The thousand-zhang-tall Sovereign Over Nine Heavens Dharma Form standing amid the stars rapidly shrank and flew into Lin Fei's physical body.
"After cultivating for hundreds of years, I've finally entered the Spirit Transformation Realm!"
Lin Fei felt the immense mana contained within the Dharma Form in his body, his heart brimming with excitement.
Besides its incomparably abundant mana, the Sovereign Over Nine Heavens Dharma Form also contained a special kind of pressure.
It was somewhat similar to heavenly might, yet also different.
"That finger strike that just slew heavenly might gave me some insight into the martial path's realms..."
He opened a Space Gate and returned to Bliss Island.
He did not immediately share the joy of his breakthrough with the others.
Instead, he closed his eyes and repeatedly recalled the scene that had just occurred.
One finger to slay heavenly might.
One finger to shatter the heavens.
This was the Immortal-Slaying Finger.
"Is it killing intent... No..."
"What exactly is it?"
It was as though a film were playing in Lin Fei's mind, replaying over and over again.
Through those memories, he sought the insight brought by that finger strike.
Why did the Immortal-Slaying Finger possess such terrifying power?
This became the mystery he most wanted to unravel.
Once... ten times... a hundred times...
Ten thousand times... a hundred thousand times... a million times...
He seemed to have gone mad, as though trapped within his own illusion.
His mind constantly replayed that finger strike, and he constantly imitated it.
"Follow heaven's will, bear karma; only today do I know that I am myself."
"Is it conviction..."
At that moment, Lin Fei understood.
He had grasped a higher level of will.
Conviction.
The Immortal-Slaying Finger was terrifying not merely because killing intent was transformed from one's own will, but because