I Have a Punch That Can Open Heaven

'The Body Integration Realm is where the Dao merges with the body. It is not like the Dao Body Realm, where one senses the Great Dao; rather, one plants the Dao Seed within oneself and gains a divine ability. Only then can one be called a cultivator of the Body Integration Realm. Once the Dao Seed is planted, one may be addressed as True Lord.'

Li Rui's mind echoed with the words Old Master Zhu of Divine Deer Academy had once spoken.

Now.

He had reached that realm as well.

Or rather, he was already very close.

That was right.

True Martial Descent had merged with him.

Before the severed soul Lu Yang was shattered, it had finally completed the integration, then been transferred into the Niwan Palace of his true body.

Only the final heavenly tribulation remained before he would truly enter the Body Integration Realm.

Even so, Li Rui already possessed nearly eighty percent of the combat strength of the Body Integration Realm.

This was fundamentally different from his former severed soul.

The reason all beneath Spirit Severing were considered mortals was that, once body and Dao Seed merged, they could nurture a great divine ability, one that shared the same origin as Immortal Means.

Those divine abilities below the Body Integration Realm were actually all derived from a Dao Seed's great divine ability.

Or rather, they were weakened versions.

This great divine ability was comprehended upon entering the Body Integration Realm. Only after one formed a Dao Fruit and became a Dao Lord would it be considered fully mastered. Once one finally ascended, it would become one's first Immortal Means.

True Martial Descent governed slaughter.

The divine ability it nurtured naturally followed the path of slaughter as well.

It was named "Heaven-Opening."

This great divine ability had