Mana Plus, Double Enlightenment

Generally speaking, people would describe someone who suddenly has a stroke of good luck as "stepping in dog shit luck".

If this analogy were applied to Ma Xiaohong, then it would be far more than just dog shit luck. Even wallowing in a cesspool wouldn't be this preposterous.

In a melee of Heaven Mending Realm prodigies, for a Sea Inversing Realm cultivator to obtain the Sword Dao Great Sage Serendipity, only two conclusions could be drawn:

One, those Heaven Mending Realm cultivators are too weak.

Two, the Sea Inversing Realm cultivator is too freakish.

Judging from the facts, only the second conclusion can be true.

So how exactly did Ma Xiaohong get the Sword Dao Great Sage Serendipity?

It's simple.

She used a proxy fighter.

First, she pretended to be weak with her Sea Inversing Realm cultivation to deceive the enemy. Well...she didn't really pretend, she was quite weak indeed.

Then, the immortal sword fought as her proxy, directly grabbing Ma Xiaohong's hand and slaying a path through the exhausted and wounded prodigies, before finally contending for the Great Sage Serendipity.

It was like a chef's spatula controlling the chef's cooking.

You can't say the chef cheated, since it was the chef's own hand after all. You could only say the spatula was too smart.

Ma Xiaohong was in a similar state. After obtaining the Sword Dao Great Sage Serendipity, she was completely disoriented, still unclear about the situation.

Her cultivation didn't increase, and she gained no more enlightenment. The only enhancement from obtaining the Sword Dao Great Sage Serendipity was that when she wielded a sword, she had greater comprehension, and could unleash greater power with the half immortal sword.

Of course, she didn't need to wield it herself. The half immortal sword would move by itself.

Three people journeyed together.

Xu Zhen was silent, hadn't spoken a word for months. She would occasionally gaze intently at Ma Xiaohong, as if wanting to discern something.

As for Sword Two, there was even less need to mention. As a proud prodigy sword cultivator, he always had a hint of arrogance that couldn't be erased.

But ever since Ma Xiaohong obtained the Sword Dao Great Sage Serendipity, he was completely self-abased. He didn't even dare speak loudly, and doubted himself.

Ma Xiaohong still hugged her flying sword, feeling like a gap had formed between her and Xu Zhen, though there was one before, it was growing larger now.

Occasionally, rays of sunlight still shone down, just no longer brightly.

The dark and gloomy colors of the starry sky permeated everything.

Xu Zhen was injured at the Sword Dao Great Sage Ruins, and was currently recovering, having taken some top-grade medicine pills for healing injuries.

Ma Xiaohong hugged her flying sword, footsteps hesitant as she paced behind Xu Zhen.

"What's the matter?" Xu Zhen, silent for months, was the first to speak.

"I..." Ma Xiaohong hurriedly replied, "I was thinking if I could help, and heal your injuries."

Silent for two to three breaths.

Xu Zhen shook her head, "No need, I said no need."

"Okay...okay." Ma Xiaohong softly acknowledged, not knowing how to respond.

"When did you meet Brother Xia?" Xu Zhen suddenly asked, this was the first time she had asked Ma Xiaohong about Chen Xia.

Ma Xiaohong thought for a bit, and softly replied, "Over a thousand years ago probably, right before entering the Great Death Realm."

Xu Zhen nodded, then asked again, "Why were you together with Brother Xia?"

"Some accidents happened, everyone else died, only Chen Xia and I remained." Ma Xiaohong softly said, not mentioning that Chen Xia had killed them.

Xu Zhen's head that was gazing at the starry sky suddenly turned to look at Ma Xiaohong, blinking once, and calmly said.

"Initially I didn't care about you, thinking Brother Xia was just being his usual nice self, having saved some random Sea Inversing Realm cultivator from somewhere."

"The only thing that made me somewhat notice you was probably your female identity."

Xu Zhen's calm complexion changed a little, her willow leaf eyebrows raised slightly. With the gloomy colored starry sky as a background, stars flowed silently. She suddenly asked,

"You like Brother Xia right?"

Ma Xiaohong's expression tightened, and her grip on the flying sword increased. She hurriedly shook her head.

"No..."

"A cultivator's emotions are especially sincere. Moreover with your cultivation level, still shallowly involved with the mundane world, it can be discerned with a single glance."

Xu Zhen interrupted Ma Xiaohong's words, shaking her head again.

"I didn't care at first, so what if you liked him, which impressive cultivator doesn't have a few people liking them."

"I never cared, until later when I lost in a duel, yet you obtained the Great Sage Serendipity."

Ma Xiaohong opened her mouth and softly said, "I was just lucky..."

"No matter how you were lucky..." Xu Zhen stood up, revealing a smile for the first time,

"Brother Xia and I have known each other for eight thousand years, far ahead."

She seemed extremely delighted, the smile at the corner of her lips rather dazzling.

It was also the first time in thousands of years she had been so...

Happy.

Ma Xiaohong hugged her sword, not speaking a word.

She was rather envious indeed.

Heart Lake

This was Chen Xia's first time opening his eyes, seeing himself bound in a gigantic cocoon, he couldn't help ridiculing.

"The Universal Celestial Dragon plays quite extravagantly."

"It's decent." The inner demon's response came, continuing, "How about the backlash from the Past Future Law?"

Chen Xia nodded, "It should be gone, my consciousness feels less muffled, and spiritual power is flowing smoothly too, so the backlash should have vanished. Just didn't expect it to be so severe, making me slumber for at least three hundred years extra."

"More than that." The inner demon retorted, then said, "The dragon's true form's coalescence should be nearing completion, you might as well try integrating the bonus points too, can just add them into your magic power, and test the effects."

Power, fortune, magic power. Each would grant a reward upon reaching a certain level.

Chen Xia had already accumulated quite a lot of points after slumbering for over a thousand years. He could directly raise his magic power to a new level right now.

No sooner said than done. Chen Xia's consciousness stirred, and the total of 1400 points instantly went into raising his magic power.

At the same time, faint radiance emerged in his eyes. Not the former crimson and pure white, but absolute golden, without a hint of impurity.

Words emerged in Chen Xia's mind.

【Comprehend Dao】: Instant enlightenment of the Dao you are most proficient in.

An extremely simple sentence, yet extremely shocking.

Chen Xia immediately chose. His consciousness sank and he stepped into the Heart Lake. He slowly strolled, comprehending his own Dao.

What was the Dao he was most proficient in?

None other than the Time Dao.

This was what Chen Xia had the deepest comprehension of, and had truly experienced.

What did Time encompass?

Life, old age, sickness, death, the changing of all things.

These were all a corner of the Time Dao.

Speaking more broadly, there was also past and future, tracing back and accelerating. These were the miraculous effects of the Time Dao.

They were also where the Time Dao's true might lay. For example, beheading the future with the past, unleashing a sword in the present that would definitely hit after three breaths.

This was the terror of the Time Dao.

Chen Xia leisurely strolled in the Heart Lake, before suddenly stopping and looking down into the Heart Lake.

After a long while.

He abruptly raised his foot. When he stepped again, the entire Heart Lake suddenly became transparent.

Beneath this transparent Heart Lake, muffled thunder rumbled.

Dense, dark purple thunder gradually rose.

Dual Comprehend Dao!