Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 591 - 571: Saint

When Zhou Leng was cultivating in the Fierce Beast world, the controversies about many things in the outside world did not stop.

In a solemn conference room.

"Someone proposed a public lawsuit against the informant. I believe this gap cannot be opened. Once opened, it would mean negating the efforts of our legal practitioners over the past decades..."

Across the room, someone in camouflage attire said: "I’ve investigated the data. Over these years, the number of people convicted without evidence is increasing annually, but the false accusation crimes are getting fewer and fewer. Various pieces of evidence indicate that your inspection department even deliberately reduces or excludes the public prosecution of specific false accusation crimes. In other words, your efforts over the past decades have been to indulge or even cover up crimes?"

"Please be careful with your wording. I have no relation to this case, nor do I oppose your Demon City Army and Martial Guard Department’s investigation. But please respect our professional ability and conduct, especially since you are targeting a child."

"Clearly, they are peers, so why didn’t you call Zhou Leng a child when he was framed and falsely accused? Instead, you said the false accuser was a child?"

"Please do not get hung up on such trivial details."

"Alright, let’s stay calm and set aside all biases. Next, you just need to answer yes or no. According to normal legal procedures, is a false accusation crime a criminal offense?"

"Yes."

"Since it is a criminal offense and the circumstances are severe and the impact is significant, theoretically, should the inspection department conduct a criminal prosecution?"

"...Yes."

"Then why not follow the legal procedure?"

"Uh... It’s their first time... considering that they corrected their mistakes... and voluntarily wrote a letter of repentance... Plus, they’re still in their prime youth... Having a record would not be good for their future... We should consider their future life..."

"In countless cases of embezzlement of old soldiers’ pensions and retirement fees, you said the same thing. You people consider the perpetrator from their ancestors to their descendants, but never the victim, the most miserable ones? Have you considered Zhou Leng’s future life? Are perpetrators human and victims not? Our Demon City Army and Martial Guard Department will never allow comrades to endure systemic, continuous persecution!"

"That statement is too severe..."

Suddenly, a bright sunny morning turned as dark as night, an endless blackness enveloped the world.

People in the conference hall simultaneously looked out of the window.

Black light covered the sky, stars appeared in daylight.

In the sky, a step spanning thousands of miles appeared, the steps seemed made of glass, with brilliant stars shining inside the transparent glass body.

In the direction of Rucheng, a seven-colored pillar of light shot up into the sky, tearing through the night, directly reaching the thousands of miles of steps.

"Celestial Ladder..."

No matter where they were on Blue Star, as long as they could see outside the window, they would see the magnificent Celestial Ladder hanging high in the sky.

Under the gaze of all Blue Star People, a layer of Celestial Ladder flew upwards, finally reaching the void’s apex, merging into the original Blue Star Celestial Ladder.

The Blue Star Celestial Ladder increased to eighteen layers.

Subsequently, the Celestial Ladder conveyed the message to all of Blue Star.

"After more than a year of effort by Zhou Leng, the Celestial Ladder Master, the Shuizhou Celestial Tier Trial Ground has been successfully completed, marking Blue Star’s first Innate Realm Celestial Tier Trial Ground."

"Due to human Zhou Leng, the Celestial Ladder Master’s success in completing the Shuizhou Celestial Ladder’s super high score trial, it proves Blue Star life possesses enormous potential."

"Therefore, the Shuizhou Celestial Ladder Trial will undergo large-scale expansion, allowing ten thousand people to trial simultaneously, and each person can trial more often, changing from once every three years to every six months."

"The number of practice times for each trial will increase from once to three times."

Upon receiving the news, humans worldwide cheered joyously.

Though many were not Innate, they all knew that every additional layer to the Celestial Ladder, and every increase in such trial grounds, uplifted humanity’s overall force.

Martial artists at the Innate level and higher were both surprised and thrilled.

It’s not just an additional Celestial Tier trial available, but the conditions for such trials are clearly more lenient.

Blue Star now has Grandmaster Celestial Tier trials and even Martial Saint Celestial Tier trials, but the usage conditions are incredibly stringent.

The most stringent Martial Saint Celestial Tier trial ground allows only ten spots per year, with individuals only able to trial once every three years, and even the trial energy has to be borne by the Martial Saint themselves.

For such a spot, Martial Saints worldwide fight fiercely year after year, earning deep grievances.

There’s no way around it; such high-level Celestial Tier trial grounds are rare, effective, and no Martial Saint would willingly forgo them.

The conference room was silent.

One camouflage personnel said: "Now, the victim’s title has added one more, Celestial Ladder Saint. So, do I need to continue requesting approval from higher-ups?"

The head of the inspection department was silent for a moment, then raised his head and spoke with firm resolve: "False accusation crimes, because they infringe dual subjects, including citizens’ personal rights and legal authorities’ normal activities, and this case’s circumstances are severe and impact significant, I, on behalf of the inspection department, formally initiate public prosecution against the offenders! We cannot let heroes bleed and cry!"

All inspectors present were silent.

The value of the Celestial Ladder exceeds the achievements Zhou Leng previously demonstrated.

Those who had stubbornly resisted were completely removed, even expelled from the Martial Mansion.

Now, if they do not impartially enforce the law against the Celestial Ladder Saint, any further large-scale public opinion uproar will undoubtedly lead to disciplinary actions from above.

At that time, no inspectors present would fare much better than before.

A few Demon City Army soldiers breathed a long sigh of relief, but their bodies felt powerless.

Finally, they admitted the offenders.

The inspection department promptly issued a green black-letter announcement to initiate prosecution against the false accusers.

The internet was ablaze with celebration.

Yet, a few were despondent, knowing that only someone as powerful as Zhou Leng, under the combined identities of a national hero, leveraging international strength, and the Celestial Ladder Master, barely received fair treatment.

For any ordinary person, overturning a case is harder than reaching the sky.

Rucheng.

Gao Tianlong watched the gradually dispersing black sky with a dull expression.

A few days ago, he had gone to find Li Linhan and Xue Chengsong, using both persuasion and pressure, asking them to pass the word to Zhou Leng, to leave Blue Star and never return.

However, Zhou Leng unexpectedly became the master of the Celestial Ladder and a hero of Blue Star.

In the future, countless Innate Masters, Grandmasters, and even Martial Saints will improve their martial arts through Zhou Leng’s Celestial Tier Trial Ground. Even if only half of these people feel gratitude, what an immense power that would become?

But, it’s too late to turn back, the other party has certainly already informed Zhou Leng, what should be done now?

"Forget it, at worst I’ll go cry to my aunt at Zhao Palace, no need for a sister, I’ll personally kneel and wash her feet, damn it, truly bizarre..."

Xiong City, Gao Tianfeng’s company.

Important figures from sixteen families gathered, arguing for a long time, but ultimately couldn’t come up with a specific plan.

A series of events had intimidated more than half of the families.

They still wished to root themselves in Dragon Country, at least until the Demon began to rule Blue Star; they didn’t want to be uprooted.

Inside the sixteen families, opinions were divided.

Some decided to give up, some felt there was no turning back and they had to continue to the end, while others suggested compensation, but were scolded fiercely by the rest.

In the end, the meeting of the sixteen families ended unhappily.

The attack against Zhou Leng failed completely.

On the same day, Gao Tianfeng hurried to wash Zhao Hao’s feet, and later visited Zhao Hao’s mother, Lady Zhao Sheng, her aunt, bringing local specialties, massaging heads, and washing feet, behaving obediently like an ancient little wife.

The Niu family, one of the sixteen, held a family meeting overnight.

Unlike those nouveau riche clans, the Niu family had a history of hundreds of years, relying on counterfeiting, contraband trading, sheep raising, infant care, disguises, assembling, starting from nothing; their sense of direction was extremely precise.

Ultimately, Niu family decided that eggs should not be placed in one basket.

Thus, they dispatched important family members, carrying two well-trained lean horses and a large amount of martial arts resources, to Rucheng to find Zhou Leng.

In the world of Fierce Beasts.

Zhou Leng took out an advanced Magic Spirit Bag.

From it, he drew out a gigantic arm akin to emerald.

The Demigod Beastman’s arm, a Headless God component.

Martial Artists can refine Headless Gods, integrating them into their bodies to enhance power.

However, Headless Gods are extremely rare, generally only usable by Grandmasters or martial clans.

This Headless God arm had been involved in the Zhao Tong blood incident.

On that day, Zhao Tong, in the People’s Square, in front of countless people, attempted to swallow this Headless God arm.

Eventually, this Headless God became his death warrant.

Tong Tianxia gifted it to Zhang Xiaoxiao, which finally flowed through Rao Mingxian to Zhou Leng’s hands.

Zhou Leng gently stroked the emerald-like arm, its surface smooth, its entirety jade-like.

"I wonder if it can be refined without True Qi."

In his mind, Zhou Leng pondered, activating the starry True Energy.

The starry True Energy seeped naturally within like strands of silk.

The Headless God arm quickly melted.

After half of the starry True Energy was consumed, the entire Headless God arm turned into a viscous green liquid, enveloping his body, slowly seeping into his skin, disappearing without a trace.

With a thought, a shadow of the Headless God arm appeared behind him.

"The starry True Energy indeed..."

An Innate Master would require a long time to refine a piece of Headless God.

Yet the starry True Energy had rapidly completed the refining, extraordinary.

Zhou Leng keenly sensed a strange power added within his body.

It was as if additional bones and tendons had been installed in his body.

He picked up a tungsten steel ball, without using the starry True Energy, he squeezed gently, as if kneading dough.

The power of the body increased about ten percent.

Zhou Leng’s body is now comparable to Demigod Fierce Beasts of the same level, second only to genius beasts like Xiaoba who have undergone numerous high-level trials.

If it were an ordinary Innate Master, the body’s strength would increase at least twenty to thirty percent.

"It is said that if you can obtain a complete set of Headless God, except for the head, with four limbs and chest and abdomen intact, the power it provides would be astonishing, with huge benefits even for Martial Saints."

The reason the head cannot be used is because the life at the Demigod level is too strong, not only interfering with the martial artist but possibly causing mental effects, leading to drastic personality changes, forming an effect akin to possession.

After purchasing and exchanging a large amount of medicinal fruits in the Fierce Beast world, he returned to the elf tribe, having them plant.

Then, he took away the martial arts medicinal fruits planted by the elf tribe, leaving the world of Fierce Beasts.

Zhou Leng stood outside the familiar cave, on the mountainside, looking forward to Rucheng.

When leaving, it was all gray and bleak.

Returning to Rucheng, the gloom dispersed, daylight shone through.

Turning to look in the direction of the Ancient River Research Bureau, the Celestial Rank Trial Ground had fully formed, in Zhou Leng’s eyes, it shimmered slightly.

Other trial takers need to reach the trial ground before they can use it, but Zhou Leng, no matter where he stands, as long as he is at the Innate level, can access it anytime.