Chapter 360 - 167: Enlightenment (Part 2)

He murmured to himself,

"Man follows the law of the Earth, the Earth follows the law of Heaven, Heaven follows the law of the Dao, and the Dao follows its own nature."

As his voice fell.

BOOM!!!

Chaos erupted!

Countless streams of Dao Rhyme cascaded down like a waterfall!

They surged into his Sea of Consciousness!

Liang Cheng felt as if his Sea of Divine Soul was about to burst!

The Crossing the Sea True Intent within him began to circulate wildly!

What is the cultivation path for an ordinary person?

Refining Essence and Transforming Qi, condensing a True Pill, and achieving Core Formation.

This is the first step.

Then comes Qi Refining and Divinity Transformation.

One uses Pill Qi to nourish the Divine Soul, and the Divine Soul to nourish the Martial Dao True Intent.

This is a long and arduous process.

It requires a Cultivation Technique, resources, and time.

More importantly, it requires a Refining Spirit Skill.

Without a Refining Spirit Skill, one cannot undergo Qi Refining and Divinity Transformation.

Without Qi Refining and Divinity Transformation, one cannot nourish their Martial Dao True Intent.

Thus, for ordinary people, the progress of their Martial Dao True Intent is slow.

This is because they use their body as a boat to cross the sea and attain the Dao.

The boat is slow and the sea is vast, so progress is slow.

But they have no other choice.

Because Martial Dao True Intent must be borne by the Divine Soul.

If the Divine Soul is weak, the True Intent will be unstable.

If the Divine Soul is weak, the True Intent will be impure.

Therefore, they must first cultivate their Divine Soul before nurturing their True Intent.

Step by step, they must proceed slowly.

But Liang Cheng was different.

His Martial Dao True Intent had already taken the lead.

He was using his Intent as the boat.

Using his Martial Dao True Intent as a ship to cross the Sea of Divine Soul.

This was like ordinary people swimming in the sea, inching forward bit by bit.

But he was on a speedboat, riding the wind and cleaving through the waves!

Under his Mayfly Life Chart, his Martial Dao True Intent had no bottlenecks. The only limit was his own physical and mental endurance. As long as he could bear it, his Martial Dao True Intent could advance indefinitely.

In this moment of Enlightenment, Liang Cheng realized he had been on the wrong path. He could directly seize the Dao Rhyme of heaven and earth to, in turn, nourish his Divine Soul and his Cultivation!

The spirit leads.

The body follows.

At this moment, irrigated by the Dao Rhyme from the Enlightenment Stele, refined by the Crossing the Sea True Intent, and illuminated by the golden light of the Divine Soul Liquid, his three Martial Dao True Intents began to soar wildly!

Blade Intent.

Fist Intent.

Sword Intent.

They were like three great trees, desperately absorbing the nourishment of the Dao Rhyme!

Growing taller and taller!

Growing stronger and stronger!

Closer and closer to their limits!

Closer and closer to the brink of a breakthrough!

Liang Cheng lost track of time.

Perhaps it was a day.

Perhaps it was ten.

He only knew that his three True Intents were growing frantically.

Finally—

[Blade Intent: Basic Level (90,000/100,000)]

[Fist Intent: Basic Level (90,000/100,000)]

[Sword Intent: Basic Level (90,000/100,000)]

He was just a hair’s breadth away.

Just a little more and they would break through to the Middle Level.

But that tiny gap was like a paper-thin wall he just couldn’t pierce.

It wasn’t a bottleneck.

Rather, his own Cultivation Realm had become the hindrance. It hadn’t kept pace with his Martial Dao True Intent and had thus become the new bottleneck.

But Liang Cheng wasn’t worried. This was the fastest progress he could possibly make at the moment.

’The Mayfly Life Chart means there are no true bottlenecks.’

’Once I’ve accumulated enough, the breakthrough will come naturally.’

’If I haven’t, it can’t be forced.’

Now, his spirit had forged ahead.

Next, it was time for his body to catch up.

The boundless Dao Rhyme and endless Spiritual Qi, guided by his Martial Dao True Intent, began to surge into his meridians!

The Ice Soul Scripture!

It began to circulate wildly!

Within his meridians, ice-blue Pill Qi surged like a raging river!

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from the outside world churned. Liang Cheng’s Divine Soul perceived the Dao Rhyme while his body absorbed the Spiritual Qi, growing frantically stronger under the influence of the Crossing Sea True Intent Technique!

Beginner Level, twenty thousand.

Beginner Level, thirty thousand.

Beginner Level, forty thousand.

Beginner Level, fifty thousand!

BOOM!!!

The Ice Soul Scripture broke through!

Minor Success!

[Ice Soul Scripture First Layer: Minor Success (1/150,000)]

The Heaven-Burning Scripture!

It too circulated wildly!

Fiery-red Pill Qi galloped and roared through his meridians!

Beginner Level, twenty thousand.

Beginner Level, thirty thousand.

Beginner Level, forty thousand.

Beginner Level, fifty thousand!

BOOM!!!

The Heaven-Burning Scripture broke through!

Minor Success!

[Heaven-Burning Scripture First Layer: Minor Success (1/150,000)]

Both Cultivation Techniques broke through to Minor Success simultaneously!

Within his body, the ice-blue and fiery-red streams of Pill Qi were like two great dragons. They surged through his meridians and converged in his dantian!

The Ice Dragon and Fire Dragon had originally remained clearly distinct, never interfering with one another.

But now, under the influence of the external Dao Rhyme and harmonized by the Crossing the Sea True Intent, they began to approach each other!

Ice and fire began to merge!

The total volume of his Pill Qi more than doubled!

Inside Liang Cheng’s body, his Pill Qi seemed to boil!

His Cultivation soared past the Core Formation Early Stage!

Core Formation Middle Stage!

Liang Cheng took a deep breath, suppressing the boiling Pill Qi within him, and opened his eyes.

Before him, the Enlightenment Stele still stood silently.

But the streams of Dao Rhyme still hovered above it.

He closed his eyes and resumed his seated meditation.

Now that his Cultivation had advanced, the bottleneck shackling the progress of his Martial Dao True Intent was broken.

’Now is the time to press forward.’

His consciousness sank into his Sea of Divine Soul.

Blade Intent, ninety thousand.

Fist Intent, ninety thousand.

Sword Intent, ninety thousand.

Just a hair’s breadth away.

All it needed was that final push.

Liang Cheng didn’t try to force it. He sat quietly beneath the Enlightenment Stele as countless streams of Dao Rhyme flowed into his Sea of Divine Soul, their presence like the tolling of morning bells and evening drums, awakening his spirit.

The vast Dao Rhyme flooded in.

One stream.

Two streams.

Three streams.

Countless streams of Dao Rhyme, like creeks flowing into a great river, poured into his Sea of Consciousness, into his True Intents.

His Blade Intent trembled slightly.

Like a true blade suspended above his Sea of Consciousness, edge pointed down, it voraciously devoured the incoming Dao Rhyme.

With every stream of Dao Rhyme it absorbed, the blade’s form became more solid.

The once-illusory shadow of the blade gradually gained a distinct outline.

It gained substance.

It gained a sharp edge.

His Fist Intent was the same.

It was like a mountain resting at the bottom of his Sea of Consciousness.

As the Dao Rhyme surged in, it absorbed it.

With each stream it absorbed, the mountain grew taller.

From a hill to a great peak.

From a great peak to a mountain range.

Ever higher.

Ever more massive.

Ever more majestic.

His Sword Intent was the most piercing of all. With the Ling Frost Short Sword at its core, it was as if it now had a helmsman. Like a streak of light, it darted through the Sea of Consciousness.