The Great Wilderness was shrouded in layers of mystery, concealing far too many secrets.
Lu Bei was most concerned with three things. First, the mystery of Qi Lijing's origins. Second, whether the Heaven and Earth Gate had an owner. Third...
Whenever it was time to form a team, he would lead from the front, taking his utterly fearless teammates into the Great Wilderness to farm experience.
All along, Lu Bei had felt that Qi Lijing's physical body was absurdly powerful. On the surface, it seemed that the Immortal Sword Body had strengthened his body, allowing it to bear the Immortal Sword Intent.
But that was merely an outsider's perspective. Lu Bei possessed both the Immortal Sword Intent and the Immortal Sword Body, so he knew better than anyone that with normal synchronized growth, the Immortal Sword Body could never support the razor-sharp edge of the Immortal Sword Intent.
The Immortal Sword Intent was an extremely sinister thing. As long as there was enough Dao Rhyme, it could be strengthened without limit. There was no upper limit at all.
Lu Bei could withstand the Immortal Sword Intent because the Demon Slaying Scripture provided a fourfold bonus to all attributes, making his physical strength so terrifying that even the Demon Race would not dare lay a finger on him. But what about Qi Lijing? Why was his physical body so powerful?
There was no question of whether the chicken came before the egg or the egg before the chicken. Lu Bei could be certain that Qi Lijing had first possessed an exceptionally powerful physical body, and only then used it as a foundation to create the Immortal Sword Intent best suited to himself.
The First Generation Monster Emperor had not refined the second Heaven and Earth Gate. Neither had the successive patriarchs