Chapter 63: Martial Artist Fights Immortal

Soon, another month passed.

Inside the cave abode, Lu Yang sat on a rush cushion. A mass of white Qi surged and tumbled in his palm. After a long while, Lu Yang gently tossed it outward.

Boom!

After a loud sound, the white Qi expanded rapidly, reassembling into a human shape. It revealed a face identical to Lu Yang’s, yet the aura was completely different.

Lu Yang’s true body had an ethereal, immortal-like aura, possessing the Dao rhyme that only true cultivators with superior True Qi could have. However, the Lu Yang formed by the white Qi had monstrous blood energy; every movement seemed to carry the weight of a thousand jin, and his square, handsome face revealed a dignity that commanded respect without anger.

“Not bad, not bad.”

Looking at the “Primordial One Qi Incarnation” he had painstakingly refined for a month, Lu Yang nodded with satisfaction. “I didn’t expect the Martial Dao to have such a use…”

Generally speaking, a Primordial One Qi Incarnation has no way to break through.

This is because its essence is a ball of white Qi, gathering and scattering impermanently, unable to cultivate—much like when Lu Yang cultivated the Heavenly Demon Blood-Dissolving Divine Light and turned his body into a blood shadow.

However, the Martial Dao changed all of this.

Not walking the path of immortal cultivation, the Martial Dao is purely the nurturing and refining of blood and Qi. It turned out to be a perfect fit for the Primordial One Qi Incarnation, allowing it to break the shackles of being unable to cultivate!

“It is a pity that I still don’t quite understand how to take the fourth step…”

At this moment, the Primordial One Qi Incarnation only possessed the strength of the third step of the Martial Dao. Although Lu Yang had deduced the fourth step, he still couldn’t find the proper path.

So, for this outing, Lu Yang intended to go to Tianjing City first.

He planned to meet the “Sacred Heart Scholar” Wang Boyuan, who had created the fourth step of the Martial Dao. Perhaps he could gain some inspiration from him.

“Go out and venture for me.”

With a thought from Lu Yang, the Primordial One Qi Incarnation immediately disassembled on the spot, turning into a stream of white Qi that vanished into the horizon, flying toward the direction of Tianjing City.

“He finally moved!”

Almost simultaneously, inside the Wei family residence in Tianjing City, the ten-year-old “Wei Yun” suddenly looked up at the sky, his black eyes abruptly flashing with a bright light.

However, in the next second, he frowned. “No, it’s an incarnation…”

Looking at the divination result, the Ancestor of the Yun Family immediately gritted his teeth in anger.

Waiting bitterly for ten years and expending great energy to manipulate karma, only to hook out an incarnation? Is that little demon not anxious at all?

The Demonic Path usually emphasizes brave and fierce advancement, yet suddenly such a steady old tortoise appears… The Ancestor of the Yun Family felt a sense of trickiness for the first time. But soon, he adjusted his plan. If you let an incarnation come out, I will find a way to destroy your incarnation and see if your true body can still sit still!

Of course, he would not act personally, as that would only alert the enemy.

The best way was to let the martial artists inside the secret realm kill Lu Yang’s incarnation. Incidentally, this would allow them to learn the truth of the secret realm, thereby inspiring them to rise up in resistance.

Of course, the resistance would definitely not succeed.

The Ancestor of the Yun Family did not care whether they succeeded or not; what was important was the process of resistance. Letting these martial artists kill their way out of the secret realm was the true key.

As long as they left the secret realm, even if they died, their souls would fall into reincarnation. Even if the Dao Lord took action, it would be impossible to capture them back.

Although they would lose their lives, they would gain freedom.

Once they reincarnated, these hundreds of millions of living souls would fill the great karmic web between heaven and earth, which for him would be a merit of splash-ink proportions.

“Just right, I can let that person take action…”

Thinking to this point, the Ancestor of the Yun Family immediately began forming hand seals to push the karma.

“What secret is hidden in this Heavenly Book?”

In Tianjing City, within the Imperial Palace, one of the seven Martial Dao Heavenly Beings of the current age, the “King of Suppressing Martial Arts” Ji Xiongying, frowned as he examined a golden book before him.

There were four volumes of the Heavenly Book; Daoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism shared three.

Rumor had it that the last volume was lost among the people and vanished without a trace. However, no one knew that the Great Zhou Imperial Family had actually secretly taken it into their possession.

It was precisely by relying on this Heavenly Book that Ji Xiongying was able to complete the three steps of the Martial Dao by the age of thirty. Furthermore, after the “Sacred Heart Scholar” Wang Boyuan published the method for the fourth step of the Martial Dao, he created the “Authority Under Heaven” gathering the momentum of a nation to bless himself, finally succeeding in breaking through and becoming a Heavenly Being Grandmaster.

However, the more he delved into the Heavenly Book, the more anxious he became.

“Where does the Heavenly Book come from?”

“Everything must have a source. If the Heavenly Book is so profound, and if it was truly created by someone with intent, I fear it could only be the legendary Immortals.”

Thinking of this, infinite ambition… instantly grew in Ji Xiongying’s heart.

Because even after achieving the state of a Martial Dao Heavenly Being, he discovered that his lifespan had not increased at all compared to ordinary people. How could he accept this?

“I want longevity! I want to live for ten thousand years!”

“I desire to become an Immortal…!”

A tinge of blood-red gradually flashed across Ji Xiongying’s eyes. His already strong desires were now being deliberately provoked, and it was at this critical moment—

“Who is it!”

Suddenly, Ji Xiongying raised his head. His “Authority Under Heaven” allowed him to sense the changes in the Great Zhou’s national destiny, and the capital of Great Zhou, Tianjing City, was almost equivalent to his domain. At this moment, he detected an obvious “foreign object” invading his domain.

With a thought from Ji Xiongying, the momentum of the entire nation instantly blessed his body.

In this moment, it was as if billions of Great Zhou citizens were lifting his body, allowing him to break the shackle that prevented martial artists from flying, sending him straight into the depths of the clouds.

Then, he saw a figure.

The newcomer’s large sleeves fluttered as he rode the void, clouds rising beneath his feet, floating like an immortal. Only the gaze looking toward him carried a hint of surprise.

“You can fly?”

Lu Yang looked at the martial artist before him, pinched his fingers to calculate, and immediately understood Ji Xiongying’s identity. “So that’s it, Heavenly Beings have indeed broken the shackles of the Martial Dao…”

Ji Xiongying also stared at Lu Yang before him, frowning as he said, “Qi not condensed, blood not pure, only the divine intent is passable. It seems you are a rogue cultivator who took a side path. Yet you can fly—perhaps you obtained some secret method… Whatever, I will capture you first, and naturally, I will learn the cause and effect!”

After saying this, Ji Xiongying actually attacked directly!

In the past, although he was domineering, he would not have been so indiscriminate. However, at this moment, he was filled with anxiety due to his unfulfilled desires.

Moreover, in his view, Lu Yang was not a Martial Dao Heavenly Being.

Not being a Heavenly Being meant he did not have the qualifications to speak on equal terms. Since that was the case, he might as well capture the opponent, which would also serve to vent the anger in his heart.

“Come here!”

In the next second, Ji Xiongying’s figure moved, instantly arriving in front of Lu Yang. His five fingers grabbed toward Lu Yang’s neck, the airflow at his fingertips emitting a shrill explosion.

Lu Yang and Ji Xiongying were close at hand. He could even vaguely hear the sound coming from inside Ji Xiongying’s body, like a rushing river—that was his blood Qi surging. The beating heart sounded like a heavenly drum being beaten. What kind of powerful physique was required to support such blood Qi?

“Definitely comparable to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining…”

Lu Yang was astonished. In terms of sheer physical solidity, Ji Xiongying even surpassed him, who had achieved minor success in “The Sage Steals.” It could simply be described as inhuman.

“But it seems to be only physique…”

Pfft!

In the next second, blood splattered.

Ji Xiongying retreated as if struck by a heavy blow, looking at Lu Yang in horror. At the same time, a “white line” was gradually dissipating between the two of them.

It was that “white line” just now that had sliced open the flesh of his palm.

“What martial art is this?”

“Sword Qi Talisman.”

Under Ji Xiongying’s shocked gaze, Lu Yang smiled faintly, then took out a piece of yellow paper covered in ghostly drawings. He then ignited it with a fire…

Boom!

In an instant, Ji Xiongying felt a sharp pain in the center of his brow, and the sword Qi that had just torn open his hand’s flesh erupted from the burning talisman!

Under the brilliant sword Qi, a dumbfounded face was illuminated.

Wha… what the hell is that!?

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