Matters of the Secret Realm

The physical body was tangible matter, the Primordial Spirit lay between reality and illusion, and the Dharma Body was the manifestation of countless intangible laws and principles through the power of heaven and earth, and of the Inner Landscape and Primordial Spirit. Together, the three formed a complete ladder from the real, material world to the illusory source beyond form.

At that moment, under the influence of Meng Qi's powerful Martial Way Will, the three drew close. The physical body connected to the Primordial Spirit, and the Primordial Spirit to the Dharma Body. Their "edges" shifted subtly, placing them in a strange, contradictory state that was both illusory and real. This was the first step toward crossing the third rung of the Heavenly Ladder and even attaining the Dharma Body!

Amid a series of soft popping sounds, Meng Qi felt the three fuse slightly, with a faint sense of becoming one seamless whole. The barriers that had separated the physical body, Primordial Spirit, and Dharma Body were gone. The Inner Landscape seemed to have found its "master," evolving toward becoming a world of its own.

His flesh squirmed and slowly regenerated. The minor breakthrough could not restore Meng Qi outright; it merely replenished some of his nearly depleted strength. He took out some healing pills and swallowed them.

"Are you all right?" Ye Yuqi flew over, the dreamlike long sword forged from Ice Soul in her hand reflecting a faint light, crystalline and translucent.

Meng Qi moved his left arm, which had felt a little stiff moments ago, and smiled. "I'm fine."

For anyone else, this would have been an incredibly severe injury. But he had cultivated the Eight-Nine Mysteries to the Grandmaster level, giving him far better damage resistance and healing than a Half-step Dharma Body who did not