Two People Attain Enlightenment

Thinking of this, he immediately felt a glow of pride on his face. His back unconsciously straightened a bit more as he waved his hand in feigned modesty:

"Not at all, not at all. Elder Ji Mie overpraises me. It's just that... I have thick skin and sturdy flesh, so I barely managed to hold out a little longer."

Although he said this, inwardly he was gleefully justifying it to himself: "Taking a beating is also a skill! If it were anyone else, they would have fallen apart in three hits. My ability to tank and fight... ah no, my ability to tank and take a beating, is quite impressive!"

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt completely justified. Rubbing his chin, his eyes grew brighter and brighter:

"But then again, being able to exchange blows with the projection of a Great Emperor is an experience that can't be bought with a thousand pieces of gold! Does this mean there are projections of other Great Emperors in the tower?"

Xuanyangzi became more and more excited as he thought about it, completely ignoring the pain all over his body.

"Once my injuries are healed, I will definitely meet this Great Emperor Hundred Battles again! No, I will challenge all the Great Emperor projections in the tower!"

Gu Changge looked at Xuanyangzi's transformation from being dejected just a moment ago to now rubbing his hands in eagerness, especially that posture of "taking a beating is also an honor," and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh:

"Alright. It seems there will be another one madly challenging the tower."

Xuanyangzi chuckled, already unable to wait to start planning his next attempt at the tower.

Although covered in injuries, his eyes burned with an unprecedented fighting spirit. He had completely fallen in love with this Prodigy Tower!

He entirely forgot how miserably he had just been beaten, as if the wounds all over his body were not marks of shame, but medals of honor.

Inside the bamboo pavilion, Gu Changge looked at Xuanyangzi's eager and restless appearance, shook his head with a light chuckle, put down his teacup, and slowly walked to the edge of Purple Bamboo Peak.

At the summit of Purple Bamboo Peak, the sea of clouds rose and fell.

Gu Changge stood quietly at the edge of the cliff, his gaze seemingly piercing through the endless void, landing on the very core of the massive palm print abyss at the distant ruins of the Demon Heaven Sect.

He clearly saw Xiao Ruobai and Fang Hanyu in that intense place where the Dao rhymes of destruction and rebirth intertwined, facing the lingering, majestic Dao marks of the palm force, deep in profound comprehension.

Xiao Ruobai's battle intent intertwined with that destructive palm intent, like a God of War directly facing the mighty force of heaven and earth. Fang Hanyu, on the other hand, had become one with his sword, his chaotic sword qi attempting to dissect the trajectory of the laws that could obliterate everything.

Both of them possessed extraordinary talent, yet they were faintly intimidated by the majestic Dao rhyme that originated from their master but was generated by heaven and earth. It was as if they were merely copying it, struggling to truly jump out of its framework and glimpse their own paths.

Gu Changge gently shook his head. He did not go there in person; instead, across the endless distance, he formed his fingers into a sword and made a phantom tap in the direction of the palm print abyss.

There was no earth-shattering commotion, only a formless and intangible intent that contained his supreme Dao realm and true essence, crossing the spatial barrier to quietly permeate the minds of Xiao Ruobai and Fang Hanyu.

This Dao rhyme was not a specific law of palm force, but an enlightenment of the Dao at a higher level, a pointer regarding the essence of power and the source of creation.

At the core of the palm print abyss, Xiao Ruobai's body shook violently!

It was as if a clap of thunder exploded in his sea of consciousness. The originally vast, majestic, and awe-inspiring palm intent suddenly broke down in his perception. It was no longer an incomprehensible mighty force, but transformed into countless fragments of Dao laws concerning absoluteness, order, suppression, and nirvana.

He saw that the destructive power was not destroying for the sake of destruction. Its core was actually a supreme will to reshape the rules and define the universe! Destruction was merely the means, not the end.

"I understand... I understand!"

Brilliant golden light erupted from Xiao Ruobai's eyes. The battle intent around him soared into the sky, but it was no longer just purely wild and domineering; it now possessed an added weight and grandeur!

"My Dao of Battle should not only be about destruction and conquest! Battle can split heaven and earth, but it can also protect a domain!!"

He let out a long howl, the cultivation method within his body circulating madly in an unprecedented manner. The golden battle qi materialized into armor, upon which the phantoms of mountains, rivers, and the prayers of sentient beings faintly surfaced!

He threw a punch. The intent behind the punch was no longer just purely fierce and strong; it carried the brilliant divine might of defining yin and yang and suppressing all evil, as if the master of a world were wielding the laws!

On the other side, Fang Hanyu's transformation was equally astonishing.

In his perception, that palm intent which obliterated everything was no longer an object to be simulated or resisted. Instead, it transformed into the perfect interpretation of the birth and destruction of chaos.

He saw that destruction and creation were not opposites, but two sides of a cycle. Order and chaos were not in conflict, but in a state of symbiosis.

What was contained within that palm force was absolute control over the rules of birth and destruction of all things!

"Chaos... is neither empty nor void, but the source of all possibilities. My sword should not be a tool to evolve all things, but should be... the cause that defines all things!"

All the sword qi around Fang Hanyu was restrained. His entire being seemed to return to nothingness and merge into chaos. But in the next moment, a point of ultimate sharpness was born from the chaos, like the first ray of light when heaven and earth were created!

He formed his fingers into a sword and gently tapped forward. There was no earth-shattering commotion, only a grayish sword light that was subtle to the extreme.

But wherever this sword light passed, the void flickered between birth and destruction. At times, all things multiplied, and at other times, everything returned to silence and nothingness, as if enacting the reincarnation of the universe!

Eventually, the sword light sank into a massive crack in the palm print.

"Buzz!!!"

That bottomless crack suddenly lit up, and a buzzing sound that seemed to come from ancient times echoed from within!

Countless law fragments were triggered by the sword intent, surging out and transforming into a sky full of light rain! Within the rain of light, the auras of birth and destruction alternately circulated, incredibly profound!

This sudden, earth-shattering commotion instantly alarmed all the cultivators at the ruins of the Demon Heaven Sect!

"What happened?!"

"Look towards the abyss! What are those golden and gray lights?!"

"Such terrifying Dao rhyme fluctuations! Is an extraordinary treasure being born?!"

"No! It looks like someone is cultivating?! But this commotion is way too frightening!"

The cultivators who were closer all changed their expressions, looking towards the core area in terror.

Some cultivators with lower cultivation bases were even suppressed to the point of breathlessness by the intertwining battle intent and the sword intent of birth and destruction, retreating again and again.

The elders of the Ten Thousand Laws Pavilion and the Haoran Sect were abruptly awakened from their meditation, looking at the pillar of light in horror: "Such pure battle intent and sword intent... it actually triggered the lingering Dao marks here?! Which prodigy is down there?"

A few rogue cultivators who tried to approach and spy were shaken by the escaping aftershocks of the punch intent before they even got close to the core area, causing their qi and blood to churn. Grazed by the sword intent of birth and destruction, their Dao hearts were nearly destabilized. Frightened out of their wits, they scrambled back in a panic.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly! This is not an opportunity we can covet!"

"Too terrifying! That battle intent seems like it wants to suppress all things, and that sword intent can actually affect the flow of time?!"

Even in the distant Azure Profound Sect camp, Shi Wanshan, who was meditating, suddenly opened his eyes, a trace of shock and doubt flashing through them.

"Good boys... these two martial nephews are truly... freaks!"

Though he cursed with his mouth, the corners of his lips couldn't help but curl up in a gratified arc.

At the center of the abyss, Xiao Ruobai and Fang Hanyu were completely oblivious to the commotion around them, fully immersed in the profound state of their breakthroughs.

Xiao Ruobai's battle intent grew increasingly refined. Within the golden divine radiance, the phantom of a War God treading upon mountains and rivers to protect all living beings faintly emerged. Fang Hanyu thrust out his sword fingers once more, his chaotic sword qi evolving into the myriad things of creation. It cycled through life and destruction, as if he were carving out a minor world.

At an astonishing speed, the Dao of both individuals was taking the firmest step toward a supreme realm uniquely their own!