Sweeping both worlds: Starting from idealistic martial arts

Chapter 525 Leviathan! A Dead End for Martial Arts!

Above the higher dimensions.

The boundless death energy, as vast as a boundless ocean, is collapsing and dissipating at a speed visible to the naked eye.

They no longer churn and roar, but like rivers scorched by the blazing sun, they are quickly evaporated and eventually return to utter nothingness.

This is not destruction by external force, but a kind of self-martyrdom originating from the core, a resolute departure with no more attachment to the world before life.

Fang Can stood in the center of this rapidly receding sea of ​​death, his gaze piercing through the thinning grayness and landing on a soul phantom that was becoming increasingly clear and almost transparent before him.

The phantom's face was calm, carrying the serenity that comes with having experienced many vicissitudes.

Fang Can's eyes showed more curiosity than wariness. After all, it was too bizarre for a dignified eighth-rank cultivator to fall on the debate stage of a mortal country.

This is probably quite rare even among the countless legends of the Eighth Rank in the entire martial arts world.

"I still don't understand."

Fang Can broke the silence, his brows furrowing slightly: "With your eighth-level cultivation and wisdom, how could you... have come to that point?"

He simply couldn't imagine that an existence capable of advancing to the eighth level through the "witnessing" of the multiverse would be unable to cope with the situation of the fictitious empire.

"Hahahaha..." Upon hearing this, the last lingering attachment of the eighth-stage deathly aura laughed heartily. With his attachment completely dissipated, Ji Ran's mind was now at peace, and his laughter revealed utter relief.
This is merely your assumption based on a lack of understanding of my lineage.

“My lineage is called ‘Witnessing Death and Extending Life,’ which is a lineage specifically developed for witnessing death.”

Fang Can was stunned for a moment: "A heritage developed for authentication..."

Ji Ran's illusory figure nodded slightly: "Each time I use it, the inheritance will transport me to a world in the multiverse for verification, and then suppress my power, wisdom, and realm according to the strength of that world..."

"No...why are you doing this?"

Fang Can looked bewildered and asked incomprehension:

"Is authentication so fun that you're willing to risk your life and everything to authenticate across the multiverse?"

"Nature isn't all bad, because with each successful verification, my speed of becoming stronger will be permanently increased on top of the original level."

"This acceleration is not a simple addition or multiplication, but an exponential leap, even touching the level of rules!"

His tone carried a hint of emotion: "After the sixth level, the gap between each level is like an insurmountable chasm."

"Even if I pride myself on my unparalleled talent, if I were to cultivate step by step, I fear I would never even be able to reach the threshold of the seventh stage, let alone the eighth stage."

As he spoke, Ji Ran clenched his fist: "Only through witnessing! Only by putting myself in a life-or-death situation can I survive! By repeatedly teetering on the edge of life and death, and seeking a glimmer of hope in the impossible, my cultivation speed has been able to surpass the norm and reach the peak of the eighth level."

As he spoke, he finally couldn't help but sigh:

"This gift of inheritance comes at a price. With each successful verification, the difficulty of the next one increases dramatically, exponentially. The greater the increase, the more perilous the next deadly situation will be."

"In the later stages, the increase was astronomical, but the difficulty also increased exponentially."

"When I arrived in this fictitious country, under the suppression of the inheritance, all my strength was stripped away, and my wisdom was also plunged into ignorance. In the end, I was forced into a deadly situation during a debate."

"During the debate, I was accused by the affirmative side for making a slip of the tongue and was immediately attacked and beaten to death on the debate stage by the Imperial Guards."

"After death, the power suppressed by the inheritance disappeared, and I became an eighth-level corpse."

Even though he had long since let go of the past, the memory of that frustrating ending still stirred a barely perceptible ripple in the illusory figure:

"Because of the heavy resentment before death, a wisp of death energy was born on the corpse, sealing off this decaying world."

"Since then, the Empire of No Debt has been in a constant cycle of resentment, trying to have its successors replicate the moment I witnessed and achieve victory."

"After countless years, it was your victory that completely dispelled my obsession."

As if speaking of something painful, a trace of sorrow appeared in Ji Ran's eyes.

"I see," Fang Can said, suddenly understanding.

He said that it couldn't be that simple for someone at the eighth level of cultivation to die; it turned out that he was killed by his own inheritance.

"Of course, it's mainly because I love for authentication. Interest is the best teacher, so I created this heritage based on my preferences."

Ji Ran laughed and said, "In the last few times I used the inheritance, I felt increasingly powerless during the verification process. I knew that if I continued to use it, I might die, but I still couldn't help but verify it again and again."

'This guy is really addicted to forensic analysis…'

Fang Can stared speechlessly at the eight-turn death aura in front of him. "He who stands by the river will eventually get his shoes wet," he thought, "he deserved to die."

"However, fellow Daoist, don't laugh at someone who is only slightly better than you."

Ji Ran changed the subject, a mischievous smile seemingly appearing in the illusory figure: "To be able to use such... well, novel methods to win in such a desperate situation, your level of expertise is probably no less than mine back then."

"Moreover, I can sense an indescribable Leviathan aura on you. It's clear that Leviathan has been looking for you, but you've managed to avoid it in some way."

"Leviathan?" Fang Can was taken aback. "There's such a thing? But I've never encountered one before."

"Hahaha!" Ji Ran's laughter echoed in the higher dimensions:
“This Leviathan is not a living being. It is more like an ‘automatic cleansing mechanism’ that is attached to the rules of the multi-dimensional region where our martial world is located. It is a creation of the rules, formless and intangible, but it is dedicated to eliminating all strange things.”

As he spoke, Death Qi stared at Fang Can with a mocking look and said, "You little brat...you've got a screw loose, haven't you?"

Fang Can: ? ? ?
Fang Can: "How dare you slander someone's innocence out of thin air!!!"

The Deathly Aura smiled calmly, "It's no use denying it. Leviathan specifically patrols the multiverse regions near our Martial World, eliminating everything. Anything that touches Leviathan will suffer a devastating blow."

Deathly Qi looked at Fang Can and said, "Judging from your looks, you must have had too many concubines, which led to Leviathan finding out and carrying out a multi-dimensional cleansing, probably around this time."

As they spoke, Ji Ran's illusory figure raised his hand, and in front of the two of them, the waves of the Sea of ​​Time were parted, revealing a clear coordinate node.

Fang Can scratched his head, looking at the node the other party was showing. At this point in time, he was in the multiverse where Toyokawa Shoko was.

It seems that's true...

At that time, I inexplicably felt a great terror appear out of nowhere, then things took a turn for the better and I felt extremely high, and then I felt nothing at all.

'So that great terror was created by Leviathan?' Fang Can pondered.

"Since this Leviathan can eliminate specific violations, why not completely eradicate all the evil deeds committed by all living beings in the myriad worlds?" Fang Can couldn't help but ask.

"It's very simple. The so-called Leviathan doesn't care whether you've done anything wrong or not. The important thing is that you don't do anything wrong under his nose."

"The multiverse is too big; if it goes unnoticed, it doesn't exist for you."

"Leviathan does not exist in spacetime. Its essence is to observe the world as a high-dimensional abstract entity. It is not even a living being, but a manifestation of new rules."

"It doesn't have eyes; instead, it turns the whole world into fragments of information and observes the world by reading information."

Ji Ran smiled and said, "You can imagine this boundless multiverse as a vast and boundless book."

"Leviathan is the 'program' of this giant book; it has neither the energy nor the consciousness to examine every word and every corner."

"But Leviathan will pay attention to specific passages in a book, and the more frequently it appears, the greater the likelihood of it being noticed."

"Clearly, because you have too many concubines, you triggered the Leviathan mechanism, causing it to launch a remote elimination attack on you."

"And this blow will not be a one-time event; even if you survive this one, you may not be able to avoid the next one."

Fang Can pondered for a moment and said, "I see. Is there any way to avoid this blow?"

"Of course there is a way." Ji Ran smiled and said, "There are countless bad guys in the multiverse. With so many of these phenomena, we naturally found ways to avoid them."

"It's like when you're reading a book, what kind of content do you think Leviathan would attack?" Ji Ran said.

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After a moment's thought, Fang Can listed more than a dozen directions in a row. Ji Ran smiled and said, "See, don't you know everything?"

"So, in order to avoid Leviathan's attack, I have to live like a moral guardian?" Fang Can frowned.

"Of course not. As I said before, we will take some special evasion measures in order to avoid being targeted."

As they spoke, Ji Ran briefly described to Fang Can how to avoid it.

"Alright, I'll be dissipating soon too. You can ask me any questions you have. I've traveled to many worlds in the multiverse over the years, so my knowledge is quite extensive."

Ji Ran urged, clearly indicating that he didn't have much time left.

After pondering for a moment, Fang Can decisively asked the question that concerned him most: "Where does the path of martial arts end?"

"The end of martial arts?" Ji Ran paused for a moment, then laughed, "I am already standing at the end of martial arts."

"How is this possible???" Fang Can frowned and said, "You're only at the eighth level, what kind of martial arts end is this?"

“It’s obvious that the end of martial arts is the eighth level.” Ji Ran spread his hands and said, “There’s no way up there.”

"Are you kidding me?" Fang Can questioned. "There are nine levels in martial arts, and everyone in the martial arts world knows that."

"What I want to ask now is whether there is a path after the Nine Revolutions, but you answer me that even the Nine Revolutions realm does not exist?"

"Look, you're in such a hurry again," Ji Ran said, waving his hand.

"I'm about to die, I'm not in the mood to fool you. The end of the path of martial arts is the eighth transformation, which, according to the division of the multiverse, is pseudo-infinity."

"As for the infinity, infinity x infinity, infinity box, index tower, Aleph 1, etc., which are divided into the multiverse, these are the hierarchical levels."

Ji Ran shook his head and said, "These have already surpassed the upper limit of martial arts cultivation. If you want to reach the above realms, you must switch to other cultivation systems."

"It is foreseeable that the path of ideal martial arts will lead to a dead end once it reaches the eighth level."

"As for the Nine Revolutions... no one has ever seen it." Ji Ran helplessly spread his hands.

"I have seen countless eighth-level cultivators over the years, but not a single ninth-level one."

“Those ambitious eighth-level cultivators all decisively switched to other systems, and even reached higher levels, but I personally witnessed a multi-talented expert who, after practicing the Mind-Based Martial Path, made a conclusion about this path.”

"What conclusion?" Fang Can pressed.

Ji Ran stared at Fang Can seriously and said, "He said that the Mind-Based Martial Arts realm is the top-level enlightenment system in the multiverse, and after reaching the eighth level, one can seamlessly switch to other cultivation methods."

"You can reach beyond the limit by switching to other systems!"

"But on this path of martial arts based on the mind, the eighth level is the end; the ninth level never exists!"

"There's no road ahead!"

Ji Ran said in a cold tone.

(End of this chapter)