If Heaven hadn't given birth to me, I would be arrogant.

Zong Ze's actions in dealing with Long Xiaotian were swift and decisive. Even Zong Ze himself hadn't expected that the Five Ancestors Staff Technique, which he had only practiced for physical fitness, would have such an effect in this world. He had only used two moves, combined with the strength of a second-level martial artist, to leap three levels and defeat a fifth-level martial artist! Moreover, judging from the situation, if Long Xiaotian hadn't been wearing knight's armor, this strike would probably have broken Long Xiaotian's waist!

Zong Ze was of course unaware that on Earth, almost all martial arts were actually left behind by the many body cultivators and martial arts cultivators among the cultivators of the ancient mythological era! These body cultivators and martial arts cultivators did not cultivate spiritual power and spells like ordinary cultivators; they relied on various movements and techniques combined with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to enhance their combat power.

However, in later stages, as the spiritual energy of heaven and earth dwindled, cultivators of magic gradually retreated into the world of cultivation, detached from worldly affairs. Body cultivators and martial arts cultivators, in particular, gradually declined due to the depletion of spiritual energy. Although they slowly disappeared, their cultivation methods, simplified over generations, evolved into legendary martial arts manuals!

Therefore, these martial arts manuals cannot exert their true power on Earth, but in the Holy Word Continent, a place full of spiritual energy, these martial arts techniques begin to show their prowess through Zong Ze's hands!

Zong Ze was puzzled, as were the spectators. In their view, Zong Ze simply twirled the stick in his hand around his waist beautifully, and then twirled himself. Long Xiaotian, foolishly, used his waist to meet the blow from the stick, and then the Third Prince Long Xiaotian fell to the ground in a spectacular fashion!

Just then, a strong spatial fluctuation suddenly occurred around Lan Qizhan, and a man in black robes suddenly appeared next to Lan Qizhan!

He waved for the startled guards to retreat, and Lan Qizhan looked at the man in black robes with surprise: "Sir, why...why did you come out?"

At the same time, Zong Xiaozhang stood up and bowed respectfully to the man in black robes: "Sir, you are indeed from the royal family. It has been a long time since we last met! I didn't know that you would be here this time..."

However, the man in black robes ignored Lan Qizhan and Zong Xiaozhang. To everyone else, the man in black robes appeared to be trembling slightly. It wasn't until he spoke that they realized even his voice was trembling: "Tactics! It's actually tactics? By the God of Light, I have finally seen tactics!"

After saying that, the man in black robes vanished in a flash, disappearing from everyone's sight. The next moment, he was standing in front of Zong Ze and asked softly, "Little guy, can you tell me who you learned your tactics from?"

"Nascent Soul stage?"

Although Zong Ze is currently only at the Martial Madman realm, as a former Loose Immortal, his eyesight and senses are incredibly sharp. From the faint aura emanating from the black-robed man before him, he clearly sensed the other's realm—it was actually the Nascent Soul stage!

"It's him?"

The next moment, Zong Ze already knew who the person in front of him was. He had sensed this aura when he first refused Lan Qizhan's reward in the court, but it was only a fleeting moment. So Zong Ze could only sense that this person was very strong, but he had no idea how strong he was!

Now, Zong Ze finally knows that the mysterious figure who once told his grandfather about the place after he broke through to the Martial God realm, the man who seemed to be responsible for protecting the emperor of the empire, was actually a Nascent Soul stage expert!

Anyone else would probably have been terrified by this elusive man in black robes, but who is Zong Ze? He's a former wandering immortal, the closed-door disciple of Patriarch Bodhi, an old monster who has lived for over 500 years! Hearing the tone of the man in front of him, he guessed that it was his Five Ancestors Staff Technique that had drawn out this mysterious figure!

"Huh? Who are you?"

Zong Ze feigned panic: "Referee, referee!"

"Don't be afraid, little one!" The black-robed man's voice became even gentler. "I have used the power bestowed by the God of Light to isolate this space. Now, apart from you and me, no one else can see us! So, you can talk to me freely without anyone else hearing. And don't worry, I only have some questions about the tactics you're using; I won't harm you!"

"Power bestowed by the God of Light?" Zong Ze scoffed inwardly, "Bullshit! It's just an illusion spell! I could use that back when I was in the Foundation Establishment stage!"

At this moment, Zong Ze was truly grateful to the people of the Jade Kingdom who had spoken with him. If they hadn't told him that history, he might have really been exposed today. If that God of Light knew that his true identity was the closed-door disciple of a big shot in the Immortal Realm, he would probably have transmigrated again!

So, Zongze's eyes suddenly lit up: "A spell bestowed by the God of Light? Could it be that you are His Majesty the Emperor of the Light Empire? I've heard that only His Majesty the Emperor of the Light Empire can use spells bestowed by the God of Light!"

"Hehe! You little rascal, you really dare to guess!" The man in black robes laughed. "But you're wrong. I'm not from the Bright Empire. I just have some connections with them! Well, how should I put it? You can think of me as the emperor of the Bright Empire, my subordinate!"

"Ah!" Zongze exclaimed with the joyful sound that only a young man should have: "I've read historical biographies, and the Emperor of the Bright Empire is your subordinate? Could it be that you are a subordinate deity of the God of Light?"

"Uh...this!"

Even if the man in black robes was arrogant, he wouldn't dare admit that he was a subordinate god of the God of Light. He was only a mere Divine Sect Realm cultivator. How could he dare to admit that he was a subordinate god? Wasn't that courting death?

Zong Ze was unaware that, in his opinion, the terms "Martial Artist," "Martial Master," and "Martial Madman" were merely names used on the Holy Word Continent. He believed that once they arrived in the Holy Word Outer Continent, the terms "Golden Core" and "Nascent Soul" would be reinstated. In reality, even in the Holy Word Outer Continent, the division of realms had been altered by the treacherous God of Light!

The people of the Sacred Words Outer Continent have indeed reached the level of the cultivation world on Earth, only their names have changed! The Golden Core stage is now called Martial Venerable or Law God, the Nascent Soul stage is now called Divine Sect Realm, the Divine Division stage is now called Incarnation Realm, the Body Integration stage is now called Great Power Realm, the Tribulation Transcending stage is now called Divine Wrath Realm, and the Mahayana stage, which is about to ascend after the Tribulation Transcending stage, is now called Heaven Opening Realm!

Everyone in the outer continent of the Holy Word knows that only those who reach the Opening Heaven Realm can enter the God Realm and become a subordinate god of the God of Light. He is just a minor God Sect Realm cultivator, how dare he call himself a subordinate god of the God of Light? If the God of Light finds out, not only him, but his entire power will probably be destroyed!

So at this moment, the black-robed man's heart was boiling: "Damn it, if I were a subordinate god of the God of Light, would I need to go to such lengths to ask about the origin of your tactics?"