Chapter 528

Above a mountain peak, the white snow was thick.

A tall, slender figure walked onto the peak.

The person who came was wearing a green robe, wearing a cloak, and holding a seemingly ordinary iron sword.

Leaping onto a rock, the person sat down casually and looked up toward the direction where Mount Mount Tiansha was located.

For some reason, this person was just sitting there simply, and that ordinary iron sword was placed casually to the side.

The entire snow-capped mountain seemed to be pressed down under the sword!

At the summit of Mount Mount Tiansha.

On the mountain terrace, Ying Hua Jie, Li Fei, and Huyan Hetai stood in a three-legged stance.

A group of people stood on the periphery, their gazes focused on the three of them.

Ying Hua Jie recalled the time he first descended the mountain to train in the grasslands.

At that time, he was merely a Martial Artist in the Body-Breaking Realm, and he encountered a pack of wolves in the grasslands, among which was a wolf king that had already become an exotic beast.

At that time, Ying Hua Jie had two choices.

Either fight and retreat, and after inflicting enough damage on the wolf pack, force the wolf pack to retreat.

Or take the risk to charge into the wolf pack, slay the wolf king, and thereby cause the wolf pack to collapse!

This choice directly affected his own life and death.

Today, Ying Hua Jie is already one of the few Grandmasters in the world, but no matter how many life-and-death battles he has experienced since then, it seems none are as deeply engraved in his heart as that battle when he first encountered the wolf pack!

Whenever he is about to make an important choice, he always recalls that experience.

Now, it is time to make a choice again.

"Marquis of Jing'an."

Ying Hua Jie looked at Li Fei with a complex expression, "Thirty-five years ago, I had already reached the peak of the Dao-Establishing Realm, honing myself for many years, just to break through my realm. Today's challenge is also just to seek the Dao through life and death."

He publicly admitted his thoughts.

Li Fei did not rush to speak, knowing that Ying Hua Jie must have more to say.

"Over these years, I have observed the paths of those before me in seeking the Dao, searching high and low, and I have gained some insights into the matter of verifying the Dao and becoming a Saint."

Ying Hua Jie's words caused everyone present to perk up.

The crowd of Grandmasters stared at him intently.

Could it be that Ying Hua Jie is actually going to share his insights on verifying the Dao in public?!

"In my view, breaking through to become a Saint, first establishing the Dao and then verifying the Dao, can be divided into two methods—"

Ying Hua Jie's voice was not loud, but it clearly entered everyone's ears:

"The first is verifying the Dao through momentum, the second is verifying the Dao through power!"

Hearing this, Li Fei was startled in his heart, lost in thought.

"Those who verify the Dao through momentum must seek outward, rise with the wind, borrow the great momentum, and gather the Qi of fortune! Once the great momentum is formed, then one breaks through to become a Saint.

For example, our dynasty's Grand Marshal, who gathers momentum through the Dao of the military, campaigns across the world, his military edge sweeping through, unstoppable, winning every battle, thereby verifying the Dao!"

Ying Hua Jie's words made Li Fei immediately associate them with many people.

Bai Yan, who died in the Northern Barbarian lands, also cultivated the Dao of the military, walking the very path that Wen Ren Zheng had once walked and proven to be feasible.

If Bai Yan could lead the Barbarian-Slaying Army to successfully behead the Northern Barbarian King Boerhu, and then wipe out a few Northern Barbarian tribes, he would have the opportunity to "verify the Dao through momentum"!

As for how high the success rate is, that is hard to say; it is related to individual talent, foundation, opportunity, fortune, and the strength of the gathered momentum.

Similarly, Qiming's "cursing the nation to achieve the Dao" is also walking the route of "verifying the Dao through momentum," only his "momentum" is not in gathering, but in scattering; he wants to destroy the national fortune of the Great Lan Dynasty to verify the Dao.

The New Heaven Society laid out plans in secret for decades, and only by borrowing the "great momentum" brought by Qingxu's rebellion was Qiming able to succeed.

Ying Hua Jie's voice continued to ring out:

"Those who verify the Dao through power focus on seeking inward; the barrier is in one's own body. Relying on one's own power to break through the bottleneck, verify the Dao, and break through the realm!"

"Verifying the Dao through momentum requires borrowing external power, looking at the timing and the great momentum, which is more difficult, but the risk of breaking through the realm is lower. While verifying the Dao through power relies entirely on oneself; it seems easy to achieve, but in reality, the risk of breaking through the realm is greater."

The crowd of Grandmasters heard this, their expressions varied, and they all felt secretly happy in their hearts.

This trip was worth it!

Even if many of them had not yet reached the Dao-Establishing Realm and were far from the point of being able to verify the Dao, these experiences could be left for those who come after.

The "verifying the Dao through momentum" and "verifying the Dao through power" summarized by Ying Hua Jie undoubtedly pointed out the direction for everyone seeking the Dao!

Even if he did not fight Li Fei today, just based on these words, Ying Hua Jie would be enough to leave his name in history after he dies!

Li Fei likewise had some enlightenment.

For those who verify the Dao through momentum, external power is very important; the Northern Barbarian King Boerhu's "Dao" was to unify the Northern Barbarians, which is typical of verifying the Dao through momentum; as long as he succeeded, he would be almost one hundred percent able to become a Martial Saint!

But what is the result now?

He himself was heavily injured, the alliance he had painstakingly built collapsed, and three of the seventeen Northern Barbarian tribes were wiped out...

This shows that for verifying the Dao through momentum, relying solely on one's own efforts is not enough; one also needs to look at destiny and look at fortune.

Li Fei naturally associated this with Bai Chen.

The other party's "slaying one's own self to verify the Dao" is neither purely verifying the Dao through momentum nor purely verifying the Dao through power; it is more like a combination of "momentum" and "power."

That the other party could find such a path under circumstances where it was difficult to borrow great momentum, thereby ensuring an astonishingly high success rate for breaking through the realm, is undoubtedly the talent of a heaven-sent genius!

And the insights and experiences Bai Chen brought to Li Fei also allowed him to find a third path to verify the Dao—the combination of "momentum" and "power."

This allowed his gains to be more than everyone else present, and his insights to be deeper!

After Ying Hua Jie finished speaking about the difference between "momentum" and "power," he began to mention himself:

"I broke through to the Dao-Establishing Realm through life-and-death combat; my path to verify the Dao can only be sought through power; what I verify is the Dao of the common man, blood splashing five steps. Between an inch, life and death struggle!"

"Therefore, today I break through the realm through a life-and-death battle, just to seek the strongest opponent!"

He did not spell it out, but everyone present was a smart person and understood his meaning.

Li Fei, after all, had only just broken through his realm; his cultivation base had not reached the limit below the peak, and even if his current combat power could already rival the peak of the Dao-Establishing Realm, he was probably still a notch weaker compared to Ying Hua Jie.

And looking at Huyan Hetai, what he displayed was the true peak of the Dao-Establishing Realm!

Ying Hua Jie verifying the Dao through power already carried immense risk, and the probability of success was very low, so even a difference of a hair was very important to him.

His subtext was already very obvious; he wanted to give up on Li Fei and choose Huyan Hetai!

Saying so much before was just to explain his helplessness.

The gazes of the crowd looking at Li Fei became subtle.

It was Ying Hua Jie who publicly called out to Li Fei to have a life-and-death battle, which had already made it known to the whole world.

Now, in front of the fellow Martial Dao practitioners of the Central Plains, he was publicly rejecting Li Fei again.

Wouldn't Li Fei's face be dropped directly onto the ground?

Beside Lan Lan Tingzhou, Lan Ruoyun, who had come with her ancestor, bit her lip and couldn't help but want to speak.

But Lan Lan Tingzhou had sensed it beforehand, and a hand placed on her shoulder stopped her attempt to speak.

On the other side, Shen Tuyue, who had come alone, had no one to stop her; compared to Lan Ruoyun, her temperament was more fiery, and she stepped forward directly, moving ahead of the crowd, about to say something bluntly.

But Ying Hua Jie, who sensed her movement, spoke a step earlier:

"Marquis of Jing'an, I have already recorded all the insights and experiences regarding breaking through the realm from the past thirty-plus years, and I am willing to offer them to you..."

He had just taken the initiative to mention the two paths to verify the Dao, summarizing "verifying the Dao through momentum" and "verifying the Dao through power," which already proved that his attainments in this aspect were not ordinary.

The Martial Dao insights of any peak Grandmaster are worth a fortune, let alone the secret manual summarized by a Grandmaster like Ying Hua Jie who has deep insights into verifying the Dao?

For a Grandmaster aiming to become a Saint, describing this secret manual as a priceless treasure is not an exaggeration!

Ying Hua Jie also knew that his actions this time were unfair to Li Fei in both reason and sentiment, which is why he was willing to give sufficient sincere compensation.

"Ying Hua Jie!"

Li Fei's form of address also changed; he looked into the other party's eyes and shook his head:

"You want to find the strongest opponent; among the Grandmasters of the world, who else but me?!"

Ying Hua Jie opened his mouth to speak, but Li Fei did not give him the opportunity to speak:

"I originally intended to let you and this grassland person come together, so that you would know the severity. But in consideration of your single-mindedness in seeking the Dao, I, this Marquis, will give you one last chance!"

As the voice fell, the whole scene was in an uproar.

Li Fei's words were more arrogant than the last!

Even though Ying Hua Jie felt he owed Li Fei, he was still provoked into a bit of anger by these words.

In this world, no Grandmaster dared to say they could let themselves and another Dao-Establishing Realm practitioner join forces to fight one against two!

No one was qualified to say such words!

However, he still underestimated Li Fei's "arrogance":

Only to see Li Fei turn around and look at Huyan Hetai, his gaze looking down with disdain:

"This is the Great Lan Dynasty, not the grasslands; get out!"

Huyan Hetai was furious, the black flames on his body becoming increasingly violent.

At the summit of Mount Mount Tiansha, black clouds pressed down on the city; a storm was brewing!

If it weren't for the fact that there were still so many Grandmasters of the Central Plains present, Huyan Hetai would have already made a move:

"Central Plains people, do you only know how to talk?"

Li Fei extended a finger toward Huyan Hetai:

"One move!"

"After one move, if you can still stand here, I, this Marquis, will turn around and leave!"

These words were so arrogant that Huyan Hetai was angered to the point of laughing.

The crowd of Grandmasters also felt that Li Fei was likely so ashamed and angry that he had completely lost his composure.

Countless golden sword Qi bloomed from Li Fei's body.

In the blink of an eye, the 【Primordial Sword Realm】 unfolded:

The sun and moon wheels hung in the nine heavens, and the sea of clouds in the nine heavens rolled with violent waves.

Thousands of mountains lined up in formation while ten thousand ravines were rugged, and the Heavenly River poured down while silver pythons crossed the sky!

Ten thousand zhang of golden light split the sky and descended, but one saw ink splashing into a formation, snow waves collapsing clouds, azure tides shaking the sky, and red feathers burning the sky...

Ten thousand images gathered into one realm!

The crowd of Grandmasters present who had lost to Li Fei all revealed looks of astonishment; they all saw images related to their own unique skills within the 【Primordial Sword Realm】!

This was the first time they had seen Li Fei display the 【Primordial Sword Realm】 in its most complete state.

The sword realm was clearly in an unfolded state, but its intensity was not a bit inferior to Huyan Hetai's "semi-condensed" Martial Dao Domain!

Before the crowd's emotions could change further, an even more astonishing scene appeared:

The unfolded 【Primordial Sword Realm】 began to shrink and condense at an extremely fast speed!

Soon, the sword realm completely condensed on Li Fei's body, turning into a set of golden armor:

The armor plates were in the shape of swords, with dragon claws on the shoulders and the helmet in the form of a dragon head.

On the chest, a great sun and a bright moon faced each other, with a sacrificial altar in the middle.

On the back of the armor, the two characters "Jing'an" flashed.

A suffocating, terrifying sense of oppression descended upon the summit of Mount Mount Tiansha!

The clouds in the sky that had been dyed black by the black flames were shattered by an invisible force, and the golden sunlight shone on the summit once again.

"Dao-Establishing Realm?!"

"No, it's forcibly condensed through divine abilities."

"This kind of power..."

The Grandmasters present could all see that Li Fei had not truly reached the Dao-Establishing Realm; it was by using divine abilities to forcibly compress the sword realm that he reached his current state.

But the power Li Fei displayed had already completely exceeded these Grandmasters' understanding of the Dao-Establishing Realm.

Is this still a Grandmaster?!

Not far away, Ying Hua Jie was both shocked and regretful, while Huyan Hetai went from fury to shock, finally turning into solemnity:

"You..."

Li Fei stepped forward, drew the Ghost-Slaying Blade, and performed a simple horizontal slash.

A white rainbow crossed the sky, and heaven and earth had a flaw!

In this instant, in Huyan Hetai's eyes, there was no longer Ying Hua Jie, and there were no longer the others watching.

Mount Mount Tiansha disappeared, and heaven and earth also disappeared.

The white rainbow reflected in his pupils became increasingly scorching; when he was young, he looked up at meteors in the grasslands—that kind of brilliance carrying the might of heaven was now reappearing in the blade light!

Cannot dodge, cannot avoid!

Huyan Hetai's hair and beard bristled with rage, and he drove his "essence, Qi, and spirit" in an unprecedentedly violent posture; the black flames soaring into the sky converged on the surface of his body.

Immediately following, the black flames boiling around his body collapsed inward, condensing into profound crystal battle armor on the surface of his skin, and the dark light condensed on his fists emitted the eerie whistling of a black hole swallowing light.

He punched forward with both fists, and the black flames on his body surged along with it, finally all condensing on his fists, like a black sun!

Huyan Hetai spared no cost to compress his Martial Dao Domain beyond the limit in a self-damaging way, erupting with this strike!

Space twisted along with it, and wherever the fist peaks passed, black cracks spread, and space peeled off piece by piece like glazed glass.

Below the Dao-Establishing Realm, any Grandmaster's Martial Dao Domain would be immediately blasted apart if it were even slightly touched by these fists!

The white rainbow crossed through and collided with the black sun.

Black flames, great sun... all were cut open!

The profound crystal battle armor emitted the clear sound of porcelain shattering, and the protective Gang Qi was like spring snow meeting the sun.

Huyan Hetai was both shocked and angry, only feeling that the entire heaven and earth were rejecting him, and there were billions of living beings scolding him.

He seemed to be fighting a nation alone!

An unimaginable, vast power slashed over, and Huyan Hetai had the heart to try to withstand it, but his intuition told him—

If you don't retreat, you will die!

"Eh?"

On the snow-capped mountain in the distance, the person wearing green robes and a cloak looked at the white rainbow that suddenly exploded in the distance and let out a soft "eh."

The voice was crisp and very pleasant to the ear.

The next second, the figure disappeared from the snow-capped mountain.

At the summit of Mount Mount Tiansha.

After one blade strike, heaven and earth were clear.

The suffocating, terrifying pressure disappeared, and the white rainbow and black flames also disappeared; everything was just like a hallucination.

The crowd looked closely, only to see Li Fei still standing in place, having already sheathed his blade.

As for Huyan Hetai, he had left the mountain terrace and turned into a black light, retreating crazily!

Just as Li Fei said, he had been made to roll back to the grasslands from the territory of the Great Lan Dynasty!

Directly east of Mount Mount Tiansha, several thousand meters away, there were several towering snow-capped mountains.

Following Li Fei's blade strike, the thousand-mile sea of clouds was split apart, allowing everyone to clearly see those snow-capped mountains in the distance.

Rumble—

A deafening explosion suddenly rolled over from the distance.

The crowd looked over, only to see a straight white line suddenly explode on those snow-capped mountains several thousand meters away, and the snow filling the sky turned into a storm!

The snow-capped mountains collapsed, and rocks flew everywhere.

Several snow-capped mountains were soon submerged in the white fog filling the sky.

"..."

The crowd withdrew their gazes and looked at Li Fei again; everyone fell into a state of inexplicable shock!

Li Fei was not at all surprised by the effect caused by his blade strike.

Entering the "Blood Demon State," consuming 500 blood souls to perform 【Sword Sacrifice】, used to compress the sword realm.

Then consuming 1800 blood souls to perform 【Blood Rage】; this was the new physical limit after breaking through the realm!

Then driving the 【Dragon Elephant】 divine ability.

Under the dual blessing of the sword realm and the 【Jing'an】 divine ability, the efficiency of the 【Dragon Elephant】 divine ability was greatly improved, reaching a four-fold amplification at the first moment!

Coupled with the various images simulated by 【Ten Thousand Images】 during this period, and the combat power blessing brought by the 【Jing'an】 divine ability within the national borders.

All of these were superimposed on one blade strike.

How could Huyan Hetai block it?

The 【Dragon Elephant】 divine ability continued to take effect, and the Dragon Elephant power, like a torrent of heaven and earth, was continuously blessed onto Li Fei.

After he slashed Huyan Hetai away with one blade, his momentum and power did not fall, but continued to rise!

This made the crowd of Grandmasters feel terrified!

Only then did they realize how polite Li Fei had been when he was sparring with them earlier.

No wonder the other party dared to say the arrogant words of letting Ying Hua Jie and Huyan Hetai come together just now!

Li Fei probably really had this strength!

It's just that if it were two against one, Ying Hua Jie wouldn't need to think about breaking through his realm today, as his state of mind would be completely misaligned.

Li Fei was truly giving Ying Hua Jie a chance!

"Among the Grandmasters of the world, who else but me?"

The crowd recalled the words Li Fei had just said, and for a time, their emotions were hard to describe.

As for Ying Hua Jie, a sense of trembling he hadn't felt in many years descended upon him once again!

Core-level extraordinary abilities, divine abilities, and the intuition honed by years of life-and-death combat were all transmitting the same signal to his instincts—

Danger!

Will die!

Ying Hua Jie once again entered a state of looking around in a daze, caught in a dilemma between life and death.

This made him both terrified and excited!

Many years ago, the gaze of that wolf king in the wolf pack, crossing over a hundred years of time, fell upon him once again—

Li Fei turned around and looked at Ying Hua Jie calmly:

"It's your turn."

Seeking monthly tickets

(End of chapter)