Chapter 362 - 272: Qilin Divine General

’Zhao Xuanqi actually broke through my spiritual influence!!’

The mysterious man’s expression was twisted with fury. He had used various techniques, yet his opponent had shattered them all!

Yet the more this happened, the more his killing intent blazed.

CRACK! CRACK!!

As his blazing killing intent surged, his body suddenly emitted a series of dull thuds. Cracks appeared on the surface of his skin, and Black Flame seeped out from the fissures, seeming to cause him immense pain.

"It’s not over yet!!"

The mysterious man suddenly channeled his Force and vanished into the night sky as if he had teleported.

Within the battlefield.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Zhao Xuanqi’s breakthrough was still underway.

The Dragon Soul Sixth Acupoint, the Gate of the Ear—shattered!

The Dragon Soul Seventh Acupoint, Bright Eyes—shattered!

The Dragon Gate Eighth Acupoint, the Divine Court—shattered!

Under the command of his will, his body’s Qi and Blood acted as an invincible army, rampaging unopposed as it smashed through every single barrier.

At last, the army of Qi and Blood that had conquered its way through his body converged from all directions, successfully mustering at the highest point of the human form. It prepared to assault the most critical barrier of all.

The body’s apex: the Baihui Acupoint!

The head is the Six Yang Leader, and the Baihui Acupoint is the leader of that leader!

Upon reaching this point, the conquering army of Qi and Blood faltered for a moment, as if it had encountered an impassable natural barrier. Despite its overwhelming numbers, it seemed impossible to break through.

"Break!!"

Zhao Xuanqi let out a low growl. His will surged forth, and like an iron-willed general taking command of his Qi and Blood, he launched a furious assault on the Baihui Acupoint.

BOOM!!

The barrier of the Baihui Acupoint offered only a moment’s resistance before being shattered in a single strike!

With Baihui open, his will and Qi and Blood broke free from the confines of his body and connected with heaven and earth!

In that instant, Zhao Xuanqi’s eyes and consciousness were flooded by an endless light. This light seemed to be born from within his own body, shattering some unknown limit.

A spiritual light, born from within, like a blazing sun at dawn...

At this very moment, Zhao Xuanqi experienced what he had read about in the *Biography of the Cyan Dragon Gate Divine General*.

The intense light vanished as quickly as it appeared. As the radiance subsided, the world before Zhao Xuanqi’s eyes was made new, as if he had been granted a second birth.

This was no exaggeration. To reach the Divine General realm and connect with heaven and earth was truly like being granted life a second time.

A fish leaping the Dragon Gate, a metamorphosis of life itself!

The Nine Dragon Soul Acupoints corresponded to the eyes, ears, mouth, and nose—the body’s crucial channels for perceiving the outside world.

In one’s first life, as a mere mortal, the senses are clouded, making it impossible to see the true essence of the world.

But Zhao Xuanqi was different now. Having broken through to the Divine General realm, his acupoints were open, Qi and Blood flooded his mind, and his connection to heaven and earth allowed him to perceive more of the world’s underlying truth.

Now, to his eyes, the world was veiled in a hazy, shimmering layer—part faint light, part mist. Every object possessed its own distinct color, some bright, some dim, all unique.

A red lotus, a white leaf—each had its own true color.

When Chaos was first parted, the one Qi gave birth to all creation.

All things in the world possess Qi. It is the fundamental energy that nurtures creation, from the smallest actions of a living being—their every move and moment of rest—to the shifting of mountains and rivers, and even the turning of the cosmos. Everything is propelled and driven by "Qi".

With abundant Qi, the body is strong. When Qi scatters, the body dies.

However, ordinary life, bound by the limits of their mortal forms, can only partially replenish their expended "Qi" through eating. Even masters of the Harmony realm are no exception.

But at the Divine General realm, everything changes.

The brain is enhanced, the five senses undergo a metamorphosis, and food is no longer the sole means for such beings to acquire "Qi". They can directly subdue the Qi of heaven and earth and make it their own.

To achieve divine enlightenment, to subsist on Qi and become Undying.

In his past life, this was the Celestial Human Realm!

And now, with his Baihui Acupoint open and connected to heaven and earth, Zhao Xuanqi possessed this very ability!

BOOM!!

With a sweep of his will, the hazy, shimmering light of the surrounding environment was instantly drawn into his body, a powerful energy cleansing his entire frame.

Skin, flesh, bone... down to the very depths of his cells.

Under the infusion of Qi, the stamina he had expended in battle was rapidly recovering. The numerous grievous wounds on his body began to heal at a rate visible to the naked eye. An unprecedented feeling of power surged from within him, and his Qi and Blood let out a roar like that of a true dragon awakening.

As he broke through to this new realm and connected with heaven and earth for the first time, his body was like a dry sponge, absorbing power at an incredible rate.

The entire process seemed to take a long time, but this was an illusion created by the incredible acuity of his mind during the breakthrough. In reality, only a brief moment had passed.

The four restricted-level masters had only just recovered from the reverberations of Zhao Xuanqi’s thunderous roar when they launched another attack.

A Light Blade spun through the air, a giant palm pressed down from above, and twin blades closed in on his body.

This time, Zhao Xuanqi’s eyes were perfectly calm.

BOOM!!

His Spiritual Secret Technique flared to life. The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi roiled, and a silver light shot skyward. It spread like overlapping ocean tides, surging dozens of meters into the air.

Wherever it passed, the Fog receded, no longer able to stand in its way.

Now, in terms of the fundamental nature of his power, Zhao Xuanqi was already superior to Jiang Feiyu. Unless Jiang Feiyu completely unleashed his Holy Seed, he might not even be worthy of comparison!

「Outside.」

The people from the Divine Land and Neon were still watching the developments of the battle within the Fog with rapt attention.

VMMMM!!

Suddenly, everyone saw it clearly: from within the fog-shrouded battlefield, a brilliant silver light erupted, tearing through the shroud of Fog and shining with incomparable radiance in the night sky.

The silver light first coalesced into the shape of a giant Holy Beast—a Qilin. Then, the Qilin transformed, taking on a humanoid shape. It was no longer a simple Beast Form. Instead, much like when Zhao Xuanqi used his Dragon Form Secret Skill, the Qilin’s essence became a suit of armor. Its scales were fearsome, its presence divinely martial and extraordinary. It stood aloof, gazing down upon the world. This fusion of human and holy forms was like a Celestial God descending to the mortal realm and revealing its true body.