After he successfully integrated with the Implant, Vajra Hall's Hall Master Wuzhao, the Great Grandmaster, took him as his disciple.
On this day, Ming Qi's name shook the entire Pudu Temple!
On the same day, he lost Chang Wu, whom he regarded as his parents.
There was no conspiracy involved; Chang Wu specifically instructed others not to inform Ming Qi of his condition. On his deathbed, he repeatedly admonished that Ming Qi should not be told, as today was Ming Qi's grand day.
He was simply a Body Breaking Stage ordinary Martial Artist, an ordinary disciple of Pudu Temple, and should not disrupt the destined radiant future of Ming Qi.
These were the last thoughts of the old monk, and that's why Ming Qi couldn't see him one last time.
Thereafter, people only saw Ming Qi's cultivation grow increasingly higher, his radiance ever brighter.
The world only knew of the prodigy Ming Qi, not of Chang Wu.
No one remembered an ordinary monk.
Now, Ming Qi had become the contemporary Buddha's son of Pudu Temple, but even Pudu Temple didn't know his exact birthday.
Before Chang Wu's death, on September 24th each year, the old monk would always specifically prepare a bowl of longevity noodles for Ming Qi.
In the room, one buried in eating noodles, the other smilingly watching, they would pass a simple birthday.
Before Ming Qi became well-known, nobody paid attention to this day.
After Ming Qi became famous, he no longer celebrated his birthday, so no one knew of this day.
Today, Ming Qi, in a competition witnessed by tens of thousands, on a program broadcast nationwide for the first time, made the whole world remember this day!
"To be remembered by forfeiting does not bring glory. If you claim the championship and then announce this, wouldn't that make a far more lasting impression on the world?" asked the Crown Prince, staring intently at Ming Qi.
At this moment, everyone present had already begun to sense something.
The Crown Prince indeed hoped that Ming Qi, or rather Pudu Temple, would take the title.
The implication might be about more than just winning a championship!
Ming Qi looked up at the Crown Prince and smiled slightly,
"Merely forfeiting is indeed not enough to be remembered."
Having said this, he turned around and walked to the middle of the field in just a few steps.
The next second, a dazzling golden radiance burst forth from his body!
Li Fei saw this scene and immediately recalled several past images.
Gu Yufeng's On-Site Breakthrough.
Qin Zhen and Kou Fa's On-Site Breakthroughs.
The sensation Ming Qi gave Li Fei was so familiar.
He was going to Breakthrough!
But he was only 26 years old!
Kou Fa had just advanced to the Martial Arts Master Realm at the age of 61, which is considered a more normal age.
Qin Zhen was 31 years old, an age remarkable enough to be etched in history!
In the thousand-year history of Martial Arts, the youngest Martial Arts Master was 28 years old.
This record had stood for more than three hundred years, unbroken.
Now, the 26-year-old Ming Qi was about to advance to the Martial Arts Master Realm!
If he were successful, he would shatter the record sealed for over three hundred years and reduce it by two years.
He would become another unparalleled figure in history!
Now, everyone understood Ming Qi's intention.
As the Crown Prince said, merely forfeiting was indeed not glorious enough to be remembered.
But if Ming Qi became a Martial Arts Master today, and the fastest Breaking Through Martial Arts Master in history at that,
Not only would everyone remember this day, but this day would also be recorded in history, to be passed down for a thousand years!
In the arena, all eyes were focused on the splendidly radiant Ming Qi.
The gloom in the Crown Prince's eyes had disappeared, replaced by anticipation and excitement.
Beside him, the Master Wujue's eyes showed a trace of concern.
He worried that Ming Qi was too eager for success and his Realm was not yet perfected.
He feared that Ming Qi's Breakthrough would fail.
Ming Qi's aura began to surge unceasingly, his Golden Body gleaming brilliantly.
He had assimilated five types of Implants, and all five had cultivated Innate Qi, each also triggering a Core Level Extraordinary Ability.
In terms of Combat Power, he was above level 7, at the Tao Foundation Stage Peak!
However, his scarce combat record prior to this meant that "Under Heaven" had not listed him on the Fengyun Leaderboard or the candidate list.
After all, there were more than twenty individuals at the Tao Foundation Stage Peak Under Heaven, and not every one of them could make the list.
But judging from Ming Qi's performance in his last victory over Ning Chuan, he definitely qualified to be on the list!
Yet before "Under Heaven" could update the list, Ming Qi was about to make a Breakthrough.
Having assimilated five types of Implants at the Tao Foundation Stage already entitled one to challenge the Martial Arts Master Realm, although the risks were great and the chances slim.
The more Core Level Extraordinary Abilities triggered, the deeper the integration between the Implants and oneself, and the more "essence, Qi, and spirit" reached Perfection, the greater the chance of making a Breakthrough.
Thus, powerhouses at the Tao Foundation Stage Peak could be seen as "future Martial Arts Masters."
But it was not a certainty.
There were numerous instances in history where Tao Foundation Stage Peak individuals had failed to Breakthrough!
Qin Zhen spent several years polishing at the Tao Foundation Stage Peak before he chose to Breakthrough, firstly to walk the great path of the future better and raise his upper limit.
Secondly, to improve the success rate of the Breakthrough.
Ming Qi had entered the Tao Foundation Stage Peak less than half a year ago; had he truly reached Perfection?
This was what Master Wuji was worried about.
On the stage, Ming Qi's lips curved into a smile as he remembered all the moments he had shared with Chang Wu:
"Master, they all say I'm an unwanted child!"
"Silly child, you are a child of Pudu Temple, you are my child."
"Master, everyone was discussing future Buddhist names today. They said my Buddhist name could include the character 'Qi,' the Qi from abandonment. Master, I don't want a Buddhist name anymore!"
"The character Qi is also quite good."
"But you must remember, this 'Qi' is not about abandonment, but never leaving nor forsaking."
"Never leaving nor forsaking?"
"Yes, never leaving nor forsaking."
"Okay, my future Buddhist name will have this 'Qi' character, never leaving nor forsaking!"
If he could choose, Ming Qi would have preferred not to attend the Vajra Hall selection that day, not to be taken as a Disciple by the Great Grandmaster.
He just wanted to see Chang Wu one last time.
That was his 'never leaving nor forsaking'!
In this competition, students from various universities were all fighting for fame for their institutions and for themselves.
Gan Jingcheng was fighting for fame for the Upper Pure Sect.
Ning Chuan was also fighting for fame for the Daluo Sect.
Only Ming Qi was different.
"Master, your Disciple today..."
"Is fighting for your fame!"
At a certain moment, dazzling golden light enveloped the arena, dragon chants resonated, and the chant of Sanskrit spread throughout Tianqu University.
When the golden light receded, and the chanting faded, Ming Qi stood calmly in the middle of the stage.
Sunlight scattered over him, making the worn monk's robe he wore at this moment seem to glitter with gold, no longer ordinary.
"Amitabha, the disciple of Pudu Temple's Chang Wu, has Breakthrough today."
Ming Qi joined his palms together and proclaimed loudly.
In the year 46 of the Hongguang era, on September 24th.
Pudu Temple's Ming Qi broke through to the Martial Arts Master Realm, at the young age of 26.
That abandoned child from twenty-six years ago, had now become the first in history!
Because of Ming Qi, the world would remember this ordinary day and also remember Chang Wu, the ordinary monk.
For twenty-six years, he was forsaken by the world, and in one day he broke through to fame Under Heaven!
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