The Myriad Laws Floating Cup—ten thousand paths of heaven and earth, all held within her hand!
After killing the final King-rank Void Refinement demon, a smile finally appeared on Ji Qingyue's face, coming from the bottom of her heart.
The mystery of the Myriad Law Celestial Physique, which she had contemplated for so many years, had finally revealed the path to the Unity stage!
Although she still needed further meditation before she could truly break through, she knew it was now only a matter of time, rather than an impassable chasm!
With the support of various Daoist powers, Ji Qingyue recovered quickly. Through the Dao of Extraction and her self-healing abilities, her physical wounds and depleted spiritual power were being restored at a rapid pace.
However, the injuries caused by the King-rank demons were truly terrifying. Even though she could apply specific Daoist powers against them, those were not paths she had grasped deeply, so their intensity was limited. She still needed time to erode the demonic energy and recover.
"I'll wait until my injuries are healed. The advantage is mine; there is no need to rush."
"The other demons have mostly converged by now. Rather than fighting them to the death in a wounded state, it's better to return to my peak first, then familiarize myself with the Myriad Laws Floating Cup and devise a set of methods for large-scale group combat."
After experiencing a life-or-death crisis on the battlefield, Ji Qingyue had clearly become much more cautious. She had been fearless before because there was no other choice, but now that she had found her way, she naturally wanted to be more prudent.
This decision also delayed her encounter with that bizarre demon made of blue lines—the one that had nearly swallowed the Void-Aether Fish. It spared her from meeting her most terrifying enemy while she was not at her peak.
In another sector of the Void Refinement battlefield, Meng Tianqi, who had been fighting smoothly and swiftly in the early stages, encountered a nightmare-level battle to the death!
Originally, after rendezvous with the Void-Aether Fish and having it lead the way, Meng Tianqi's slaughter had been extremely efficient. Without much risk, he had slain seven Void Refinement demons, including one King-rank!
It must be said that the two Void Refinement cultivators the Star-Sea World chose to side with Qi Ping were both top-tier experts, ranked among the top five.
In particular, Meng Tianqi, after meditating on countless instances of life and death, had reached a level of control over the Laws of Life and Death that was nearly at the point of breaking through to Unity! It was only because the changes in the Star-Sea World allowed him to see even greater possibilities that he had delayed his plans to push his law comprehension to the Unity stage.
But even without that breakthrough, Meng Tianqi's combat power was terrifying.
With the overlapping of the Laws of Life and the Laws of Death, ordinary Void Refinement demons couldn't even withstand a few of his strikes. Furthermore, Meng Tianqi could directly devour the powers of life and death, both of which were in endless supply on a battlefield.
Under normal circumstances, he didn't have to worry about exhaustion. In fact, he grew stronger the more he fought, gaining deeper insights into the Dao of Life and Death through the heat of battle.
He should have been one of the most stable fighters in the World-Domain Battlefield, capable of simply slaughtering his way through to a higher level.
Unfortunately, in the sector where Meng Tianqi fought, the speed at which those demons converged was surprisingly fast. During his eighth encounter, he was directly met by a double-digit number of Void Refinement demons!
Ten Void Refinement demons! Most shockingly, five of them were King-rank!
Faced with such a horrifying scene, Meng Tianqi's first reaction was naturally to have the Void-Aether Fish lead him away as quickly as possible. Though he was confident, he knew he had virtually no chance of winning against a lineup of this caliber.
But to his despair, among the opposing demons was one that also specialized in the Space Dao. Although its control over space was slightly inferior to that of the Void-Aether Fish, its foundation was much deeper.
Under its influence, the Void-Aether Fish was unable to lead Meng Tianqi away from the pursuit.
To prevent their total annihilation, Meng Tianqi directly resisted the interference of the spatial demon and forcibly sent the Void-Aether Fish away.
While the fish was incredible at travel, if it stayed here alone, it would be nothing more than a snack for the demons, not even enough to fill the gaps between their teeth. It was better to send it away; if one could live, it was better than both dying! Besides, with the fish's abilities, it might play a special role in the battles to come.
As soon as he sent the fish away, Meng Tianqi turned around fiercely and lunged toward the ten demons!
"Life and death are ordained. Since fate has set me on this path of death, let's see if I can find life within it. How can I truly understand the Dao of Life and Death without dying once?"
His decision to charge ten demons was not just a sacrifice; it was a testament to his enlightenment and decisiveness regarding his own fate and the fates of others.
He had seen too many births and deaths recently, and since he cultivated the Dao of Life and Death himself, he didn't harbor much fear toward the end. In fact, he had long been prepared for his own demise.
Since one cultivated life and death, how could they fear them?
Using his own death to comprehend the Dao was an idea he had harbored for a long time, but he had never found the right opportunity or possessed enough determination.
But from the moment he decided to change the fate of the Star-Sea World, he had mentally prepared himself for death. At the same time, the moment of his death would be the moment he personally experienced the transition and meditated on "finding life through death."
It was for this reason that Meng Tianqi had so decisively sent away the Void-Aether Fish and faced the ten demons alone!
There was no superfluous dialogue. From the moment Meng Tianqi turned around, an earth-shattering battle of life and death began.
Neither side used any probing attacks; they opened with their ultimate killing moves!
Knowing Meng Tianqi's terrifying combat strength, the ten demons had no intention of holding back.
The scene of ten Void Refinement demons laying siege was practically world-ending. The five King-rank demons, in particular, each possessed attacks so horrific they could easily slay an ordinary Void Refinement cultivator.
Meng Tianqi knew that if he fought normally, after a few rounds of attacks, not even his ashes would remain.
So, to ensure he didn't die in vain, at the instant he turned, Meng Tianqi chose to incinerate everything he possessed—his physical body, his cultivation foundation, and his soul. He sacrificed all that he was to the concept of Life and Death, using it to water and grow the most extreme power of the twin laws!
As he incinerated himself, the Life-Death Domain around him, already formidable, exploded in power!
Like oil poured onto a fire, the powers of Life and Death intertwined frantically, erupting with a force that far exceeded the Void Refinement stage!
Having lost his soul and physical form, Meng Tianqi placed his consciousness within the Laws of Life and Death...