Martial Peak

Martial Peak – Chapter 1825, Returning it to Where it Belonged

by Silavin

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Translator: Silavin & Ashish

Editor and Proofreader: Leo of Zion Mountain & Dhael Ligerkeys

 

“Thank you very much, Sir.” Yang Kai cupped his fists and bowed slightly, but then narrowed his eyes and said calmly, “But… I choose neither.”

 

“You are courting death!” The figure’s face blackened in rage as his murderous intent surged.

 

Although that man scolded Yang Kai fiercely, he had no intention of attacking Yang Kai. He just kept glaring at Yang Kai.

 

Yang Kai immediately broke into laughter. “In that case, Sir, please kill me!”

 

Yang Kai looked as if he wasn’t afraid of death. He kept provoking the man.

 

The figure’s face blackened in anger.

 

“What’s wrong!? You don’t dare to… or you can’t!?” Yang Kai’s glare suddenly became as sharp as a sword, trying to pierce straight into that figure’s heart to see through his lie and truth.

 

But the figure remained as stable as a mountain.

 

Yang Kai’s voice grew heavier as he sneered again and again, “Perhaps if it was your true body here, I would not have a chance to resist. I might not know how strong you are, but a cultivator of my level should not be able to resist you. Even still, a trivial wisp of Soul wants me to surrender without a fight? Are you an idiot? This is my Knowledge Sea, I am the master here!”

 

Just as he said this, the calm sea below them suddenly started to swell as thick water columns rose from the sea, one after another. It gave the impression of an evil dragon waking up from its sleep. The Knowledge Sea was suddenly filled with intense murderous intention.

 

The figure slowly took a deep breath and looked at Yang Kai indifferently. He finally nodded his affirmation and praised, “Kid, you really are extraordinary, it looks like this King underestimated you. Now that you have seen through everything, this King has no excuse. Kid, you better take care of your life, this King will come for you. You better not die before that.”

 

Having said this, he suddenly formed some mysterious seals with his hands as his figure started to slowly fade away.

 

“You want to leave!?” Yang Kai shouted furiously. “This is my Knowledge Sea, it’s not your own backyard where you can come and go as you like!”

 

All of a sudden, a dazzling golden glow bloomed in Yang Kai’s Knowledge Sea as the Demon Eye of Annihilation emerged over the Knowledge Sea, shooting the golden light of annihilation straight down at the figure and enveloping him inside.

 

The fading figure solidified as if it was imprisoned by the golden light of annihilation.

 

The figure furrowed his brow as he wondered suspiciously, “What kind of power is this!? How strange!? It’s actually dispersing my wisp of Soul!”

 

Suddenly, his body jolted, scattering the golden light of annihilation. The man then kept retreating, again and again. Yang Kai was unable to get close to him.

 

ROAR ROAR ROAR…

 

At this moment, dozens of evil dragons formed by the energy of Yang Kai’s Knowledge Sea swarmed at the figure from all directions, biting at him viciously.

 

An extremely solemn look immediately appeared on the figure’s face. He then drew a semi-circle before him as a curtain of light appeared around his Soul Phantom to protect him.

 

BANG BOOM BANG…

 

The evil dragons crashed into the curtain of light with deafening claps. Yang Kai’s Knowledge Sea momentarily shook, and even his Soul Avatar grew extremely weak.

 

It was a head-on confrontation between Souls. No matter who won and who lost, Yang Kai and that man would be severely injured.

 

Yang Kai didn’t come out scot-free but neither did that figure, it too paid an equal price. This wasn’t ordinary Spiritual Energy but the power of mutated fire-attribute Divine Sense. He might not have been annihilated under this wave of attack but that scorching power was burning his Soul; he was in great pain.

 

After having resisted dozens of dragon attacks, the figure started to grow transparent as if it might collapse any moment. Moreover, a scorching-hot energy could be vaguely seen coursing through the figure, eroding his Soul power continuously.

 

“Great, you are really good!” The figure greeted his teeth as he glared at Yang Kai in anger. “A trivial ant actually dares to harm this King’s Soul Phantom. This King has noted this and will make you pay a hundred times for this someday!”

 

Just as he finished speaking, he formed some seals again as his figure completely faded from Yang Kai’s Knowledge Sea.

 

However, Yang Kai vaguely noticed him throw a seal into his Knowledge Sea before leaving.

 

After three breaths, the turmoil in his Knowledge Sea slowly calmed down.

 

A pale Yang Kai stood there carefully sensing the entirety of his Knowledge Sea. That mysterious figure had already left. There was no doubt in this as there was no aura of him.

 

[But… What seal did he leave before he left? Where is it hiding?] Yang Kai couldn’t sense it at all.

 

A deep sense of powerlessness rose in his heart, making Yang Kai extremely uncomfortable.

 

[However, that was just a Soul Phantom, perhaps just a wisp of that man’s Divine Sense, but that guy can come and go in my Knowledge Sea as he likes. Even a Third-Order Origin King can’t do this.]

 

[That guy should be on par with Yang Yan and Insect Emperor!?]

 

What Yang Kai was sure of was that he, Yang Yan, and Insect Emperor came from the same place. And that place was called Star Boundary! It was something of higher-level than Star Field.

 

There were two things Yang Kai was concerned about. The First was that he paid great attention to the Soul Warming Lotus in Yang Kai’s knowledge. He was even more excited at the sight of Star Chart than when he saw the Seven Colored Soul Warming Lotus.

 

[What’s the secret of this Star Chart!?] Yang Kai was extremely puzzled.

 

Since he got this Star Chart, Yang Kai had only used it to identify his bearing, he hadn’t found any other use. [But that guy cared so much about this Star Chart. He yearned for it more than the Seven Colored Soul Warming Lotus. Perhaps there is some secret about it that I am unaware of.]

 

The second was the Seven Colored Soul Warming Lotus.

 

Much to Yang Kai’s surprise, that figure said that the Seven Colored Soul Warming Lotus could be evolved into Supreme Soul Warming Lotus.

 

Yang Kai always believed the seven-coloured form to be the final form of the Soul Warming Lotus. It never occurred to him that it had even higher form!

 

This Soul Warming Lotus had brought great benefits to Yang Kai. The reason why his Spiritual Energy was so strong, not the least bit weaker than a Third-Order Origin King’s, was all due to the constant warming of his Soul by this precious heaven and earth treasure.

 

The seven-coloured form of the Soul Warming Lotus had already given Yang Kai untold benefits. If it evolved again… Yang Kai’s heart was beating crazily in excitement.

 

He had gained a lot of information just having talked with that figure for such a short while. He failed to come to his senses for a long time.

 

After a full fifteen minutes, Yang Kai finally dispelled the distracting thoughts in his heart. He then dispersed his Soul Avatar as his Divine Sense returned to his body.

 

He glanced back and noticed a pale Mu Wu sitting by his side, motionless. Apparently, abolishing his cultivation had caused his vitality to weaken.

 

Even those Origin Returning Realm masters hadn’t moved an inch. After having seen Yang Kai cripple Mu Wu without even breaking a sweat, how could they dare to have other thoughts!? They didn’t dare to escape, even if Yang Kai was standing still; they were afraid of angering Yang Kai and causing their own doom.

 

Only at this moment did they notice Yang Kai look at them, and these Origin Returning Realm masters were struck with panic. Each of them forced a smile that looked worse than crying.

 

“Young Hero, please give us a chance to live. We were also forced by Mu Wu. We had no choice but to help a tyrant oppress the innocents. We are regretting it now and hope that Young Hero will give us a chance to live. We will listen to Young Hero’s order from now on. We will not even hesitate even if we have to climb a mountain of blades or tread through a sea of fire!” One of them begged quickly.

 

As soon as he took the lead, the others also voiced their own difficulties. They accused Mu Wu for being overbearing and brutal. They cast their relationship with the Spirit Devouring Sect aside and pushed all the blame on Mu Wu.

 

Pu…

 

The already weakened Mu Wu was so angered by this that he could not help but spurt a mouthful of blood. He died right then and there.

 

Yang Kai coldly looked at their ugly faces. He was already feeling worse because of the mess made by that figure. How could he bear to listen to their bullshit? A golden flash of light illuminated this dim space as Golden Blood Threads shot out from Yang Kai, taking their lives instantly.

 

Afterwards, Yang Kai picked up their Space Rings and went through them, one by one. He found nearly a hundred Spirit Devouring Crystals from their Space Ring.

 

He placed all the Spirit Devouring Crystals by the Star Source and formed some seals before pointing at the crystals.

 

BOOM…

 

All the Spirit Devouring Crystals burst with a muffled explosion, releasing a tide of World Energy that spread in all directions.

 

From the start, the energy in these Spirit Devouring Crystals belonged to Tong Xuan Realm, Yang Kai was just returning it to where it belonged. Soon, the World Energy of his homeland would improve.

 

After having done all this, he summoned the Sealed World Bead and entered it, letting Xiao Xiao take it back to the surface.

 

At this same time, on a Cultivation Star billions of miles away from Tong Xuan Realm, a man was sitting in a cross-legged position in a valley rich in World Energy. He sat there as if he was blended into heaven and the earth. Even a Third-Order Origin King would fail to sense his existence if he hadn’t laid his eyes on him.

 

Butterflies were dancing around him. A bird was even sitting on top of his head, gracefully combing its feathers with its beak.

 

As far as the bird was concerned, standing on top of this person’s head was no different than standing on an ordinary branch.

 

This person’s understanding of the Martial Dao had surpassed the entire Star Field, reaching the rumoured Self-Existing Dao Realm.

 

If those so-called Third-Order Origin Kings saw this, they would immediately kowtow in worship.

 

The man’s body suddenly jolted as he fiercely opened his eyes, gazing into the distance.

 

After a short while, a streak of imperceptible energy shot over from the distance, drilling into his body.

 

The man then closed his eyes and felt it silently. His body jolted again after a while before he screamed in surprise, “A Seven Colored Soul Warming Lotus and the Star Field Map, these two treasures are actually on the same guy!? Isn’t his luck heaven-defying!? But so what!? Since you dared to harm this King’s Soul Phantom, how can this King let you go? However, I will let you keep them for the time being. With this King’s Soul Seeking Seal on you, you will never be able to escape from me, even if you fled to the ends of the world.”

 

Having said this, he slowly stood up as a cruel gleam flashed in his eyes. He thought for a while and said to himself, “All right, I haven’t found any strong energy fluctuation in this Star Field even after a century, so it seems like this Star Field really doesn’t have a Protector. If that’s the case, then it will become a stepping stone for this King to mount the throne.”

 

After having said this, a cold smile suddenly appeared on his lips as his entire figure strangely sank into the earth.

 

In just a moment, he had reached the depths of the planet’s core, standing before the Star Source of this Cultivation Star.

 

His hands danced in the air as he punched seals into the Star Source, one after another. The World Energy of this Cultivation Star started to surge with this man’s movement, converging towards the Star Source before being sucked in by this man.

 

All the cultivators on this Cultivation Star instantly noticed that there was something wrong. They could clearly feel the World Energy around them getting thinner and thinner at a horrendous rate, but they had no idea what was going on.

 

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54 thoughts on “Martial Peak – Chapter 1825, Returning it to Where it Belonged”

  1. Thank you WiseKing, DKnight, DT Alduin, GABA, Tuckerblue, Mathyuu, Old Master Kidd, Stepril, Yakool, Checkmate, Rosi3 The Reaper for giving life to the comment section!
    DT Alduin had some very good points I hadn’t thought of and he made me super hyped for what’s coming! This mysterious boss is likely a junior of the Insect King given how deferential he is. And the Demonic Eye of Annihilation is very suspicious! It keeps staying relevant against people with a much higher cultivation than Saint King Great Demon God.
    But let’s get all the Star Emperor Tokens, and give all the waifus an official status. It would be a pity to have Xue Yue’s phoenix body snatched by another suitor. He needs to marry her!

    1. All good.

      Although I’m not sure if I’m going to be withstand more “world changes”… if he moves from star field to this star boundary, I’m already predicting that he will again be one of the weaklings on that world and he will need to grow basically from 0 to hero again… it’s too much of the same man… this happened 3 times already… 1. On his main world, 2. On Tong Xuan Realm and 3. On Star field/shadowed star. I’m not going to seat and read all the same stories just with different names 🤦🏻‍♂️

      1. I don’t think it’s gonna be 0 to hero this time he will have Yang Yan at the peak of the star boundary or maybe just below besides she’s also a grandmaster array and refiner so none onewill wanna a anger her, and not only that we have been hinted that she is the protector of the star field. She will definitely make things much different from the last few arcs instead of going from the bottom to establish himself. I doubt we will see another creation of a new sect, prolly just an expansion of his existing. Might spread all across the star field and he will be the only main sect all under his tree and become a smaller power in the star boundary, not big but still a power none the less, and then prolly an expansion, no one has ever brought the entire star field or even more than 30% to cohesion. So I bet it could be one hell of a power house. If purple star has 10-30ish (it has been hinted they have a good number but we don’t know the exact) Orging Kings then how many does Sword Union and everyone else have even if he doesnt unify the entire and 70% that’s no less the 80-100 Origin Kings with that thought a new stage would be amazing to see a new level. It will be like how he became the Holy Master and no one dared to offend him and those that did we punished. That’s my thoughts anyway who knows how many are gonna come true but I have a very good feeling for Yang Yan and that part of it.

        1. Really? OMG thats crazy. I can’t even imagine what that realm will be called then 😂. I am looking forward to it, so far the author has kept me interested all the way.

          1. Self-Existing realm, hahaha. What realm will be the peak of the martial Dao? Ooh, aah, I have a guess, the Enlightenment Realm… 🤣

    1. 5 people posted at xx:59. The race was very close today! My screen froze for 10 sec after posting at 59min40sec, I thought I had lost and felt as powerless as Xu Mu facing Yang Kai!

      1. True, harsh competition but after a promising start I can only get Seconds it seems… Thats what I get for refreshing one time too often I guess, but I will not forsake my Martial Heart and keep trying😉.

  4. I think the new chapter is going to be released at 6pm so we have a chapter released every 6 hours one at 12pm one at 6pm and the last a 12am. then we have one 12 hour gap when we are sleeping according to the US clock

    3. I don’t recall the release schedule when they exceeded the 13 a week before but if you think about it, 20 chapters a week would be best released in 8 hour increments.

    1. “it seems like this Star Field really doesn’t have a Protector” I don’t know who the guy is, but maybe Yan Yang is the protector? I hope she’ll stay weak, but transfer her inheritance to YK so he can face him. Or maybe she’ll become cold and evil and YK will have to steal her inheritance (the 9 Tokens and what they unlock) from her.

      1. Senior has some incredibly strange theories. What this young one thinks is that Star Fields are similar to Solar Systems relative to the Star Boundary. These “Solar Systems” are ruled over and protected by Emperor Stage Cultivators. I think it’s pretty much a given now that this Star Field is the territory of Yang Yan, who is probably something like the “Refining/Array Emperor”.

        1. What do you think Emperor is compared to Self-Existing Dao Realm? He sounds scared of Yan Yang so it might be just below it. And your theory makes sense!

          2. If I’m not mistaken, Yang Kai once asked her about it. She implied that her realm is two great realms above the Origin King. So, one above the Self-Existing Dao Realm.

      2. As for Yang Yan becoming evil and cold, this junior does not think so. Rather, I think Little Senior Sister merely wanted to say she had woken up. She is probably not as powerful as her prime, but she should still be able to deal with this guy.

        1. Plethorax, no offence to you, but you could have simply said “i’ve already read ahead in the story and can affirm that you’re theorie is wrong, and i can’t tell you the exact details since i’ll be spoiling the story” instead of pretending to be a genius and acting like you’re coming up with your own theories.
          I’ve seen many do the same thing before in the comment section and it’s becoming annoying over time, i myself have already come across a few spoilers before so i can tell and point out those so called “geniuses”

          1. Idk if that’s what plethorax is doing or not but I agree that I do hate when people do that. How sad is your life to read ahead then come back to act like you were right all along

          2. Believe it or not, but I only started reading the novel from the start of the Shadowed Star arc. I’ve never read anything beyond where DDL is at right now. I also hate it when people do that, however, to immediately assume that someone is doing it when they provide a good theory, is poor form from you. No offense

          3. Though perhaps it is a result of your own experience. In that case, I can understand why you would accuse me of this.

          4. Your experience seeing others do that, I mean.
            Sheesh, I’ve made too many comments. Please excuse, seniors!

          5. As a final comment— shameless of me, I know— my idea about Star Fields being like solar systems in the Star Boundary stems from the similarity between how Yang Yan sealed off this Field— using her tokens— and how GDG sealed off Tong Xuan realm from the Star Field.

          6. I believe you. Let’s all get along, we want the same thing. Nobody wants spoilers but if people become afraid of posting their ideas and theories in the comments then the comment section will dry out and that would take away a lot of the fun.

      3. Since he has faced Yang Yan multiple times and has asked her who she is and she answered that she is Yang Yan and the emperor I don’t think their relationship will change much. After all the emperor has all the good memories from Yang Yan aswell. I think I would rather have Yang Kai figure out a path to victory himself, inheriting too much power would sabotage his foundations and I also think it makes for a more satisfying victory.

    1. Thats a good sign for a healthy community and everybody here contributed to it and made it possible. Now I can read some of everyones thoughts and theories, really invigorates the reading experience for me 😄.

  12. What a chapter, things are getting spicy. Btw. was everyone aware that Yang Yan wasn’t from the Heng Luo Star Field but from the Star Boundary? I was not. I thought she was some genius like the Great Demon God. The Star Boundary must be a cultivation paradise, which begs the question why the top Masters from there would want to leave and reign over a inferior Star Field? I also wonder what role the star chart will play, maybe it’s a key to ruling a star field? Or there could be a core to the star field with some unimaginable benefits waiting for those who can find it? I can’t wait to find out.

    1. I don’t recall when I suspected she was the ‘Great Starry Emperor” probably when YK found that portrait in the ruins. Back when the fandom was a mixture of spoiler and not with more emphasis on not, it made no mention whatsoever of her actual origin. But with knowing she was that great of a personage and then the introduction of the insect emperor it pretty much was a given that she was from a higher realm.

  14. On the Fandom, he doesn’t have a cultivation realm, but after OK is a realm called Dao Source, he’s definitely at Dao Source since Yang Yan, like I said last chapter, manage to subdue him easily and forced him to be a slave back in the star boundary. So he’s not going die

    1. It’s amazing how powerful these enemies seem when more than a great realm higher than YK, but when YK reaches those heights all of a sudden those powerhouses no longer seem quite so awe inspiring. Since we are guessing this fellow is Dao Source realm, does it seem like YK could so casually have the ability to do this when he eventually reaches the same realm?

  17. Convenient how there is no heavenly lightning attacking this Dao Source(?) fellow. I guess it is only a part of YKs plot armor. Only shows up when he is fighting for his life. I mean you would think this fellow also should be rejected by the Star Field’s Worldly Principles.

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