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Chapter 257: Born for the Martial Way? The Martial Way Arises Because of Him!
Chapter 257: Born for the Martial Way? The Martial Way Arises Because of Him! (Seeking Subscription)
As a powerful seventh-stage martial artist, Shanyang could easily lift a majestic divine mountain that was tens of thousands of zhang tall.
And this was just pure strength; if he used other means, Shanyang's power would surge even further.
This was the difference between the Martial Way and the Immortal Way. Cultivators of the Immortal Way focused on the 'spirit'. From the Golden Core stage onwards—the Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, and Void Refinement stages—most of their cultivation was centered on the 'spirit'.
The Martial Way was different. Although practitioners could refine their primordial spirit, they still relied on their physical bodies as the foundation, their qi and blood as vast as an ocean.
However, at this moment, Shanyang was startled.
He grabbed Lin Yuan's right hand but found that he couldn't lift it at all.
Heavy!
So heavy!
It was unbelievably heavy!
It felt like he was trying to lift not a person but the entire world.
How was this possible?
Could a person be as heavy as the world itself?
Shanyang's thoughts were in a muddle, and it took him a long time to react.
He even began to doubt if his strength had declined.
"You want to lift me up?"
Lin Yuan glanced at Shanyang, his expression strange.
How heavy was he?
Let's not talk about his physical body for now.
As an eighth-stage martial artist, his physical body had been amplified five to six times by the mysterious gourd.
According to the measurement standards of the Main World, every drop of his blood, every strand of his hair, weighed over tens of thousands of tons.
However, the weight of his physical body was negligible compared to the world within his body, a world with a diameter of 26 million li.
This world was located within Lin Yuan, hidden and inconspicuous, but that did not mean it didn't exist.
Usually, Lin Yuan would balance the world's power with the gravity from the Spirit World, keeping them in equilibrium.
But it was just that—a balance.
If an outsider wanted to lift Lin Yuan, they would need to have the strength to lift a world with a diameter of 26 million li.
Just how heavy was a world with a diameter of 26 million li? Probably heavier than several stars combined.
Nearby, Li Qing and Nie Yun looked at Lin Yuan and Shanyang, who were locked in a stalemate.
From their perspective, Lin Yuan stood quietly, while Shanyang had grabbed his shoulder, intending to lift him up, but it was as if he had suddenly hit an invisible barrier.
The next moment, Shanyang's figure suddenly retreated as if he were a startled rabbit. He stopped next to Li Qing and Nie Yun, his eyes fixed on Lin Yuan with utmost seriousness. "Who exactly are you?"
This scene left Li Qing and Nie Yun bewildered.
Then, they quickly realized what was happening.
Li Qing carefully observed Lin Yuan and found that she couldn't see through him at all. The aura he emitted was perfect and flawless, and she couldn't discern anything about him.
At this moment, the two seventh-stage martial artists also realized the gravity of the situation.
Their qi and blood power began to spread, instantly enveloping the entire Martial Temple and Xiaoyao City.
"Who am I?"
Lin Yuan smiled faintly and said, "You don't need to send me to the Ninth Heaven anymore. Over the years, my yin spirit and yang spirit have been cultivating there."
The Central Earth Divine Land World had nine heavens, which served as the battleground for ancient saints in the Void Refinement stage.
Similarly, the Spirit World also had nine heavens. Compared to the Central Earth Divine Land, the nine heavens of the Spirit World were more mysterious and encompassed numerous 'spectacles', providing guidance in comprehending the essence of the world.
Thus, decades ago, Lin Yuan had sent his yin spirit and yang spirit to the Ninth Heaven to gain insight.
"Cultivating in the Ninth Heaven?"
Shanyang and Nie Yun exchanged glances, feeling even more oppressed.
Only seventh-stage martial artists or true immortals had the strength to go to the Ninth Heaven, but they could only stay briefly.
After a long time, the pressure from the Ninth Heaven would be too much for even seventh-stage martial artists and true immortals to bear.
As for cultivating there? Probably only Immortal Kings in the Tribulation Passing stage would have the ability to use the Ninth Heaven as a cultivation ground.
Of course, if one were only there for a short period, like a few months or years, a true immortal at the peak might still be able to manage it.
Right now, the two seventh-stage martial artists had no idea about Lin Yuan's strength or what his purpose was in infiltrating the Martial Temple.
"Yin spirit and yang spirit?"
Li Qing looked at Lin Yuan, lost in thought.
Over the past hundreds of thousands of years, there had been countless martial artists.
And among those who had cultivated to the fifth stage of the Martial Way and refined their martial spirit, there were also many, many practitioners.
However, the martial spirits of fifth-stage cultivators were varied and bizarre, but there was only one that she knew of who possessed a yin spirit and a yang spirit.
The yin spirit and yang spirit meant cultivating two completely opposite powers. The slightest mishap would result in falling into an abyss from which one could never recover.
To fuse yin and yang and then condense the yin spirit and yang spirit, since the birth of the Martial Way, only Li Qing's master, the ancestor of the Martial Way, had achieved this.
Beside them, Nie Yun and Shanyang were hesitant, unsure whether to make a move or not.
If they did, they really didn't know what would happen. Shanyang had just used all his strength but couldn't budge Lin Yuan at all. Lin Yuan's strength might not have reached the Tribulation Passing stage yet, but it was probably very close.
With their strength, even if they joined forces with Li Qing at the peak of the seventh stage, they wouldn't gain any advantage. On the contrary, they would completely offend Lin Yuan.
But if they didn't make a move...
Nie Yun and Shanyang looked at Li Qing, deciding to leave the matter to the Martial Ancestor's judgment.
However, when they looked at Li Qing, they saw her face fluctuating, her eyes fixed on Lin Yuan, as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself.
"What's going on?"
Nie Yun and Shanyang were puzzled.
"Little Li Qing, it's been so many years, and you're still the same." Lin Yuan smiled slightly and looked at Li Qing, speaking softly.
As soon as these words were spoken,
Li Qing's eyes immediately turned red, and she almost lost control of her emotions. Instinctively, she blurted out two words, "Master."
It had been hundreds of thousands of years, and only the former Lin Yuan had ever called her that.
Li Qing had almost forgotten that she had this 'nickname'.
"Tell me."
"What has happened over the years?"
Lin Yuan casually found a place to sit down. In the past hundred years, he had mostly been cultivating, and although he had learned a lot about the Spirit World and the Daoist Immortal Sect through the Martial Temple,
it was undoubtedly not as detailed as Li Qing, a seventh-stage martial artist at the peak.
"Ah?"
Nie Yun and Shanyang's thoughts were confused again.
What was happening?
Why was Ancestor Li Qing calling Lin Yuan 'Master'?
In the blink of an eye, the two seventh-stage martial artists had a bizarre thought.
Li Qing's master was the legendary Martial Ancestor.
Could the young man before them be the Martial Ancestor, the founder of the Martial Way?
But how was that possible?
Wasn't it said that the Martial Ancestor had disappeared long ago?
"You don't all have to stand. Sit down." Lin Yuan glanced at Li Qing, Nie Yun, and Shanyang, speaking casually.
"What is this power?" Nie Yun and Shanyang felt their scalps tingle. In the face of this invisible force, they felt utterly powerless, their proud martial arts bloodline seemed to be completely ineffective.
"Martial Ancestor."
"This is the Martial Ancestor."
Nie Yun and Shanyang were shocked to their core. The power Lin Yuan exuded at this moment felt infinitely more formidable than that of the Daoist Immortal Sect, and even that of the Cang Qing immortal, who was just half a step away from becoming an Immortal King.
"Master."
"You've finally returned," Li Qing said, her eyes glistening with tears. For hundreds of thousands of years, she had never stopped searching for Lin Yuan.
The Daoist Immortal Sect had said that Lin Yuan never ascended to the Spirit World through the Ascension Platform, and it was likely that he had broken through the barrier of the lower realm and entered the Spirit World through the turbulent flow of the void.
However, this method of entering the Spirit World was highly uncertain, and he most likely wouldn't have landed in Dong Yun Dao State, or even within the range of the Three Thousand Dao States.
The Spirit World was boundless and infinite, and the Three Thousand Dao States were merely a small part of it, with most of it being desolate and uncharted regions.
"Master?"
"Is the Martial Ancestor addressed as Master?"
The Great Elders, who were standing respectfully, were also stunned by this revelation.
Even though they had already highly speculated about Lin Yuan's identity, they never imagined that he would be Master Li Qing's teacher. How could this be possible?
"Martial Ancestor, Chang'er is the Martial Ancestor."
The Great Elder's heart trembled. Although the scene before him was incredibly unbelievable, how could Lin Chang possibly be related to the Martial Ancestor? But Master Li Qing wouldn't lie about something like this.
As the legendary personal disciple of the Martial Ancestor, Master Li Qing certainly knew the Martial Ancestor well and wouldn't mistake his identity.
"How could I have thought that Chang'er was born for the Martial Way?"
The Great Elder's scalp tingled. Such an evaluation, for any martial artist, was a heartfelt acknowledgment and recognition.
It even implied that Lin Yuan had brought the Martial Way to an entirely new height. But if the subject of this evaluation was the Martial Ancestor himself, then it wasn't praise, but blasphemy.
Born for the Martial Way?
Absolutely not.
The entire Martial Way came into existence because of the Martial Ancestor.
"I encountered some things, which is why I'm only here now." Lin Yuan only offered a brief explanation for his absence over the past hundreds of thousands of years.
Li Qing and the others didn't doubt him further. The Spirit World was vast and encompassed countless mysteries. Even an Immortal King at the Tribulation Passing stage could be trapped for tens or hundreds of thousands of years if they stumbled into a certain trap.
As for why the Martial Ancestor had returned as Lin Chang, Li Qing didn't doubt him either. A true immortal at the Unity of Heaven and Man stage already possessed the means of reincarnation. This was also one of the most powerful life-saving methods for true immortals.
Of course, no matter how many times they reincarnated, their soul's lifespan wouldn't increase. True immortals could live freely for tens of thousands of years, but once their soul's lifespan limit was reached, reincarnation wouldn't help them anymore.
If they wanted to extend their lifespan, they could only attempt to pass the tribulation and become an Immortal King.
"It's good that Master has returned. Nothing else matters." Li Qing's tone was filled with joy. Through this brief conversation, she was convinced that the person before her was indeed her master, the founder of the Martial Way in the Central Earth Divine Land World.
She could tell from the way he spoke and his demeanor. Li Qing rarely disclosed information about Lin Yuan to outsiders, and many of his habits were only known to her.
"Master, after you disappeared, I followed your instructions and entered the sixth stage of the Martial Way six thousand years later."
"Soon after, I ascended to the Spirit World through the Ascension Platform of the Daoist Immortal Sect."
Li Qing began to recount her experiences over the years.
"After ascending to the Spirit World, Immortal Cang Qing kept his promise and even dedicated an entire city as a place to spread the Martial Way."
Li Qing's tone was still somewhat grateful when she mentioned Immortal Cang Qing.
Without Immortal Cang Qing and the early protection of the Daoist Immortal Sect, she, a mere martial artist at the sixth stage who could rival the Refinement of Emptiness stage, would have had to work for a powerful force for thousands of years to establish herself in the Spirit World.
It was to repay Immortal Cang Qing's kindness that Li Qing voluntarily joined the Daoist Immortal Sect and fought for them.
Of course, the Daoist Immortal Sect also provided ample rewards. During the battles in the Xuanwang Domain and other domains, Li Qing also grew rapidly.
Eventually, she chose one of the twelve paths left by Lin Yuan to cross into the seventh stage.
After crossing into the seventh stage, Li Qing gained the power to make her own decisions. As an existence comparable to a true immortal, even within the Daoist Immortal Sect, she was considered part of the absolute upper echelon.
Thus, Li Qing led the Martial Temple in Wanderer City and cooperated with the Daoist Immortal Sect, continuing this partnership until the present day.
Li Qing fought for the Daoist Immortal Sect, and in return, the sect protected Wanderer City and provided ample rewards. Li Qing's cultivation journey to the peak of the seventh stage was partly due to the support of the Daoist Immortal Sect.
"Out of all your other disciples, was I the only one who reached the seventh stage?" Lin Yuan asked.
He remembered having hundreds of personal disciples.
Among them, several even had the potential to reach the seventh stage.
"Yes, it's just me. The other junior brothers and sisters perished during their attempts to break through to the seventh stage." Li Qing's expression turned somewhat dejected as she spoke.
Breaking through to the seventh stage was not a smooth journey, especially since Lin Yuan hadn't fully perfected the seventh stage and had only left behind a speculative method.
Lin Yuan himself could break through with ease due to his profound foundation and heaven-defying comprehension talent.
But what about the others? Li Qing was relatively lucky.
With the support of the Daoist Immortal Sect, she managed to cross into the seventh stage by a stroke of fortune.
However, the others weren't as lucky.
In fact, even in the Main World, for cultivators following other evolutionary paths, the transition from the sixth stage to the seventh stage was fraught with immense risk.
And this was assuming they had access to a complete evolutionary path and guidance from higher-stage cultivators.
In other worlds, the challenge would be even greater.
"These two are my outstanding disciples in the Spirit World. They both successfully crossed into the seventh stage later on." Li Qing immediately introduced Nie Yun and Shanyang.
"Greetings, Martial Ancestor."
"Greetings, Martial Ancestor."
Shanyang and Nie Yun were somewhat apprehensive, as they had heard countless tales of the Martial Ancestor from Master Li Qing since they were young.
The Martial Ancestor was akin to a mythical figure to them, a solitary figure who single-handedly established the Martial Way, forced the Daoist Immortal Sect to back down, and made Immortal Cang Qing negotiate with him.
But now, the Martial Ancestor they admired and revered was standing right before them, and the two couldn't help but feel a myriad of emotions.
Shanyang, in particular, felt apprehensive as he had just been about to engage the Martial Ancestor in combat.
"Mhm."
Lin Yuan nodded slightly.
He didn't differentiate between these two junior martial artists and considered anyone who cultivated the Martial Way to be his disciple.
"What about my older brother, sister, and my parents?" Lin Yuan turned to Li Qing and asked.
Li Qing held a significant position in the Daoist Immortal Sect, and even if she wasn't part of the sect's direct lineage, she would definitely know about Jin Dongjin, Mu Lian'er, and the others.
(End of Chapter)
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