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Under the influence of Xie Que's martial will and its own evolution, the spiritual energy of the world in the Maha Realm has become increasingly rich and pure, far surpassing that of other great worlds.

Furthermore, martial arts have become the absolute mainstream in the Maha Realm, far surpassing the Taoist system!

As a result, various martial arts styles began to flourish.
There are many schools of thought, such as the Undying Golden Body Path, the Myriad Laws Martial Path, and the Battle Saint Technique.

Moreover, martial arts academies and sects abound, producing numerous geniuses, and the quantity and quality of martial artists have reached unprecedented heights.

Ordinary people can also learn basic martial arts to improve their health and prolong their lives.

Xie Que, on the other hand, secluded himself in a corner, continuing to refine and perfect his martial arts.

He constantly draws inspiration from the workings of heaven and earth, the evolution of all living beings, and the breakthroughs of martial artists, thus condensing new martial arts principles.

Twenty million years after the opening of the Maha Realm, Xie Que successfully perfected the martial arts Daoist essence to thirty-six strands, which conforms to the number of "Tian Gang".

At this point, martial arts had become an extremely mature and powerful path, comparable to or even surpassing many ancient paths.

Xie Que felt that his power had reached an unprecedented peak, and his every move far surpassed the might of any Immortal Emperor.

However, when he calmed down and tried to understand, he could not feel any breakthrough in himself.

It seems like I'm still standing still!

This means that he has not yet attained enlightenment!
At this moment, Xie Que clearly realized that this was not a problem with his own martial arts, but a problem with the very foundation of the Great Dao.

The Great Dao is now incomplete due to the erosion of the void, and is unable to support the sublimation of a new Great Dao.

Xie Que felt heavy-hearted, but he did not give up.

In the fifty millionth year, Xie Que continued to cultivate his martial arts with unparalleled perseverance.

After a long period of time and countless failures and adjustments, he finally deduced the essence of martial arts to seventy-two strands, which is in line with the number of "Earthly Fiends".

Xie Que's strength increased dramatically once again, and his understanding of martial arts reached a state of perfection.

However, the feeling of attaining enlightenment remained elusive, and the incomplete barrier of the Great Dao stood like an insurmountable chasm before him.

Xie Que understood that relying solely on the accumulation of personal strength was no longer enough to break through the limitations of the world itself.

He needs to find another way, or... change his environment.

In order to seek a breakthrough and to gather even stronger martial arts willpower, Xie Que made a major decision.
That is to completely replace the original, relatively weak Heavenly Dao Laws of the Maha Realm with martial arts!
Immediately, Xie Que condensed seventy-two strands of martial arts and forcibly separated the Heavenly Dao of the Maha Realm.

After that, the Heavenly Dao of the Maha Realm was completely replaced by Xie Que's martial arts!
The movement of mountains and rivers, the movement of the sun, moon and stars, the changing of the seasons and the laws of birth and death of all things are all reconstructed and manifested with martial arts as the core.

After that, the Maha Realm was officially renamed the Martial Realm!
Under the perfect operation and nourishment of the "Martial Heaven Path", the concentration of spiritual energy in heaven and earth reached an unbelievable level, even condensing into liquid spiritual lakes and solid spiritual crystal veins.

Martial artists can progress rapidly in their training, making it relatively easy to break through bottlenecks.

The number of martial artists at the Heavenly Monarch Realm has increased significantly, and peerless experts at the Half-Step Dao Monarch level have begun to emerge. They have each comprehended the essence of martial arts and are moving towards the peak.

At this time, the martial arts civilization had reached its peak, and the number of powerful individuals even surpassed that of the Earthly Immortal Realm at its peak.

From that moment on, the martial arts world officially entered the mythical era!
The martial arts world was immersed in the glory of the mythical era for countless millennia.

The almost endless void was also cleared away by the martial artists.

The once glorious Taoist system has become insignificant.

Only in the deeper reaches of the river of time can one catch a glimpse of the power of the Dao.

But the age of mythology will eventually come to an end.

The myths of the martial arts world will be shattered, just like a primordial world falling into the void.

On this day, countless huge cracks suddenly appeared in the sky of the martial world, and countless twisted figures poured out from the cracks.

From their figures and aura, one could vaguely discern the outlines of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, heavenly soldiers and generals, and ancient demons.

However, their golden bodies were shattered, their immortal aura vanished, and their bodies were writhing with void power, exuding an aura of madness, greed, and annihilation.

Their minds have been utterly corrupted, reduced to the minions of the void.

Most of the powerful figures among them were former Immortal Kings and Immortal Emperors who had been stationed at the Three Thousand Dao Passes.

Although the martial world is strong, it can only put up a stubborn resistance against the countless Daoists who have accumulated over the years in the Three Thousand Dao Passes.

The war between the martial arts world and the void invaders instantly intensified.

The sky has also become a meat grinder.

The warriors' angry roars and the howls of the void demons resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

The golden martial arts energy and the purplish-black void energy collided and annihilated each other.

Powerful warriors kept self-destructing, dragging powerful void invaders down with them.

Guan Qi, Yang Zhiyuan, and other half-step Dao Lord level powerhouses were also forced to confront the former ancient immortal Buddha leader.

Their battle had a wide-ranging impact, shattering mountains and rivers and extinguishing all spiritual energy.

But the void rift continued to expand, and the void invaders pouring out seemed endless.

Even more terrifying is that the erosion of the martial world by the void energy has begun to manifest.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is polluted and absorbed, causing the spiritual energy to become turbid and thin.

The operation of the Martial Heaven Path was disrupted and became sluggish.

The martial artists found it difficult to mobilize the energy of heaven and earth and their own blood and qi, which weakened their strength.

The war lasted for tens of thousands of years. Although the martial artists in the martial world were brave, they gradually fell into a disadvantageous position under the continuous erosion and consumption of the power of the void.

One after another, martial arts masters who shone in the mythical era, such as Guan Qi and Yang Zhiyuan,
In the final, brutal battle, he used his martial arts cultivation as a catalyst to perish together with the Void Immortal Emperors.

Countless core members also perished in battle alongside the Void Invaders.

With the decline of top combat power and the deepening of void erosion, the resistance forces of the martial world finally collapsed.

The once-prosperous martial arts holy land has been reduced to scorched earth, its spiritual veins have dried up, and its lineage has been severed.

As a result, the power of the Martial Heaven Path weakened to the extreme and could hardly function effectively, which led to the chaos of the rules in the martial world and frequent calamities.

Martial artists either died in battle or gradually declined due to the depletion of spiritual energy and the failure of their techniques, and the once brilliant martial arts civilization began to regress.

The glorious mythological era came to an end under the iron heel of the void.

The martial arts world was plunged into a long, desolate, and hopeless night.

No one knows how many years have passed, but Xie Que finally slowly opened his eyes.

When he went into seclusion, it was during the height of the mythological era; when he emerged, countless years had passed.

He stepped out of his seclusion, and the scene before him was already different.

Once a sacred land brimming with spiritual energy and where martial arts brilliance soared to the heavens, now its spiritual veins are dried up, its mountains are crumbling, and the earth is covered with bottomless ravines and purplish-black traces of corrosion.

The sky was gray, filled with an aura of decay and death.

His divine sense swept across the entire martial world in an instant.

The once bustling city has been reduced to ruins, and the powerful sect is now nothing but broken walls and rubble.

His former peers and younger colleagues, on whom he had placed high hopes, as well as the heroes who rose to prominence later, have long since vanished into the river of time, none of them remaining in this world.

In this vast world, Xie Que has no more old friends left!
Even a being who could have spoken to him on equal terms has vanished into the river of time.

An unprecedented, deep-seated sense of loneliness overwhelmed Xie Que.

Xie Que did not succumb to despair, but instead condensed all his emotions, insights, and ultimate thoughts on martial arts into a resolute will.

He came alone to the highest and most desolate mountain in the martial arts world.

Xie Que sat cross-legged, his back to the desolate world, facing the endless void.

Time lost its meaning here. Xie Que's physical body seemed to have turned into a stubborn stone, his vital energy and blood were dormant, but his consciousness sank into the deepest sea of ​​consciousness.

He no longer pursued the accumulation of Daoist wisdom, but began to examine the essence of "Dao," the boundary between life and death.
And in this desperate situation where the Great Dao is broken and the void is rampant, where is the real "way out"?

In the extreme solitude and profound understanding of the devastation, Xie Que's martial will underwent a fundamental transformation.

He realized that martial arts is not only the way of "life", but its ultimate meaning lies in the true meaning of "death"!

That is to live in the face of death, and to build something anew from the ashes!
True transcendence may require igniting the spark of new life in nothingness on the edge of death and annihilation!

This is not self-destruction, but a courage and wisdom to rise from the ashes and transcend the existing framework of the Great Way!
Xie Que now understands that if he wants to fight against the corruption of the void, which represents the ultimate "death", he must first cross the threshold of "death".

Just as Xie Que comprehended the "method of death,"

He suddenly felt his consciousness being completely enveloped by an indescribable, rotten, and cloying scent.

A crumbling palace, riddled with cracks and filthy bloodstains, crashed down and slammed into Xie Que's sea of ​​consciousness.

Atop the ruins, a massive, twisted golden statue slowly rose to its feet.

He still vaguely retains the solemn outline of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, but his golden body is covered with purplish-black mold spots.

A vertical eye split open between his brows, its pupil revealing a collapsing primordial universe and a scene of fallen, wailing immortals and Buddhas.

At this time, Yuanshi Tianzun was no longer the Dao Ancestor, but the Yuanshi Tianmo!

It is a Dao fruit that has been completely corrupted and degenerated by the void!

It is the true source of inner demons in the world!
The voice of the Primordial Heavenly Demon resounded directly deep within Xie Que's soul:

"Young friend, having sat in meditation for countless ages, have you ever glimpsed... the decaying appearance of the Dao Fruit?"

The demonic eye between the brows of the Primordial Heavenly Demon rotated, creating a terrifying sight.

He pointed a finger at Xie Que.

In an instant, the illusory images of the Three Thousand Great Dao Rivers cascaded down like a waterfall.

But what flows in this long river is not pure Dao principles, but countless broken golden bodies, Buddha remains, demon bones, and immortal corpses!
Cause and effect have been distorted, the natural order has been corrupted, and reincarnation has been overturned...

This is the consciousness of sentient beings that has just emerged from the Great Dao, which has been completely polluted and distorted by the void.

"This world should have collapsed long ago and returned to eternal 'nothingness'."

"Join the void. Let it devour these decaying heavens and myriad worlds!"

"Serve me, and you... will become the only immortal Dao Fruit of the new era!"

The demonic flames behind him suddenly surged, as if they were about to devour the entire martial world.

Xie Que could feel that, faced with a Dao Fruit that surpassed his own realm, all his methods seemed pale and powerless.

But at this moment, Xie Que's eyes were unusually calm, even carrying a hint of relief.

Instead of attacking the Primordial Demon, he transformed his martial will, which had been condensed into the principle of "living towards death," into an invisible blade and stabbed it fiercely into his own heart!

In an instant, his divine body, divine soul, and the seventy-two strands of martial arts essence began to disintegrate!
This is not a destruction caused by external forces, but a self-destruction from the inside out.

However, this collapse is not the end.

In the deepest part of Xie Que's sea of ​​consciousness, a pure, indomitable crimson-gold heart flame was ignited!
This inner fire, fueled by martial arts, burns with Xie Que's lifelong belief and his resolute will to live in the face of death!
This is the last light that martial arts shone on the verge of extinction!
The Primordial Demon's maniacal laughter abruptly ceased, replaced by shock and rage: "Madman!!"

He never expected Xie Que to "retaliate" in such an extreme and thorough way.

At this moment, the Primordial Heavenly Demon didn't even have time to launch an attack. That seemingly weak heart fire contained a power that surpassed the existing Great Dao.

It spread like wildfire in an instant, completely engulfing the Primordial Heavenly Demon!
The inner fire and the primordial demon body began to fiercely clash and burn.

The Primordial Demon attempted to corrupt the Heart Flame, thereby extinguishing it.
But at this moment, the inner fire is constantly purifying and burning away the void foundation of the Primordial Heavenly Demon.

As the two continued to fight, Xie Que did not completely perish due to the effect of the Death-Judging Talisman, but he was left with only a wisp of his soul.

"My inner demons..." Xie Que seemed to awaken from a deep dream, his thoughts merely shifting:
"It is the fruit of the Tao, but it is also an illusion, an attachment!"

"but now……"

"...It's gone!"

This was said both to the Primordial Demon and to himself.

At this moment, Xie Que had already seen through the true nature of the Primordial Heavenly Demon.
If he is truly without desires, the Primordial Heavenly Demon will be unable to find his weakness.

My past self was too eager to attain enlightenment, which gave the Primordial Heavenly Demon the opportunity to descend upon my soul.

As he thrust out that finger, he completely severed his illusory attachment to the "Dao Fruit".

At that moment, Xie Que suddenly extended a wisp of his divine soul tendril and couldn't help but laugh, "Actually... I also have a Dao Fruit..."

"What?" The Primordial Heavenly Demon suddenly looked up and saw that countless flames of the heart were about to engulf it.

At this moment, the consciousness of the Primordial Demon also fell into boundless darkness. This was not death, but a slide into true and eternal annihilation.

At the same time, the Book of Death Trial suddenly opened in Xie Que's mind.

The colors on the talisman were unlike anything Xie Que had ever seen in countless years.

Primordial Beginning: The colored entry represents the profound truths of the Great Dao that you have comprehended and will comprehend in the future, all of which are the pure forms of the universe at its inception, before it was polluted.

This entry doesn't grant power, but rather fundamentally revolutionizes Xie Que's level of understanding and way of perceiving "Tao".

But at this moment, Xie Que was also reduced to a wisp of a soul.

The destruction brought about by the Primordial Heart Demon was not simply the annihilation of Xie Que's body and soul.

It is a permanent wound that can never be healed.

At this moment, a torrential rain of blood suddenly fell in the martial arts world, as if heaven and earth were grieving for the martyrs.

At the same time, the stream of consciousness of the Primordial Heavenly Demon, which had been completely destroyed, was not entirely dead.

Countless lingering thoughts, devoured and corrupted by it, intertwined into a vast web of consciousness, surging into Xie Que's final moments of awareness.

At the same time, Xie Que's remaining consciousness was cleansed as if by a clear spring, washing away the polluted and distorted information.

From the perspective of "Primordial Beginning," it is restored and stripped away, revealing its pure and perfect "Tao" essence before it was eroded by the void.

"So... the uncorrupted Great Dao is this perfectly flawless..."

This was Xie Que's last realization before his consciousness dissipated.

For the first time, he "saw" the true form of the Great Dao so clearly, a sight that contrasted sharply with the incomplete reality.

At the same time, he truly felt the irresistible terror between life and death.

At the critical juncture of this collision between ultimate enlightenment and near-death experience, Xie Que was suddenly moved to speak.

"To live in the face of death!"

This thought was like the first ray of light after the creation of the world, illuminating absolute darkness.

His dying remnant soul caught a glimmer of life that was being nurtured in the abyss of annihilation, a life that transcended the existing rules of life and death!

Taking this as an opportunity, a completely new method, entirely different from the path to enlightenment, was introduced.

In an instant, a miracle occurred!
Xie Que's withered and desolate remnant soul, which should have completely dissipated, was reborn against the odds in the void!

A pure, new force full of infinite possibilities began to reshape Xie Que's existence.

Xie Que also clearly realized that his old self, who was obsessed with the Dao, had been completely burned away in that fire of the heart.

Now reborn, I am living a completely new life, a second life! (End of Chapter)