Gao Wu insists on cultivating immortality.

Chapter 409 Wisdom
At the eighth level, one comprehends the universe, and the martial arts divine intent resonates and merges with a certain source force field, forming an external law domain.

Gao Wu and Song Mingyue had discussed the situation regarding levels eight and nine many times. Essentially, Gao Wu was relaying Qin Liuhe's insights.

Although she and Gao Wu have made rapid progress, they have accumulated too little experience in martial arts. While their talent is good, it is only good; they are still far from being peerless geniuses.

At least in terms of martial arts, neither of them had the talent to create a completely new system.

Gao Wu's rapid progress is mainly due to his powerful abilities, which allow him to improve rapidly in terms of spirit, energy, and body.

Her rapid progress was entirely due to Gao Wu's skill and the spiritual resonance between them. She benefited from every improvement Gao Wu made.

Just like when Gao Wu upgraded her superpowers again, she received the blessing of the Qilin Divine Image and immediately sensed countless magnetic fields in the world.

Spiritual, material, and energetic magnetic fields radiate countless rays of light, making the world exceptionally dazzling.

This was the first time Song Mingyue had ever seen such a complex and beautiful world, and she knew that such an opportunity to resonate with heaven and earth was extremely precious.

Without Gao Wu's guidance, relying solely on her own cultivation and insights, it would have taken her an unknown amount of time to refine her spiritual power to an unparalleled purity, enabling her to reflect the true nature of the world.

Taking this step will allow her to resonate with a portion of the energy of heaven and earth, establish a stable domain, and thus advance to the eighth level.

Song Mingyue realized this, but she remained very calm.

Of course, she wanted to become an eighth-level Martial Saint, but she needed to stay calm, especially in crucial moments.

Aside from martial arts, few things in the world could make her panic and anxious.

The same is true now.

Song Mingyue calmly resonated with the Tai Chi Twin Snake Divine Image and the heavens and earth, and with the Ice Dragon Armor, in order to find the source energy field that best suited her.

With that thought, she immediately eliminated the magnetic fields that did not resonate strongly. The myriad colors around her vanished instantly, leaving only dozens of flowing rays of light.

The Tai Chi double snake divine image slowly swirled, and the remaining dozens of rays of light gradually dimmed.

Finally, only a deep, cold, and dim halo remained, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

Song Mingyue could sense the cold and gloomy aura within, as well as a sense of eternal desolation.

Deep within the dim light, a profound sense of life is also faintly hidden.

A thought struck her: this corresponded to the aura of the Tai Chi Twin Snakes, a transformation hidden within ice, yin within yang.

Just like the vast and endless starry sky, cold and profound, yet adorned with countless stars that brimmed with vitality.

"This is it!" With a thought, Song Mingyue led the Tai Chi Twin Snakes and the Ice Dragon Armor into the depths of the dark light wheel.

In an instant, Song Mingyue's consciousness trembled violently, and her source energy core continuously contracted and expanded, flowing and resonating with the endless dark light.

Hundreds of acupoints were also activated in her body. Although each acupoint was unstable, it had a flow of source energy and resonated with the source energy core.

Her spiritual power also expanded and grew, seemingly encompassing the endless universe.

Song Mingyue knew that this was because she had resonated with heaven and earth to establish a Dharma Domain, which in turn stimulated many new acupoints.

Logically speaking, a martial artist should first continuously refine their own acupoints until their source energy and spiritual power are refined to the extreme, only then can they resonate with the magnetic field of heaven and earth.

She is now resonating with the magnetic field of heaven and earth first, and then stimulating new acupoints in her body through the magnetic field resonance.

Strictly speaking, it was because her cultivation level was insufficient that she took this step beyond her level under the guidance of advanced martial arts abilities.

Fortunately, this won't have much of an impact. Once the Dharma Domain is condensed, stronger source power can be used, making it very easy to solidify and stabilize the activated acupoints.

She also possesses the Ice Dragon Armor, and this time, with enhanced resonance with its core, she can further unleash its power.

The level nine Ice Dragon Armor can now unleash about 15% of its power. This alone is enough to compensate for her lack of source energy.

The most crucial aspect of taking this step was that it enhanced her mental strength, which can be considered as fully unleashing her talent for mental power.

At this stage, the spiritual power truly merges with the Tai Chi Twin Serpents, transforming externally into a vast Xuanming Dharma Domain, and internally strengthening its resonance with the Ice Dragon Armor...

Having completed this crucial transformation, Song Mingyue found her mind unusually calm and peaceful. Gao Wu had said that level seven was merely the beginning, and level eight was nothing special.

She witnessed Gao Wu slaying the golden man with his sword in the Epang Palace. The unparalleled divine power he displayed was such that even a hundred level-eight warriors combined probably couldn't withstand Gao Wu's single sword strike.

Besides, her achievement of Level 8 was largely due to luck, and had little to do with her personal efforts.

Only when I can advance to level nine can I perhaps help Gao Wu share some of the burden and responsibilities...

Song Mingyue was at peace. Although she resonated with heaven and earth and opened her domain, her source power flowed smoothly and gently, without any strong aura being revealed.

Even so, it couldn't be hidden from Qin Liuhe and Hai Wuji, who were also at the base.

Both of them knew that Song Mingyue could resonate with Gao Wu's spirit. They could not sense Gao Wu's changes, but they could sense that Song Mingyue's spirit and source power suddenly merged into the world. That harmonious and stable aura clearly indicated that she had condensed an eighth-level Saint Domain.

Although Qin Liuhe was somewhat surprised, he didn't pay much attention to it.

At this point, whether there's one more or one less Martial Saint is actually insignificant in the overall situation. Of course, this is also great news for the alliance.

This also holds great significance for Song Mingyue personally. It represents that she can indeed keep up with Gao Wu's pace through spiritual resonance.

An eighth-level Martial Saint is not surprising. If Song Mingyue could achieve ninth level, or even advance to True God, under Gao Wu's guidance, that would be a different story. However, that's a long way off. There's no need to think about it now. Qin Liuhe is more concerned about what kind of improvement Gao Wu will make.

Unfortunately, Gao Wu's body was incredibly strong, and all his changes were locked within his body, revealing nothing. Only Song Mingyue could know about Gao Wu's situation through mental resonance...

Qin Liuhe didn't care too much; as long as Gao Wu became stronger, that was a good thing. The stronger Gao Wu was, the greater the chance of breaking through the Epang Palace Divine Realm.

Hai Wuji didn't think too much about it; he was extremely pleasantly surprised by the change in Song Mingyue's aura.

In a short period of time, the alliance has gained another Martial Saint. Even though he is still very inexperienced, the significance he represents is extraordinary.

It should be noted that an eighth-level Martial Saint can completely suppress an eighth-level Saint of the Federation.

If Dongwei Island hadn't been transformed into a divine realm, he wouldn't have been in such a sorry state.

For the alliance, Song Mingyue becoming a Martial Saint would allow them to better maintain order and suppress all abnormal Level 7 movements.

The reason the seventh-level Martial Kings were acting strangely was because they lacked confidence in the alliance. Now that Gao Wu and Song Mingyue have both advanced to Martial Saint, it will greatly boost everyone's confidence. This is extremely important for the alliance...

Gao Wu also sensed the change in Song Mingyue's aura, but he didn't pay attention to it.

The Qilin Divine Appearance can enhance one's innate qualities, and the profound changes brought about by the Qilin Divine Hero Mantra at the Daoist level will undoubtedly be of great benefit to Xiao Song.

Keep in mind that this Qilin Divine Hero Mantra was upgraded using hundreds of billions of merits. Considering the weight represented by hundreds of billions of merits, it's not surprising that Xiao Song has advanced to the eighth level.

Gao Wu is now more focused on his own changes.

The Qilin Divine Hero Mantra transformed into billions of golden eight-pointed stars, all of which merged into his body and spirit, and even into his source energy core.

Through these golden octagonal stars, Gao Wu felt changes on both his physical and mental levels.

It's like adding lubricant to a running machine, making everything from the body to the mind exceptionally clear and smooth.

Gao Wu saw all the changes within the Taiyi Battle Body, and he also saw how the Taiyi Battle Body should change.

He suddenly understood many things about the Five Gates Divine Incantation, and was no longer passively accepting them as before.

He seems to have suddenly had a breakthrough in his mind, and he suddenly understands everything he didn't understand before.

He suddenly understood the essence and nature of things, including the Yuanlong Dao in the Nine Dragons Limitless Dao.

Of course, understanding is one thing, but putting it into practice is another.

It was as if Gao Wu had finally received a design blueprint and now fully understood it, as well as all the correct operating procedures.

However, he still needs to mobilize resources step by step to turn the design drawings into a real object.

At this point, Gao Wu felt that the 100 billion merits were especially worthwhile.

Otherwise, no matter how strong he is, he still won't be able to control it. Or rather, he knows what it is but not why it is.

He no longer has any doubts about the Nine Dragons Limitless Path. All that's left is to keep practicing diligently so that he can advance to the ninth level.

As for levels above nine, they are beyond the scope of the Nine Dragons Limitless Path, and he needs to figure them out and study them on his own.

With a potential of 40 points, if given some time and exposure to higher levels of power, he might be able to forge a path directly to level 10.

Gao Wu wasn't very confident about this. Of the two level 10 beings he had seen, the Ice Dragon and the Flying Whale King's clone, although powerful, were both suppressed.

In some respects, it is no different from the Crimson Sky Sword.

The Crimson Sky Sword possesses pure, powerful energy. However, it offers little practical value in martial arts...

The next morning, Gao Wu woke up from his deep sleep.

After the Qilin Divine Hero Mantra was upgraded, he entered his deepest sleep, adjusting his body and mind in the most natural way to adapt to the enormous changes brought about by the upgrade.

Gao Wu first summoned the Book of Boundless Merit, his root talent reached forty points, and his Qilin Divine Hero Mantra realm also changed to the Dao Entry realm.

The Qilin Divine Image can preserve sixteen divine incantations. The annotation for the Spirit Control Seal also becomes "to control all living beings."

Gao Wu felt that the most direct improvement was in his intelligence. Now, no matter what he was thinking about, he would get an answer almost immediately, as if there was no thought process at all.

Just like the question that had troubled him before, which divine spell to upgrade? Now he immediately knew the answer and didn't need to struggle with it at all.

That is the spell to enhance the White Tiger Divine Weapon.

Reaching the Hunyuan realm with the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Mantra will inevitably make his vitality stronger and make it easier for him to survive.

However, facing the Federation's demon gods and the divine realm of the Epang Palace, long life cannot solve the problem.

The White Tiger Divine Weapon Spell could solve the problem immediately, unleashing his full combat power.

This also reflects his increased wisdom and deeper understanding of the Five Gates Mantra, enabling him to make the best choice for the current situation.

Of course, choosing the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Mantra is a safer option for him personally, with a higher margin for error. It's just that time is too tight right now…

Gao Wu's gaze shifted and he 'saw' Song Mingyue next door, saw her circulating her source energy to condense her acupoints, and noticed the faint magical domain surrounding her...

He couldn't help but smile. Although Xiao Song, as a teammate, couldn't tank or fight, he could still benefit from the team's economy and develop. In the blink of an eye, he became an eighth-level martial saint. What a good teammate!
(End of this chapter)