Saint Realm

Two white figures fell from the sky. One crashed into the city wall, while the other slammed into the ground on the opposite side.

Liewen lay on the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood.

The bone in his left leg was broken, as was his right arm. A large section of his chest had caved in, several ribs were broken, and his internal organs had been injured as well.

The Light Armor around his body had long since vanished, and barely any battle qi remained within him.

He circulated the little Light Battle Qi he had left to recover from his injuries.

Light-element magic included healing spells. Though Light Battle Qi was not as effective as light magic at healing, it was still somewhat useful.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Liewen's mouth. The pain was almost unbearable, but it did not matter. He had won.

When Beasley fell, he smashed into the city wall and created a huge sunken crater.

He lay within the crater, his head already shattered by Liewen's attack. There was no trace of life left in him.

"Lord Beasley!"

Gilmer, who had been watching from afar, could not believe his eyes. A 9th-level warrior had actually defeated a Saint Realm Middle Stage Four-Winged Angel.

Erwin and a group of Holy Knights stood beside Gilmer. They had arrived later, and since they could not interfere in the battle between Liewen and Beasley, they had watched from the sidelines with Gilmer.

Erwin asked anxiously, "Lord Gilmer, what should we do now?"

Gilmer assessed the situation and swiftly made his decision. "Holy Knights, go capture Liewen. He is seriously injured now and has no ability to resist."

"Yes." The Holy Knights rushed toward Liewen.

"Erwin, Lena is in the carriage. Go bring her here."

"Alright."

After making the arrangements, Gilmer relaxed slightly.

Beasley's death had indeed caught him by surprise, but Lena had been captured in the end. Moreover, he had heard Beasley's words earlier.

"Liewen's physical strength is at least that of an Eight-ranked Warrior. If we bring him back to Holy Island, the church will gain another Saint Realm Peak Six-Winged Angel."

Thinking of this, Gilmer's mood improved considerably. Looking at it this way, they had not come out at a loss.

Liewen lay on the ground, circulating his battle qi to heal himself. The Light Battle Qi flowed out from his dantian, passed through his entire body, and then returned to his dantian.

Then, as though water had reached its boiling point, all of his battle qi began to surge and transform. It was a qualitative change.

Liewen was instantly overjoyed.

He had finally broken through.

He had long since reached the 9th Level Peak, and his battle qi had already reached the threshold of a breakthrough. In this life-and-death battle, he had pushed his battle qi to its absolute limit and finally achieved his breakthrough.

His Light Battle Qi underwent a qualitative transformation and reached the Saint Realm level.

Saint Realm-level battle qi flowed through his body, increasing the speed of his recovery severalfold.

In little more than a dozen breaths, his injuries had stabilized, and he could barely walk normally again.

Dense footsteps rang out. Liewen turned his head and saw the Holy Knights running toward him. On the other side, Erwin had already reached the carriage where Lena was.

Liewen snorted coldly. Dazzling white light burst from his body, and 256 rays shot forth, sending the church's Holy Knights falling in droves.

One of those rays instantly pierced through Erwin's body, causing him to collapse before the carriage.

Liewen rose from the ground and glanced at Gilmer, who stood not far away with an expression of utter disbelief.

He did not kill Gilmer. In the original story, Gilmer would appear again later. Killing him now would likely alter the course of this world's fate, and that was not something Liewen wanted to see.

Liewen walked over to the carriage. The driver who had been driving for him had fled long ago. He opened the carriage door and found Lena sitting obediently inside.

"Brother Liewen, I didn't run around." Lena immediately smiled when she saw Liewen.

"Good girl, Lena."

Liewen smiled and carried Lena out of the carriage. He left behind their clothes and luggage alike, rose directly into the air, and flew north.

Having broken through to the Saint Realm, Liewen could fly even without relying on wings of light condensed from Light Element.

Gilmer watched Liewen fly away, his expression grave.

"We must send the news back to Holy Island!"

Gilmer hurried back to the Radiant Cathedral. The Radiant Church had its own methods of transmitting information, allowing messages to travel with extreme speed.

Greenleaf Town, an ordinary town within the Hess Kingdom.

Liewen brought Lena to stay at the town's only inn.

His injuries had not fully healed yet, so he planned to stay and recuperate for a few days.

Inside the inn room, Lena played by herself while Liewen sat cross-legged on the bed, circulating Light Battle Qi to heal his injuries while comprehending the Profundity of Purification.

His battle with Beasley had brought him tremendous gains.

This had been the toughest battle since he came to this world. He had pushed his physical strength, battle qi, and comprehension of profound mysteries to their limits.

The result was that he had successfully broken through and become a Saint Realm expert.

At the same time, he had also gained deeper insights into the Profundity of Purification.

Liewen had actually long had an idea about how to merge 256 rays of light into one.

When Linley reached 256 Waves, he chose to first merge them into 128 waves, then merge those into 64 waves, continuing like that until they became one.

Liewen planned to learn from that method as well.

However, it sounded easy, but actually doing it was immensely difficult.

Liewen had been trying all along, yet he had never found a way to merge two rays of light into one.

During his battle with Beasley, he continuously unleashed Purification beams. This gave him new insights into the Profundity of Purification, allowing him to seize that faint flash of inspiration.

"Success!"

Liewen abruptly opened his eyes, and a ray of light flashed from his fingertip.

Just now, he had successfully merged two of the 256 rays of light into one.

Under Liewen's control, the ray of light caused no destruction and dissipated into nothingness.

Liewen was thrilled. Next, all he had to do was follow the same pattern and gradually merge the remaining rays of light as well.

In the Coiling Dragon World, arduous cultivation was important, but life-and-death battles were equally important. Many of Linley's major breakthroughs had come in moments of crisis.

Now, Liewen had felt the same thing.

"My current strength places me in the third tier among Saint Realm experts. Once I merge the 256 rays into 128, I should reach the second tier."

Saint Realm experts were also divided into different levels of strength.

The strongest were Saint Realm Limit experts, who had comprehended one profound mystery to its final step and were only a little short of becoming Lowgods.

The second tier consisted of experts at the level of Radiant Pope Heidens.

The third tier consisted of people like Liewen now, whose comprehension of one Laws' Profound Mysteries had already become relatively deep.

Below that were ordinary Saint Realm experts who had only grasped a superficial understanding of Laws' Profound Mysteries, or had not comprehended them at all and remained at the stage of Draw Heaven and Earth.

Beasley had been an ordinary Saint Realm expert who had yet to comprehend any Laws' Profound Mysteries.

Of course, Laws' Profound Mysteries were not the only standard of judgment. For Four Ultimate Warriors like Dragonblood Warriors, as long as they cultivated their battle qi to the Saint Realm Peak, even if they had not comprehended any Laws' Profound Mysteries at all, they could still rival second-tier Saint Realm experts.

That was because their bodies were too powerful. Their basic strength and battle qi were far greater than those of ordinary Saint Realm experts.

Furthermore, those who comprehended high-level profound mysteries were stronger than those who comprehended low-level profound mysteries.

Even without comprehending a high-level profound mystery to its final step, one could possibly defeat a Saint Realm Limit expert who had comprehended a low-level profound mystery.

The Profundity of Purification comprehended by Liewen and the Profundity of Pulse of the Earth comprehended by Linley were both high-level profound mysteries.

Three days later, Liewen had fully recovered from his injuries. He set out once more with Lena.

The Holy Union was filled with the Radiant Church's spies, so it was not wise to remain for long.