Chapter 2922 - The Silent Realm
Su Yi sat cross-legged. Despite his grievous wounds, his battered body no longer bled.
“Don’t... don’t tell me you’re planning to break through?” Ling Xuanzi appeared out of nowhere. He could tell that even though Su Yi was badly wounded, he was undergoing a startling metamorphosis.
“Why shouldn’t I?” asked Su Yi.
Ling Xuanzi gazed up into the sky and frowned. “The ancestral grounds are sealed off and separated from the River of Destiny. There’s no way you can invite a Tribulation of Destiny here, so how can you possibly succeed in breaking through?”
Only then did Su Yi understand his concerns. Still, he just smiled. “That’s no problem.”
Ling Xuanzi blinked. “You’re certain?”
Su Yi rose. “What do you think?”
His body erupted like a long-dormant volcano, surging with radiant, dazzling arcs of the light of the Grand Dao.
Light shot into the heavens, shaking everything around him and stirring up the wind and clouds.
Su Yi’s whole body caught ablaze with transparent, ethereal flames of the Grand Dao, illuminating everything on all sides.
Unbelievable Laws of the Grand Dao flickered within the flames, including Reincarnation, Profound Ruin, the Nine Luminaries, and the Divine Hunt.
Different Laws of the Grand Dao produced different strange phenomena, all of them shifting within the translucent flames.
From a distance, Su Yi was like a divine venerate born of flame. Even just standing there casually, his radiant majesty illuminated the sky!
It was a truly shocking scene. Heaven and earth resonated with him, as if he were a ruler of the Grand Dao directing its power!
Ling Xuanzi gasped, his eyes widening. This isn’t a Tribulation of Destiny! He isn’t undergoing tribulation at all, but... just now, he broke through!
Su Yi was like a phoenix reborn amidst the flames. His vital energy was undergoing an earth-shaking transformation!
This unusual scene left Ling Xuanzi unwittingly stunned. He found it hard to believe.
Kaboom!
The power of the Grand Dao fell like rain. Divine flames swept forth like the tides.
Su Yi stood alone amidst it all, silent and still as the world transformed around him, resonating with all Daos.
Within his sea of consciousness, the Sword of the Nine Hells shook, his soul power rising like bamboo shooting up after spring rains, becoming stronger and stronger...
Within his heart, his Heart Soul sat cross-legged, bathed in endless radiance. As he advanced to the next realm, his heart benefited enormously, too.
But it was his cultivation base that underwent the most shocking transformation.
Within his Sea of Chaos, the Epoch Seedling had long since grown into a healthy, upright tree. As Su Yi broke through, it underwent yet another shocking transformation.
The tree trunk was still ninety feet tall, but it was now a ring thicker, and strange, indistinct markings arose on its branches. It was no longer a mere sapling. It was now a true Epoch Tree!
The Epoch Tree’s transformations resonated with Su Yi’s powers of the Grand Dao, nourishing and tempering them to create a self-sustaining, self-perpetuating charm.
Su Yi silently took all of this in, his heart calm. He felt neither joy nor sorrow.
He sought the Dao within himself. From the moment he stepped into Eternity, he’d begun down an unprecedented path.
He had no need to face the Tribulations of Destiny, so destiny naturally could not influence him.
Thus, not even an unsurpassed treasure like the Book of Destiny could influence his fate.
A full day later, Su Yi’s transformation gradually came to a close. He had now stepped fully into the third realm of Eternity: the Silent Realm!
The Silent Realm represented a return to truth amidst silence and stillness. In the Silent Realm, Eternals gleaned insight into the mysteries of non-being.
Reaching this realm was like a return to one’s fundamental nature. Silent Realm cultivators were no longer deceived by false notions. What the heart sensed was “being.” What it rejected was “non-being.”
Thus, this realm was seen as a trial and tempering of the heart. Those who reached this level sought “a heart like the universe” and “resonance with all Daos!”
Simply put, in the Silent Realm, “both action and stillness came straight from the heart.” Eternals’ cultivation and their understanding of the Grand Dao reached a new level.
But Su Yi’s Silent Realm was different from other people’s.
“You broke through, just like that?” Ling Xuanzi had been watching this entire time. Finally, he could no longer hold back.
Su Yi subtly inclined his head. “My path is different from other people’s.”
Ling Xuanzi fell briefly silent, then sighed. “I understand. You’re an anomaly, just like Little Junior Brother.”
Su Yi took a sip of wine, then said, “Shall we continue?”
Over the past seven days, he’d defeated the avatars of twenty-two Fangchun Mountain disciples in a row, but seven had yet to fight.
Su Yi had only just broken through. He naturally wanted to test how strong his Silent Realm cultivation base was!
Ling Xuanzi didn’t waste any time on chatter. He waved his sleeve and brought Su Yi to an old-fashioned Daoist temple.
Practically simultaneously, an overweight man with a prominent mustache emerged. He smiled broadly.
This was Clairvoyant, Fangchun Mountain’s Money God. He’d created a supreme Grand Dao through sheer force of wealth; he was truly an eccentric.
As soon as he saw Su Yi, he chuckled. “Senior Su, I won’t embarrass myself by showing off my paltry skills in front of you. I admit defeat.”
“?” Su Yi blinked in confusion.
Ling Xuanzi snapped, “You haven’t even fought yet, but you’re already admitting defeat? Aren’t you ashamed?”
Clairvoyant said solemnly, “Fourth Senior Brother, you know me. I’ve always been an excellent judge of people, and when I look at Senior Su, my heart palpitates with terror, as if I’m standing on thin ice. I don’t even need to think to know that I’m no match for him. Fighting him would only be inviting my own humiliation.”
Ling Xuanzi was at a loss for words. He promptly led Su Yi away.
Clairvoyant smiled, clasped his fist, and saw them off. Inwardly, he sighed. Fourth Senior Brother, these are Master’s arrangements. Who are you to defy them?
Besides, even if Su Yi is just that sword cultivator’s reincarnation, and even if his cultivation base is lacking, most of us don’t stand a chance if we fight at the same level as him. I’m afraid only Eldest Senior and Little Junior Brother can fight him under these conditions.
The rest of us... have almost no hope!
But Clairvoyant didn’t say any of that out loud for fear of hurting Ling Xuanzi’s pride.
Meanwhile, in the skies over a sea of lava.
“I am the fifth disciple of Fangchun Mountain, Chi Jun. Greetings, Senior Su.” A man with overwhelming momentum and a fierce, powerful aura smiled at Su Yi and clasped his fist in greeting.
His presence was incomparably shocking and full of destructive power. His dense, billowing murderous intent swept forth like a windstorm; there was no hiding it.
Su Yi returned the greeting. “Sorry to disturb you. If possible, I hope you can fight as a Heavenly Monarch.”
Chi Jun raised an eyebrow and glanced at Ling Xuanzi, who seemed to read his mind. He said expressionlessly, “Just do as he says. Our ‘Senior Su’ only just broke through, and he’s now in the Silent Realm.”
He broke through!? Chi Jun couldn’t help but be stunned. He broke through in our ancestral grounds without causing any kind of disturbance. That’s highly unusual to begin with. No, it’s downright unreasonable!
He went on to do as he was told. He adjusted his cultivation to the Heavenly Fate Realm, then charged into battle.
Fifteen minutes later, the battle was over.
During the first half, Chi Jun completely suppressed Su Yi, repeatedly forcing him back, but during the second half, Su Yi gradually gained ground. In the end, he defeated his opponent.
It wasn’t that he’d been feigning weakness or holding back. Rather, Su Yi spent the first half of the battle adjusting to his new cultivation base and increased strength.
By the time the battle was over, Su Yi could control this power as effortlessly as his arms and legs. He had an all-new understanding of his combat strength, too.
Chi Jun was extraordinarily powerful. Even his mere avatar was comparable to the strongest Heavenly Monarchs of the Eternal Heavens Domain.
When Su Yi defeated him, he confirmed that he really could cross two realms of cultivation, defeating Heavenly Monarchs while still in the Silent Realm.
Ordinary Heavenly Monarchs were no longer any match for him!
“Fourth Senior Brother, the next match is yours.” Chi Jun smiled at Ling Xuanzi.
He wasn’t at all upset about his loss. He was, after all, just an avatar. His true body had long since broken the shackles of destiny and proceeded to the All-Wonder Dominion.
That aside, deep within his heart, he didn’t see Su Yi as a junior, but rather, the reincarnation of someone who’d once sat with their master as an equal.
Given the circumstances, so what if he’d lost?
Su Yi looked at Ling Xuanzi. He was curious to see just how strong this braggart really was.
But Ling Xuanzi fell silent.
After a while, he let out a deep sigh. “Let’s not. There’s no longer any need to do battle.”
Su Yi said solemnly, “Let’s try it! It’s just a spar; it doesn’t matter who wins.”
Ling Xuanzi shook his head. “We’d best forget it. Self-awareness is a virtue. If I fight an anomaly like you with Heavenly Fate Realm cultivation, the best possible outcome is mutual defeat with heavy injuries.”
“Is that so?” Su Yi grinned, then took a step forward and attacked.
Boom!
He swung his palm like a sword, striking with tyrannical force. He caught Ling Xuanzi off guard, forcing him backward.
Ling Xuanzi was instantly furious. Su Yi sure doesn’t know how to take a hint.
But before he could say anything, Su Yi attacked once more. Ling Xuanzi had no choice but to fight back.
At first, his heart was still full of pride, so he restricted himself to the Silent Realm to match Su Yi. However, within just a few blinks of an eye, he found himself completely suppressed. He had no choice but to switch to Immeasurable Realm cultivation.
But that didn’t cut it either!
Within moments, he was riddled with wounds.
In the end, he gnashed his teeth and raised his cultivation to the Heavenly Fate Realm. Only then did he gain a bit of an advantage, and soon, he and Su Yi were locked in fierce combat.
Even Su Yi had no choice but to acknowledge that Ling Xuanzi was heaven-defying to the extreme. He was terrifying, almost beyond imagination.
Su Yi was injured repeatedly throughout their battle. He had to fight with everything he had to suppress Ling Xuanzi’s momentum. Only then could he gradually push him into a corner. In the end, he emerged victorious.
After Ling Xuanzi lost, he slumped in dejection and grumbled, “I hate nothing more than anomalies like you!”
Chi Jun couldn’t help but burst into laughter. It’s quite rare to see someone take Fourth Senior Brother down a peg like this!
“Who are you bringing me to see next?” Su Yi asked with a laugh.
Ling Xuanzi didn’t miss a beat. “Second Senior Brother, Zhong Qiu!”
At the mention of Zhong Qiu, a hint of pride rose unbidden to his expression.
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