The Supreme God of Martial Arts

Not too long ago, the imperial capital city was laid under a siege by the army of the Mysterious Sky Empire.

As they hemmed in the city from all frontiers, they struck fear into the hearts of everyone inside.

And since then, all lived in terror. Until, the invaders were heroically defeated, a news that spread like fire, bringing joy all around.

Victory brought a great excitement to the masses. People poured into the streets beating drums, singing songs, dancing colourful dances, tipsy with euphoria. There wasn't a corner of the street where the lively celebrations weren't there.

Soon, firecrackers echoed in different places. All this would eventually beca cherished memory that would people take pride and joy in telling their grandchildren one day. For sighting high officials and noble lords on the streets, as they joined in celebrating together, would becthe stuff of myths.

After wading through oceans of happy crowds, Austin and Theon arrived at the royal residence.

After the din of the streets, stepping inside a solemn silence embraced them.

They had entered the sanctum. Even among the royal residences, this was special. It served prominent cultivators in the country, who were reacting in a far more calm and composed way to the welcnews.

"My lord, finally you are back!" when Austin entered the house, a maidservant sighting the distinguished warrior, exclaimed in surprise.

On this moment in history, even the servants were all bunched together, whopping with joy and then even shedding tears of happiness.

Seeing Austin had sent a wave of relief across the hall. All the servants were intensely and somewhat purely attached to him. Until they heard that they had won, most had been worried sick about his fate on the battlefield.

As a huddle then, unable to stop themselves, they cto welcAustin, and in the front of them were five captains.

On entering the hall, Austin had sensed that the five captains had progressed much. Their cultivation base had now reached the medium stage of the Earth Realm, while when the emperor gave them to Austin, they were still at the preliminary level.

Mike, Evan, Herbert, Ivy and Sue were in meditation, cultivating in a secluded space. The Austin Palace had many private chambers for cultivation. Each of them had a tiny Energy-gathering Array to help the cultivators concentrate in peace.

Austin took out half a million pieces of vital energy crystals and gave each of the captains 100 thousand pieces. They were responsible for safeguarding the Austin Palace, so Austin wanted to help them achieve a higher cultivation base. Moreover, they were totally obedient and loyal to him now, so Austin felt generosity as a natural feeling towards them.

Theon, Elder Xu and Elder Xiao who had been standing in another section of the hall, gawked at Austin and Theon as if struck dumb. They couldn't believe it. These were vital energy crystals, not ordinary stones! But Austin handed them out as if they were trinkets.

As soon as Ivy and Sue heard of Austin's return, they hurried to greet him.

After such a long separation, their anxiety to see him was only natural. After hugging him in a tight embrace, they clutched onto Austin's cuffs as they looked at him from head to toe, checking whether he was alright. Sue, in particular, refused to let go of Austin's arms, unwilling to part even for a second. As they giggled and told Austin how much they missed him, Austin felt quite pleased to be loved and surrounded by these two passionate women.

Stlater after they recovered from the joy of reunion, Austin was surprised to find that his two fiancees' cultivation bases had both reached the preliminary stage of Earth Realm.

Not after long, Evan, Herbert and Mike too showed up one after another, excited to see Austin.

Evan and Herbert had reached the preliminary stage of the Earth Realm, while Mike had already reached the premium stage of the Earth Realm. What was better, he seemed to have understood sof the rudiments of the Mysterious Realm. It was only a matter of tbefore he would reach the Mysterious Realm on a sure footing.

The last twhen Austin had given them such a huge amount of cultivation materials, he was hoping they would meet such kind of progress. Now that all were well on track and inching towards superiority gradually, he felt oddly satisfied with them.

After Austin rested for about half a day, the emperor sent a dozen captures from the Ghost Sect to the Austin Palace.

It befell on Austin to find out where the headquarters of the Ghost Sect was, which he successfully did.

It turned out that their headquarters was not in the territory of the Violet Orchid Empire, but in the Mysterious Sky Empire.

Truth be told, Austin already had a hunch that that was the case. Though it being a hunch, there was nothing to assert this assumption back then.

Austin had felt that this ought to be the case simply because the Leader of the Ghost Sect was the National Counselor of the Mysterious Sky Empire. It only made sense for him to establish the Sect's headquarters in the Mysterious Sky Empire, a safe haven for him and his clan.

"I better visit the Mysterious Sky Empire soon then," muttered Austin to himself.

Now that he knew where exactly they were, he was eager to get on with the plan.

It was part anxiety too because Kirkland, the emperor of the Mysterious Sky Empire had told him that there were a few corpse demons left in the Ghost Sect, which hadn't been refined yet.

From what he learnt from Kirkland, he gathered that the corpse demons were incredibly powerful creatures.

Even though Austin had gained as many as 100 corpse generals, their power, was still not formidable. It was the sas of a human's at the premium stage of the Earth Realm.

So acquiring the corpse generals didn't feel that precious anymore. They couldn't help him improve any further and were thus, as ordinary as it got.

But being able to acquire them had given him an unprecedented confidence. The fact that he could subdue the corpse generals, gave him the feeling that he should be able to triumph over the corpse demons with his present spiritual sense power as well.

That night.

The Austin Palace.

In a cultivation chamber.

Austin sat with his legs crossed, staring at the three Space Rings on the ground.