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"I lost."

Yu Wei sat cross-legged atop the stone pillar, watching the four hundred flying swords wreathed in water and fire under Xia Manggan's control force aside her final five hundred flame flying swords before breaking through the Thousand Sword Puppet's protective layer...

"Using the two Lesser Daos of Water and Fire to derive the mysteries of the Great Dao of Life and Death?"

Yu Wei's eyes slowly narrowed as countless flashes of insight surged through her heart.

Some Dao Comprehension experiences from her past life that she had yet to recall suddenly surfaced in her mind like scenes from a film.

This was the unique "awakening" of reincarnated Immortals.

Reincarnation required passing through the Underworld and drinking Meng Po Soup.

Thus, no matter how high one's cultivation realm had been in a previous life, one would lose all memories after reincarnation.

Yet the souls of reincarnated Immortals were innately far stronger than those of ordinary people.

As their cultivation realm rose, or when they were suddenly moved or stimulated, they would awaken vast amounts of memories from their past lives.

Their Dao Comprehension Realm would then soar.

And because those Dao Comprehension memories had been gained through bitter cultivation in their previous lives, once awakened and recalled, they would immediately transform into their own realm and strength.

This was precisely why reincarnated Immortals advanced in cultivation far more quickly than ordinary Immortal cultivators during the early stages.

It was also what ordinary Immortal cultivators envied most.

Very soon.

When Yu Wei opened her eyes again, her entire temperament seemed to have changed.

Though she had originally possessed the cold and distant air of an exiled Immortal, because she comprehended the Fire Path, the Origin Force fluctuations within her body had leaned more toward the fire element.

But now—

"Junior Brother Xia Mang has profound Dao Comprehension. Yu Wei admires you. When there is time in the future, I will certainly seek your guidance again."

Yu Wei looked at the gray-robed youth opposite her. Her gaze was not cold, yet an icy chill radiated from her entire body, as though it could freeze the Heaven and Earth around her.

"Any time." Xia Manggan nodded. Sensing the change in Yu Wei's aura, as well as the descent of Dao power and her natural control over the surrounding Heaven and Earth, he immediately understood that she had broken through.

He then added, "Congratulations, Fairy Fire Rainbow. You have broken through and successfully grasped your first 'Dao.'"

"I merely recalled a few memories from my past life." Yu Wei gently shook her head. "Compared to you, Junior Brother, it is not worth mentioning."

After speaking, Yu Wei saw that Fire Saint had already risen. She drifted down from the top of the stone pillar, yielding the sparring position.

In a corner of the Dao Discussion Hall.

"What a pity."

Immortal Leichuan shook his head. "If Yu Wei had awakened a little earlier, she might not have lost."

He too was a reincarnated Immortal, so he naturally knew how tremendous an increase in strength awakening past-life memories could bring to one.

"What is there to pity?" Immortal Wufeng held a wine gourd and swayed his head. "You know perfectly well how difficult it is for reincarnated Immortals to awaken their past-life memories. To awaken after a battle and directly grasp a 'Dao'—it seems that losing just now gave the little girl quite a shock."

"Mm."

"Indeed."

Black Crown Immortal and Immortal Diancai both nodded.

"Enough talking. Watch Xia Mang's upcoming spar with Fire Saint carefully," Immortal Hanshan said with dissatisfaction.

The other Immortals had come to watch for two reasons: first, out of curiosity regarding Xia Manggan's strength and the Hunyuan Heavenly Immortal's legacy; second, simply to join the excitement and watch the show.

But Immortal Hanshan was different.

He was Xia Manggan's master.

If he did not carefully observe and identify the shortcomings Xia Manggan revealed in actual combat, how could he guide him afterward?

Sometimes.

Having a disciple who was too monstrous placed tremendous pressure on the master as well.

Whoosh.

Fire Saint, red-robed and barefoot, took a single step forward. He too used Void Transference, instantly appearing atop the stone pillar Yu Wei had vacated.

The Puppet he used also leaped into the battleground below.

It was, astonishingly, still the Thousand Sword Puppet.

And it was the very one Yu Wei had controlled earlier.

This made all the junior brothers watching reveal knowing smiles.

Ji Ning from the new disciples' camp had lost, and Xia Manggan had used his Puppet to continue sparring and defeat Yu Wei.

Now Yu Wei from the old disciples' camp had lost, and Senior Brother Fire Saint would likewise use her Puppet to continue sparring!

"Junior Brother Xia Mang."

Fire Saint sat cross-legged atop the stone pillar and looked toward Xia Manggan from afar. Smiling, he said, "When sparring and discussing the Dao with me, there is no need to hold back. Display everything you are skilled at. I will receive it all."

As his voice fell, invisible Dao power descended upon the battleground, using the center line between the two Thousand Sword Puppets as its boundary.

On Fire Saint's side of the Thousand Sword Puppet, countless pale-red flames resembling glazed glass transformed that half of Heaven and Earth into a world of fire.

Yet on the other side, where Xia Manggan's Thousand Sword Puppet stood, there was not the slightest disturbance. Even the temperature had not risen.

With merely the descent of Dao power, Fire Saint's more than two hundred years of cultivation, his mastery of his own Dao, and his effortless control over Heaven and Earth's essence energy were revealed.

This scene.

Made the Primordial Spirit Daoists who had hurried over upon hearing of Xia Manggan's appearance reveal looks of amazement as well.

"It seems that before long, our Black-White Academy will gain another second-generation disciple." Bi Hai smiled in praise.

"Yes."

"We will gain another junior brother."

"Then I ask for Senior Brother Fire Saint's guidance."

Xia Manggan continued to fiddle with the ring on his finger, still leaving a portion of his Divine Sense within the Wuji Ring to comprehend and refine the first layer of the Xiantian Restriction. He used only the remainder of his Divine Sense to control the Thousand Sword Puppet.

Whoosh~~~~

All one thousand flying swords flew from their sheaths and split into two groups in midair.

Five hundred flying swords coiled with flowing water.

Five hundred flying swords wreathed in flames.

Each group revolved in midair around its own center, one clockwise and the other counterclockwise.

For a moment.

It was as though two enormous Water-Fire Sword Wheels had appeared in the sky.

One water, one fire.

One Yin, one Yang.

One life, one death...

A strange Dao resonance enveloped the entire battleground.

The distinct boundary of the world of fire began to blur at its "border."

Some of the pale-red glazed flames seemed drawn by an invisible force, uncontrollably flowing from the Heaven and Earth occupied by Fire Saint's Puppet toward Xia Manggan's Puppet.

At the same time, faint whispers of "life" and "death" seemed to echo through the void.

It was as if countless living beings were chanting, causing all who heard them to be affected, unable to resist wanting to cast their own souls into the two Water-Fire Sword Wheels overhead.

"So this is the mystery of the Great Dao of Life and Death? Truly extraordinary." Fire Saint's eyes lit up.

In terms of Dao Heart and Dao comprehension, many of Black-White Academy's Primordial Spirit Daoists actually could not compare to him.

If not for the incomparably monstrous True Person Sloppy, who had always remained above him,

then with Fire Saint's realm and strength, he would already have been considered the foremost among Black-White Academy's third-generation disciples in any other era.

Furthermore, he had cultivated for over two hundred years and was much older than the grandfathers of many third-generation disciples.

Thus, even now, he still regarded Xia Manggan as a younger junior.

But he knew that he needed to act.

Otherwise, if Xia Manggan were allowed to endlessly borrow force and build momentum, Fire Saint might even suffer a setback and take a small loss.

With his pride, he would never allow such a situation to occur.

Even if Xia Manggan was a monster who appeared only once in countless years, like True Person Sloppy, he would need to cultivate for several more decades before he could surpass him!

Whoosh!

The one thousand flying swords on his Thousand Sword Puppet likewise flew from their sheaths.

The glazed flames blanketing this Heaven and Earth immediately gathered toward those flying swords like returning birds flocking to their nest.

In the blink of an eye.

Not a trace of Dao power remained in this stretch of Heaven and Earth.

In its place stood one thousand pale-red flying swords resembling glazed glass.

"Go!" Fire Saint pointed with one hand.

The one thousand glazed flying swords suddenly traced arcs through the air, piercing toward the two Water-Fire Sword Wheels without the slightest hint of worldly flare.

Although all manner of invisible attractive and repulsive forces permeated the area around the two Sword Wheels rotating in opposite directions,

each of those glazed flying swords had restrained its Dao power to the extreme.

They continuously combined as they flew, ultimately becoming two enormous Glazed Giant Swords that stabbed with incomparable resolve toward the centers of the two Water-Fire Sword Wheels.

Boom! Boom!

The two Water-Fire Sword Wheels were struck by the two Glazed Giant Swords and immediately collapsed with a thunderous crash, turning back into one thousand scattered flying swords.

"The strongest point is also the weakest point..."

Fire Saint looked toward Xia Manggan from afar and spoke calmly. "Junior Brother Xia Mang, admit defeat."

"We're going to win!"

"Haha, as expected of Senior Brother Fire Saint!"

The old disciples in the Dao Discussion Hall all beamed with delight.

Even True Person Sloppy revealed a faint smile at the corner of his lips.

Looks like I will not need to act.

"Senior Brother Ji Ning."

Mu Zishuo's eyes were filled with unwillingness. "Is Senior Brother Xia Mang going to lose?"

Though he knew that losing against an opponent like Fire Saint was only natural for newly initiated disciples,

after Ji Ning's continuous victories earlier, Mu Zishuo still held onto a sliver of hope.

He hoped that Senior Brother Xia Mang, the strongest among their new disciples, could defeat even Fire Saint and utterly shatter the arrogance in the old disciples' hearts!

But...

"The gap between them is too great." Ji Ning shook his head. "Senior Brother Xia Mang is likely—"

"Look!" Mu Zishuo suddenly widened his eyes.

Ji Ning too opened his mouth in shock.

The one thousand flying swords that had been blasted apart were each rotating independently in midair.

Every flying sword formed its own sword wheel three feet across, with water and fire coiling around the wheel's outer rim.

One thousand flying swords became one thousand Water-Fire Sword Wheels, some rotating forward and others in reverse.

And the one thousand Water-Fire Sword Wheels combined in the sky into a colossal, three-dimensional Sword Wheel.

Its might far surpassed that of the previous two Water-Fire Sword Wheels.

Moreover, under the influence of that enormous Sword Wheel, even space and Time Dao within the battleground seemed to change.

Fire Saint felt as though his two Glazed Giant Swords were being suppressed by the entire Heaven and Earth.

He wanted to merge them together and shatter the suppression around them.

Yet the distance between the two Glazed Giant Swords was clearly short enough to cross in an instant.

But now, they seemed worlds apart...

"The transformation of life and death, the suppression of the Universe, the slowing of Time Dao... all of it lies within the 'Wheel of Life and Death.'"

Xia Manggan's gaze sharpened. "Go!"

Bang! Bang!

Before the two Glazed Giant Swords could merge, they completely collapsed beneath the enormous Sword Wheel, whose might seemed capable of crushing all heavens.

The Sword Wheel then continued onward without losing momentum, directly rolling over the Thousand Sword Puppet controlled by Fire Saint...

The entire Dao Discussion Hall instantly fell silent.

Only the voice of the White-haired Elder Puppet echoed through the hall.

"Xia Manggan wins!"

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