruo Hong Culture]

[Episode 20]

[The Mount of Demonic Ancestors]

The Mount of Demonic Ancestors

is full of danger, with many blood beasts living in it.

And Bloodmist Holy Land

is in the depths of the Mountain.

With Blood-claw Blue Eagle's help,

it can save us not only a lot of time

but also numerous troubles.

Everyone,

the eagle will fly as close

to the ground as possible from now on.

So,

even if we're in danger,

we can make a landing.

Sit tight.

Are they the talents selected by the Xuan?

They look unimpressive.

Totally agree.

I'm Yan Huai.

Greetings to King of Lingwu, Mr. Chu,

Prince Wei,

and Princess Zixun.

General Yan Huai, don't stand on ceremony.

Is the place

all set up?

Your Highness,

it's all set up.

Thank you.

They are

the talents of our kingdom

who're qualified to enter Bloodmist Holy Land.

I heard some of them

just graduated

from Star Academy.

It should be those four.

His Majesty is so unfair.

Why can they enter Bloodmist Holy Land?

I don't know what His Majesty is thinking.

Save it.

Who told us not to come

from a privileged background?

Among the eight persons,

there are Prince Wei,

Princess Zixun, and Princess Lingshan.

All are members of the imperial house.

Apart from that,

there are Marquis Wu'an's son

and King of Might's grandsons.

The quota for entering Bloodmist Holy Land

is specially set

for these aristocrats.

It's better this time.

I heard there is a commoner.

There wasn't a single commoner in the past.

Shut up!

They are…

Your Highness,

they are

all young martial artists from various regions

of our kingdom.

As early as a month ago,

they were sent to the Mount of Demonic Ancestors

for

intensive training.

The Competition of Five Kingdoms

isn't open to only those who can enter

Bloodmist Holy Land.

It's

a grand competition

for which every kingdom will send

a great many martial artists

to fight for a spot in Bloodmist Holy Land.

It's also

a competition between the kingdoms.

The more talents make it to the top,

the more powerful

the kingdom is.

They're eligible for the competition,

but they can't enter Bloodmist Holy Land.

I think

they must think that this is unfair.

There is no

real fairness in the world.

Making them qualified for the competition

is considered

as giving them a chance

to change their destiny.

If they can't seize it,

they can only blame themselves.

So?

Do you feel indignant?

Just now,

you were protesting strongly.

Why are you so quiet now?

Are all the talents

of our kingdom cowards?

Your Highness,

we are not cowards.

We do feel indignant.

Why are all the opportunities

given to the rich and powerful?

Can't you give us commoners a chance?

If you give us a chance,

we'll prove to you

we're no inferior to them.

Yeah, I want to challenge him!

Yeah, we want to challenge him too!

That's right.

Ordinary people?

As far as I know,

most of you

come from different regions of the Xuan Kingdom.

In your hometowns,

Even if you're not the children of officials,

you're by no means ordinary people.

[Practicing martial arts requires a lot of resources.]

[They're able]

[to attain the mid or even advanced stage of Earth level]

[in their early twenties.]

[Even if they're not of high status like us,]

[they're definitely not ordinary people.]

But

since you've made such a request,

I naturally can't ignore it.

How about this?

If any of you

think you can defeat them,

just step forward.

If you win,

I'll let you replace them

to go to Blood Spirit Pool.

What do you think?

[Zong Qiang, martial artist of the Xuan] This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

-Yeah. -Shall we give it a try?

If we can beat them,

we'll be qualified to go to Bloodmist Holy Land.

Well…

Do you really mean it?

I'm the King of Lingwu.

I won't go back on my words.

I'm up for the challenge.

Oh no.

Zong Qiang got ahead of us.

Darn it. I zoned out just now.

With Zong Qiang's Earth-level mid-stage martial prowess,

securing a spot

is an easy task.

Tell us.

Who do you want to challenge?

Him.

Sure enough, it is Wang Qiming.

Among the four students this year,

Princess Lingshan is Lord Kang's daughter.

Li Qingfeng is Marquis Wu'an's son.

Qin Chen is King of Might's grandson.

Only Wang Qiming is a man with no background.

He's the best person to challenge.

Wang Qiming,

go on then.

Yes.

Let's get started.

You keep saying

they should give ordinary people a chance.

But instead of challenging the powerful,

you only dare to challenge a commoner like me.

Is this what you call fairness?

Don't worry.

I'll go easy on you.

If you want to fight, just do it.

Why talk so much nonsense?

You…

In that case,

take this!

This…

He's so strong.

-What to do? -He's so good.

Your Highness,

two of his ribs are broken.

That was the Saber Essence.

This man has mastered Saber Essence.

Saber Essence is a remarkable skill

even a Heaven-level fighter may not master.

It represents the pinnacle

of a saberman's skills.

Well…

It should be the embryonic form of Saber Essence.

But it is not far

from it.

Who else wants to challenge?

Me!

[Jiang Zhong, martial artist of the Xuan]

Who do you want to challenge?

Him.

Me?

This man is Qin Chen, King of Might's grandson.

King of Might is the War God of the Xuan.

Does Jiang Zhong still want to win glory

in the army in the future?

There's something you don't know.

Qin Chen

was kicked out of the Qin family.

And he removed

all martial prowess of the second son of the Qins in the year-end test.

Qin Feng, the eldest son of the Qin family,

challenged Qin Chen to a death battle

as soon as he came back from the border.

Both of them

have fallen out.

No wonder

Qin Feng and Qin Chen

didn't come together.

They even didn't talk to each other.

With that being said,

Jiang Zhong is really smart.

If he defeats Qin Chen,

he'll help Qin Feng vent his anger.

It'll be beneficial

to his future career.

Overlord Fist!

Quadruple Overlord Fist.

No wonder this fellow is so confident.

But…

How can this be?

-It's incredible. -It only took one blow.

-How is this possible? -How are we supposed to challenge him?

-He's too good. -We're no match for him.

So powerful.

It seems that the Star Academy students this year

are all exceptional fighters.

Who else wants to continue to challenge?

Even Jiang Zhong was defeated by one blow.

If we fight,

we'll definitely lose.

No one? Great.

You are all young talents of the Xuan Kingdom.

You should think about

how to survive the Competition of Five Kingdoms

instead of fighting endlessly among ourselves.

What?

There are casualties

in the Competition of Five Kingdoms?

Of course.

At least one-tenth of the participants die

in the preliminary test of the competition each year.

And half of them are seriously injured.

In the last competition,

a total of 116 young martial artists

from our kingdom entered the competition.

But 17 people died

in the preliminary test alone,

and 39 were seriously injured.

In the end,

only 19 people made it to the arena matches.

Though the five kingdoms

are not at war with each other,

there are ongoing conflicts between us.

Take us and the Zhao, for example.

We clash with each other

at the border every year.

Thousands or even tens of thousands

of soldiers died because of this.

And

not only the five kingdoms

will take part in the competition,

but there are also some neighboring small kingdoms and sects,

such as the Ghost Immortal Sect, the Sky-reaching Sect, and so on.

This is like a division of the forces in the northwest.

The competition results

will also change the beneficial relationships

between the kingdoms.

I thought the Competition of Five Kingdoms

was just a battle for the Bloodmist Holy Land.

Unexpectedly,

it's much more complicated

than I thought.

We've wasted a lot of time.

Yan Huai, lead the way.

Yes.

Everyone, please follow me.

Unexpectedly, the Competition of Five Kingdoms

is so cruel.

I really didn't expect that.

[Military camp of the Xuan Kingdom]

[Military camp of the Xuan Kingdom] Three days later,

Bloodmist Holy Land will open up.

I'll send someone to notify you then.

You'll stay here to recuperate

for the next three days.

Two people in one zone.

Chen,

let's go.

Is this place taken?

No, please feel free.

He carries the saber with him even during practice.

What a saber freak.

Unexpectedly, Qin Chen has made pre-emptive moves.

I'll have to find another chance later.

I've forcibly suppressed

my abilities for the baptism.

I hope this Bloodmist Holy Land

won't disappoint me.

Someone is practicing.

And the sound of the saber…

Wang Qiming?

If you keep practicing like this

for another ten years,

you may not be able to master the real Saber Essence.

Who is it?

Qin Chen.

What are you doing here?

Besides,

do you know saber?

I know a thing or two.

If I saw it correctly,

you defeated Zong Qiang with the embryonic form of the Saber Essence.

And you want to master the real Saber Essence

from this rudimentary form.

But if you continue doing this,

your meridians will all be destroyed,

and you'll go astray.

Nonsense.

I thought you knew something.

Now it seems that

you don't.

If there's nothing else,

you can go now.

Do your Shaoyang

and Shaoshang acupoints on both hands

feel sore lately when practicing?

And they hurt

in the middle of the night?

You…

You must think your fingers hurt

because you've overstained them

after practicing the saber-drawing technique intensively.

So you've started taking a lot of painkillers.

But recently,

even the painkillers don't work.

Your fingers not only feel pain

but also numb.

How do you know?

It doesn't matter how I know.

I only know

if you continue doing this,

your hands

won't be able to hold the saber you regard as life.

Fearmongering.

What's your point here?

If you don't believe me,

you can press

the Houzhui and Tianjing acupoints on your arm.

These two acupoints are

in the pathway of the Sanjiao Meridian of Hand-Shaoyang.

Wang Qiming,

your underlying disease has spread to your arms.

If you don't treat it,

you'll soon become a cripple.

Since you don't believe me,

I should stop talking.

Wait.

What's the matter?

Mr. Qin,

I beg you

to help me.

I don't want to be a cripple.

I want to be stronger.

I want to be the number one saberman in the five northwestern kingdoms.

Wang Qiming.

Since I know the cause of your illness,

I won't sit idly by.

Get up.

Don't move.

[It's so fast.]

[If it was a hidden weapon,]

[I'd be dead.]

It's done.

Is…

Is it done?

[There's a cooling sensation]

[coming from the parts where I was stuck.]

[The soreness is gone.]

[My arms feel great]

[as if I was born again.]

The speed of my slash

has increased by at least 50%.

And the numbness in the fingers is gone.

I've unclogged your blocked

and damaged meridians.

Two days later,

in the Bloodmist Holy Land Baptism,

you can heal your disease

with the power of the Bloodmist Holy Land.

Thank you, Mr. Qin.

If there's anything

I can do for you in the future,

just let me know.

If I hesitate,

I'll be struck by lightning

and die miserably.

I just don't want

to see a talent

go astray.

Also,

Lone Peak Slash emphasizes

one's persistence in his own way,

unshakable like a lonely peak.

However,

turning back at the peak finds the way;

out of the shade of the trees shines the ray.

You are fearless,

but you see no silver lining.

In that case,

how can you master the real Saber Essence?

Silver lining?

Take a good look

at my Lone Peak Slash.

How much you can understand

depends on yourself.

Not fearing the dead end

can find a way to light.

This is the essence of Lone Peak Slash.

Could it be

that there's always a way out?

Right.

I was born a commoner

and have suffered a lot since childhood.

Ming, take a break

and eat something.

Mother.

Ming.

I…

can't protect you

and your mother.

You have to

protect yourself in the future.

Father!

Father!

Brother, I want this saber.

Okay, I'll snatch it for you.

Give it to me.

Forget it.

What's so great about this worn-out saber?

I'll buy plenty for you.

Let's go.

Okay.

[But I never thought of giving up]

[and was finally admitted to the Star Academy.]

He carries this battered saber all the time,

looking so pathetic.

Do you think you're amazing?

[In the academy,]

[I was ridiculed.]

[But I decided]

[to work ten times harder than others.]

Ultimately,

I won fourth place in the year-end test

and rose to fame.

Doesn't it mean

if one is determined,

he can find a way out

of a desperate situation?

Is…

Is this…

Is this Saber Essence?

♪Listening to heavenly music while drinking wine♪

♪Swinging the sword in a white robe♪

♪A palace covered with gold songs ringing in the ears♪

♪And poems written in ink♪

♪Breathtakingly handsome is the man♪

♪The scenery stays the same a carefree life ahead♪

♪When boredom strikes♪

♪He indulges in pleasures♪

♪Another good story in the making♪

♪Drinking the strongest wine sleeping in off in Chang'an's tallest building♪

♪He is the most carefree person in the world♪

♪Breathtakingly handsome is the man♪

♪The scenery stays the same a carefree life ahead♪

♪When boredom strikes♪

♪He indulges in pleasures♪

♪Another good story in the making♪

♪Drinking the strongest wine♪

♪Sleeping in off in Chang'an's tallest building♪

♪He is the most carefree person in the world♪

♪When boredom strikes♪

♪He indulges in pleasures♪

♪Another good story in the making♪

♪Drinking the strongest wine♪

♪Sleeping in off in Chang'an's tallest building♪

♪He is the most carefree person in the world♪