Dao Realm Double Heaven, the Marvelous Uses of Spiritual Sense

Ren Xuanji.

Because he had inherited the memories of the previous body, Ren Xiaoyao was filled with loathing for this name as well.

Martial arts placed great emphasis on talent, and the Imperial Observatory possessed the ability to assess a person's Martial Talent.

When the previous Ren Xiaoyao had been born, the Director had judged him to possess a Martial Dao Sacred Body seen only once in a hundred years, with a future beyond measure.

But Accompanied By the death of Ren Xiaoyao's mother, Meng Luoshen, Ren Xuanji forbade Ren Xiaoyao from practicing martial arts and sealed the acupoints he used for cultivation.

From then on, a heavenly prodigy fell, and a father ceased to be a father.

Neither the previous Ren Xiaoyao nor the current one had any father-son affection for Ren Xuanji.

There was only disgust.

"Ren Xuanji?"

Upon hearing Bai Su's words, Li Chunfeng snorted as well.

"Senior Niece, go back and tell Ren Xuanji that if he wants to see me, he can come himself. Summon me? Who does he think he is?"

Bai Su was the chief disciple of Li Chunfeng's Senior Brother, Song Duanyang, and thus Li Chunfeng's niece in the sect.

"Alright."

Bai Su nodded like a pecking chicken, arriving in a hurry and leaving in a hurry.

Ren Xiaoyao said with some concern, "Master, Ren Xuanji clearly came with ill intent. If you deny him face like this, aren't you handing him something to hold against you?"

"What's there to fear?"

Li Chunfeng glanced at Ren Xiaoyao and said,

"Your bargain-bin father clearly came looking for trouble. Why give him a pleasant face? Besides, what does Ren Xuanji amount to? Nothing more than a speck of dust in the Vast Universe."

Even with wind and rain about to descend, Li Chunfeng remained as calm as drifting clouds and gentle winds, taking nothing to heart.

Half an Hour later, a group of armored officers arrived at Night Gazing Peak.

Ren Xuanji walked at the front. Clad in vermilion armor and wearing a general's helmet, he had a stern face and sharp eyes. Like a fierce tiger inspecting its prey, he fixed his gaze on Li Chunfeng.

"Li Chunfeng, you have quite the nerve. I am investigating the great case of Golden Light Zen Temple by imperial decree, yet I cannot even summon you?"

"I am a second-rank official of the Imperial Observatory. My jurisdiction is not in your hands. Unless there is solid proof that I neglected my duties, the only ones who can summon me are Your Majesty or the Director. What kind of onion are you supposed to be?"

Li Chunfeng answered lightly, naturally angering Ren Xuanji badly.

The atmosphere instantly grew tense to the extreme.

At that moment, a kind-faced middle-aged man in a Daoist robe stepped out from behind Ren Xuanji to smooth things over.

"Sect Master, my junior brother has always had a bad temper. Only the Director can keep him in line. Please be magnanimous."

The speaker was Song Duanyang.

He was Li Chunfeng's Senior Brother and the chief official of the Imperial Observatory's Sun Gazing Lineage.

Hearing this, Ren Xuanji Gritted His Teeth, shot Li Chunfeng a vicious glare, and said,

"Even if you are not under my jurisdiction, this concerns a major Imperial Court case and every second should be contested. How dare you be so negligent?"

"It's not my case."

Li Chunfeng shrugged and said,

"If you have questions, ask them. If there's nothing else, leave. If you truly want to investigate, stop spouting nonsense."

"Good, good, good!"

Ren Xuanji laughed in extreme anger, saying "good" three times in a row. He suppressed the fury in his heart and said,

"Tell me, who is Yuan Tiangang?"

Yuan Tiangang?

Upon hearing this name, Ren Xiaoyao's eyelid twitched.

Among the choices presented when Liu Ruyan had coerced him, if Ren Xiaoyao had chosen to help Liu Ruyan obtain the Great Evolution Tome, he would have earned Yuan Tiangang's hatred.

Thus, Ren Xiaoyao was also very curious about who Yuan Tiangang really was.

"Yuan Tiangang? Where did you find that name?"

Upon hearing it, Li Chunfeng narrowed his eyes, and his voice turned cold.

"I naturally have my methods."

Ren Xuanji raised the corner of his mouth in a Cold Laugh. "You only need to tell me everything about Yuan Tiangang honestly and exactly as it happened."

"Yuan Tiangang? Your Majesty's Master. Back when Your Majesty was able to inherit the throne, it was all Yuan Tiangang's doing—"

Li Chunfeng said with a smile.

But before he could finish, Ren Xuanji roared, "Shut up!"

As this involved the Empress seizing the Imperial Regalia, Ren Xuanji did not dare listen further, nor did he dare let Li Chunfeng say more.

At the same time, Ren Xuanji suddenly understood why the Empress had bypassed Ying Huai of Facing Heaven Pavilion and assigned this matter to him.

This was a Thunder Pool. Cross it by half a step, and one would die without a burial place.

Meanwhile, Song Duanyang and his chief disciple Bai Su only felt vaguely that they had been drawn into an immense vortex, leaving them trembling with fear.

"Didn't you want to hear it?"

Li Chunfeng's face carried mockery as well. "Keeping some things buried in my heart is uncomfortable anyway. Since you want to know, I might as well tell you everything and let you learn a thing or two."

"There is no need. I was presumptuous today."

Ren Xuanji took a deep breath before saying,

"Ren Xiaoyao, come over alone. I have something to say to you."

However, Ren Xuanji did not look at Ren Xiaoyao.

It was as though Ren Xiaoyao was not qualified to make Ren Xuanji's gaze linger on him.

Li Chunfeng wanted to say something more, but Song Duanyang stopped him. "Junior Brother, say less. I'm begging you."

Song Duanyang truly found his junior brother somewhat frightening.

"Mm."

Looking at Ren Xuanji's icy expression,

Ren Xiaoyao nodded expressionlessly as well.

Ren Xiaoyao wondered what rank of expert Ren Xuanji was, and when he himself would be able to surpass him.

Ren Xuanji walked ahead.

Ren Xiaoyao followed behind.

Inside the silent room,

there were only Ren Xuanji and Ren Xiaoyao.

"I wonder why you wished to see me alone. Is there something you need?"

Ren Xiaoyao took the initiative to break the silence.

"It is nothing. I merely wished to learn about your recent circumstances."

Ren Xuanji spoke coldly.

His attitude toward Ren Xiaoyao was ice-cold, without the slightest trace of father-son affection.

"I have been doing very well lately. Everyone in the Imperial Observatory has treated me well too."

Ren Xiaoyao replied.

Though he found Ren Xuanji extremely unpleasant, Ren Xiaoyao knew he was likely not Ren Xuanji's match yet. He could only endure a little longer.

"What? Do you think I have treated you poorly?"

Upon hearing Ren Xiaoyao's words, Ren Xuanji lifted his head slightly and swept his gaze over him.

In an instant, the air itself seemed to freeze as Immense Pressure bore down upon Ren Xiaoyao.

Ren Xiaoyao said nothing.

In Ren Xiaoyao's memories, the previous body had felt suffocated under this pressure. Yet now, he felt nothing at all. He even had the sense that this little Ren Xuanji was nothing much.

Still, Ren Xiaoyao did not reveal anything unusual.

Just as before, he clutched his chest with one hand, appearing to be in great pain.

The air was quiet, saturated with the scent of slaughter.

Only after a long while did Ren Xuanji speak.

"I know you resent me. You resent me for not allowing you to practice martial arts, and for making you take the blame for your Older Brother. But let me tell you this: you have no right to hate me. I am your Father. Even your life was given by me. That is already the greatest grace."

"Mm."

Ren Xiaoyao nodded expressionlessly. To the current Ren Xiaoyao, those words were no different from farting. He was Ren Xiaoyao, a transmigrator—not Ren Xiaoyao, Ren Xuanji's son.

Yet a fire still burned in Ren Xiaoyao's heart.

It seemed to be the lingering obsession of the previous body.

He wanted to ask why. He too was Ren Xuanji's son, so why had Ren Xuanji treated him this way?

Ren Xuanji left the Imperial Observatory with the officers, descended Fulong Mountain, and returned to the Capital City.

From beginning to end, he looked at Ren Xiaoyao only once—and even that glance had been incomparably cold.

After Ren Xuanji departed, Song Duanyang and Li Chunfeng chatted for a while.

After all, one of the two brothers was at Sun Gazing Peak while the other was at Night Gazing Peak, so they did not often have the chance to meet.

They spoke of many things, including their Senior Brother, who had now become the Devil Master of the Demonic Sect.

Yet with mutual understanding, neither mentioned Yuan Tiangang.

After Song Duanyang and Bai Su left, Li Chunfeng called Ren Xiaoyao over and instructed him,

"It's nothing, Kid. You are now a disciple of the Imperial Observatory. Ren Xuanji cannot control you. The Director is still here, and Ren Xuanji cannot threaten you either."

Ren Xiaoyao nodded, then asked curiously, "What rank of Martial Artist is Ren Xuanji?"

"Super-Rank."

Li Chunfeng answered.

"The same Super-Rank as you, Master?"

The answer did not exceed Ren Xiaoyao's expectations, and he continued asking.

"Super-Rank has divisions too. He is stronger than I am now."

Li Chunfeng Shook His Head, a bitter smile appearing at the corner of his lips.

"He is considered a Super-Rank expert on the same level as the Director. So, if you can avoid provoking him, try your best not to."

"Then just now, you still—?"

Ren Xiaoyao looked at Li Chunfeng in surprise.

He had thought that since Li Chunfeng had dared to lash out so fiercely at Ren Xuanji, even if he was not stronger than Ren Xuanji, they should at least have been in the same realm.

But he had not expected Li Chunfeng to be inferior to Ren Xuanji.

Damn it!

Why was Ren Xuanji so strong?

Ren Xiaoyao immediately felt the pressure grow heavier.

"As for me, I am special in some way."

Hearing Ren Xiaoyao's words, Li Chunfeng Shook His Head. Then he swept away his dejection and grinned.

"Besides, I regard them all as specks of dust within the Vast Universe. What is there to fear?"

"That's true."

Ren Xiaoyao nodded as well.

His Master must have had many stories in the Past.

Ever since Ren Xuanji left, the Imperial Observatory had been peaceful for a time.

During that period, Ying Huai and Fang Yuan secretly came to Night Gazing Peak once and secretly met with Li Chunfeng.

Ren Xiaoyao did not know what they discussed, but when Ying Huai left, he no longer wore his usual smiling face. Instead, his expression was incomparably grave. Ren Xiaoyao guessed it was still related to Yuan Tiangang.

Naturally, Ren Xiaoyao did not involve himself in such matters. He only devoted himself to cultivation.

Surpassing Ren Xuanji.

This was Ren Xiaoyao's current goal.

"I am now at Dao Realm First Heaven, enough to rival Liu Ruyan of the First-Rank Realm. If I enter Dao Realm Double Heaven, perhaps I can contend with the Super-Rank Realm?"

Ren Xiaoyao thought to himself.

He was not belittling himself.

Though Ren Xiaoyao did not practice martial arts, he still had basic points of reference and could estimate what level of Martial Dao his strength corresponded to.

However, if he wanted to truly possess the power of Self-Preservation in this world, he likely still needed to enter Dao Realm Double Heaven.

Another half month passed.

During this half month, Bai Su, the chief disciple of Sun Gazing Peak, temporarily stayed at Night Gazing Peak.

Because a strange Celestial Dog Eclipse had appeared in the Southwest Land of Great Gan, the master of Sun Gazing Peak, Song Duanyang, had taken his second disciple Lin Ping and third disciple Dongfang Ye to the Southwest Land of Great Gan to investigate and observe the celestial phenomenon firsthand.

Bai Su was in the First-Rank Realm and was currently striving toward the Super-Rank Realm.

During this time, Ren Xiaoyao also learned more about the divisions of Martial Dao realms from Bai Su.

When speaking of realms below Super-Rank, Bai Su showed little interest.

But when she spoke of realms above Super-Rank, Bai Su's face lit up with excitement.

According to Bai Su, the realms above Super-Rank could be specifically divided into the Grandmaster Realm, True Man Realm, and Heavenly Human Realm.

Ren Xiaoyao silently committed these three realms to memory.

Bai Su told Ren Xiaoyao that the leaders of the demonic cults and the Sect Masters of Evil Sects in the martial world were mostly in the Grandmaster Realm. At the same time, they remained stuck in that realm for their entire lives. This included Bai Su's Master, Song Duanyang, who was stuck in that realm as well.

It was said that Li Chunfeng was also currently in the Grandmaster Realm.

However, advancing from the Grandmaster Realm to the True Man Realm was far too difficult.

Talent and opportunity were both indispensable.

The difficulty was countless times greater than advancing from Subordinate Ninth Rank to the Grandmaster Realm.

It was precisely because of this

that throughout all of Great Gan, True Man Realm experts were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.

As for the Heavenly Human Realm, it was like a legend. No one knew how many years it had been since one had appeared in the martial world.

Ren Xuanji and the Director were both in the True Man Realm.

"The True Man Realm... when would I ever be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with those in the True Man Realm?"

Ren Xiaoyao thought to himself.

A sense of urgency rose within him, and he did not dare slack off in his cultivation.

A month later, Ren Xiaoyao finally broke through into the Dao Realm Double Heaven.

The spiritual power within his body became even more vast and surging.

This was a qualitative transformation.

Ren Xiaoyao could sense that the spiritual power of the Dao Realm Double Heaven was equivalent to ten times that of the Dao Realm First Heaven.

At the same time, Ren Xiaoyao's five senses became incomparably sharp.

If the Dao Realm First Heaven was merely the threshold to stepping into the path of cultivation, then the Dao Realm Double Heaven meant one had become a true cultivator.

Previously, Ren Xiaoyao had already developed Spiritual Sense, but he had been unable to use it.

Now, Ren Xiaoyao discovered that he could already wield his Spiritual Sense to peer into all things beneath heaven.

His cultivation had improved.

Naturally, Ren Xiaoyao was in high spirits.

A few days later, Ren Xiaoyao had also adapted to the power of the Dao Realm Double Heaven.

Ren Xiaoyao also discovered a marvelous use for Spiritual Sense: it could determine the strength of another Martial Artist's true qi and True Essence.

The first person Ren Xiaoyao examined was Bai Su.

This Senior Sister of Sun Gazing Peak was in the First-Rank Realm.

Comparing his own power with Bai Su's, Ren Xiaoyao found that his strength was roughly equal to that of a hundred Bai Sus.

This surprised Ren Xiaoyao. He had not expected his power to be so formidable.

Next, Ren Xiaoyao peered at Li Chunfeng.

However, Li Chunfeng was very unusual. A layer of misty gray fog shrouded him, and Ren Xiaoyao's Spiritual Sense could not peer into him.

Ren Xiaoyao then peered at Song Duanyang. This time, it went quite smoothly, and Ren Xiaoyao found that his strength was roughly equal to five Song Duanyangs.

Yet Ren Xiaoyao did not think himself stronger than Song Duanyang, that Martial Dao Grandmaster.

After all, battle depended on more than strength alone. More often, it also came down to combat experience and Martial Dao techniques.

In this regard, Ren Xiaoyao found it difficult to compare with a Martial Dao Grandmaster.

"But at the very least, my first crisis has been completely resolved. If Liu Ruyan comes looking for me again, I'll let her know what a surprise truly is."

A smile appeared on Ren Xiaoyao's face.