Chapter 808: Chapter 532: Great Power of the Master Realm
The Primordial Origin Point, like an egg.
The egg explodes, matter gushes forth.
Chaos is newly opened, rules manifest.
The sun, moon, and stars, each follows its order.
Multitudes of living beings, evolve civilizations.
It may have been but a moment, or perhaps an eternity—through the Void Stele, Lu Chenzhou watched the creation of the universe and the evolution of all things unfold in full. His understanding of the World Dao gradually deepened, some theories confirmed, and in his mind, the Martial Arts Tree soared madly skyward.
Four hundred thousand zhang.
Five hundred thousand zhang.
Six hundred thousand zhang.
Each leap was ten thousand.
Only when it reached eight hundred thousand zhang did it finally halt.
The scene of creation shattered.
Lu Chenzhou awoke as if from a dream.
Ka-cha————
The Dao Stele fractured, turning to dust.
Lu Chenzhou’s eyes shone as brilliantly as the stars.
"Truly worthy of a Heaven and Earth Treasure level artifact—this one use raised my Martial Arts Tree by four hundred thousand zhang. If cultivated through normal enlightenment, it would have taken at least five years."
Time is money. To him, even a Seventh Rank Spiritual Weapon paled in value beside this [Void Stele].
This time, the council really bled for it. With such a treasure, several Entering Dao Heavenly Kings could be forged.
He gazed at the Martial Arts Tree.
[Chaos: Fourth Rank (80%)]
[Lightning: Fourth Rank (61%)]
[Power Extreme: Fourth Rank (55%)]
[Yuji: Third Rank → Fourth Rank (1%)]
"Yuji Dao has reached Fourth Rank as well."
The Three Great Extreme Daos—all entered Dao.
With a single thought, faint strands of golden Yuji Dao Essence coiled about him, merging with the invisible Immortal Armor three inches from his body, condensing into a suit of golden radiant armor.
"Let’s test its defensive power."
Lu Chenzhou arrived at Primordial Mountain Cave Heaven.
Old Mister Turtle opened his eyes to look over.
Instantly, he smiled knowingly.
It seems the youngest disciple’s strength grew by leaps and bounds again.
"Master can rest easy beneath the nine springs."
Old Mister Turtle felt gratified within.
Yuanbao Mountain.
Lu Chenzhou, clothed in golden armor, ascended step by step like a Heavenly God. Blades, spears, swords, halberds, axes, maces, hooks, forks—seventy-two types of weapons interlaced like rain, sweeping down from all sides.
Ding ding dang dang!
The clashing of metal resounded endlessly.
Lu Chenzhou did not draw his spear, climbing in silence.
In the Inner Scenery Land,
The artifact spirits’ expressions grew solemn.
"Is the young master aiming to challenge the Spiritual Weapon Zone this time?"
"If he succeeds in stepping in, it means he’s able to withstand a Seventh Realm attack—and that’s without relying on a Spiritual Weapon."
"No weapon aid, that’s tough."
Atop the mountain, the artifact spirits’ shadowy faces were varied.
"Can he make it?"
"Far too tough. Even the old patriarch, without spiritual weapon armor, could not withstand a Seventh Realm attack head-on with just a Sixth Realm cultivation."
"Among the great powers, only the Three Feet Dragon Emperor could manage, right? Within three feet, his defense is unmatched."
"The Three Feet Dragon Emperor is a master of the Yuji Dao."
"Wait—haven’t you noticed? Lu Chenzhou has a powerful Yuji Dao Essence on him as well."
"When did he master that?"
The artifact spirits whispered among themselves.
Lu Chenzhou’s gaze was determined.
He walked with hands behind his back, unmoved amid wind and rain, steady as a mountain.
Each War Soldier was repelled by his Golden Armor.
Even Sixth Rank Divine Weapons, as mighty as Supreme Divine Weapons, could only leave faint ripples of vibration upon his armor.
Hundreds of Sixth Rank weapons—none could break his defense.
Lu Chenzhou halted, inhaled deeply, and set his left foot into the Spiritual Weapon Zone. Not far ahead, the shadow of an old man in a mysterious robe with antlers rose up, transforming into a strange wooden staff.
"Young Lord Lu, have at thee!"
The strange wooden staff grew long against the wind, carrying the power of Heaven and Earth’s Wood Element. Green leaves sprouted, transforming into a ten-thousand-meter-tall Divine Tree.
The Divine Tree smashed downward like the Jingu Bang.
Yuanbao Mountain trembled.
Lu Chenzhou drew his spear, poised to strike.
Boom!
The Divine Tree collided with the Golden Armor.
In an instant, a Divine Dragon’s roar surrounded the skies, weakening thirty percent of the strike before fading away; then, Yuji Dao Essence transformed into dense armor plates, stacked like dragon scales—shattered by the blow, and another thirty percent of the strike was weakened. The last forty percent crashed onto the Immortal Armor, erupting in a blinding light!
Zi zi zi——
Fine cracks webbed over the armor’s surface, but, like the windshield of a car, did not shatter and scatter.
Residual tremors rippled through, stirring Lu Chenzhou’s flesh so his skin flickered and shimmered like a waveless lake broken by the wind.
"Hmm?"
The old man with antlers solidified, his eyes shocked.
The ape, the tiger-headed strongman, and other artifact spirits also fell silent.
"Blocked it?"
"Old Deer, was that your full strength?"
"Maybe you’ve gone soft with age."
"Ha! Even a Sixth Realm defense can’t be breached?"
Atop the mountain, the artifact spirits could not help but laugh.
The antlered elder cursed and grumbled.
"Nonsense, this is a mere trial. As a dignified High Grade Spiritual Weapon, of course I didn’t go all out. But I did use fifty percent, about the average level for an early Heavenly Realm in the Great Wilderness."
The Seventh Rank Spiritual Weapons all fell silent.
After a while, the Ape laughed: "Hahaha! Our Primordial Mountain Cave Heaven will soon rise again!"
The tiger-headed strongman said, "Though Old Deer isn’t adept at killing, he’s still a High Grade Spiritual Weapon. Chenzhou’s defense is indeed more than enough to withstand a single blow from an Early Stage Seventh Realm."
"Incredible. He hasn’t been back here in years and now even Yuji Dao is in his grasp. Kid Lu’s aiming to challenge the legendary triple Extreme Dao?"
"Unheard of through all the ages."
On the mountaintop, Star Undying Armor and Star-fixing Divine Pillar trembled with excitement—Lu Chenzhou’s performance exceeded all their expectations.
"Soon we’ll be free to descend too."
Lu Chenzhou descended the mountain.
"Holy Armor plus Yuji Dao plus Dragon Roar and Tiger Roar Technique—triple-layered defense. I too can clash against a Heavenly Realm unscathed. Though it’s only a single strike, my survivability is greatly improved, and with Void Dao at my disposal, if I sense danger, I flee."
In other words—
In the Human World, he cannot be killed.
Unless targeted by special means.
Old Mister Turtle beamed, "Little junior brother, did you receive the Three Feet Dragon Emperor’s inheritance during your travels?"
"I did not."
"Then this Yuji Dao—?"
"In the Kun Gu Realm, there is a Demon Emperor who was born comprehending Yuji Dao. I fought it, and thus gained enlightenment."
Lu Chenzhou spoke honestly.
Old Mister Turtle: "..."
He felt that Lu Chenzhou’s comprehension was soaring at a rate utterly beyond his understanding, growing exponentially.
He’d never been this exaggerated on first meeting—not that the boy lacked the potential for Great Power, but now, he truly couldn’t read him at all.
"Senior brother, I have mastered the Three Extremes Dao."
"Excellent! Keep going. To become a Great Power is to fully command a single Dao. The old patriarch only mastered Power Extreme in his time, and his battle strength ranked among the top ten Great Powers. If you can master all Three Extremes, your future’s immeasurable!"
Lu Chenzhou thought to himself: "From this, it seems that the level of Dao corresponding to Great Power is the [Master Dao Realm], and Divine is [Daoist Lord Realm]. How to advance from mastering Dao to becoming a Daoist Lord—that is the problem of becoming a God."
First Rank: Seeking Dao.
Second Rank: Seeking Dao.
Third Rank: Peeping Dao.
Fourth Rank: Entering Dao.
Fifth Rank: Practicing Dao.
Sixth Rank: Stopping Dao.
These are the Six Realms of Dao before the Eternal Immortal’s Breakthrough Eighth.
After reading the "Eternal Immortal’s Sketchbook", Lu Chenzhou learned that the Seventh Realm is [Stepping Dao], and he estimated that [Mastering Dao] should be the Ninth Realm—there remains an intermediate realm between them.
Nine is the ultimate number!
Cultivation has nine realms.
Dao too has nine realms.
Divinity is the ethereal Tenth Realm.
Between Nine and Ten yawns an Invisible Heavenly Chasm. Even the Four Emperors, mighty enough to slay ordinary Divine, are still just Ninth Realm.
The future path gradually falls into clarity.
As for how to become a Daoist Lord from Master Dao Realm?
The road will appear when the carriage reaches the mountain—no rush.
Lu Chenzhou returned to his cave.
He looked toward "Withering and Flourishing Body" on his Dao Tree.
In this epiphany, as the World Dao leveled up, the Withering and Flourishing Dao also surged. He wished to seize this impulse and evolve "Withering and Flourishing Body" into Supreme Divine Skill realm.
Stack the thickest armor.
Flee the fastest paths.
The two combined, he could wander the Human World at will.
...
Wanbang Council.
Northern Guardian King finished his cultivation and looked toward the Heavenly Person List.
[Lu Chenzhou: 36]
"Hmm? Another rise."
All these years past, with Lu Chenzhou absent from the Xia Realm and no battle records, his rank on the Heavenly Person List had actually once declined.
But the moment he returned, despite no battle achievements, he directly squeezed into the Top 100 with Middle Realm cultivation.
Just now he’d rocketed up to 36th place.
This bracket is full of the elites of the Heavenly King’s End Realm, even the End Realm. Northern Guardian King felt by instinct—if Lu Chenzhou went all out, he would be no less than a Top Ten Heavenly Person.
"Seems it won’t be long before Chenzhou can challenge my number one spot. I’d better prepare for a Breakthrough Seven as well.
With the Heavenly Person List’s empowerment, my Xia Realm now has hope of producing a thousand Heavenly Realms in the future, evolving a thousand unique sect Martial Souls. Through the Heavenly Person List’s Supreme Treasure connection, martial artists across the Three Thousand Worlds can all sense the Martial Soul, summon it across realms, aiding the development of martial arts.
A thousand Heavenly Realms will become the ancestors of ages, leaving legends carved upon the Chronicles of Time for the Three Thousand Worlds. The age ahead will be one of Martial Arts prosperity."
...
Time drifted by.
Yu Hang Base City.
During the war, most of the city’s population had migrated to Hang City or cave heavens; now only a fraction remained.
This day—
A thousand zhang below ground in the base city.
A woman with crimson eyes and red hair, clad in a green gauzy robe, quietly emerged. She sat cross-legged, palms together.
"Dance of World Devouring!"
Her red hair danced madly, piercing through the earth and stretching thousands of zhang to the surface, transforming into thick, blood-red vines that pierced forth, wrapped about the entire base city, and lifted it up. Warriors fighting to the death were instantly ensnared; their blood surged into the blood vines, thousands of people turned to withered corpses.
"Bang!"
The corpses all erupted in blossoms of blood flames.
"Fireworks truly are beautiful."
The red-haired woman licked her crimson lips, smiling.
"Bold demon evil!"
A furious shout rang out—a blade of sword light twisted like rivers and brooks, rending through the earth layers.
Yu Zhou of Jiangnan Wu University arrived.
Sword Qi swept by, erasing everything.
But where the woman once hid—empty.
Only a strange blood vine grew a human face.
"Yu Heavenly King, it’s not that I can’t fight you, but that I have other tasks. So long as us Demon Emperors do not care for the cost, how many humans can you truly save?"
"Blood Vine, you’re dead for sure. Even if you have countless clones, I’ll drag out every last one of you!"
Yu Zhou’s voice was cold as eternal ice.
Rage is one thing, but in truth, he was helpless against Blood Vine. All sorts of traps had been laid, even Emperor Hanu had revealed his might across distance, but even with a Seventh Realm’s strike, it was only a clone killed.
If the true body can’t be found, it’s meaningless.
...
Endless starry sky.
On some deserted star.
The red-haired woman opened her eyes.
Before her appeared a projection of Gu Yue Demon Venerable, who said in a low voice, "Be cautious. Lu Chenzhou is back."