The Samsara Divine Eye

"Reincarnation Dojo? The Samsara Divine Eye?"

Lin Huang was delighted. The Samsara Divine Eye of the Samsara Dojo was renowned throughout the Myriad Worlds. It was said to see through the Six Paths with a glance and reverse Reincarnation with a single look. Lin Huang had heard of it long ago, but he hadn't expected to encounter it today.

"Correct. I'm Mo Tu, the Samsara Dojo's second disciple. Kid, who are you? Anyone who can make me use the Samsara Divine Eye can't be a nobody."

"State your name, and I'll grant you death."

Though shocked by Lin Huang's dazzling blade strike, Mo Tu still didn't take him seriously. He gave a cold laugh and stood with his hands behind his back.

"So it really is the Samsara Divine Eye. I've admired it for a long time. Unfortunately, the three Saints of the Samsara Dojo are always there to guard it and rarely come out, so I've never had the chance to witness it."

Lin Huang knew the Ten Great Sacred Lands inside out. He'd once wanted to rob them all, but only the Zhongnan Dojo had shown a weakness. Its forces were thin, and he'd seized the opportunity. The other nine Sacred Lands had Demigods in seclusion and Saints holding the fort. Lin Huang couldn't force his way in.

He hadn't expected to meet an opponent who wielded the Samsara Divine Eye in only the second round of the preliminaries. It made him even more eager for the First Martial Arts Tournament, though there was no way he could force the various Sacred Lands to hand over the complete cultivation methods for their secret arts as he had with the Heaven Mending Pavilion.

But with Lin Huang's Saint Rank soul comprehension, he only needed to encounter those arts to draw parallels and gain insight. There was no problem with that. He might even create weakened versions of the Sacred Lands' secret arts. Otherwise, how could he be called a Saint?

"Another fool scared witless. Forget it. Just die!"

Seeing Lin Huang lost in thought, Mo Tu shook his head, his interest waning, and unleashed his signature Hundred-Step Divine Fist.

Within a hundred steps, the world was his enemy. The Hundred-Step Divine Fist was an unparalleled close-combat technique. Its brutal exchanges made it seem as if one had fallen onto a battlefield, with thousands of troops charging in. It shook the soul and left no will to resist.

Lin Huang had no interest in Mo Tu's Hundred-Step Divine Fist. He raised his hand and struck again with Blade Slashing the Six Paths.

It could no longer be called Blade Slashing the Six Paths. In this strike, Lin Huang had abandoned the notion of cutting down the Six Paths and infused it with his own understanding of them. With a single strike, he opened up the Six Paths.

He recreated Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind and opened up Yin and Yang. This was an ultimate blade technique, infused with Lin Huang's own understanding. He had faintly found the path that belonged to him.

"Another one of those strikes?!"

Mo Tu's face turned grave. He snorted. "The same move won't work on me twice!"

As he spoke, Mo Tu's eyes turned pure gold. He saw through the flaws as the fierce intent of his fists surged, like thousands of troops charging forward. He broke through Lin Huang's strike head-on, changed his fist's momentum, and drove it into Lin Huang's chest.

Lin Huang's expression froze. He stared at Mo Tu in disbelief. He couldn't believe that the strike he'd painstakingly created had been so easily deciphered.

Though surprised, Lin Huang didn't hesitate. He turned his blade and blocked Mo Tu's fist, then dragged it aside and immediately struck with the same move again.

"I told you, the same move won't work on me!"

Mo Tu roared with laughter. Moving after Lin Huang but striking first, as if he'd anticipated Lin Huang's response all along, he pulled his fist back to evade the blade, then suddenly thrust two fingers out. A hand-blade slashed into Lin Huang's chest.

Crack!

Lin Huang's breastbone caved in. He staggered back three steps and looked down to see Mo Tu's hand-blade had pierced his chest.

"Useless. You might dodge this punch, but you'll never dodge the next."

Mo Tu withdrew his fist as casually as if nothing had happened. With a tap of his toe, he closed in on Lin Huang and unleashed hundreds of rapid short punches in an instant. Each punch was heavier than the last. The final hundreds merged into one and exploded, shattering the void.

Lin Huang barely managed to hold his long blade in front of his chest before the punch sent him flying a hundred yards. He only just managed to stop.

His chest tightened, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"I understand. It's the Samsara Divine Eye. It sees through everything?"

With his blood flowing backward, Lin Huang stared expressionlessly at Mo Tu. He noticed that Mo Tu's eyes had already turned brilliant gold, unlike those of an ordinary person.

"The Samsara Divine Eye. It sees through every change. Reincarnation, Reincarnation..."

Lin Huang sighed softly, the corner of his mouth curving into a smile. He raised his hand and struck again.

"Still refusing to give up? Heh. I've already seen through this strike. You're wasting your time." Mo Tu sneered, no longer willing to play along with Lin Huang.

"One last punch. If you can take three moves from me, you can die with your eyes closed."

Mo Tu raised his hand and punched. Seeing through Lin Huang's blade, he shattered Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind, then slashed across with his palm.

Clang!

A crisp sound rang out.

Mo Tu's expression changed drastically. "How is this possible?! I saw through your move. How could it still have hidden variations?"

Lin Huang ignored Mo Tu and carefully considered the strike he'd just made.

"I always felt there was something missing from this strike that opens up the Six Paths. So that's it—it lacked Reincarnation. Without Reincarnation, there's no sense of endless renewal. Good, good, good. At last, I've created the framework for this strike. Six Paths Reincarnation. It's not enough to have the Six Paths; there must also be Reincarnation. Only then can this strike be called endlessly renewing."

Lin Huang chuckled and looked at Mo Tu. "Your Samsara Divine Eye has helped me understand Reincarnation immensely. So come on, use it."

"You're asking for death!" Mo Tu spat through clenched teeth, then unleashed the Hundred-Step Divine Fist in a wild barrage. His punches flowed without pause. In a single breath, he threw a thousand punches, then merged the final thousand into one. An unimaginable force erupted, shattering the void and suppressing all things.

But Lin Huang struck only once. This time, his strike opened up the Six Paths with a hint of Reincarnation, unlike before. The Six Paths Reincarnation flowed endlessly, like a world unto itself. No matter how Mo Tu merged his thousand punches into one, it absorbed and contained them, then transformed them into a single blade strike that crashed down toward Mo Tu's head.

Mo Tu was utterly shocked. His eyes shifted, and divine light shot out as he fully activated the Samsara Divine Eye.

The Samsara Divine Eye truly defied heaven. Its gaze saw through the Six Paths, and a single look reversed Reincarnation.

Lin Huang's Saint-level soul flashed into action, firmly grasping the profound truth of the Samsara Divine Eye in that instant. His thoughts surged. This strike once again came to nothing, mysteriously returning to Lin Huang's hand.

A flicker of fear passed through Mo Tu's heart. For a moment, he seemed to sense how terrifying Lin Huang had been just then. But that feeling soon slipped from his mind, replaced by humiliation. He once again unleashed the Hundred-Step Divine Fist in a wild barrage.

Lin Huang fixed his gaze on Mo Tu's eyes. Facing Mo Tu's attack, he struck with the same move again.

Mo Tu flew into a rage. "Bastard! Do you know any move besides this one?!"

With that furious shout, Mo Tu shifted his steps, treading the stars and tracing the Dipper. His fist's force turned razor-sharp as he gathered all his essence, energy, and spirit, carrying the momentum of a charge with no way back. He shattered the void and smashed Lin Huang's blade strike to pieces.

Before he could even feel pleased, he saw Lin Huang's blade remain unchanged, rolling up transformations of the Six Paths, interwoven with Reincarnation and flowing without end. Its force undiminished, it came roaring at him once more.

"How can this strike be so powerful?!"

Mo Tu's pupils contracted. He didn't dare be careless and activated the Samsara Divine Eye again.

Reversing Reincarnation, the strike once again came to nothing.

"Interesting. Very interesting."

After clashing repeatedly with the Samsara Divine Eye, Lin Huang finally grasped what made it so heaven-defying.

"So it reverses the rules of the Six Paths. Good, good, good. This is the true meaning of Reincarnation."

Mo Tu froze for a moment, then erupted into utter fury. "You actually think you can analyze the Samsara Divine Eye? You're too arrogant. Die!"

"Beneath Reincarnation, no one lives forever!"

Mo Tu roared at the sky, burning through his essence, energy, and spirit as he fully unleashed the Samsara Divine Eye. He stepped through the stars and traced the Dipper, unleashing thousands of punches in an instant. They swept across the eight wastes and the entire cosmos, a brutal, surging display. A scene of a turbulent age unfolded, bloodied warriors charging into battle, no one living forever.

At last, a thousand punches merged into one, a decisive blow that settled Heaven and Earth.

Lin Huang feared nothing. He reversed his hand and struck once, twice, three times!

After those three consecutive strikes, Lin Huang didn't even look back. He turned and walked away.