High Martial Arts Era

Chapter 713 A New Path! Seventh-Order Quasi-Saint (6K)

"Knife!"

"Destroy!" The Dark Desolate Quasi-Saint's eyes were icy cold. His entire being seemed to merge into the battle blade, becoming one with the blade, unleashing a sky full of sword light.

His swordsmanship had no tricks; it was all about extreme speed and extreme destruction.

Extremely sharp.

Endless flashes of sword light swept towards Li Yuan.

"Boom!" "Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang clang!!" The sky was filled with the clash of spear and blade light. This was a battle between imperial weapons, and even more so, a clash between two terrifying wills.

Although Li Yuan held an absolute advantage in the exchange, with each strike capable of annihilating the blade light, even more blade light surged forth, almost engulfing Li Yuan.

It seemed that even the Dark Wilderness Quasi-Saint alone could completely entangle Li Yuan in a short period of time.

"The Blade of Dark Wilderness!"

"Such a fast blade! Anhuang's strength is much greater than before."

“Not only has Anhuang become stronger, but he can also just restrain the Heart Source Quasi-Saint… The Heart Source Quasi-Saint’s Imperial Weapon is powerful, but its Dao is obviously not profound enough, and it is rather clumsy.” The sixth-order Quasi-Saints of the Celestial Court are no less than Emperors in terms of their realm, so their vision is naturally very high.

After a long and fierce battle, they gradually figured out Li Yuan's true strengths and weaknesses. His moves were not particularly profound, but their power was extremely terrifying...

You can't beat Li Yuan in a head-on confrontation.

The best way to fight Li Yuan is to use a fast and versatile fighter who can prevent him from using his full strength.

"Destruction!" Li Yuan was completely absorbed in the battle with the Dark Desolate Quasi-Saint.

His spear technique was wide and sweeping, with each move possessing extreme power... While seemingly slower than the sword technique of the Dark Desolate Quasi-Saint, it was still vast and domineering.

Purely offensive, with no defense.

Occasionally, the blade light of the Dark Desolate Quasi-Saint would fall on Li Yuan... Li Yuan didn't care at all; after being weakened by his battle armor and divine body, such attacks caused him negligible damage.

"Kill!" The Quasi-Saint of Planet stared intently at Li Yuan, unleashing the full power of the Eternal Dao, and slammed his divine staff down.

The other sixth-tier quasi-saints also saw an opportunity, and either engaged in close combat or charged towards Li Yuan with their weapons, hoping to take this opportunity to completely defeat him.

"World Domain, Suppress." Even as Li Yuan's other true form unleashed the World Domain, enveloping the heavens and earth and exerting all its might to suppress the Quasi-Saints of the Celestial Court.

However, the combined power of twelve quasi-saints was indeed too great.

In particular, the close-combat combined efforts of the Planetary Quasi-Saint, the Golden Sun Quasi-Saint, and the Dark Wilderness Quasi-Saint, along with the ranged attacks of the other nine Quasi-Saints, completely blocked Li Yuan's advance. They even began to send Li Yuan's main battle body flying backward, gaining an absolute advantage.

Apparently!

When it came to a true life-or-death battle with an opponent of equal strength, Li Yuan's weakness in physical attacks was exposed... Compared to his powerful divine body and divine power, his marksmanship was far too weak.

but.

Domain advantage and divine body domain allow Li Yuan to easily withstand this level of combat, and his life force remains burning hot and endless.

"All fifth-tier quasi-saints, take action immediately."

"Try to break through the domain of the Quasi-Saint of the Heart Source." The Quasi-Saint of the Planet issued the order, which was the purpose of bringing so many fifth-order Quasi-Saints here.

Before they arrived, although they did not expect to kill Li Yuan, they still held a sliver of hope.

In close combat, fifth-tier quasi-saints have little chance of intervening, as the probability of their demise is too high... However, in large-scale group attacks and the ability to shatter domains, the combined effect of so many fifth-tier quasi-saints is much greater.

"rise!"

"attack!"

"Attack!" Nearly two hundred fifth-tier quasi-saints, with one mind, formed a simple combined attack formation with dozens of quasi-saints in a group, and launched a mighty attack on the world starlight that covered the heavens and the earth.

The combined power of this attack has already reached the Emperor Realm level.

In an instant, the world domain formed by Li Yuan's true body was under immense pressure and had to begin to shrink rapidly to protect itself. Immediately, the pressure on the domains of the Planetary Quasi-Saint and the Golden Sun Quasi-Saint weakened dramatically.

This made the situation for Li Yuan's main combat body seem even worse, as he was constantly being attacked.

only!

Neither the twelve sixth-order quasi-saints besieging Li Yuan, nor the numerous great quasi-saints watching from behind the scenes, nor even the emperors of the Celestial Court, were aware of Li Yuan's current state.

"destroy!"

"Kill!"

"In the life-or-death battle, in the midst of slaughter, one can find the heart of destruction." Li Yuan appeared to be besieged, but he was still completely immersed in his own understanding. Countless thoughts gathered in his mind, and countless deductions and insights into the Dao of Destruction, the Dao of Slaughter, and even the Great Dao of Destruction were converging.

Facing a group of sixth-tier quasi-saints besieging him, Li Yuan indeed had a hard time winning this battle, and was even at a disadvantage throughout.

With his domain, super-powerful divine body, and the combined power of his two true forms, Li Yuan could easily escape, since the Planetary Quasi-Saint and the Golden Sun Quasi-Saint couldn't stop him.

The reason Li Yuan never fled.

They were constantly fighting and killing.

It was through the swordsmanship of the Quasi-Saint of Dark Wilderness that his mind interacted with him, and he found the opportunity to break through.

Li Yuan's cultivation over the past thousands of years, especially his two thousand years of secluded cultivation in the secret chamber and the hundreds of years of cultivation after entering the God King realm, has enabled him to have a very deep understanding of the Great Destruction Dao and the Mind-Weapon Dao.

Breakthroughs in these two eternal paths are within reach.

But even though it seems so close, it feels like an eternity... Stuck in a bottleneck, no matter how efficient your deductions are, you can hardly make any progress. You must find that one sliver of opportunity to break through.

Many practitioners may be trapped at this bottleneck for their entire lives.

"What I lack is that heart of destruction, that heart of unwavering determination."

"In terms of understanding the Great Destruction, I am far inferior to Anhuang..." Many thoughts arose in Li Yuan's mind, and the aura of Great Destruction emanating from his entire body became increasingly astonishing.

"but."

"This is enough for me to pave the way. My deductions of profound mysteries only require the first step of constructing the framework." Li Yuan was engaged in a frenzied bloodbath, with countless sparks of inspiration rising.

It converges with past insights and deductive frameworks to the extreme.

at last!

"So that's how it is." Li Yuan's eyes changed. The Great Destruction Dao that he had envisioned in his heart finally took shape at this moment.

The eternal Tao is achieved!

Metamorphosis!

The moment the Great Destruction Path was fully conceived and born.

boom!
A terrifying aura of destruction erupted from Li Yuan, spreading in all directions. The Great Destruction Dao Intent, along with the previous World Dao Intent and Myriad Spirits Dao Intent, began to intertwine and converge, making Li Yuan's aura even more terrifying.

"The three eternal paths are showing signs of merging?" A thought flashed through Li Yuan's mind.

However, he didn't have time to think it over.

After all, this is a moment of life and death.

"Kill!" Li Yuan's cold gaze swept over the Planet Quasi-Saint, Golden Sun Quasi-Saint, and Purple Moon Quasi-Saint, and the Blood Calamity Spear in his hand erupted once more and thrust out.

One shot was fired.

Wow!
Same trick!
However, it was a completely different spear light. With the operation of the Great Destruction Dao, the original mystery of the Blood Calamity Spear was completely mobilized by Li Yuan, and the operation of the spear technique was also changing rapidly, with its power rising sharply.

Wherever the spear's edge reached, countless cracks appeared in space itself.

It should be noted that this is an immortal realm, where the space is extremely stable.

"Blade!" The Dark Desolate Quasi-Saint's battle intent soared to the heavens, his heart as sharp as a blade. He gripped the blade with both hands, and the dazzling blade light, carrying the intent of ultimate destruction, met the falling divine spear.

"Pong!"

A deafening explosion shook the heavens and the earth, a collision of two great destructive forces.

On one side, it's as if the universe is in motion, with endless origins converging to form the source of destruction.

On one side, it was like a ray of light that could annihilate heaven and earth, cutting through everything in its path.

There is no distinction between superior and inferior; it's just that the two cultivators have different understandings and deductive paths regarding the Great Destruction... In terms of absolute level, the Dark Wilderness Quasi-Saint is actually higher.

However, he felt a massive, destructive force surge forth, far surpassing anything before, causing him to involuntarily fly backward. Even the Emperor-grade battle blade trembled, and the divine body integrated into the blade subtly shook.

The gap in strength has become even more obvious.

"How is this possible? The power of this spear technique is much stronger than before. Great Destruction... His spear technique contains the Dao of Great Destruction. Has he opened up another Eternal Dao?" The Dark Desolate Quasi-Saint was extremely shocked. No matter how much he devoted himself to the sword and was not burdened by external things.

At that moment, his heart trembled.

Without the slightest hesitation, while flying backward, the Quasi-Saint of Dark Wasteland transmitted his voice to the others: "Be careful, it seems that the Heart Source has opened up the Great Destruction Path... His spear technique is faster and more ferocious, obviously stronger than before."

They had fought before.

When the Quasi-Saint of Dark Wasteland fought against Li Yuan, he could barely hold his own with his exquisite swordsmanship, but now he was no match for him at all.

"Kill!" Li Yuan blasted the Dark Desolate Quasi-Saint backward with a single spear thrust, then took a step forward and attacked like lightning, attempting to annihilate him completely.

It is better to cut off one of his fingers than to injure ten of them.

Although it seems like twelve sixth-tier quasi-saints are joining forces, Li Yuan only needs to kill one or two of them to reverse the situation, defeat them one by one, and eventually form an overwhelming advantage.

"quick!"

"Block him." Immediately, nine beams of purple light flew over, blocking Li Yuan's path. They were nine divine stones, intertwined to form strange Dao patterns, containing extremely terrifying power.

This is a magical treasure of a Quasi-Saint Wan Zhong. Although it is not an Emperor-level weapon, each individual divine stone is a top-tier God-King weapon, and the entire set of magical treasures is no less than many Emperor-level weapons.

"roll!"

Li Yuan didn't care about Wan Zhong, a Quasi-Saint. He saw the Blood Calamity Spear's hilt suddenly thrust backward, as if a huge world had fallen, smashing the nine divine stones and sending them flying in all directions.

"What?" Wan Zhong, the Quasi-Saint, exclaimed in horror.

"Xinyuan, stop." A burst of golden light swept in, and the Golden Sun Quasi-Saint once again charged forward, his speed being the fastest.

Wow! Wow!
The spear technique, seemingly intent on destroying everything, tore through the sky, easily shattering the countless golden lights. The spear tip spun, its speed soaring, and struck the body of the Golden Sun Quasi-Saint, causing his body to shatter layer by layer, revealing countless cracks and sharply reducing his life force.

One shot.

This caused significant harm to Jin Yang, the Quasi-Saint.

"This? The material attack has become so powerful? It has far surpassed the planet, and even if it is not yet at the seventh-order quasi-saint level, it is probably not far off." The expressions of the group of quasi-saints from the Celestial Court changed.

"Has the Great Destruction Path truly been opened?"

"Even a Quasi-Saint like Jin Yang would be injured if he directly intercepted him?"

"How many Eternal Paths has he actually opened up? Based on our senses from the battle, he should have opened up the World Path, the Path of All Spirits, and now he has opened up the Great Destruction Path?"

"Three supreme eternal paths?"

"A Quasi-Saint can open up three Eternal Paths at the same time? Can his divine status withstand it?" Many thoughts flashed through the minds of the Planet Quasi-Saint, the Golden Sun Quasi-Saint, and the Purple Moon Quasi-Saint, and they were all shocked.

There was also a hint of fear.

In the past, they believed that they had already achieved great success by opening up a top-tier eternal path and developing it to the third step.

Even those at the peak of the Emperor Realm or even the Sovereigns can only open up one more Eternal Path, and the newly opened Path is not necessarily a top-tier Eternal Path, let alone reach the fourth step.

But what did they see today?
How could a cultivator who had only cultivated for a few thousand years open up three top-tier eternal paths in one fell swoop at the God-King realm? This is truly a heart-stopping event.

"Block him first."

"There's no hope of beating him."

“We had the upper hand just now, but even if we join forces, we’re probably only on par with him now.” The Planetary Quasi-Saint and the Golden Sun Quasi-Saint dared not attack again and quickly formed a defensive stance, joining forces to resist Li Yuan’s attacks.

Almost simultaneously, they also relayed the message to the Celestial Court Emperors.

Wait for the Emperor Realm to make a decision.

……

Inside the Immortal Spirit Star City, in that separately constructed palace, over a thousand figures gathered, all watching the light projection in the center.

just now.

Everyone, including the four Emperor Realm experts such as Yu Shan Saint Ancestor and Qing Xian Saint Ancestor, remained relatively relaxed. After all, the combined strength of twelve sixth-tier Quasi-Saints had already suppressed Li Yuan... and the strength Li Yuan displayed was not as terrifying as they had anticipated. However, the palace was now completely silent.

"The Great Destruction Path?"

"A third supreme eternal path? One person cultivating three eternal paths?"

"This!" Yu Shan Saint Ancestor, Qing Xian Saint Ancestor, and the Black-Robed Emperor Realm all looked at each other, their eyes filled with horror, and even a trace of fear.

because!

They knew all too well what opening up the three eternal paths meant... it was a path to legend.

"A God-King Realm cultivator can bear three top-tier Eternal Daos; this is something a Ten-Star Vein cultivator absolutely cannot do." Ancestor Yushan said slowly, "The possibility of him having a perfect Ten-Star Vein... has exceeded 99%."

The so-called 99% is actually 100%.

"With the Planets and the others, they can't kill him. If he has a perfect ten-star vein, then his divine body and divine power should have reached the Emperor level," the black-robed Emperor said in a low voice.

"Before, there was still a glimmer of hope, but now?" Qingxian Saint Ancestor shook his head, his eyes filled with resentment.

“Three top-tier Eternal Paths. Perhaps each Eternal Path is not strong enough, and the strongest World Path has only taken the second step... But the combination of the three Eternal Paths, along with his divine body, is enough to make his combat power reach the seventh-order Quasi-Saint level.” Ancestor Yushan sighed softly.

Inside the hall, all the quasi-saints were completely silent.

A seventh-tier Quasi-Saint!
Or is he a seventh-tier quasi-saint whose divine body and power are comparable to those of an emperor? Wouldn't that be equivalent to an emperor?

"Planet, retreat." Ancestor Yushan gave the order: "If you continue to fight, you will be in danger of perishing. There is no need to add to the casualties."

"Yes."

"I will arrange a retreat immediately." The Quasi-Saint of Planet also knew the seriousness of the matter. In terms of endurance, how could they possibly match a perfect Ten-Star Pulse God-King?

But suddenly.

"Not good! Xin Yuan's marksmanship..." A cry of alarm rang out, instantly drawing everyone's attention to the projection on the light screen.

……

Inside the Palace of a Hundred Gods, the twelve Quasi-Saints of the Celestial Court were still working together to resist Li Yuan's attack. With their strength and the assistance of two hundred fifth-tier Quasi-Saints in the distance, protecting themselves was quite easy.

But they were unaware of it.

"The universe shares the same origin!" After Li Yuan opened the Great Destruction Dao, this wisp of eternal Dao intent was quietly imprinted into the origin of his inner universe.

The origin embodies the eternal Tao.

With a soft hum, countless star fields in the Inner Universe began to be affected by the Great Destruction Dao Intent, and countless planets underwent subtle changes.

The changes in the star system had no effect on Li Yuan.

The essential!

It is the origin of the Inner Universe... When the three eternal Dao intents converged at the same time, they silently began a mysterious fusion, which in turn caused a strange change in the origin of the Inner Universe.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~" The primordial Dao patterns intertwined, and the aura became increasingly powerful and vast.

It's as if a special kind of evolution has occurred.

"Three principles form the foundation."

“Building a Body from the Same Origin, this? This! This is the prototype of the Myriad Paths Sacred Body?” Li Yuan’s heart was filled with shock and disbelief.

because!

When the three eternal paths converge, the strange changes that arise spontaneously from the origin of the inner universe are strikingly similar to the framework of the origin law mentioned in "The Sacred Body of a Hundred Paths".

"How could this be?"

"wrong!"

“There are some differences… My inner universe's fundamental structure doesn’t seem to be perfect and stable yet.” Li Yuan had studied the Hundred Paths Sacred Body for two thousand years.

I am very familiar with the framework of the universe's origin based on the three paths.

With a single thought, Li Yuan noticed the difference.

The true 'Three Paths as the Foundation' is extremely stable and perfect, allowing the three eternal paths to be combined almost perfectly... However, the origin of one's inner universe only has the three eternal paths converging, not merging.

The most important point!
Within the origin of one's own inner universe, the convergence of three eternal Dao intents only affects less than half of the entire inner universe, and naturally cannot represent the operation of the entire inner universe's origin mysteries.

"Yes!"

“I understand.” Li Yuan’s current realm is so high, and his vision and knowledge are even higher. In a moment, he has already understood a lot: “Back then, the Hundred Paths Emperor only used two top-level eternal paths and one high-level eternal path to build his foundation.”

"And I have pioneered three supreme and eternal paths."

“The ultimate eternal path represents the ultimate operation of rules in a certain aspect... it represents a perfect state.” Li Yuan had vaguely understood everything: “Therefore, when the Dao intents of the three ultimate eternal paths converge, it is as natural as water flowing into a channel, and a Dao foundation is formed.”

Of course, all of this is predicated on the premise that Li Yuan's inner universe origin can bear three top-tier eternal paths.

His inner world is too perfect.

It has infinite possibilities.

Even if a ten-star pulse god-king opens up three top-tier eternal paths, it would be almost impossible for him to cultivate the "Hundred Paths Sacred Body".

Because their inner world origin is not strong enough to bear it.

"In other words, if I wanted to, I wouldn't even need to go to the Hundred Paths Emperor's Divine Palace anymore. I could cultivate the origin method of the Hundred Paths Sacred Body on my own?" Li Yuan understood this point: "And the foundation I build will be even stronger than that of the Hundred Paths Emperor, and my future achievements are expected to be even greater?"

but!

The thought had barely crossed his mind when Li Yuan rejected it.

because!

"It's not enough. My Inner Universe is still growing and can support even more top-tier Eternal Daos." Li Yuan thought to himself, "Three top-tier Eternal Daos are far from the limit of the Inner Universe's origin."

Four? Or even more?
Li Yuan understood that the potential of his Cosmic Divine Body was only fully unleashed after he entered the God King Realm... Its potential seemed to be much greater than that of the Hundred Paths Sacred Body, since the foundation of the Hundred Paths Sacred Body had already reached a limit.

Of course, the premise is that you can tap into this potential.

"Once the origin has reached its peak and embodies the ultimate eternal Dao... it won't be too late for me to draw upon the Hundred Dao Sacred Bodies to reconstruct the origin of the Inner Universe." Li Yuan made his decision.

“Three supreme eternal paths converge to form…” Li Yuan felt the special artistic conception generated by the origin of the inner universe.

This artistic conception originates from the very source of the inner universe.

It originates from three top-tier eternal paths, yet it is fundamentally different from any other top-tier eternal path. It is not a true fusion of Dao intent, but merely a special state of mind.

"Let's call it 'Primitive Realm' for now," Li Yuan thought to himself.

This embodies Li Yuan's expectations.

Perhaps, I can truly forge a path to ultimate power, tracing back to the eternal source of all things…

A path even more powerful than the Hundred Paths Sacred Body and the Cosmic Divine Body... Now, Li Yuan has only seen a glimmer of hope.

But at least there was hope.

"At least."

"This primordial realm is more powerful than any of my eternal paths." Li Yuan activated the origin of the inner universe, and with it, activated that realm.

The artistic conception evolves, becoming as profound and vast as the world, yet also intertwined with endless vitality and destruction.

It can also evolve into endless destruction, but at the end of destruction there is life, making it even more bizarre and unpredictable.

It can also evolve into the vitality of all things, but in the boundless wellspring of life, it also gives people a sense of destruction.

It has countless possibilities for evolution; it is a combination of three eternal paths, yet it subtly transcends them, containing unique power.

...When Li Yuan began to activate the primordial intent, the special intent he received also changed his aura, his domain, and his marksmanship.

"The world has arrived!"

With a thought in his mind, Li Yuan unleashed another true form, causing countless world particles to circulate once again, and the power of the domain was immediately and significantly enhanced.

Countless particles of the world intertwine to form the universe.

"Pong!"

"Bang~" "Bang~" The newly formed world domain easily withstood the combined attack of nearly two hundred fifth-order quasi-saints in the distance, and even had the power to suppress many sixth-order quasi-saints.

"not good."

"The domain of the Quasi-Saint of Heart Source has become even stronger."

"How is this possible? The Great Destruction Path has just been opened, how could it make the domain stronger?" The expressions of the Planet Quasi-Saint, Golden Sun Quasi-Saint, and Purple Moon Quasi-Saint all changed, feeling that the domain's constraints on them were even stronger.

This suppressed their material attacks, flight speed, and so on.

"The aura of a Quasi-Saint of the Heart Source."

"It's changing, what kind of Dao intent is this?" A group of sixth-order Quasi-Saints all sensed the rapid change in Li Yuan's aura and felt a sense of unease.

"retreat."

"Retreat!" The Quasi-Saints of Planet and Golden Sun were filled with shock and anger. They dared not delay and tried their best to fly backward, attempting to create distance between themselves and Li Yuan's main battle body.

"Want to go?"

"Don't you think it's too late?" Li Yuan activated the Primal Intent to unify the three Eternal Dao Intents, and felt that everything was extremely smooth. He thrust out the Blood Calamity Spear in his hand once again.

Just one shot!
The Blood Calamity Spear changed completely at this moment.

"Wow!"

A streak of blood-red light seemed to appear between heaven and earth! No, it was much faster than light! So fast that the twelve sixth-order quasi-saints barely had time to react.

puff!

This beam of light struck the nearest Dark Desolate Quasi-Saint, instantly piercing through his body and nearly causing it to explode, drastically reducing his life force.

"Me? This!" The Dark Desolate Quasi-Saint was dumbfounded.

Much better!
The power of this spear was far greater than the spear that Li Yuan had used when he first opened the Great Destruction Path. Even though his body was tough, he was still almost killed.

"quick!"

"Stop!" The other sixth-order quasi-saints were shocked and furious upon seeing this. They disregarded why Li Yuan's strength had surged again and even used their imperial weapons to try to resist.

"Die." Li Yuan's killing intent was terrifying.

After the creation of the original artistic conception, Li Yuan's strength has risen to a whole new level, much stronger than before, in terms of the mystery of spear techniques.

Even though it's still not as good as these sixth-tier quasi-saints, the gap has narrowed considerably.

Not to mention Li Yuan's unparalleled divine physique.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The Blood Calamity Spear danced, and terrifying beams of light pierced the sky. The first three beams of blood light easily blocked the attacks of eleven sixth-level quasi-saints.

The last two beams of light struck the Dark Desolate Quasi-Saint in quick succession. The first strike completely blasted away his battle blade, and the second strike hit his body again.

moment!

The already severely injured Dark Desolate Quasi-Saint could no longer resist and his body was completely annihilated, leaving only his battle sword, storage magic treasures, and other treasures.

Dark Desolate Quasi-Saint, die!

This shot was the second move of the Emperor Realm's ultimate technique, "Destruction Light"!

When Li Yuan opened the Great Destruction Path and activated it with the Primal Intent, he directly unleashed this move, a pure killing technique.

With this technique, Li Yuan's physical attack has truly reached the seventh-order quasi-saint level.

"It's your turn." Li Yuan's gaze swept over the other sixth-tier quasi-saints.

A murderous intent surged forth.

The Quasi-Saints of Planet, Golden Sun, and Purple Moon felt a chill in their hearts, and even a sense of despair arose.

The power gap is too great.

They were not facing one seventh-tier quasi-saint... but two! And these were seventh-tier quasi-saints who were flawless in many aspects, such as material defense, material attack, and domain.

(End of this chapter)