A battle with Rushuang, Martial Extremity Golden Body

In mid-air!

"Please."

"Please."

The two stood facing each other.

Not a single word wasted!

The battle erupted instantly!

Dongfang Yueming made the first move! He took a step forward, his figure seemingly blending into the wind and clouds, appearing silently beside Qin Rushuang!

[Second-Tier Top-Tier Spiritual Technique - Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light]!

He pointed it out!

A jet-black, seemingly all-consuming divine light, carrying a terrifying power to annihilate everything, pierced straight towards Qin Rushuang's vitals!

However, faced with this fatal blow that could instantly kill any Foundation Establishment cultivator, Qin Rushuang neither dodged nor evaded!

She simply let out a delicate shout!

"Third-tier spiritual technique - Ice Skin and Jade Bones!"

"Buzz--!"

In an instant!

A layer of crystal-clear ice armor, as thin as a cicada's wing yet seemingly imbued with the essence of millennia-old icy ice, instantly covered her entire body!

The annihilating divine light, upon striking the ice armor, vanished like a mud ox sinking into the sea, instantly frozen and melted by that extremely cold power of law!

"What?!" Dongfang Yueming was shocked!

Just then, Qin Rushuang's counterattack arrived!

She, too, took a step forward!

But her step was not graceful and agile; instead, it was filled with boundless domineering power and... strength!

Her seemingly slender body suddenly unleashed a terrifying Mighty Strength enough to shake mountains!

She simply threw a punch!

Wherever the force of the punch went, even the Xukong itself distorted violently!

Dongfang Yueming dared not be careless in the slightest and immediately activated another spiritual technique!

[Second-Tier Top-Tier Spiritual Technique - Myriad Phenomena]!

"Boom--!"

Countless incredibly thick rock walls rose from the ground, attempting to withstand that earth-shattering punch!

However, in the face of Qin Rushuang's terrifying fist power, which was enhanced by the Great Dao of "Essence", these barriers were as fragile as paper and were utterly crushed!

"What a powerful physical body!"

Dongfang Yueming was completely at a disadvantage!

He was horrified to discover that the woman before him, in terms of both the strength of her magical power and her control over the rhythm of battle, far surpassed Hua Qianzui of the Pleasure Sect from back then!

More importantly, her physical body had also become incredibly powerful!

[As expected of someone from the Martial Sect!]

In Qin Rushuang's heart, a monstrous storm was also brewing!

[He... he actually managed to withstand my attack, which was at the peak of the Golden Core Perfection stage, while only at the Foundation Establishment stage?!]

[That little monster!]

"Unleash your Divine Ability!" Qin Rushuang shouted, her eyes blazing with even greater fighting spirit! Otherwise, you will lose!

"Good!"

The Dongfang Yueming will no longer be preserved!

[Divine Ability: Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell]!

"Roar--!"

The roar of dragons and the howling of elephants resounded through the heavens!

A terrifying force field, capable of suppressing eternity and destroying everything, suddenly descended!

"Good timing!"

Upon seeing this, Qin Rushuang was not surprised but rather delighted!

She could clearly feel that under the pressure of this "prison-suppressing power," her body actually felt a long-lost... excitement!

"I'll let you witness my Divine Ability!"

[Black-Grade Divine Ability - Ice Phoenix Battle Body]!

"Uh--!"

A high-pitched phoenix cry!

Behind Qin Rushuang, a phantom of an ice crystal phoenix appeared, its wingspan reaching a thousand feet, its entire body forged from ten-thousand-year-old mysterious ice, radiating a terrifying chill capable of freezing one's soul!

The phantom did not leave the body to attack!

Instead, the instant it appeared, it instantly merged into her body!

"Snap! Snap!"

A layer of even more refined, more magnificent, and even more... terrifying ice crystal battle armor instantly covered her entire body!

Her aura, at this moment, rose steadily!

His entire being seemed to transform into an ice and snow war god, wielding extreme cold and power!

"Boom--!"

Two completely different Divine Ability powers collided violently in mid-air!

Dongfang Yueming felt an irresistible, terrifying chill, mixed with a terrifying Mighty Strength capable of shattering mountains, instantly invade his limbs and bones!

Even his incomparably powerful Dao-Grade physical body felt a slight... stinging pain at this moment!

[No... My ' Dragon-Elephant Suppresses Hell ' technique is only at the Minor Accomplishment completion stage! It's no match for her at all!]

He slowly withdrew his Divine Ability.

"I lost."

"You haven't used your full strength yet." Qin Rushuang looked at him, a complex helplessness flashing in her clear, cold eyes. "You still have an even more powerful Divine Ability that you haven't used."

That technique is powerful enough to instantly kill Golden Core Divine Ability!

"That Divine Ability is too violent and not suitable for sparring," Dongfang Yueming said slowly, looking at her.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Qin Rushuang smiled again.

That smile concealed an absolute confidence that could eclipse the very heavens and earth!

"Yeah?"

She looked at Dongfang Yueming, her voice still cold and aloof.

"Then, I'll let you see my... 'trump card'."

Before he could finish speaking...

"Buzz--!"

An indescribable, terrifying aura, seemingly capable of freezing the entire world, slowly rose from her slender, delicate body!

In an instant!

The wind stopped.

The clouds have calmed down.

Even the ceaselessly flowing waterfall was completely frozen at this moment!

Dongfang Yueming felt as if, in an instant, he had fallen from a world of spring warmth and blooming flowers into a silent, eternal ice realm!

He could clearly feel that the spiritual energy within his body was being forced to circulate at an incredibly slow speed under the pressure of this terrifying aura!

Even his incomparably powerful Dao-Grade physical body felt a chill emanating from the depths of his soul!

[What... what kind of power is this?!]

He stared in horror at the woman before him, who seemed to have transformed into an ice goddess, and a tidal wave of emotions surged within him!

This power has long since transcended the realm of "Divine Ability"!

"This," Qin Rushuang looked at his shocked expression, and for the first time, a small... smug feeling arose in her heart.

She spoke slowly, her voice calm yet filled with an undeniable arrogance.

"It's a domain."

"It is Law Domain that only Nascent Soul cultivator can initially grasp."

Although her domain was only in its nascent stage, it was still enough to crush cultivators below the Nascent Soul!

Unless, of course, the opponent possesses Earth Grade or even Heaven Grade Divine Ability!

"What?!"

Dongfang Yueming stared at her, completely stunned!

[The Golden Core realm... they've already begun to condense their domains?!]

Qin Rushuang was satisfied and withdrew her domain.

All things, once again, regained their Vitality.

However, at this moment, Dongfang Yueming's heart, which had been somewhat arrogant, became completely calm.

He knew that he was still far from being a true powerhouse!

[Golden Core...]

[Nascent Soul...]

My journey is still long...

An unprecedented yearning for "strength" surged into my heart once again!

"Now, do we still want to fight?" Qin Rushuang looked at him, a barely perceptible smile flashing in her clear, cold eyes.

"... I'm not playing anymore."

Dongfang Yueming shook his head, then cut to the chase and said, "I need the cultivation method for the Golden Core stage."

Come with me.

Qin Rushuang didn't say anything more. She turned around and slowly walked towards the ancient stone tablet that stood atop the sacred mountain.

"The martial arts techniques of the Martial Sect are never passed on to outsiders."

There is only one way to obtain it.

That is...

"... to comprehend the ' Martial Dao Stele '."

Standing before that seemingly ordinary yet seemingly containing all the profound truths of the universe, Dongfang Yueming felt a strange sense of nostalgia welling up in his heart.

He slowly reached out and gently touched the cold stone tablet.

"Buzz--!"

In an instant!

The winds of change are blowing!

He felt as if his soul had been instantly pulled into a strange space filled with chaos and nothingness by an irresistible, gentle force!

Countless images, like those in a movie, suddenly and uncontrollably surfaced in his mind!

That was a long, long time ago...

So long ago, it felt like another time and space...

He saw himself, severely injured, falling from a Xukong void filled with destruction and turbulence into a desolate and lifeless world.

There, he met a little girl who was rejected by the whole world and was all alone...

He realized that he had acted on impulse and taken the little girl with him.

He taught her to read.

Teach her spiritual practice.

Teach her how to survive in this cruel world.

Finally, he saw that, as he was about to leave that world, he had taken the little girl, who had long since developed a deep dependence on him, to an ancient world called "The Immortal-Abandoned Continent".

He found her a secluded, sacred mountain, a place far removed from the world.

For her, he crafted a stone tablet that contained all his lifelong insights into Martial Dao...

He said to her, "From now on, this will be your home."

"You must establish your own school here and pass on our ' Martial Dao '."

"Then..."

"... Wait for me to come back."

When Dongfang Yueming opened his eyes again, his mind was completely blank.

And in his mind, there was a new supreme cultivation technique, seemingly connected to him by blood...

[The Martial Extremity Golden Body Art!]