Devouring: Starting with an innate sacred body and Dao embryo

Chapter 20: A cry from the heavens, flowing into the lowlands

Large water droplets splashed onto the ground like mercury being poured out. Over time, the city's drainage system and the monster's destruction had long since disappeared.

As the rainwater gradually accumulated, the entire city of 1001 became a water city.

Jiang Chen stood on a high ground, the rain pattering down on him.

The SS-level combat uniform is tightly fitted, even the head is wrapped extremely tightly, without any water stains seeping in.

Looking at the raging lightning bolts dancing in the sky and the torrential rain flowing down the ground, Jiang Chen seemed lost in thought.

"Thunder and lightning roar in the sky, rain flows into the low-lying areas, lightning flashes, illuminating heaven and earth. Undercurrents surge, gurgling and never stagnant."

Jiang Chen's swordsmanship was inspired by thunder and lightning, while his body movements were inspired by the flow of water.

Now, both are manifesting simultaneously, jointly demonstrating the great power of heaven and earth, allowing Jiang Chen to gain an even deeper understanding of his own swordsmanship and movement techniques.

He stood silently in the torrential rain, like a statue.

Attain utmost emptiness, hold fast to stillness. All things arise and flourish, and I observe their return…

The powerful comprehension of the innate sacred body and Dao embryo comes not only from its own understanding, but also from its understanding of the world and the universe.

In the beginning of time, who passed on the teachings?

In the beginning of the universe, there were no experiences or laws. All sentient beings comprehended the fundamental laws of the universe and the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, thus gaining extraordinary power within themselves.

However, as time went by, the laws of the universe became more and more perfect, the laws became hidden, and the Great Dao became obscure, causing this method of comprehending the universe to gradually disappear.

However, the Great Dao is formless, yet it gives birth to heaven and earth; the Great Dao is without emotion, yet it governs the sun and moon; the Great Dao is nameless, yet it nurtures all things…

Although the laws of the Great Dao are not manifest, they always exist in all time and space of the primordial universe.

Only those with excellent comprehension can comprehend the subtle meaning of the laws from the various world phenomena nurtured by the laws of the Tao.

For Jiang Chen, who possesses an innate sacred body and is constantly in a state of harmony with the Dao, this realization is even more profound.

Zzzzz!

With his long sword drawn, Jiang Chen began to slash amidst the turbulent wind and rain.

Boom!

The sound of swords clashing accompanied by thunder and lightning in the sky was like a magnificent symphony.

The dazzling electric light reflected the bright hilt of the knife, and the footsteps and figure moved around the world, as quiet as a virgin and as fast as a rabbit.

The raindrops fell rapidly, but he parried them with his longsword and dodged them with agility, leaving not a single drop on his body.

The body moves like water, adapting to circumstances and moving randomly. When it encounters a circle, it becomes round; when it encounters a square, it becomes square. It has no fixed state and no long shape.

The blade's power was penetrating at every turn, swift and fierce, roaring like thunder, yet stretching out like a net, rising between heaven and earth, falling beside him, its momentum overwhelming and unmatched.

Just as he was practicing intensely, a wolf howl rang out not far away.

A silver moon wolf was drawn by the commotion.

This Silver Moon Wolf is over eight meters tall and more than ten meters long, and its strength has clearly reached the level of a low-level lord.

Its head was held high, and it looked extraordinary. Its silvery-white fur was not wet at all, clearly indicating that it had entered a battle state.

"Well done!"

Jiang Chen swung his sword, and the opponent arrived in a moment even though he was a hundred meters away. The sword's force was like a rolling thunder.

The level of swordsmanship of this sword has already begun to reach the level of artistic conception.

"Awoo!"

The wolf howled again, and the Silver Moon Wolf, in the rain, transformed into a silvery-white afterimage, dodging the attack like a ghost.

Then, in an instant, it appeared behind Jiang Chen, its claws sharp as knives, and struck Jiang Chen's back.

Just as it was about to make contact with Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen's body became as fluid as water, seemingly boneless, and with an astonishing ability to bend, he narrowly avoided the Silver Moon Wolf's attack.

With his feet like battle axes, he pushed off the ground in a circle, and with great force, slashed at the side of the Silver Moon Wolf.

The Silver Moon Wolf never expected that its sure-fire move would be dodged by Jiang Chen in this way. Caught off guard, it was kicked by Jiang Chen and flew dozens of meters away, crashing into a dilapidated residential building.

The heavy rain continued, and thunder rumbled incessantly. With an angry howl, the Silver Moon Wolf leaped out of the ruins once more, charging towards Jiang Chen with even greater speed.

No matter how fast it was, Jiang Chen could easily dodge it.

Furthermore, the opponent's swordsmanship was unpredictable, always accurately targeting the opponent's vital points. If it weren't for the vast difference in their basic strength, the opponent would probably have already died at the hands of the opponent.

This greatly frustrated the Silver Moon Wolf, a royal member of the wolf-type monsters, known as the Hunter, with few rivals among its peers, and even daring to fight against mid-level lord-level monsters.

But now, facing this human whose basic strength is far less than its own, it can't defeat him no matter what it does, which makes it feel humiliated and extremely frustrated and angry.

With even greater power and speed, the aftershocks of their battle reduced everything within a few hundred meters to ruins.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

The falling rain was thrown back by a powerful force, piercing through bricks and tiles like bullets, leaving deep holes.

"It's time to end this."

After testing his swordsmanship and movement techniques, Jiang Chen lost interest in continuing to entangle with the Silver Moon Wolf.

The long sword slashed through the air with a peculiar rhythm, overlapping and resonating with the rolling thunder in the sky, creating an incredibly astonishing aura.

The Silver Moon Wolf opposite him also had a serious look in its eyes, knowing that the moment of life and death had come. It crouched down, its fur bristling, and leaped down from between the broken bricks and tiles, its body like a crescent moon and its claws like silver hooks.

"Ninefold Thunder Blade, Sixth Level!"

The force surged continuously, layer upon layer, until the power instantly reached its peak, unleashing 4.9 times the normal strength.

Boom!

Just then, a bolt of lightning, like a thunder dragon, danced in the air, illuminating the entire dark sky. The torrential rain, like a celestial river pouring down, added to its power.

On the ground, in the blink of an eye, the man and the wolf had collided and separated.

The enormous wolf head flew out and fell into a water pit several meters deep, bobbing up and down.

The wolf's body collapsed with a thud, gushing blood that, along with the rain, stained the surrounding area.

Clang!

Jiang Chen sheathed his sword and shook his head as he watched the thunder, lightning, wind and rain that continued unabated between heaven and earth.

"Unfortunately, my cultivation level is too low. If my strength were at the Planetary Realm, this enlightenment would be much deeper, and I might even have comprehended a trace of the power of laws."

Although this enlightenment allowed Jiang Chen's movement techniques and swordsmanship to initially enter the realm of intent, and even the Nine-fold Thunder Blade was upgraded by another level, he was still not quite satisfied.

For every living being, each major realm advancement—from Apprentice Realm to Planetary Realm, from Planetary Realm to Stellar Realm, from Stellar Realm to Cosmic Realm…

These are all fundamental transformations at the level of life, transcending the ordinary and reaching sainthood, and cannot be compared with each other.

For Jiang Chen, who possesses the innate sacred body and Dao embryo physique, the transformation at each realm is far greater than that of other living beings.

If he were to break through to the Planetary Realm, his comprehension would increase tenfold compared to what it is now.

Furthermore, their life genes will be a hundred times that of ordinary living beings!

(End of this chapter)