High Martial Arts: Gains one point of health per second, sweeping across the heavens.

Elder Yuheng chimed in, his tone slightly excited: "So the Mountain Lord discussed it with us and decided to tell him about the ultimate reward for the 'Chief,' a secret known only to the top officials of each prefecture, in order to maximize his fighting spirit."

His eyes lit up: "The overall champion of martial arts, the qualification to enter the 'Sea of ​​Myriad Laws' for comprehension, and a 'one-star magic weapon'."

The overall champion of the Soul Forger League will receive an opportunity to observe the "Soul Forging Heavenly Stele of All Realms" and a "Primal Soul Gold".

"Furthermore, there are rumors that the nine immortal powers may grant the martial arts champion the qualification to train in the outer reaches of the 'Chaotic Frontier'!"

Even though Vice Hall Master Ling and Wu Potian were mentally prepared, they were still shocked when they heard this.

The Sea of ​​Myriad Laws! The Heavenly Stele for Forging Souls of All Realms! The Chaotic Frontier! These were all supreme opportunities that they had once desperately longed for but could never attain!

"Tell him," Starlight Avatar said in a deep voice, "that if he can win the double championship for Zixiao Daozhou, it will greatly improve Zixiao Daozhou's overall ranking."

Mount Kinabalu was willing to give everything to meet all his reasonable pre-contest needs and help him reach the summit. This was a private promise and not recorded in public.

This is unprecedented support and trust! It's as if the hopes of the entire younger generation of Daozhou are resting on Su Jie's shoulders!

Deputy Hall Master Ling suppressed his excitement and said in a deep voice, "Mountain Lord, Elder, this child is steady-minded and has lofty aspirations."

Ordinary rewards might not sway him, but this level of reward, especially the 'Chaotic Frontier,' will definitely motivate him to give it his all. I will certainly pass on the message.”

Wu Potian nodded emphatically: "The Martial Peak Hall will also provide all martial arts resources without reservation!"

"Alright." The Starlight Avatar nodded slightly. "The secret realm slots allocated to the Soul Forger Guild and the Martial Peak Hall can all be used by him."

If he has any other needs, as long as they don't harm the foundation of Daozhou, we'll grant them. This battle is one of absolute certainty—victory is not an option.

Leaving the side hall, Vice Hall Master Ling and Wu Potian were filled with excitement and hurried back.

……

Su Jie faced the middle finger again. Even though he was already a fifth-level Saint Soul and had just refined the Innate Ancestral Qi, he was still a little scared.

"System, are you sure this can accelerate the refining of the remaining medicinal power?" he asked in his mind.

"Of course." The system's electronic voice was full of encouragement. "The high-intensity soul pressure is like forging iron, which can hammer in those 'scraps' in your holy soul that haven't been fully digested yet."

Go ahead, host, don't be afraid. At most, your soul will be crushed and reassembled a hundred or two hundred times.

"...Thank you." Su Jie rolled his eyes, but knew the system was right. Fortune favors the bold, and the path of cultivation is inherently fraught with hardship.

He steadied himself, and his holy soul slowly extended its thoughts, like a finger reaching out, carefully touching the chaotic middle finger.

Om-!

The moment they made contact, that familiar, overwhelming, and soul-suffocating "arrogance" surged forth like a dam bursting in the heavens!

"Damn it!" Su Jie's holy soul avatar trembled violently and was almost completely shattered!

This time, the feeling was clearer and more profound than ever before.

It's not just an emotion, but more like a supreme "rule," an absolute will that transcends all laws and regards all order and constraints as nothing!

It brutally assaulted every inch of Su Jie's Holy Soul, as if questioning, scorning, and crushing it—what right do you have to exist? What garbage are the laws you follow?

"Hold on!" Su Jie gritted his teeth, his fifth-order Saint Soul operating at full power. The fragments of the Five Elements Laws that had just fused within his body shone brightly, forming a stable five-colored light wheel, struggling to withstand the impact of this mental force.

At the same time, he could clearly feel that the innate ancestral qi and the residual energy of the Dao Source Golden Fruit that had not yet been fully refined in his body were, under this terrifying external pressure, like a squeezed sponge, beginning to accelerate their integration into his holy soul origin.

[Yes, yes, that's the feeling!] The system's voice even carried a hint of excitement. [The greater the pressure, the faster the 'water' is squeezed out! Host, hang in there, imagine you are a piece of divine iron being forged!]

"I... imagine... my foot..." Su Jie felt like his consciousness was being washed away into mush. The meaning of that middle finger was all-pervasive, frantically eroding his understanding of the laws, the world, and even himself.

But gradually, amidst the extreme pain and chaos, a strange insight began to emerge.

He "saw" it more clearly now.

The arrogance displayed by that middle finger is not blind hubris. At its core lies a complete negation and transcendence of all existing "rules," "frameworks," and "definitions"!

Why must gold be sharp? Why must wood grow? Why must water be gentle? Why must fire be violent? Why must earth be heavy?

In its meaning, these inherent laws and concepts are all "toys" that can be broken, reassembled, and redefined!

"Is this... the true meaning of 'breaking the law'?" Su Jie's mind was shaken, as if he had pushed open the door to a new world.

He tried to guide his previous understanding of the "true meaning of all things" to carefully approach and imitate the implications of this "breaking the law".

The process is extremely difficult, like trying to carve a tiny rune in a raging torrent.

His [True Meaning of All Things] had just condensed a trace of simulated "breaking the law" aura when it was instantly shattered by the meaning of the middle finger, and even his own holy soul became illusory.

"No, it's too strong, it's not even in the same league..." Su Jie felt he was about to collapse and was about to withdraw his thoughts.

"Don't retreat!" the system suddenly shouted. "Use the Five Elements! The Five Elements rotate, evolving all laws, and can also encompass and resolve all laws! Use your fragments of the Five Elements laws as buffers and converters!"

Su Jiefu had a sudden inspiration and immediately activated the brand-new fragment of the Five Elements Law within his Sacred Soul.

The five-colored light wheel spun rapidly, generating water from metal, wood from water, fire from wood, earth from fire, and so on... A perfect and stable internal cycle was established.

When the domineering "breaking the law" meaning of the middle finger comes crashing in, the Five Elements Light Wheel guides, disperses, and incorporates it into the cycle. Using the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint of the Five Elements, it gradually wears down and transforms its most violent part, leaving only the relatively gentle "essence of meaning" for him to comprehend.

The pressure suddenly eased!

Although it is still painful, it has changed from "being crushed" to "being able to grit my teeth and endure it".

[Beautiful!] The system praised, [The host has finally learned to use skillful techniques. Keep doing it this way, harness its essence, and refine your soul!]

Having found a method, Su Jie's spirits soared. Like a greedy sponge, under the protection of the Five Elements Light Wheel, he carefully "scratched" the vast "breaking the law" meaning in the middle finger visualization diagram. At the same time, his holy soul rapidly condensed under high pressure, and the residual medicinal power was absorbed at an accelerated pace.