Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog

The old man of the Jin surname had known all along that Chen Ku was still here, so he had been waiting, and now his persistence proved correct as Chen Ku emerged.

Without hesitation, a ferocious killing intent erupted.

His figure swayed, and as powerful energy radiated from his body, the air surged like tidewater, roaring loudly.

Then, with a swing of his single arm and a tight clench of his five fingers, a fierce punch was suddenly launched from tens of li away towards Chen Ku.

"Not good!"

Seeing the old man of the Jin surname directly attacking their sect master, Master Tian Hai quickly stepped forward, his grand and vigorous Great Wisdom Thought Power poured over his body like a vast ocean. In an instant, his thin, old monk form transformed into a golden body of a Heavenly King from a Buddha statue.

Boom!

The blood qi bursting from his body stirred up a rolling wave of dust, appearing instantly before the punch of the old man of the Jin surname, as he raised his hand to form a fist mark as full as the moon.

"Prajnaparamita Vajra Body? Treasure Moon Seal!"

The old man of the Jin surname let out a cold laugh:

"Can you block it?"

He raised his hand, swinging his arm, and with a punch, the second one was faster than the first punch mark, breaking apart his own fist mark!

Boom!

However, it didn't shatter, but instead dispersed that fist mark into dozens of smaller fist marks.

This was evidently a characteristic of the Tenth Realm Primordial Heaven level.

Upon entering the distant sky realm, one's cultivation is all within the True Yuan, which contains the blood qi and intellectual wisdom of a martial practitioner, enabling it to separate primordial thoughts, bearing intelligence of its own.

"Sect Master, be careful!"

Master Tian Hai roared, seeing this. His Treasure Moon Seal clashed against the dozens of fist marks. The collision erupted into a shocking wave of air, while dust flew everywhere.

But ultimately, one fist mark was missed.

[There is someone named Jin Xun who intends harm towards the master, slaying him can obtain the evil qi of the Tenth Realm]

At this moment,

In Chen Ku's eyes, after the killing intent of the old man of the Jin surname, a rolling gang wind swept towards him.

In the forceful, domineering gang wind, a massive dark golden fist instantly transformed into another True Yuan incarnation of the old man of the Jin surname, raising its hand to strike a punch at Chen Ku.

Immediately, a momentum of warring against the sky and earth, capable of annihilating everything, enveloped everything around Chen Ku.

The air within a few li radius exploded in an instant.

At this moment.

Chen Ku's pupils shrank violently. Only now did he truly witness the terrifying power of a great ability in the Tenth Realm Primordial Heaven realm, capable of splitting off a True Yuan incarnation without the need for a Transformation Diagram.

However…

In that split second.

"It seems… it doesn't have the full cultivation of the main body."

Feeling the momentum in front of him, Chen Ku's mind quickly raced with thoughts. The first thought was to hide back in the Hero King Realm once more.

This, he could do at will; unless someone could confine his mind at the very first moment, otherwise, having refined the object holding down the Hero King Realm, entering it was just a thought away.

Yet immediately after, he conceived a bold idea.

That is, he wanted to see if he could take this strike.

If it were a full force strike of the Tenth Realm by the old man from the Fighting God Palace named Jin Xun, he wouldn't even think about it, but now, it's merely a fraction of the power dispersed out.

That old man certainly thought that despite having killed Hua Qingyun, Chen Ku couldn't possibly withstand a punch where the power was so dispersed.

But Chen Ku wanted to try.

In front of him,

Ahead of him came the True Yuan incarnation of Jin Xun with a punch, thick with golden light, aimed directly at his crown.

Not only did Chen Ku not retreat, but he quickly stepped forward, mobilizing his entire focus of Primordial Magnetic Yin Thunder Gang, imbuing all his power of incarnation into it, and intercepted this punch of the True Yuan incarnation with both fists raised above his head.

From a distance, Jin Xun, who had separated from Master Tian Hai after a clash, witnessed Chen Ku seemingly bracing himself like a reckless youth to take his punch directly.

The first thought was, is this little bastard desperate? Seeking death?

But immediately after…

He saw Chen Ku's body emitting circle after circle of black electric arcs, enveloping his form, and Jin Xun was shocked:

"That is… Tao power?"

At this moment, as he faced the punch imprint of Jin Xun coming down, feeling the active infusion of the Primordial Magnetic Yin Thunder Gang into his body, Chen Ku noticed his whole perspective of the world was different.

The fist descending upon him, what he saw was not merely a fist, but the power within it, akin to that of his Primordial Magnetic Yin Thunder Gang.

It was the reverse side of the world.

The next moment!

Accompanied by the formation of Chen Ku's Primordial Magnetic Yin Thunder Gang into a black aura shield around himself, it was as if his whole body transformed into a humanoid black stone.

Dang!

The punch of that Old Man Jin Xun's True Yuan Incarnation smashed onto Chen Ku's body, producing a sound even more intense than a bronze bell in that instant.

Immediately after, an unbelievable scene unfolded.

The True Yuan Incarnation, formed from a small fist mark, seemed as if it had collided head-on with an immovable ancient stone, being struck by an immense repulsive force, and as if hit by a small mountain, it flew back hundreds of meters, dispersing into Primordial Qi.

"Tao Power! At such a young age, he actually comprehended Yin Yang Tao Power!!"

Jin Xun yelled in shock:

"This is impossible."

"Tao Power?"

Master Tian Hai, witnessing the entire process, was equally astonished and incredulous. Although the fist mark incarnation sent by Jin Xun wasn't a full-force attack, its power was still at the seventh or eighth level of Ninth Realm, yet it was repelled by Chen Ku's peculiar qualifications and form.

He quickly deduced the reason:

"It's the Huntian Overlord Body. The Sect Master managed to cultivate another layer of this Cultivation Body in such a short time; is this the new power it brings?"

Although he had previously witnessed Chen Ku demonstrating the Five Thunders Decision, revealing a hint of ability to manipulate the field of thunder and lightning, he had also discussed insights about the Huntian Overlord Body with Chen Ku.

After all, the Huntian Overlord Body is the Imperial Enlightenment Sect's heritage, and only those who cultivate it truly understand the following Cultivation Technique and Body.

He could only vaguely sense that it seemed to be a martial arts concept of counteracting 'similar sources' with the power of the heavens and earth.

In fact, Master Tian Hai's speculation was entirely correct.

Chen Ku, at this moment, realized he successfully executed the 'Taiyin Heavenly Thunder Formation' from the Taiyin Technique. Like the previous seven layers of Cultivation Body, the eighth layer of the Taiyin Technique contains exclusive moves that only a Taiyin Body can perform.

The Taiyin Heavenly Thunder Formation is one such move.

The Huntian Overlord Body sees Yin and Yang through thunder, naturally possessing the trait to control the magnetic field of thunder, although not yet achieving Yin Yang Great Success.

But with just the Taiyin Body, through the Primordial Magnetic Yin Thunder Gang, it can manipulate the 'Taiyin Magnetic Field' between heaven and earth, thereby exerting the Yin Yang might of 'opposites attract, similars repel.'

The Taiyin Heavenly Thunder Formation, though appearing a simple deflective tactic, involves the might of heaven and earth. The executor must stay fully focused, detect the 'similar source magnetic field' in the attacker's strike, and upon contact, utilize the inducted heavenly magnetic field from their own Cultivation Body to counteract it on the instant of contact.

This technique, even among experts who mastered the eighth layer Taiyin Cultivation Body in the past Imperial Enlightenment Sect, wasn't dared to be used without over a decade of practice.

For if the opportunity is not seized, the opponent's attack would land, and without repulsion, one gets injured.

Yet Chen Ku forcibly harnessed his 'supreme talent,' seemingly garnered the experience of executing it hundreds to thousands of times, capturing the nuance of this move for a deft execution.

He deflected an attack with the force at least at the seventh or eighth level of the Ninth Realm.

The next moment.

Chen Ku reverted to his normal form, appearing somewhat pale, gazing at the dissipated True Yuan Incarnation in the distance, heaved a sigh of relief:

"Power is relative. Although I managed to repel it, it put a huge burden on me. The stronger the expert, the harder it is to rebound their attack; an assault of this caliber, I can probably only manage to deflect once."

But even once is enough.

In critical moments, it is sufficient to save one's life and create more opportunities.

Just like now.

Master Tian Hai watching Chen Ku neutralize an attack from a Tenth Realm master with his own method, was well aware of the situation, he transmitted his voice to Chen Ku:

"You quickly return to Divine Martial Mountain, I will hold him here."

"Master Uncle, this person is from the Fighting God Palace, equipped with Battle Technique, not to be underestimated," Chen Ku quickly transmitted back.

"Rest assured, his level is no higher than this old monk's, once you are safe, the old monk can leave, he can't stop me." Master Tian Hai reassured Chen Ku.

Chen Ku also knew facing such a Tenth Realm master, he was of little use, so he decisively said: "Master Uncle, rest assured, I will head back to Divine Martial Mountain for reinforcements now."

He couldn't believe that Divine Martial Mountain, being an Imperial institution, would let Jianghu forces trample them?

After all, this is Ji Country, where imperial authority reigns supreme, unlike Yuan Country where sects govern.

"Little brat, don't run!" Jin Xun saw Chen Ku fleeing into the distance, furious, wanting to intervene again, but Master Tian Hai who had let Jin Xun strike once at Chen Ku, would not repeat his mistake.

Forming various Buddhist seals, he halted Jin Xun on the spot.

Whosh, whosh!

Chen Ku traversed through Gang Wind in mid-air, headed towards Divine Martial Mountain with full effort, needing less than half a day to return.

However, just as he was on his return to Divine Martial Mountain.

He suddenly felt demonic qi from the front obscuring the sky, as if emanating from the abyss below.

"This area seems to be the Underground Demon Cave I overheard the Six-Eared Macaque mention."

Instinctively, looking down, his eyes slightly narrowed:

"This place resembles the Earth Demon Abyss where I once obtained the 'Power to Turn the Tide of Battle' on the Ancient Battlefield, enshrining the Nine Abyss Demon Saint, sharing seventy to eighty percent similarity. Could it be... the same Demon Temple?"