Chapter 361: Enlightenment (3)

When Dao Rhyme surged forth, it devoured.

With each wisp it devoured, the light grew a fraction brighter.

From a firefly’s glow to a candle’s flame.

From a candle’s flame to a Sword Aura.

Growing ever brighter.

Ever sharper.

Ever more impossible to look at directly.

Liang Cheng simply watched in silence as these three True Intents absorbed, grew, and transformed on their own.

‘This is the Mayfly Life Chart.’

‘Utterly without bottlenecks.’

‘When enough has been accumulated, a breakthrough naturally occurs.’

‘If not enough has been accumulated, it cannot be forced.’

And right now, enough had been accumulated.

It was unknown how much time had passed.

Perhaps an instant.

Perhaps a month.

Within his Sea of Consciousness, the ring of a blade suddenly echoed.

VMMMM—

The Blade Intent began to vibrate.

It was the tremor of an imminent emergence from a chrysalis.

The blade’s ring grew louder and louder.

More and more impassioned.

Finally—

BOOM!!!

The Blade Intent exploded!

The illusory shadow of the blade suddenly solidified!

It transformed into a real blade!

Its body was long and slender, its edge was fierce, and its spine was thick and heavy.

It was pitch-black all over, yet it glinted with a sinister, cold light.

It hung suspended above his Sea of Consciousness, rotating slowly.

With every rotation, a wave of Blade Intent emanated from it.

That Blade Intent was more than ten times stronger than before!

What was even more terrifying was—

It no longer required Liang Cheng to activate it.

It was just there.

He had achieved true mastery; his intent now followed his will.

With a mere thought, Blade Intent manifested.

Liang Cheng’s will stirred slightly.

The Blade Intent slashed out from his Sea of Consciousness!

Slashing into the void!

BOOM!!!

Above the Sea of Divine Soul, a blade of light a hundred zhang long exploded forth!

It tore the void asunder!

Before the blade’s light could even dissipate, another roar echoed.

The Fist Intent exploded!

At the bottom of Liang Cheng’s Sea of Consciousness, the mountain suddenly expanded!

It transformed into a real mountain!

Its peak was out of sight, towering and majestic!

It sank to the bottom of his Sea of Consciousness, suppressing everything.

Fist Intent like a mountain.

Intent followed his will.

With a mere thought, Fist Intent manifested.

Liang Cheng’s will stirred slightly.

The Fist Intent blasted out.

BOOM!!!

Above the Sea of Divine Soul, the shadow of a fist a hundred zhang wide exploded forth!

Like a mountain, like a great peak!

The void trembled!

Immediately after, the ring of a sword resounded!

That stream of light suddenly erupted!

It transformed into a blade of sword light!

Unmatched in its ferocity!

Unmatched in its sharpness!

It hung suspended above his Sea of Consciousness, on par with the Blade Intent.

Sword Intent like a rainbow.

Intent followed his will.

With a mere thought, Sword Intent manifested.

Liang Cheng’s will stirred slightly.

The Sword Intent stabbed out from his Sea of Consciousness!

A hundred-zhang Sword Aura!

Tearing the firmament apart!

All three True Intents broke through simultaneously!

[Blade Intent: Middle Level (1/200,000)]

[Fist Intent: Middle Level (1/200,000)]

[Sword Intent: Middle Level (1/200,000)]

Within his Sea of Consciousness, the three intents hung suspended.

The Blade Intent was in the center, like a king holding court.

The Fist Intent was below, like a foundation suppressing a great mountain.

The Sword Intent was above, its sharp edge tearing through the void.

The three True Intents each had their place, each their function.

Just then—

BOOM!!!

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from the outside world surged into his body as if in a frenzy!

Beneath the Enlightenment Stele, the Dao Rhyme churned like a tide, pulling the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from all directions and gathering it madly toward Liang Cheng!

Spiritual Qi entered his body!

Within his meridians, the ice-blue and fiery-red Pill Qi instantly came to a boil!

The body moves with the spirit!

A Perfect Dao Foundation like Liang Cheng’s was unprecedented in the history of the Penglai Sect!

The Ice Soul Scripture circulated wildly!

The Heaven-Burning Scripture circulated wildly!

The Crossing the Sea True Intent Full Chapter circulated!

All three Cultivation Techniques were pushed to their absolute limits at the same time!

The Ice Dragon and the Fire Dragon roared and galloped through his meridians, absorbing the surging Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, growing larger and stronger!

BOOM!!!

[Ice Soul Scripture, First Layer: Minor Success (51,243/150,000)]

The Ice Dragon roared at the heavens, its body doubling in size!

At the same time, the Fire Dragon refused to be outdone!

[Heaven-Burning Scripture, First Layer: Minor Success (50,876/150,000)]

The Fire Dragon broke through as well!

The two giant dragons, one of ice and one of fire, coiled and intertwined within his meridians. The total amount of Pill Qi in Liang Cheng’s body was now more than twice as strong as it was before the breakthrough!

Just at this moment—

From the depths of his Sea of Consciousness, a brilliant golden light suddenly erupted!

That drop of Divine Soul Liquid, like a sun, once again burst forth with a blinding golden light!

Wherever the golden light passed, the entire Sea of Consciousness turned gold!

The Blade Intent trembled!

The Fist Intent thundered!

The Sword Intent let out a long cry!

Within the golden light, it was as if the three True Intents had come alive!

They were no longer just floating there silently.

The Blade Intent slowly rotated.

The Fist Intent slowly ascended.

The Sword Intent slowly descended.

They were drawing closer, searching for their places relative to each other.

Liang Cheng was startled.

He had tried to fuse them before, but the three True Intents had rejected each other violently, as incompatible as fire and water.

‘But now, under the illumination of the Divine Soul Liquid’s golden light, and with the help of the ancient Dao Rhyme from the Enlightenment Stele, they’re actually approaching each other on their own?’

DONG—

The toll of a great bell echoed in his Sea of Consciousness.

DONG— DONG— DONG—

The chiming continued, like the morning bell and the evening drum, striking upon the three True Intents.

With every toll, the three True Intents drew a fraction closer.

With every toll, the three True Intents grew a fraction more in harmony.

At the same time, the Dao Rhyme from the Enlightenment Stele continued to pour ceaselessly into his Sea of Consciousness.

This Dao Rhyme was no longer being absorbed by the individual True Intents. Instead, it transformed into streams of profound patterns, flowing, sketching, and weaving between the three intents.

It was as if it was weaving a net.

In a flash of inspiration, a realization dawned on Liang Cheng.

He closed his eyes, immersing his consciousness within.

The three True Intents formed a perfect, closed loop.

Head to tail.

An endless cycle of creation.

A phrase suddenly surfaced in Liang Cheng’s mind:

‘One begets two, two begets three, and three begets all things.’

The moment the thought formed—

BOOM!!!

The Blade Intent was still in the center.

The Fist Intent was still below.

The Sword Intent was still above.

But between them, connections visible to the naked eye had appeared.

Like threads of silk.

Like chains and shackles.

They bound the three tightly together.

When the Blade Intent moved, the Fist Intent followed and the Sword Intent responded.

When the Fist Intent moved, the Sword Intent followed and the Blade Intent responded.

When the Sword Intent moved, the Blade Intent followed and the Fist Intent responded.

When one moved, all moved.

When one was still, all were still.

A trinity.

Liang Cheng opened his eyes.

A three-colored light flashed in his eyes and vanished.

He raised his hand and made a grasping motion in the air.

The Blade Intent emerged.

The Fist Intent followed.

The Sword Intent responded.

All three True Intents were activated at once!

But this time, it was not a simple addition.

The blade was Heaven, residing above and governing slaughter.

The fist was Earth, residing below and providing the foundation.

The sword was Man, residing in the center and providing the sharp edge.

Heaven, Earth, and Man—the Three Talents were established.

The three True Intents each had their function, each displayed their strengths, yet they were also a seamless whole, indistinguishable from one another.

Their power was more than twice what it had been when they were simply added together!

Although he had not yet truly fused the three Martial Dao True Intents, he could already see the path forward.

The trinity of Three Talents.

He had already taken a step forward.

It was just as the records in the Scripture Pavilion described.

If one could fuse their Martial Dao True Intents, they could establish their own sect!