Chapter Twenty-Three Sudden Change

"Come at me together!"

He Heng's words, devoid of any emotion, echoed coldly throughout the stadium, causing a huge stir.

"How is this possible? Did I hear that right? He Heng said that to God, Tang Zichen, Ba Liming, and Wang Chao all at once? He wants to fight four against one?"

"Has he gone mad? Although he defeated Wang Chao and can be called the Number One Under Heaven, he can't possibly fight against four top experts by himself!"

Many Martial Dao masters were in an uproar, questioning He Heng's decision to challenge Wang Chao and the other three alone. However, some believed this move was not arrogant.

"How powerful was Wang Chao before? The Number One Under Heaven, yet he still lost to He Heng. Since that's the case, He Heng is the true number one, superior to everyone else. It's not impossible for him to fight four against one."

"Indeed!"...

The crowd buzzed with discussion, some optimistic, some not, some envious, some resentful. But none of this affected He Heng in the slightest. His gaze was icy, filled with unwavering determination, entering a state of great emptiness and detachment as he looked at the four, God included.

"Haha, since He Heng, you request it, I shall grant it." God was the first to react, his long eyebrows twitching. His expression was solemn, and with a hearty laugh, he stepped into the arena.

He could tell that He Heng was in an extremely profound state, as if he were about to break through. This made him, who had been seeking the path forward his entire life, particularly excited, and he chose to act to help He Heng break through.

Then, Tang Zichen and Ba Liming also stepped forward, looking at He Heng and choosing to engage.

At this moment, Wang Chao had stabilized his injuries and stood in a corner of the arena, also preparing to fight.

He Heng stood at the very center of the arena, looking around with cold eyes, his expression serene and detached. He surveyed the four of them.

"Fighting four against one, can he really do it?" Everyone present had the same thought, anticipating whether a miracle could occur.

After all, whether it was Wang Chao, God, Tang Zichen, or Ba Liming, each of them had reached the pinnacle of National Martial Arts, capable of Shattering Void and See God Unbroken. Each of them was no less than renowned Grandmasters like Yang Luchan, Sun Lutang, Dong Haichuan, and Li Shuwen. Who could possibly contend against their combined might? Even if Zhang Sanfeng were alive and Bodhidharma resurrected, it wouldn't be possible!

If He Heng could truly achieve this, he would create a legend. Everyone focused their attention, witnessing this historic moment.

He Heng stood alone in the arena, his eyes deep, filled with emptiness and mystery. His clothes fluttered in the wind, and he suddenly threw a punch.

As if at the dawn of chaos, an ancient, colossal axe surged forth, cleaving the darkness and giving birth to earth, water, fire, and wind. He Heng unleashed his Great Dao Formless Fist, first targeting Ba Liming.

"Well done!" Ba Liming roared. He clenched his fists, his body naturally shaking violently. Then, he let out a long cry, first a tiger's roar, followed by a lingering, drawn-out chant.

"Tiger Roar Golden Bell Shield!" "Dragon Roar Iron Cloth Shirt!"

Clouds follow the dragon, wind follows the tiger.

When Ba Liming let out that tiger's roar, a massive sound wave vibrated, seemingly stirring up a violent whirlwind throughout the vast stadium. Everyone present felt a gust of wind carrying the scent of a tiger's roar, and their hearts inexplicably tightened.

At this moment, He Heng's punch arrived!

The punch was like a mountain, majestic and imposing! Heavy as the sky, deep as the sea. In just an instant, He Heng had closed the distance from thirty meters away. A sonic boom erupted beneath his fist, carrying immense power as it smashed down.

Ba Liming let out a fierce roar. The bronze muscles on his body writhed, and he suddenly threw a punch that seemed to make stars drift and the world stir, leaping up like a swimming dragon.

Boom! A shattering sound echoed. He Heng and Ba Liming's figures crossed paths, surging blood essence erupting, their power seemingly inexhaustible. The air in this entire space vibrated, creating ripples.

Ba Liming was violently thrown back three steps, his body shaking, his internal organs displaced. He spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

He Heng stood in place. The floor beneath his feet cracked, kicking up endless dust and sand, but his legs remained unmoving, stable as a mountain, rooted to the spot.

Then, he suddenly turned his head. A violent fist wind swept over his head. He Heng bent down, dodging Tang Zichen's fierce punch. His gaze was incredibly cold, as if lightning flashed. He sidestepped and spun, throwing a punch upwards towards Tang Zichen's abdomen.

Tang Zichen's eyes sharpened. In an instant, she pressed her hands down, blocking He Heng's fierce upward punch. Unexpectedly, as He Heng's arm made contact with her hands, it instantly transformed into claws. He fiercely grabbed her hands, entwining them with a Great Capture technique.

However, Tang Zichen seemed to have anticipated He Heng's change. Her hands also transformed into dragon claws, and she extended them, forcing He Heng to bend his arms and clamp down on her claws.

At this moment, He Heng felt a strong killing intent surge from behind him. Without hesitation, he released Tang Zichen and leaped forward, descending from above. He formed a hand seal with his arms and turned, striking backward.

Behind him was God, who formed a flame imprint with his fingers and hurled it fiercely towards He Heng. This was God's renowned ultimate technique, Fire Planting Lotus.

He Heng's expression remained unchanged. At this moment, nothing could shake his heart. A roar erupted from his body, and his physique instantly expanded, like a giant. Blood surged through him, his internal organs churning, erupting to their absolute limit in an instant.

His fists were like stars, revolving; his person was like the eternal Heavenly Dao, looking down. Terrible frequencies resonated within his body.

He lunged forward, appearing before God. His fist shadows flew out, and the flames were instantly extinguished. He Heng's expression was calm, but it was more like the dead silence before a volcanic eruption. His fist was like a mountain, like a star, descending upon God.

"Come!" God roared, his entire body filled with blood qi, a deep crimson. He too was pushing his blood essence to its limit.

Concrete slabs on the ground cracked, revealing steel bars, which snapped one by one. Under the power of He Heng and God, they were completely destroyed.

Bang! Bang! Bang!...

In the blink of an eye, He Heng and God exchanged over ten blows. The terrifying power shattered the ground, and gang qi surged outwards, exceptionally fierce.

God was sent flying by a violent force, his body bloody and mangled. He Heng was not unscathed either. Several flame imprints appeared on his chest. Although they were not vital areas, they still hindered the circulation of his blood essence.

At this moment, Tang Zichen, Ba Liming, and Wang Chao attacked simultaneously, crushing towards He Heng from three directions. Their fist momentum was overwhelming, and sonic booms echoed.

"Fight!" He Heng roared, the fighting spirit in his eyes burning. His body expanded further, the air trembling. He was now two meters twenty tall, like a small giant. Endless blood essence surged madly, like a raging fire. This was a secret technique he had created himself: Sun Moon New Sky Method!

He Heng possessed the Great Dao Three Fists. Both Great Dao Formless Fist and Great Dao Heartless Fist were for offense, with infinite explosive power. The third fist—Great Dao Nameless Fist—was for defense and health preservation, embodying the sage's principle of having no name, following heavenly principles, and always being present.

This fist was originally designed to nourish oneself by yielding to external force, just as Zhuangzi's "Nourishing Life" described, following the natural laws to cultivate oneself.

The Sun Moon New Sky Method, however, reversed this fist, transforming nourishment into explosion, burning one's own blood essence, stimulating the internal organs and meridians throughout the body, unleashing the strongest power in an instant.

"For a cause, one will sacrifice; dare to change the sun and moon for a new sky!"

He Heng's punch was a sacrifice of blood essence, burning power, thus pushing his fighting spirit and will to the extreme, his power exploding to its peak, reversing heaven and earth, and changing the sky!

To replace the heart of heaven with his own heart, to achieve the Heavenly Dao with his own Dao!

"Fight!" He Heng roared, his fist intent surging to an unprecedented state. The entire ground trembled, and fierce winds swirled around. With a deafening sound, He Heng smashed towards Wang Chao and the other two.

"So strong!" Wang Chao exclaimed, enduring the fierce punch that struck him. At this moment, He Heng, in his eyes, had surpassed the limits of the human body.

"Is there really a path ahead?" With this question, Wang Chao unleashed his signature technique, the Heaven Overturning Seal, smashing down on He Heng.

Tang Zichen and Ba Liming also attacked simultaneously. The Eight Trigrams Palm's "Qian Three Consecutive," Yue Wang Fist, and Great Peng King Fist combined with the "Through-Back Elbow Technique" suddenly swept out.

"Come!" He Heng's eyes turned red, simultaneously resisting the strength of three people. Yet, his gaze was clearer and more transparent than ever before. Each strike achieved perfection in skill, every ounce of strength was used to its utmost. His fist intent was like the heavens, the sun and moon revolving; his fist momentum was like mountains, suppressing all!

His Fist Technique had reached the Microscopic level, his fist intent and momentum had both attained the extreme. At this moment, his fist could be said to have reached a state of perfection in the realm of Martial Dao techniques, at least for a Hundred Bones Realm martial artist, it was the pinnacle.

However, he was still a sliver short of that profound and mysterious Human Law realm. Just a sliver, He Heng had seen the doorway, but still lacked a little push to fully step through.

"Not enough pressure yet? Again!" He Heng roared, unleashing even greater power. His flesh and blood inch by inch rioted within his body, his internal organs churned, and his strength continued to climb.

Then, He Heng punched wildly, simultaneously engulfing Wang Chao and the other two. His fist momentum was like Mount Tai pressing down, enveloping them. The violent power carved a large pit in the concrete ground, and steel bars snapped.

At this moment, god also finally adjusted his state and attacked again, aiming for He Heng's back.

"Good!" He Heng was not surprised but delighted. He suddenly leaped, dodging the pincer attack from the four. From above, he unleashed dozens of punches, covering the four like a storm. His fist momentum shook the heavens and earth, layers of Gang wind swept out, whistling incessantly.

Wang Chao and the other three exchanged glances and attacked in turn, striking He Heng from all directions, but all were blocked. At this moment, under He Heng's full power, his speed surpassed all imagination. One could only see a series of afterimages as he simultaneously fought against Wang Chao and the other three, a breathtaking spectacle.

"This, so powerful! Simply unbelievable..." Everyone was shocked, unable to believe what they were seeing. This was a miracle, no, a divine miracle!

"Still a little short, I need stronger pressure!" He Heng, covered in blood, roared madly, but he still fought on. His blood and qi seemed to burn like a boiling inferno, his life erupting to an unprecedented peak. Surging blood energy scattered everywhere, his flesh and blood exploding inch by inch. He attacked wildly around him like a beast, tearing and biting.

Yet, his moves and fist techniques remained extremely profound, Ming Jin and An Jin combined to their utmost, each point unleashing the strongest power.

His fist intent, fist techniques, and fist momentum shook the heavens and earth. Mountains and rivers rose and fell, the sun and moon revolved. A terrifying artistic conception of splitting the heavens and earth enveloped everything, spreading through every inch, like the vast Heavenly Dao, its power immeasurably brilliant.

Wang Chao and the other three exchanged glances, seeing the solemnity in each other's eyes. They simultaneously unleashed their full power. god attacked first, a "Fire Planting Lotus" aimed at He Heng. Then Ba Liming enveloped him with his immense fist intent, a monstrous force surging towards He Heng.

Tang Zichen's Eight Trigrams Palm had reached a peak. The Eight Trigrams Palm had Eight Manifestations! "Qian Three Consecutive," "Kun Six Broken," "Li Middle Empty," "Kan Middle Full," "Zhen Up Bowl," "Gen Overturned Bowl," "Dui Top Missing," "Xun Bottom Broken." In a few breaths, she had performed them all.

The footprints on the ground, surrounding He Heng, had traced a large circle of clear and distinct Bagua lines! Like they were carved by a knife, indelible!

A set of fist techniques, Wuji gives birth to You, transforms into Taiji, the Eight Manifestations of Bagua, making people feel an artistic conception of refining spirit to return to void, and refining void to combine with Dao.

This was precisely the strength of Tang Zichen, the only person besides He Heng to have touched the Human Law realm in this era.

With her final palm strike, Tang Zichen's palm collided directly with He Heng's fist. BOOM!

Dust billowed up, and the ground cracked. The Bagua lines from the footprints were instantly shattered and disappeared without a trace.

Finally, Wang Chao made his move. While the other three occupied all of He Heng's attention, he unleashed a Heaven Overturning Seal, as heavy as the Yellow Heaven and as deep as the earth, carrying the terrifying fist intent of surging mountains and rivers, countless continents and ranges, and the momentum of pushing across the world, engulfing He Heng.

Everyone watched this moment with wide eyes. As the other three masters entangled all his limbs, Wang Chao's strongest Heaven Overturning Seal descended upon He Heng's head. Life and death hung in the balance!

At this moment, He Heng suddenly smiled.

A tremor emanated from his body, instantly repelling Ba Liming and the other two. Then, as if he hadn't seen Wang Chao's incoming Heaven Overturning Seal, he suddenly sat down on the ground, his eyes closed, his expression serene, like an old monk entering nirvana, no, like a Buddha entering Nirvana!

In a daze, some masters who had reached the Core Strength realm and above seemed to see nine-colored flames igniting around He Heng, brilliant and dazzling, his vitality erupting to an unimaginable level.

Everything about him seemed to perfectly merge with his surroundings, completely integrating into nature, becoming this universe, this vast sky, becoming everything.

This was a supreme realm of oneness with the Dao and truth. This instant was extremely slow. Wang Chao's Heaven Overturning Seal had not yet struck, but He Heng had undergone a world-shattering transformation, shocking the heart.

In this instant, he... suddenly understood, and completely entered the Human Law realm, never to fall again. This was a supreme realm of communion with all beings, the unity of heaven, earth, and man, perfectly controlling one's own mind, a domain never disturbed by external changes.

Bodhi was originally not a tree, nor a bright mirror. Originally there was nothing, where could dust alight?

This was also called Severing Purity, Slaying the Mortal World, severing all connections between one's own heart and all things, unmoved by honor or disgrace, unchanged by desire or emotion, as high as the heavens, looking down upon the world!

The so-called Human Law, the person is the self! Perfectly controlling one's own mind is the beginning of becoming a strong person.

One step further, and it is the unity of the Heavenly Heart and the Self Heart, reaching the Earth Law realm. At that time, the thought of one's own heart can influence the changes of the heavens. Heaven and man are almost one, all things are one with the body, the Great Void is equal to oneself!

In a single thought, wind and clouds rise, thunder moves, mountains collapse, rivers break. This is the Earth Law, which He Heng comprehended upon entering the Human Law domain.

As for the higher Heavenly Law realm, it is truly replacing the Heavenly Heart with one's own heart, making one's own Dao the Heavenly Dao. At that moment, there will be no sky above your head, because you are that sky, you are that Dao!

Truly jumping out of the Three Realms and not within the Five Elements. Ten directions have no image, six paths have no trace!

Like in "Black Mountain Old Demon," the realm Wang Zhong finally reached, changing the sky and the sun, time and history were all within his heart, an instant becoming eternity. As the Black Mountain Old Demon said at the beginning, if you can do it, you are that sky, you are that Dao!

This is the Heavenly Law realm, an extremely obscure and endless domain, the peak of Law, the ultimate of Law.

And above Law, the domain belonging to Dao, He Heng could not see clearly, could not understand, or rather... could not see!

Law has no end, and Dao is neither on this shore, nor on that shore, nor in between, but can only be sought within one's own heart.

What kind of realm is that? He Heng did not know. Perhaps one day, like today... he would suddenly understand.

That would be the time he attained the Dao!

All of this happened in an instant. When He Heng woke up again, Wang Chao's fist seal had just arrived. He smiled, suddenly raised two fingers. No one saw how he raised them; there was no trace.

Then, those two fingers caught Wang Chao's fist seal. He could not advance another step.

He Heng gently stood up, wiped the dirt and blood from his body, and smiled somewhat simply. He looked at everyone present, then looked up at the sky, and strode out of the stadium. No one dared to stop him along the way, nor did anyone speak a word. The scene was dead silent.

"This is a higher realm!" After a long time, god finally sighed, looking at He Heng's receding figure with great solemnity.

It was now eight or nine in the morning. The sun had just risen, a red sun illuminating the earth. Its brilliant radiance symbolized endless hope and goals, guiding people forward. Dawn was ahead!

Looking at that wisp of dawn, He Heng smiled, let out a long roar to the sky, and strode towards the unknown. His future lay there...

ps: A 5,000-character chapter, you deserve it. Considering such a long chapter, please give some recommendations, everyone. Thank you.

ps2: I reiterate, this is a pure story about seeking the Dao. Although some plot points may seem abrupt, there are absolutely no female characters. Many readers have asked me this question these past few days, and I am clarifying it here once again: absolutely no female characters, please rest assured.