Chapter 766 - 762: Cultivating the Martial Dao, Not the Realm

Chapter 766: Chapter 762: Cultivating the Martial Dao, Not the Realm

A longsword materialized above Bai Yu’s head. To everyone’s shock, it was filled with a dense network of what looked like meridians!

While these meridians couldn’t compare to those in a human body, their presence was still a spectacular sight.

"If this sword continues to be refined like this, it might surpass Tier Nine Spiritual Artifacts and rival an Innate Spiritual Treasure," Zhao Yuanzhong said in shock.

But Xi Chenghua shook his head. "You’re forgetting—this is his Divine Soul. He’s trying to give it life. The potential achievement is immeasurable because no one has ever managed to forge meridians within a sword!"

"I’m filled with regret right now! Why couldn’t my Divine Soul be an inanimate object? If it were, I could have had Brother Xu help me refine an Exquisite Creation Pill and achieve apotheosis through my Divine Soul too!" Lao Xuexin lamented, beating his chest in frustration.

After all, he knew better than anyone why Bai Yu’s Divine Soul was undergoing such a bizarre transformation.

Upon hearing this, Xi Chenghua and Zhao Yuanzhong nodded in profound agreement.

"Come on now, we should be content. I’m sure there will be no shortage of benefits from following the Young Master." Zhao Yuanzhong, ever the optimist, was the first to snap out of it.

At this, the eyes of both Xi Chenghua and Lao Xuexin lit up.

Advancing to the Sealed Martial Realm Sixth Layer in such a short time was something they wouldn’t have dared to dream of in the past.

Most importantly, their Cultivation Techniques had already improved immensely, causing their combat prowess to skyrocket.

And they had only been following Lin Hao for a short time.

The thought immediately filled them with excitement.

Immediately, the three of them turned their gazes to Lin Hao.

Lin Hao’s body was currently sunk into the earth, with only his head exposed above the ground. He was completely still, yet the three men could see tiny dragons of energy swimming from his nostrils, circling back and forth in an endless, repeating loop.

Even the purest Innate True Essence couldn’t compare to this dragon-shaped vapor!

The men were utterly shocked.

But this was merely the external phenomenon. If they could see inside Lin Hao’s sea of consciousness, they would be shocked senseless.

Within Lin Hao’s sea of consciousness, a faint, ethereal primordial aura had begun to appear!

After reconnecting his meridians, Lin Hao still couldn’t truly master the Creation Jade Butterfly, but he could now wield its power for brief moments.

Right now, Lin Hao was using the Creation Jade Butterfly to deduce the most fundamental martial domain in existence!

The power of a domain was infinite, but under normal circumstances, a cultivator at the peak of the Sealed Martial Realm could only create a domain large enough to encompass a single nation.

This binding power would increase after one reached the Yin-Yang Realm. At the Yin-Yang Realm Peak, a martial domain could lock down the void itself; with a single thought, one could immobilize the entire Celestial Yang Continent!

If one could cultivate to the peak of the Small Nirvana Realm, they would possess the power to seal an entire world.

Any higher than that, and one would be wielding the power of martial law. At that point, it would have already transcended the scope of the Martial Arts Realm and entered the domain of Saints.

At this moment, as Lin Hao utilized the Creation Jade Disc, the primordial aura appearing in his sea of consciousness spread out in all directions, attempting to envelop the boundless ocean of his mind.

He was exploring the concept of an infinite domain!

Lin Hao’s martial philosophy had already broken free from the shackles of the Martial Arts Realm!

Of course, this was merely in theory; it didn’t mean Lin Hao could actually create and control an infinite domain.

As the primordial aura expanded, miraculous phenomena manifested within Lin Hao’s sea of consciousness: the sun rose, the moon set, and stars fell from the sky.

The primordial aura that Lin Hao was manipulating chased the stars, raced the moon, and pursued the sun.

While the phenomena in his sea of consciousness were terrifyingly grand, Lin Hao’s physical body was another scene entirely.

His Overlord Body’s True Blood shone with incomparable brilliance, constantly splitting off minute wisps of purple qi that were transported by the rotating Tai Chi Array Map onto the Creation Jade Disc.

After passing through the Creation Jade Disc, the purple qi was transformed into strand after strand of Chaos Qi. This Chaos Qi was then channeled into his meridians and distributed throughout his entire body.

Lin Hao’s body was operating like a self-sufficient machine.

This was the result of the Creation Jade Disc being partially activated.

One could say that even though Lin Hao was only at the Sealed Martial Realm Fourth Layer, he no longer needed to actively cultivate his realm, as the Creation Jade Disc was working for him ceaselessly.

He was no longer cultivating his realm, but the Martial Dao itself!

This was Lin Hao’s current state.

Other Martial Artists had to painstakingly raise their realm just for the chance to explore the Martial Dao, but Lin Hao had skipped that first step entirely!

The boundaries of the Martial Arts Realm were useless to Lin Hao.

At least, that was the case for the Sealed Martial Realm.

This fact was utterly terrifying.

Because of this, the area surrounding Lin Hao had invisibly become his martial domain. Within it, he was the sovereign. Anyone who harbored rebellious thoughts would be instantly seen through and suppressed.

This was precisely why Xiu Xiu and Dugu Shang were being suppressed.

Of course, this was only a nascent form of the domain; the area Lin Hao could control was limited to his immediate surroundings.

"I have a strange feeling," Xi Chenghua said suddenly after a moment of observation. "It’s as if some unseen, magnificent power in this area is nourishing me."

"I feel it too!" Lao Xuexin nodded.

"My body just feels more relaxed than it ever has before," Zhao Yuanzhong said after a moment of careful perception. "It’s as if, so long as I don’t leave this place, nothing can harm me, even if the sky were to fall."

"A domain," Bai Yu, who had been silent until now, spoke up. "There is an invisible domain in the void."

After meridians were forged in his sword-like Divine Soul, Bai Yu’s Spiritual Sense had strengthened severalfold, allowing him to vaguely perceive that power.

"A domain?"

Xi Chenghua and the others looked at Lin Hao again, then their gazes shifted to Dugu Shang and Xiu Xiu.

Dugu Shang was pressed flat against the ground, completely unable to move. He had lost all the dignity befitting the Holy Lord of a Holy Land.

Xiu Xiu looked equally pitiful, but its big, round eyes were filled with anger and defiance.

They were unharmed within the same domain, yet Dugu Shang and Xiu Xiu were in such a miserable state. This kind of martial domain was bizarre in the extreme.

"They are being suppressed because they are defiant."

At this time, Xu Zihao also spoke up.

Among everyone present, his Cultivation Technique was the most unique, and since he was standing closest to Lin Hao, he could sense that power most clearly.

"A domain that can distinguish between friend and foe? It can do that?!" Xi Chenghua and the others were stunned.

A moment later, however, Zhao Yuanzhong exploded in fury.

He strode in front of Dugu Shang and, without a word, kicked him. "So you’re just an ungrateful bastard! The Young Master gave you a Cultivation Technique, and you dare to harbor defiance in your heart!"

The pitiable Dugu Shang, a mighty Holy Lord, was kicked away like a piece of trash.

BOOM!

Zhao Yuanzhong’s kick was merciless. Dugu Shang’s body flew through the air and crashed into a mountain several miles away.

After dealing with Dugu Shang, Zhao Yuanzhong turned and fixed his glare on Xiu Xiu.

Xiu Xiu’s fur stood on end. It put on a wronged expression for a moment, then its four limbs shot out, and its body went rigid.

The little critter was playing dead again.

Zhao Yuanzhong froze, almost falling for it.

But its antics were enough to make his anger dissipate.

"Thank you, Forefather, but I refuse to spend my life being weaker than anyone else!" a voice rang out from the distance.

By the time Zhao Yuanzhong turned to look, Dugu Shang was still crouched on one knee, but he immediately rose to his feet. His figure blurred for an instant and then vanished.

"That ungrateful bastard!" Zhao Yuanzhong seethed.

Xi Chenghua and the others fell silent.

Bai Yu and Xu Zihao’s eyes narrowed. They finally understood how Dugu Shang had managed to become the Holy Lord of a Holy Land at such a young age.

At that moment, Lin Hao remained deep in his meditative trance. But hundreds of miles away, the ferocious beast whose snores had been like rolling thunder suddenly awoke.

In the next moment, it stared in Lin Hao’s direction, a glint of absolute terror appearing in its eyes.