Champion of the Grand Tournament, Nine-Nine Heavenly Art

"The outcome of this Xuanmen Grand Tournament has been decided. In the fourth match, a contest of techniques at the same realm, Xuan Liu of the Interception Sect emerged victorious."

At the center of the high platform, Supreme Elder Laozi slowly rose to his feet and said with a smile, "This tournament has allowed the disciples of the three sects to verify the great principles."

"Xuan Liu, the fifth direct disciple of the Interception Sect, has claimed victory in several rounds of comprehension and combat. He shall be the champion of this Xuanmen Grand Tournament."

Having said that, his withered right hand slowly extended from his Taiji Eight-Trigrams Sleeve.

With two fingers together, he lightly drew across the air.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

In an instant, two supreme auspicious radiances interwoven with Supreme Pure immortal light floated steadily before Xuan Liu.

Within one of the radiances was a white jade bottle, entirely purple-gold and wrapped in boundless Dao intent.

Just a wisp of the dense medicinal fragrance leaking from within caused layer upon layer of heavenly flowers to rain down through the void.

Nine-Turn Golden Elixir!

Within the other auspicious radiance floated a cyan-yellow jade slip.

A faint yet concealed supreme pressure emanated from the jade slip, one so terrifying it seemed capable of rendering the physical body indestructible.

This was the Profound Sect's supreme body-tempering cultivation method.

It was named: Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique

"These elixir pills and this cultivation method are the reward for the champion of this tournament. Xuan Liu, accept them," Supreme Elder Laozi said calmly, his voice vast and resounding.

"This disciple, Xuan Liu, thanks First Uncle-Master for the reward!"

Xuan Liu remained calm, without the slightest trace of arrogance or hesitation.

He straightened his robe and bowed deeply with utmost respect.

Then, extending both hands, he cleanly and decisively stored the two precious treasures deep within his primordial spirit.

"Buzz!!!"

However, just as Xuan Liu completely absorbed the cyan-yellow jade slip containing the full Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique into his primordial spirit—

He felt as though his head were splitting apart. At that instant, his heaven-defying comprehension was fully triggered.

[Ding.]

[Detected that the host has obtained the complete body-tempering cultivation method, Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique.]

[You have deeply comprehended the Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique and the cultivation principles of the path of the physical body.]

[Your innate golden finger, heaven-defying comprehension, has been triggered.]

[You have attained enlightenment.]

"Rumble!!!"

As a tremendous roar erupted, all the mundane clamor of the outside world—even the figures of the Three Pure Ones atop Kunlun Mountain—vanished in an instant.

His entire being seemed to have transcended the river of time.

He was directly transported into a chaotic space beyond all description.

Looking around, all he saw was an expanse of gray haze.

There was no concept of time or space here, only chaotic currents sweeping everywhere.

Just as Xuan Liu's true spirit observed this dead silence at a critical moment—

Within this chaotic space, a towering figure that seemed to bear the past and future, so immense as to be unimaginable, slowly rose from the gray mist.

The figure held a massive black axe, his eyes filled with supreme laws.

Great God Pangu!

The towering figure raised his divine axe high and, with utter freedom and decisiveness, swung it down upon the gray space around him!

"Riiip!!!"

This single axe stroke split open the primordial chaos and reshaped heaven and earth.

The clear qi rose to become the heavens, while the turbid qi sank to form the earth.

And amid the world-shaking storm of destruction—

This towering figure did not retreat.

Instead, with his head supporting the heavens and his feet planted upon the earth, he forcibly propped open this forming world with the absolute tyrannical power of his physical body.

In the end, his strength was exhausted. His body transformed into all things of the Primordial World, his spine became Buzhou Mountain, and his eyes became the sun and moon.

[You have deduced and created the supreme body-tempering cultivation method—Nine-Nine Heavenly Art!]

"Boom!!!"

As Xuan Liu abruptly returned to his senses from that chaotic space—

His Dao body erupted with an unparalleled, overwhelming momentum.

Heavenly phenomena began to manifest wildly of their own accord.

Heavenly flowers rained down, golden lotuses surged from the earth, and purple qi arrived from the east.

The endless purple qi rapidly reassembled across the heavens, transforming into the phantoms of nine true dragons that descended from above.

Countless golden lotuses burst forth from beneath the earth, blooming with endless golden light.

Upon every golden lotus petal, the phantom images of three thousand gods and demons appeared, seated cross-legged and chanting true words.

"An enlightenment?! He actually attained enlightenment again! What will he comprehend this time?"

"He only just received the Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique. How could he trigger such supreme heavenly phenomena in just an instant?!"

"Such vast heavenly phenomena mean that what he comprehended is certainly no ordinary thing!"

"Heavens! How could the Interception Sect produce such a fifth direct disciple?!"

"Indeed! With comprehension this heaven-defying, I fear no one in all three Profound Sect branches can compare to him!"

Beneath the white jade platform, every disciple in the formations of the two sects was utterly stunned.

Guang Chengzi, Chijingzi, Jade Cauldron True Person, and the other Twelve Golden Immortals of the Expounding Sect all felt their legs go weak.

"Fifth Junior Brother... what kind of monster is he?!"

Duobao Daoist stared wide-eyed and said in disbelief, "First Uncle-Master had only just bestowed that supreme cultivation method upon him, yet he attained enlightenment after merely one glance and even triggered such heavenly phenomena?!"

"Isn't this a little too absurd?"

Among the many cultivation methods of the Profound Sect, the Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique was absolutely one of the most difficult to cultivate.

Yet—

Their own Fifth Junior Brother had triggered an enlightenment the moment he came into contact with the Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique.

No matter how they looked at it, this was far too outrageous.

Why was Fifth Junior Brother's talent so monstrously absurd?

Outrageous!

Far too outrageous!

"As expected of the Fifth Junior Brother whom Master holds in such special regard. He always brings us surprises!"

Infinite brilliance shone in Golden Spirit Holy Mother's beautiful eyes.

At the Xuanmen Grand Tournament, he had vented the Interception Sect's anger.

Even Xuandu the Grand Magus, the senior brother of the three sects, had lost to him in a contest of techniques at the same realm.

And now, he had triggered an enlightenment upon just coming into contact with the Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique.

Judging by these heavenly phenomena, he had undoubtedly comprehended something extraordinary.

Master's decision to make Fifth Junior Brother the Interception Sect's fifth direct disciple had indeed not been without reason.

The next moment, Duobao Daoist and Golden Spirit Holy Mother exchanged a glance. The delight in their eyes had reached an indescribable height.

The loud cheers of congratulations from the many Interception Sect disciples abruptly ceased.

All the immortals stood with their mouths agape, staring blankly at Xuan Liu, who stood at the center of the phenomena.

At this moment, the Three Pure Ones upon the high platform were likewise stunned!

Supreme Pure, Jade Pure, and Highest Pure were all taken aback, the expressions on their faces exceptionally vivid.

What was going on?!

An enlightenment?

And judging by it, what he had comprehended was no small matter.

Why had such a freak appeared among the Interception Sect's second-generation disciples?

In terms of comprehension, he was even more outrageous than they had been in the past.