My Martial Dao Has No Bottlenecks

Shatter the mirror of perfection, and witness the edge of your true self.

Divine Soul Liquid: Refines the Divine Soul and forges its foundation.

Liang Cheng reached out, and the drop of Divine Soul Liquid slowly floated down, merging into his palm.

A strange sensation, both cool and searing, shot up his arm through his meridians and straight into the Sea of Consciousness between his brows.

"HUMMM—!"

Liang Cheng suddenly looked inward at his Sea of Consciousness. It was emitting a faint golden luster, and his Divine Soul felt as if it had been washed clean, but in the blink of an eye, he could see nothing again.

It was as if it had all been a dream.

But his Divine Soul had undergone a baptism. Although he had no memory of the process, it now felt like a bright mirror wiped clean of dust, reflecting the world through his five senses with far greater clarity.

To his pleasant surprise, the Gang Qi Seed also seemed to have been nourished by the Divine Soul Liquid. It spun with greater force, and the quality of his Gang Qi had faintly improved.

Although he didn’t directly break through to a new Realm, his foundation had been polished and was now even more solid.

Broken Wave Technique, Fourth Layer: Beginner Level (1855/10000)

Liang Cheng sheathed his saber and let out a long breath. His eyes shone with a brilliant light.

’I’ve passed this trial.’

He looked up at the corridor ahead. It was still suffused with a golden radiance, stretching deep into the distance with no end in sight.

Without the slightest hesitation, he strode forward.

After walking for just over a hundred feet, the scene ahead changed once more.

The jade walls on both sides of the corridor vanished, replaced by a void of darkness.

All that remained was a narrow stone bridge at his feet, wide enough for only a single person, leading into the depths of the darkness.

Below the stone bridge was a bottomless abyss from which one could faintly hear the sound of wind, like the wailing of ghosts and howling of wolves—a chilling, soul-shaking sound.

The moment Liang Cheng stepped onto the stone bridge, the surface beneath his feet lurched violently!

At the same time, countless chaotic and discordant thoughts surged into his mind like a tidal wave:

"You killed Shi Podang. The Penglai Sect will never let you go..."

"You’re from a humble background. What makes you think you can compete with the chosen geniuses of the Noble Families..."

"The Martial Dao is arduous. Why struggle so bitterly? It would be better to just give up..."

"Your mom is still waiting for you to come home..."

Illusions bloomed as inner demons whispered.

Liang Cheng faltered for a moment. The Sea of Consciousness between his brows suddenly lit up, but he felt nothing, completely unaware of the phenomenon taking place within it!

He felt like he was back on the Heart Inquiry Road at the Main Courtyard, only this time, the distracting thoughts and inner demons were far more powerful.

But Liang Cheng’s journey had forged in him an unwavering conviction in the Martial Dao.

’My Dao is that of the mayfly, ever striving.’

’Mere inner demons dare to disturb my heart?’

His gaze was as clear and sharp as a blade. He began walking again, moving forward with steady steps.

The stone bridge shook violently. From the Abyss below, countless dark, ghostly hands reached out and clawed at him, while a sinister wind howled, sharp enough to scrape the very bones.

Liang Cheng paid it no mind, his pace firm and steady, neither fast nor slow.

Ten zhang, thirty zhang, fifty zhang...

Just as he reached the middle of the stone bridge, two spheres of scarlet light suddenly flared to life in the darkness ahead. A roar filled with tyranny and madness erupted, shaking the stone bridge so hard it trembled!

A monster with three heads and six arms, its body wreathed in black Demonic Qi, leaped out from the darkness and blocked the stone bridge!

Each of its six arms wielded a different weapon—a saber, a sword, an axe, a hammer, a whip, and a hook. As it brandished them, the Demonic Qi billowed, and a foul wind washed over Liang Cheng.

The waves of brutal, murderous, and desperate intent radiating from the monster were ten, even a hundred times stronger than the whispers of the inner demons before, and they frantically battered Liang Cheng’s will.

’To defeat the outer demon, one must also guard the inner heart!’

The monster swung all six of its arms, and its weapons transformed into a storm of destruction that descended directly upon Liang Cheng!

A fierce glint flashed in Liang Cheng’s eyes. Instead of retreating, he advanced!

The Zhenxian Saber rang as it left its sheath, and the power of Wind and Thunder Mountain-Breaking erupted!

The saber strike descended with the weight of a mountain, causing the Demonic Qi to falter for an instant!

The blade fell like a clap of thunder as an azure Saber Aura, wreathed in slivers of silver lightning, fiercely cleaved into the heart of the storm!

"CLANG! CLANG! BOOM—!"

The explosive clash of metal and bursts of energy rang out ceaselessly.

The monster shrieked, its six arms flailing wildly as it tried to erode his mind.

Liang Cheng pushed his Mixed Element Gang Body to its absolute limit. A pale golden, Glazed Light Membrane flowed around him, forcefully resisting the corrosive Demonic Qi, while the long saber in his hand slashed relentlessly, locking him in a desperate struggle with the monster.

Liang Cheng’s Saber Momentum grew increasingly fierce, each strike faster and heavier than the one before.

’With the Mayfly Life Chart, all of creation is a contest. What is there to fear!?’

A flash of saber light flared like a sudden clap of thunder, viciously slashing at the neck of the monster’s left head!

"SCHLICK!"

A head tumbled into the Abyss.

The monster let out a wretched howl, its attacks growing even more frenzied. Liang Cheng surged forward, his saber flashing once more. The intent of Mountain-Breaking suppressed the monster’s movements as the momentum of Wind and Thunder erupted!

"SWISH! SWISH!"

Two more heads flew into the air!

The monster’s enormous body froze before collapsing and dissipating into black smoke.

Liang Cheng leaned on his saber, panting lightly.

Within the Sea of Consciousness between his brows, a golden light swirled, annihilating and purifying all of the invading Demonic Qi. The golden light grew even stronger, though Liang Cheng remained unaware of this change.

He regulated his breath for a moment, then continued forward.

At the end of the bridge, the darkness gradually receded, replaced by a soft, spreading golden light.

He took the final step, feeling the touch of solid, level ground beneath his feet.

Looking around, he found himself in a circular, enclosed space.

The space wasn’t large, no more than a hundred feet across. It was surrounded by walls of the same warm White Jade, but they were completely bare, devoid of any carvings or patterns.

And in the center of the space was not the inheritance dais he had expected, but a tomb.

The tomb was of an ancient, simple design, built from bluish-gray bricks. It looked almost crude, completely out of place in the magnificent and sacred White Jade Secret Realm.

A stone tablet stood before the tomb. The tablet was made of a material that was neither metal nor jade, and it was dull and lusterless.

Inscribed on the tablet was not any script he recognized, but rather strange, twisted, and bizarre Runes that seemed to pulse with a certain rhythm, yet also appeared chaotic and disorderly.

In any case, he couldn’t make heads or tails of it.

’Elder Huang once said that there might be a tombstone deep in the Secret Realm inscribed with strange Runes, and that I would need to make a rubbing of them for him...’