CHAPTER 338: CHAPTER 009: SHOCKING THE WORLD (FIRST UPDATE)

"Celestial Essence Sect’s grandmaster-level Aoki Elder has passed away, and the Demon Sect launched a surprise attack on the mountain."

"A mysterious grandmaster appeared, saving the day; with a single palm strike, he annihilated one of the Demon Sect’s four mighty Demon Venerables, the Cyan Dragon Demon Venerable!"

"Rumors say the recently appointed grandmaster was but a floor-sweeping servant of the Celestial Essence Sect, who revealed breathtaking cultivation prowess at just nineteen years old!"

That day near the Celestial Essence Sect, countless carrier pigeons flew, numerous horses ran to death, spreading explosive news across the world.

Like a bolt from the blue in the martial arts world, all across the land it caused a sensation, shaking the very foundations, and turning the martial arts world into a bubbling cauldron, thoroughly boiling over.

Unknown and unseen, one becomes famous overnight.

In short, this encapsulates the life of the most prominent, widely discussed, and intensely debated new grandmaster from the Celestial Essence Sect who emerged suddenly in the martial arts world.

From the day Li Hu struck with one palm against the Cyan Dragon Demon Venerable, showing an immense hand of legend across the sky, killing the infamous Cyan Dragon, and driving back the Demon Sect, then left swiftly,

the news spread to the outside world, instantly causing a sensation throughout the martial arts world.

Along with numerous incredible stories and details emerging, the name Li Hu spread rapidly, shaking the world.

Fame brought shock to the entire world overnight.

No announcement has ever stirred such intense discussion and spurred topics so widely.

The protagonist’s legendary story is truly unbelievable, beyond imagination.

Countless eyes turned to the Celestial Essence Sect, digging out information on the new grandmaster.

Every martial artist who saw the details found them incredibly baffling, unable to comprehend how this person ascended to the pinnacle realm of grandmaster-level martial arts.

"Orphaned young, raised in the Celestial Essence Sect, became a floor-sweeping servant at thirteen, then swept floors below the library for years, solitary and withdrawn, few in the Sect knew him..."

A plain name and simple background.

Not a disgrace, never rejected in marriage, no elder oppression, nor did he encounter any scheming against him.

For years, his routine consisted only of sweeping, eating, sleeping in a monotonous cycle, with no signs of martial arts practice or guidance from any renowned master.

Among countless background characters supporting the rise of protagonists, he remains one with an unnoticed name.

Yet such a commonplace servant suddenly displayed the pinnacle of martial arts prowess, achieving a realm countless dreams of at a tender age!

If not for the death of the old grandmaster bringing about the Demon Sect’s attack, perhaps neither the Celestial Essence Sect nor anyone in the world would know a grandmaster had emerged on the martial arts scene!

Everyone who heard this news felt as if they had seen a ghost, preferring to believe they were dreaming instead of accepting that such a grandmaster-level expert surfaced abruptly.

Is there anything remarkable in this resume?

No!

Swept floors for years and then reached the absolute pinnacle of martial arts?

Ridiculous, not even novels dare write such a tale.

Even more shocking is that even if the new grandmaster began cultivating within the womb, at most he has only reached eighteen now!

In such a short time, he achieved earth-shattering accomplishments, reaching a realm countless martial artists of previous generations failed to attain throughout their lives, enough to make any talented martial artist hide their face in shame.

"Barely nineteen yet dominates the world, reaching the pinnacle, all my decades of bitter cultivation amount to what?!"

An elder in the martial arts world during a breakthrough banquet into the Innate mid-stage was left speechless upon hearing the news, expressing embarrassment.

Half a life of cultivation inferior to a youth.

If it were anything else, even Celestial Sword Manor’s Sword Prince in the Innate mid-stage surpassed numerous forebears but remained within reason, elders in the martial world at most sighing that the waves of the Yangtze push onwards, without being so disheartened.

Grandmaster-level, the distance too great, leading to despair, shattering one’s resolve.

"A mere servant and slave before reaching adulthood exceeds the martial world’s peak, probably making him the first in history!"

"I foolishly believed myself a genius in the eyes of townsfolk, now revealed as merely a frog in a well."

A newly rising martial prodigy hears the news and weeps, covering his face.

"My sect also has a similarly solitary servant who has swept for fifty years, I wonder if he’s made it to grandmaster level, might I still have time to become his disciple."

Youth, quick-witted.

The martial arts world is bustling, amidst strange concerns seemingly mixed within.

Within days, various sects and families saw turmoil with numerous sweeping servants troubled by youths seeking to become disciples, leaving them terrified yet puzzled, feeling harassed.

Some families were so disturbed that elders grew angry, punishing dream-chasing youths by making them squat under the sun all day.

But even the full day of squatting brought news.

In the Scripture Pavilion of Shaolin Temple, indeed, there is an unnamed sweeping old monk who hides as a grandmaster-level expert.

It’s said when the old monk was discovered, faced with visiting monks, he seemed utterly bewildered, unaware how he was exposed.

With Shaolin Temple’s news, family sects’ youths grew even more excited, some elders couldn’t resist going to investigate.

Of course, these bits of news were mere interludes amidst the bustling martial arts world; most eyes remained on the newly departed grandmaster.

Those with insight know well what a newly risen grandmaster signifies.

The formerly three-way stand-off becomes a division into four factions, meaning balance is broken, a sign that world order is about to shift dramatically!

Yet, unexpectedly for the leaders fretting day and night,

since the departure of the new grandmaster from Celestial Essence Sect, he has vanished into the masses, with no news henceforth.

Just as he once guarded the library silently for years, thereafter no information emerged, seeming to treat martial world fame as dirt.

Even with endless discussions in the martial arts world about the legendary grandmaster, with time the topic’s intensity gradually waned as the person did not stir.

Some say the "sweeper" sought no fame, now secluded in the secluded valley.

Others claim since the "sweeper" killed the Cyan Dragon Demon Venerable, it drew the arrogant Demon Sect Leader Jue Wutian to kill him in desolation, his body lying in the wilderness.

Speculation abounds, without consensus.

In a flash, three years passed.