Comprehension

As time passed, Li Yang obtained more and more Ancient Martial Saint inheritances across the continent.

With each inheritance he acquired, Li Yang's strength grew increasingly powerful, like bamboo shoots breaking through their joints day by day. Yet deep in his heart, a persistent fog always lingered—the Nine-Layered Restrictions of Chaos Qi.

It was an exploration that seemed ordinary yet was destined to be extraordinary. Li Yang entered an ancient valley filled with an old and mysterious aura. The surroundings were so silent that they felt uncanny. As he ventured deeper, a mysterious stone wall hidden beneath the dust of time quietly entered his view. Strange runes covered its surface, each seeming almost alive as it radiated a heart-palpitating, mysterious aura. The moment his fingers lightly touched the runes, an overwhelming torrent of information surged into his mind. It was precisely the secret of the Nine-Layered Restrictions of Chaos Qi—the General Principles of Breaking Restrictions. In an instant, his consciousness seemed to be swept into a vast, boundless space where chaos had yet to be divided. An ancient, weathered voice echoed in his ears: "The Nine-Layered Restrictions of Chaos Qi are not a defensive mechanism, but a trial to screen for true 'Transcendent Beings.' Only by breaking free from the fixed mindset of 'Proving the Dao with Strength' and passing through the three realms of 'Heaven and Man Devouring Each Other,' 'True Self Returning to One,' and 'Dao Heart Nirvana' can one reverse the source of the restrictions."

Li Yang's consciousness drifted through that mysterious space. Those words rang out in the depths of his soul like a great bell and a resounding drum. "Proving the Dao with Strength"—that had always been the cultivation path he revered as an absolute creed. Relying on powerful martial techniques, unyielding willpower, and the