Covering the Sky: I Prove the Great Dao Through the Gate of Immortality

When Li Chenzhou and Tang Zichen's palms touched, time seemed to stand still.

The onlookers held their breath, the two standing motionless like statues, their clothes not even fluttering, leaving them bewildered.

"What... what level is this?" an old boxing master asked, puzzled.

He had practiced martial arts for sixty years and had never seen such a bizarre scene of palms clashing.

There was no sign of muscle tension, no sign of exerting force in the feet, and even breathing was barely perceptible.

A murmur arose in the arena. Hongmen Ji Fuchen and the others looked at each other, completely unable to understand this way of fighting. They could only vaguely feel the clash of energy between the two, as if swords were held to their necks, sending chills down their spines.

For Li Chenzhou, this mental battle of exploring the path ahead has finally begun.

Although their physical bodies remained still, their spirits had transcended the boundaries of flesh and blood, clearly perceiving the existence of each other's minds.

Two spiritual forces are colliding in the most direct way.

Without the protection of the physical body, only the purest spiritual clash.

Li Chenzhou could sense the vast and profound martial arts wisdom within Tang Zichen's spiritual world, while Tang Zichen was equally astonished by Li Chenzhou's terrifying martial intent.

The spiritual forces of the two intertwined and collided, sometimes like crashing waves, sometimes like gentle rain nourishing the earth.

This kind of confrontation is both dangerous and wonderful. A slight mistake can lead to mental and physical damage, but at the same time, one can gain insights from the collision.

Although the onlookers could not see the specific situation, they could feel the increasingly powerful and oppressive atmosphere in the room.

Some of the martial artists had already retreated, fine beads of sweat appearing on their foreheads.

Everyone could sense that the confrontation had reached a critical moment. The mental powers of the two unparalleled masters of the era merged perfectly at this instant, as if they were about to break through to an unprecedented realm.

"This...is beyond the scope of traditional Chinese martial arts?"

They've practiced martial arts their whole lives; when have they ever seen anything like this?

The two remained motionless.

Suddenly, their faces turned red, and the temperature in the entire venue rose sharply.

The closest spectators felt a wave of heat hit them, and their beards and hair even curled slightly.

"It's hot! So hot!"

A young man exclaimed, his clothes soaked with sweat.

The dust on the ground swirls and moves on its own, even without wind.

After a while, their skin turned pale, and a chill instantly enveloped the entire area.

The white breath exhaled by a master condensed into frost in the air.

"This...how is this possible?"

He stared in disbelief at the ice crystals on the hilt of his sword.

"Look at the ground!"

Suddenly someone exclaimed in surprise. The ground within three zhang around the two people was sometimes reddened by the high temperature, and sometimes covered with a layer of white frost. This bizarre scene made everyone present turn pale with fright.

Ba Liming suddenly stood up, his face filled with shock: "Terrible, absolutely terrifying. This is a manifestation of mental power. The mental clash between the two has actually affected the real world."

The martial arts king gasped, "With this level of cultivation, he must truly be about to transcend to become a god."

Everyone present turned pale upon hearing this.

Everyone was dumbfounded, completely unable to explain the phenomenon before them using martial arts, let alone science.

Wang Chao's eyes narrowed slightly, a sharp glint in them.

He saw things more deeply than others: "So that's how it is... Sister Chen and Li Chenzhou's spiritual powers resonated during their collision, and this resonance stirred up tiny particles in the air, thus creating the unusual phenomenon of alternating hot and cold temperatures."

His gaze locked onto the two figures in the arena: "But this is only the surface. At a deeper level, their mental strengths are tempering each other. Each alternation of warmth and cold represents a breakthrough in their spiritual realm."

Wang Chao sensed that during this exchange, the mental strength of the two men was growing at an alarming rate.

This growth, in turn, affects the physical body, making their Qi and blood even more mysterious and unpredictable.

"Incredible..." Wang Chao murmured to himself, "This has transcended the realm of ordinary martial arts; it's almost the Dao."

Those present were horrified when they heard his analysis.

Some senior masters asked themselves honestly that if they were in that situation, they probably wouldn't have been able to hold on for even a moment.

Just then, the situation on the field escalated once again.

Li Chenzhou and Tang Zichen were suddenly enveloped in a dazzling "light," as if they were "ascending."

"This...this is simply a miracle!"

Ba Liming stared at the arena, utterly impressed: "Old Ba has truly broadened his horizons today; he's really forging a new path!"

There was a famous experiment where subjects were told they would be subjected to a high-temperature test, but in reality, there was only room-temperature airflow.

However, when the false temperature readings rose, the subjects' skin actually developed real scald blisters, showing a genuine scald reaction.

At this moment, Li Chenzhou and Tang Zichen are enacting the ultimate version of this phenomenon.

At the point where the palms meet, the air refracts and distorts violently due to the temperature difference.

The spectators had to retreat repeatedly, and some noticed that the insects in the courtyard were falling one after another, half charred and half frozen.

"This is not a martial arts contest." A successor of an ancient martial art, his beard frosted with white, seemed to be on a pilgrimage. "This is about changing the world."

"Their consciousness has transcended the limitations of the physical body. Ms. Tang's path of utmost sincerity can foresee the future, while Mr. Li... he is creating the future."

A martial artist with some scientific knowledge sighed, "The scientific community has quantum observation effects, which have now been amplified to a macroscopic scale."

Finally, no one believed that Li Chenzhou's challenge to a palm strike was for the sake of saving face.

When you confront your opponent's strongest point, whether it's arrogance or confidence, the answer is self-evident.

They saw the air around Li Chenzhou and Tang Zichen distort, light and shadow overlapping, and beneath their skin, blood and qi surged like dragons, occasionally bursting forth as electric arcs or frost.

All of this is merely the aftermath of this invisible conflict.

The real battlefield is the struggle of minds.

The mind of an ordinary person is constantly wandering, with one thought rising before another settles, a jumble of distracting thoughts and churning desires.

When ordinary people read, they want to play; when they work, they think of leisure; and even in their sleep, they toss and turn. These are all signs of a restless mind.

In the clash of their minds, joy, anger, sorrow, grief, fear, and shock, as well as aches, pains, numbness, cold, heat, and swelling, are all amplified a hundredfold. The mind leaps 108,000 miles in a single bound, and the will gallops through the three thousand great worlds.

It is ever-changing and unpredictable.

One moment they were in a fairy palace amidst clouds and ascending to immortality, the next they were surrounded by a sea of ​​blood and mountains of corpses, haunted by countless ghosts.

On a divine level, the two are putting into practice subduing their restless minds and restraining their wandering thoughts.

What ordinary people can control is nothing more than the foam on the sea of ​​their minds, which is called superficial consciousness.

What is truly unfathomable is the subconscious.

Subduing the restless mind, taming the wandering thoughts, and seeing oneself clearly—this is the true essence of spiritual cultivation.

Li Chenzhou believed that the unbridled spirit of the fist could subdue the restless mind and tame the willful spirit.

Tang Zichen also verified his own path through this, subdued his restless mind, put his wandering thoughts back in their place, entered a state of deep meditation, and became completely free of thought and worry.

To onlookers, the two appeared to be calming down, their faces serene, as if they were asleep.

Subdue their minds and rein in their wandering thoughts.

At this moment, Li Chenzhou finally subdued his restless mind and illuminated the path ahead.

No one expected that this exchange of blows would last for a whole day and night.

The courtyard was filled with martial arts masters, yet not a single one left, nor did any of them utter a sound.

Even those who had been severely injured by Li Chenzhou were now holding their breath.

Those who can enter this academy are all people with an insatiable thirst for martial arts. For them, witnessing such a "taming the mind and controlling the will" journey is the greatest opportunity.

As the bright moon rose high in the sky, its cool light spilled into the courtyard, and Li Chenzhou and Tang Zichen opened their eyes at the same time.

Lightning flashed in the air, turning the entire courtyard white, and many people instinctively closed their eyes.

Tang Zichen's eyes were clear and sharp as she looked directly at Li Chenzhou: "Is the road ahead clear?"

Its sound was like heavenly music, shaking the soul!

At this moment, everyone fully understood the meaning of Li Chenzhou's earlier statement about "exploring the way forward".

The road ahead!

Wang Chao's gaze was intense, Ba Liming's breathing was heavy, and all the experts in the courtyard were excited, waiting for the answer.

Under the gaze of hundreds of eyes, Li Chenzhou smiled calmly: "Of course."

The sound was like thunder crashing to the ground, silencing the entire garden, and filling my heart with turbulent waves.

Li Chenzhou remained calm. He had already seen the road ahead. This time, through the clash of divine will with Tang Zichen, he subdued his restless mind and tamed his wandering thoughts, finally sorting out a specific method of cultivation.

Tang Zichen's eyes shone brightly, and she immediately pressed for an answer: "Where does the road ahead lie?"

Li Chenzhou gazed at the moon with his hands behind his back, saying, "Heaven and earth are the furnace, and creation is the craftsman."