Awake, He Comprehended the Dao; Asleep, He Comprehended the Dao

Awake, He Comprehended the Dao; Asleep, He Comprehended the Dao

Time flowed like water.

Another year passed in the blink of an eye.

Lin Yuan's life had scarcely changed.

Either he was in the True Martial Dao Repository, comprehending the insights left behind by past Celestial Masters,

or he was atop Dragon Tiger Mountain, watching the sea of clouds.

Other than occasionally speaking with Qingping, he barely said a word.

When Manor Head Azure Lord learned that Qingping had entered the Upper Third Rank Realm thanks to Lin Yuan's guidance,

he had wanted to exchange pointers with Lin Yuan, but was soon tied down by developments outside.

The Myriad Demons Sect was about to wage its decisive battle.

The Myriad Demons Sect Master led the Nine Vice Sect Masters, forty-three Dharma Protectors, one hundred and twenty-six Helm Masters, and several thousand members of the Demonic Crowd in a mighty march, intending to attack Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Dragon Tiger Mountain was the Taoist Ancestral Court, while Celestial Master Manor stood at the pinnacle of the world. The invincible Celestial Masters of every generation had emerged from here.

As long as they leveled Dragon Tiger Mountain and destroyed Celestial Master Manor, who in this world could still stop the Myriad Demons Sect?

True Martial Grand Hall.

The atmosphere was heavy.

Led by Azure Lord, the Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts had gathered together.

Most of these Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts came from other factions throughout the land, answering Celestial Master Manor's call.

Everyone understood that when the lips were gone, the teeth would be cold. If the Myriad Demons Sect truly flattened Celestial Master Manor,

then the other Righteous Factions would be the next to perish.

In peaceful times, the Righteous Factions had slain no small number of Demons.

Once the Myriad Demons Sect gained the upper hand, their fates would not be much better than Celestial Master Manor's.

"The Myriad Demons Sect's Nine Vice Sect Masters are all in the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, and its forty-three Dharma Protectors are all in the Upper Third Rank Realm. They won't be easy to deal with."

A middle-aged woman in the Celestial Phenomenon Realm spoke slowly.

The other Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts nodded slightly.

There were eleven Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts on their side, two more than the Myriad Demons Sect.

But the Demon Sect's Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts were not easy to handle. Demon Sect techniques excelled at slaughter and combat.

Even if two Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts from the righteous path besieged one demonic Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert, the enemy might still trade his life for one of theirs.

"That is of no concern."

At that moment, Azure Lord, the Manor Head of Celestial Master Manor, spoke.

In terms of combat strength, Celestial Master Manor's Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts, who followed either the Taiyin Limitless or Sun Limitless path, were clearly stronger than those of the Demon Sect.

This had already been proven through their many clashes in the past.

Azure Lord had acted three times, easily driving back several of the Myriad Demons Sect's Vice Sect Masters.

Even the Myriad Demons Sect Master had chosen to retreat when facing Azure Lord.

However,

under such circumstances,

the Myriad Demons Sect still dared to launch a decisive battle and attack Dragon Tiger Mountain? This gave Azure Lord a bad feeling.

There were two possibilities.

First, the Myriad Demons Sect had gone mad and intended to make a desperate final gamble.

Second, the Myriad Demons Sect possessed sufficient confidence that it could flatten Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Azure Lord considered the former unlikely. Through his several encounters with the Myriad Demons Sect Master,

he knew that the other man's temperament was exceedingly steady. He would never do anything without confidence.

That was also why the Myriad Demons Sect Master had chosen to retreat without even fighting Azure Lord.

Outsiders would only think that the Myriad Demons Sect Master was afraid, but Azure Lord did not see it that way.

The Myriad Demons Sect Master's retreat was simply because he did not want to waste time.

That day, Qingping hurried anxiously to the summit of Dragon Tiger Mountain.

"Senior Brother Shan Feng, this is bad. Uncle Master Changqing..."

Qingping's face was deathly pale as he looked cautiously at Lin Yuan.

"Changqing... What happened to Uncle Changqing?"

Lin Yuan opened his eyes and turned to Qingping.

"Changqing Daoist was ambushed while pursuing a Demon. By the time we arrived, he was already seriously injured and unconscious. The Manor Head and the others examined him and said Demonic Qi had entered his organs. It will be difficult for him to wake up."

Qingping explained the entire situation in one breath.

"Take me to see him."

Lin Yuan spoke directly.

No matter what, if not for Changqing Daoist back then, Lin Yuan would not have lived until now.

Of course, for Lin Yuan, death was not the end. At most, it would waste one chance to traverse worlds.

Within the Taoist Academy.

Lin Yuan looked at Changqing Daoist, who lay unconscious.

Qingping stood beside him, grief evident on his face.

Changqing Daoist was well liked in Celestial Master Manor, and Qingping had received countless favors from him.

In Qingping's heart, Changqing Daoist was more like an elder than merely an uncle master.

"It is nothing serious."

After carefully examining him, Lin Yuan reached his conclusion.

Changqing Daoist had been filled with Demonic Qi while fighting the Demon.

His consciousness had fallen unconscious, leaving him unable to awaken.

Outsiders found it difficult to interfere with this kind of infusion. Even someone as powerful as a Peak Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert could do nothing.

But once Lin Yuan used Taiyin Sun Power as his foundation to break through into the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, resolving this infusion of Demonic Qi would be effortless.

"Take good care of Uncle Changqing. I will come save him after some time."

Lin Yuan gave Qingping this instruction.

He was only a hair's breadth away from fully fusing Taiyin Sun. Every moment of insight granted by his Heaven-Defying Comprehension brought Lin Yuan closer to the level of a Celestial Master.

"Alright."

Qingping froze for a moment before answering.

Changqing Daoist's coma did not affect Lin Yuan in the slightest.

He remained immersed in comprehending the Dao at all times.

With the help of his Heaven-Defying Comprehension, Lin Yuan comprehended the Dao while awake and while asleep.

Your comprehension is heaven-defying. Your understanding of the Yin Yang Path is deepening.

Your comprehension is heaven-defying. Your understanding of the Yin Yang Path is deepening.

Your comprehension is heaven-defying. Your understanding of the Yin Yang Path is deepening.

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged upon a huge boulder, his mind free of distractions as he continued comprehending Yin Yang Power.

It had to be said that Yin Yang Power was unquestionably the highest-level power Lin Yuan had encountered.

Simply comprehending this power had taken Lin Yuan nearly ten years.

That was with the aid of his Heaven-Defying Comprehension.

Of course, compared with the other experts of this world, and even the Celestial Masters of past generations,

Lin Yuan's speed of comprehension and cultivation was simply unreasonable. No description of a monstrous genius could do it justice.

Several hundred miles from Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Within a Gloomy Great Hall.

A tall man dressed in black robes sat upon the main seat.

The tall man's eyes were pitch-black. An ordinary person needed only one glance at them for inner demons to arise and all kinds of desires to surge forth.

"Sect Master."

"Is it really wise to begin the decisive battle against Celestial Master Manor so early...?"

On the right below, a wrinkled old man asked tentatively.

Celestial Master Manor's foundation was unfathomable. After all, it had produced thirty-six Celestial Masters invincible beneath heaven.

Furthermore, the other Righteous Factions would not simply stand by and watch. They would certainly offer their full support.

Though the Myriad Demons Sect was powerful, it should not confront Celestial Master Manor head-on.

"A bunch of trash."

"If I were not certain,"

"would I have made such a decision?"

The Myriad Demons Sect Master, seated at the head, snorted coldly.

The Demonic Crowd below immediately broke out in cold sweat.

Even the Nine Vice Sect Masters, whose strength had reached the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, felt a chill run down their spines.

They knew their own limits. The Nine Vice Sect Masters knew full well that, with their potential, they had no chance of entering the Celestial Phenomenon Realm.

The Myriad Demons Sect Master had used some unknown method to forcibly raise them to this realm.

Though the cost had been tremendous, shaving twenty or thirty years off their lifespans at the least, the Nine Vice Sect Masters did not regret it in the slightest.

This was the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, a realm countless people dreamed of. No one would reject the feeling of standing at the pinnacle of the age.

"I know what you are worried about."

The Myriad Demons Sect Master slowly rose from his main seat.

"But I have already taken half a step beyond the Celestial Phenomenon Realm. So long as Celestial Master Manor produces no Celestial Master, my strength alone will be enough to sweep them aside."

The Myriad Demons Sect Master's gaze was unfathomably deep.