Li Tianji's Unwillingness

Li Tianji knew Xiong Tatian well – he was immensely strong, a battle maniac, and possessed a physical toughness far beyond ordinary people.

Li Tianji wasn't surprised Xiong Tatian could last a day, but how could Qin Yu, only at the sixth level of the Martial Realm, last a day? Especially against the formidable Xiong Tatian?

"Something's wrong!"

This person was clearly heavily injured, so how could he still last? And why did he give Li Tianji a strange feeling, as if the more injured he became, the stronger he grew?

"It must be that Xiong Tatian is going easy on him. Otherwise, with Qin Yu's strength, he wouldn't be able to withstand a single punch from Xiong Tatian." Li Tianji pondered this and came to a conclusion. Losing interest in watching further, he took out an unknown ancient book and began to read.

The next day.

Li Tianji frowned, his handsome face etched with seriousness as he stared at the still fiercely attacking Qin Yu and Xiong Tatian, a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Even if Xiong Tatian was holding back, this person's endurance was too terrifying! At the sixth level of the Martial Realm, such endurance was extremely rare. Even cultivators in the Gangqi Realm couldn't fight continuously for two days and two nights, let alone Qin Yu, who hadn't even opened his Dantian.

"He must have secretly taken some pills when I wasn't looking, otherwise he would have collapsed long ago," Li Tianji thought. Then, with a hint of impatience, he said, "Xiong Tatian, how long are you two going to fight? Do you want to go deeper? Just end it with one punch."

Li Tianji was unaware that Xiong Tatian was simultaneously shocked and frustrated. He was shocked that Qin Yu was becoming more vigorous with each passing moment, his strength seemingly increasing with his injuries. He was frustrated because it wasn't that he didn't want to end the fight, but Qin Yu was like an unkillable cockroach, knocking him away only to launch fierce attacks again, giving Xiong Tatian no chance to catch his breath.

If he hadn't spoken earlier about suppressing his cultivation, Xiong Tatian would have knocked Qin Yu out with a single punch.

"Brother Qin, Brother Qin... can you still take it?" Xiong Tatian asked, his breathing slightly rapid. He was starting to not want to fight anymore. He had suppressed his strength and was worried that if he wasn't careful, he might kill Qin Yu, so the longer the fight went on, the more disadvantaged he became.

But Qin Yu was currently immersed in comprehending the Myriad Heavens Power, completely unable to hear him. Every punch, every movement, he was trying to stack his power. And that gourd of Blood Essence, who knew how terrifying it was, had actually sustained Qin Yu for two days and two nights.

Although the Myriad Heavens Battle Art was created by Qin Yu, it didn't mean he knew how to use it. As a mortal back then, he couldn't possibly stack his power. Now, with enough Blood Essence to support him, Qin Yu wanted to find the resonance point of power to stack it. This way, in his next fight with Cui Shuo, after activating the Mad Demon Transformation, he could kill Cui Shuo with the Myriad Heavens Power.

The third day.

Qin Yu's aura blazed, and though covered in blood, he looked like a war god, his speed and strength incredibly fierce.

After Xiong Tatian knocked Qin Yu back with a punch, he panted and shouted, "I'm not fighting anymore, I'm not fighting anymore! Brother Qin, if you still want to fight, then I'll have to use fifty percent of my strength to counterattack."

The more he fought, the more alarmed he became. He could clearly feel Qin Yu's strength growing, which baffled and astonished him.

Seeing Qin Yu still attacking, a surge of anger rose in Xiong Tatian's heart, and he smashed his thick fist directly at Qin Yu.

"Boom!" A deafening explosion suddenly erupted.

Qin Yu's body was violently pushed back nearly ten feet, while Xiong Tatian retreated five steps. His eyes widened as he stared at Qin Yu. He had used fifty percent of his strength in that punch!

At the same time, Qin Yu, who had been immersed in the Myriad Heavens Battle Art, had his eyes clear up. He stared blankly at his bloody right fist, a realization dawning upon him, and he slowly closed his eyes.

"Again!" Xiong Tatian, seemingly astonished that Qin Yu could withstand his fifty percent strength, roared and prepared to attack again, but was stopped by Li Tianji, who was not far away. "Xiong Tatian, stop! Don't disturb him!"

Xiong Tatian paused for a moment, looking at Li Tianji with suspicion, then at Qin Yu. Seeing that Qin Yu had closed his eyes, he withdrew his attack and asked suspiciously, "Brother Qin? Are you still fighting?"

"Don't disturb him," Li Tianji said, already standing up. He lowered his voice and walked to Xiong Tatian's side, pulling him aside. "He gained something from fighting with you and is now comprehending. You absolutely must not disturb him at this moment, or all his efforts will be in vain."

It had to be said that Qin Yu and Xiong Tatian's three-day battle had completely changed Li Tianji's perception of Qin Yu. Initially, he thought Xiong Tatian was intentionally going easy on Qin Yu. But Qin Yu had fought continuously for three days and three nights, and Li Tianji had keenly sensed that Qin Yu was becoming stronger with each passing moment. This alone earned Li Tianji's admiration.

Especially when he heard that Xiong Tatian had used fifty percent of his strength, Li Tianji was even more shocked. Even he would have difficulty resisting Xiong Tatian's fifty percent strength. And Qin Yu was only at the sixth level of the Martial Realm. If he were to reach the Gangqi Realm, wouldn't he be even more formidable?

Although Li Tianji was proud, he was not blindly arrogant. His previous dissatisfaction with Qin Yu was mainly because Qin Yu's cultivation was too low and he seemed too ordinary. Furthermore, Xiong Tatian calling Qin Yu "brother" made him feel that Qin Yu was taking advantage of Xiong Tatian's undeveloped intelligence, so he had no good feelings towards Qin Yu. But after this battle, based on this alone, Qin Yu was qualified to be friends with Xiong Tatian. Of course, he was still not qualified to be Xiong Tatian's elder brother.

Just then, Qin Yu, who had his eyes closed, suddenly snapped them open, his eyes flashing with excitement. He exclaimed with surprise, "So that's how..." Before he could finish speaking, Qin Yu fell down stiffly.

Xiong Tatian lunged forward and caught the falling Qin Yu. Seeing Qin Yu faint, Xiong Tatian became anxious, his expression worried. "Brother Qin, Brother Qin, are you alright? It's over, Li Tianji, I've beaten Brother Qin to death."

Li Tianji examined him and rolled his eyes at Xiong Tatian. "He's just exhausted."

"Really? Brother Qin isn't dead?" Xiong Tatian breathed a sigh of relief.

"He'll be fine after resting for a while!" Li Tianji looked deeply at the scarred Qin Yu, his heart filled with uncertainty. He had suspected before that Qin Yu might have used some secret technique to stimulate his physical potential, otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to fight Xiong Tatian for so long. Now that Qin Yu had directly fainted, it made him even more certain.

However, Li Tianji had never heard of anyone pushing their potential to such an extreme.

When Qin Yu woke up, the earth was shaking, and Xiao Hei's cries shook the heavens. Qin Yu opened his eyes, the bright sunlight stinging them. Squinting, he sat up and looked around. He saw Xiong Tatian using Xiao Hei as a target, while Li Tianji sat cross-legged on the ground, seemingly meditating.

Qin Yu didn't call out to them but began to check his physical condition.

"Martial Realm seventh level?"

To Qin Yu's surprise, this time, he didn't feel any soreness or weakness. Instead, he felt his body filled with power, an inexhaustible supply.

"Wait!"

"Martial Realm seventh level, spiritual energy!" Qin Yu was stunned. He felt tiny, hair-like snakes swimming through his meridians. Qin Yu's expression shifted rapidly, alternating between excitement, melancholy, sadness, and joy.

The former Qin Yu, due to being born with severed meridians, couldn't retain spiritual energy in his meridians. He had been stuck at the sixth level of the Martial Realm his entire life, never condensing spiritual energy, remaining a mortal until the end.

Now, stepping into the seventh level of the Martial Realm filled him with emotion. His heart felt a profound sense of loss and bitterness. If only, back then, his meridians hadn't been severed, perhaps he would have achieved something significant by now, and the Tian Qi Sect wouldn't have been destroyed because of it...

Qin Yu sighed, suppressing the emotional turmoil within him, and continued to examine his internal condition. To his immense surprise, he didn't know what kind of blood was in Xiong Tatian's gourd, but it contained truly terrifying power. He had used the Mad Demon Transformation for a full three days to completely consume the power within that blood. Moreover, after consumption, the power from the blood was absorbed by his muscles and bones.

Qin Yu could clearly feel that his Blood Essence was about ten times thicker than before. Both his strength and physical resilience and defense had increased by more than three times.

"If I had swallowed that blood during the fight with Cui Shuo, I could have killed ten Cui Shuos," Qin Yu chuckled lightly, then closed his eyes, once again trying to feel the Myriad Heavens Power from that final punch.

Qin Yu didn't notice that Li Tianji had opened his eyes at some point, his gaze fixed on Qin Yu, a hint of confusion in his brow. He had seen all of Qin Yu's emotional changes, but what puzzled him was that Qin Yu had given him a sense of ancient weariness at that moment.

"Is it just my imagination? Never mind, I'll use you as my target for practicing deduction... Let me see your future..."

Glancing at Xiong Tatian, who was still enthusiastically playing with Xiao Hei, Li Tianji's eyes darted around. Then, slyly, he took out a silk cloth from his Void Storage Ring, spread it flat on the ground, and placed a strand of hair on the cloth. Afterward, Li Tianji began to chant, his hands constantly shifting as if performing some incantation.

After a while, Li Tianji pressed down on the strand of hair.

Instantly, the white cloth emitted a faint glow, and dense patterns suddenly appeared on it. The strand of hair then turned to ash.

"Heaven and Earth have a beginning, all things have an end. The cause of the opening of Heaven and Earth, the result of observing all things. In the name of the ninth generation disciple of Immortal Calculation, I open the Eye of Heaven and Earth to observe the results of all things!" Li Tianji suddenly chanted, his eyes shooting out two beams of light that fell upon the white cloth covered in dense patterns.

At the same time, Li Tianji's pupils, which seemed to be layered, slowly separated, appearing as if one eye had two pupils, which looked extremely bizarre.

Li Tianji stared intently at the white cloth, waiting quietly. Based on his past astonishing successes, he should be able to see Qin Yu's future. Although he wasn't sure which moment in the future he would see, and could only glimpse it for a fleeting moment, he could always glean something about Qin Yu's future from it.

After waiting for nearly thirty breaths, Li Tianji grew confused. The white cloth was nothing but patterns, with nothing else on it.

Li Tianji felt a burning sensation on his face and muttered to himself, "Another failure? How many times has this happened? How is this possible? Am I, Li Tianji, truly not suited to inherit the mantle of Immortal Calculation?"

"I, Li Tianji, believe in fate, but I will never accept it!" A look of determination appeared on Li Tianji's handsome face. He suddenly took out an item and poured out a drop of purplish-red blood. This blood exuded an inexplicable power. Li Tianji directly pressed this drop of blood onto the white cloth.

Then, Li Tianji bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of vital blood onto the white cloth.

"Appear!" Li Tianji roared.

But what stunned Li Tianji was that the white cloth still showed no reaction. Li Tianji was so enraged he almost spat out a mouthful of blood. Although he had deduced many times, failed many times, and even made many incorrect deductions, there had always been some strange phenomenon appearing. But this time, there was absolutely nothing to see.

"Am I, Li Tianji, truly suited to be a disciple of Immortal Calculation? Why? I am not resigned to this!" Li Tianji's face contorted in rage. Overcome by anger, he fainted.

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