Chapter 290: The Hero is Nameless, Meeting Dongfang Ji

After the emergency broadcast regarding 'Spirit Spear'.

In a very special building in Kyoto, Xia Nation.

"Chief, are you sure you want to broadcast it like this?" The person in charge of propaganda couldn't help but ask.

"Just like this."

"The demigod Baishan's original intention was that we could keep a low profile." An old man with slightly graying hair said softly: "But I feel that since the Cloud Beast civilization already knows the entire battle process, it's impossible to hide it completely."

"Moreover, although we are temporarily hiding Spirit Spear's true identity, his achievements and the contribution he made to the Xia Nation... should not be completely hidden. The countless people of the Xia Nation should know."

"Spirit Spear's identity is hidden for now."

"But one day his identity will be announced. By then, the world will know what he has done."

"A hero can be nameless."

"But we should not forget."

This great battle in the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm was indeed an unprecedented victory.

Therefore, the large-scale propaganda was not just to use the genius 'Spirit Spear' to cover up Li Yuan's existence.

From another perspective.

The top brass of the Seven Star Alliance, or more accurately the top brass of the Xia Nation, hoped to use the propaganda of a great victory to further stimulate the fighting spirit of countless people and martial artists, and boost morale.

After all, years of war had indeed caused heavy casualties.

Especially the war in the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm, which had caused deep disasters for the Xia Nation over several decades. Countless people had died, but they had never been able to truly counterattack.

Quickly.

On various TV stations in the Xia Nation, as well as in various community channels of the Blue Star virtual network, propaganda regarding 'Spirit Spear' appeared.

"The hero is nameless."

"The war between the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm and the alien civilization has lasted for over fifty years. The recorded death toll of soldiers has reached 1.16 million... The recorded death toll of civilians has reached..."

"Total economic and property losses..." The voices in these videos were low.

Under such a barrage of propaganda, it quickly attracted the attention of hundreds of millions of people on Blue Star and in the Xia Nation.

"Our Seven Star Alliance has always wanted to completely purge Luo Bu Sea..." Various battle scenes appeared in the propaganda video.

Countless exotic beasts, surging like a tide, killed their way toward various war fortresses.

A large number of martial artists, holding weapons, fought and slaughtered the exotic beasts.

Even a large number of nuclear weapons were used on the battlefield...

Scenes of human martial artists flying through the sky and fighting Heaven-Flying level exotic beasts... This was eight years ago, when Rudnev, Yu Jinghe, and the others killed their way into the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm.

The slaughter was extremely tragic and crazy.

What made people's hearts tremble the most were the brood nests, which were unimaginably huge and unshakable.

Even if the powerful martial artists among humans attacked crazily, it was difficult to cause even the slightest damage.

Nearly invincible.

"Brood nests, these are the nests of the alien exotic beasts in the Star Realm. It is because they continuously give birth to exotic beasts that they can launch one great war after another." The video also provided an explanation: "For fifty years, we have attacked time and time again, but we have never succeeded."

"As long as the three great brood nests are not removed, the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm will never be peaceful for a day."

"If the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm is not peaceful, the Xia Nation..."

The large number of battle scenes from the past few decades shocked countless viewers.

Many people had originally come to watch the video with curiosity and a 'watch the fun' mentality, but at this moment, they were completely silent, deeply feeling the terror of the aliens in the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm.

"Why hasn't there been any propaganda before?"

"We've always been failing! How could we promote it?"

"No wonder there were so many casualties. The aliens are too strong. Those dense swarms of exotic beasts, I'm afraid there are millions of them!!"

"Brood nests, how can these be breached?" Tens of millions of comments and bullet comments flashed across the many propaganda videos.

Battles at the Heaven-Flying level were rarely promoted directly on the virtual network.

Even though the outcome was already known, this propaganda video still attracted countless people to continue watching.

In the propaganda video, the scene suddenly changed, appearing as an extremely blurry battle scene, with the camera shaking.

Very real!

A figure holding a long spear, wrapped in a black combat suit, was fighting alone against three terrifying, hideous figures: a flying snake, a giant spider, and an ape...

Countless viewers were both excited and shocked.

Many people guessed the identity of the powerhouse holding the long spear.

"These are all Heaven-Flying level exotic beasts." The voice-over in the video sounded: "The human martial artist fighting them is Spirit Spear."

"He is only a Source Martial Artist, yet he can fly through the sky and escape the earth."

In the video, in an extremely intense battle, that mysterious genius 'Spirit Spear' powerfully killed two Heaven-Flying exotic beasts in succession, and then pursued and killed another one.

Dominant and peerless.

..."Spirit Spear!"

"He is a Source Martial Artist, yet he can kill Heaven-Flying exotic beasts? So strong."

"He is a peerless genius from Flying Star!"

"Spirit Spear must just be a nickname. It's just a pity we don't know his true identity." A large number of bullet comments flashed, and countless viewers were completely boiling over.

If it had been done by a Heaven-Flying martial artist, once the video spread, although it would also be exciting, the impact would definitely not be this great.

In the propaganda, Spirit Spear was only a Source Martial Artist, and the significance was completely different.

After all, in the eyes of countless ordinary people, Heaven-Flying martial artists were nearly the peak martial power of the entire civilization, and their strength was far beyond the Source Martial Artist level.

To be able to fight across levels, what an incredible thing this was!

At the end of the propaganda video.

"This great battle."

"Spirit Spear, finally led other powerful martial artists to breach a newly opened brood nest together... He is not only the number one Source Martial Artist of our Seven Star civilization in this generation."

"Even if placed in the history of our Seven Star civilization, he can be called the strongest Source Martial Artist."

"The hero is nameless."

"Spirit Spear is just his title! But the hero's deeds should not be forgotten!!" The voice-over suddenly became passionate.

... Countless people in various countries on Blue Star were boiling over, and this propaganda video even spread rapidly to various planets.

The name 'Spirit Spear' was remembered by tens of billions of people in a very short time.

Everyone was arguing fiercely.

"Spirit Spear is too strong."

"In the past, they said Li Yuan was the number one genius of Seven Star. Now it seems Spirit Spear is."

"How old is Li Yuan? Spirit Spear seems to be over forty."

"At the very least, what Spirit Spear did is what a true powerhouse should do."

"The civilization's number one Source Martial Artist." Countless people admired him immensely, promoting him spontaneously, and many young people even regarded him as an idol.

Flying through the sky, slaughtering alien powerhouses.

It was simply too domineering.

"This Spirit Spear is truly amazing." Wan Qinghe, the 'Vice City Hall Master' of Jiang City, looked at the propaganda video and sighed inwardly: "I wonder if Li Yuan will be able to reach his level in the future."

"I guess it won't be easy."

Several years had passed, and Wan Qinghe had broken through to become a 'Senior Source Martial Artist'. Because of the many contributions he made during his three-year term, he had just been promoted to Vice City Hall Master.

This speed of promotion was something most District Hall Masters could only look up to.

The greatest contribution he had made was 'discovering Li Yuan'.

"Li Yuan."

"According to common sense, when he becomes a Heaven-Flying martial artist in the future, he should return to the Xia Nation to take up a post." Wan Qinghe thought to himself: "I heard from Elder Fei last time that Li Yuan has already become a Source Martial Artist?"

Wan Qinghe hadn't seen Li Yuan for a long time, only occasionally receiving blessing messages from him on holidays.

But invisibly, because of Li Yuan, both Wan Qinghe and the Jiang City Hall Master, Fei Qian, had already received great help.

"So amazing."

"The strongest Source Martial Artist?" The siblings Li Muhua and Li Qianqian, in their respective martial arts classes, listened to their teacher's lecture and looked at the light screen image, both filled with shock.

Like Li Muhua, he was even more hot-blooded.

Several years had passed, and both of them had become high school students.

With Li Yuan's help, they had top-tier external cultivation conditions and were growing steadily along the established route.

Like Li Muhua, his physical fitness was now the undisputed number one in his grade. Now that his first year of high school had just ended, his skill level had already entered the Second Stage... Two years later, in the college entrance examination, he had every hope of challenging the world's top three martial arts schools.

The popularity of the propaganda video about 'Spirit Spear' also aroused the curiosity of countless people, who wanted to explore the other party's true identity.

But with the orders issued by the top brass, it was easily suppressed on the virtual network.

As for those who truly knew or guessed Spirit Spear's true identity, such as those Heaven-Flying martial artists, or the three ordinary members of Mount Qixing who accompanied him at the time, etc.

All received strict orders of confidentiality.

Added to the fact that most people's direction of speculation was placed on the two points of 'born in Flying Star, age over 40'... no one suspected Li Yuan.

After all, if someone said that a person became the number one Source Martial Artist in the history of the Seven Star civilization before the age of 20, I'm afraid no one would believe it even if they said it.

"Li Yuan, how did you do it?"

In the Martial God Star Realm, Duanmu Hong, as the Mountain Master, felt a sigh of shock in his heart: "Not even 20 years old, and strength this strong?"

Others didn't know, at most they could guess.

But he, as the Mount Qixing Master, could see the acceptance of war missions... Regarding the Luo Bu Sea war mission, only Li Yuan fit the criteria.

And judging from the weapon and the condensation of the True Intent of Earth, it also fit very well.

Added to the fact that he had received a 'confidentiality' order, Mountain Master Duanmu already had his own judgment in his heart.

"Li Yuan must have been injured."

"He returned three days ago and bought quite a few healing treasures." Mountain Master Duanmu could query Li Yuan's list of treasure purchases in the Seven Star Treasury.

This was his privilege as a Mountain Master.

Having returned to the Martial God Star Realm for three days, Li Yuan naturally knew a thing or two about the disturbances in the outside world.

But he didn't pay too much attention to it.

The one who became famous throughout the world was 'Spirit Spear'. What did that have to do with me, Li Yuan?

"A battle of life and death."

"Bloody battles and tempering are the only standards for testing skills." Li Yuan thought to himself.

This great battle in Luo Bu Sea had touched him deeply, especially the true combination of the two great True Intent mysteries, which made him truly feel the power of the combination of Law mysteries.

For healing, Li Yuan bought multiple Tier-Three treasures, costing about 300 Seven Star points.

While healing, Li Yuan was also deducing and pondering his spear techniques.

"Once I have completely digested this battle."

"And met Senior Dongfang Ji." Li Yuan thought to himself: "I will go and accept the next Martial God inheritance."

Members of Martial God Mountain have a cultivation cycle from July of each year to June of the following year.

A first-class Martial God inheritor only needs to accept one Martial God inheritance within this cultivation cycle; there is no requirement for which month they must go.

"Next."

"In terms of skills, what I need to do is to take the mystery of Wind a step further, transforming from a True Intent prototype into a true True Intent of Wind, and step into the Sixth Stage." Li Yuan thought to himself: "And work hard to make the True Intent of Earth step into the Sixth Stage Mid-Tier."

Time passed, and the Cloud Beast civilization, which had suffered a great loss in Luo Bu Sea, finally convened the 'Saint Lord Conference'.

A mysterious virtual world.

Streams of powerful consciousness descended, one of which belonged to the demigod Wu Wu Dongxue.

Time passed, and finally, when the number of descended consciousnesses exceeded a certain limit.

"Everyone."

A powerful voice echoed in this mysterious world: "I believe you all know the 'topic' of the conference. Regarding the battle images of the Seven Star civilization's 'Spirit Spear', you should have all seen them. What are your thoughts?"

"Wu Wu Dongxue! How precious is the Ten Thousand Beast Blood Source... Our entire civilization can only give birth to one every five years or so." A sharp voice rang out: "You placed it in a Tier-Two Star Realm, and you couldn't even guard it. You are simply trash."

"Speaker, I propose to strip Wu Wu Dongxue of his qualification to obtain the 'Ten Thousand Beast Blood Source'." The sharp voice said.

"Hadi!" Wu Wu Dongxue was furious.

Other demigods watched the show, as if they were used to this scene. These two demigods had a huge conflict.

"Shut up, both of you." The powerful voice contained coldness: "Do you want me to expel you both?"

Wu Wu Dongxue and the sharp voice both went quiet.

Although the Speaker of the Cloud Beast civilization, 'Demigod Heili', was not as invincible as Dongfang Ji, he was able to stand out among the nearly one hundred demigods of the Cloud Beast civilization... His strength was also undoubtedly strong, stronger than most demigod peak powerhouses.

If dozens of demigods united in opposition, Demigod Heili would have to back down.

But a single demigod or two? Usually, they wouldn't dare to be tough with him.

"Others, what are your thoughts?" Demigod Heili's voice was low, neither happy nor sad.

"According to the information transmitted from the Seven Star civilization, this 'Spirit Spear' is over forty and comes from Flying Star." A demigod spoke: "But I have queried a lot of information about the Seven Star civilization... and no such genius fits."

"His strength is so powerful that there shouldn't be no trace of him in the past."

"I suspect that this so-called 'Spirit Spear' is a fiction of the Seven Star civilization, used to cover up the true identity of this mysterious Source Martial Artist." This demigod said.

"If the identity is fake, then who could it be?" Another demigod spoke.

"Could it be Li Yuan, who was rumored to be extremely monstrous before?" A demigod suddenly asked in confusion.

"Impossible!"

"How long has Li Yuan been practicing? If he could condense the True Intent of Earth, it would be incredible enough. How could he have realized the True Intent of Wind?"

"Mm, I haven't heard that Li Yuan has talent in the Wind lineage." Many silent demigods spoke one after another, directly denying this possibility.

Time passed, and many demigods proposed various possibilities.

"Fine."

"I have heard everyone's thoughts." Demigod Heili finally spoke: "First is the Luo Bu Sea Star Realm. We must try our best to guard it. This is an excellent springboard."

"Wu Wu Dongxue, this territory you rule will be taken over by the Civilization Conference. Do you have any objections?" Demigod Heili looked at Wu Wu Dongxue: "The entire civilization will further invest resources to build the entire Luo Bu Sea Star Realm."

Other demigods also looked over. This was an excellent opportunity for them to intervene.

"No objections." Wu Wu Dongxue's face looked somewhat unwilling, but in reality, he was very calm in his heart.

This was within his expectations.

Taken over by the Civilization Conference? In the end, it would still have to be handed over to one or two demigods to manage.

"Mm, by then, it will be managed jointly by you, Hadi, and Yantuoluo." Demigod Heili put forward his own idea.

It was unanimously approved by all demigods.

"For the time being, we have no good way to deal with this 'Spirit Spear'." Demigod Heili said softly: "We have just launched the intelligence network to search for his identity and whereabouts... However, the Tianliang civilization and the Wan Mo civilization definitely have a chance to kill him."

"Tianliang civilization?"

"Wan Mo civilization?" Many demigods revealed puzzled expressions.

They all knew that these two great civilizations were also hostile to the Seven Star civilization, but wanting to kill Spirit Spear, I'm afraid it would be difficult to do.

"The Mingxu Star Realm has just undergone a major change." Demigod Heili said slowly: "I have news... that batch of genius Source Martial Artists of the Tianliang civilization has been almost completely slaughtered by Yu Jinghe of the Seven Star civilization."

"A heavy treasure has appeared."

"And it has angered the local Heaven-Flying forces in the Mingxu Star Realm... The Tianliang civilization will likely invite the geniuses of the Wan Mo civilization to come." Demigod Heili said: "Then, the Seven Star civilization will also likely send 'Spirit Spear' there."

"After all, according to the information we know, this Spirit Spear's strength is even stronger than Yu Jinghe's."

Many demigods couldn't help but nod.

The Tianliang civilization and the Wan Mo civilization have a subordinate relationship... or more accurately, the Tianliang civilization is itself a secondary civilization of a certain god's kingdom within the Wan Mo civilization.

The relationship between the two civilizations is extremely close.

This is also one of the important reasons why the Tianliang civilization and the Seven Star civilization are hostile.

"Wu Wu Dongxue." Demigod Heili looked over.

"Speaker."

"I believe the Wan Mo civilization and the Tianliang civilization will be very interested in knowing more detailed information about 'Spirit Spear'." Demigod Heili said: "How much loss you can recover from their hands depends on your own methods. The negotiations with them will be left to you."

"Thank you, Speaker." Wu Wu Dongxue said in a low voice, feeling slightly better in his heart.

Time passed, and the Wan Mo civilization, the Tianliang civilization, and even some other powerful alien civilizations.

Through many secret intelligence networks, they tried to completely figure out Spirit Spear's true identity, but all to no avail.

This was exactly the goal the top brass of the Seven Star civilization wanted to achieve.

Hide forever? Impossible! But with Li Yuan's talent, every half a year or a year, his strength would likely undergo an astonishing transformation.

July 10th.

Inside the Martial God Star Realm.

Swoosh!

Li Yuan flew into the sky, and according to the Mountain Master's guidance, arrived at the magnificent palace at the highest point of Mount Qixing.

"Mountain Master." Li Yuan saw the figure in white who was already waiting outside the palace from afar.

He flew forward and bowed respectfully.

"Li Yuan." Mountain Master Duanmu waved his hand, and an invisible force lifted Li Yuan up, smiling: "It's not easy to be summoned by the Alliance Leader."

"It's all the Alliance Leader's favor." Li Yuan pretended not to hear the subtext.

That's right!

Li Yuan guessed that Mountain Master Duanmu would guess whether he was Spirit Spear... but Li Yuan would definitely not admit it.

Guess whatever you want, I'm not admitting it anyway.

"Haha, let's go, let's go see the Alliance Leader." Mountain Master Duanmu smiled and turned to walk toward his palace.

"This?" Li Yuan looked puzzled.

"From my palace, you can go directly to the Alliance Leader's place of seclusion. This is a secret." Mountain Master Duanmu smiled: "Throughout the generations, apart from me, only a few monstrous Source Martial Artists have known about it."

Li Yuan understood that only those qualified to see Dongfang Ji could know this secret.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Following Mountain Master Duanmu, Li Yuan entered the palace. The palace looked simple and atmospheric on the outside, like an ancient palace, but the interior decoration was rather modern.

Entering the corridor on the side of the side hall.

Li Yuan saw a channel flickering with flowing light not far away, vaguely leading to another world.

This immediately reminded Li Yuan of the channel to the world-within-a-world; the two were very similar.

"Enter."

"The Alliance Leader is already waiting for you." Mountain Master Duanmu said in a low voice: "Remember, you don't need to be too humble when treating the Alliance Leader, but you must never be rude. Just treat him like a normal elder."

"Yes, thank you Mountain Master for the reminder."

Stepping into the light screen channel, it was colorful, still feeling like being washed by flowing water.

Carried by an invisible force, a long time later.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan landed gently on the ground and looked around.

This was a rather dim space. His feet felt as if they were stepping on glass, and deeper down was a void, and the four directions were vaguely shrouded by countless mists.

He couldn't see the end.

This also made Li Yuan not dare to act rashly.

"Where is this? Even the signal of the smart ring is gone." Li Yuan thought to himself: "Could it be another space similar to a world-within-a-world?"

Suddenly.

Hum~

An invisible force enveloped him, carrying Li Yuan forward. The power was so majestic and powerful that Li Yuan simply could not resist.

Whoosh! After flying only a few hundred meters, Li Yuan landed gently.

"Li Yuan." A low voice rang out.

This voice was like a thunderclap on flat ground, causing Li Yuan's spirit to tremble slightly.

Only then did he realize that in the mist not far away, there was a short-haired man sitting cross-legged in the void, with a very burly and majestic figure, wearing black ceremonial robes.

His face was blurry and could not be seen clearly, but the invisible momentum he emitted rushed toward him, making Li Yuan hold his breath, and his head buzzed.

Rumble~ Li Yuan's 'horizon' was vaguely changing, and it seemed that only the figure of this man in black ceremonial robes remained.

He was like the world itself.

In an instant.

It gave Li Yuan the illusion of returning to the time he saw the phantom of the god Deity Deity Gu Ju... but the god Deity Deity Gu Ju was a phantom, while the man in black before him was his true body.

Even more, Li Yuan had the illusion that he was only a few dozen meters away from the man in black, but it felt as if they were separated by a layer of space.

In short, it was very strange.

Li Yuan also deeply felt Dongfang Ji's terror. The feeling he brought him far surpassed all the demigods he had seen.

Even Teacher Teacher Lie Feng, as a demigod peak powerhouse, was far inferior to Dongfang Ji in Li Yuan's perception.

A long time later.

Li Yuan, relying on his powerful spiritual power, barely managed to come back to his senses, and then bowed respectfully: "Li Yuan, pays respects to the Alliance Leader."

"Not bad!"

"Fang Hai was right. Your spiritual power and willpower are extremely powerful." Dongfang Ji finally spoke. His voice was low and contained not a hint of emotion: "Your contemplation method is probably superior to ordinary god contemplation methods."

Li Yuan's heart moved, not knowing how to respond.

"People have their own encounters."

"You have your own encounters, which is a good thing." Dongfang Ji's voice was ethereal: "Li Yuan, do you know why I didn't oppose you going to realize the mystery of Wind before?"

"Law combination?" Li Yuan was curious.

"Right! And not right." Dongfang Ji looked at Li Yuan calmly: "Law combination is the goal, but it is not the ultimate goal."

Li Yuan looked puzzled.

"The Law Great Dao is vast and boundless." Dongfang Ji said slowly: "Like your teacher 'Demigod Teacher Lie Feng', like Fang Hai, like the demigod Baishan, they have all stepped into the threshold of the Law."

"Even for Demigod Teacher Lie Feng, what he has realized is only a drop of water in the ocean of the Law of Wind."

Li Yuan listened earnestly.

The more he practiced and realized the mysteries of the world's operation, the more Li Yuan agreed with Dongfang Ji's words.

The world is vast, and the operation of the Law is indeed difficult to realize thoroughly.

"It is difficult to walk the path of realizing a single Law Great Dao alone." Dongfang Ji said: "Therefore, many demigods and even gods will try to realize other Law Great Daos, wanting to draw inferences about other cases from one instance... The mysteries of the world are a whole."

"Different Law mysteries, when touched, might produce new realizations for oneself."

"And even—combine with each other!"

"Law combination is very difficult." Dongfang Ji looked at Li Yuan: "You are only combining True Intent mysteries now, which is relatively easier."

"However, compared to your age, it is already incomparably amazing." Dongfang Ji said.

Li Yuan couldn't help but nod.

This achievement of his, if you remove the age factor, is indeed not too exaggerated. I'm afraid many demigods have hope of achieving it.

"You followed Demigod Teacher Lie Feng to practice, and I originally only held the idea of 'letting you try'." Dongfang Ji said lightly: "The results prove that you are very suitable for this path, and you have achieved no small success in just one year."

"The combination of Earth and Wind is also very beneficial for sensing the existence of space."

"My expectation for you next." Dongfang Ji looked at Li Yuan: "Is to separately step into the threshold of the Law for Earth and Wind, and then combine them... then you will have hope of sensing the mysteries of space."

"Then, your future path to demigod, and even the path to god, will be incomparably smooth."

"You will truly have hope of surpassing me." Dongfang Ji's voice was very light, but it contained expectation.

Li Yuan was stunned.

Earth and Wind both step into the threshold of the Law, and combine them? Have hope of sensing the mysteries of space?

But he, when his True Intent was initially combined before, seemed to have realized a trace of the mysteries of space.

"It seems you don't understand." Dongfang Ji sat cross-legged in the void.

"The operation of the world contains the mysteries of the Great Dao, and the most unfathomable is the mystery of time." Dongfang Ji said calmly: "Time is a taboo and difficult to touch. Even gods cannot step into that domain."

"The only thing second to time is the Law of Space."

"Space is the origin of all Daos and laws, and the foundation for the birth of all life and all things in the world."

"If there is no space, everything has no meaning."

"Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Thunder... the seven great Laws are all derived from the Law of Space, yet they are different from the Law of Space." Dongfang Ji said slowly: "If you realize a certain Law Great Dao alone, the further you go, the more difficult it is to progress."

"But if you can touch the mysteries of space in advance, and even step into the threshold of the Law of Space."

"With the help of the overall sensing of the Law of Space, re-deducing the seven great Laws, the efficiency will be ten or a hundred times faster, and you will even be able to break through many bottlenecks more easily."

"This is the greatest significance of Law combination."

(End of chapter)