Becoming a god starts from planting a Bodhi tree.

Chapter 439 Characteristics of the Dharma Realm, Transcending Limits

"This is the prototype of the Heaven-Opening Divine Power?"

After a brief silence, Tianyan spoke first, adding two words at the end.

Whether the rumors are incorrect or for some other reason, Ji Jingqiu's current cultivation level has reached the fifth level of the Heavenly King realm...

This left Tianyan and the others somewhat bewildered. If the rumors were true, Ji Jingqiu's breakthrough speed would be far too astonishing, immediately reminding them of Chaoge in the Chaoxia Realm.

Originally, it was just speculation that Ji Jingqiu had reached a private agreement with Chaoge, but now it seems that it is almost certain.

"What good fortune!" Tianyan's eyes were sharp. "I've been practicing for ten thousand years, and I've never seen anyone more lucky than you!"

Using the remaining resources of a ruined realm to pave the way to heaven is beyond what can be described as mere "good luck".

"But if you take too many shortcuts, be careful not to go astray," Tianyan said coldly.

“Domain-based supernatural powers…the most troublesome type.” Zhang Yuan, who was standing not far away with his fists clenched, frowned and said, “Judging from the level just now, with the help of the terrain, this kid has also reached the Heavenly Monarch level. In less than thirty years, such a change has occurred?”

The group was well-informed and had seen many kinds of 'domain supernatural powers' like Ji Jingqiu's before; they were among the most troublesome of all kinds of supernatural powers.

This type of supernatural power is both offensive and defensive, and standing among them is equivalent to being the master of heaven and earth, naturally possessing the "right time and right place".

Furthermore, since Ji Jingqiu is a native of this world, this "geographical advantage" is even more significant.

The most direct and effective way to restrain someone is to crush them with pure power difference, or to actively step into their realm and interfere with their Dao operation with one's own.

“Let’s resolve this problem once and for all, leaving no future trouble,” Fu Dao said.

The others understood what he meant.

Ji Jingqiu's rapid growth was hard for them to accept, and they had to be wary.

In the short time they were traveling, this boy had already leaped to the fifth level of the Heavenly King realm!
"Kong Xiao, with the enemy at hand, do you still want to be our enemy?" Zhang Yuan locked his gaze on Kong Xiao and spoke in a deep voice.

It wouldn't be difficult to deal with Ji Jingqiu and Qi Tian together, but if Kong Xiao is added, it would be a three-on-three situation, which would be a bit too much.

Seeing that Kong Xiao remained completely unmoved, Tian Yan sneered, "The rumors are true, you really were subdued by a young junior? If word gets back today, I wonder where your [Huanzhen Temple] will put its face!"

“You’re overthinking it,” Ji Jingqiu finally spoke. “Now that you’ve willingly walked into this trap, there’s no reason for us to let you go.”

After saying that, he turned around and glanced at the blood-stained Kong Xiao.

He hadn't expected that Kong Xiao would be among the outsiders this time. Judging from this, Kong Xiao, the guardian deity, had clearly done his job well, and he had to get revenge for him.

"Walking into the trap willingly?" Zhang Yuan narrowed his eyes.

"No need for nonsense, let's take it first."

Fu Dao took a step forward, and divine light shone between his brows, mixed with wisps of chaotic energy, blooming into a "Dao Flower".

This is the manifestation of the true Dao. The Heavenly Venerable opened up the true Dao and merged his own Dao with the world.

However, as a person outside the realm, Fu Dao's aura was "turbid," and he was temporarily unable to merge with the Dao.

But once the Dao Flower blooms, it remains the only one in this world, supreme and radiant, suppressing all heretical paths.

Ji Jingqiu scrutinized the three people in front of him and gave his assessment: "There were six people in total, but only two were smart. One walked right into the trap, and the other three were courting death."

"Ignorance is bliss." Fu Dao said indifferently.

The Dao flower bloomed, and the world fell silent. Everything seemed to be frozen in amber, except for the Dao flower, which swayed gracefully and pressed down on Ji Jingqiu.

The Dao flower drifted into the realm of Dharma, yet remained untouched, truly unique. Though seemingly light and airy, it contained terrifying, indestructible Dao power, and the vast Dao charm emanating from it completely surpassed the level of a Heavenly King.

On Ji Jingqiu's side, a ray of spiritual light astonished the world, stretching across the starry sky and tearing apart the oppression and confinement brought by the Great Dao of Truth.

Instead of retreating, Ji Jingqiu advanced, taking a step forward and placing Fudao under his feet. The light of his mind transformed into a blade, slashing at that unique and singular flower of the Great Dao.

Seeing this, Fu Dao did not back down either. He sneered and took the initiative to ride his Dao Flower to meet the attack.

Even if Ji Jingqiu has stepped into the fifth heaven, he is still a long way from opening the path of truth. How dare he, a mere flower of the soul, sever another flower of his path?!

puff!
Accompanied by the sound of petals falling.

The light of the mind slashed through the Dao flower, causing petals to fall in the starry sky. Each petal disintegrated and drifted into the universe, then exploded with a vast and intense Dao rhythm that was almost tangible. The ripples spread out and directly annihilated the planets within its range!

Not only Fu Dao changed color, but Zhang Yuan and Tian Yan were also shocked.

What kind of spiritual light is this? How could it possibly sever the Dao flower that has been subdued?
Ji Jingqiu stomped down, crushing the path that had been oblivious to his surroundings. When he came to his senses, his expression was one of fury.

"The Nether Sea?! You actually managed to use the power of the Nether Sea to corrupt my Great Dao Flower?"

Fu Dao's eyes were piercing as he raised his fist to meet the attack. The light from his fist illuminated the starry sky as he clashed head-on with Ji Jingqiu, unleashing the true essence of the Dao and unleashing the full power of his Dao.

In an instant, the two closed the distance and engaged in the most intimate combat, unleashing a full array of fist techniques, supernatural powers, and Taoist arts as they clashed against each other.

Ji Jingqiu used the [One True Dharma Realm] to suppress Fu Dao's various Daoist techniques and supernatural powers, while he himself attacked the enemy with supernatural powers. Even though his Daoist power was slightly weaker, he still managed to gain the upper hand.

Because of the scene where the Mind Blade had previously severed the Dao Flower, Fu Daoxin was hesitant and dared not use the Dao Flower to suppress Ji Jingqiu again, and could only watch helplessly as he fell into a disadvantageous position.

The two fought fiercely in the starry sky, but the other four keenly noticed a fleeting flash of crimson at the corner of Fu Dao's mouth.

Tianyan frowned slightly. Was she coughing up blood?
Fu Dao held nothing back, unleashing a deadly attack, yet he was still injured...

This autumn's startling weather is rather strange.

Once he reaches the peak of the Heavenly King realm, wouldn't he be able to surpass them without even needing to break through to the Extreme Realm?
Having learned from Fu Dao's past mistakes, Zhang Yuan and Tian Yan did not dare to be overconfident and directly unleash their Dao flowers to attack the enemy. Instead, they confronted Qi Tian and Kong Xiao from a distance, remaining wary of each other.

"If you hold them off, I don't think Fu Dao will be able to defeat this kid."

After Tianyan transmitted his voice to Zhang Yuan, the latter nodded in agreement.

Subsequently, every inch of Tianyan's flesh and blood erupted with sword light, carrying the intent to annihilate and destroy. Every move he made was filled with the ruthless and merciless intent to annihilate, tearing apart the heavens.

Behind him appeared a primordial spirit dharma image similar to himself, but with a bird's head and a human body, towering into the sky and shining brightly, with a terrifying gaze, and a sword intent that exuded an indestructible, eternal, and all-destroying sharpness.

Just as Tianyan was poised to launch, five beams of light—red, blue, yellow, white, and black—suddenly shone brightly, breaking through Zhang Yuan's obstruction and encompassing all things in heaven and earth, knocking down the flying dagger that was circling Tianyan!

This was Kong Xiao's first use of his newly promoted Heaven-Opening Divine Power. His five-colored wisdom was clear and bright, restraining everything and making it unstoppable.

boom!
As Fei Dao was detained, Tian Yan looked at Kong Xiao with eyes that seemed to want to devour him, and his imposing primordial spirit dharma image roared to the sky.

He immediately tried to bring the Tribulation-Slaying Flying Knife back, but it was firmly suppressed by the Five-Colored Divine Light!
"Kong Xiao, you're asking for death!" Tian Yan's expression was icy.

At this time.

Ji Jingqiu pressed down on Fu Dao with one palm and pushed out another, using the vastness of his mind to control the power of heaven and earth.

Amidst the flurry of falling flowers, a pure white hand, gleaming with a diamond-like hue, appeared before Tianyan, seemingly within arm's reach.

Under this palm strike, even Tianyan's towering primordial spirit appeared exceptionally small.

The lines on my palm resemble rivers and streams, and a pond full of lotus flowers bloom and wither, like a dream, embodying the meaning of impermanence.

Nothing in this world is permanent. Even the vast Chaoxia Realm, the powerful Four Demons, and the lofty Daoist arts will one day fall.

The law is like this, people are like this, and the entire world is like this.

If you don't transcend, you're destined to be subject to the impermanence of life!

With a single, unadorned strike, the impermanence of life brought all eternal prosperity to annihilation.

Even Tianyan's eternal and sharp primordial spirit dared not confront it head-on, and retreated again and again!

Ji Jingqiu suddenly activated the [One True Dharma Realm], encompassing Tianyan within it, seemingly intending to confront both Heavenly Lords simultaneously with his own strength.

Witnessing this scene, Kong Xiao's expression was not good.

The Buddha is currently only at the fifth level of the Heavenly King realm, which is equivalent to the first tribulation of death. His strongest state as a Heavenly King should be when he receives the proof of the second tribulation of death, stepping into the peak of the Heavenly King realm, and advancing further.

Even with the advantage of terrain, dealing with two top-tier Heavenly Sovereigns simultaneously would likely be extremely difficult.

However, the Buddha forbade him to directly attack Qi Tian, ​​and also...

Kong Xiao glanced at Zhang Yuan, whose expression was sharp as he stared intently at the two of them.

Kong Xiao responded with a cold laugh, and made a throat-slitting gesture in return.

Ji Jingqiu fought two opponents simultaneously, deflecting Fu Dao's fist with a flick of his wrist, only to be struck down by Tian Yan. Facing two top-tier Heavenly Monarchs at the same time, Ji Jingqiu, whose cultivation had not yet reached perfection, was clearly struggling, relying on the favorable conditions of the Dharma Realm to sustain his efforts.

He honed himself through the intervention of two Heavenly Emperors, and at the same time, he took the opportunity to comprehend the wondrous uses and characteristics of the "One True Dharma Realm".

This Heavenly King Dharma Realm integrates his past supernatural powers and methods, is based on the beginning of the universe, and also includes visualization techniques. It can be said that his foundation in the Great Dao is contained within it.

Denying the "realness" of all things within the Dharma Realm is one of the fundamental and wondrous functions of the "One True Dharma Realm," known as "All phenomena are consciousness-only."

At the same time, the "All dharmas are only consciousness" principle can also amplify the power of his supernatural abilities, thus combining offense and defense.

In addition, there is "one dust, one world". He previously used the "One True Dharma Realm" to withstand Tianyan's attack. This was not only a wonderful use of the first level of characteristics, but he could also change and reorganize the principles of the Great Dao, but he could not eliminate the enemy's power.

It is precisely because of the concept of "one dust particle, one world" that the Dao power contained within is dispersed into the three thousand microscopic worlds, ultimately disappearing into nothingness.

The last item is, "True reality reflects the eternal in a single thought."

The universe is impermanent, but I am constant. This is related to his Dao of cause and effect, as well as the trace of constancy he once discovered from divinity.

Especially the last feature, Ji Jingqiu has not fully grasped it yet. He feels that a crucial piece of the puzzle is missing, and it is not complete.

Even the first two points, he only grasped temporarily, and his control is deepening as the battle continues.

Fu Dao threw a punch and roared, "I don't believe I can't break your turtle shell!"

boom!
He thrust out his right fist, and in an instant, the sky and earth in front of him were compressed into a thin sheet of paper that was almost folded!

"【All things return to nothingness】!"

The fist light was magnificent, plunging the world into darkness. Not only space, but even light was swallowed up, and time seemed to disappear. This starry sky collapsed, layer by layer, evolving into the initial earth, fire, wind, and water, followed by utter darkness.

The terrifying aftershocks spread rapidly, engulfing the surrounding star fields. All things returned to nothingness, and darkness arose spontaneously. Everything in the heavens and the stars seemed to be returning to chaos, reappearing its original essence.

The full-force attack of a top-tier Heavenly Monarch reached the level of a Heavenly Venerable. Even though the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth spontaneously sensed it and began to suppress it, it was ultimately not the will of the Great Universe acting on its own.

This punch shook the [One True Dharma Realm] without any suspense. The water-colored glass light rippled, and the Dharma Realm supernatural power that enveloped Ji Jingqiu was somewhat shaky. The Daoist essence within it was quickly worn away by more than half!
Ji Jingqiu's suppression of heretics with the "One True Dharma Realm" came at a price: the essence and concept of the "One True Dharma Realm" were eroded, requiring him to re-contemplate and replenish it.

Fu Dao did not stop there. His body swelled up, and he clenched his fist again. The wondrous scenery of the Great Dao that appeared around him was instantly absorbed into his fist. He concentrated his power into a single point, causing the void to emit a muffled sound.

"Open it for me!"

As spring thunder roared at Fudaokou, a powerful shout rang out, and his strength condensed into one. He used the Heaven-Opening Divine Power to control the pure and unparalleled Dao power, and the void in front of his fist silently collapsed, emitting a terrifying suction force that restricted this star field, preventing Ji Jingqiu from escaping.

Even Tianyan was within the range of this powerful punch!
This punch... even the entire Dharma Realm cannot withstand it!

The thought instantly popped into Ji Jingqiu's mind.

His cultivation level was slightly lower, and his Dao power was still inferior.

Ji Jingqiu drew Qingzhu from the void with a backhand, neither retreating nor yielding, and slashed down with a heavy blade. As he slowly raised the blade, his sword intent surged, blocking the opponent's fist that caused all things in heaven and earth to return to nothingness.

The tip of the knife was like a grain of sand, emitting a faint, hazy halo. It was extremely small, yet it resembled a complete world.

With a single slash, it was as small as a mustard seed, yet as heavy as Mount Sumeru.

This strike is called "Sumeru Mustard Seed".

After Ji Jingqiu had seen all the realms with his mind and taken in all the scenery of the world, he finally had the confidence to make this move.

When Ji Jingqiu unleashed this strike, he contemplated not only the [True Form Diagram of Mount Sumeru] left behind by Master Mu, but also the Wuwang Mountain in his heart.

In the dim light, a majestic, sacred, and towering divine mountain stood behind him, like the center of the three thousand worlds, surrounded by stars and suns. All the mountains in the world combined could not match the magnificence and height of this mountain.

And this moment.

The mountain collapsed as the blade struck it.

Fu Dao, who had been full of momentum, now had a solemn expression, feeling an unimaginable heaviness on his fist.

When fists and knives collide, it's like two great paths colliding; neither is at a disadvantage.

At this moment, Ji Jingqiu became even more powerful. Without pausing, he unleashed a second slash. All things were still, except for the blazing light of the blade. The true meaning it contained was simply the word "emptiness".

All phenomena are empty!
Combining the suppression of the Great Dao of the [One True Dharma Realm], Fu Dao was suppressed again, but was quickly forced into a disadvantageous position by Tian Yan.

In the life-or-death struggle with the two, Ji Jingqiu saw the "true nature of all phenomena," and the Dharma realm transformed from emptiness to reality.

He used Wuwang Mountain as the earth's foundation, the Eight Treasures Merit Water as the water veins, his thoughts as fire, and impermanence and formlessness as wind, thus pushing the "One True Dharma Realm" to a new perfection and suppressing all heretics!
Fu Dao could only watch helplessly as his previously teetering domain power was not only repaired but also upgraded to a higher level.

This battle left the two of them feeling extremely frustrated, especially Tianyan, whose Supreme Tribulation-Slaying Flying Knife was confiscated by Kong Xiao and forcibly suppressed, causing his power to be reduced by several tenths out of thin air.

In Fu Dao's eyes, Ji Jingqiu's realm supernatural power was extremely unpredictable.

Ji Jingqiu remained silent, but made a move that injured both sides considerably, though neither was fatal.

As his understanding of the [One True Dharma Realm] deepened, he felt that the creation-of-the-world divine power that Chaoxia Realm had deduced with the power of the killing calamity would probably need to be drastically modified again.

At this time.

"I must admit that if you continue to grow, you will inevitably become a formidable enemy of us, and may even become invincible in the realm of the Heavenly Kings."

Fu Dao withdrew his fist and said in a deep voice, as if some invisible and terrifying power was brewing and gradually boiling within his body.

Feeling this power, Ji Jingqiu's heart couldn't help but tremble, and he felt a rare chill that spread along his spine to his whole body.

This power is definitely not from Fudao!
"Ji Jingqiu, I'll remember your name." Fu Dao took a deep breath and said coldly, "Junior Sister Bai Lu died at your hands, it was no injustice!"

Tianyan, who was standing to the side, seemed to have guessed what this guy was planning to do. Her expression changed drastically, and she turned and fled without hesitation.

Fu Dao, however, was not worried at all about Ji Jingqiu escaping, because behind Ji Jingqiu was the Eastern Huang Continent.

"Unfortunately, you have offended my Great Thousand Observatory."

Fu Dao's expression was indifferent as he spoke, enunciating each word clearly.

"By order of the Headmaster, I shall slay Ji Jingqiu of the Netherworld here today—"

Ji Jingqiu's hair stood on end instantly, and he immediately called out to Brother Jian Guang, who was sleeping in the inner world.

Seeing that the game was going nowhere, the opponent resorted to cheating and asked for help from the sidelines!
Qi Tian and Kong Xiao seemed to have realized something as well, their expressions changed drastically, and they shouted:
"Brother Ji, retreat!"

The words of Fu Dao were like an unparalleled edict. In the vast starry sky, the great stars revolved, like lamps lighting up; the stars spun like grains of sand, as if...

mark?

In the magnificent "painting" outlined by endless starlight, a blurry figure, as if sitting at a desk, raised its head and, across endless time and space, saw Ji Jingqiu, who was far away in the "heaven".

At that moment, Ji Jingqiu felt a chill run down his spine.

This is definitely not a true saint!

A transcendent being?!

At this moment, the blurry figure did not get up, but simply raised its hand and crushed down, the oppressive feeling filling the entire starry sky, as if it was about to step out of the "painting" and into reality.

Ji Jingqiu was moved. Was this a pseudo-detached person or a true detached one?
Across endless space and time, a mere wisp of aura is enough to pinpoint his location, bringing him within arm's reach, capable of crushing him with a single finger?!

In the distance, Tianyan finally escaped to what she thought was a safe zone, and looking back, her expression was grim.

These so-called reclusive sects are all lunatics! Their behavior is as unbridled as ever, and they even dare to violate the Boundary Sea Convention!

The giant hand reached down and grabbed, unimpeded in its path. Even though the will of the universe awakened in time, it was too late to stop the attack for Ji Jingqiu.

"Fellow Daoist, you've overstepped your bounds!"

Behind Ji Jingqiu, another large hand reached out; it was Qinglian who had made her move.

The two clashed in deep space, revealing the true form of the Great Dao, which shook the entire universe!
The boundless starry sky collapsed, resulting in widespread disintegration and decay.

But after their encounter, everything that was broken was reversed, instantly restored, and returned to its original state.

Such unfathomable supernatural powers left the viewer's mind reeling!
"It really is the headmaster of the Great Thousand Paths Sect!"

Qi Tian spoke slowly and deliberately, his gaze sharp as he swept over Zhang Yuan and Tian Yan.

(End of this chapter)