[Host: Li Xuanxiao]
[Realm: Qian Realm Eighth Layer]
[Cultivation Techniques:
Heaven - Profound Grotto-Awakening Art (Major Achievement), Heavenly Origin: Return to the Primordial (Major Achievement), Heavenly Dharma of Myriad Forms (Minor Achievement)]
[Martial Arts:
Heaven - Whirlwind Slaughter Blade (Minor Achievement), Steps of Unbound Freedom (Minor Achievement), Absolute Shadow Void Slash (Minor Achievement)]
[Buddhist Dharma:
Heaven - Boundless Zen Charm (Minor Achievement), Immaculate Pure Land (Minor Achievement), Vairocana's Seven Radiances (Minor Achievement)]
[Demon value Points: 196.25 Million]
Seeing the Demon value Points line, Li Xuanxiao's heart pounded wildly. The Demon value Points he possessed had actually broken one hundred million!
Tsk! High-Realm Demon Race members, combined with a considerable quantity, brought about a huge return in Demon value Points. The accumulation from this brief moment surpassed any previous major battle!
Li Xuanxiao was overjoyed internally. Now that his Realm was the Qian Realm Eighth Layer, as long as he could obtain Cultivation Techniques and Martial Arts for the Void Realm, his strength would usher in another major surge!
Stepping into the Void Realm was just around the corner!
Once he entered the Void Realm, his True Essence would undergo another metamorphosis, transforming into that formless aura. This was the transformation Li Xuanxiao looked forward to the most!
Whether it was Lu Yixian, Spiritual Martial Master, or the current Liang Jianqiu, what they used was this formless aura. With a casual action, it appeared quite miraculous, seeming capable of completely dispelling and dissolving True Essence!
If he could also control this power, it would truly be a fundamental transformation!
As the last Demon Race member exploded, all the Demon Race members on the surface of Yanhuang Ridge had been completely slaughtered. Li Xuanxiao felt a bit dazed; this entire process, from beginning to end, took less than an hour. Hundreds of Demon Race members at or above the Heaven Realm were annihilated. The Ancient Martial Mystic Court was truly formidable!
Either they didn't act, or when they did, they wiped out the entire Demon Race of Yanhuang Ridge. But just as he was lost in thought, Liang Jianqiu raised his long sword again, agitated the formless aura, and swung it sharply forward!
A sharp Sword Qi spread out, sweeping across and piercing through several large hills of Yanhuang Ridge. The next second, those hills were actually sliced into several pieces by this sharp Sword Qi, and the entire mountainside collapsed with a roar!
Li Xuanxiao was completely stunned. Now it was fine; the ones injured were no longer just earthworms...
Long Hui's eyelids twitched violently. Looking at Liang Jianqiu, he felt that his previous understanding of the man was completely wrong.
Wu Jiangming gasped in cold air, making up his mind that he must never fight with anyone from the Ancient Martial Mystic Court in the future!
'Senior Liang Jianqiu is a typical conservative. He has a gentle nature and rarely conflicts with others. For so many years, I've never heard any Demon Race member call him brutal or overbearing. His trip to Yanhuang Ridge this time should have just been a verbal warning, at most killing the chicken to scare the monkeys.'
Li Xuanxiao suddenly recalled the words Long Hui had spoken earlier.
Gentle nature? Rarely conflicts with others?
Verbal warning? At most, killing the chicken to scare the monkeys?
Li Xuanxiao turned his head to look at Long Hui: 'You call this the conservative faction?'
So, within the Ancient Martial Mystic Court, this was the definition of the conservative and radical factions?
Radical faction: I chopped that earthworm into eight segments and scrambled its eggs until they turned yellow!
Conservative faction smiles slightly: I think you radicals are still being too conservative.
...
After resolving the matter here, Liang Jianqiu immediately returned to the Ancient Martial Mystic Court. As an Imperial Court Envoy, he had his duties. If it weren't for being nearby, he would have returned long ago after only coming over to provide support. Now that everything was over, after bidding farewell to Li Xuanxiao and the others, he sped up his departure. The formless aura surged, and his speed was astonishingly fast.
Li Xuanxiao looked on with envy and turned to ask Long Hui what that formless aura was.
Long Hui explained: "Starting from the Heaven Realm, a Martial Artist's True Essence begins to gradually change towards a rarefied state. When the True Essence becomes so thin that it is almost nonexistent, it will completely metamorphose into an extremely Xuan existence. The manifestation you see is what is called the formless aura. This formless aura, our Divine Province calls it...'
"Luck!"
Li Xuanxiao raised an eyebrow: "Luck?"
Long Hui nodded and continued: "Luck is vastly different from the energy forms mastered by Martial Artists in the preceding stages! Theoretically, Luck is inexhaustible and never diminishes!"
"It's just that in different Realms, the amount of Luck a Martial Artist can mobilize within a limited time differs, and this difference determines the gap in strength. For example, both the Void Realm and the Supreme Realm possess Luck. Within the same period, the Supreme Realm can clearly mobilize far more Luck than the Void Realm!"
"As a result, even when executing the same Martial Arts, the power the Supreme Realm can exert far surpasses the Void Realm!"
Never diminishing, never depleting... Li Xuanxiao listened, captivated. This brand new form of power was too cool! Infinite endurance was not a dream!
He couldn't help but ask again: "Then how does one increase the amount of Luck that can be mobilized within a limited time? Or rather, what determines the mobilization volume of Luck?"
Li Xuanxiao worried that his previous strategy of using multiple Cultivation Techniques for infinite firepower might lose its advantage upon entering the Void Realm.
Wu Jiangming coughed twice: "Regarding this point, I can also say a few words. Luck, as a form of power completely distinct from before, no longer has the concept of reserves or quality. It is no longer energy stored inside the Martial Artist, but energy omnipresent between Heaven and Earth. It cannot be grasped, cannot be materialized, and cannot be stored or changed in any way."
"Only beings who have stepped into the Void Realm or above can utilize Luck in a limited capacity. Therefore, the mindset of increasing reserves and refining quality can be discarded once the Void Realm is reached. Based on the many years of exploration by our Taiyi Dao Sect, there are mainly three factors that influence the ability to mobilize Luck!"
"Firstly, the Realm! This is also the most obvious indicator reflecting a person's ability to mobilize Luck!"
Li Xuanxiao nodded; this point was easy to understand.
"Secondly, the comprehension of the 'Dao'. The 'Dao' I speak of does not solely refer to the 'Dao' of our Taiyi Dao Sect, but is a generalization. Any comprehension of a 'Dao' helps improve the ability to mobilize Luck. Whether it is the 'Dao of Nature,' the 'Martial Dao,' or the 'Dao' of the Demon Race and Demon Race."
"The third is the behavior of the user! This is the most mysterious point. Anyone who reaches the Void Realm can utilize Luck in a limited way to influence the world. But how you use Luck will in turn affect your ability to mobilize it. Luck, as the natural energy between Heaven and Earth, also obeys the rules of Heaven and Earth."
"If a person uses Luck to do too many things that harm the Heavenly Dao, he might even be regarded as an enemy by Luck! At that time, not to mention mobilizing Luck, it would be considered fortunate if one didn't die inexplicably."
Li Xuanxiao felt a headache coming on; there was too much information, and his brain couldn't process it all at once. Long Hui was quite cunning, taking out a small notebook and furiously recording, his face beaming with joy. As expected of the Taiyi Dao Sect; their research in these areas is far superior to our Ancient Martial Mystic Court!
I write, I write, I write! Keep writing!
Li Xuanxiao glanced at him, the corner of his mouth curving up. There was a certain joy in watching a deskmate diligently take notes when he could just look at them directly.