At first, the Martial Lunatic, incensed by the way Immortal Spiritualists regarded all living beings as insignificant, had risen in rebellion, leading many Martial Artists to overthrow the era of Immortal Path and impart the teachings of Martial Arts to all.
But he hadn't anticipated that after sleeping for countless eons, upon awakening, he would find that there was no difference between the actions of the Martial Artists in this flourishing age of Martial Arts and those of the Qi cultivators of old.
"It seems that the problem was never the practice skill, but the people all along!" A sudden enlightenment dawned in the heart of the Martial Lunatic.
If at the beginning he felt a sparse sense of guilt for reaping the life force of these Martial Artists, now, however, he regretted it, regretted that the life force he had reaped while he slept had been too little, that he had left these Martial Artists with too long a life.
"If they didn't have five hundred years of life, just the lifespan of ordinary people, would they not have turned out this way?" the Martial Lunatic wondered to himself.
Nobody could have imagined that in such a short span of time, the Martial Lunatic would entertain such thoughts. But, without a doubt, no matter what the Martial Lunatic decided to do, it would have to wait for the future.
What he faced now was this Shenxiao True Monarch; since the other party went to such lengths to awaken him, they surely had their own purpose.
The Martial Lunatic ignored the other Martial Artists and looked straight at Pei Xuanjing, "Just state your purpose directly!"
He didn't want to waste time, preparing to deal with these matters and then continue his slumber. After all, his injuries were not yet healed, and he didn't wish to squander time.
"The Way of the Five Immortals of Heaven, Earth, Man, God, and Ghost. I, having walked the Immortal Path, became a Dao-Certifying True Immortal, and yet I have never grasped the true essence of the Path of Human Immortal. Today, I have awakened Your Excellency in order to discuss the path of Martial Arts as a Human Immortal," Pei Xuanjing said with a smile: "Also, I would like Your Excellency to give up continuing to harvest life force from the Martial Artists between Heaven and Earth, and the Martial Arts Qi Luck that you carry on you."
The Martial Lunatic was straightforward, so Pei Xuanjing didn't beat around the bush and laid bare his purpose directly.
"Ha ha, discussing Martial Arts is simple enough, and giving up harvesting their life force is easy too. What you desire, the so-called Martial Arts Qi Luck, is also of no consequence." The Martial Lunatic chuckled, then suddenly sneered, "As long as you have the power to kill me, you can do so."
The Martial Lunatic could disregard all these things, but he shared the same tyrannical nature as Pei Xuanjing. He could give away his possessions, but others may not demand them.
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If the other party wanted them, then it was simple—bring out their power. If capable, they could even take his life, just as the Qi cultivators originally wanted. If they wished for him to die, let them make a move themselves, but if he won, the Immortal Path would cease to exist.
Now, since this Shenxiao True Monarch desired these things, they would have to be taken with power, and if the other party lost, they would have to pay with their life.
"This would indeed be fair!" the Martial Lunatic declared.
Pei Xuanjing nodded, "This is the fairest thing; no discussions of right or wrong, just speaking with power."
In the Dao Contest, there was no right or wrong. Even if the Martial Lunatic didn't realize the importance of his own Martial Arts Qi Luck, eventually, he would understand and become a great enemy to Pei Xuanjing.
It was better to settle everything thoroughly today and leave nothing for the future.
"Are they about to go Hand in Hand?"
"The Realm of a Martial Human Immortal?"
"Martial Arts Qi Luck!"
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The surrounding Martial Artists also looked shocked; they couldn't believe that this Martial True Immortal, who had just awakened from a long slumber, was about to confront this Your Highness, no, the self-proclaimed Shenxiao True Monarch.
Everything happened too abruptly, from the awakening of the Martial Lunatic to Pei Xuanjing announcing his identity, everything was decided almost within a few words, leaving no room for their reaction.
The continuous barrage of information overwhelmed their understanding and comprehension, making them feel as ignorant as a three-year-old child.
Regretfully, they once held supreme status, with everything under their control. But now, with the appearance of a True Immortal, they no longer possessed that privilege.
At least, now, whether for the Martial Lunatic or for Pei Xuanjing, their only opponent was each other, completely disregarding the views of these Martial Artists.
These Martial Artists also knew that seeing the signs of the two about to clash, they dared not linger and quickly fled to the distance, fearing entanglement in the conflict.
"Master, who will win?" The Sun God Master asked, hastening away, urgently inquiring of the God Master.
Today's events were somewhat indigestible, and he, too, was stunned at the prospect of witnessing two True Immortals going Hand in Hand.
As the God Master hastily retreated, his gaze fixated on the location of the two True Immortals. Hearing the Sun God Master's inquiry, he frowned deeply and sneered, "Who will lose or win, I do not know, but whoever loses or wins, it's not good news for me. I would rather they both be destroyed or severely wounded."
The moment a True Immortal appeared, the God Master knew that their lives were no longer in their hands; at least, a True Immortal could easily take their lives if they wished.
This was tough for someone as proud and self-confident as the God Master to accept, but such was reality. So, seeing the two clash, he even more hoped for the outcome where they would both be severely wounded or perish together, as that would best serve his interests.
Otherwise, the victory of any one person would not be good news for them, as the awakened Martial Arts Immortal would surely extract their life force to heal.
And although this mysterious character self-proclaimed as Shenxiao True Monarch seems peaceful, who knows what the other party intends to do and whether they will turn hostile.
"Please enlighten me!"
Pei Xuanjing was unaware of these martial artists' thoughts and wouldn't care about their opinions. He just waited for the martial artists to distance themselves before speaking to the Martial Lunatic.
"Good!"
The Martial Lunatic laughed aloud and made his move without hesitation.
For someone of his strength, his growth journey was all about seizing the initiative, striking first as a show of strength and never intentionally showing modesty.
The Martial Lunatic slowly raised his palm and clenched it into a fist—the will of a True Immortal's martial intent spread across the sky. A terrifying will was released. Even before he made a move, the space felt like it was vibrating and about to collapse under this force.
Boom!
The Martial Lunatic punched out, and although his injuries hadn't healed and he hadn't reached the Complete True Immortal Realm, the power of the Human Immortal in martial arts was inherently terrifying. The horrifying power directly shattered space, falling towards Pei Xuanjing, and for a moment, heaven and earth changed color, mountains and rivers shook.
Countless martial artists were horrified, marveling at the terror of the power of a True Immortal!
The might of a True Immortal was earth-shaking and heaven-moving.
In the face of the Martial Lunatic's attack, even though it was just a small test, it was still extremely terrifying.
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Seeing this, Pei Xuanjing's eyebrows twitched slightly. Then, the Blood Qi around his body erupted. Primordial Qi flowed through his body, his muscles, bones, and skin let out roaring sounds, and his martial intent manifested. He was like a Demonic God, not having made a move yet, but his presence was as vast as the firmament.
In his decades in this world, Pei Xuanjing, apart from cultivating the Earth Immortal Path, had never neglected to polish his physical body. Using the Innate Qi from his birth and the Chaos Qi he later collected from the Chaos Void beyond this world, he had refined his body to be not a whit less than his true form.
Boom!
Pei Xuanjing slapped out with his palm, and even though it was just a simple one, it made space tremble and all the thunder tremble in the sky.
Sounds of thunder, both apparent and hidden, converged from all directions. The sky, which had been clear and sunny, turned overcast in an instant.
The terrifying palm imprint collided with the punch, causing a violent crash, like a Big Sun exploding. The firmament trembled, seas of clouds churned, and Gang wind swept across tens of thousands of miles of sky.
In this exchange, Pei Xuanjing hadn't used any enhancements. It was purely his strength in the martial path that he had forged by integrating various Martial Path Cultivation Systems. Even if he hadn't ascended to the realm of a Human Immortal, he was still not the slightest bit weaker than the Martial Lunatic.
However, this was just a probe. Even though he sensed something off about Pei Xuanjing's strength, as if he wasn't using his full power, he didn't mind, thinking that the other party was also just probing.
The Martial Lunatic sneered and made another move.
He strode for miles with one step. As his body moved, so did his intent, with a terrifying martial intent approaching, spreading for miles like a mountain range pressing down. Even the martial artists who had fled tens of miles away felt suffocated by the pressure.
The sky changed color, and fierce winds suddenly arose on the great earth, with countless rocks and sand dancing in the air.
He opened his clenched fist, transformed it into a saber, and slashed through the air. The piercing saber energy annihilated all in its path. Wherever the saber energy surged, all spirits were subdued. The martial artists watching from afar felt this terrifying saber intent and couldn't help but offer reverent worship, incapable of resisting the saber intent that penetrated their souls. It was a strike they could never hope to achieve in their lifetimes.
This strike could sever gods and devils above and ghosts and spirits below. The saber energy entered the clouds, splitting the fabric of heaven and earth, opening the Chaos Void, which could not recover for a long time.
As a pioneer of the martial path, the Martial Lunatic's martial talent was indescribable, nearly perfect with no flaws. All of his moves and martial studies were self-created. At this moment, he executed them effortlessly, with no signs of unfamiliarity and capable of unleashing their ultimate power.
"Well done!" Pei Xuanjing chuckled lightly, and his two fingers came together to form a sword gesture.
From his sword gesture, a skyful of sword Qi whirled about, the blinding sword Qi as brilliant as the sun, causing countless martial artists to be shocked.
All this sword Qi merged into one, turning into a dazzling sword light. The sword light cut through time and space as if it parted Chaos, divided Yin and Yang. Everything the sword light passed through was annihilated by it, piercing the firmament above and striking the Netherworld below.
The clash of blade light that severed all and the sword light that annihilated everything was unimaginably powerful.
In that instant, heaven and earth lost their color as if everything had vanished; between heaven and earth, only the sword light and blade light existed.
Hum…
At this moment, the heavens and earth were enveloped by the peerlessly sharp sword light and blade light, tearing space apart into countless fragments, creating a spatial storm.
Within this spatial storm, filled with boundless chaos, having no edges, disorienting up, down, left, and right—if left to continue unchecked, while it might not cause significant harm to heaven and earth, it was a grave threat to the myriad creatures within tens of millions of miles around Burial Immortal Valley.
Suppress!
Pei Xuanjing levitated and drew a talisman in the air, then flicked it into the spatial storm, quashing and extinguishing it.
"Womanly kindness, daring to be distracted while clashing with me," Martial Lunatic sneered in disdain, but he didn't immediately take action; instead, he waited for Pei Xuanjing to finish all that he was doing.
Though he acted cold and indifferent, this heaven and earth were still his, and if they were to fight within the spatial storm, he couldn't be sure that he, not yet fully healed, would emerge unscathed.
As the spatial storm dissipated, Martial Lunatic made his move again, reaching into the void. A Martial Artist's Divine Spear fell into his grasp.
Originally just a common Divine Spear, but in the hands of Martial Lunatic, it shone with a glow that seemed capable of piercing through heaven and earth.
"Slay!"
Martial Lunatic's blood qi flared, his martial will infused upon it, and he thrust the spear fiercely!
Boom!
The spear, like a dragon, danced across the sky. In an instant, the myriad spear shadows tore through the heavens, the formidable aura like an ancient True Dragon awakening, ferociously roaring and lunging at Pei Xuanjing with bared fangs and claws.
"Indeed, this is the strength befitting a Human Immortal," Pei Xuanjing said calmly.
This was the most powerful death-dealing technique he had seen among his many opponents in terms of strength—lacking excess fanciness,
As a pioneer of Martial Arts, without a master, learning from the natural world and advancing step by step through slaughter, the opponent's techniques were all self-honed to the extreme, the purest killing moves.
"Unfortunately, I am not weak either," Pei Xuanjing lightly sighed.
He raised his hand and swiped down, a giant hand obscuring the sun as if morphing into the heaven itself, and those five fingers turned into five pillars that seemed to support the sky, the overpowering aura dominating all of heaven and earth.
The next moment, the hand descended, as if heaven itself were toppling down, enveloping Martial Lunatic within it.
A single hand obscured the sky, as if heaven were toppling, the vast and terrifying aura intimidating the eight directions of the universe, filling the cosmos.
Bang!
The Divine Spear broke in two, and the hand that covered the sky also disappeared.
The two of them stood suspended in the void, facing each other across a hundred miles, a distance that was but the blink of an eye.
"Indeed, the Human Immortal of Martial Arts is formidable!" Pei Xuanjing lifted his hand, revealing a deep gash in his originally flawless palm, from which blood seeped out.
It should be known that Pei Xuanjing has honed his physical body for so many years that it could almost be called a Demonic God Physique, yet he was still injured in the collision, reflecting the formidable lethality of the opponent.
However, rather than instilling fear in Pei Xuanjing, his injury only ignited a fiery passion in his eyes. The great strength of the Human Immortal of Martial Arts was undoubtedly even more alluring to him, and with his profound foundation, his strength after ascending to Human Immortal would only grow stronger.
"You are far stronger than I imagined," Martial Lunatic said, looking at Pei Xuanjing with a solemn gaze. As he spoke, the two broken halves of the spear in his hand turned to dust and silently drifted away with the wind.