Stronger with Crimson Modifier

Chapter 151: Miwu Civilization

Among these civilizations, some were purely dedicated to technological research and development, while others were stagnant feudal dynasties. Then there was the fourth and final civilization.

It was the Miwu Civilization, the only one that truly involved Extraordinary Power.

The Inheritance Secret Martial Arts that exist today are remnants of this civilization’s legacy.

In that era, the Secret Martial Arts Schools flourished. It was a golden age where a hundred schools vied for supremacy, where every person was like a dragon—immensely powerful, far surpassing the present age.

Yet even a civilization as mighty as that was crushed by the Black Blood Species, turned into their sustenance, and completely erased from the world.

Only a few Inheritance Secret Martial Arts survived to prove they had once existed.

Logically, this should have been impossible.

After all, even the current world on the surface possesses the power to temporarily resist the Black Blood Species.

An era like that couldn’t have lacked such powerful individuals. How could they have failed to stop them?

Something must have happened that he was unaware of.

The information Hu Qi could find offered no details on this matter.

It only recorded that according to archaeological experts’ research into the history of the fourth Miwu Civilization,

they discovered that after the fourth Miwu Civilization, Earth Star’s continental plates underwent a severe shift.

Before that, most of Earth Star’s plates had been connected.

But afterward, the plates changed dramatically, like a scattered jigsaw puzzle.

Although tectonic plates can separate due to planetary crustal movements,

this is an extremely slow process, typically only a few to a few dozen centimeters per year.

For two plates to separate enough to form new oceans and other large-scale geological changes would take millions, or even tens of millions, of years.

Yet the fourth civilization existed no more than ten thousand years ago.

Furthermore, after that time, the world’s Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy grew thin for some unknown reason.

On top of that, over this long period, the slaughter and harvesting by the Black Blood Species caused many powerful Inheritance Secret Martial Arts to be lost, broken, or buried in the long river of history.

This led to a situation where, despite inheriting the remnants of that civilization, the strongest practitioners of the Secret Martial Arts Schools in this era could only reach the level of a Martial Arts Family, completely unable to break through to become a Qi Dao Grandmaster.

This situation only began to improve two hundred years ago when the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy of this world started to return.

The path forward for Secret Martial Artists reappeared, giving them the possibility to continue growing stronger.

After several hundred years of development, the current landscape of Secret Martial Arts Schools in the Xia Federation was formed.

This was the full extent of what he knew.

But within this history, there were many inexplicable questions.

For instance, how did the Black Blood Species manage to annihilate every civilization?

And why didn’t they destroy all the Inheritance Secret Martial Arts after wiping out the Miwu Civilization?

’Wouldn’t leaving these things behind create resistance for their future purges and harvests of blood food?’

Of course, it could be explained that the powerful Qi and Blood of Secret Martial Artists made them Upper Class blood food for the Black Blood Species—far more delicious.

’However, if that were all, they could have simply eliminated the Inheritance Secret Martial Arts for levels like the Refining God Venerable.’

’After all, a Secret Martial Artist of that level could already fight against their Food Masters. Weren’t they afraid of things going south and being wiped out by humans?’

These thoughts flashed through Hu Qi’s mind like scenes in a slideshow.

With the limited information available, it was impossible to deduce the secrets hidden within.

But no matter what, one thing was certain.

He had to constantly increase his own strength.

Even if some disaster were to strike, as long as he was powerful enough, it wouldn’t be able to affect him.

At this thought, he couldn’t help but think of the vortex passage that had appeared in the sea near Anshan City.

That passage was now closed.

Hu Qi was not too surprised by this.

He understood from the memories he’d absorbed from the Food Master’s devoured Divine Fragment

that the appearance of the passage was the work of that very Food Master.

Now that it had been injured by that giant face, it was only natural for the passage to be closed.

He reined in his thoughts.

Hu Qi’s mind sank inward. He performed Introspection, sensing the condition of his body.

’Relying on hard cultivation alone is too slow!’

he muttered to himself.

At this moment, streams of dark red True Essence filled his entire body, circulating through his limbs and bones along the predetermined path of the Three-Eyed Primordial Snake Spirit Devouring Map Qi Vein Chapter.

From the surrounding void, invisible and intangible streams of Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy were drawn into his body through his nose, mouth, and pores,

imperceptibly strengthening his physique.

Within his Qi Vein Divine Treasure lay a boundless, dark red Sea of True Essence.

As the Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy poured into his body,

the dark red waters of True Essence churned, creating faint ripples.

The level divisions for a Qi Dao Grandmaster were similar to those for a Martial Arts Family.

They were also divided into three stages.

Each stage was divided into three layers, making for nine layers in total.

From lowest to highest, the three stages were Qi Gathering Liquid, Condensing Liquid into Pill, and Unity of Essence and Qi.

The common terms for these stages were Initial-Level Qi Sect, Middle-Level Qi Sect, and High-Level Qi Sect, respectively.

As Hu Qi had only just broken through, he was naturally still an Initial-Level Qi Sect at the Qi Gathering Liquid level.

To reach the Middle-Level Qi Sect of Condensing Liquid into Pill through hard cultivation alone would take at least a decade, by Hu Qi’s estimate.

This speed was not considered slow, given that a Qi Dao Grandmaster had a lifespan of seven hundred years.

For them, a dozen years or so was no different from about one year for an ordinary person.

Some people even stagnated at a certain bottleneck in the Qi Dao Grandmaster realm for a dozen years, or even several decades.

However, this was too long for Hu Qi.

It wouldn’t be a problem in a safe world, but in this one, who knew when those things from the Earth Core would come to harvest.

The successive destruction of several civilizations was undeniable proof that these Black Blood Species were anything but simple.

’They must have some kind of ace up their sleeve, something that guarantees they remain unbeatable.’

Just as he was pondering this...

RING RING RING...

Suddenly, the crisp ring broke the silence of the room.

On the side of the desk, a red landline telephone was ringing.

Hu Qi reached out and picked it up.

The moment he spoke, his voice transformed into Helinta’s cold, clear tone.

"Hello?"

"President, this shipment of goods has arrived. Also, the Sect Leader of the Sealed Wolf Sect has come to visit and is currently waiting in the reception hall..."

The voice of a female aide came from the other end.

"Yes, I understand."

He hung up the phone.

A strange light flashed in Hu Qi’s eyes.

Sealed Wolf Sect. He was no stranger to this Secret Martial Arts School.

The first time he had heard of them was because of Song Jian’s mother.

As the closest Secret Martial Arts School, located right next to the Shexin Sect,

it was only natural that the two had their share of friction.

However, at most, it had only been Secret Martial Artists of the Martial Arts Family level who had come to blows a few times. They had only ever inflicted serious injuries, and both sides had exercised restraint.

For them to visit so suddenly... he didn’t even have to think about it to know this was not a friendly visit. They were clearly here for trouble.

The Sect Leader of the Sealed Wolf Sect, coming from a Middle-tier School just like the Shexin Sect,

must have the strength of at least a Qi Dao Grandmaster who had opened their Qi Vein Divine Treasure and could absorb Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy into their body.

In response to this,

Hu Qi’s expression was calm.

He wasn’t the least bit flustered.

In the past, upon encountering such a situation, he naturally would have stayed as far away as possible.

But now he too was a Qi Dao Grandmaster, so there was no need to be concerned about them.

However, he wasn’t planning on going to meet them right away.

He had something more important to do.

At this thought, Hu Qi stood up, left the room, took the elevator, and went straight down to the tenth basement level.