Eternal Night

Chapter 782 The Return of All Laws to Their Origin and the Appearance of the Main Storyline

Wu Pifu was enlightened by Adam's blow, as if struck on the head, and all sorts of insights flooded into his mind.

This kind of insight came much faster than reading a textbook directly. Especially for that final strike, Adam truly put his heart and soul into it, almost imparting to him the martial arts realm that the divine vision had simulated and surpassed, revealing all its secrets, and even completely abandoning his own defense.

This hands-on teaching surpasses words, especially in areas where it can be understood intuitively, and it can convey almost everything.

Wu Pifu understood everything!
When martial arts reach the level of "seeing the gods and not being destroyed," it is the true limit for mortals. It is the ultimate state of a mortal's control over their body, from body to mind, from which there is no further progress.

Therefore, to transcend the indestructible realm of seeing gods, one must transcend the ultimate constraints of mortals, allowing mortals to ascend and reach new heights. Only in this way can one break through the highest realm of martial arts and reach a new level.

In short, mortals should not even think about breaking through to the level of seeing gods and not being destroyed. That is not something that mortals can comprehend. Even if they have some vague understanding of it, they will never be able to fully express it.

Just now, even if Adam hadn't been attacked by Wu Pifu, his spiritual body wouldn't have been able to withstand a level above martial arts, and he would have naturally collapsed in a few dozen seconds at most.

"I see. The beginning of any extraordinary path originates from the strengthening, adaptation, and evolution of the mortal realm, regardless of whether there is a source of pollution. Its peak is the life limit that the extraordinary path can reach. But no matter what the limit is, to break through the limit, one must transcend from the mortal realm. This is true for any extraordinary path!"

Wu Pifu's mind raced, recalling countless stories, including novels, comics, animations, movies, and tales of extraordinary powers. Almost all of these extraordinary systems featured one or more ultimate transformation stages; for example, the ascension of mortals to immortality in cultivation was a famous example.
All extraordinary beings are like this: when they reach the end of the mortal stage, they inevitably need to transcend and ascend, ultimately becoming an elevated being from a mortal.

All paths may differ, but they will inevitably lead to one!

The "seeing the divine and not being destroyed" aspect of Chinese martial arts is actually the means, methods, and process of achieving sublimation through the path of Chinese martial arts.

Because traditional Chinese martial arts involve almost no pollution, this extraordinary path is not very powerful. It exists more as a hub for controlling power. The amount of pollution involved in the process of becoming a sublimated body is also very small, almost negligible. This has its advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that without pollution, the essence after sublimation will be very pure and consistent with itself. And purity is itself a great power.

However, the same applies to the extraordinary. Because the pollution is minimal, the improvement gained from sublimation is also minimal. The qualitative change it produces is almost limited to rank, with very little increase in the essential limit. Even sublimation using the national martial arts system cannot produce a sublimated body, which is the kind of combat form that is hundreds or thousands of meters long. Basically, after sublimation using national martial arts, the human body is still a human body.

But this was precisely what made Wu Pifu ecstatic; it was exactly what he wanted.

Human bodies are great! Pure-blooded humans should have human bodies!
Moreover, although his essential limits have been improved very little, he is a seed of the ultimate path, capable of obtaining countless extraordinary paths. Now, through his understanding of the indestructible nature of Chinese martial arts, he knows that after each extraordinary path is mastered to its peak and breaks through, there is a unique path of sublimation belonging to that extraordinary path. With the advantage of being a seed of the ultimate path, coupled with the unique and pure qualities of the sublimation of Chinese martial arts, he might just be able to achieve a true return to the origin of all laws...

"Using the path of sublimation through the extraordinary means of Chinese martial arts as the core of my sublimation, and then connecting it with other extraordinary paths of sublimation, I can maintain my pure essence as a pure-blooded human while enhancing the total amount of my sublimation essence. Does this mean I am about to embark on a super sublimation path that no one has ever walked before?"

Wu Pifu's mind wandered for a moment, but he quickly composed himself and began to memorize all the insights he had just gained about the path to the sublimation of Chinese martial arts.

The path to transcendence in traditional Chinese martial arts perfectly aligns with its essence, meaning it involves virtually no contamination.

"Because there is no pollution, Chinese martial arts cannot enhance the physical body with special energy that does not belong to the human body, like other extraordinary paths. Its sublimation also relies entirely on the human body and life itself. It is the unity of the body, spirit, and soul. First, one reaches the state of 'seeing the divine without being destroyed,' gradually raising the subtle control to the extreme. One can see the deep changes in cells, and then understand the connection between the body and the spirit, gradually moving from the body to the spirit and consciousness. This is the limit of Chinese martial arts, the pinnacle of 'seeing the divine without being destroyed.'"

"After reaching this stage, one must regard oneself as a world, with the physical body as the outer wall and membrane of the world, and the spirit and consciousness as the core and unifying consciousness of the world, forming the so-called Heavenly Mind Consciousness, so as to reach the stage of unity between heaven and man. This unity between heaven and man is not actually unity with the real heaven and earth, but rather to transform oneself into a world, to unite oneself with oneself, with the human heart acting as the will of heaven, and oneself being one's own world!"

This step is particularly crucial because traditional Chinese martial arts cannot erode the heavens and earth like other paths to sublimation, encompassing the surrounding world and turning it into its own resources. It cannot rely on external means, so it has no choice but to look inward and seek within itself. Once the potential of the physical body is fully explored, it can only explore the ultimate depths of the spirit in order to finally reach the limit of sublimation, similar to the effect of other extraordinary paths that rely on extraordinary energy to erode the world outward.

This is also why Wu Pifu felt Adam suddenly become extremely vast and enormous during their recent encounters.

Because at that moment, Adam was "Adam"—the world itself!
Of course, power cannot be increased through the stream of consciousness. Even though the dream world has begun to move from reality to illusion, it still exists based on the source of pollution as its essential carrier. So strength is strength, and quantity is quantity. When Wu Pifu demonstrated the simplified version of the Human Immortal Martial Arts on the spot, in terms of power alone, it still far surpassed Adam, who had only simulated the realm above the Divine Indestructible realm of Chinese martial arts.

Therefore, even after achieving a state of oneness with nature, its pure essence still needs more "magnitude" to fill and supplement it. This is indeed the biggest limitation on the path of the sublimation of Chinese martial arts. Wu Pifu stood there and thought about all of this carefully, and deeply engraved all his insights into the indestructible nature of Chinese martial arts into his soul.

All of this seemed to have happened a long time ago. To outsiders, Wu Pifu and Adam crossed paths, Adam was thrown hundreds of meters away, Wu Pifu stood still and motionless, and then Wu Pifu suddenly sprang up again, leaping hundreds of meters to Adam's side. It all happened in just two or three seconds. Many people around hadn't even come to their senses yet.

"not good!!"

At this moment, the magic commander Einzbernbehn could no longer care about the three magicians of the Silent Organization, nor could he continue to investigate Wu Pifu's background. He immediately soared into the sky, and streams of inexplicable magic power poured into his body. Visible rings of wheel-shaped magical runes appeared on his body, three rings inside and three rings outside, rotating and intersecting with each other. Wind, fire and thunder began to surround him, making him look quite terrifying.

"roll!"

Just then, a loud roar erupted from where Wu Pifu landed. Those around him only felt the loud noise and covered their ears, but the inscription array around Einzbern's body began to crumble inch by inch. In less than a second, it was completely shattered. Blood began to seep from Einzbern's mouth, ears, and nose, and his face turned pale as he fell straight down from mid-air. Immediately, several heroic spirits leaped into the air and caught him.

However, apart from the word "roll away," no other attacks occurred. Wu Pifu immediately half-embraced Adam and supported him, but as soon as the force entered his body, he found that there were no internal organs or bones in his body. Only pale white particles began to disintegrate from the extremities.

"...This is not a mortal body, but a simulated body composed of the most basic spiritual particles. If it does not collapse, it has internal organs and blood, and can eat, drink and have fun. However, once the spiritual foundation collapses, it will turn into the most basic spiritual particles and dissipate."

Adam was already blind, and his Noble Phantasm, Divine Vision, had exceeded the limits of his spiritual body and could not withstand it at all, but he still had a smile on his face.

“There’s no need to be sad,” Adam said. “I’ve simply returned to the Throne of Heroes; I haven’t truly died. As an Outer God from another universe, you should understand my state, right?”

Wu Pifu nodded, then remembered that Adam couldn't see, and said, "Hmm, I understand, a sublimated body trainee, right?"

Adam nodded slightly with a very small gesture: "Actually, we, the top-tier Heroic Spirits, and the few beings who surpass Heroic Spirits, know that there is a much larger universe beyond our own. And besides you, there are very occasionally alien species and alien gods, but they are not as powerful as you, nor are they welcomed and received by the two great restraining forces like you are. So our war with them, their war, has always been ongoing."

Wu Pifu paused for a moment and then said, "Is this considered repaying a favor?"

Adam chuckled and coughed up a large amount of spiritual particles: "Cough, cough... I guess so. Although we only sparred briefly, I got to know you quite well during that teaching session. You don't want to owe me a favor, right?"

Wu Pifu chuckled and said, "Then tell me what you need me to do. First, stop the formation of the Heaven's Cup. That's a task I must accomplish. Apart from that, as long as it doesn't violate my principles, I can agree to anything you ask. The kindness of being taught this time is immeasurable. It's practically the foundation for my future path, comparable to the kindness of being guided. So just tell me."

Adam said, "If it were the original plan, I really hoped you would continue to complete the Heaven's Grail. But now that I know how powerful you are, and I roughly know your origins, I think I understand why the two Counter Forces brought you into this Holy Grail War. Only you can save everything without achieving the Heaven's Grail..."

Wu Pifu's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately said, "So the Heaven's Cup really was achieved by you?"

At this moment, Adam had already been annihilated up to his chest, with only his upper chest, neck, and head remaining. He leaned on Wu Pifu's arm and said with a bitter smile, "I know what you mean. Achieving the Heaven's Cup isn't as wonderful as it seems. So-called immortality is actually a trap. But compared to immediate destruction, immortality at least offers the hope of dying again in the future. That's why I, and the 'reason' of this world, chose the future where the Heaven's Cup was bound to be achieved. But as I just said, with you, the situation is immediately different. You're too strong, strong enough to turn everything around! Even without the Heaven's Cup, we can..."

Wu Pifu, supporting Adam's neck and head, said, "How about we make this quick? You're almost gone."

Adam paused, then chuckled and quickly continued, “It’s what I just said. Our elite group knows about the existence of the outer universe, and that beings from the outer universe and Outer Gods frequently visit us. We have been relying on two major restraining forces, using our essence and the Heroic Spirit Battle Body composed of a large number of spiritual particles to fight them on the outer battlefield of our universe. However… at some point, that terrifying civilization planted the seed of destruction into our inner physical world. This seed will fully hatch in one year and three months. At that time, all sentient life will be devoured, and this world will face the end of all ordinary sentient life. Therefore, we had no choice but to launch the Heaven’s Cup Project.”

"Help us defeat that foreign enemy!"

"The white giants that sprang from the Egyptian civilization!"

(End of this chapter)