Beyond the Divine Martial World.
Thick layers of world-force congealed, turning into an amber-like hue, forming a crystalline barrier system resembling a beehive, ruthlessly blocking all external intrusions.
Above this world, a grand and indescribable main temple, enveloped entirely in an eternal, transcendent radiance, descended with a thunderous boom.
[Ding! Divine Martial World’s power rules have been fully analyzed. Commencing drilling operation!]
The main temple roared as a mechanical prompt appeared.
“Excellent. My clone not only clarified the six stages of martial cultivation, but also transmitted the Divine Martial World’s rules back… saving me quite a bit of effort!”
On the Throne of Ten Thousand Realms, Wu Ming’s true form smiled slightly: “Begin!”
Boom!
As soon as he spoke, a massive white beam of light descended.
Buzz!
Though the scene seemed catastrophic, when the beam struck the crystalline barrier, it immediately disintegrated into fine threads, seeping into the barrier.
Crack! Crack!
Soon, like peeling silk from a cocoon, the entire amber-colored crystalline barrier began to split and collapse, revealing the Divine Martial World behind it.
Had they attempted a forceful breakthrough, it would have consumed an unknown amount of primal energy reserves.
However, Wu Ming now acted from within, using rules as a knife, skillfully dismantling the Divine Martial World’s defenses like a master butcher dissecting an ox.
“Hmm? It seems my clone is about to break through as well… the sixth level of martial cultivation?”
Wu Ming smiled: “All breakthroughs require genuine resources. I suppose this is me giving myself a golden finger.”
Buzz!
As he finished speaking, the main temple trembled, a wave of transcendent light instantly penetrating the Divine Martial World before vanishing without a trace.
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Tianyuan Holy Land.
“What is he trying to do?”
Even Dugu Ao failed to detect the changes in the world. He looked at Wu Ming, who had closed his eyes, with a hint of confusion on his face: “Could it be…”
“It’s a breakthrough!”
The Azure Lotus Holy Maiden murmured, “Is the Immortal Ascendant attempting to transcend to the Divine Demon level?”
“What?”
Yan Cang’s eyes widened: “Is he trying to get himself killed?”
In this world, when a bloodline martial artist attempts to transcend to the Divine Demon level, they must first undergo a hundred-day nirvana process, transforming their body and accumulating bloodline power to forge a Divine Demon body.
This process is extremely dangerous; any mistake could lead to eternal damnation.
But to attempt a breakthrough now—would Dugu Ao really wait patiently for a hundred days?
“How could the Immortal Ascendant act so recklessly?”
Ding Jiao stretched his neck. From what he knew of Wu Ming, he understood that this senior always acted unexpectedly, yet each action concealed profound meaning.
Before the eyes of countless spectators, Wu Ming suddenly closed his eyes.
The martial arts of the Great Zhou World, the gains from other worlds, the path of bloodline martial artists in the Divine Martial World, and most importantly, the Xuan Shui True Cultivation Method…
Everything swiftly passed through his mind, transforming into an immense accumulation.
In the ethereal, countless beams of light descended, instantly expanding his inner world to its limit—this was the primal energy assistance from the main temple!
After breaking through the crystalline barrier, he was no longer fighting alone, but could now summon support from the Great Luo Realm at any time and place.
“The fifth level of martial cultivation is shattering the dantian, opening the inner world, resembling a golden elixir, using the inner elixir to influence the outer elixir, thereby triggering celestial phenomena and gaining domain power!”
A sudden realization surfaced in his mind: “And the sixth level of martial cultivation I created is to shatter both inner and outer, breaking all barriers—that is the Dao of Shattering the Void!”
“Not good!”
Seeing the mysterious aura surrounding the Immortal Ascendant, Dugu Ao suddenly felt an immense crisis and rushed forward without hesitation: “Heaven-Shaking Earth-Trembling—Seventy-Two Primordial Unity Style!”
He unleashed a move where the Celestial Phoenix and Terrestrial Dragon entwined, merging with the majesty of ten thousand mountains, transforming from the ethereal to the tangible, cleaving heaven and earth as it attacked Wu Ming.
No one could describe the power of this move! No words could capture its terrifying might!
Compared to this heaven-shattering, earth-destroying might, even the sorrowful lament of the crippled dragon and phoenix seemed like mere child’s play.
One word can make one a teacher for a hundred generations! One move can encompass all martial laws!
Even martial artists like Azure Lotus Holy Maiden and Yan Cang, who had the potential to ascend to the Divine Demon level, turned deathly pale upon witnessing this technique.
They knew that even if they did ascend to the Divine Demon level, they would still have no hope of contending with Dugu Ao!
Once this move was unleashed, even space itself seemed sealed, leaving Wu Ming with no place to escape.
Facing this earth-shattering strike, he merely opened his eyes indifferently and struck out with one palm.
Crack! Crack!
All the martial artists present instantly opened their mouths wide, nearly dislocating their jaws, witnessing an utterly inconceivable scene.
The formless and boundless void, in this moment, seemed to transform into something tangible, spreading countless cracks before suddenly shattering!
Shatter! Shatter! Shatter!
The void first solidified, then shattered.
Dugu Ao’s earth-shaking strike, though unrivaled under heaven, still existed within this void, and thus, without question, it shattered as well, being devoured by the chaos beyond the darkness.
“What… what martial art is this?”
Dugu Ao took a step back, voicing the deepest question in every martial artist’s heart.
“The Void-Shattering Martial Dao!”
Wu Ming rose gracefully, his inner and outer worlds shattering simultaneously, radiating unparalleled might. With a single finger strike, it seemed to transcend spatial barriers, appearing before Dugu Ao’s brow.
Crack!
The void shattered again, spreading outward. Anything caught in its wake, whether person or object, silently vanished into dust.
Countless spatial rifts twisted and spread from his forehead, engulfing Dugu Ao before he exploded into fragments.
Spatial fractures, like monstrous mouths opening wide, devoured him before spitting him out violently.
“Ahh… you can’t kill me!”
Dugu Ao’s hair was disheveled, streaks of blood marking his once-perfect Divine Demon body. His divine blood dripped lifelessly to the ground, his entire form on the verge of disintegration.
“Truly the Divine Demon body, indeed the ultimate defense, surviving even a spatial rift eruption!”
Wu Ming descended step by step from the air, as if invisible stairs were guiding him, his expression impassive: “But twice, three times? How much longer can your Divine Demon body endure?”
If the Divine Demon body was the ultimate shield, then Wu Ming’s Void-Shattering Martial Dao was the ultimate spear!
And at this moment, the passive Dugu Ao clearly couldn’t last much longer.
“Why?”
Dugu Ao’s eyes nearly bled: “I consider my martial talent to be the greatest under heaven. Why must you, this Immortal Ascendant, come to block my path to supremacy?”
Though he had never heard the lament, “Why was I born to rival such a man?” his current mindset was undoubtedly akin to Zhou Yu’s at his deathbed.
“Supremacy? Hmph…”
Wu Ming smiled: “You wish to conquer the world and annex the Eight Holy Lands—what does that have to do with me?”
Upon hearing this, Dugu Ao’s face froze, filled with disbelief.
Seeing this, Wu Ming sighed deeply: “I merely intended to wander the world, seeking mysteries and exploring secrets. If you hadn’t repeatedly plotted against me, what grudge or hatred could there be between us? Why must we fight?”
In that instant, the expressions of Dugu Ao, the Azure Lotus Holy Maiden, Yan Cang, and Ding Jiao were all extremely complex.
“Hahaha… hahaha…”
Dugu Ao laughed, as if hearing the greatest joke in the world, tears even streaming down his face: “So… my entire path to supremacy was ruined by my own doing? How absurd! How ironic???”
He roared, his voice shaking heaven and earth.
The Celestial Phoenix, Terrestrial Dragon, and Xuan Gui—three divine beasts’ ethereal forms fused behind him, transforming into a mysterious dharma body similar to Xuan Wu, before instantly solidifying and entering Dugu Ao’s body: “No! I, Dugu Ao, how could I possibly fail?”
Rip!
His form suddenly expanded, scales covering his body, claws growing, transforming into a monstrous hybrid of dragon, phoenix, and tortoise, bearing a striking resemblance to the previous Xuan Wu dharma body.
Bang! Bang!
The savage beast’s four feet struck the ground, shaking the heavens and earth, trampling buildings, and forcing countless martial artists to flee for their lives.
“Transforming into a wild beast!”
The Azure Lotus Holy Maiden cried out in alarm: “This is a divine ability only martial artists at the peak of Divine Demon cultivation can achieve! In the entire history, only the Martial Emperor could accomplish this!”
“Oh?”
Wu Ming watched the wild beast before him with great interest.
A sweep of his divine consciousness confirmed that this was indeed a genuine primordial beast, each strand of bloodline, every sinew, bone, and scale undeniably real!
Bloodline martial artists, at their peak, could transform into their true forms, possessing authentic Divine Demon power!
Witnessing this scene, he became even more excited: “Good! Very good!”
“The previous you wasn’t enough to test the true might of my Void-Shattering Martial Dao. Now, you’re the perfect target!”
“Roar! Roar!”
At this moment, the Xuan Wu giant beast raised its head and roared to the heavens, a layer of colorful radiance appearing on its body.
“The Five Elements Techniques of the Celestial Phoenix?”
Wu Ming slashed with a single palm, his hand cleaving the air like splitting a Milky Way, containing heaven and earth within a single line, blocking the Five Elements Techniques entirely, as if this single line were an insurmountable chasm between heaven and earth!
“At their peak, bloodline martial artists, after manifesting their true forms, actually inherit the innate techniques of the primordial beasts as well?”
Wu Ming was slightly surprised.
At this moment, Dugu Ao was no different from a true savage beast. In fact, if he were killed now, he would die in the form of this Xuanwu beast, his bloodline and fur becoming supreme materials for refining pills and crafting artifacts!
“With martial arts reaching such a level, capable of infinite transformations, even the thirty-six Heavenly Transformations and seventy-two Earthly Changes of the past probably pale in comparison…”
He sighed lightly but showed no fear.
On the contrary, his eyes blazed with intense fighting spirit.
“Shatter!”
Crack! Crack!
Wu Ming attacked with fists and feet, the void shattering in pieces, spreading onto the Xuan Wu dharma body. Light twisted, like spatial blades dissecting an ox, creating massive craters and splattering blood rain.
“Roar… roar…”
The ferocious beast howled in agony, filled with despair.
The Azure Lotus Holy Maiden and other martial artists fled the plaza, activating their lightness techniques, staring at this scene in stunned silence for a long time.
“He can actually rival an ancient primordial beast!”
Ding Jiao stared blankly at the spectacle, his mind shaken beyond self-control: “Could Senior Wu Ming truly be a fallen immortal descended to the mortal world?”
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