Chapter 106: Ascension to Master [Fourth Chapter, Request Monthly Tickets]

“Boom!”

Xia Daoming was swept through the air, spear and all.

A spray of blood followed him like arrows shot into the sky.

Mid-air, Xia Daoming had no choice but to raise his shield and thrust his spear to block, while using the force to sprint away from the cliff.

But after spitting out its rage, the Golden Scale Blood-Eye Snake refused to chase, turning back toward its den.

Xia Daoming had gone to great lengths to lure it down—he wasn’t about to let it return. With no option, he gritted his teeth and turned around to pursue and kill the Golden Scale Blood-Eye Snake.

The Golden Scale Blood-Eye Snake, unable to bear the provocation, spun back to attack Xia Daoming.

Xia Daoming saw this and ran.

After several such back-and-forth maneuvers, the Golden Scale Blood-Eye Snake was fully enraged, chasing Xia Daoming deep into the mountain ridges.

Half a stick of incense later, Xia Daoming appeared beneath the cliff, disheveled and ragged; moments after, the massive body of the Golden Scale Blood-Eye Snake emerged behind him.

Xia Daoming ignored everything and leapt up the cliff face, quickly reaching the base of the Dragon Transformation Fruit tree. Seeing the Golden Scale Blood-Eye Snake closing in, he plucked two Dragon Transformation Fruits and fled.

This time, the Golden Scale Blood-Eye Snake did not chase—it returned to the boulder and guarded the Dragon Transformation Fruit tree fiercely.

Seeing the Golden Scale Blood-Eye Snake did not follow, Xia Daoming stopped soon after, turned back to gaze at the Dragon Transformation Fruit tree, and a sly smile curled at his lips.

“Good you didn’t chase—when I become a Master, it’ll be me hunting you!”

Soon, Xia Daoming vanished beneath the cliff.

A hidden cave.

Xia Daoming sat cross-legged, staring at the Dragon Transformation Fruit in his hand—its red hue like fire, its surface shimmering with light like a crimson dragon coiling around it. He took a deep breath and began biting into it voraciously.

The flesh of the Dragon Transformation Fruit dissolved instantly upon contact.

Powerful, mysterious energy spread through his limbs and bones.

His internal qi and strength surged, and vivid, arcane images surfaced in his mind.

Xia Daoming seemed to see a dragon lurking in the abyss, rising into the sky, transforming into a true dragon.

The true dragon changed endlessly—sometimes huge, sometimes small, ascending to heaven or diving into the sea, summoning clouds and mist, vanishing into invisibility.

Secrets continuously surfaced in his mind.

Xia Daoming felt as if he himself had become a colossal dragon, soaring through the cosmos.

After the Eighth Rank Great Martial Master, the four meridians of the Master realm appeared within the body—real, not imagined.

As these phenomena manifested one by one, Xia Daoming’s strength flowed into the Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian.

The heart governs blood and vessels.

The Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian begins in the chest, connecting to the pericardium, intimately linked to the heart.

As soon as his strength surged into the Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian, it shattered every obstruction within, and instantly, Xia Daoming felt his heart become immensely powerful and strong.

Each beat roared like a tidal wave crashing against the shore.

Qi and strength surged through the meridians like a vast river; eventually, he felt his entire blood and qi boiling, surging upward, even flooding into his brain.

His entire mind churned like a stormy sea; brain vessels throbbed violently, as if about to burst.

Xia Daoming’s head throbbed as if it would explode, yet his consciousness was clearer than ever—as if blocked meridians in his brain were being forcibly opened.

After an unknown duration, just as Xia Daoming felt he could no longer endure the pain, a deafening “BOOM” suddenly echoed in his mind.

Everything fell silent.

Faintly, Xia Daoming sensed threads of ethereal spirit merging into his qi and strength.

As these threads of ethereal spirit continuously merged, Xia Daoming found he could now control his strength as effortlessly as moving his own limbs—the strength itself seemed alive, responding instantly to his will.

Moreover, the spirit merged into his qi and strength appeared to have forged an incredibly arcane channel between his brain, five viscera, six bowels, and meridians.

The heart houses the spirit!

No wonder once a Martial Master enters the Master realm, he can transform his strength. Once a Martial Master enters the Master realm, he subtly unites his qi and strength with his spiritual sense.

Every movement of strength now carried the practitioner’s spiritual intent, as if endowed with a soul—thus capable of taking form to kill.

No wonder only Masters have the capacity to expend their life essence to craft Spiritual Resonance Secret Maps, passing them down to descendants.

Because the Master’s spiritual sense has transformed.

With sudden clarity, Xia Daoming slowly opened his eyes.

The moment he opened them, he saw his skin coated in thick layers of blood and foul-smelling grime.

Is this what they call “stripping the marrow and washing the bones”?

Xia Daoming muttered a complaint, rose, found a mountain stream, and washed himself clean.

After washing, Xia Daoming theatrically extended a Dragon Claw hand through the air.

Strength surged forth, coalescing into a dragon claw that looked as solid as real flesh.

The Dragon Claw shot through the air and pierced clean through a massive tree seven zhang away, leaving five horrifying holes.

Xia Daoming stared at the five holes in the tree trunk—two men would need to embrace it—frozen in shock for a long while.

He knew the power gap between a Master and an Eighth Rank Great Martial Master was significant.

But even this casual Dragon Claw strike piercing through seven zhang of distance still startled him.

Soon, Xia Daoming unleashed another Dragon Claw, this time uniting his heart and strength, striving to reach farther.

The strength-formed Dragon Claw shot through the air, reaching about nine zhang—then Xia Daoming felt a faint dizziness; the claw struck the tree trunk, sank slightly, then dissolved into the wind.

Even so, Xia Daoming was ecstatic beyond words.

Previously, he possessed immense strength but could only kill at close range.

Now, with a mere wave of his hand, he could strike down enemies nine zhang away—just imagining it made his blood boil and his heart swell with grandeur.

Soon, Xia Daoming’s mind stirred; a surge of strength shot out, forming a giant hand that seized the Black Dragon Spear and hurled it forth.

“Shriek!”

The Black Dragon Spear pierced clean through a tree nine zhang away.

Xia Daoming willed it, and the Black Dragon Spear shot back into his hand with a whistling sound.

“Accumulate deeply, strike lightly! All those earlier meridian strengthenings merely increased raw power—on the surface, I seemed no different from others of the same rank.

But now, breaking through the Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian, my heart pumps more blood and nutrients to my brain, strengthening my spiritual sense, which then naturally merges with my qi and strength. With spirit embedded within the strength, it’s not just wings added to the force—it grants the strength soul.

The advantage granted by the system’s repeated meridian enhancements has finally revealed itself fully. Xu Zhiyuan can only kill at two or three zhang—I kill at nine. Now, Xu Zhiyuan is nothing but a weakling before me, no threat at all!” As he retracted the Black Dragon Spear, Xia Daoming’s heart surged with emotion.

Long moments passed before Xia Daoming calmed down.

After hesitation, he ate the remaining Dragon Transformation Fruit.

Unfortunately, aside from completing roughly thirty percent of the first-level meridian enhancement, it had virtually no other effect.

“A bit of a waste—thankfully, there are still many Dragon Transformation Fruits hanging on that tree.” Xia Daoming rose, wiped his lips, and walked toward the cliff under the moonlight.

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