26: Buddha-nature forges Buddha-soul, eternally residing in the hearts of people.

You reflected on your actions; indeed, you were overcome by the hatred from your previous life. Now that your great revenge was exacted, you weren't particularly happy.

One of the Five Kingdoms was gone—what a momentous event!

Heavenly Demon Ancestor's death was not regrettable!

But the cost was too great.

Afterward, the Great Xuan Dynasty and the Great Western Heaven Dynasty dispatched garrisons to the Heavenly Saint Dynasty, beginning to clean up the aftermath of the incident and re-divide the territory.

The Ancient Barbarian Dynasty wanted a share, but was jointly resisted and refused by Great Xuan and the Great Western Heaven Dynasty.

The Ancient Barbarian Dynasty was furious and dispatched 300,000 troops to the border. The two nations combined their forces to a million, and the Ancient Barbarian Dynasty no longer dared to clamor...

You infiltrated the Daozhen Academy, deciding to cultivate your mind and spirit.

The last time you came to the Myriad Laws Dynasty, you didn't manage to get into the Daozhen Academy, only learning fortune-telling and exhaustive divination.

Although it was very helpful for your sword array and Sword Dao, you were still unwilling not to have learned the true secret arts of the Daozhen Academy.

You were deeply impressed by Li Daoyi, the Daozi of the Daozhen Academy; his combat power in the Innate Realm was second only to yours among his peers. In this life, he even earned the title of the world's number one Innate Grandmaster, and you had coveted the Daozhen Academy's heritage for a long time.

It was a pity you died too early in your previous life; you were granted a Daozhen heritage, but unfortunately, you were killed by the Heavenly Demon Ancestor before you could study it.

Heavenly Demon Ancestor's death was not regrettable!

This time, stealing the knowledge would be like reclaiming the reward you deserved in your previous life!

With a clear conscience, you disguised yourself as a Daoist acolyte and began your cultivation in the Daozhen Academy.

You were discovered...

What kind of 'Dao Heart Clarity' is this?!

What, you think you're even more awesome than my Sword Heart Clarity?

You were very confused; you weren't discovered by a Martial Saint of the Daozhen Academy.

You were discovered by the Daozi, Li Daoyi!

He was discovered by a fellow in the peerless Innate Grandmaster Realm.

His reason was: he had Dao Heart Clarity.

He asked himself if he could defeat you, and he lost.

Then he started observing you, and then he confronted you.

It was that simple!

This Daozi is crazy. He's a nobody; why would he question himself and compete with himself?

Li Daoyi replied that he competes with all things, yet he is one with all things!

Every person, even every living being, is a formidable opponent on his martial path, a fellow traveler, a latecomer, a pioneer, a guiding light, a waypoint!

In his world, everything he does and comprehends is his Dao!

He walks with the Dao!

You were astonished!

In your previous life, his exhaustive method, which opened a simple domain to pre-enact the myriad changes in the world, provided great reference and insight for your Way of Limitlessness.

Now, it's even remarkably similar to your Way of Limitlessness.

The difference is that in this life, you chose to transform Limitlessness into the sword!

You debated the Dao with him for a while. As a Martial Saint debating the Dao with an Innate, both of you benefited greatly.

One transformed myriad Daos into the sword!

The other evolved myriad transformations from the Dao!

Li Daoyi's talent was not inferior to yours, but you were stronger than him!

A slight smile played on your lips. A confidant, a fellow Daoist!

This might be the kind of friend who needs no words.

You gifted him a copy of the Limitless Sword Scripture, and Li Daoyi returned the favor with a copy of the Complete Truth Grand Dao Scripture!

You left your name: Limitless, and departed.

You knew that the Martial Saints of the Daozhen Academy had discovered you when you were debating the Dao with Li Daoyi.

But because of your special status as a hidden student, they feared embarrassing you and did not show themselves.

Your vital energy and true essence sublimated once again. The Saint Qi Sea of the Heaven-Human Realm, the vital energy it sublimated and contained, was even purer and more powerful than the energy of heaven and earth.

Heaven-Human Qi, Martial Saint Qi, and Huangting Qi are all names used to refer to Heaven-Human vital energy.

The Heaven-Human Realm and the Innate Realm are separated by the life-and-death barrier, just as heaven and earth are separated by immense power.

The number of Heaven-Humans simultaneously existing in the entire world does not exceed a hundred, which shows their rarity.

As for the Innate Realm, it is estimated that each country definitely has over ten thousand Innates.

The total number of Innate Grandmasters reaches hundreds of thousands, or even millions, which is common during certain prosperous periods.

During the time of the Grand Ancestor of Great Xuan, it is said that the Grand Ancestor of Great Xuan once commanded an army of 30,000 Innates, sweeping all before them!

However, the Xuanwu Continent is vast and rich in resources, and Innates, for the most part, dominate in one place, also possessing formidable combat power.

Re-entering the martial world, you disguised yourself as a peerless sword smith, willing to forge peerless treasured swords for all sword cultivators in the world!

Thus, wherever you went, the world's sword cultivators treated you as an honored guest. You, in turn, learned by analogy and comprehended many sword techniques.

Even in the Great Xuan Dynasty, when the Heavenly Cloud Sword Saint learned of your presence, he entrusted you with forging a Heaven-Human Saint Armament. You feigned difficulty but agreed.

Three months later, the Sword Dao cultivated by the Heavenly Cloud Sword Saint was thoroughly analyzed by you, and your strength greatly increased once more.

Three years later, you were thirty years old. The Great Western Heaven, Thunder Sound Temple, and the Great Bodhisattva Maitreya Saint widely invited all Martial Saints in the world to attend a ceremony. The Thunder Sound Temple intended to break through the Heaven-Human limit and open up the path of martial arts.

He wished to accumulate experience for future generations as a reference!

It turned out that the Great Bodhisattva Maitreya Saint was about to enter nirvana. Previously, all high monks of Buddhism would sit in meditation and transform into golden bodies in the Dharma Courtyard's pagoda after death. Now, with the great tribulation of heaven and earth approaching, the Great Bodhisattva Maitreya Saint, at the moment of his death, wished to exert his last effort for all sentient beings.

You couldn't help but be moved. Such a broad mind, compared to that Heavenly Demon Ancestor, was immeasurably superior.

Respect involuntarily rose in your heart.

You transformed into the white-haired, youthful Limitless Sword Saint, disguising your strength as someone who had just entered the Martial Saint Realm, and went to the gathering.

Martial Saints from all over the world gathered again. A rough estimate put the number at nearly sixty Martial Saints assembled.

Those from the Ancient Barbarian Dynasty also came.

They, who used to fight fiercely with the monks, now shamelessly and fearlessly came.

The Martial Saints of the Daozhen Academy also came, and among them was Li Daoyi.

Li Daoyi had now achieved the Heavenly Human Martial Saint Realm, with the Daoist title: Azure Cloud!

Old Man Cangshan also came. He was your master in your previous life, and you had a good impression of the Cang Mountain lineage.

Xiao Tianhao, on whom you had placed great hopes, had not yet broken through to the Heaven-Human Realm.

But he was close.

Li Daoyi broke through to the Heaven-Human Realm at thirty, becoming the youngest Martial Saint and having great expectations placed upon him.

Xiao Tianhao, now twenty-eight, if he breaks through to the Heaven-Human Realm before thirty, perhaps the title of the youngest Heaven-Human will change hands.

However, you, who broke through to the Heaven-Human Realm at twenty-one, didn't care who was called the youngest Martial Saint.

None of them would break through earlier than you!

With Martial Saints from all walks of life gathered, debates on the Dao were inevitable.

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor's blood-transformed forbidden zone also provided inspiration for many Martial Saints.

Many Martial Gods expressed their views, promoting their own Great Dao.

Some Martial Saints, lacking sufficient strength, debated their own paths to improve their power. Some Martial Saints envisioned what the future path of martial arts would be like...

Some Heaven-Humans believed that by transforming themselves into Dao and refining their vital energy into spirit, the next step was to become a god!

Some said they wanted to become immortals, transforming a region into their domain, truly becoming terrestrial immortals in the world.

Some wanted to become Buddhas, creating the Pure Land of Great Western Heaven...

Some believed it was to become an emperor, a Martial Emperor unifying the world, with martial imperial authority!

No one could convince anyone else, but everyone presented their envisioned future and theories.

Finally, the Maitreya Buddha said that he would transform into faith!

Residing permanently in people's hearts, Buddhist nature forging the Buddhist soul!

Leaping, the world expands, all things are the self-existent Buddha!

He expressed his concerns, fearing that like the Heavenly Demon Ancestor, whose Dao path was not yet open, he might bring great trouble to the world, turning into an uncontrollable forbidden zone.

Therefore, he invited all Martial Saints to both witness the ceremony and serve as an insurance policy.