Master of Strange Dao

Chapter 1696 - 457: Tenth Tier, This Is Not My Path

His eyes were firm, without a trace of hesitation. He would burn everything if he must, to support Dazhen under the collapsing sky.Dazhen cannot rely on others; it must rely on itself.

This matter must be handled by ourselves, or else, after today, the national fate of Dazhen will completely collapse and fall from the ranks of the top Divine Dynasties, creating a new second-rate Divine Dynasty within its borders.

You Zhen transformed into a streak of blood-red light, crossing tens of thousands of miles, leaving a clear bloodstain in the sky.

The moment he stepped into Dazhen, the national fate of Dazhen trembled, and You Zhen's eyes were completely shrouded by Divine Light.

"Body Refiners charge forward without hesitation, and there is nothing they cannot withstand.

With an unwavering heart, there's nothing they cannot hold up.

Second brother, younger brother, watch closely.

The world's body cultivation still depends on my orthodox body refining!"

You Zhen took a step forward, and his body suddenly grew larger. After nine steps, he transformed into a giant ten thousand feet tall, bleeding all over, with every drop of blood burning.

Even though his figure was so enormous, he became increasingly emaciated, with his full head of black hair rapidly turning white and continually falling out, transforming into fuel for the blood flame.

He gritted his teeth, with every pore in his body oozing blood; blood and flesh, Qi-Blood, life span, Divine Soul, and willpower—all were burning, and he charged forward with determination, disregarding everything.

Yu Ziqing, still deducing how to help so as to block the fragment as much as possible.

Emperor Zhen, holding up the fragment, burning the power of the Divine Dynasty to buy time for others to erode the fragment.

And other strong figures of Dazhen, all stared in shock at You Zhen, who was walking step by step.

Yu Ziqing could no longer afford to be shocked or to persuade You Zhen.

At this moment, You Zhen was the image of what Yu Ziqing imagined a true peak body cultivator should be.

Moving forward without hesitation, sacrificing one's life, with determination to the extreme.

At this moment, any words of persuasion would only insult the other.

Even knowing that You Zhen was burning everything, Yu Ziqing could not bring himself to say anything.

You Zhen roared, took another step forward, and held the massive fragment falling from the sky, and the burning blood-red flame on his body roared defiantly.

With a loud noise, the fragment continued to fall.

You Zhen's other foot also stepped down, having burnt everything to the extreme.

His colossal figure, though large, was as emaciated as a stick of wood, with nearly all his flesh and blood burned away, and his hair had turned completely white, falling out and turning to fuel.

Just then, there was a dull bang.

Everything around seemed to come to a halt.

Inside Jinlan Mountain, within the consciousness of the Jade Tomb, certain fragments of memory suddenly began to awaken.

A dying man's roar exploded.

"If only death, my path will endure forever."

That blood-crying roar, accompanied by a willpower that pressed forward, never retreating, never compromising, traversed space and exploded directly in You Zhen's mind.

It was that roar that lightly guided You Zhen, whose heart was already absolutely determined and unwavering, not backing down even in the face of death.

In an instant, a blood-colored avenue appeared beneath You Zhen's feet.

That was the Body Cultivation Path.

You Zhen stood on this path at that moment.

The path to the Tenth Tier opened, and he became the first to break through to the tenth tier in the true sense.

He emerged.

You Zhen's gargantuan form suddenly inflated again, soaring all the way up.

The moment his feet touched the ground, the anticipated destruction did not occur, but instead, the earth's energy surged and instantly became one with it.

The earth energy of the entire Dazhen gathered and transformed into the firmest land, aiding You Zhen's strength.

Power rose from the earth as You Zhen braced the falling fragment with his arms.

The blood flames burning in his eyes were nearly extinguished.

He roared in a low voice.

"Supports the heavens."

Standing steadfast on the earth, treading the path of body refinement, his slightly hunched waist slowly straightened, and his bent arms gradually pushed upward.

Like a giant connecting heaven and earth, forcefully supporting the sky.

The thunderous fire Gang Wind wrapped around the falling fragment began to dissipate slowly.

Because You Zhen borrowed power from the earth, forcibly holding it up.

The sky could not collapse.

For thousands of years, the strongest body cultivator of this era, even after two millennia of wanderings, proved upon his return that with the opening of the Tenth Tier path, he still was the strongest body cultivator of his time, bar none.

Yu Ziqing took a deep breath, feeling the Qi-Blood within himself burning.

Standing at such a close distance, he was keenly aware that Qi-Blood was not the most important thing.

Full and perfect Qi-Blood, trained to the extreme and sedimented to the utmost in the flesh, served only as a foundation.

With this foundation, reaching the Ninth Tier Peak was the limit, with a possibility of surpassing it.

But only willpower, the kind that charges forward without retreating half a step, was most crucial.

This was the true key to stepping into the Tenth Tier.

Such willpower was so pure, so firm, that even Yu Ziqing realized that he would likely never reach it in his lifetime.

That was the true extreme of body cultivation.

Without reaching this extreme, he feared he might never truly step into the Tenth Tier in this lifetime of body refining.

Just as he understood, solely regarding the ultimate control of power, he feared he may never reach the level of the village chief.

Unable to achieve this pinnacle, his limit in body refinement was inevitably before the Tenth Tier.

Now, he completely understood one thing.

Body refinement was merely the foundation of his cultivation path, not the true path he must walk.