Two Realms High Martial Arts: Gathering the Heavens to Become a Great Luo Immortal

Chapter 361 Comprehending Authority, the Sword of the Dharma Body

As soon as Li Xijun had a thought...

The steam and mechanical god, who had become exceptionally docile and respectful after being converted, transformed into a stream of light.

She was taken into the palm-sized miniature world formed by the Light Mandala barrier, where she went to keep company with the previously sealed Libra Goddess, Storm God, and Ocean God.

After doing all this,

The dazzling, pure white dragon light surrounding Li Xijun, which terrified even the gods, quickly receded and dissipated.

The dragon scale armor covering his body disappeared, and the dragon horns on his forehead and the pure gold dragon eyes returned to normal.

He relinquished his White Dragon King form, which was frantically burning the vast amount of sentient beings' wishes every second. His aura receded like the tide, returning him to his normal state as a second-level tribulation lightning cultivator and a first-grade golden core cultivator.

And as soon as this "normal" state returned,

A deep-seated sense of exhaustion and despair washed over him like a landslide and tsunami, causing him to sway slightly in the air and his face to turn pale instantly.

The state he had just been in, where he had swept away everything in his path as easily as cutting grass, seemed effortless, but in reality, it was a tremendous burden for him.

It's not as simple as just burning your willpower.

It requires his powerful divine soul, at the second level of the lightning tribulation, to accurately control that power that transcends the limits of this world.

It requires two Great Emperor Dharma Images and a First-Grade Martial Golden Core as its power source and stable foundation.

He needs to activate the two fist techniques from the "Emperor Dragon Fist" that belong to the Dharma Body level: "Establishing the Mountains and Rivers" and "Ruling the World".

It can be said,

If he weren't Li Xijun, possessing the pinnacle of wisdom from three different civilizations—the main world, the Dasheng world, and even the martial arts world—he wouldn't have been able to achieve this.

This has formed a unique foundation and capabilities that far exceed common sense.

Even if anyone in this world were to obtain the power of the White Dragon King by sheer luck, it would be impossible for them to reach the level he just achieved, let alone display such terrifying combat power that could crush even the gods.

Feeling exhausted, Li Xijun took a deep breath and casually put the follow-up matters of the Western Continent out of his mind.

Now that the seven gods have been killed, the high-end combat power has been almost wiped out, the elite superhumans of the seven churches and the Western Alliance have suffered heavy casualties, and the angel legion has been completely annihilated.

What remains is nothing more than the warriors, immortals, and divine refinement lords of the Eastern Continent embarking on a long-awaited, exhilarating revenge.

The blood debts of yesteryear must be repaid in blood; he has no need, nor the time, to intervene further.

This led Li Xijun to focus her attention on the most direct and important gains of this trip.

Those four primordial authorities, originating from fallen deities, embody the true essence of the world.

His divine sense swept over the orbs of light floating in front of him, radiating various glows and fluctuations of laws:

From the goddess of the night and the underworld is a deep, dark energy that seems capable of devouring all light, containing the true meaning of the power of darkness and death.

If one can comprehend this, one can quickly grasp the true meaning of darkness and the mystery of death. If one can achieve perfection, one may even be able to try to glimpse the path to the laws of darkness and death in the future.

Of course, comprehending the laws is extremely difficult. Mere authority can only provide a shortcut to the level of true meaning, and is still far from the true laws.

Even so, the ability to accelerate the comprehension of such high-level true meaning is a coveted treasure for any Vajra Realm martial artist in the main world.

From the God of Light and the Holy Spirit is a warm and intense radiance, radiating purification and the breath of life, representing the authority of [Light] and [Flame].

Light and fire are both fundamental forces that constitute the world and have extremely wide applications.

From the Earth Mother Goddess comes a thick, steady, earth-yellow halo, radiating boundless vitality and carrying profound meaning; it is the manifestation of the authority of the Earth and life.

Finally, what came from the God of War was a crimson, dazzling stream of light, filled with the desire for slaughter and destruction—the pure authority of [slaughter].

"Light, darkness, earth, fire, life, death, slaughter..." Li Xijun quickly calculated in his mind.

The fundamental principles of light, darkness, earth, and fire are naturally quite powerful and practical. If brought back to the main world, they could even cause a sensation among martial artists who cultivate related techniques.

The power of killing is quite consistent with the White Tiger constellation, which represents the Western metal element and is in charge of killing, in the cultivation method he practices.

The power of death and life stirred something within him, reminding him of another core cultivation technique he practiced—the "Heavenly Revolving Life and Death Sword Chapter"!

This sword manual contains the profound meaning of the cycle of life and death, seeking to nurture life from the ultimate death and to glimpse annihilation in the flourishing life.

If he can integrate the true meaning of the authority over life and death, it will greatly accelerate his understanding of this sword manual, and may even drive him to make a qualitative leap.

This will allow him to completely master one-third of the sword technique of this supreme divine skill, reaching the level of the Dharma Body skill and achieving perfection in the true meaning of life and death.

"These are the ones."

Li Xijun made a decision quickly.

He reached out and drew the emerald green orb representing life and the grayish-black orb representing death to his front.

Then, high above the western continent, ignoring the sporadic battles below and the distant cries of revenge, he sat cross-legged in mid-air and closed his eyes.

He directly comprehended these two opposing yet complementary forces in the chaotic battlefield, integrating them into his "Heavenly Cycle of Life and Death Sword Chapter," transforming them into resources for his path to a higher realm.

Soon, Li Xijun's aura gradually solidified, and the sword intent of life and death cycle faintly emanated from his body, beginning to establish a mysterious connection with the two orbs of power origin floating in front of him.

He sat cross-legged in mid-air, his mind sinking into his sea of ​​consciousness, first directing his divine thoughts toward the [Authority of Life] that exuded boundless vitality and was as verdant and vibrant as a tender bud in early spring.

The instant divine thought touched—

"Buzz!"

It was as if a seed of life had exploded in the void, and endless vitality and Daoist charm surged into Li Xijun's mind like a flood breaking through a dam.

He "saw" the boundless plains where grass and trees broke through the soil, sprouted branches and buds, and flowers bloomed and withered in an instant, in an endless cycle.

He "felt" the resilience and joy of sunshine and rain nourishing all things, and of withered trees sprouting new branches in spring...

Life is a miracle of creation, the most vibrant and resilient force in the universe.

It begins with the smallest thing, yet it can support huge rocks, spread across mountains and rivers, evolve into countless forms, and find a glimmer of hope in desperate situations.

In "The Heavenly Cycle of Life and Death Sword Chapter," many obscure scriptures concerning the aspect of "life" are now, under the cleansing influence of the most fundamental Daoist power of life, shining with the light of understanding, like pearls wiped clean of dust.

His soul, which had been greatly depleted and exhausted from the previous battle, began to recover at a visible speed with the help of this rich life essence, like seedlings that had been parched and then given a refreshing rain, regaining its vitality.

He was not satisfied with the superficial recovery. He was completely immersed in it, capturing every trace of the birth, growth and prosperity of life, and verifying and integrating it with the profound meaning of "nurturing a true spirit in the silence" and "the sword energy is generated and nourishes things silently" in the sword chapter.

After an unknown amount of time, when his understanding of the power of life reached a critical point, Li Xijun's mind shifted, and he drew into his comprehension of that profound and desolate [power of death], which seemed capable of ending everything.

In an instant,

The scene changed abruptly!

The vibrant green world receded like the tide, replaced by an eternal silence of death.

He "saw" the stars heading towards their end, collapsing into nothingness;

He "heard" the silent lament of all things withering away and souls leaving their bodies;

He "senseed" the cold law that flesh and blood decay and turn to dust, and that all tangible matter ultimately returns to nothingness...

Death is the end of all things and the inevitable fate of the universe.

It is not pure destruction, but an ultimate "stillness," the ultimate transformation of energy and matter, the prelude to the return of order to chaos, and a potential opportunity for the start of a new cycle of life.

The deathly stillness of the Daoist aura clashed violently with the vibrant life force that had just emerged, causing Li Xijun's soul to be instantly plunged into a world of extremes, both ice and fire.

If it weren't for his powerful soul essence and the first-grade golden elixir that stabilized his mind, he would probably have had his will torn apart by this life-or-death conflict.

But he adhered to the core principle of the "Heavenly Cycle of Life and Death Sword Chapter"—"Cycle"!

"Birth is not eternal, death is not permanent; the cycle of birth and death continues, without heaven or self!"

Life and death, guided by divine will, begin to merge naturally, like the yin and yang of the fish.

Strange sights began to appear around him.

On the left side of his body, a vibrant green light of life surged, as if the phantoms of grass and trees were growing and blooming; on the right side of his body, a deathly gray aura permeated the air, as if all things were withering and returning to dust.

The light and shadow of life and death are not clearly distinct, but rather form a slowly rotating illusory wheel of life and death in the dantian area of ​​his chest and abdomen!

As the wheel spins, the power of life nourishes the energy of death, preventing it from freezing everything completely; the power of death refines the vitality of life, stripping away its superficiality and allowing it to settle into its essence.

[Your "Heavenly Cycle of Life and Death Sword Chapter" level has increased from 82% to 100% True Meaning.]

"BOOM!!"

As the familiar prompt appeared in his field of vision, as if breaking through some kind of bottleneck, Li Xijun's aura suddenly trembled.

The illusory image of the Wheel of Life and Death suddenly solidified several times over, with the Dao patterns on it becoming clearer and more complex, and the artistic conception it exuded becoming more profound and vast.

His understanding of the "true meaning of life" and the "true meaning of death" broke through its original constraints at this moment, naturally and effortlessly reaching perfection.

Although it is still far from condensing the true laws of life and death, the intensity and control of its true meaning have already reached the limit that can be achieved through the perception of authority.

The operation of the "Heavenly Cycle of Life and Death Sword Chapter" suddenly accelerated several times. The quality of the sword light that was casually gathered became more refined and resilient under the tempering of the power of life and death. With a thought, it seemed that one could generate a sword of life to nourish oneself and wield a sword of death to strip away all things.

He slowly opened his eyes. In the depths of his left pupil, a vibrant emerald light flickered, as if it contained a forest of life; in the depths of his right pupil, there was a deathly gray, as if it could devour all light and hope.

An aura of control over life and death, of transcendence, naturally emanates from him.

"The true meaning of this sword is perfected. Now my 'Boundless Revolving Life and Death Sword Chapter' can be considered to have truly condensed into a life and death sword at the level of a Dharma Body ultimate technique."

"However, this also made me even more certain that the feeling of wanting more afterward was even more pronounced."

"Life and death are just the foundation; there should be two more sword strikes to truly help interpret the sword of the three lifetimes of reincarnation."

(End of this chapter)