Da Xuan Martial Saint

Yin Heng felt a sudden unease in his heart, but he could not immediately contact Qin Mengjun to ask her to return to the sect.

...

Chen Mu saw Yin Heng's nervousness earlier, but his thoughts were now sluggish, largely dragged along by the system's power to merge with heaven and earth, making it almost impossible to form a complete thought.

Even if he could produce a normal thought, he would not be overly concerned about Yin Heng's nervousness because he was very aware of his current state. Chen Mu was forcefully elevated to a level nearly akin to 'Unity of Heaven and Man' by the system panel, allowing him to prematurely perceive heaven and earth from this level, not that he truly entered that domain.

If merging his energy with the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation allowed him to perceive one mystery of heaven and earth, now the system panel forcibly elevating his consciousness allows him to merge with heaven and earth, experiencing dozens or even a hundred mysteries every moment!

Such mysteries were almost forcibly crammed into his consciousness.

As his thoughts were awkwardly stifled, these insights were indeed genuinely absorbed into his heart.

Just like that,

he did not know how much time had passed.

Chen Mu suddenly felt a lightness of consciousness, all heavy feelings vanished without a trace, and those profound insights flooding into the depths of his consciousness abruptly stopped, and his consciousness returned to his body.

"..."

He slowly opened his eyes.

Looking around, Chen Mu observed the rocky mountains and ancient trees behind Spirit Profound Peak, then inspected his own body, and finally shook his head with a slight sigh.

Although his Qiankun Martial Body was one of the strongest and most flawless in the world, perfectly agile without a hint of heaviness or sluggishness, it felt considerably heavier compared to his near 'Unity of Heaven and Man' state just before.

In that previous state, it was like sitting in oblivion.

Forgetting his own corporeal form, even forgetting his thoughts, as if he himself were heaven and earth, and heaven and earth were him.

Now suddenly returning to his physical shell, the grand and vast feeling of the boundless heaven and earth disappeared in an instant, reverting to the weak body of a Marrow Cleansing grandmaster, inevitably making him feel a trace of melancholy.

However.

This feeling of wistful loss was but a fleeting thought in his heart.

The system panel's inference pointed him in a direction. He knew that was the third step of Artistic Conception, the ultimate Martial Arts realm of Unity of Heaven and Man. One day in the future, he would be able to step into that domain.

"I haven't become much stronger," Chen Mu said as he clenched his fist and tentatively used the Qiankun Artistic Conception to mobilize the Power of Heaven and Earth, realizing that compared to the seventh simulation, there hasn't been much improvement, similar to the previous simulations.

The only difference was that his will had finally reached the limit of the second step. He was not only able to envision the 'Domain' level, but also, by relying on the system panel's inference, he saw the true third step of Unity of Heaven and Man.

[Martial Art: Qiankun Artistic Conception (Second Step)]

[Experience: 23 points]

[Available Simulations: 0 times]

With a thought, Chen Mu called out the system panel again and saw that the description of his Artistic Conception was still the second step.

"Now that I have reached the limit of the second step, I wonder if another simulation from this stage means entering the Domain, or... directly reaching the third step?" Chen Mu suddenly had this thought.

The so-called Martial Arts Domain is actually a small step between the second and third steps. For the system panel, this small step may not be interpreted, perhaps from the limit of the second step, the next step is directly reaching the third step.

He tentatively tried to elevate his Artistic Conception further.

As expected, the system panel still displayed a lack of 'simulation counts'.

"Lacking deduction times, huh... "

Chen Mu muttered to himself, which wasn't any different from the past.

After a brief moment of contemplation,

Chen Mu's mind stirred, and he adjusted the system panel, switching to another tab.

[Technique: Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal (The Sixth Layer)]

[Experience: 355]

Ever since he had practiced the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal to the sixth layer, he had been stuck there. Not only was the acquisition of experience extremely slow, but even the system panel directly indicated 'insufficient conditions' preventing any further deduction to the next layer.

However, this time, when Chen Mu tried to enhance the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal again, the prompt was 'insufficient experience.'

Insufficient conditions and insufficient experience are undoubtedly two different concepts.

Insufficient conditions were like his past inability to spontaneously understand the Artistic Conception. He needed to practice various techniques from one lineage, master multiple Momentums to reverse-engineer the Artistic Conception. Whereas for insufficient experience, one only needed enough experience to ascend directly.

Previously, he couldn't improve the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal to the seventh layer because it corresponded to the 'Qiankun Domain', and his Artistic Conception hadn't yet reached the second step's limit, naturally lacking the conditions to spontaneously cultivate the Domain.

But now,

His Artistic Conception, after undergoing eight deductions and reaching the second step's limit, naturally possessed the ability to cultivate a Domain.

"Indeed, Martial Arts Domain isn't truly a step of Artistic Conception, but a small half-step forward reliant on extreme skills after reaching the second step's limit."

"Just as I cultivated the Three Feet Forbidden Domain by training with Falling Flowers without Trace, once the Artistic Conception reaches the second step's limit, one has essentially entered this tier, and naturally could cultivate the Qiankun Domain through the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal."

Chen Mu looked at the system panel and nodded slightly.

If that is the case, mastering the Qiankun Domain would be easier for him, as experience points from cultivating Artistic Conception become increasingly difficult to obtain, whereas advancing the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal to the seventh layer is much simpler. Given his current pace of training the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal, it might take less than a month to reach the seventh layer, mastering the Qiankun Domain!

The previous state of 'Unity of Heaven and Man' was merely a premature sensation brought by the system, whereas the Qiankun Martial Body he painstakingly trained and the forthcoming successful Qiankun Domain represent truly his own prowess.

"It seems the one in the Forbidden Land should be Yin Heng, the Supreme."

Chen Mu recalled the scene his gaze fell upon during his heightened enlightenment under the system's influence. His vision had soared high above, meeting the figure in the Forbidden Land. The presence of the other was indeed unlike any Grandmaster, on the same level as his mentor, Qin Mengjun, yet more refined.

Within the entire Seven Profound Sect, everyone including the Grandmaster Elders failed to notice his gaze. However, the figure in the Forbidden Land could see it, clearly indicating that the perceptual capabilities of the Blood Exchange Realm are distinctly different.

Yin Heng, Supreme of the Seven Profound Sect.

This Blood Exchange Realm expert had dominated the world for over a hundred years now, his strength even surpassing the Heavenly Demon Ancestor of the Sky Demon Sect. Even in his prime, the Mystic Tortoise was likely able to suppress with the power of one person. Despite his Qiankun Martial Body reaching Minor Achievement and his Artistic Conception heightening to the second step's limit, there might still be a considerable gap between him and such an existence.

However, after another month's time, once he cultivates the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal to the seventh layer and masters the Qiankun Domain, there should no longer be a qualitative gap between him and someone like Yin Heng of the Blood Exchange Realm. Even if he still cannot overcome him, he could at least glimpse the power of that tier!

Blood Exchange Realm.

The final Realm of Body Refining, the pinnacle of Martial Arts.

Now at thirty-two years of age, having arrived in this world a full twelve years and practiced Martial Arts for ten, he was finally truly near that threshold, able to glimpse the ultimate tier of Martial Arts. The journey thus far could truly be considered arduous, forged by every single drop of sweat. Continue reading at My Virtual Library Empire

Chen Mu's thoughts stirred like a breeze entering the clouds but quickly settled down again. He gathered all his thoughts, then took a step forward, silently vanishing above the back cliff of Spirit Profound Peak.

Next, he would devote himself entirely to cultivating the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal, mastering the Qiankun Domain.

Qin Mengjun was still traveling abroad and had not yet returned.

He hoped that by the time Qin Mengjun returned, he could comprehend the Qiankun Domain and then have a proper exchange with Qin Mengjun to see how he measured up against a Martial Artist of the Blood Exchange Realm.