Translator: CinderTL
At the seventh breakthrough stage, the physical body's metamorphosis reaches its limit. To further break free from life's shackles, martial artists must rely on their comprehension of the mysteries of heaven and earth.
Condensing a dharma manifestation through the mysteries of heaven and earth is a crucial technique for seventh breakthrough experts.
Thus, the seventh breakthrough realm is also known as the "Dharma Manifestation Realm."
The deeper one's comprehension of the mysteries of heaven and earth, the taller and more massive their dharma manifestation can become. Therefore, the height of the dharma manifestation serves as a key indicator of one's progress within the seventh breakthrough realm.
Condensing a thirty-meter dharma manifestation marks the early seventh breakthrough stage.
Condensing a one-hundred-meter dharma manifestation marks the mid-stage seventh breakthrough.
Condensing a three-hundred-meter dharma manifestation marks the late-stage seventh breakthrough.
Condensing a one-thousand-meter dharma manifestation marks the peak seventh breakthrough.
"Currently, I can condense a Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation up to fifty meters tall," Jiang Ye mused inwardly. "I'm not far from the mid-stage seventh breakthrough."
As long as his comprehension of the mysteries of heaven and earth reaches the mid-stage seventh breakthrough,
when Jiang Ye truly breaks through to the seventh breakthrough realm in the future, he will immediately advance to the mid-stage.
The same principle applies if his comprehension reaches the late-stage or peak seventh breakthrough.
With this thought,
Jiang Ye focused his mind and began to comprehend the surrounding mysteries of heaven and earth.
Soon, he spotted faint, crimson threads of light drifting through the void.
"Thanks to the 176 civilization fires, my seventh breakthrough foundation far surpasses what it used to be," Jiang Ye observed silently. "Even without focusing my heart fire, I can sense these 'mysteries of fire' existing."
However, these crimson threads of light were exceedingly rare and vanished almost instantly, making them nearly impossible to grasp.
"My innate talent for the dao of fire is truly lacking," Jiang Ye sighed inwardly.
It's worth noting that his comprehension of the mysteries of fire had already reached the early seventh breakthrough stage. Logically, he should have been able to perceive a vast number of these mysteries. Yet Jiang Ye could only sense a tiny fraction of them.
This proved his complete incompatibility with the dao of fire. Without the aid of his heart fire, Jiang Ye might never have comprehended the mysteries of fire in his entire life.
Suddenly,
"Hmm?"
"What's this?" Jiang Ye froze, his gaze fixed on the void before him.
Just moments ago, he had glimpsed a flash of earthy-yellow light in the void.
Barely daring to believe his eyes, Jiang Ye stared intently.
Whoosh! Another wave of earthy-yellow light surged past, moving swiftly but noticeably slower than the crimson threads of fire.
"Earthy yellow?" Jiang Ye paused, an incredulous guess forming in his mind.
"Bai Gui."
"While comprehending the mysteries of heaven and earth, I saw an earthy yellow halo flash by," Jiang Ye asked. "Do you know what that was?"
"An earthy yellow halo?" Bai Gui was equally stunned. "Tell me more."
Jiang Ye quickly described what he had seen.
When he finished, Bai Gui asked urgently, "Are you certain it was a halo? Not just a ray of light?"
"It was a halo!" Jiang Ye nodded firmly.
Silence fell.
"Senior Bai Gui?"
"What is it?" Jiang Ye asked, puzzled.
Bai Gui's reaction made him realize that his situation was likely far more complex than he had imagined.
"You can actually see the halo?" Bai Gui sounded bewildered. "According to reason, that shouldn't be possible. At your realm, it's simply impossible."
"My realm?" Jiang Ye grew even more confused. "Senior Bai Gui, what exactly is this earthy yellow halo?"
"It's the mysteries of earth," Bai Gui stated firmly.
"Mysteries of earth?" Jiang Ye thought to himself, So I was right.
He had suspected as much.
However, Jiang Ye hadn't yet condensed the earth dao origin. Relying solely on his physical senses, how could he perceive the mysteries of earth?
Didn't this prove his extraordinary innate talent for the path of earth?
"Jiang Ye," Bai Gui said, her voice brimming with excitement, "the path of earth is truly your calling. From what I know, even geniuses who are highly compatible with the path of earth only perceive faint strands of earth-yellow light when they first sense the mysteries of earth."
"But you... you saw a vast halo of light?"
"Your affinity for the mysteries of earth far surpasses anything you could imagine!" Bai Gui's voice trembled with excitement.
She was genuinely thrilled.
Even in third-tier civilizations, geniuses with such profound compatibility for the mysteries of earth were exceedingly rare.
To perceive not mere strands of light, but a radiant halo, upon initial sensing?
This was utterly extraordinary!
"Is it really that extraordinary?" Jiang Ye asked, somewhat astonished. He had rarely seen Bai Gui so animated.
"Jiang Ye, you still don't grasp how rare this is," Bai Gui said solemnly.
"The halo you saw was formed by the convergence of countless mysteries of earth."
"Yet even eighth breakthrough and ninth breakthrough experts," Bai Gui continued, "when perceiving the mysteries of heaven and earth, typically only sense individual strands of light."
"None of them can perceive the existence of the aura."
"Not even those at the ninth breakthrough?" Jiang Ye asked, astonished.
That's absurd!
"Only divinities can perceive the vast aura," Bai Gui said solemnly.
"To divinities, the mysteries of heaven and earth are like clouds, permeating the entire world," she added.
Jiang Ye held his breath.
Does that mean my perception of the mysteries of earth rivals that of a divinity?
"Divinities can achieve this because they have fully comprehended a fundamental mystery of heaven and earth," Bai Gui continued.
"But you have only gained a preliminary understanding of the mysteries of earth."
"Logically, such comprehension should be impossible," Bai Gui said, shaking her head.
Jiang Ye nodded slightly.
Take the dao of fire, for example. Even with heart fire, he could only perceive individual strands of light, never the aura itself.
"Is it because of compatibility?" Jiang Ye asked curiously.
"Exactly."
"Your compatibility with the path of earth far surpasses your compatibility with the dao of fire," Bai Gui marveled. "Even without condensing 'spleen earth,' you can effortlessly perceive the mysteries of earth."
"Spleen earth?" Jiang Ye asked, puzzled.
"Similar to heart fire, it's condensed from a treasure containing the earth dao origin," Bai Gui explained.
Jiang Ye suddenly understood.
He nodded inwardly.
"My affinity for the path of earth is indeed remarkably high."
"But why didn't I notice it during my previous attempts at comprehension?" Jiang Ye pondered. "Could it be because my foundation was insufficient?"
After all, his seventh breakthrough realm was still unstable, requiring a substantial amount of civilization fire to support it.
Now that Jiang Ye had obtained 176 strands of civilization fire, his foundation had solidified, finally unlocking his true potential.
With everything clarified, he thought, "Heart fire."
A wisp of intangible, formless flame materialized within his mind.
As the heart fire appeared, the crimson streaks of light that had been darting across the heavens and earth abruptly slowed.
Faint signs of them coalescing into a luminous halo began to emerge.
"Hmm?"
"With the heart fire's influence, my perception of the mysteries of fire is now nearly on par with my understanding of the mysteries of earth," Jiang Ye mused, his heart stirring.
The heart fire, enhanced by the system, possessed extraordinary potency.
It was well-known that most peak sixth-tier experts spent their entire lives unable to cross the threshold into the seventh breakthrough realm, precisely because their law comprehension was insufficient.
Yet Jiang Ye?
Thanks to his "upgraded heart fire," he had achieved this feat in a mere month.
"What a pity," Jiang Ye thought to himself. "I resonate so strongly with the path of earth. If I could condense spleen earth, my comprehension speed would undoubtedly be even more astonishing."
To condense spleen earth, he needed to obtain an earth dao origin treasure similar to the Fire Source Fruit.
Such treasures were exceedingly rare.
"Never mind," he decided. "Time to focus on cultivation." Jiang Ye stilled his mind and began to immerse himself in comprehending the mysteries of fire and earth.
Whoosh... whoosh!
A series of luminous halos materialized before Jiang Ye's eyes, drawing him into a state of profound absorption, as if entranced.
With the aid of 176 strands of civilization fire, Jiang Ye's understanding of both the dao of fire and the dao of earth surged at an astonishing rate.
(End of the Chapter)
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