Chapter 632

After a great battle with the top disciples of the Kanlishen Sect, Fang Yu reaped extraordinary gains.

He not only seized the Great Dream Illusion Art and the Great Inversion Art from the Three Thousand Great Dao, but also gained immense benefits himself.

During the battle, Fang Yu truly comprehended the essence of "I" in the cosmos; in his mind, his spirit blazed with radiant light, his Celestial Manifestation grew bright, his Great Dao Abilities turned inward, and he drew ever closer to the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities.

Ordinary outsiders could not perceive this—they assumed Fang Yu had merely defeated several experts and was now cultivating to restore his peak state.

Fang Qingxue, however, could see clearly; she inwardly marveled, never having expected her brother Yu to reach the pinnacle of the Celestial Manifestation so swiftly, now standing on the brink of an opportunity to defy fate and alter destiny.

The 10th Stage of Divine Abilities, the Celestial Manifestation—hard to attain, yet not impossible; some peerless geniuses, after surviving the Wind and Fire Great Calamity and cultivating the Celestial Manifestation, could never fathom the mystery of defying fate and altering destiny, and thus died old within the Celestial Manifestation realm.

Others, having cultivated the Celestial Manifestation for centuries in the 9th Stage of Divine Abilities, even wandered the mortal realm, enduring five or six hundred years, witnessing the swirling dust of the world, the chaos of kingdoms, and the suffering of all beings; over those centuries, they came to know the world and themselves, finally taking the pivotal step.

Yet Fang Yu, after just one great battle, had already grasped some profoundly deep truths, now standing merely a step away from the 10th Stage of Divine Abilities and the Realm of Life.

How much time had passed?

Less than a year—even less than a few months—and he had reached the peak of the 9th Stage of Divine Abilities; for cultivators who took five or six hundred years to reach the Realm of Life, this was unimaginable.

Gu Dao's gaze also fixed on Fang Yu; he made no move, silently waiting as Fang Yu restored himself.

Boom—

Fang Yu's entire body trembled; all his Great Dao Abilities and Daoist Gang Qi surged into motion.

"Brother Gu Dao, I have restored myself. Let our battle begin."

"Good!"

Swish—

Gu Dao nodded; as the word "good" left his lips, he moved—everyone's eyes blurred, and suddenly his palm drifted gently forward.

At that moment, all the onlooking disciples felt a surge of tension—as if their spirits, willpower, and magic power had all been sealed, immobilized, every fiber of their being trembling with an instinctive urge to submit, to be imprisoned.

In other words, with this single palm strike, Gu Dao could render them utterly defenseless, forcing them to stand motionless and await sealing.

This was no longer merely the power of one Great Dao Ability—it seemed as if several Great Dao Abilities had merged, so that wherever his palm passed, all beings and things must submit.

Fang Yu's face showed admiration, yet he did not submit, would not be sealed; in that instant, his magic power surged, and facing Gu Dao's palm, he punched forward.

That punch appeared light, devoid of power—but only his opponent could know its true nature.

Within that punch flowed the Five Elements, cutting force, devouring force, thunder force—Great Five Elements Art, Great Cutting Art, Great Devouring Art, Great Thunder Art—all fully activated; even the newly acquired Great Inversion Art had been understood as an inversion force, merging with the other Great Dao Abilities to form a force of yin-yang reversal and five-element upheaval.

This fusion reached a level beyond even the heavens' comprehension.

The Great Inversion Art, fused with Fang Yu's many Great Dao Abilities, produced an even more terrifying transformation—yet outwardly, it remained an ordinary punch.

Pop!

When fist met palm, Fang Yu felt a terrifying sealing force—a mighty, overwhelming power descending from above; his body recoiled slightly, and within him, his many Great Dao Abilities crackled and extinguished that sealing force and the immense power.

Gu Dao's face shimmered with light, as if he too was channeling abilities to dispel Fang Yu's momentum—but Fang Yu's punch was not easily undone; before all eyes, Gu Dao also stepped back several paces, his expression one of astonishment.