Chapter 002: The Continent of Divine Grace

Two thousand years ago, the continent did not have the Cangyue Empire; instead, the Empires of Chire, Sword God, Knight, and Martial God were known as the Four Great Empires. Due to the outbreak of a continental war, the Martial God Empire was destroyed by a kingdom called Yunyue. During the war, the Martial God Empire, under the leadership of the contemporary Martial God Longzhan, expanded aggressively. Although referred to as a Martial God, Longzhan was actually only at the peak of the Martial Saint realm and had not reached the Martial God realm; the title of Martial God was merely an honorific for the strongest in the Martial God Empire. As the war expanded into Yunyue, it seemed that the Martial God Empire was on the verge of annihilating it when a powerful summoner named Cangyue broke through during the conflict. Cangyue summoned a peak-level ninth-grade magical beast, the Earth Golden Ape, which defeated and killed Longzhan. Under Cangyue's leadership, a group of summoners summoned various magical beasts to begin a counterattack against the Yunyue army. In that battle, countless corpses lay strewn across the battlefield, and rivers of blood flowed for miles. After six months of fierce fighting, Yunyue ultimately defeated the army of the Martial God Empire, shocking the entire continent. Following this battle, Yunyue began to rise powerfully, while the Martial God Empire, weakened internally, was united against and destroyed by surrounding kingdoms and principalities. From then on, the Martial God Empire was erased from the continent, and after decades of development, Yunyue replaced the Martial God Empire, becoming one of the Four Great Empires. To commemorate Cangyue's extraordinary achievements in this war, Yunyue was renamed the Cangyue Empire.

Han Fengxue, with no rank. When it was Han Fengxue's turn, he stepped forward and spoke in a low voice. Although he could not become a master, according to the clan's regulations, he still needed to report his situation.

"Yes," he replied. Han Lie raised his head high and retreated.

It was precisely during that war that the summoner, who was originally perceived as weak by the masses, ultimately changed the course of the battle. From that moment on, countless individuals dedicated themselves to training in an attempt to become a summoner, and summoners became one of the main protagonists of the continent. In contrast, the status of warriors plummeted. After the Warrior God Empire was conquered by various nations, the empire's powerful cultivation techniques and martial arts were lost. As a result, today, two thousand years later, warriors are gradually withdrawing from the stage of history.

"Does he have a problem? What is the point of running like this? Can he not become a master? Does he still want to become a warrior? But doesn't he know that there is no future for warriors anymore?" The younger members of the Han family whispered among themselves as they watched Han Fengxue running on the sidelines.

After Han Fengxue finished speaking, the training ground fell silent. As he turned to walk back towards the rear of the crowd, dozens of disdainful gazes shot towards him, causing him to clench his fists tightly.

At this moment, Han Fengxue had only one thought: he must complete this lap, gritting his teeth and persevering. Although his running speed had now slowed to even less than that of walking, he finally finished the last lap and squatted on the ground, breathing heavily.

The Hot Empire is located in the eastern part of the Tian'en Continent. No one knows the true size of the continent; people only know that the Tian'en Continent is exceptionally vast, and no one has ever reached the end of the continent. The basic framework of the Tian'en Continent consists of four major empires: the Hot Empire, the Sword God Empire, the Knight Empire, and the Cangyue Empire, along with the Tian'en Holy Land in the center of the continent. Surrounding each empire are countless small nations and beast-infested forests.

The primary function of mental cultivation techniques is to enhance the practitioner's mental strength and to strengthen their affinity with elements. The strength of a person's mental power determines the level they can achieve in their cultivation, thus a person's accomplishments largely depend on the mental cultivation techniques they practice. The levels of these techniques correspond to the levels of the practitioners, categorized as Scholar, General, Sect, King, Noble, Emperor, Saint, and Divine. If a person practices the Emperor-level mental cultivation technique, as long as they do not die, they will eventually become a master at the Emperor level. However, do not assume that simply practicing the Emperor-level technique guarantees reaching the Emperor rank; if your talent is poor or if you do not put in the effort, it may take you five hundred years or even a thousand years to reach the Emperor level, by which time you may have already turned to dust. Therefore, all practitioners on the continent aspire to obtain high-level mental cultivation techniques, but such advanced techniques are scarce and held by various powerful factions, making it very difficult for ordinary individuals to acquire them. Consequently, practitioners often choose a mental cultivation technique to practice first, and once their strength increases, they seek ways to obtain higher-level techniques.

Father, how come you are back?" Han Fengxue inquired

Han Fengxue was running around the training ground. Lacking formal martial arts training methods, he could only rely on simple physical exercises to strengthen his body. Eight, nine, just one more lap to reach his goal; despite being drenched in sweat, Han Fengxue continued to push through with great effort

Subsequently, the remaining individuals also reported their cultivation levels, and there were no significant improvements.

"Maple Snow, didn't your father promise to make you a skilled practitioner? Why are you still running here?" A gentle voice sounded. Looking up, I saw Han Jianfeng had come to my side

In the Fiery Empire, Technicians are the mainstream; only by becoming a Technician can one earn the respect and attention of others. To become a Technician, one must first assess whether their innate mental strength is adequate. If the innate mental strength is powerful, one can then choose to cultivate mental techniques, sense the five elemental forces, and condense elemental crystals. Generally, after cultivating mental techniques, an individual can only sense one of the five elemental forces. For instance, if a person senses the fire element, they can condense fire elemental crystals and begin to absorb the fire element from the world, thus becoming a fire-type Technician. Only a very few geniuses can sense two elemental forces. As for sensing more than that, one can no longer be considered human.

There is nothing much happening on your grandfather's side, so I came back to see you

Father, did you not say that as long as one is willing to work hard, one can become stronger no matter which path one takes? Even if I truly become a master, I will continue to train myself, so that I can be stronger than others. Moreover, if becoming a master requires too great a cost, then I would rather not have that opportunity

Because as long as the younger generation of the Han family breaks through to the rank of Technician, the family will allow him to select two skill cultivation manuals, with one being a reward for Han Lie, thus he can choose three skill manuals in total

Han Jianfeng looked at his son in astonishment; his son was so outstanding, both in intellect and talent, far surpassing his peers. He certainly knew that Han Fengxue was not a useless person, but rather a genius, a true genius. After all, he himself had also been regarded as useless in his youth

When a person breaks through to the Technician realm in their mental cultivation, a natural talent skill of their inherent attribute will automatically generate in their mental sea. Furthermore, each time they advance a level thereafter, this will occur again. Of course, relying solely on talent skills is insufficient to become a powerful Technician, as everyone possesses their own talent skills. Therefore, one must begin to cultivate acquired skills. The levels of these skills are generally equivalent to the levels of mental cultivation, but each level is further divided into low, medium, high, and top tiers.

In the training ground of the Han family, after the elder assessed Han Lie's level, it was confirmed that he was indeed a one-star technician. The training ground erupted in excitement, and Han Tianjun displayed a look of satisfaction, knowing that the Han family had a promising successor, which would allow the family to develop better. As the head of the Han family, he was naturally pleased. "Han Lie, you may enter the library at any time to select three fire-type technician skills for your study," Han Tianjun said with a smile.

After Han Tianjun left, the younger members of the Han family remained in the training ground, some practicing skills while others focused on martial arts techniques and movements. Although martial arts have declined, certain basic movement techniques still provide some assistance to practitioners.