This martial saint's health bar is too thick

Chapter 636 A War Between Two Nations, A War Between Two People

Hua la la la——

The sound emitted by the Martial Arts River is not the rushing sound of a river, but the sound of a celestial river pouring down with immense force, as if it were about to wash away the sky!

The golden river, formed by the condensed essence of martial arts and the boundless power of Buddhism, was like a giant dragon, tightly coiling around the blue giant with an overwhelming and all-encompassing pressure.

As the Heavenly King of the River Suppressor unleashed his punch, the blue giant's head caved inward violently, forming a shockingly large fist imprint.

Countless thick cracks, crackling with blue-green lightning, spread across the entire head like a plague, centered on the fist imprint.

Within the military formation, 137 Imperial Guard soldiers, positioned at the crucial "head" of the formation, were struck simultaneously by an invisible giant hammer the instant the Heavenly King of the River Suppressed's punch landed!
Before he could even scream, his entire body exploded from the inside out.

Flesh, bone fragments, and shattered armor pieces mixed with icy blue energy sparks exploded within the army formation, creating a deathly spectacle of crimson and icy blue!
After launching a counterattack, Jinglian did not continue to attack Qingshuang Army. Suddenly, a huge Pure World White Lotus bloomed at the feet of Zhenhe Tianwang.

Countless rays of Buddhist light poured into the body of the River-Suppressing Heavenly King like a torrential rain, replenishing his energy.

The Heavenly King Zhenhe had expended considerable energy to rush back from the Great Luo Sect, so Jinglian couldn't directly bestow the nation's fortune upon others to enhance their combat power. However, she could use the nation's fortune to perform restorative spells.

This is tantamount to indirectly using the nation's fortune to replenish the losses of the Heavenly King Zhenhe.

While receiving replenishment, the River-Suppressing Heavenly King launched an attack.

The golden river coiling around the giant tightened once more, as the two Daoist powers, [Ganges Martial Town] and [Azure God's Frost Prison], clashed at their most fundamental level.

A dazzling, icy-blue light spread rapidly along the golden river, and the impenetrable ice, harder than divine iron, covered the river's surface at a visible speed, freezing the churning golden waves. The entire river seemed to have been paused, transforming into a magnificent yet lifeless ice sculpture dragon.

But the next second, the sound of shattering was like a death knell. The seemingly indestructible azure ice, under the impact of the immense power surging within the golden river, which contained the essence of Buddhist martial arts for thousands of years, shattered in less than a breath!
Countless massive ice crystal fragments, imbued with terrifying cold, scattered like a storm, instantly piercing and freezing the nearby rocks and trees.

After breaking free from its restraints, the golden river became even more ferocious and its power even stronger!
The two sides repeatedly froze and then broke the ice again and again.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zhenhe Tianwang kept punching the blue giant. With each punch, soldiers of the Imperial Guard died within the army formation!
A few breaths later, a powerful force was compressed and condensed between the chest and abdomen of the blue giant.

A blindingly bright deep blue light appeared, instantly transforming into a rapidly spinning, blooming ice lotus composed of pure icy energy.

This ice lotus no longer seeks to freeze, but instead pushes the power of extreme cold towards a destructive and unstable state—

boom! ! !
The ice lotus exploded with a deafening roar. There was no fire, only a deep blue, extremely cold shockwave capable of freezing the soul, which spread wildly in all directions in a spherical shape.

The air was instantly frozen into solid blue ice crystal powder, and the space groaned under the strain.

The first thing to be hit was the golden river that was wrapped around the giant. Its surface was instantly covered with a thick layer of dark blue ice, and it was violently pushed outward and shattered by the force!
At this moment, the Eight Paths Soldiers suddenly turned around and launched a counterattack in coordination with the Azure Frost Army, attacking the River-Suppressing Heavenly King together.

The Azure Frost Army used their battle formation to buy themselves a moment's respite, but before the Azure Giant could completely break free, the gentle Buddhist light transformed into ribbons of light, filling the gaps in the golden river and trapping the Azure Frost Army once again.

But Jinglian intervened at the opportune moment.

While using [Pure Land Reincarnation] to block the powerful figures of the Great Blue Dynasty, he also engaged the Azure Frost Army.

The Heavenly King of the River Guardian paid no attention to the eight attacking soldiers, letting them strike him, and then blocked them with the golden river that surrounded him.

The power of eight Grandmasters is a certain threat to newly promoted peak experts, but to a Martial Saint of the level of Zhenhe Tianwang, it is like a gentle breeze.

The Heavenly King of Zhenhe had a cold gaze as he locked onto the blue giant in front of him. He then slowly pressed down with a palm strike in mid-air towards the enormous figure.

Rumble——! ! !
Like a roar of the Milky Way bursting its banks from beyond the heavens, a huge gap suddenly appeared in the void above the blue giant's head.

A golden river, more condensed and vast than before, containing the supreme Buddhist martial arts essence and boundless power, poured down from the heavens like a world-destroying dragon breaking free of its restraints!

However, just as this devastating golden torrent was about to engulf the blue giant...

A massive canopy, shimmering with the five colors of divine light—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—unexpectedly unfolded above the blue giant's head.

The canopy spun, casting countless rays of light, exuding a grand artistic conception that encompasses the five elements and harmonizes yin and yang.

It stood like the most resilient barrier, forcefully resisting the golden torrent pouring down from the heavens.

The golden river crashed into the canopy, unleashing a deafening roar. The violent energy shockwave spread wildly, shearing away a layer of the mountains surrounding Vajra City!
The canopy trembled violently, and the five-colored divine light flickered, yet it stubbornly withstood this earth-shattering blow.

"Heaven and earth are in chaos, and the five elements return to nothingness."

A clear and majestic voice resounded across the battlefield.

Xuanxin Zhenjun has finally made his move!
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth on the entire battlefield went berserk instantly.

Metal generates water? No, metal burns wood!
Water to extinguish fire? No, water to solidify soil!
The ironclad rules of mutual generation and restraint of the five elements were completely overturned and reversed, as if the heavens and earth were being violently stirred and turned upside down by an invisible giant hand!
Even the power of the Dao was severely disturbed and became disordered!
The raging Five Elements energy transformed into a tangible torrent of five-colored light, like a raging sea, and with an extremely tyrannical manner, it crashed down on the River-Suppressing Heavenly King trapped in the center.

Space is no longer a stable entity; it is being pulled, twisted, and folded by this rebellious force.

The scene around the River-Suppressing Heavenly King was bizarre and grotesque: mountains hung upside down, rivers flowed backward, flames burned on ice, and metal melted and solidified in the void. Everything was out of the ordinary, plunging into utter chaos and madness!
The Great Array of Heaven and Earth Reversed and the Five Elements Overturned!
"The Five Elements reversed? Buddha is still Buddha!"

When the Heavenly King of the River Suppressor spoke for the first time, his voice was deep yet carried a vast power that pierced through the chaos, like the morning bell and evening drum.

The golden river beneath his feet, which had always flowed ceaselessly and symbolized the millennia-old martial arts heritage of Buddhism, suddenly burst forth with an unprecedentedly solemn light.

The river was no longer confined to his feet, but seemed to possess a spirit, surging and rushing into the distance.

Wherever the long river flows, the distorted space is smoothed out as if by an invisible hand, the wrinkles disappear, and stability is restored.

The raging and chaotic Five Elements energy, like a tamed wild horse, instantly became docile and peaceful, returning to the cycle of heaven and earth.

The bizarre and chaotic scene faded away quickly, like dirt washed away with water, revealing the original landscape.

The golden river seemed to transform into an immortal rainbow bridge spanning the sky, radiating supreme power to suppress time and space and regulate the universe!

The Heavenly King of Zhenhe used the Long River of Martial Arts to forcefully suppress the Five Elements Reversal Array!
Xuanxin Zhenjun actually reached the pinnacle earlier than Zhenhe Tianwang, but on the list of the most powerful, Li Fei only ranked him eighth.

Those top experts ahead of him, no matter who they faced, he would find it difficult to defeat.

With his ability to reverse the universe and activate the Five Elements Formation, he could stall and fight against anyone.

Unfortunately, the Heavenly King of Zhenhe is extremely skilled at sealing and suppressing.

Under the long river of martial arts, the universe is no longer reversed, and the five elements are no longer disordered, so the great formation of Xuanxin Zhenjun is naturally unable to exert its power.

Just as the Heavenly King of Zhenhe was distracted in suppressing the great formation, he caught a glimpse of the blue giant wearing a thick, crystal-clear armor made of condensed ice that covered his entire body.

This is more than 8,000 Imperial Guards joining the Qing Shuang Army's formation by 'gathering strength'!

Different military formations have slightly different weapons, so it's impossible for the more than 8,000 Imperial Guards to be directly integrated into the Azure Frost Army's formation and thus not be able to directly enhance the Azure Frost Army's formation power.

They were like 'accessories' to the Azure Frost Army at this moment. They couldn't fully share power, but they could use this method to add a layer of defense to the Azure Frost Army.

Before the more than 8,000 Imperial Guards are wiped out, the Azure Frost Army will not suffer too many casualties.

The fact that the eight Imperial Guards could coordinate so quickly and precisely with the Azure Frost Army on such a fierce battlefield was not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but the result of countless rigorous training exercises.

Before the battle began, Wenren Zheng had already prepared himself to sacrifice eight thousand Imperial Guards to save the Qing Shuang Army!
The golden river beneath the feet of the River-Suppressing Heavenly King suddenly surged, carrying him like a god riding a raging torrent, charging unstoppably toward the heavily armored blue giant.

Along the way, the five-colored light pillars and distorted spatial turbulence that True Monarch Xuanxin activated to condense the great formation were all easily shattered and smoothed out by the surging river of martial arts.

Wherever the river flows, it is unstoppable!

boom--! ! ! !

Like a colossal pillar carrying the weight of the entire world, it crashed violently into the sacred mountain that supports the heavens.

The colossal blue giant, its massive body covered in thick, dark ice armor, emitted a deafening roar that sent chills down one's spine!

The layer of heavy armor containing condensed ice on the giant's chest was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks, as if struck by a heavy hammer. Then it shattered with a crash, turning into a sky full of ice crystal dust, and the terrifying impact was transmitted into it without reservation.

The blue giant's mountain-like body was slammed backward, its massive feet sinking deep into the ground, carving out two enormous ravines hundreds of feet long and bottomless!

The churned-up soil and gravel, mixed with icy blue energy fragments, rose into the sky like erupting volcanic ash, blotting out the sun.

Almost at the same instant of the impact, another ice lotus exuding a bone-chilling cold silently condensed and bloomed in the back of the River-Suppressing Heavenly King, and then exploded with a bang!

The Azure Frost Army launched a counterattack.

At the same time, the Buddha's light shone brightly, and a pure white lotus bloomed.

However, Jinglian wanted to step in and shield Zhenhe Tianwang from some of the damage.

The radiant light enveloped the white lotus, carrying a strange power that reversed the five elements. The Pure World White Lotus was as if it had been thrown into strong acid, visibly twisting, deforming, and its radiance rapidly dimming, until it finally completely dissolved, turning into the most primordial energy of heaven and earth and disappearing without a trace.

Xuanxin Zhenjun couldn't subdue Zhenhe Tianwang, but he could easily defeat Jinglian, who barely reached the peak of her combat power.

He intervened to stop Jinglian while simultaneously slowing down the attack of Zhenhe Tianwang.

Even so, the Heavenly King of Zhenhe still managed to overpower the Qingshuang Army!

In the center of the battlefield, the blue giant clad in heavy armor of Xuanbing was struggling to hold on, like a small boat in a storm, under the terrifying bombardment of the River Suppressor King, which was like divine punishment.

Each impact, each surge of energy, was accompanied by the shattering and disintegration of large sections of the Xuanbing Heavy Armor!

In a brief exchange, more than 700 of the 8,000 Imperial Guards had been killed or wounded!

Suddenly, two figures flew in from a distance, followed by a white dragon.

Two guardian deities and more than three thousand monks, transformed into a white dragon in military formation, have arrived!

The Western Kingdom is sending all of its top combat forces to this battlefield.

A sufficient number of top-tier combatants can also influence the ultimate battlefield.

Jinglian currently has most of his power spent suppressing the powerful figures of the Great Blue Dynasty. As long as the top Buddhist warriors arrive and help him block the top experts of the Great Blue Dynasty, he will be able to free up more power to assist Zhenhe Tianwang in attacking Qingshuang Army.

Alternatively, he could kill off the remaining powerhouses of the Great Blue Dynasty first, and then lead a group of top Buddhist warriors to besiege the peak powerhouse!
The two guardian Vajras and over three thousand monks who arrived quickly entered the Qiankun Reversal Five Elements Formation under the escort of the River-Suppressing Heavenly King. They then entered Jinglian's [Pure Land Reincarnation] and fought against the powerful figures of the Great Blue Dynasty within.

The situation is tilting in favor of Buddhism once again.

Shortly after the Buddhist reinforcements arrived, reinforcements from the Great Blue Dynasty also arrived—

A figure appeared from the void and went directly to the edge of the Qiankun Reversal Five Elements Formation.

The newcomer was dressed in a golden robe, exuding a chilling sword aura; it was none other than Li Fei!
He received the latest intelligence from Vajra City, knowing that the River-Suppressing Heavenly King had arrived.

Fearing that the situation in Vajra City would not hold, Li Fei disregarded Xu Chihan and went alone to Vajra City first using the [Boundless Distance] technique.

Before leaving, he told Xu Chihan that if the other party did not arrive in time, he would rather break the contract than give it the [Wangchuan]!
In Li Fei's view, the fact that Zhenhe Tianwang rushed back to Xiji Kingdom so quickly despite the losses must be because he wanted to take advantage of the time difference and weaken the fighting power of the Great Blue Dynasty as much as possible while the Buddhists had the upper hand.

Upon arriving, seeing that Zhenhe Tianwang was attacking Qingshuang Army, he became even more certain of his guess.

"Amitabha."

Just as Li Fei was about to enter the great formation and charge towards the River-Suppressing Heavenly King, a somewhat familiar voice suddenly rang in his ear:

"Benefactor Li, it's been a long time."

Li Fei turned around and saw a person flying towards him from a distance.

The newcomer was dressed in a simple white monk's robe, and his whole being gave off a sense of crystal-clear purity, without the slightest impurity.

Li Fei had only ever seen this kind of temperament in one person in his entire life—

A contemporary Buddhist disciple of Pudu Temple, Ming Qi!

"Abandoned openly."

Li Fei looked at the Buddhist disciple flying towards him, his expression somewhat complicated.

The fact that the other party voluntarily withdrew from the martial arts competition so that his master could be remembered in history, and then broke through to a higher realm on the spot, left an extremely deep impression on Li Fei.

It wasn't because Ming Qi became the greatest in history, but because the relationship between the other party and his master moved Li Fei, reminding him of Hao Yi.

Later, the two of them, along with Qin Ziheng, who was still the crown prince, traveled by carriage to Lanling City.

At the grand assembly, Li Fei requested a retrial of the cases of Hao Yi and Shangguan Xiao, which was met with skepticism.

Ming Qi then stepped forward, willing to forgo his own reward, to plead for Li Fei. (See Chapter 35 of Volume 3 for details)
Li Fei will always remember this kindness.

Therefore, when Buddhism and the Great Blue Dynasty completely broke off relations and fell into a deadly enmity, the first person Li Fei thought of was Ming Qi.

He was unwilling to confront Mingqi in the future during the conflict with Buddhism.

"My breakthrough speed is fast, the other party should not be able to catch up with me, and we can't fight."

Li Fei comforted himself in this way.

He felt that Ming Qi was at most at the initial stage of the Grandmaster realm, and that he was not on the same level as him.

However, when Li Fei saw Ming Qi again, he was surprised to find that the other party had not only reached the peak of the Dao Establishment Realm, but also, like the Northern Barbarian King Borhu, was a Grandmaster of the Seven Divine Powers!

"You are no match for me."

Li Fei paused for a moment, then shook his head at Ming Qi, "Go find someone else."

Even though Ming Qi was already a Grandmaster at the peak of the Seven Divine Powers Establishing the Dao Realm, killing his opponent would only take one move.

Ming Qi clasped his hands together, a hint of sorrow appearing in his exceptionally clear eyes:
"I apologize, but I have come here today specifically for you."

"Oh?"

Li Fei sensed something was wrong.

Just as he was about to make a move against Ming Qi, the other party 'ignited' himself first—

Mingqi initially absorbed the supernatural seed sent by Jinglian in order to cultivate his seventh supernatural power.

This seventh supernatural power is [self-sacrifice].

Now, Ming Qi unleashes his [Self-Sacrifice] without reservation!
[Sacrifice] allows one to temporarily relinquish a supernatural power in exchange for greater strength.

You can also choose to completely abandon a supernatural power in exchange for greater strength!
When Buddha-Eye Heavenly King activated the "Sacrifice" technique, he temporarily relinquished one of his supernatural powers, resulting in a deficiency in his Dao principles, which he has not yet recovered from.

Now, Ming Qi has chosen to abandon all his supernatural powers, and completely at that!

Including the [Self-Sacrifice] supernatural power, all seven supernatural powers are abandoned!
No one has ever used the [Sacrifice] supernatural power like this before; it's a completely uncompromising application!
How rare it is to find a grandmaster with seven supernatural powers!
Even among the 'Seven Martial Saints,' not everyone possesses all seven supernatural powers.

Even Lin Tianyi, the number one person in the world, only has six supernatural powers.

The Grandmasters of the Seven Divine Powers not only possess combat strength far exceeding those of others in the same realm, but also have a higher chance of breaking through to the top in the future than other Grandmasters.

Moreover, Ming Qi's talent is undeniable; barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will undoubtedly become the new Martial Saint of Buddhism in the future!

But now, Ming Qi has given up all his supernatural powers, as well as his life and the Great Dao!
That night, when Jinglian gave him the seed of the [Self-Sacrifice] supernatural power, he had already foreseen this outcome.

He was willing to do so because his master had dedicated his entire life to Pudu Temple, so he was also willing to use his own life to protect this place.

Protect the place that Master cares about most!
Endless light and boundless Buddhist power emanated from Mingqi's body.

The reason why Li Fei was able to rival top-tier combat power with his Grandmaster level was largely due to his use of the "Life-Burning" fighting style.

Now, Ming Qi is also using the "burning life" fighting method, and he is igniting seven supernatural powers to gain power.

This power is even greater than the power Li Fei expended to activate the [Sword Sacrifice] by consuming ten thousand blood souls!
In terms of pure power alone, Ming Qi is now close to the peak!

And this is not the end—

"Thus have I heard. The great Arhat of the Svaha world possesses the three knowledges, the six supernatural powers, and the eight liberations."

If all monks and nuns, whether ordinary or holy, were to gather in one place, their sins could not be eradicated, so how could there be hundreds of thousands of Ganges and Svaha worlds?

If all the monks are pure, the ocean of monastic life will not gather, and because of this, sins are difficult to eradicate. Therefore, it is said that the property of the permanent Sangha is something that everyone in the ordinary Dharma realm, from the Buddhas to the novices, has a share in, but not as much as that of humans in all their birthplaces.

"I am willing to sacrifice this body, flesh, bones, and sinews, and continue this sin with my heart."

The magnificent, solemn, and seemingly divine words of Buddha descended from the heavens!
Buddha Jingheng recited the "Sutra on the Essential Practice of Self-Sacrifice" with the Buddha's words. The essence of this sutra is to sacrifice one's body to eliminate sins and attain enlightenment.

By sacrificing oneself, one can gain immeasurable merit!
When Mingqi used his supernatural power of self-sacrifice to give up everything, Jingheng recited the "Sutra on the Essential Practice of Self-Sacrifice" to crown him!

In an instant, all sorts of wondrous phenomena arose.

In the void, countless radiant golden lotuses bloomed in response, each petal shimmering with pure Buddhist light; countless precious flowers fell from the sky, their fragrance permeating the three realms; the majestic phantom of a seven-jeweled stupa rose from the ground, its boundless radiance illuminating all directions; one by one, bodhisattvas, their forms solid and dignified, embodying both compassion and majesty, slowly manifested within the halo of light, their brows lowered, their eyes reciting praises of this earth-shattering vow of self-sacrifice.
Ming Qi's aura continued to rise!
hum-

With a resounding bell, a supreme and magnificent aura emanated from Ming Qi.

The Great Way!

The Seven Supernatural Powers Grandmaster is the Grandmaster who is most likely to attain enlightenment and break through realms.

Ming Qi first relinquished his seven supernatural powers by sacrificing his body, and then received the blessing of reciting the "Sutra on the Essential Practice of Self-Sacrifice" as instructed by the Buddha.

Abandoning oneself, I go my own way.

Prove the truth through force!

Ming Qi instantly condensed the Dao principles and became a Martial Saint!
This is the true meaning of sacrificing oneself to become a Buddha.

Li Fei looked at Ming Qi, who had ascended to sainthood, shook his head, and a look of sorrow appeared on his face:
"Why bother?"

Ming Qi abandoned all seven of his supernatural powers, and such a breakthrough was like a rootless duckweed, a castle in the air.

Even if a Dao principle is successfully formed, it will dissipate automatically after a short time.

At that time, Mingqi, who had given up everything, would also lose his life.

He became the youngest Martial Saint in history, and he will also inevitably become the shortest-lived Martial Saint in history!
"Amitabha."

Ming Qi's face was filled with peace and contentment. He clasped his hands together and smiled slightly.
"During the competition, I broke through to a higher level and became the youngest martial arts master in history."

"Now this humble monk has broken through to a higher realm once again, becoming the youngest Martial Saint in history."

"These two things alone should be enough to make the world remember my master—Chang Wu!"

Five years ago, Ming Qi, at the age of 26, became the youngest martial arts master.

Now at 31, he has become the youngest Martial Saint!
Ming Qi did neither of these things for himself, but only so that the world would remember his master.

The path to Buddhahood is one of self-sacrifice, where one acts solely for others, not for oneself!

He looked at Li Fei, his eyes showing no fighting spirit, and calmly said:

"I was unable to fight you in the finals of the competition back then, so this is a way to make up for that regret."

"please--"

Asking for monthly ticket

(End of this chapter)