There were far too many manifestations, as though every prodigy in history had sourced their manifestations from this Sacred Body. They surged forth, blotting out the sky!
Some belonged exclusively to the Sacred Body Lineage, while others should have been exclusive to other physiques... Bright Moon Rising Over the Sea, Stars Illuminate the Azure Heavens, Golden Lotus Growing in the Sea of Bitterness, Ten Suns Illuminate the Sky...
In a mere instant, Feng Jiu's eyes were dazzled. Dozens, even hundreds of manifestations erupted together, making him wonder whether they truly were cultivators of the same cultivation system.
More terrifying still, these manifestations resonated with one another. For a fleeting moment, they seemed to become Dao patterns, tangible embodiments of the Great Dao. As they intermingled, they seemed to form a supreme diagram of the Dao!
All Phenomena Are Dao!
Each manifestation was a different Dao. They should have been incompatible, yet here they were reconciled, their "code" unified so they could run together and complement one another!
It was terrifying beyond doubt, as though a great Dao divine embryo had coalesced, reflecting the mysteries of the entire world's laws. Mountains and rivers thundered, as though he were wielding the Great Dao in battle!
At the same time, the young Sacred Body's flesh became the Dao's tangible vessel. Supremely strong and unyielding, it could bear boundless pressure, giving the great Dao divine embryo a solid anchor and magnifying its wonders to the utmost!
No matter how one borrowed external power or wielded the Great Dao in battle, the most important thing remained oneself. This was dictated by the very nature of the secret realm method's cultivation system.
After all, no matter how one wielded the Great Dao, one could never surpass someone who had attained the Dao and united with the Heart of Heaven. That single Dao suppressed all others; the path of borrowing external power had reached its end.
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A Sacred Body was different. Though the road ahead was rugged, its ceiling was higher.
Yet at this moment, a young Sacred Body declared... I want it all!
Rumble!
Blazing light and dazzling manifestations formed a real world, resembling the six paths of reincarnation, yet also the reopening of heaven and earth!
Golden light blazed brilliantly. The young Sacred Body stretched his limbs, the surging golden blood within him boiling. Wisps of immortal essence flowed from it, sublimating his Dao laws until his entire being seemed to become the Dao's physical form.
Under the pressure of that ultimate divine speed, his mind condensed to its utmost. In that instant of blossoming, he stepped into a realm of divine understanding-the domain the world praised as belonging to gods, above the eight prohibitions. It was the divine prohibition!
Once he entered the divine prohibition, every shackle was torn apart. His combat power, every one of his attributes, underwent ultimate sublimation, shattering common sense, crushing every record in history, and setting new ones!
Below the divine prohibition, the eight prohibitions were the heavens themselves. No matter how one honed oneself, fighting across eight minor realms was the limit.
The divine prohibition was different. It... had no limit!
Even if you believed you had unleashed every offensive divine ability and were certain you had reached your limit.
If you could still obtain "Jie" of the Nine Secrets and activate it, you could then multiply your existing combat power tenfold, without answering to any reason whatsoever!
A certain Heavenly Emperor Ye would give that a thumbs-up-when his Sacred Body reached full mastery, this secret had been the key that allowed him to hold out against a master of divine speed until a turning point arrived.
When Nine Secrets: Jie wore off, he was in the greatest danger. It was then that the Carefree Heavenly Venerate battered him until his flesh and bones shattered, ravaging him at will. Any talk of a fully mastered Sacred Body rivaling an Ancient Great Emperor was a joke-unless you promptly brought out Nine Secrets: Jie.
In truth, although the Nine Secrets were renowned, once one truly entered the ultimate Dao domain, a single Secret Technique offered little benefit, with only a few exceptions among the Nine Secrets.
Nine Secrets: Zu? Everyone who attained the Dao had an Emperor Formation. It was standard equipment for sovereigns.
Nine Secret: Bing? An Emperor Weapon was already an extension of a Great Emperor's life. There was little enhancement to speak of.
The Nine Secrets owed most of their fame to their “universal applicability.” There was no need to cultivate the corresponding Heavenly Venerate's scripture; one could use them as soon as one obtained them. Unlike those of other Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors, their strongest Taboo Chapters did not have to be matched to their own scriptures.
Besides, which emperor throughout history had lacked confidence?
-The Nine Great Heavenly Venerates? Their reputations are great, but are they really stronger than me?
-I don't believe it!
-The Nine Secrets are merely overhyped. Give me a turn, and I could create divine abilities and Secret Techniques every bit their equal!
-Nine Secrets: Zu, Nine Secret: Bing... and the rest are nothing special.
-Isn't Nine Secrets: Xing just about speed? Watch me create a divine art of speed too! What? Legend says Nine Secrets: Xing touches upon time at its ultimate limit? Bah! I don't believe it!
-There are legends everywhere. Some say the Nether Emperor attained the Dao as an Emperor Corpse, that the Undying Heavenly Emperor is a true immortal phoenix, that uniting the Nine Secrets opens the way to immortality, that cultivating both Taiyin and Taiyang makes one invincible beneath heaven... Who doesn't know how to boast?
Emperors throughout history were mostly conceited. Every one of them had once been invincible beneath heaven, supreme throughout an era... Who would exalt another's imperial arts?
All were supremely confident, convinced that their own domain was the strongest, that their single Dao could suppress all others.
Who could know who was stronger without fighting?
Until those legends became reality.
But by then, most had to pay for their former conceit with their lives.
"Xing of the Nine Secrets truly defies heaven. For anyone else, even someone with a first-generation sacred physique, this battle would mean certain death..."
With a soft sigh, the young Sacred Body became utterly different. His sacred blood shone brilliantly, as though it carried an inheritance from a supreme powerhouse. Stranger and more terrifying still, fragments of laws slowly emerged within his blood, making the mountains and rivers of all eternity mourn, for they belonged to... the ultimate Dao!
Standing within the divine prohibition, he shattered the shackles of the eight prohibitions. His attributes went utterly berserk, and his dormant reserves transformed completely into combat power!
An unrivaled Sacred Body, a great Dao divine embryo, brilliant sacred blood, ultimate Dao laws... Every one of these reserves sent his combat power soaring through the "prohibitions"!
Each reserve could add at least one "prohibition" of combat power-a perfect enhancement, without any overlap!
Above the eight prohibitions lay the divine prohibition, with nine prohibitions of combat power as its baseline. Yet here... even an ordinary prodigy within the divine prohibition would only meet death!
Even if many of history's emperors and sovereigns fought him at this realm, apart from a scant few, likely not one would survive!
It was difficult to imagine.
If someone like this also mastered a forbidden Secret Technique like Nine Secrets: Jie and activated it, to what utterly insane heights would his combat power soar?
"Unfortunately for you, you met me!"
The young Sacred Body raised his head. "I'll probably never be able to forget this battle for the rest of my life!"
His voice carried a note of wonder. "My friend from the Assassin Heavenly Court, I shall sound the bell of your final curtain in my strongest form. This is the greatest respect I can offer you!"
In the next instant, the aura of the Great Dao covered the sky, vast and endless, brilliant and boundless, spilling over the mountains and rivers of all eternity!
There were too many to count. Who could say how many kinds of forbidden Secret Techniques were shining? Spatial Divine Law, Karmic Art... They were either peerless killing arts that transcended speed or Taboo Chapters that locked precisely onto their target... They slaughtered everything here into nothingness!
Hum!
A ray of light flashed and rippled.
With fluctuations of time, a man retreated. It was Feng Jiu. One of his palms had shattered, and between his brows lay shock, helplessness, and acceptance.
He moved with profound, mysterious steps, dancing with death, lingering between life and oblivion.
"May I know your name?" he asked.
"Wushi!" the Sacred Body answered calmly.