Chapter 163: The Ninth Talent, Beyond Reason

Jiang Ming broke through.

His body-refining path stepped into the Eighth Revolution realm.

His aura climbed endlessly, and cells underwent transformation amid the baptism of an invisible order obtained after breaking through the realm, while his vitality surged rapidly.

It took a long time before it finally ceased.

"Fifteen thousand Vajra force!"

Jiang Ming clenched his fist, immediately knowing the extent of his attained power.

A baseline force of three thousand Vajra force, multiplied by a fivefold gene level, made fifteen thousand—there was no mistaking this.

This enhancement directly propelled him to the pinnacle of the Eighth Revolution of body-refining, achieving it all in one step without the need for prolonged, gradual polishing over time.

Beyond that...

Sensing the changes within his own body, Jiang Ming also discovered a terrifying fact.

This realm inherently brought about severed-limb regeneration, causing vitality to skyrocket and recovery capabilities to improve vastly. Coupled with his innate divine ability, 'Nirvana Regeneration,' his restorative power reached an unimaginable degree.

Severed-limb regeneration?

"As long as my head is not destroyed and my heart is not pulverized, any severe injury can be healed instantly!"

This was not an illusion, but information conveyed by his own bodily reality.

The transformation brought by the realm of severed-limb regeneration completely unlocked the potential of Jiang Ming's innate ability, 'Nirvana Regeneration.'

He could even clearly sense that every single cell harbored boundless activity and vitality, resembling miniature suns.

"Even if my head is blown apart and my heart is pulverized, I might not die! Nirvana, regeneration—though it only carries a certain probability, it truly grants me the possibility of rising from the dead. As my strength increases in the future, this innate ability of Nirvana Regeneration will become even more terrifying, making even regeneration from a single drop of blood a possibility."

Even with his composed state of mind, he could not help but feel thrilled.

Jiang Ming condensed his Qi into a weapon, swiping it across his arm and leaving only a white mark. Infusing it with the power of the martial arts domain, the potency of this sword strike soared, finally managing to slice open a cut.

Yet, as the sword Qi passed, not a single drop of blood flowed; the wound had already healed.

"This healing capacity..." Ji Yunning was left speechless. "This sword strike was nearly two inches deep and damaged the bone, yet it healed before blood even had time to flow. Can the restorative power of the Eighth Revolution of body-refining reach this degree? Impossible, absolutely impossible. Furthermore, I saw that the blood cells, muscle cells, and other cells all seemed to possess spirituality, acting like independent entities. The moment the wound appeared, they rapidly deformed, extended, and connected with the other side, causing the wound to recover instantly."

She was truly shocked.

"Incredible!" Luo Qingchen was equally shaken. "Even with my Celestial Spirit Body entering the Eighth Revolution realm, I could not reach this extent. Brother Jiang, have you cultivated an undying body?"

"Where in this world is there an undying body? If something cannot be killed, it is merely because the attacking force is not strong enough." Jiang Ming smiled and began to check the system notifications.

His cultivation had broken through, and his innate ability had descended.

It was just that now he needed to accept it for it to truly integrate into himself.

"Indestructible Heart Light?"

Jiang Ming frowned, somewhat puzzled.

This was the innate ability brought by the eighth realm. Without much hesitation, he accepted it directly. In an instant, he felt a speck of light bloom within his mind. The light was small as a bean, yet it illuminated the sea of the mind, penetrated the soul, and cast its radiance across his entire physical body.

He shivered violently, as though his entire being had been sublimated.

The slightest bodily discomfort, and even negative emotions, vanished into thin air at this moment, leaving him incomparably lucid.

From top to bottom, from inside to outside, his body and mind were like glazed crystal—flawless and immaculate, accompanied by a sense of carrying the light within himself and never falling into darkness.

That bean-sized speck of light also rapidly expanded, spreading outward at high speed: one meter, ten meters, a hundred meters, a thousand meters, ten thousand meters.

It radiated directly across a distance of ten thousand meters.

No, it should be said that everything within ten thousand meters appeared within his sea of the mind, down to the finest detail and with absolute clarity.

Even Ji Yunning and Luo Qingchen were reflected within his sea of the mind. The two of them seemed to sense something, glancing to the left and right with slight frowns, yet discovering nothing.

Simultaneously, streams of information regarding the innate ability flooded into his mind, granting Jiang Ming a profound comprehension.

[Indestructible Heart Light]: Harbor light within the heart, never descend into darkness; as long as the heart light remains undying, one shall never wither. This is the supreme innate ability of the path of the mind. Ignite the light of the mind, open the sea of the mind, and reflect all things within the heart's domain. In your eyes, there shall be no more secrets in this world. You also possess the key to open the mind realm; a pair of mind eyes capable of seeing through both the material realm and the mind realm. Master mind power, possess abilities beyond the ordinary, and travel freely between the two realms.

"Mind, mind power, mind realm!"

Jiang Ming was extremely surprised.

He had some understanding of the mind and mind power, having witnessed Ran Xin's methods; her abilities were clearly the application of the power of the mind.

As for the mind realm?

This was the first time he had ever heard of it.

"Does this not mean that the mind and the soul are fundamentally different?"

Jiang Ming's heart trembled.

His gaze condensed, and as mind power surged, he beheld a world distinct from reality—or rather, distinct from the material world.

It was hazy and somewhat illusory.

Yet it could be genuinely seen.

It overlapped entirely with the real world, yet could be distinguished with absolute clarity, appearing immensely bizarre.

"What kind of existence is the mind realm, after all?"

Jiang Ming remained puzzled, but suppressed the thought.

Now that he possessed the Indestructible Heart Light, sooner or later he would thoroughly lift the veil of the mind realm and even integrate into it.

A thought stirred within him as he checked the innate ability task, causing his scalp to tingle.

Task: Use seventh-tier divine Dao soul power to kill an eighth-realm powerhouse in seconds within three years.

With his current soul power, heavily injuring a seventh-tier powerhouse was not difficult, but killing one in seconds was far too difficult.

Whether martial artists or alien races, once they reached the eighth realm, their willpower was terrifyingly strong; killing one in seconds was harder than ascending to heaven. The crucial point was that it had to be done using divine Dao soul power, which ruled out telekinetic methods—meaning he could not learn telekinetic techniques from Luo Feng.

"Is this because my soul-power attacks are too weak?"

Jiang Ming shook his head helplessly.

Both body-refining and martial arts allowed him to easily crush eighth-realm powerhouses using seventh-tier strength, whereas soul power—which ought to have possessed the strongest offensive capability and even matched an ultimate innate ability—performed the worst.

"Within three years..."

Jiang Ming felt a sense of urgency.

This was a restriction, but even more so, a spur to action.

"Classmate Ji, Classmate Luo, I am off to crush the strongest entity of the Dawu Territory." With those words, Jiang Ming teleported away, arriving ten thousand meters outside the battlefield high above the nine heavens.

The fierce clash ahead distorted the void amidst the shockwaves of power, making it entirely impossible for him to teleport close to the center.

An old man and a dark tortoise were jointly besieging a ferocious-looking figure covered entirely in bone spurs.

"The old man should be Xiao Sanxiao, who has lived for four thousand years!"

Jiang Ming guessed inwardly.

Xiao Sanxiao had attained longevity with the aid of the dark tortoise, and his strength was immensely powerful, reaching the ultimate peak of the mortal realm. That dark tortoise was both his fortuitous encounter and his old companion; only by joining forces could the two of them barely hold their ground against the alien powerhouse.

"Compared to the Master, Xiao Sanxiao is still somewhat lacking."

|"That alien should be an Asura powerhouse, also a notch lower than Emperor Guizhang."

Having roughly assessed the situation, Jiang Ming let out a long whistle: "Senior, suppress him for a single instant!"

His voice rolled like a surging tide, and he pushed forward against the violent storm.

His speed was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, he rushed into the center of the battlefield.

"Very well!" Xiao Sanxiao glanced over, sensing briefly before making a judgment.

This was a human youth.

A human?

He would definitely stand on his own side.

"Divinity and Demon Split, Heaven and Earth Great Millstone!"

Xiao Sanxiao's aura suddenly surged by a massive margin. Crossing his palms—one high and one low—he brought them together abruptly. Boundless Dao rhythm transformed into a void phenomenon, manifesting a massive millstone that placed the Asura squarely in the center. Its rapid rotation ground away everything in its path.

It also contained a terrifyingly oppressive force, causing the Asura's form to stall momentarily, giving him the lingering sensation of being unable to move. Furthermore, the grinding force was twisting his physical body.

He had tested this divine ability before, yet he had not thought much of it.

Because it was fundamentally difficult to inflict any substantial harm on the foe.

"Sea of Beihai, transform into a prison! Imprison the heavens, trap the earth!"

The dark tortoise and Xiao Sanxiao cooperated with exquisite tacit understanding. At this moment, it too erupted, conjuring a vast ocean phenomenon out of thin air that coiled around the great millstone and reinforced it. Aside from making the suppression even more terrifying, the grinding force also reached its absolute peak.

One could witness space shattering and the chains of order snapping asunder.

The power exceeded all imagination.

It felt as though the world itself was about to be pierced through.

The Asura's body emitted a creaking sound, as though it were about to be ground to dust. Yet the power within him surged, blood Qi soaring into the heavens as he resisted the grinding force bit by bit.

Though arduous, he held his ground and might even break free before long.

However, Jiang Ming had already slaughtered his way over, forcibly tearing through the oppressive force and bursting into the great millstone. At this moment, the power he unleashed caused the millstone to shudder, on the verge of collapse.

"Inch Fist, twenty-fifth layer!"

"Boundless Force!"

Jiang Ming unleashed his supreme strength.

A twenty-sixfold burst, a tenfold intent of boundlessness, a baseline of three thousand Vajra force, and a fivefold genetic level—even without utilizing Gigantification to enhance his strength, this single punch propelled his power to the level of 3.9 million units of Vajra force.

Had this Asura faced Jiang Ming alone and utilized divine techniques and the like, he might have had a certain chance of blocking this punch without dying, but right now...

Boom...

Jiang Ming blew the opponent's head apart with a single punch, the ultimate force even reducing the soul to nothingness.

"He actually blasted it apart!" Witnessing this scene, Xiao Sanxiao was shocked.

He was well aware of the Asura's terrifying nature; its strength was matchless, and its physical defense was something even he struggled to breach. Yet it was beaten to death with a single punch?

The pupils of the dark tortoise on the other side constricted, revealing a trace of awe.

"Senior, without the suppression of the two of you, how could I have achieved success with a single punch!" Jiang Ming laughed. "I leave the guardianship of the Dawu Territory to you, Senior. I shall head to the Datang Territory to assist the Master in slaying Emperor Guizhang!"

"Emperor Guizhang? That is the strongest among the descendants; if the Master had not held him back, the world would have been in peril long ago!" Xiao Sanxiao said, "I shall accompany you to completely suppress and slay Emperor Guizhang, leaving him no opportunities whatsoever."

"Very well!" Jiang Ming did not refuse. With a movement of his form, he vanished without a trace.

"Teleportation?" Xiao Sanxiao sensed the subtle spatial ripples, uttered a startled exclamation, and could not help but shake his head. "With this speed, how am I supposed to catch up?"

"Old companion!"

"Let's go, head to the Datang, and don't miss out on this peerless battle!"

Slightly fatigued yet extremely excited, Xiao Sanxiao dropped directly onto the dark tortoise's back, channeling his power to merge with it. In an instant, they transformed into a streak of light and departed.

Their speed likewise reached the ultimate extreme.

On a distant mountain peak.

"Is it over just like that?" Luo Qingchen asked in astonishment.

Seeing Jiang Ming head toward the battlefield, she had expected a breathtakingly brilliant battle, yet she never imagined it would end so swiftly.

"It's only natural." Ji Yunning remarked, "Having fought for years, they understood each other well. Suddenly forming a suppression is not difficult for a cooperative man and beast. Brother Jiang joined, seized the opportunity, and easily struck down the foe with supreme power. The crucial point is that Brother Jiang's strength is simply too formidable, surpassing all imagination. Otherwise, no amount of restrictions would have mattered."

"Indeed, Brother Jiang's strength is too terrifying, and this is merely a mortal physique." Luo Qingchen sighed with emotion, then could not help expressing envy. "I possess a Celestial Spirit Body. If I also reach the Eighth Revolution realm and cultivate his Inch Fist, comprehending the Dao of Boundlessness, then..."

"Who in this world could contend with me?"

She revealed a yearning expression.

"Whether it is the Inch Fist or the Dao of Boundlessness, both can be acquired!" Ji Yunning smiled faintly. "You are fully capable of it."

"I believe I am capable of it, but it just doesn't work!" Luo Qingchen pouted.

Shortly after, the two of them hurried toward the Datang.

Many of their classmates were there, and since Jiang Ming had rushed thither, they had no desire to linger behind.

The Datang Territory.

High above the nine heavens, the battle was exceptionally fierce.

"Hand of the Firmament!" Divine light surged across Shi Lei's chest, and with a downward press of his hand, a hundred-zhang-wide palm condensed with boundless heaven and earth power descended from above, swatting Emperor Guizhang into a tumbling retreat.

His current strength had likewise grown to the absolute peak.

"Black Sun Wind Disaster!" On the other side, Fang Qinghan reached out and tossed forward a pitch-black storm, resembling an aggregation of billions of lesser fiends and containing forces of ruin, death, decay, withering, and destruction.

Seeming merely like a storm, it was terrifying in the extreme.

The Master hovered on the other side, watching with quiet detachment; should these two prove unable to cope, he would make his move.

Under the joint assault of the three, Emperor Guizhang was suppressed so thoroughly that he could not even escape.

At that very moment, Jiang Ming appeared not far away.

"Haha, little friend Jiang, you have arrived, and peace shall return to the world." The moment he saw Jiang Ming appear, the Master could not help but smile.

His smile was comforting and deeply joyful.

Jiang Ming cupped his fists in salute.

"Brother Jiang, you've finally come." Shi Lei smiled. "Did you see my power? I refuse to believe you've surpassed me by now!"

"Nor do I believe it!" Fang Qinghan glanced over and chimed in.

With a punch from his left hand and a wave of his right, he unleashed immensely powerful divine abilities.

Any one of them could easily severely injure an ordinary eighth-realm powerhouse.

Presently, he was even more unfathomable.

"Shall I try a solo kill?"

Jiang Ming felt eager to try, his sense of tension entirely gone.

He discovered that under the full joint assault of the three, suppressing Emperor Guizhang should not be difficult.

At that moment, Ye Bai, Chen Bei, Jun Qiye, and others also stepped through the void, hovering around the periphery and completely surrounding Emperor Guizhang in the center.

"A group of ants!" Emperor Guizhang snorted coldly, tinged with disdain. "You actually think you can kill me?"

"You might have had means in the past, but now, do you think you can still survive?" Jiang Ming sneered and said, "Brother Shi, Brother Fang, step aside and let me solo-kill him!"

He genuinely wanted to test just what level his current combat power had reached.

After all, since Emperor Guizhang was already trapped in an encirclement, there was no fear of him escaping.