I Cheated While Cultivating

The thirty-three-layered Xuanhuang Treasure Tower surged towards the heavens, blocking the path of Chen Lang, Qu Zhenghe, and Wu Huisheng.

Woven with the aura of Xuanhuang and the dissemination of merits, its presence suggested that even if they used all their abilities and exerted their fullest strength, it would be impossible to breach the defense of this treasure tower.

“How is this possible?”

“Although I’ve heard that Zhou Heng possesses a top-tier defensive Taoist formula, this is far too exaggerated.”

“Can a recently ascended Grandmaster truly wield a Taoist formula with such astonishing power?!”

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Surprise and disbelief surged in the hearts of the three.

Initially, they had planned on launching a feint to stage a show of struggle, entangling Zhou Heng for a while, which would allow them to justify their “self-preservation” actions when reporting back to their Sects.

But now, the formidable power of the thirty-three-layered Xuanhuang Treasure Tower had completely exceeded their expectations.

This was not a level that conventional Martial Arts or Taoist formulas could achieve.

If they continued with the planned feint, they feared they might be directly suppressed!

This Zhou Heng was simply astoundingly strong, unreasonably so!

Thus, as Zhou Heng manifested the thirty-three-layered Xuanhuang Treasure Tower, Chen Lang, Qu Zhenghe, and Wu Huisheng immediately summoned their Yang God’s Dharma Bodies and personal magic weapons, launching their attacks with full force.

Chen Lang had cultivated the most common Sword God Dharma Body of the Heaven Sword Sect, manifesting an armored giant god towering over ten thousand zhang, wielding the Golden Sword, stepping on mountains and reaching for the clouds, as if a heaven-descended deity had arrived in the mortal world.

Qu Zhenghe, on the other hand, transformed into a long river that spanned the sky, rising from the distant horizon to hover above the Sword Pavilion, its currents not of water but endless streams of Sword Qi.

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This was the Sword Qi Long River Dharma Body, even more powerful than the Sword God Dharma Body!

Wu Huisheng manifested a bizarre scene, causing a thousand zhang of surrounding void to collapse and burst into crimson flames, within which it seemed as if myriad divine swords were being forged.

The Blazing Sword Forge Dharma Body!

The simultaneous assault of three Absolute Grandmasters immediately made the heavenly and earthly energies within a thousand li radius incredibly turbulent. Influenced by three different sword intentions, it seemed as if every wisp of energy had turned into Sword Qi—sharp and indestructible.

Moreover, each of these Dharma Bodies had its own impressive powers, each with its own mystical features.

Chen Lang’s Sword God Dharma Body further refined this sharp Sword Qi, concentrating it onto the Golden Giant Sword in his hand, transforming it into a colossal sword of ten thousand zhang in length that fiercefully smashed towards the thirty-three-layered Xuanhuang Treasure Tower manifested by Zhou Heng.

Such a massive force was enough to shake the heavens and the earth, and as Chen Lang swung the Golden Giant Sword with his Sword God Dharma Body, the land within four to five thousand li radius of the Sword Pavilion suffered violent tremors.

Places closer to the site even experienced ground undulations like water ripples, and many areas’ surfaces tore open immense fissures, bottomless to sight.

For the vast majority of ordinary people, such a spectacle was an unstoppable natural disaster.

Luckily, Da Qi’s various buildings were quite sturdy, and during their construction, specialists from the Imperial Court were dispatched to set up protective formations; otherwise, just the aftermath of this single strike would have resulted in innumerable mortal casualties.

The Sword Qi Long River transformed by Qu Zhenghe in the sky also launched an assault on Zhou Heng. He, too, gathered an immense amount of sharp heavenly and earthly energies, but his method differed drastically from Chen Lang’s.

Qu Zhenghe integrated these energies into the Long River, altering the essence of their sharpness, turning firmness into gentleness, and directly expanded his Dharma Body’s Sword Qi Long River into a vast ocean.

It was as if a vast ocean descended from the sky, instantly engulfing the thirty-three-layered treasure tower along with Zhou Heng, with each drop of “sea water” being an indestructible sword edge!

As Qu Zhenghe transformed into an “ocean,” engulfing Zhou Heng and the thirty-three-layered Xuanhuang Pagoda—

Wu Huisheng immediately spread her arms, and the sword furnace her Dharma Body had become swelled instantly. The fierce flames soared, and countless Divine Swords flew out, slashing towards the “Sword Sea.”

At that moment, the firmament trembled, the void shrieked, and the earth quaked, as if three Ancient Gods of the primordial times had arrived in this era, flaunting their mighty powers, ready to pulverize everything in the mortal realm.

To the common people, these scenes were like miracles.

Even within the Sword Pavilion, many were astounded.

“Such formidable might, such earth-shattering power, is this what a Great Grandmaster is like?” Zhao Qingshu’s eyes were wide with disbelief as he looked at the attacks unleashed by the three Dharma Bodies, feeling an unprecedented shock.

Half a year ago, he was just a wandering orphan, never having witnessed such a scene. This was his first time seeing Great Grandmasters in action, almost making him believe that this was the ultimate destination of the Martial Path, the endpoint of cultivation.

Too strong!

Cheng Zhi, Li Qingyao, and Chu Qingchuan were a bit more composed than Zhao Qingshu, at least outwardly they seemed calm. After all, they were descendants of a major Martial Dao Sect and had some knowledge.

However, this was also their first time witnessing such close-quartered combat from three Absolute Great Grandmasters, and they too were immensely shaken.

“As expected of a Great Grandmaster from the Heaven Sword Sect, the Sword Dao Dharma Body is indeed powerful.” The Great Grandmaster from the Longevity Way spoke, looking at the three Dharma Bodies and admiringly said, “Each of the three Dharma Bodies possesses different Laws, and they can alter natural principles without interfering with each other, truly not an easy feat.”

At the Dharma Phase level, Martial Artists wield the natural Laws of heaven and earth by refining and weaving them into their own movements, giving every gesture the authority of the cosmos.

At the Dharma Body level, the woven Laws from the Dharma Phase period have fully sublimated into complete Laws, beginning to be able to modify the natural Laws of heaven and earth.

Theoretically, the power of Laws held by a Dharma Body could completely overwhelm the power of a Dharma Phase, as they are entirely different levels of strength, without even a basis for comparison.

As long as the essential gap in these types of power cannot be bridged, no Sect Fifth Rank could possibly defeat an Absolute Fourth Rank.

This is the chasm of realms, an insurmountable divide lying between the levels.

“What does Elder think, what are Zhou Heng’s chances of winning?” Fang Wen asked in a low voice, an expression of worry on his face; the three Heaven Sword Sect’s Dharma Bodies were just too strong.

“Naturally, Zhou Heng will win,” the Great Grandmaster from the Longevity Way said with a smile. “He’s a reincarnation of a powerful being with contingencies from a previous life, handling three Great Grandmasters should not be difficult.”

The implication was that, if relying solely on his current strength, Zhou Heng would undoubtedly be defeated, but he could turn defeat into victory by employing the contingencies left by a mighty being from his past life.

But just at that moment, outside the Sword Pavilion, there suddenly came a loud bang.

Boom!

An earth-shattering explosion rang out, and in the midst of the vast Sword Sea, a beam of Xuanhuang light burst forth. Following that, a thirty-three-layered pagoda charged out of the Sword Sea and struck the Golden Giant Sword with a resounding crash.

Then, clouds of celebration expanded outward and strands of Xuanhuang Qi, like dangling jewels, fell and blocked all the sword light attacks. Zhou Heng stood unharmed beneath the Xuanhuang Pagoda.

“Not a bad Dharma Body,” Zhou Heng said with a loud laugh.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the phantom of a Taoist appeared behind him.

This Taoist was over a hundred zhang tall, draped in five-colored auspicious light, wearing a Tai Chi Taoist Robe, and holding a Jade Ruyi. He radiated an aura that seemed to bear all the principles of the world, encompassing everything, and accommodating all essences.

“You’ve all made your moves, it’s only fair I make one too,” Zhou Heng said with a beaming smile.

He raised his right hand, forming a fist seal that glimmered brightly, exuding a solemn and pure aura, as if holding a Jade Ruyi and gently pushing it forward.

At the same time as Zhou Heng struck forward with his fist seal, the Taoist shadow behind him also threw his Jade Ruyi, turning it into a beam of light that soared out.

In an instant, Chen Lang’s Sword God Dharma Body, Qu Zhenghe’s Long River of Sword Light Dharma Body, and Wu Huisheng’s Blazing Sword Furnace Dharma Body were all frozen in place, unable to move; they even felt as if their thoughts had stopped.

All three Great Grandmasters were stiff in midair, their Dharma Bodies like motionless puppets made of clay and wood.

“What is this, a magic weapon? A Divine Weapon? A contingency from a previous life??”

The same thought emerged in the minds of these three, instinctively looking towards the beam of light that flew out with Zhou Heng’s punch.

By this time, the beam of light had reached the high heavens, above the ten-thousand-feet-tall Sword God Dharma Body. With a light shake, it transformed back into the form of a Jade Ruyi.

This Jade Ruyi shimmered with colors of purple, white, and gold, crystal clear and majestic, as though it could suppress life and death, halt the passage of time, and bring peace to the world.

An ancient and sacred aura spread with the formation of the Jade Ruyi, causing the three Great Grandmasters to shake uncontrollably, as though they felt a primal fear from their origins.

At the same time, Zhou Heng’s fist had arrived.

This punch was extremely bizarre; although it was just a single fist, it seemed as if countless people were striking at the same time, hitting Chen Lang, Qu Zhenghe, and Wu Huisheng from different angles simultaneously.

They instantly felt as if they had been struck by a Jade Ruyi falling from an infinite height, their bodies and spirits on the verge of shattering, with their Dharma Bodies collapsing on the spot and their physical forms plummeting from the sky.

Only at this moment did they truly realize that what they were facing was not any powerful magic weapon, nor a Divine Weapon, nor some contingency left by a great power from a previous life, but merely an attack at the level of a Dharma Phase Sect Master!

It sent chills down their spines and made them tremble all over.

Are you kidding me!

How could there be such powerful Martial Arts? How could there be such a mighty Dharma Phase Sect Master??

Zhou Heng’s defensive Taoist Formulas were strong, but they could understand that these might have been the result of a great being’s reincarnation, created from experiences of a past life in ways a regular Sect Master could never achieve.

But there was no such situation with Martial Arts.

Even with the experience from a past life, given their realm and cultivation level, no matter how strong their Martial Arts were, they shouldn’t be capable of such tremendous power.

Unless this kind of Martial Arts had transcended the usual meaning of martial studies, exceeding their realm of understanding.

At this moment, inside the Sword Pavilion, there was also a deathly silence, not a sound to be heard.

When the Taoist shadow emerged behind Zhou Heng, forming a fist seal and striking, they sensed the nature of this power—it was clearly a Dharma Phase.

This was a Dharma Phase unique to a Fifth Rank Sect Master, as well as its Mana!

Zhou Heng did not use any special magic weapons, nor Divine Weapons, nor his famous contingencies from his past life. He had simply struck a punch with his own cultivation and mana!

Yet, such a punch had simultaneously shattered three mighty Dharma Bodies, leaving three Great Grandmasters injured in body and spirit, tumbling down from the sky!

Zhou Heng was just a Fifth Rank Sect Master!

This was excessively exaggerated!

What kind of Martial Arts possessed such power?

And that Dharma Phase’s aura, so ancient and sacred, gave off the impression that it was the origin of all laws, all ways, the source of all things in the world.

It was simply unfathomable.

What kind of Martial Arts, what kind of legacy could cultivate such a Dharma Phase?

Did Pure Yang Palace truly possess such a Supreme Divine Skill?

Everyone present was stunned beyond belief, incredulously staring at Zhou Heng in the sky.

If Zhou Heng had won this battle using the contingencies from his past life, it would have been within everyone’s expectations, but now he had defeated three Great Grandmasters with his own power in one move, which was truly baffling.

At this time, Chen Lang, Qu Zhenghe, and Wu Huisheng lay on the ground, severely wounded.

They looked up in terror at the Dharma Phase in the sky, a profound fear welling up inside them.

So, the three acted decisively and desperately used the life-saving secret techniques they had prepared, swiftly escaping.

Zhou Heng stood in the sky, his gaze serene, watching the three Great Grandmasters of Heaven Sword Sect flee and did not stop them.

Afterward, he retracted his gestures, letting the 33 layers of the Xuanhuang Tower dissipate, retracted his Dharma Phase, and his demeanor returned to its normal state, preparing to descend to the Sword Pavilion.

But at that moment, he suddenly frowned, as if he had received some message.

Then, he continued his descent, returning to the Sword Pavilion.

He was met with astonished gazes, but Zhou Heng was unconcerned. He approached Fang Wen, smiled, and said, “Brother Fang, you should be able to hold the Sect Founding Ceremony in peace now.”

“Ah? Ah… Yes, yes!” Fang Wen finally came out of his unprecedented shock, hurriedly nodding and saying, “Thank you, Mr. Zhou.”

He unconsciously changed the appellation, addressing Zhou Heng as Mr. Zhou.

“Zhou Daoist has displayed such awe-inspiring power, truly remarkable,” the Great Grandmaster of the Longevity Way also came over and praised, “He could well be called the number one Grandmaster of all times.”

“Such empty titles are unnecessary to place upon me,” Zhou Heng waved his hand and then said to Fang Wen, “Brother Fang, I’ve just received a message, I need to leave for urgent matters and will not attend the following ceremonies.”

“This…” Fang Wen wanted to retain him, since the upcoming ceremony was meant to entertain guests, and Zhou Heng’s departure would be inconsiderate.

But given Zhou Heng’s expression, it seemed he indeed had important matters to handle, so Fang Wen nodded and smiled, “Then I shall properly host you when you have time later.”

“Hmm,” Zhou Heng lightly nodded, then turned and left.

He had achieved his purpose for coming to the Sword Pavilion. The clues about Taiqing Dao and the information about the world where the Sword Pavilion was located were both in hand, and there was no need for him to stay any longer.

Moreover, he indeed received a very important piece of news.

A letter from within the Five Emperors’ Inner Circle.

A member of the organization discovered that Beidou had left a final message by the shore of the Eastern Sea and then vanished.

Contact with him was now lost.

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