High-Level Martial Era

After quite some time,

Li Yuan finally stopped completely, controlling the invisible forces of heaven and earth, and descended to the ground.

"Controlling the path and proceeding." Li Yuan silently recited in his heart, only when one's skill reaches the Sixth Stage can they borrow the True Intent to fly through the heavens and burrow through the earth.

"Li Yuan."

"Congratulations, you've finally reached the Sixth Stage of True Intent." Lie Feng Semi Divine appeared beside Li Yuan at some point, his face wearing an inscrutable smile, "You've perfectly achieved Unity with heaven and earth, truly entering the path."

Li Yuan could not help but nod.

At the Fifth Stage of Unity of Heaven and Man, the initial step is unity of the spirit with heaven and earth, where the soul merges with heaven and earth to be nourished, followed by gradually drawing upon the powers of heaven and earth.

Gradually merging one's body with heaven and earth.

Why can an extreme expert at the pinnacle of the Fifth Stage run so terrifyingly fast?

It is because their body nearly merges with heaven and earth, with air almost not forming any resistance.

Only when one's comprehension of the mysteries of heaven and earth is profound enough and the realm high enough to undergo a complete transformation to reach the state of True Intent,

That is entering the path!

In a single thought, one's body can fully merge with heaven and earth, becoming a part of the forces of heaven and earth, which allows one to borrow the power of heaven and earth for high-speed flight without any impediment.

Once one reaches this realm, walking in the sky, on the land, or in the ocean almost feels like being on flat ground, hardly any different. Read latest chapters at empire

This is an essential transformation.

"With your current strength, many just-broken-through Flying Heaven Warriors probably aren't as powerful as you," said Lie Feng Semi Divine.

Li Yuan nodded again.

Flying Heaven Warriors, within their Sea of Source Energy, condense an 'Origin Pill,' which grants them an explosive increase in the might of the Origin Power that transforms from the Origin Pill, simultaneously endowing the Martial Artist with the ability to fly... Flying is the greatest advantage that Flying Heaven Warriors have over Prime Warriors.

But those who have condensed True Intent can also fly through the heavens and burrow through the earth, and in some ways are even better at flying than many Flying Heaven Warriors who have not condensed True Intent... for condensing True Intent is essentially about being recognized by heaven and earth and blessed by them.

Like Lude Nef, Yu Jinghe, they were able to defeat or even kill Flying members of the Alien Race with the bodies of Prime Warriors.

Their biggest reliance was True Intent Comprehension.

"Condensing True Intent is but the first step on the path, it is only heaven and earth's True Intent, and you have yet to clearly comprehend the essence of heaven and earth."

"Next, what you need to do is to continue sensing the vibrations of the Earth Vein on this path and keep contemplating and deducing," Lie Feng Semi Divine said, "Until one day, a quantitative change causes a qualitative Transformation, allowing you to integrate your many comprehensions. That will be The Mystery of Law."

"The Mystery of Law, just by understanding a trace of it, you won't need any external force, and just with a thought, you could kill an ordinary Flying Heaven Warrior," Lie Feng Semi Divine looked at Li Yuan, "But stepping into the threshold of Law is extremely difficult, many Demigods cannot achieve it."

"Disciple understands," said Li Yuan.

He had seen this mentioned in many records in the database... typically, when one's skill reaches the Perfection Level of True Intent and they have refined their body and Origin Pill to the utmost, they can hope to step into the Demigod level.

And if one's skill reaches the Seventh Stage of Law? Becoming a Demigod is as easy as lifting your hand.

Like Li Yuan now.

He felt that with his exceedingly high skill level, just by thinking about it, even if his Physical Quality had yet to reach the pinnacle of a Prime Warrior... he could still draw upon the power of heaven and earth, and with five Star Meridians converging to form an Origin Pill, directly become a Flying Heaven Warrior.

Such is the power of high expertise.

Of course, what Li Yuan was pursuing was to awaken the Seven Star Veins or even the Eight Star Veins as a Prime Warrior... striving to condense the most potent Origin Pill swiftly upon breakthrough, to lay the best foundation.

In the short term, Li Yuan would not choose to break through.

"Your natural talent in the Earth Vein is unbelievably high," Lie Feng Semi Divine said, "but it is much inferior in the Wind Vein, are you sure you want to continue cultivating it?"

"Yes," Li Yuan nodded emphatically, having come this far, how could he give up.

"Good," Lie Feng Semi Divine wasn't really trying to dissuade him.

It was just that he simply felt that Li Yuan's attention to the Wind Vein... seemed somewhat a waste of time.

...

Having successfully condensed the True Meaning of Earth, his strength once again surged, and Li Yuan felt exceptionally at ease.

Once again sitting cross-legged on the cliff.

Listening to the tide rise and fall, letting the strong wind blow... the weather on the island was unpredictable.

"Is the weather changing again?" Li Yuan pondered in his heart.

Over the past half-month, Li Yuan had become accustomed to the sudden weather changes on the island in the deep sea.

"Sensing heaven and earth," Li Yuan gently closed his eyes.

Now that he had successfully condensed True Intent, he felt an even clearer sense of the vast heaven and earth.

Those strands of vibrations of heaven and earth also appeared ever more 'beautiful' in his eyes.

Only when one has reached that level, can they appreciate the wonderful beauty of nature.

To pursue the path in the morning and be ready to die in the evening.

The prerequisite is to enter the path.

"Spiritual power grows even faster."

"The more effortlessly I draw upon the Source Power between heaven and earth, the faster my Physical Quality grows, and my Origin Power recovery speed will also increase accordingly," Li Yuan realized.

The transformation of skill represents a higher degree of harmony with heaven and earth.

"The vibrations of the Earth, boundless and expansive."

"Wind, on the other hand, roams freely within the vast heaven and earth." Li Yuan vaguely felt some commonalities between the Mysteries of Earth and the Mysteries of Wind.

At the level of cultivation that Li Yuan had reached,

He increasingly understood that the Mysteries of Earth were not simply about Defense; they also have an unrestrained side... But its core is about encompassing everything, about supporting everything, about extending to the stable vastness of the endless earth.

It is the cornerstone of the endless operation of heaven and earth, and in some sense, it is indeed very rigid, even in attack it is forthright, seeking to crush with absolute power.

But the Mystery of Wind, it too has many aspects, it can be used for attack or Defense, but its core is fluid and elegant.

Earth, Wind.

These two great Laws seem to be completely opposite.

But in Li Yuan's perception, they appeared to have thousands of intertwining connections.