Chapter 493: Limitless Sky, Xu Yan Breaks Through to the Heaven and Earth Realm

Chapter 493: Limitless Sky, Xu Yan Breaks Through to the Heaven and Earth Realm

"Xu Yan is about to break through."

Li Xuan returned from the Great Wilderness, a look of relief on his face.

Xu Yan was about to breakthrough to the Heaven and Earth realm.

"With Xu Yan's swordsmanship, various divine abilities, and his Dao body, his strength upon entering the Heaven and Earth realm may not rival the Supreme Ones, but he will be capable of slaying them."

Li Xuan had a rough estimate of Xu Yan's strength after his breakthrough.

After all, Xu Yan was no ordinary warrior; he was a true genius. With his powerful swordsmanship and divine abilities, slaying a Supreme One was well within his capabilities.

Moreover, with the Unyielding Yin-Yang Sword Art, ordinary Supremes would find it difficult to injure Xu Yan.

Once Xu Yan achieved minor success in the Heaven and Earth realm, he would have nothing to fear even from Supremes. Upon attaining major success, he would possess the power to slay them.

At the peak of the Heaven and Earth realm, he would effortlessly crush the Supremes and reign supreme.

"Wu Tiannan is showing some promise!"

Li Xuan glanced at Wu Tiannan, who was in closed-door cultivation. Ever since he learned that his martial arts mentor was in the Dao Domain, Wu Tiannan had become acutely aware of his own shortcomings.

He was now diligently cultivating, and unlike before, he proactively sought guidance whenever he encountered doubts in his martial path.

"He's reached the Unity of Heaven realm, and at quite a pace too!"

Li Xuan couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. Indeed, Wu Tiannan was blessed with immense fortune, akin to a child of destiny.

The closer they were to the upheaval of the heavens and earth, the faster his cultivation speed became.

Li Xuan looked up at the Dao Domain, "This is rather interesting. Could it be that Tai Cang left this behind to nurture a new ruler of the heavens and earth?"

Wu Tiannan's martial arts mentor had a deep connection with Tai Cang; otherwise, he wouldn't have received such a generous gift.

Li Xuan raised his hand and, with a grasping motion, summoned a divine artifact from Fang Hao's School of Mysticism. With a casual swipe of his hand, the artifact transformed into a thin, paper-like object.

He then waved his hand, and intricate patterns began to emerge on the paper. In an instant, the patterns of the heavenly laws from the Tai Cang Book were imprinted onto it.

With another flick of his wrist, the paper drifted into Wu Tiannan's hands.

"Go ahead and absorb its essence."

"Thank you, Senior!"

Wu Tiannan was overjoyed.

The Tai Cang Book had already served its purpose and could no longer turn someone into the ruler of the heavens and earth. After all, the current heavens and earth belonged to the Great Wilderness, not Tai Cang.

Ever since the emergence of the Heavenly Dao, the nature of the heavens and earth had changed.

The Tai Cang Book was now merely a powerful heavenly tome, incapable of bestowing its reader with dominion over the cosmos.

Since it was left behind by Tai Cang, and Wu Tiannan had become the Child of Fate with whom he shared a connection, Li Xuan decided to use the Tai Cang Book to guide him.

The might of the Great Wilderness had grown significantly. Xu Junhe had broken through to the Divine Ability realm, and there were now many more warriors at the Divine Origin realm.

The rules of the Heavenly Dao had spread into the Spirit Domain, and Tianzi was in the process of transforming it. He was imparting the concept of the Heavenly Dao to the beings and warriors of the Spirit Domain.

They were all learning to comprehend and cultivate the Heavenly Dao.

Tianzi had already broken free from most of the shackles that bound him.

Below the Grandmaster level, warriors in the Spirit Domain had begun to switch to the martial path of the Great Wilderness. As for those above the Grandmaster level, their foundation in the martial path had already deviated from the pure Tai Cang martial path due to their comprehension of the Heavenly Dao.

However, it wasn't the martial path of the Great Wilderness either. It was as if they had found a balance between the two, allowing them to comprehend the Heavenly Dao and increase their strength without being restricted by the heavens and earth.

The Refinement of the Divine realm was no longer the limit.

Soon, there would be Manifestation of Law Supremes in the Spirit Domain as well, signifying that the warriors there would devoutly comprehend the Heavenly Dao. This trend was unstoppable and would rapidly change the martial arts philosophy of the Spirit Domain's warriors in a short period.

However, the realm lords in the Dao Domain were oblivious to these changes. They were still scheming to gain more authority over the heavens and earth, even harboring dreams of becoming the new ruler themselves.

Tianzi, as the spirit of the heavens and earth, possessed authority over the cosmos that was second only to Tai Cang.

Now that he had incarnated as the Heavenly Dao, once he governed the entire cosmos, even if Tai Cang were to be reborn, he would not be able to control these heavens and earth.

For Li Xuan, he could either choose to remain a spectator or act decisively. If he chose the latter, his enemies would be obliterated in the blink of an eye.

"The threat of the Non-Transformation Temple has yet to surface. This Dao Ancestor still has time to grow stronger. Once I break through further, I'll be able to crush the Non-Transformation Temple with a single palm strike!"

Li Xuan mused to himself.

Any enemy that he couldn't vanquish with a single palm strike was an affront to his image as the supreme Dao Ancestor.

"Your disciple, Meng Chong, has comprehended the Limitless Unconquerable Body of the Primal Heaven. Now, break through to the Limitless Unconquerable Body of the Primal Heaven!"

The Golden Book of the Great Dao opened, and golden light radiated from its pages.

Finally, Meng Chong had comprehended the Limitless Unconquerable Body of the Primordial Heaven, and his physical martial arts had reached the level of the Established Dao realm.

"It truly feels amazing to become stronger!"

Li Xuan was in high spirits.

"Roar!"

Suddenly, a dragon's roar reverberated through the air.

Countless warriors looked up and saw a true dragon with a green back and a white body soaring into the sky from somewhere, letting out a mighty roar as it circled in the air.

Soaring in the sky, Yu Xiaolong felt his newfound power. Instinctively, he looked towards the Nine Mountains Realm, wondering if he could now contend for the position of the Great Demon King.

Roar!

Ecstatic, he let out a dragon's roar, his dragon might rippling through the air as he circled above.

"Hmph!"

Suddenly, a cold hum startled Yu Xiaolong, causing his dragon body to shudder.

"What's going on? I've become a dragon, how can I still be suppressed by her?" Yu Xiaolong asked, perplexed.

With a dejected look on his face, he shrank his body and landed on the ground, gazing questioningly at Ao Yuxue as she stepped out of the house.

Just as Ao Yuxue had said, he had transformed into a true dragon, yet he lacked the ability to take on a human form.

"You mongrel dragon, scram!" Ao Yuxue waved her hand dismissively.

Yu Xiaolong's mood soured, and he turned to leave, intending to consolidate his new realm before returning to the Nine Mountains Realm to challenge for the position of the Great Demon King.

Li Xuan glanced at Yu Xiaolong and shook his head. The dragon was cunning, using the Great Demon's method to obtain a drop of true dragon's blood from Ao Yuxue, thus transforming into a true dragon.

However, as he was not born a true dragon but had evolved his bloodline, he lacked some of the special abilities unique to true dragons, such as the ability to transform into a human.

Moreover, he was still suppressed by Ao Yuxue.

"Challenging Chi Mao for the position of Great Demon King? That's just asking for a beating!" Li Xuan shook his head. While Yu Xiaolong's transformation into a true dragon had undoubtedly increased his power and would be a formidable force against spirit beasts, he was still far from being a match for Chi Mao.

Chi Mao, as the first Great Demon, possessed unique abilities that enhanced her strength. Yu Xiaolong's challenge would likely end in a crushing defeat.

"Xin Mengrou has returned to the Tai Miao Realm. With my guidance, she should be able to merge her Dream Path with the Supreme Path." Li Xuan looked up towards a certain direction in the Dao Domain.

"That Xiao Yao fellow truly has extraordinary talent. No wonder he's hailed as the foremost of the Seven Heroes of Tai Cang," Li Xuan mused as he glanced at the location where Xiao Lao was in seclusion.

Xiao Lao was currently comprehending the Heavenly Dao's energy and had already made some progress.

However, he was still far from breaking free of his constraints and finding his path to greater power. Nonetheless, he had glimpsed hope, which meant that his path of comprehending and cultivating the Heavenly Dao was the right one.

Xiao Lao's excitement was understandable.

The Seven Heroes of Tai Cang were once renowned prodigies of the Tai Cang Heaven and Earth who had received personal guidance from Tai Cang himself. Although they were not formally accepted as disciples, they were considered Tai Cang's students.

Xiao Lao was the foremost of the Seven Heroes, the strongest among the second generation of powerful experts. Now, of the Seven Heroes, only Xiao Lao and one other remained in the Tai Cang Heaven and Earth.

The whereabouts and fate of the other five were unknown, and Li Xuan had no interest in finding out.

"The warriors from the Dao Domain will be arriving soon," Li Xuan said as he looked towards the location of the Tai He Realm. The vibrations from the fall of the Di Ying Realm had begun to weaken, indicating that the arrival of warriors from the Dao Domain was imminent, and among them would be a true dragon.

The waves caused by Xu Yan's dragon transformation were not insignificant.

However, Li Xuan paid it no mind. Even if the True Dragon Realm Lord himself were to arrive, Li Xuan could easily handle him, thanks to his Dragon Subduing Path.

Subduing dragons was but a simple matter of waving his hand.

Ao Yuxue took hesitant steps forward, her expression wavering between wanting to speak and holding back.

Li Xuan smiled wryly, "If you have any questions, just ask."

"Thank you, Dao Ancestor!" Ao Yuxue's face lit up with joy, and she looked at him with a hint of excitement.

"I have some doubts about the Great Demon's method. I've never been able to fully understand it, and I'd like to ask for your guidance," Ao Yuxue said, her eyes hopeful.

"What are your questions?" Li Xuan asked gently, a soft smile on his face.

"Well, I am a true dragon, and the Great Demon's method does suit me. However, when I cultivate it, I always seem to hit a bottleneck and can't seem to integrate it fully..." Ao Yuxue explained the issues she had been facing.

The true dragon clan possessed their unique True Dragon Arts, some of which were innate abilities tied to their bloodline.

For example, Ao Yuxue, being the Yu Xue true dragon, had the innate ability of icy thunder, a unique power that was her birthright as a true dragon.

In addition to these innate abilities, the true dragon clan also had cultivable True Dragon Arts, established by the True Dragon Ancestor, Ao Hong. As the first true dragon to encounter sentient beings, Ao Hong had naturally exchanged knowledge with them, thus creating the True Dragon Arts unique to their clan.

However, unlike warriors who could continuously cultivate and improve their realm, true dragons' strength was linked to their bloodline. The purer their bloodline, the stronger they were. As such, the True Dragon Arts were more akin to combat or defensive techniques rather than a path to increase their power.

As for Ao Yuxue's doubts, Li Xuan had some understanding of the matter. It was simply because Ao Yuxue's strength far surpassed Chi Mao's current state, making it difficult for her to surpass Chi Mao's existing realm.

The Great Demon's Method was Chi Mao's own realization, and although the direction of cultivation was clear, it was still hindered by some constraints.

After all, Chi Mao herself had not yet cultivated the more profound aspects of the Great Demon's Method.

Moreover, as Ao Yuxue was a true dragon, she needed some time to assimilate the Great Demon's Method and couldn't immediately cultivate the power of a great demon.

"Take your time and don't rush for quick results. From start to finish, thoroughly comprehend the intricacies of the Great Demon's Method, just like the Great Demon Totem. Start from the first totem and slowly integrate it into your being.

"Once you completely understand its mysteries, you will naturally achieve a profound unity, and when cultivating a path, impatience is to be avoided at all costs."

Li Xuan offered his advice with a smile.

"I understand!"

After some contemplation, Ao Yuxue nodded respectfully.

"Since you've chosen to cultivate the Great Demon Martial Arts, start from the basics and refine your foundation as a great demon. With sufficient accumulation and when the time is right, you will naturally break through.

"The Great Demon Martial Arts are different for every true spirit and spiritual beast. The techniques they cultivate will vary depending on their nature.

"You are a true dragon, and if you can comprehend the Great Demon Martial Arts, try to integrate your innate abilities into it. In doing so, you will surely cultivate your unique Great Demon supernatural powers."

Li Xuan provided guidance to Ao Yuxue.

"Thank you, Dao Ancestor!"

Ao Yuxue was overjoyed and, after bowing respectfully, retreated to seclude herself and ponder the Great Demon Martial Arts.

"He's about to break through!"

Li Xuan looked toward Xu Yan's secluded cultivation grounds with eager anticipation.

"Hmm? There's someone with considerable strength approaching, and what's that beside him? Is it a true spirit? This true spirit is rather interesting."

Li Xuan suddenly turned his gaze toward the Tai He Realm.

Just then, a stranger with considerable power had entered the Divine Realm.

He had come from the Di Ying Realm, which was still trembling, theoretically making it impossible to pass through and arrive in the Divine Realm.

Yet, this person had arrived ahead of time, indicating that they had a special method to smoothly traverse the Di Ying Realm without being hindered by its rules.

"Skilled in stealth and concealment, accompanied by a unique true spirit... This person is likely from Tian Sha Di Ying, and their strength is not weak. I wonder if they're here for me?"

Li Xuan fell into deep thought.

Although the newcomer's strength was far inferior to Lao Xiao's, they were proficient in stealth and concealment, aided by a special true spirit. Evidently, they specialized in assassination.

"Not to mention mere Supreme Realm warriors, even a Realm Lord would be crushed with a single palm strike!"

Li Xuan smiled, unconcerned by the potential threat.

Suddenly, a powerful aura surged forth, causing ripples in the fabric of the world. The laws of heaven and earth emerged, presenting the Dao rules, and the world was filled with the rhythm of the Dao.

Lao Xiao, who had been comprehending the Heavenly Dao, instantly appeared in the courtyard, looking toward the source of the disturbance with a puzzled expression.

"He's about to break through."

Li Xuan silently watched as Xu Yan was on the verge of breaking through to the Heaven and Earth Realm.

As his body became one with the heavens and the earth during the breakthrough, it triggered an anomaly, as if the laws of heaven and earth sensed the birth of a new world.

However, they couldn't comprehend where this new world was or why it had come into existence, hence the anomaly was short-lived.

If there had been a Heavenly Dao, it would have immediately identified Xu Yan. But at present, the anomaly was merely a passive occurrence with a limited range.

The anomaly didn't last long before everything returned to calm, as if the laws of heaven and earth had lost their sense of it.

Lao Xiao was astonished and couldn't help but ask respectfully, "Senior Dao Ancestor, what just happened?"

"It's just a phenomenon caused by the breakthrough, as these heavens and earth are incomplete and lack the Heavenly Dao, resulting in such a reaction," Li Xuan explained casually.

"I see!"

Lao Xiao understood, but his heart was filled with shock. He wondered just how powerful Xu Yan would become after this breakthrough.

Would he possess the power to slay a Godly Sovereign?

"May I ask, Senior Dao Ancestor, what realm has Xu Yan broken through to?" Lao Xiao inquired curiously.

"The Heaven and Earth Realm," Li Xuan replied calmly.

Lao Xiao's entire being seemed to be in a daze, as the words "Heaven and Earth Realm" echoed in his mind. He vaguely comprehended the extraordinariness of this realm.

"He's broken through!"

Li Xuan's smile widened, as Xu Yan had successfully entered the Heaven and Earth Realm.

(End of Chapter)

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