This martial saint's health bar is too thick

Chapter 595 How to Prove the Dao
The light of dawn tore through the darkness.

The cannons roared all night long, and the grand formation of the Xuanji City palace was finally broken under the bombardment!
This was probably the first time in the history of cultivation in the Eastern Continent that firearms were used in high-level battles and had a decisive effect.

The royal palace formation of Xuanji City is also blessed by the national fortune. Although it cannot withstand the attack of the top experts, it is difficult for even a prince-level expert below the top level to break through it.

But this great formation was eventually breached by cannon fire!
The two great desert kingdoms traded with the western continent, purchasing a large number of new weapons, including automatic rifles and large-caliber howitzers.

These weapons were not only equipped for the troops at the front lines, but some were also left in the royal city.

Wang Jiaming already openly controlled a portion of the artillery, and secretly hid another batch of artillery.

The moment he decided to take action, Wang Chengze sent men to attack all the places that possessed artillery.

Subsequently, all of the more than one hundred large-caliber howitzers fell into the hands of this Wang family patriarch!

The 150mm caliber howitzer, a new weapon developed by Xilu, has a shell power comparable to the full-force blow of a martial arts master!
The entire Xuanmo Kingdom couldn't even muster a hundred martial arts masters.

But Wang Chengze could get his hands on a hundred howitzers.

The ruler of Xuanmo Kingdom had sent most of his forces to the front lines, so he chose to activate the royal palace's defensive formation as soon as the turmoil broke out, while waiting for reinforcements.

The choice itself wasn't wrong, but he overlooked the changes brought about by the new weapons.

Activating the great formation to defend to the death gave Wang Chengze the opportunity to use the cannons to his heart's content.

Throughout the night, tens of thousands of cannonballs bombarded the royal palace's formation!
The continuous bombardment put enormous pressure on the royal palace's grand formation. While the personnel inside the formation were maintaining a key node and replacing consumables, Ye Zean's spies within the palace took action!

The inside agent successfully hindered the maintenance of the key node of the great formation. Grandmaster Wang Chengze, along with his subordinates, launched a fierce attack on the location corresponding to this key node, in coordination with artillery.

Thus, a corner of the royal palace's great formation was breached.

Wang Chengze led his men and stormed in.
After a fierce battle, most of the magnificent palace was reduced to ruins.

Wang Chengze, clad in level seven divine armor, wielded a spear that transformed his martial arts domain, pinning a man in black armor to the ground.

This Privy Councilor of Xuanmo Kingdom is a Grandmaster of the Dao Establishment Realm, whose martial prowess is consistently among the top three in the country!

The man who was pinned to the ground by a spear thrust into his chest was the Grand Commander of the Imperial Guards of Xuanmo Kingdom, and also a Grandmaster of the Dao Establishment Realm!
The life-or-death battle between the two Grandmasters of the Dao Establishment Realm was earth-shattering, but in the end, Wang Chengze prevailed.

He has been deliberately hiding his strength all these years.

"Traitors and rebels should not be spared."

The Imperial Guard Commander, barely clinging to life, stared intently at Wang Chengze and gritted his teeth.

Wang Chengze, expressionless, slowly and resolutely drew his spear.

With this action, the Imperial Guard Commander in front of him was torn to pieces and exploded into a cloud of blood mist!
"puff--"

Wang Chengze suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Although he won the battle against his own kind, he paid a heavy price and was seriously injured.

"Father!"

Wang Xingmin rushed over quickly. "The king has escaped through the secret passage. We have already sent people to pursue him!"

"Ah."

Wang Chengze nodded silently.

The commander of the Imperial Guards dragged him into a desperate struggle in order to buy time for the king to escape.

The Xuanmo Kingdom has treacherous officials like him, but it also has loyal and courageous warriors.

"Father, are you okay?"

Wang Xingmin asked with concern.

Wang Chengze did not answer, but looked around.

He eventually captured the palace, and the rebellion was a victory for him.

But he felt no joy whatsoever.

They're all just doing the work for others.

"Collect all the cannons in the palace, not a single one can be missing."

Wang Chengze gave the order.

These new weapons from the Western Continent played a role that surprised even him tonight.

These cannons were not powerful enough to deal with stronger opponents.

After all, no matter how powerful it is, it's useless if it can't hit anyone.

However, if these cannons were used to besiege cities, they would definitely be weapons that could change the course of the war!

"Unfortunately, the Western Continent failed to invent a weapon that could threaten top-tier experts, or even the most powerful ones."

Wang Chengze thought with some regret.

Although the two great desert kingdoms acquired new weapons from the western continent, they still failed to make any breakthroughs on the battlefield.

This era still belongs to the strong!

"Once the Great Blue Dynasty also acquires these weapons, who will be able to stop them?"

Wang Chengze sighed inwardly.

Even if the weaker party possesses these weapons, it is difficult to defy fate.

The stronger side, once it possesses these weapons, will be even more powerful!

Wang Chengze knew that the howitzers he currently possessed were definitely needed by the Great Blue Dynasty, so he wanted to increase his bargaining power as much as possible.

As the sun rises in the east, its golden rays illuminate the entire royal city.

November 19th, the first year of Yuanxing.

The ruler of Xuanmo fled from the capital city.

On the same day, the ruler of the Crimson Desert Kingdom was killed by Yuwen Qiuchuan, the head of the Yuwen family!
After the news spread, the armies of the two great desert kingdoms that had invaded the Great Blue Dynasty were thrown into chaos.

Some people started fighting amongst themselves, while the rest chose to retreat.

The army of the Great Blue Dynasty in the south took the opportunity to launch an attack, defeating the enemy and killing countless enemies!
Thus, the war in the Southern Territory came to an end.

Outside Mingdu City.

Li Fei has just stopped attacking the city.

During the days he stayed outside the city, he launched several attacks on Mingdu City every day!

Each attack lasts at least thirty minutes.

Bai Yanjun left, leaving him to attack the city alone.

With the attack intensity reduced, the pressure on the White Pagoda's Blessing Vase Array lessened, and it no longer consumed the faith power on the sacred mountain or the national fortune of the grassland royal court.

However, continuously activating the formation is itself a huge drain on resources!
Moreover, Li Fei would launch attacks from time to time.

He did not believe that the array materials in Mingdu City were inexhaustible. Once the materials were exhausted and the array foundation had problems, the array would be breached sooner or later!
"If Qilian Guanshi really has any plans, he will definitely take action before the great formation is broken."

Li Fei was certain that Qilian Guanshi wouldn't drag this out indefinitely.

However, he wasn't in a hurry.

As the saying goes, time is his friend.

Even if he does nothing, the Myriad Blood Bead will automatically absorb a large amount of energy every day, causing the upgrade progress to continue to increase.

As long as the Blood Pearl continues to upgrade, Li Fei's strength will continue to increase!
He would attack the city once a day, and spend the rest of his time sitting outside the city doing his own cultivation.

He has reached the Establishment Realm in martial arts, and his flying sword body has reached the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends.

The next direction of cultivation is the summit that every cultivator looks up to!

Gathering the principles of the Great Dao and reaching the pinnacle of cultivation—this is what Li Fei needs to consider next.

At this stage, simply focusing on arduous training or accumulating resources is no longer meaningful.

What Li Fei needs to consider is how to 'prove the Dao'.

Yingjie of Tianchashan, drawing on the experience of his predecessors, divided the step of 'attaining enlightenment' into two types—

Prove the Way through momentum. Prove the Way through force.

Those who seek enlightenment through momentum must look outward, ride the wind, borrow the great momentum, and gather fortune.

For example, Wenren Zheng used military strategy to gather power, conquer the world, his military might swept across the land, his momentum was unstoppable, he won every battle, and thus proved himself a saint.

Those who prove the Way through force focus on seeking within themselves, overcoming obstacles through their own efforts to break through barriers and achieve enlightenment.

For example, Lin Tianyi, the number one person in the world, proved his Dao through force.

He doesn't need to rely on others; he himself is the trend!

Ying Jie gave Li Fei all his life's insights, and Li Fei naturally wouldn't leave them unstudied.

Now that he has reached this point, he is studying the secret manual that Ying Jie gave him repeatedly.

"To prove one's Dao through momentum requires external forces and depends on the timing and the overall trend, making it more difficult, but the risk of breaking through is lower. On the other hand, to prove one's Dao through strength depends entirely on oneself, which seems easier, but in reality, the risk of breaking through is greater."

The secret manual clearly outlines the advantages and disadvantages of the two methods of attaining enlightenment.

For martial arts masters who are weak and powerless, it is extremely difficult to prove their path through influence, because they have no influence to rely on.

Not everyone can achieve enlightenment by "cursing the nation" like Qiming of the New Heaven Society.

In a sense, the other party actually took advantage of Qingxu's influence.

Without Qingxu's rebellion, the strength of the Great Blue Dynasty declined again and again, making it impossible for Qiming to break through the border.

How many truly pure and virtuous people are there in the world?

As for the previous 'battle for crossing the river,' it was also a way to prove one's Dao by taking advantage of the momentum of the successive falls of four True One Realm experts.

Such a trend only occurs once every thousand years.
That's why Yingjie chose the riskier path of proving his path through force, because he had no other choice.

But Li Fei is different.

As the Marquis of the Great Blue Kingdom, a pillar of the nation, and a regent minister.

He wants to prove himself through influence, and he has many opportunities!
"Using the [Jing'an] supernatural power as its core, to pacify the world for the Great Blue Dynasty, and thus use the nation's destiny to prove the Dao?"

This was the first path to enlightenment that Li Fei thought of.

Emperor Hongguang used the nation's fortune to create the [Jing'an] supernatural power for him, which was not simply a gift of a supernatural power.

The other party also gave Li Fei a road that leads straight to the top!

Now that the Northern Barbarians have been pacified, Li Fei has received news of the internal strife in the two great desert regions through the Thousand Machine Shadowless Silk.

His personal contribution accounted for a large part of this.

Next, they pacified the grasslands and crushed the Western Kingdom located in the heart of the Central Plains.

As long as Li Fei continues to make significant contributions in this process.

He is at least 90% confident that he can reach the top by taking advantage of the nation's fortunes!

This is a crystal-clear path to enlightenment, and we have already completed half of it!

"If we prove our path in this way, then from now on, the Great Blue Dynasty and I will share both glory and ruin."

Li Fei thought to himself silently.

When he first came into this world, he had no feelings for the Great Blue Dynasty, and even felt disgusted by the country's corruption and all its unbearable aspects!
But along the way, Li Lei and his wife, Li Tianyu, Hao Yi, Shangguan Xiao, Shi Caiming, Emperor Hongguang, Yun Shu, and now the Emperor.

These people have forged an inseparable bond between Li Fei and the Great Blue Dynasty.

He is willing to fight for the Great Blue Dynasty and hopes that the country will become better and better.

But it requires complete integration with this country.
A cyan figure appeared in Li Fei's mind.

After the war ends, it's better to sit high in the halls of power and hold authority.

He actually wanted to travel the world with that person and seek the Dao together.

"If I choose to prove my path through force, which method should I use?"

Li Fei began to consider other paths.

Yingjie proves his path through strength by fighting to the death to 'prove' his strongest self.

Ning Qingman also proved her Dao through force. She told Li Fei that before she broke through to the next realm, she challenged all the great masters of swordsmanship in the world and used her sword to break their swords.

She finally reached the pinnacle of swordsmanship only after she was certain that she could defeat all sword techniques below the summit with a single strike.

She also told Li Fei that she had actually imitated Lin Tianyi's path.

When that number one person in the world broke through to the next realm, he first defeated all the grandmasters and top-level masters in the world.

Finally, they invited five grandmasters and five top-tier masters at the same time.

Lin Tianyi fought ten against one!

That battle pushed Lin Tianyi to his limits, allowing him to surpass them and reach the top in one fell swoop!
"Ying Jie's way is to fight to the death, Ning Qingman's way is to break through all laws with a single sword, and Lin Tianyi's way is to suppress the world with force. If you want to prove it with force..."

Li Fei has already 'established his path' and is no longer confused about his own path.

However, his 'path' is different from others, and his way of proving the 'path' through force is naturally different as well.

His path is to have a free heart, to live a joyful life, and to go forth even if there are thousands of people against me.

Such a principle, if proven by force, undoubtedly requires external conditions.

Moreover, it is very difficult to create artificially.

If Li Fei were to deliberately create difficulties for himself like Lin Tianyi did, and then try to overcome them, his mindset would not be right.

After all, his path is different from Lin Tianyi's.

"I don't really want to prove my principles through power."

"To prove the truth through force, one also needs an opportunity."

"Or perhaps, to prove one's path through power, but not with the [Jing'an] supernatural ability as the core? For example, to achieve the Dao through destiny?"

As the greatest prodigy in history, Li Fei constantly breaks one cultivation record after another. Even if he disregards his status as a marquis of the Great Blue Dynasty, his personal fortune is still quite remarkable.

Others only accumulate a large amount of luck after becoming top-tier experts.

Li Fei already possessed a great deal of good fortune before he even reached the summit.

Therefore, he has the opportunity to prove himself through destiny.

A chosen one of heaven, blessed with good fortune, he has embarked on a path of combining magic and martial arts that is unprecedented in history.

If one uses destiny to prove one's path, the success rate shouldn't be too low.

"However, this method is not entirely in line with my principles."

Li Fei stroked his chin, thinking to himself.

If he were to reveal his thoughts to other grandmasters or top-tier masters, he would probably be condemned to death!

For others, having a definite path to enlightenment is already a source of immense joy.

But Li Fei started to be picky.
He suddenly remembered Bai Chen, the master of the Gouchen Sword.

The other party's path is "to achieve the Way by severing one's own body." One must choose a target and let others sever one's own body twice in succession, thus severing both the manifest body and the reward body.

Finally, he used his Dharma body to kill the target, thus attaining enlightenment and reaching the pinnacle.

This method of attaining enlightenment borrows from the karma and external forces of others, but it is not entirely about relying on external forces; a portion still needs to be proven by one's own efforts.

It can be seen as a combination of proving the Dao through momentum and proving the Dao through force!
Yingjie summarized two ways to prove the Dao, while Baichen explored a third path on his own.

As someone entangled with the other party through cause and effect and ultimately chosen as their target, Li Fei received karmic repercussions after killing Bai Chen.

There is probably no one else in the world who has such a profound understanding of this method of enlightenment as Li Fei.

"Or perhaps I could learn from Bai Chen and think about how to combine momentum and force?"

Under the blazing sun, Li Fei, dressed in a golden robe, sat cross-legged on the grass.

Thinking about his future path.

P.S.: You can also guess how Li Fei will attain enlightenment in the future, and see if you can guess correctly~
(End of this chapter)