Chapter 480: The Path to Breaking the Bottleneck

Transforming into a fist, shaking heaven and earth.This is what Li An had come up with these past few days in the ruins!Mastering a hundred things is not as good as mastering one.Li An knew he possessed many bizarre abilities.But he cast them all aside, focusing solely on the art of boxing, a practice he called the Ultimate Dao.In his dreams, he had already imagined his body transforming into a fist.If he truly achieved this, the destructive power would undoubtedly be unrivaled in the universe.The title of the world's greatest lethal force was about to change hands!What he needed to do next was to cultivate martial intent.The method of cultivating martial intent in swordsmanship involves tempering the body with sword intent and repeatedly honing it. Bai Jianxin had extensive experience with this, and Li An had also had private conversations with him.He shared everything he knew.One sword enthusiast, one boxing enthusiast, chatted happily on the Star Platform.Unfortunately, many methods suitable for sword cultivators couldn't be directly applied to Li An, a boxing cultivator.But Bai Jianxin offered Li An a good suggestion. "Your situation is unique. You possess an extremely strong body and terrifying self-healing abilities. Perhaps through the method of reverse training of the mind and body, you can quickly reach the state of martial will."Reverse training of the mind and body is an ancient method specifically designed for cultivating martial will.Because it is too dangerous and requires too many prerequisites, it is now nearly lost.Just as Bai Jianxin said.To cultivate martial will using this method, one must possess extremely terrifying self-healing abilities.The method is also very simple.Let someone shatter your body, then use martial will to cover the shattered parts, and then regenerate.The regenerated flesh and blood will overlap with the martial will covering the wound.When the two overlap, they will merge.Repeat this process.Shatter, cover with martial will, merge.Shatter again, cover with martial will again, merge again.One or two times won't do.It requires repeated training and enduring inhuman pain.Once the physical body and martial spirit are completely integrated, one can enter the realm of martial spirit transformation.Ordinary geniuses, upon first hearing about this method, find it easy.But when they truly begin practicing, they realize just how terrifying it truly is.Limbs are never the key.Regenerating a severed arm isn't difficult.The challenge lies in the internal organs!Bones!Vascular vessels!Heart!These too must be broken down and reassembled!Doing this once is fatal!And then there's the repetition of thousands of times!The most challenging part is that the person striking you cannot be someone close to you.They'll feel bad and hold back.If the heart isn't broken enough, or if any part of the integration falls behind, all your efforts will be lost.Those who help you must strike you with ruthless ruthlessness!Only enemies.To use an enemy's blade to repeatedly temper yourself—isn't that playing with your life? Therefore, this method gradually became a legend, and no one dared to try it!But who was Li An?A martial arts fanatic with extraordinary skill and courage!He was also incredibly shrewd, so he began to formulate a plan.Head to Cross City to set up a competition.Challenge all the seventh-level martial artists in the world!The entrance ticket: ten Dao Stones!Defeat him and you'll receive a Ten Thousand Dao Stone!Emperor Yu Tian had given him three Dao Stones, and now one remains unused.He intended to use this third one to gamble on his martial arts transformation!I believe that once the Ten Thousand Dao Stones are laid out before the world, no one would be unsuccessful.Anyone who can produce ten Dao Stones would surely be a dud!If we fail, we must die!After we've dealt with this relic, we'll get to work.There's no need to talk about physical strength anymore.If we do, we'll probably have a hard time finding someone who can bring him blood.Think about it carefully. Li An is currently in the seventh-level martial artist group, and he might truly be unmatched.Even Zhao Shaolong's presence would be useless.Because his Dao Fruit is only at the first level.Lin Ruyu, the one in the group, was able to reach the first level thanks to a shortcut, a Dao Fruit that her family spent a fortune to buy her.Strength naturally improves, but shortcuts always come with a price.Both Zhao Shaolong and Bai Jianxin are using the most ancient and primitive methods to sharpen their Dao Hearts.Dao Fruits also have different levels of strength.Right now, everyone is still a student, not ready for the life-or-death battles of battle. There's no need to rush to forcefully raise their realms. Laying a solid foundation is the key to ascending to the heavens.Looking across the entire Xiu Sheng Temple,only Li An and Shuangxue possess Dao Fruits at the second level.These two people's Dao Fruits weren't given away for nothing.As for Li An, forget about it. Having reached this point on a path without the guidance of predecessors, it would be surprising if his Dao Fruit wasn't at a high level. Frost Snow is also a supreme practitioner, single-mindedly focused on the art of ice. Due to the torture she endured as a child, Tian Can, no one in her generation understands the laws of ice better than she does.As a Tian Can practitioner, sharing the same origin as the heavens, it's only natural that she has attained the Second Heaven.The rest are all First Heaven practitioners, and there are only a handful of them.Bai Jianxin, Zhao Shaolong, Ren, Lin, Liu Jun, and so on...Among them, Bai Jianxin and Ren are probably closest to the Second Heaven.Bai Jianxin is a pure swordsman, a supreme practitioner.Ren chose to fully embrace Tian Can, trading his life for combat power.As for the opposing group, Li An is unsure.The geniuses of the three realms of gods and demons have also followed the example of the human, demon, and Shura, establishing a unified organization across all three realms under the name of the Divine Pavilion.The name sounds impressive, but few hold much weight.Seven of them were killed by Li An's bombardment some time ago.Aside from the Pluto King and the Ghost Lord, the rest are essentially mere minions. Only one Hades King possesses the Triple Heaven Dao Fruit in this era.However, it seems the Hades King's Triple Heaven wasn't cultivated, but rather a special ability of his race.But these are all legends, their authenticity unknown.Who cares?I'll take my own path, he'll take his own.Anyway, thinking carefully,Ever since Li Ang's realm caught up, he's been completely unrivaled in the Xiu Sheng Temple's martial arts division.But he's too low-key, and Xiu Sheng Temple has never held a tiered tournament again.The reason is quite interesting.Everyone can rank each other's strengths.Use all sorts of haphazard tactics to raise their rankings.But no one-on-one duels!Because if they do, the winner will be decided!I'm afraid many will have their Dao hearts shattered.The great figures of Xiu Sheng Temple don't intend to let the current generation of geniuses face the bitter reality of being surpassed by those who come after them.But in reality, every genius knows the truth. The current ranking of Xiu Sheng Temple's combat power is still like Schrödinger's cat.Until the answer is revealed, nothing is certain.This also serves as a spur, encouraging those geniuses who know the answer to diligently cultivate before it's revealed, striving to change the outcome.So now, during this period of free movement within the Hezong Alliance, competition may seem less intense.But in reality, it's the final sprint.The Xiu Sheng Temple is letting go, abandoning all rules, allowing everyone to showcase their abilities. For these six months, everyone will compete on their own within the treasure trove that is the Hezong Alliance.If they can't catch up, no one will be to blame.This is also why Lin Ruyu stepped onto the altar.She was anxious!Is it not good to take shortcuts?Would it be better to be inferior to others?The opportunity is right before our eyes. Forget about the mess. Get stronger first!