Chapter 680: A Palm That Shrouds the Heavens, a Fist That Shatters the Firmament (Part 3)

As the buildings across the city collapsed, the ground shook fiercely three times.

It sent everyone bouncing into the air before falling back to the earth.

Yet, at this moment, not a single person uttered a cry of fear.

All craning their necks upwards, they saw a colossal black-robed figure hit by a beam of light, spewing blood while retreating, flying to the horizon, becoming a faint shadow.

“You hurt me.”

Daoist Mingxin’s eyes were filled with astonishment.

The punch just now had improbably scattered a trace of the Law of Annihilation within his Great Black Heaven Extinction Palm Seal.

Reducing a power theoretically reaching the highest level of Dao Alchemy in this world to mere void.

Moreover, the immense, indescribable force followed the spell’s palm seal, shattering his Dharma Body, seeping blood into his organs, nearly dispersing his Dao Foundation.

‘What kind of enormous power is this, so massive that it almost made Daoist Mingxin think it was the ancient tortoise at his mountain’s gate swinging its claw? To note, that tortoise is the Mountain Guardian Holy Beast of the Black Lotus Hall, surviving three Hall Masters, just a step away from the True Monarch Realm.

Furthermore, that creature possesses the True Dragon Bloodline, albeit only a thin strand; yet, dragon-type demon beasts are famously mighty, their strength numerous times superior to human cultivators.’

‘This Chen Ping before me…’

In this moment, Daoist Mingxin even doubted that Chen Ping hadn’t merely cultivated the Destiny True Dragon Cultivation Method of the Azure Dragon Hall but was truly a divine beast incarnate.

After all, he’s not even twenty yet.

While Daoist Mingxin felt incredibly absurd, an evil wind swept towards him, as he saw that green figure take a ghostly step, carrying the force of wind and thunder, arriving before him.

He could not afford to ponder further, his gaze turning cold, refusing to retreat.

Standing still in the void, his hands like blooming lotus flowers, forming seals and chanting, “Imperial Decree…”

The grand voice, akin to the shaking of heaven and earth, was not something heard from human lips.

Chen Ping threw a punch, using the “Mastery” Realm of the Ape Demon Heaven-Reaching Realm, augmenting over the four million pounds of physical strength, multiplying ninefold in an instant…

This punch struck with exuberance, extreme satisfaction, every fiber of his body rejoicing, seeing another possibility beyond the martial path.

‘Is it true that body Qi Blood Force can reach such a level?’

‘In this world, Spiritual Qi is primary, with Qi Refining at the core. I thought the martial path was closed, and after reaching the Divine Martial Realm, there was no further path, but from this punch, once force reaches a certain magnitude, the mere physical body can shatter spells, break laws, could it be possible to walk the path of proving the Dao through strength?’

Remembering tales heard in his previous life.

A trace of ambitious longing suddenly arose within Chen Ping’s heart.

The Tripartite Unity of the Divine Martial Realm doesn’t truly fuse Blood Refining, Qi Refining, and Spirit Refining, but allows the three to influence each other, assist each other, imprint upon one another.

Qi infused in blood, spirit concealed within Qi, divine intent transforming into blood.

The three intertwine, inseparable, only then can the Dharma Body be condensed.

The so-called Dharma Body is ultimately a combat form restructured through Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

It allows better utilization of the power of heaven and earth.

Compared to one’s original form, naturally exhibiting greater combat capacity.

Yet fundamentally, it remains a reshaping, failing to further evolve life from mortal to immortal.

To Chen Ping, such a Dharma Body is like comparing a firefly to the moon against the tales of immortal Buddhas capable of picking stars and catching the moon, far inferior.

Thus, he has long suspected that his Divine Martial Realm has not reached its utmost.

When cultivating the Stinging Dragon Scripture, practicing Dragon Essence alone, even transformed into the Dragon of Destiny, nourishing oneself, remains insufficient to establish an unparalleled foundation.

There’s room for further evolution in physical strength, and no endpoint in soul cultivation.

Neglect should not be allowed.

Consider the suspected Law Dao Alchemy expert practicing the Fundamental Technique of the Black Lotus Hall before him, who, facing his physical strength, gains no upper hand, proving much already.

Having reached this conclusion, Chen Ping’s mind shines with clarity, gaining many insights.

His movements remain undeterred.

Wind and thunder encircle him, the Little Wind Thunder Escape Technique initiates, crossing thousands of feet in one step, arriving before Daoist Mingxin, his punch crashing down like mountains and seas.