Free Web NovelChapter 1671: Chapter 1288: The Dao Guides the Heartless, the Buddha Welcomes the Fated
"Your Returning to Truth Ultimate Skill ’Divine Demon Golden Body’ has been enhanced to the 2nd Realm with Initial Insight level, increasing your Qi-Blood by a hundred thousand and Inner Strength by eighty thousand. The ultimate skill effects have been upgraded to Returning to Truth level 3 domineering body, level 2 Strong Body, level 2 Blood Lock, level 2 Unyielding, level 2 Tenacity, and level 4 regaining energy and invigorating blood."
"Your Returning to Truth Ultimate Skill ’Divine Demon Golden Body’ has been enhanced to the 3rd Realm slightly successful level, increasing your Qi-Blood by a hundred fifty thousand and Inner Strength by a hundred thousand. The ultimate skill effects have been upgraded to Returning to Truth level 4 domineering body, level 3 Strong Body, level 3 Blood Lock, level 3 Unyielding, level 3 Tenacity, and level 5 regaining energy and invigorating blood."
"Your Returning to Truth Ultimate Skill ’Divine Demon Golden Body’ has been enhanced to the 4th Realm Mastered level, increasing your Qi-Blood by two hundred thousand and Inner Strength by a hundred twenty thousand. The ultimate skill effects have been upgraded to Returning to Truth level 5 domineering body, level 4 Strong Body, level 4 Blood Lock, level 4 Unyielding, level 4 Tenacity, and level 6 regaining energy and invigorating blood."
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It was late at night, half a day later.
Near the sky above the Yangtze River Basin, close to the Song Country’s Black Wind Village and Dragon Tiger Gang, Jiang Dali stood with domineering aura, surrounded by golden-black demon patterns, his golden hair wildly flapping in the wind, exposing his extremely muscular chest and robust, knotted muscles. With both fists raised skyward as if splitting the heavens and earth, all his strength channeled through the governor and conception vessels into his fists, he shouted and thrust them forward.
"Fourth Realm—Divine Demon Golden Body!!!"
Instantly, the air around him surged, a flash of red light from his Dantian, his mighty frame quaking with the sound of dragon roars and tiger growls.
The overwhelmingly powerful fist winds, as they burst forth from his robust fists, gathered into two massive shockwaves, shooting straight toward the clouds above, clashing violently with the mist.
With a thunderous "boom," the powerful energy wave instantly shattered and dispersed the clouds.
Behind him, Lian Chengbi clung tightly to the Demon Dragon Bone Spur, holding his position, his hair wildly tossed in the fierce wind, his expression a mix of fear and awe as he gazed at the formidable tiger-like figure ahead, feeling as if the knotted muscles on that back were a grimacing demonic face, capable of crushing him into mince with just a casual movement.
"Such a formidable physique! Almost comparable to a grade 2 Divine Weapon."
Wu Ming took a deep breath, his expression solemn as he stared at the proudly standing Jiang Dali, a sudden thought forming for the first time that this young man’s future achievements might surpass his own.
Because now he could already feel that if he were to use ’All Swords Return to the Sect’ against Jiang Dali again, it would likely no longer be as easy to injure him as before. And should the young man continue to progress, even if Wu Ming regained all his power, he might not be able to deal with him. Such potential was indeed astounding.
At this moment, Jiang Dali was in a state of clarity and brightness, basking in the peace and satisfaction of his body becoming more powerful, attentively sensing the subtle sounds of his breathing, heartbeat, and blood flow, experiencing the thriving vitality of life.
The more he experienced the subtle changes following this upgrade, the more perfectly he could unleash the power of this robust body.
Especially with the increased Inner Strength, during states of twelve times the power, it would be harder to control due to the sheer abundance of Inner Strength. But now, by experiencing it attentively, the difficulty of control would naturally dissolve as he became more familiar with the power.
In his mind, an inner vision emerged, displaying the complex and awe-inspiring state of his body, with imagined red dots, blue arrows, and other guiding patterns appearing within his meridians and acupoints, accompanied by extensive textual explanation.
This was the comprehensive outline of the ’Divine Demon Golden Body’ Cultivation Technique he had self-summarized following this breakthrough.
This outline currently existed only in his mind, with room for improvement and elevation as his realm advanced.
Every time he consumed vast Cultivation Points and Potential Points to enhance his Cultivation Realm, it wasn’t just a fabricated enhancement but the integration of his martial arts foundation, distilled from countless paths into the most suitable and reasonable one, his own path.
This self-created martial arts path was undoubtedly arduous but most fitting for himself. With Jiang Dali’s current martial arts foundation and achievements in Cross Training Martial Arts, he already had enough to continue creating and perfecting this Returning to Truth Ultimate Skill, ’Divine Demon Golden Body.’
He grasped the life presence behind him belonging to Wu Ming and Lian Chengbi with a sense surpassing ordinary perception, understanding their feelings and expressions at this moment without needing to see them, a subtle sense beyond ordinary martial understanding.
"It seems your power has increased significantly this time, I’m curious, your martial arts talent is remarkable, did this breakthrough come from a new insight after my previous guidance, or was it a sudden enlightenment on your own?"
At this moment, there was a ripple through the silent spiritual communication.
It was evident that Wu Ming was engaging with him in this subtle state using the same extraordinary perception.
Jiang Dali, his heart stirred, sent a wave of spiritual sensing.
"This breakthrough is entirely thanks to your guidance, Senior. Without your teaching yesterday, how could I have broken through so quickly? The title of Martial Arts Legend you carry, Senior, is not without reason. In the future, please guide the many men in my Mountain Village often."
These smooth words were ones he would usually disdain to say.
But in a good mood and to avoid raising Wu Ming’s suspicions, a compliment seemed harmless.
More importantly, Wu Ming indeed deserved such praise, as if he could fully restore his power, even when Jiang Dali went to the Holy Dynasty, Wu Ming could still be considered a strong partner.
"It’s also due to your outstanding talent. Otherwise, no matter how much I spoke, some people just wouldn’t understand."
Wu Ming, his doubts dispelled, responded before looking down at the grand Dragon Tiger Gang site adjacent to the Yangtze River, saying, "Now that your power has once again increased, it’s an even more opportune moment to head toward Heavenly Gate and deal with Shakyamuni. But do you... seem to have other thoughts?"
"That’s right!"
Jiang Dali slowly withdrew his power, letting his body return to normal. As he put on clothes that now seemed a size too small, he frowned and looked down, saying in a deep voice, "I have a friend whom I’ve brought over from Shu. If she can recover her strength, she’ll become a great asset to us.
Also, I have other plans to arrange, and I need to notify Master Zhang of Wudang to prepare for departure. Give me one day to get ready."
As soon as he finished speaking, a wooden button at the collar broke off because he exerted too much force.
Jiang Dali looked down at his chest muscles, which were as hard as steel, shook his head slightly, and just exhaled, causing his rocky chest muscles to expand a bit.
"Pop pop pop—"
All the buttons at the collar burst off and flew away...
The friend he mentioned was naturally Demon Lord Bai Suzhen, whom he had revived with the Life Transition Technique.
Half a month ago, Bai Suzhen’s subordinate Hei Tong sought him out, hoping he could find the Divine Doctor to cure Bai Suzhen.
At the time, he agreed to Hei Tong’s request and planned that if he couldn’t find the Divine Doctor, he’d use the Infinite Heart Transformation Pill, which He Family’s daughter had just sent him, to save Bai Suzhen.
Later, he couldn’t find the Divine Doctor anywhere in the Martial World, and from Wu Ming’s mouth, he learned that the Divine Doctor was actually within the Heavenly Gate. So he wrote a letter instructing the brothers of Zhongxin Hall in Shu to find Hei Tong and Xue Damo, having them bring Bai Suzhen back to the Dragon Tiger Gang.
Now, the reincarnated body of Demon Lord Bai Suzhen was already within the Dragon Tiger Gang.
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Meanwhile.
The Heavenly Gate’s plan to openly recruit the Abnormal People had been fulfilled with all sorts of generous conditions, making many players eager to act, and some even taking action.
Especially when a highly famous true-transmission player from Yijian Tingyu Pavilion joined Heavenly Gate after defecting, gaining the qualification to be promoted to a Heavenly Human Realm expert, it sparked excitement among all Martial World players.
This player was the only one after Ghost Fire and others who had the chance to receive a personal power transmission from Shakyamuni.
After this player joined Heavenly Gate, the pavilion master of Yijian Tingyu Pavilion was also alerted, personally appearing to denounce but was severely injured by a mysterious strong individual from Heavenly Gate claiming to be a Divine Beast, forcing him to swallow his anger silently.
Correspondingly, other sects like Yihua Palace, Mitian Red Sect, Ghost King Flag, Tang Sect, and Netherworld Sect, which were quite famous in the Martial World, also experienced disciples defecting, rushing to Snow God Mountain to join the increasingly powerful Heavenly Gate.
Some of these sects wisely chose to ignore, while those with integrity organized their sect experts to denounce, but were warned and deterred by the many Divine Beasts appearing to act for Heavenly Gate.
In a short period, Heavenly Gate has taken disciples from many sects, creating chaos in the Martial World. All the sects suddenly turned into like mother hens guarding their chicks, furiously cursing Heavenly Gate behind closed doors.
In the past, although Black Wind Village had established a Slaughter Pig Alliance, causing Eight Desolate Disciples to spread across the Martial World, every sect had disciples outwardly obedient, cooperating with sect orders actively.
Heavenly Gate, however, directly grabbed people from each sect’s pot, thoroughly tearing off the pretenses.
But Heavenly Gate is ultimately too mysterious and formidable; any sect that has opposed it in the Martial World has ended up badly bruised.
Many hoped that if a Shaolin disciple was poached by Heavenly Gate, the Shaolin High Monks would stand up for justice, championing the righteousness of the Martial World.
Unexpectedly, Shaolin responded to the minor defections: "The Dao is taught to the heartless, the Buddhist accepts those destined. If there is no tie with Buddhism, then forcing a tie is pointless."
For a moment, all Martial World people were speechless, wanting to refute but realizing they couldn’t, as the Shaolin High Monks indeed made sense. Buddhism emphasizes the meeting of destiny, how could one force it?
Since North Shaolin expressed destiny’s way, only Southern Wudang and Central Black Wind remained to be counted on.
Thus, all Martial World people could only focus on Wudang and Black Wind Village, hoping these top powers would bear the burden of opposing Heavenly Gate...
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