A "rainbow" streaked across the sky at breakneck speed.
Every so often, the rainbow dove down, and a demon would be slain on the spot.
Profound Realm Level Four Snake Fiend slain. Obtained 400 Demon Points! Apex Realm Level Six Rat Fiend slain. Obtained 50 Demon Points! Profound Realm Level Two Deer Fiend slain. Obtained 200 Demon Points!
Li Xuanxiao looked down at the ground, a faint golden gleam surfacing in his eyes.
It had been over a month since he left the Demon Slayer Division, and throughout that time, he had not stopped slaying demons and fiends for even a moment.
Rainbow Light Travel, having reached perfection, was unbelievably fast.
Paired with the My Buddha Illuminates Seal, it allowed him to discover and kill demons with startling efficiency.
Whenever he slew a demon, the recording Jade Token at his waist would flash.
New numbers slowly emerged upon it.
Profound: 108
Apex: 875
"I've already killed 108 Profound Realm Demon Kings and 875 Apex Realm Great Demons..."
Li Xuanxiao opened his personal panel.
Host: Li Xuanxiao Realm: Profound Realm Peak Cultivation Method: Profound—Ancient Subtle Life Lotus (Sublimity Realm) Martial Arts: Profound—My Buddha Illuminates Seal (Sublimity Realm), Profound—Pure Lotus Bloom (Perfected), Profound—Rainbow Light Travel (Perfected), Profound—Law-Breaking Qi-Extinguishing Slash (Beginner), Profound—Bone-Clinging Shadow (Beginner) Demon Points:
"Finally, I've reached 100,000 Demon Points..."
A smile appeared on Li Xuanxiao's face. Ever since the deduction function had been unlocked, he had been thinking of going for a ten-draw!
Now, his wish could finally be fulfilled!
Though gamblers rarely died well, gamblers really were happy.
Without another word, he opened the system panel and selected the cultivation method Ancient Subtle Life Lotus!
Deduce it for me!
You looked over the Ancient Rose Lotus Bloom, which had long been etched into your heart, and began recalling the process of cultivating it. In the end, you discovered in astonishment that you had no cultivation process at all...
You finally found a trace of inspiration within Buddhist scriptures, but due to your insufficient learning, those fragments of inspiration could not bring you to any realization...
As you continued thinking and experimenting, your understanding of this cultivation method had already far surpassed the method itself. Yet even so, a higher-level enlightenment still did not emerge...
You felt that you were about to grasp something, and unwilling to give up just like that, you entered seclusion to comprehend heaven and earth, seeking those auras that haunted your dreams...
As the system screen continued flashing, a light sheen of sweat seeped from Li Xuanxiao's forehead.
In this brief span of time alone, Demon Points had already been consumed!
What a terrifying expenditure.
If the deduction ultimately failed, he would suffer a crushing loss!
You sat cross-legged on the ground, nearly merging with heaven, earth, and nature as images of lotus flowers growing emerged in your mind. You began to gain insight...
You repeated it countless times in your mind, from the growth, blooming, and withering of lotus flowers to the cycle of life and death in all things beneath heaven. Your aura began to change slightly...
An extraordinarily mysterious aura gradually surfaced around you. Versions of you at different stages—birth, aging, illness, and death—appeared almost simultaneously. At last, a trace of a smile appeared on your face. You knew you had guessed correctly...
You opened your body and mind, allowing instinct to draw upon heaven and earth's gifts...
Your mind became utterly clear. At last, you comprehended an entirely new cultivation method, which you named the Mystic Lotus Sutra!
Deduction successful! Remaining Demon Points:
Li Xuanxiao finally remembered that he could breathe. He had never expected deducing a new martial art to cost him a full 90,000 Demon Points!
He opened the system panel and looked.
Host: Li Xuanxiao Realm: Profound Realm Peak Cultivation Method: Mystic—Mystic Lotus Sutra (Not Yet Begun), Profound—Ancient Subtle Life Lotus (Sublimity Realm) Martial Arts: Profound—My Buddha Illuminates Seal (Sublimity Realm), Profound—Pure Lotus Bloom (Perfected), Profound—Rainbow Light Travel (Perfected), Profound—Law-Breaking Qi-Extinguishing Slash (Beginner), Profound—Bone-Clinging Shadow (Beginner) Demon Points:
The instant he saw the "Mystic" prefix, Li Xuanxiao's mouth nearly split to his ears.
At last, at long last, at long last, he finally had a Mystic Realm cultivation method!
After letting out a long breath, Li Xuanxiao calmed his surging emotions.
Seeing his remaining Demon Points, he immediately poured them into the Mystic Lotus Sutra!
Consumed 3,000 Demon Points. Mystic Lotus Sutra has reached Basic Understanding!
It took 3,000 Demon Points just to get started!?
Before Li Xuanxiao could lament how expensive it was, he discovered that his body was undergoing an earth-shaking transformation.
The True Qi throughout his body rapidly condensed into golden liquid. Every drop that formed caused Li Xuanxiao's aura to surge sharply.
As drop after drop of golden liquid appeared, Li Xuanxiao's aura climbed steadily higher.
It quickly shattered through that invisible shackle.
An unprecedented sensation swept over him. Li Xuanxiao felt as if even his soul were letting out a delighted moan.
The world before his eyes suddenly became incomparably clear, while all the chaotic and tangled thoughts in his mind fell silent.
When a thought of the Mystic Realm arose, heaven and earth suddenly felt vast.
Unlike the fierce, overwhelming aura that came with advancing to a major realm in the past—
Li Xuanxiao, now in the Mystic Realm, found that the aura around him had become extraordinarily ordinary.
Just like that of an ordinary person who had never cultivated before.
This concealment of aura was more like a transformation that returned him to simplicity and truth!
He finally understood what the Patrol Hall Master had said back then.
"A single word apart, yet as different as heaven and earth!"
"The True Qi of the Apex and Profound Realms will all transform into even more powerful True Essence at this stage."
"A martial artist's lifespan will also be greatly extended!"
Li Xuanxiao looked at his palm, feeling as if he now possessed boundless power.
He secretly circulated the Mystic Lotus Sutra, and a drop of golden liquid appeared in his palm, radiating power that made one's heart tremble!
"So this is True Essence?"
Li Xuanxiao casually slapped toward a deserted little mountain.
From over a thousand meters away, the mountain actually trembled violently, terrible cracks splitting across it.
From such a great distance, it still possessed such power!
Li Xuanxiao was secretly shocked. If it had been him before, even if he fully unleashed My Buddha Illuminates Seal, he could only make a small portion of a place tremble slightly.
It would have been absolutely impossible to achieve such a terrifying effect.
Having entered the Mystic Realm, he finally experienced this godlike power.
Compared with martial artists from before, this was practically an entirely different level of existence.
"From this realm onward, humans truly begin breaking free of mortal flesh and blood, evolving toward a higher level of life!"
When the Patrol Hall Master had said this before, Li Xuanxiao had been somewhat dismissive.
But now, it seemed there had not been the slightest exaggeration. Every word had been true!
It also explained why the mere arrival of a New Demon Emperor had made the Patrol Hall Master treat it with such gravity.
At this realm, one person truly could stand against a thousand armies and ten thousand horses!
This was no longer a gap that numbers could smooth over.
If his current self fought his pre-breakthrough self, his current self could casually slap a hundred of his former selves to death...
Terrifying!
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