Seeking Martial Dao in All Reborn Lives

Using the Holy Seed as a vessel, with True Essence as its core.

This was a terrifying attack that used the instant of the Holy Seed's self-detonation, harnessing the horrific Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi it unleashed to instantly ignite the Unquenchable Fire!!

Those five black, fleshy Demon Lotuses were no simple matter of flesh and blood. They were constructed entirely from True Essence. Even the Bloodline Species could only detach five of them, lest it damage its very foundation!

This was a trap set for Zhao Xuanqi, intended to deal him the most devastating blow right at the start of the battle!

BOOM!!

Within Shangjing, five enormous black Demon Lotuses formed from black Unquenchable Fire erupted toward the sky, and Zhao Xuanqi was at the very center of the horrific explosion.

This force didn't create a terrifying shockwave. Even the surrounding buildings were completely unharmed. The sacrifice of physical destructive power was exchanged for a horrific ability to destroy Life Primordial Qi.

In an instant, under the demonic black fire, the bodies of the high-ranking officials from Neon Headquarters who had accompanied him instantly atomized. Their Life Primordial Qi was utterly destroyed, leaving them without even a chance to resist.

The same was true for Seiichiro Shintani, commander of the Neon Far East Army.

In the final moment before the demonic fire erupted, the Dream Gu's spiritual control over him was released. Intense indignation flashed in his eyes.

'My grand ideals are yet to be realized, my ambitions are yet to be fulfilled! How can this... How can this be...'

'How can someone of my noble status die so easily? As shamefully as an ant crushed underfoot?'

However, no matter how indignant he was, in the face of powers that transcended the mortal world, his life was truly no different from that of an ant.

The terrifying black Demon Lotuses continued to swell amidst the explosion, lasting for a full half-minute before slowly contracting and turning to embers.

Then, Zhao Xuanqi's figure was revealed from within the fading flames.

The silver armor covering his body was tattered, and vast amounts of Silver Light Primordial Qi were rapidly dissipating. The black Unquenchable Fire roared across its surface, showing signs of melting the silver plates. At the same time, the Unquenchable Fire seeped through the gaps in the Qilin Armor like a burrowing pestilence, invading and destroying his body from within.

His clothes were shredded, and his skin was covered in a web of intersecting wounds.

The power of this blast was several times stronger than the explosions from Ba Wu and the Three Calamities Bird. After all, he was facing an existence on his own level. Furthermore, after gaining complete control of Li Zhenyuan's body, the Bloodline Species' power had been greatly enhanced, making it even stronger than it was during their battle two years ago.

Zhao Xuanqi's expression was grim, his gaze dark. He looked as if he had completely underestimated the intensity of his opponent's attack.

"Hahahahaha!!"

Just then, a booming laugh echoed out. A figure flickered out of a dark corner Zhao Xuanqi hadn't noticed, landing a short distance away and watching him with a mocking gaze.

"Surprised? Caught off guard? Did you think that just by condensing True Essence, you could be my equal? Have you forgotten how Li Zhenyuan fell all those years ago? My abilities are beyond anything you can imagine."

"Still, your overconfidence is a gift to me. Tonight, this all comes to an end."

A smirk touched the Bloodline Species' lips as the black Unquenchable Fire around its body billowed upward.

SKREEE!!

Taking the form of a monstrous bird, the terrifying Demon Phoenix—born from the combination of Li Zhenyuan's abilities and its own corrupting power—soared into the sky. Its scarlet eyes looked as if they could devour every living creature in the world.

At the same time, the ground beneath Zhao Xuanqi suddenly cracked open. CRACK! CRACK! A purple-black smoke seeped out from the fissures, possessing a seemingly horrific corrosive property that could dissolve anything it touched at the level of Primordial Qi.

And that wasn't all. HUMMM!! The surrounding scenery distorted violently, overlapping with afterimages. It was like a dream, and everything became surreal. A powerful spiritual fluctuation spread rapidly, assaulting Zhao Xuanqi's body.

Two of the Four Fiends, the Black Earth Dragon and the Dream Gu, had attacked simultaneously.

Their abilities might not pose a fatal threat to Zhao Xuanqi, but they were certainly enough to affect him.

In this surprise attack, the Bloodline Species had played all its cards, aiming for an absolutely foolproof victory.

It advanced step by step, in no rush to attack. Instead, it wanted to savor the changing expression on Zhao Xuanqi's face.

Shock, fear, panic, rage...

Yet, not a single one of the emotions it longed to see—not shock, not fear, not panic, not rage—appeared on Zhao Xuanqi's face.

In fact, even the grim look he wore vanished, replaced by a faint, knowing smile.

'He's smiling?'

"You've finally shown yourself. It seems playing along with your little act wasn't a waste of time after all."

Zhao Xuanqi looked at the familiar figure before him, the smile on his lips growing wider. "You're right. This all should end. And I won't be giving you another chance."

BOOM!!

All at once, a terrifying fluctuation of Primordial Qi erupted from Zhao Xuanqi's body—the same body that had seemed so grievously injured by the Demon Lotus explosion. The silver light became so dense it was almost tangible. Wisps of black Unquenchable Fire escaped from his pores as the wounds all over his body healed at a visible rate. The Silver Scale Armor on his skin rapidly repaired itself.

In the blink of an eye, he appeared to have returned to his peak condition.

The only reason he had appeared so battered was his fear that the Bloodline Species would retreat and go into hiding if its initial probe proved ineffective. If that happened, he truly would have had no way to deal with it in the short term.

Therefore, he had to feign weakness. And clearly, the Bloodline Species had bought it.

Or perhaps, it was simply that the Bloodline Species was supremely confident in itself.

Seeing Zhao Xuanqi in this state, the smile on the Bloodline Species' face froze, and its expression turned grim.

"It seems you have a few tricks up your sleeve. But so what? It changes nothing. I can feel it—the Primordial Qi in your body is greatly diminished. You can't hide that. The last attack truly did injure you. You're just putting on a brave face. Did you really think I'd fall for it?"

The Bloodline Species sneered. With a stomp of its foot, the terrifying Unquenchable Fire around its body surged, and it charged at Zhao Xuanqi.

"I told you, I won't give you another chance."

"Did you think I was joking?"

Zhao Xuanqi's expression was calm.

In the next moment—

BOOM!!

The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi began to vibrate violently. The Bloodline Species' pupils contracted. Through the translucent Qilin Armor on Zhao Xuanqi's body, it clearly saw the changes happening within him.

One hundred and eight points of light flickered within his body. The Primordial Qi extending from them connected these points, creating what looked like mysterious patterns emerging on the surface of his skin.

And at the crown of his head, his Baihui Acupoint suddenly burst open.

A terrifying torrent of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi poured into his body. The mysterious patterns began to circulate, converting the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi into his own Life Primordial Qi at a horrifying speed.

It was clear that the rate at which his Primordial Qi was being replenished far exceeded his rate of consumption. The Primordial Qi he had expended during the terrifying Demon Lotus explosion was being restored in an instant.

Converting Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi into one's own requires a process. If a person accepts too great an infusion of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi at once, they will undergo Rainbow Transformation, and the Primordial Qi will become a lethal poison instead.

But now, Zhao Xuanqi had, to a certain degree, shattered this limitation. He was relying on the fundamental nature of his body—a body that had been forged in Unquenchable Fire and relentlessly tempered until it was exceptionally firm and resilient. This constitution was so robust that it could withstand a massive infusion of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi for a time, without collapsing under the sheer force of its impact.

This was the true power of his "Indestructible" trait.

The Dragon Gate Secret Technique, as recorded in the Hundred Beasts Fist, only had entries for levels below that of a Divine General—a total of four gates.

He had now reached the apex recorded in the Hundred Beasts Fist manuals. For any other Martial Artist who practiced this style, he would have already completed the legendary "leap over the Dragon Gate"—the transition from man to Saint. For him, however, it was not the end.

The four gates of the Dragon Gate were the limit of the Hundred Beasts Fist, but they were not *his* limit.

'To have true, untethered freedom, one needs limitless power.'

'Otherwise, in the face of a greater existence, even a true dragon is nothing more than a powerful earthworm.'

His Dragon Gate Secret Technique would not be limited to just four gates.

And the state he was now displaying was a more powerful version of the Dragon Gate Secret Technique, one he had comprehended for himself after condensing his True Essence. It was also his final trump card, saved for the Bloodline Species.

The Dragon Gate, Fifth Gate.

Divine Sea!