Boom! Boom! Boom! Dongbo Xueying wielded his Feixue Divine Spear like an erupting volcano, its might ferocious and overwhelming. The golden ape struggled desperately to block each attack, often having no choice but to endure the strikes with its own body.
“One must strike while the iron is hot; the second strike weakens, and the third exhausts!” Dongbo Xueying shook his head. “The fire of all things… should not be like this!”
Six years ago, upon first comprehending the Realm of All Things and defeating Xiang Pangyun, Dongbo’s spear techniques were fierce and violent, embodying the Overbearing of flames. At that time, unleashing them brought immense satisfaction. However, after six years of solitude and cultivation, Dongbo gradually noticed a flaw in his spearplay—his first strike was always the strongest, followed by repetitive and predictable moves.
Once an opponent adapted to his relentless attacks, his techniques became ineffective.
“The true art of the spear should not be like this!”
Suddenly, Dongbo Xueying leaped backward.
The golden ape looked puzzled as its master retreated over a hundred meters away, then began practicing spear techniques alone.
“Spearplay for mortals requires both hardness and softness, a balance of Yin and Yang! How come, after entering the Realm of All Things, I have only pursued strength and ferocity?” Dongbo began to demonstrate the most fundamental and widely practiced《Heart-Intentioned Spearplay》in the world. Each movement was simple and natural, even exuding a strange aura of utmost softness.
“One must crouch to leap higher.”
“One must draw back a fist to strike again.”
“If I wish my spearplay to be more powerful and fierce, I must first become more restrained and Gathering Momentum. Only by combining hardness and softness can true ferocity be achieved!” Dongbo Xueying poured himself into the techniques. For years, he had pursued the fierce intensity of fire, but now he reversed course, seeking the power of ultimate softness.
He continued like this.
Pouring out the doubts he had accumulated over six years, expressing his innermost aspirations through his spearplay. The more he practiced, the more exhilarating it became!
He practiced like this for over five full days.
Suddenly—
Dongbo Xueying’s Feixue Divine Spear spun as though enveloping heaven and earth, repelling everything. Then, water began to swirl around the spinning spear, forming a vortex with a rushing sound—this was real water, naturally formed from the world itself.
The water of the Realm of All Things!
“Yes, this is the feeling.”
“How wonderful.”
“Ultimate softness, the endless flow of water—I lacked this continuity in my spearplay, I lacked the ultimate Yin and softness!” Joy filled Dongbo’s eyes. Seeing the vortex formed by the spinning spear, he knew he had naturally grasped a sliver of the mystery of ‘water’ within the Realm of All Things.
“Monkey! Bird! Both of you, attack together!”
Excited, Dongbo Xueying immediately dashed forward.
The golden ape and golden Roc exchanged glances, then let out strange cries and attacked together!
“Boom!” The golden ape swung its massive palm.
Dongbo Xueying spun his spear and thrust forward, completely departing from the techniques of《Xuanbing Spearplay》. His spear moved with swirling water. When the golden ape’s palm struck the spear tip, it felt like hitting a spinning top—the slippery, rotating spearpoint deflected past the ape’s hand and pierced straight into its chest.
Puchi!
The spear struck the chest. The strange, spiraling penetration made the golden ape feel uncomfortable, though it was a transcendent alchemical being with an incredibly durable body.
The Heart-Intentioned Spearplay—Thrust!
Dongbo Xueying had now embarked on his own path, naturally breaking free from the constraints of Xuanbing Spearplay. Though he had taken inspiration from Master Gu Yuanhan’s techniques—especially the use and stacking of rotational force—he combined this rotational force with the mystery of ‘water’ from the Realm of All Things, greatly increasing its power.
“What kind of move is that?” The golden Roc was also puzzled. It flapped its wings directly at him.
Dongbo spun the shaft of his spear.
A massive vortex seemed to appear in the heavens and earth. When the Roc struck, its force was redirected aside.
“Hahaha!” Dongbo laughed heartily. “Birdie, Monkey, now you two better be careful!”
Then, Dongbo Xueying danced with his spear, darting between the two opponents.
If the past Dongbo Xueying was extremely fierce, the current Dongbo was like a slippery eel. His spearplay in defense made it difficult for enemies to fully exert their force. When he attacked, though not overwhelmingly powerful, his moves were strange and unpredictable, making it hard for enemies to gauge the shifting force. Moreover, the spiraling, penetrating force was particularly insidious.
“Boom!” Occasionally, Dongbo Xueying’s spear would suddenly unleash a fierce might, flames naturally appearing on it, lashing violently at his enemies.
One moment soft and flowing, the next moment fierce and overpowering—this contrast would make enemies feel like spitting blood.
“This is right! This is what I want!” As Dongbo fought,《Heart-Intentioned Spearplay》gradually transformed. Each movement flowed seamlessly into the next, making the fierce attacks of the fire of all things even more threatening.
Even the mystery of ‘fire’ was undergoing transformation.
Previously, the flames were merely fierce, violently burning and destroying everything! Now, however, they carried a touch of restraint, allowing the ferocity to continue endlessly.
“Between fire and water, there has always been a commonality.” Dongbo Xueying’s mastery of fire was improving, and his understanding of water was also absorbing some of the essence of fire’s mystery. It was no longer purely Yin and soft, but subtly carried a firm, forceful element within.
Softness as the body, firmness as the thread running through it, ready to erupt at any moment—this was Dongbo Xueying’s current mastery of water in the Realm of All Things.
Fierceness as the body, softness as the thread, capable of endless continuation—this was now the fire of all things.
“Marvelous! Marvelous!” Dongbo Xueying felt especially exhilarated while wielding his spearplay.
Previously, there had always been a sense of “strike while the iron is hot, the second strike weakens, the third exhausts.” After all, constant ferocity was exhausting.
But now, he felt no fatigue at all. His spearplay flowed continuously.
…
Though he had grasped the mystery of water in the Realm of All Things, the cultivation of his Mana still required gradual refinement and nurturing—it could not be rushed.
Inside the grand hall.
Dongbo Xueying sat cross-legged, absorbing the power of fire from heaven and earth, gradually refining the round, solid Dan within his body. Though he had cultivated and refined it for six years, he had not yet broken through.
But today, as Dongbo guided the fire Mana within his body, he naturally applied the improved mystery of ‘fire’ from the Realm of All Things. During the refinement process, a subtle softness was subtly present—capable of fierce polishing, capable of gentle caressing. Half an hour, an hour… the round, solid Dan gradually began to change.
For six years, he had continuously drunk Spiritliquid dissolved from the Oceanic World Stone, using it to nourish his body and the Mana Dan within his dantian.
Now, with Mana cultivation enhanced by the improved mystery of ‘fire’ from the Realm of All Things, the refinement and nurturing of the Dan immediately showed significant progress.
“Vibrating—”
The round Dan gradually began to shine on its surface, as though reborn, emitting faint rays of light.
A faint glow gradually appeared on the Dan’s surface, increasing until it formed mist—thin mist tinged with a faint red hue of flame. Yet this mist contained inconceivable transcendent power. Though it appeared thin and wispy, even a single thread could easily slice through stone or steel. Weaker alchemical weapons could not withstand its sharpness.
“Transcendent Mana?” Instantly, Dongbo Xueying’s heart was filled with ecstatic joy.
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