I bear witness to immortality in the human world.

Jingye City.

Wu Ming has quietly returned.

Without alerting anyone or being discovered, he simply walked quietly through the city, passing through the territory of the Wu clan, past his former residence, and silently glancing at his aging friends.

Then he came to the outside of the city, to the city gate that stretched for thousands of miles. Although it had been cleaned up, a lot of bloodstains still remained, and the whole earth and city walls were stained red.

The place is filled with a strong sense of malevolence.

Although the amount of malevolent energy could not compare with that of the Demon Subduing Realm, it was still a war that took place right before Wu Ming's eyes. The brutality of the battle was all captured in his vision, and he was the one who ultimately ended the war.

He stood there at the foot of the city, his gaze sweeping across the entire battlefield. After a long silence, he slowly took a step forward.

Without using any Taoist arts or supernatural powers, he simply measured the earth with his footsteps, traversing the battlefield step by step, moving forward along the thousand-mile-long city gates. At each former battlefield, he would pause for a moment, sensing the accumulated malevolent energy and the lingering killing intent that remained even after many days.

One city, two cities, three cities...

Wu Ming thus traversed thousands of miles of city gates, measuring the borders of Yong Kingdom with his footsteps. Before he knew it, several months had passed. Afterward, he randomly found a place on the border of Yong Kingdom, disappeared underground, and began a period of seclusion.

……

Inside the Hall of Laws.

Wu Ming sat cross-legged.

Before his eyes were the blood-red laws of slaughter, the power of these laws constantly shifting and stirring the heavens and earth. They seemed to have form, yet they were also formless, lacking substance, and were an infinite transformation.

"The Law of Slaughter... This is not a law that existed at the birth of heaven and earth, but rather a law that emerged after its evolution. Every time there is slaughter in the world, a wisp of it is generated. Countless slaughters and endless baleful energy accumulate to form the origin of slaughter in the world. By comprehending it, one can obtain the power of the law."

Wu Ming gazed at the ever-changing Laws of Slaughter permeating the Law Hall, and his understanding of them gradually deepened.

The great battle in Yong Kingdom allowed him to observe the most subtle changes in the laws of killing, and to more realistically experience the connection between killing and heaven and earth. This connection is illusory and elusive, and difficult to fathom. Only in such a large-scale war can one truly experience it.

In fact, battles such as lions and tigers hunting boars and deer, or hunters shooting rabbits, which are mediocre and cannot even be called 'killing', are essentially killings. Every time such a killing occurs, the operation of heaven and earth will naturally have an additional change of killing, and this 'change' is the so-called law of killing.

To comprehend this law is to comprehend the essential changes of heaven and earth.

Understanding the changes in heaven and earth allows one to control and command their power. Therefore, killing, water, and fire are all forms of power. As for why the law of killing is stronger than other laws, Wu Ming did not know in the past. He only thought that killing itself tended towards attack and conquest, so its power would naturally be more ferocious. But this is not the case.

The power of laws does not vary in strength based on their nature. For example, water is gentle and fire is violent, but their power is the same, with no difference in strength. However, the law of slaughter is different. It is a 'change' that is born after birth, a law of power that is born after heaven and earth. It is extremely weak at the beginning, so weak that it is almost non-existent. But as heaven and earth change and countless living beings fight endlessly, the law of slaughter becomes stronger and stronger.

The closer a world is to its birth, the weaker the laws of killing and other acquired evolutions become; the closer it is to the end of an era, the stronger the laws of killing and other acquired evolutions become.

Wu Ming didn't know how far this world had evolved, as he was too advanced to fathom it at his current level. However, he could roughly deduce that this world had likely passed the middle stage.

“Killing is change, a change from life to death, and essentially the boundary between life and death.”

Wu Ming murmured to himself.

He slowly raised his right hand, and a wisp of crimson light gradually rose from his palm, becoming more and more intense. After an unknown period of time, this crimson aura suddenly expanded, breaking through a certain limit.

A terrifying and astonishing aura of killing intent rose from Wu Ming's body.

He suddenly stood up, his figure blurred, and he arrived outside the Law Hall. He waved the blood-red light in his hand downwards, and in an instant, the blood-red light spread out and transformed into a beam of light blade, slashing towards the earth of the Demon Subduing Realm. In one fell swoop, he cleaved the earth open into a huge ravine that stretched for thousands of feet!
"This is the second step of the law of slaughter."

Looking at the destruction caused by his attack, Wu Ming couldn't help but show a hint of amazement in his eyes.

powerful!

There's only one word to describe it.

His move was merely a casual strike, executed with the power of his primordial spirit, wielding the second step of the Law of Slaughter. Yet, its power undoubtedly reached the limit of a Grandmaster and touched the threshold of a Dao Saint!

Previously, he had to use the "Soldier's Technique" to control nine high-grade spiritual treasure-level flying swords and add the power of laws to barely unleash such power, but now he has done it with just the power of laws!
"Come."

Wu Ming was eager to test the power of his current abilities, and with a surge of pride, he reached out and gestured.

In an instant, nine blood-red flying swords flew from the horizon and arrived in front of him. Then, he reached out and gestured, and the nine flying swords transformed into nine streaks of blood-red light, merging together to form a long, blood-red rainbow. He then mobilized the power of the second step of the law to enhance it, and then flicked his finger, fiercely slashing down at the earth of the Demon Subduing Realm.

hum! ! !
A crimson rainbow slashed out, silencing the earth briefly before suddenly splitting it open into a chasm stretching for thousands of feet! "A single strike splitting the earth for thousands of feet—this is the power to move mountains and fill seas."

Seeing this scene, Wu Ming finally smiled. Having mastered the second step of the Law of Slaughter, he could now truly step into the realm of Dao Saint and Martial Saint by unleashing the power of the Nine Swords Killing Array.

"I wonder how many tribulations of Dao Saint I have now."

In terms of strength, Dao Saints and Martial Saints can also be divided into threshold, normal, extremely strong, and top levels, but the world often does not distinguish them in this way, but rather uses 'tribulation' to determine strength!

Having survived several periods of decline, or rather, being able to survive several periods of decline, is the power of several calamities!
For example, the Qingming Peak Master has now survived his third tribulation, so he can be considered to have the strength of a 'Three Tribulations Dao Saint'.

For Dao Saints and Martial Saints, the first two tribulations are generally manageable. The third tribulation is the first to become more difficult. Generally, being able to survive three tribulations makes one a formidable figure among Dao Saints.

Wu Ming estimated that with his current strength, he should be able to fight against a first or second tribulation expert. However, if it were a third tribulation Dao Saint, he would probably need to activate the Eye of Thunder to have any chance of fighting against him.

If it is a level four or higher, it is mostly no match, but with the Eye of Thunder, it can advance and retreat with ease.

"My cultivation is almost at the ninth level of refinement. Next, I should focus on comprehending the second step of the Thunder Law. Once I can understand it, I can immediately break through to the ninth level of refinement and become a Dao Saint."

Wu Ming clenched his fist.

In fact, after comprehending the second step of the Law of Slaughter, he could have attempted to reach the Ninth Refinement stage. However, since he had chosen to cultivate both the Law of Slaughter and the Law of Thunder, he naturally had to do his best to balance both and pursue perfection.

With the foundation Wu Ming has accumulated so far, even he himself doesn't know how strong he will be once he breaks through to the ninth level of refinement.

The leap from the eighth to the ninth refinement is enormous, and the primordial spirit and soul power will grow at least several times stronger, reaching true primordial spirit mastery.

Based on his past breakthrough experience, once he enters the Ninth Refinement stage, his strength will likely leap to above the 'Fifth Tribulation' level without relying on the Eye of Thunder. If he activates the Eye of Thunder, he will become even stronger.

After all, the Eye of Thunder is a supreme treasure, and the stronger one's realm, the better one can control its power.

"It's time to go back."

Wu Ming left his secluded cultivation place, took a deep look in the direction of Yong Kingdom, and then strode towards the Holy Land of Great Jin.

Cultivation knows no time. This time he leaves, and he doesn't know when he will return. Especially when he enters the realm of Dao Saint, a single seclusion may last for decades. When he looks back, perhaps all his former friends will have become a handful of dust.

……

Qingming Peak.

Main hall.

Decades later, Wu Ming stepped into this place again.

The Qingming Peak Master's seclusion during his tribulation finally ended. After emerging from seclusion, he immediately summoned his personal disciples one by one. The first person he summoned was his eldest brother, Qinglan, and the next person he summoned was him.

Now, when Wu Ming re-entered the main hall of Qingming Peak and faced the majestic Dao Saint Peak Master sitting cross-legged in the air, he was no longer as apprehensive as he had been at their first meeting, but rather quite calm.

Wu Ming bowed to the Peak Master of Qingming Peak and then stood still.

The Azure Peak Master remained silent, staring at him with his deep eyes for a long time before finally saying, "I have only been in seclusion for a few decades, and you have already reached such a height."

When she came out of seclusion, she was shocked to learn about Wu Ming's life over the years, especially after Qinglan recounted what had happened in the Thunder Domain.

In just a few decades, Wu Ming has undergone earth-shattering changes.

She knew that Wu Ming was extremely talented and was not surprised that he could break through to the eighth level of the Refinement Realm. However, she found it unbelievable that Wu Ming could grow to the level of a peerless Grandmaster in just a few decades and even kill top Grandmasters as easily as killing chickens.

Back then, she was in the Eighth Refinement stage and was also a peerless Grandmaster. Although she could easily defeat top Grandmasters at that time, she could never kill them as easily as Wu Ming.

She was able to easily kill a Grandmaster after she entered the Ninth Refinement stage and became a Dao Saint.

Wu Ming's realm has not yet broken through to the ninth level of refinement, but even if he hasn't reached that level, his strength is probably very close to that of a Dao Saint.

Even she back then couldn't compare to her.

I never imagined that a disciple I randomly chose back then could reach such a level in just a few decades, even breaking through to the ninth level of refinement and becoming a Dao Saint is already within reach. (End of this chapter)