Chapter 1 Reaching the Peak

　　Murong Ling said that Wuding cultivators can, to a certain extent, guide those cultivators who have not yet reached Wuding onto the correct path, as long as they don't reveal the original intent and purpose. As for the Yuan Shi Sect, as a super sect spanning across the heavens, many of its secret techniques are worth studying. Suppose the Deng Lou (Ascension Tower) secret technique is a passage leading to Wuding. Then the Wu Xing Tian Nu (Five Forms Heavenly Maiden)’s fundamental technique is also a shortcut pointing directly to the Wuding realm. However, these directions set by predecessors ultimately lack flexibility. Therefore, if one wants to cultivate the Deng Lou secret technique to a level sufficient to break through Wuding, it requires a cultivator with outstanding talent, spending at least thousands of years of arduous cultivation and ascension. As for the Wu Xing Tian Nu’s Wu Xing Three Steps (Five Forms Three Steps), each step is extraordinary, until one completely forgets emotions and desires, achieving Wu Nian Wu Xiang (No Thought, No Form). Though one gains longevity, one becomes like a mountain rock. Shortcuts often have flaws. Ying Ni didn't intend to complete the Wu Xing Three Steps. She only involuntarily entered the second step under Ye Mu Luo's constant influence, plotting to maintain her purity and freedom from obstacles, to prevent her mind from being affected by Ye Mu Luo and being completely deprived of the purpose of cultivation. As for the loss of emotions, she had planned it well... as long as she could obtain Ye Mu Luo's Xin Dan (Heart Elixir), her lost emotions could be replenished by Ye Mu Luo. Even in this special state, she wouldn't necessarily have to wait until Ye Mu Luo was completely defeated. The vast negative emotions surging towards her could, to some extent, be considered a cure for her predicament. She had planned it well! It's just a pity that her plan had always been under Ye Mu Luo's control. Using his identity as a Yuan Shi Sect disciple, he had already infiltrated the Yuan Shi Sect, turning her people into his own. Ying Ni's actions, precisely because she wanted to struggle to escape, wanted to take a shortcut, instead fell into the trap set by Ye Mu Luo. When the Heavenly Dao defects belonging to the Da Heng world descended, it was as if the Heavenly Dao pushed Ying Ni, instantly superimposing another identical realm onto her ancient well-like spiritual soul. Under the superposition, Ying Ni was not only forced into the third step but also stacked her will, constantly breaking through towards the Wuding realm. Once she completed her transformation, she would be a rare double Wuding. Ye Mu Luo's domain enveloped Ying Ni's surroundings, focusing his attention, not daring to miss any moment. Kill Ying Ni, seize the Dao of Wuding. This was the plan Ye Mu Luo had long ago prepared. To complete this plan, Ye Mu Luo had waited five years. Do you know how Ye Mu Luo spent these five years?

　　But even at this moment, this was still only a conception and had not yet been truly realized. Even though Ying Ni had become completely cold, emotionless, and abandoned desires, transforming into a true Wu Xing Tian Nu. As a living being, she still possessed instincts. Ye Mu Luo must seize the moment before her powerful "instincts" took effect and kill her. The grasp of this moment must be neither too early nor too late. Too early, and Ying Ni wouldn't have crossed that threshold. If Ye Mu Luo killed her and seized everything, it would only be further pushing forward his own foundation and accumulation, transforming into another kind of Intent Realm expert. Too late, and Ying Ni would completely control her newfound power. Even if she only relied on instinct, Ye Mu Luo would likely find it difficult to kill her again and seize the fruits. In the Little Refinement Realm, there was still energy lingering around, all gradually calming down. They obeyed the rules and naturally flowed towards Ying Ni. While being absorbed by her, they were transformed into another kind of spiritual energy, released by Ying Ni, filling this broken space. Before cultivating to the Wuding realm, all cultivators are only absorbers of energy and are the debts of the Great Dao. If theft is not stopped, the energy deficit in the world will become larger and larger. Therefore, some worlds' cultivators will use various methods to limit the number of cultivators. Of course, the Heavenly Dao defects of the world itself are also a kind of balancing method. After cultivating to the Wuding realm, cultivators are part of the Great Dao universe, a link in the natural cycle. No matter how much energy the Wuding cultivators absorb, they will return the absorbed energy in another form, even providing new possibilities. Just like Murong Ling's casual transformation of mountains and forests, and Tang Su Yi's sacrifice to the Dao, are all manifestations of this natural cycle. As the energy tide smoothly transitioned, Ying Ni's body emitted a flawless white jade-like luster. Her beauty was magnified to the extreme at this moment. She was like an unparalleled work of art bestowed by nature, each strand of hair shining in the light, carrying a perfect aura. At the same time, a powerful spiritual nature and spiritual energy were awakening in this seemingly sleeping body. "Her instincts are rejecting the Heavenly Dao's endowment of backlash. When coldness is no more, even if she doesn't have any emotions, reason alone is enough to resist the harm I'm inflicting now." Ye Mu Luo had long anticipated this situation, without hesitation or pity, the Yuan Yang treasured saber in his hand fiercely struck down, slicing across Ying Ni's seemingly delicate neck. Clang! The Yuan Yang treasured saber seemed to have sliced through black iron forged through billions of times of tempering. Although it emitted a piercing sound, it didn't truly sever Ying Ni's beautiful head, only cutting less than an inch into her flesh. Beneath the cracked skin, what flowed out was no longer fresh blood but a kind of crystal-clear, viscous liquid like crystal. Holding the saber with both hands, Ye Mu Luo compressed all of his domain power onto the saber's edge. "Sever!" The Yuan Yang treasured saber's characteristic was brought to the extreme. With one strike, Ying Ni's head finally fell amidst "Kacha" "Kacha" sounds. But soon, that fallen head transformed into crystal dust and dispersed. In the free breathing of energy, Ying Ni's head naturally grew back, as if there had never been the slightest injury. A divine artifact pagoda flew out, suppressing all energy fluctuations. Ye Mu Luo once again struck with all his might. As the saber fell, Ying Ni's body was shattered in the chaotic saber energy. But the entire space, even the world, seemed to be breathing, pulsing like a heart. After that moment, Ying Ni's perfect body appeared directly and simply before Ye Mu Luo's eyes. Every proportion was perfect, with no room for any criticism. Even if she was just lying there, without any expression or action, she was far more alluring than at any other time. Looking at this heaven-sent work of art, even a person with a heart of iron and stone might soften and desire to possess it. This kind of beauty transcended gender and species. It was irresistible. Ye Mu Luo was momentarily entranced, the saber in his hand raised several times but hesitated to fall. He was still a human and also had instincts that could not be overcome. At the same time, on the other end of the Xin Dan network, a vast consciousness that was still sleeping but was already slowly, gradually about to awaken was already squeezing Ye Mu Luo, his activities and space in this network. Even if she had been thoroughly stripped of her seven emotions and six desires, transformed into an absolutely rational and cold machine, Wuding was still Wuding, and just the "aftermath" emanating from its existence was enough to make people tremble. Ye Mu Luo's complaints had been correct. The difference between the Yijing realm and the Wuding realm was not just a little. It was completely a qualitative leap. Ye Mu Luo had once thought about relying on a large number of divine artifacts and abundant accumulation to confront Wuding… this was indeed his madness. At this critical moment, Ye Mu Luo could of course choose to ask Tang Su Yi to take action a second time, helping him erase Ying Ni and complete this act of a snake devouring an elephant. However, that was the last resort, not to be used lightly. Fortunately, the oppressive feeling transmitted from the Xin Dan network awakened Ye Mu Luo, who had fallen into infatuation. Under that strong visual and spiritual shock, without hesitation, Ye Mu Luo gouged out his own eyes. Two bloody sockets faced the direction where Ying Ni was, and for the third time, he wielded the saber. This time, Ye Mu Luo not only used his own abilities. He even gathered the power of this Little Refinement Realm with the momentum of "Heavenly Saber." When the saber fell, the two illusory suns remaining in the Little Refinement Realm simultaneously collapsed towards Ying Ni's body. Boom!

　　A fierce and unimaginable explosion occurred. In that moment of explosion, it was Ye Mu Luo's reversed saber intent. The Heavenly Saber instantly transformed into a blade slaughtering the Heavenly Dao. The extreme opposition made all the energy within the Little Refinement Realm filled with contradictions. This contradictory energy was absorbed into Ying Ni's body by instinct, quickly transforming into two mountain peaks, beginning to confront and kill each other within Ying Ni's body, using her body as the battlefield. Ye Mu Luo's strike was undeniably vicious. He was clear that with his current abilities, no matter how he wielded the saber, he would be unable to kill Ying Ni, who seemed to have entered Wuding through both the Nengjing and Yijing. Therefore, while Ying Ni's instinctual consciousness had not yet fully awakened, he created two opposing energies, letting them collide and kill each other within Ying Ni's body. With the ferocity of the killing, Ying Ni's body began to constantly transform between pulverization and rebirth. Finally, her body became more and more illusory, more and more unreal. Wuding cultivators are very strong, so strong that they are already unreasonable. But they are, after all, only long-lived, not immortal. When the repeated grinding surpassed the upper limit of endurance, the Wuding cultivator, as immortal as they might be, also met their end. Ah!

　　Like the shattering of the last bubble. Ying Ni's perfect body finally disappeared into the shadow-like remnants. And accompanying Ying Ni's demise, what surged along the Xin Dan’s flow was the double Wuding cultivation, consciousness, thoughts, abilities... everything. Ye Mu Luo had indeed already known the secrets of the Wuding realm in advance. Logically speaking, each of his efforts could no longer form another three-dimensional, non-intersecting line, allowing his life to leap from a flat surface to a three-dimensional one, ascending from one dimension to another. But he was special. Under the effects of Xin Dan, he was equivalent to perfectly inheriting everything Ying Ni had already obtained. From this moment on, Ye Mu Luo became the double Wuding of Nengjing and Yijing. And that kind of adaptation, existing in the dark, also surged from Ye Mu Luo's soul to his body, and then from the body, returned to the soul, completing an absolute internal cycle. At this moment, Ye Mu Luo finally understood why the first choice of Wuding must be to possess the power of a certain realm that is parallel and non-intersecting in the Nengjing. Because the human body is flawed, it is a big sieve. Life, power, thoughts, emotions, experience, mentality, and everything else will flow from the body and soul, along the sieve's openings, to endless nothingness. Nothing is fixed, unflowing, or unchanging. The principles understood a moment ago are no longer clear the next. The experiences and skills mastered today will become rusty and forgotten in a few years. No matter how one preserves life, life will always have an end. These are all the leaks and defects inherent in the human body. The defects of the Heavenly Dao are compensated by humans. So, what about the defects of humans?

　　The meaning of the Wuding realm is to complete a cycle of self. To return the things that are constantly flowing out of the body through this cycle. That moment of strength and explosion was not created from nothing. But it was "I" giving strength to "I." All the life force, experience, memories, abilities, thoughts, etc. that "I" had once lost will be returned at this moment. And when all these returns are instantly loaded onto the body and soul, the transformation naturally occurs. Ye Mu Luo's thoughts transcended the distance of time and space. In the transformation of the essence of life, he was like a soul standing on the Wangxiang Terrace (Terrace of Nostalgia). Not only did he see every detail of this life, but he also looked back to the previous life, the world of developed scientific civilization, all the knowledge and information he had heard and learned also returned at the same time. "So… I have always possessed the potential to break through Wuding!" The spark of wisdom flashed in his as-yet-unshaped body. In addition to the Nengjing and Yijing double cycles, a new cycle was added. The Wangjing cycle. The speed of transformation became faster and faster. And when Ye Mu Luo opened his eyes again, the secrets of the Little Refinement Realm also became ordinary in his eyes. "This is a section of a Wuding remnant from the Nengjing. Because of the Nengjing Wuding’s uniqueness, this space has the effect of self-generating energy. After Lie Shan Yu obtained it, he transformed it, turning it into an endless fire domain, and superimposed its use with his Intent Realm domain, far surpassing ordinary Intent Realm cultivators, becoming the peak of the Intent Realm." "As for Lie Shan Yu saying he had killed Wuding... that's just bragging!" "Using the Yijing to sever Wuding has certainly happened in the past, but it was all due to chance. If it's a direct hard battle, no matter how strong the Yijing is, it's difficult to resist the casual attacks of a Wuding cultivator." Ye Mu Luo, possessing three Wuding, felt unparalleled at this moment. He collected the Little Refinement Realm and walked into the mountain belly. The battle in the mountain belly was also coming to an end. The Zhen Hai Duke was not killed but had his limbs severed and was then sealed and imprisoned. As for the other cultivators who supported and attacked Ye Mu Luo and the others, they were either killed or imprisoned. Judging from the current battlefield situation, Ye Mu Luo could be said to have achieved a great victory. "Alliance Leader! Han Shan reports that something has happened in the imperial palace!" The moment He Gang saw Ye Mu Luo, his heart jumped. He keenly noticed Ye Mu Luo's great difference but suppressed his curiosity and reported the more important information. Ye Mu Luo let out a breath, his good mood slightly worsening, but it didn't last. "As expected! A feint to the east and attack to the west." "There's no need to rush to Shenjing now. Activate the Dark Web. We will compete for the world with the guys who are waking up in Shenjing…."