Chapter 406: Two Hearts

An Qisheng looked at Li Miao in astonishment, spitting out words of disbelief.

He finally understood everything.

Within Li Miao, there existed two paths of the Profound Observation realm.

One path was realized in Nanjing, connecting to the "atomic," fully mastering his own body, exchanging injury for power, never-ending—this could be called the miracle of 【Base Strength】.

The other path was exactly the same as his own, connecting to "Sumeru," releasing true Qi to turn it into substance and making it harder than diamond—this could be called the miracle of 【Ten Thousand Phenomena】.

However, unlike him turning protective true Qi into weapons, Li Miao's 【Ten Thousand Phenomena】 did not appear outside the body, but directly inside—he fused the two miracles, turning protective true Qi into muscles, tendons, and bones, filling his own body.

That extraordinary brute force.

That eerie ability to continue attacking even with severed limbs.

These were the results of the two miracles merging and working together.

But even as a conclusion he had reached himself, even as a result deduced from what he had seen with his own eyes, An Qisheng found it hard to accept.

"Two paths of Profound Observation, how is this possible!"

"Profound Observation is a realm that varies from person to person; even if one cultivates to connect to the same path of life-gong, it is absolutely impossible for identical miracles to appear... But why can he have two paths of Profound Observation! How can one person have two hearts!"

"Even Master Sanfeng and Bodhidharma could never have been this eerie!"

His mind raced, his expression shifting between light and shadow.

On the other side, Li Miao placed his hand on his shoulder and pressed down hard.

*Crack.

As if snapping a spring into place, he pressed his arm back on, and the wound that had been transparent from front to back disappeared.

"Ah... I just learned it, not very proficient yet."

"What, do you understand now?"

Li Miao tilted his head and smiled.

"Who... exactly are you?"

An Qisheng said hoarsely.

"Guess?"

Li Miao said with a smile.

An Qisheng could not guess.

Just as he said, it was impossible for one person to have two hearts—except for Li Miao.

He really did have two hearts.

In that storm within his mental image, he had seen his other heart, the heart that had been sleeping in his body since the day he transmigrated.

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Let us turn the time back to the end of the battle of mental images.

Li Miao carried the corpse parts of the Zheng Anqis, leaped from the seawater, and jumped into the slowly swirling storm.

As if crossing some barrier.

Everything around him instantly became quiet.

The sound of wind and tide all disappeared.

There was no wind, no water, only a pitch-black darkness where one could not see their own fingers.

In this darkness, Li Miao saw a living person.

A beggar child.

He said to Li Miao: "Give my body back to me."

Li Miao gave a ferocious smile, lifted the corpse parts in his hand, and smashed them down with a boom.

"If you win, I die; if I win, you die!"

"If you want it, come and take it yourself!"

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Li Miao slowly relaxed his shoulders.

Although he had also cultivated 【Ten Thousand Phenomena】, he did not like or excel at An Qisheng's way of using it. It wasn't that he couldn't use weapons, but when truly fighting, he still preferred using his fists. Moreover, that usage was not compatible with his own 【Base Strength】.

The methods he had used in the battle of mental images gave him inspiration.

The miracle of 【Base Strength】 lay in using damage to one's own body to exchange for stronger force, and power that became even more violent after being injured. But an injury is an injury; missing flesh and limbs would not recover on their own.