Chapter 293: Who Comprehended the Dao Intent?
Beiluo, White Jade Capital.
Lu sat on the Thousand Blades Chair, the island floating on Origin Lake like a celestial isle.
White robes fluttered; he placed pieces on the spirit pressure board—elegant, unhurried.
Each fall: mystic soul waves diffused, strengthening his spirit.
Game ended; mountains-rivers momentum swept.
Exhaled; beckoned bronze cup, sipped—throat warm, leisurely.
Island quiet; Ning Zhao, Ni Yu etc. in Nine Prisons for breakthroughs.
Even refiner Gongsun Yu left for gates.
To forge higher spirits: need stronger self.
Capital clear.
Island serene—save Little Yinglong's lake splashes.
No distractions; leaned wheelchair, pondered post-White Jade path.
World: "White Jade Era"—like Hundred Schools; led by philosophers then, White Jade now.
Purpose achieved: retire.
Eternal White Jade: world trembles, hinders growth.
Thus: concepts—spirit stones currency, auctions pills/tools, spread methods.
Necessities.
Future: hide—not just mission, even without.
Dao/Sword Pavilions: leave.
Promote, constrain.
Chin hand, blanket knees; sunset squint.
...
First Prison.
Meng Haoran gasped.
Rushed Mass Grave—small battlefield, end to end.
Wounds covered.
Qi near dry; multiple Hao Ran exhaust.
Failed; retreated entrance.
Weak.
Kong: Hao River/Sword annihilate Qi/Body skulls.
"Strength insufficient."
Eyes firm.
Gains: another blue crystal—vital.
Enter Dead Village heal.
Suspect: enough blues—cultivate Rebirth Pool; energy abundant.
Guess.
Gripped blue: village.
Stele: bottom.
Many passed.
Top: Master Kong... 110.
Red.
Master 110; he 101...
Shame!
Exhaled; healed pool, re-challenge.
Stimulated.
Mass Grave: Lu's first mini-boss.
Skeleton Great Leader.
End: red-tinted huge skeleton—2m+, oppressive.
No retreat—blocked.
Secret chance + danger.
Felt.
Today: despair.
Break or die.
No choice—fight.
Spear pointed.
Battle: essence soared.
Key: Hao Ran invincible.
Boom!
Great Leader five storages—strong sans attribute qi.
Spear snapped.
Chest pierced bone blade.
Despair: mouth Hao Ran.
Condensed Hao Spear...
Pfft.
Head pierce.
Explode.
Unlike normals: red crystal.
Snatched; rolled crawl out—skulls mad post-death.
Out: chest pain.
Endured.
Blues: miles to village.
Healed.
Progress: 101 → 105.
Rank up.
Small joy.
First red: vast energy... impulse crush.
Did.
Crack; energy orb.
Shrank eyes: pill bottle.
Swallowed: Qi Core surge, organs temper faster.
"Master's White Jade Qi Gathering Pill?"
Bright.
Operation!
Out village; back—revived leader.
Battle intent; fought.
Elevated,生死 insights.
Two fails.
Third: killed.
Red.
Crush hope: two blues.
Black.
Qi Pills > blues.
Luck.
No re-challenge; forward.
...
Dead Village.
Kong pool sat; blues floated.
Head: brilliant Golden Core.
Rumble!
Rotated; brighter.
"Second turn!"
Inhaled gleam.
Pool + practice excellent.
Great cultivation spot.
Done; stele.
Led: 130.
Nie 125.
Competition surged.
Scanned: Meng 110.
Lips up: "Not bad... Body strong but gates hard—enemies tough."
"Good trial."
Smiled.
"Hope no death."
Smile faded sigh.
Greeted messy villagers; out.
...
Nie pool.
Spine dragon rumble.
Gold flow...
"Third extreme Heavenly Lock..."
Excited.
Thought ordinary like dragon gates—wrong.
Sequence: Wolong Qi Core, dragon Body, Nine Heavenly Lock.
Pressure vast.
First pressure; second, third... ninth?
Smiled.
Young Master saw; sent.
Pool origin—仙 modified, absorbable.
Treasure.
Ten blues: third temper.
Out.
Gloomy sky.
Show true strength.
...
Mo Tianyu no easy; divined bloody, nosebleed—worst.
But "great evil": survived.
Rubbed red; grinned.
Crush: orb.
Buzz...
Attracted.
Orb: mini black stele.
"This..."
Crush.
White Jade: Lu knew extraordinary.
"Mo Tianyu..."
Twitch.
Reds normal: 2-3 blues.
Low: Qi Pills.
Stele slot: dogshit luck.
Setting: rare—1/1000.
Mo third.
Diviner.
Rumble!
Robes hunt.
Wide eyes: sky stele shadow—Wolong center.
Tear-needed!
"Haha... stele slot?"
Understood great evil!
Excited; focused comprehend.
Tear: hundreds stones, millions silver.
Luck millions...
Joy!
First Prison.
Shadow: all sensed.
Looked; blurred— no comprehend.
"This..."
Kong inhaled.
Reds good—his Qi bottle.
"Stele slot too?"
Breath quick.
Nie, Ning recalled Lu—bright.
Young Master true!
First: storm.
...
Wolong out.
Exit: clan practitioner.
Excited shared.
Silent.
Stele slot in secret?!
Heads breath quick; mad sent elites.
Slot: save millions!
Even Qi Pills...
Tantai red.
Ordered Xuanwu challenge.
First news spread.
World boiled; jianghu rushed.
Vs. gates clamor.
Stele quiet.
Three days flash.
Gates lively; entries.
Deaths many—no news.
Silent three: reaction!
Tianxu trembled; opened, turbid exhale.
Thrill joy.
Comprehended!
"Haha! Du Longyang! I first!"
Vast energy.
Stele text.
"Tianxu, fifth: Yin Water Sword Intent."
No clash; third.
Careless rank; smug Du laugh.
You bully centuries; insight lose.
Smug: Du face shift, killing wave.
But...
Du provoked; paused.
Squint stele.
Not just; consolidating Ye looked.
New sequence.
Who?
Empress, Overlord, Liu opened—confused.
All opened?
Whose?
Outside.
Changes noted.
New: crushed all, first!
Noise guessed Empress/Overlord...
Text clear.
Stunned.
Guesses stop; wooden.
Stared.
"Mo Tianyu, fourth-sequence Dao intent..."