"Boom!!!"

The Three Fierce had just broken the array, and in their moment of weakness, were struck by the sword and saber. A thunderous roar echoed through the skies, with blood splattering across the air.

"Martial Madman?"

"Li Qingming!"

Moluo roared in fury, Blood Breaker gasped in horror, yet Celestial Punishment’s expression remained unchanged. The dark light of the Celestial Demon Immortal Slayer Sword surged, enveloping the two who had been struck, transforming them into a swift beam of light escaping beyond the boundary.

"What a pity!"

Amidst the sea of clouds, observing the sword light soaring skyward, Shen Hex shook his head, then the sword and saber took off together, turning into escape light, fleeing far away.

In such a manner, after an indeterminate time, there was a shift in the heavens and earth as a speck of dust fragmented, leading the Yin Yang Array to collapse with it.

In the realm of the West Sea, torrents flowed back into place, yet what remained was riddled with scars, utterly desolate. Islands in the sea were completely destroyed, water veins shattered, leaving not a hint of spiritual energy or demonic qi, turning it into a true dead zone.

Beams of spirit light descended, transforming into the figures of numerous cultivators, all pale-faced. The Three Heroes and Two Talents, as well as the Seven Taiyuan Cultivators, struggled to stay balanced.

The foundation of the Demon Dao is no trifling matter. Though the cultivators employed the power of Yin and Yang to suppress the rampant West Sea, they paid a heavy price. The Three Heroes and Two Talents were heavily drained, the Seven Taiyuan Cultivators severely injured, and the rest also suffered in various ways.

"Demon!"

Qii Yunming’s face was deathly pale, fresh blood at the corners of his mouth, yet he couldn’t afford to care, his eyes fixed on the sky above.

This battle can be termed a great defeat!

Although the West Sea was destroyed and the Demon Cave no longer existed, the Three Fierce, with the Demon Dao Crystal and Absolute Swords, managed to escape unharmed.

If the Three Fierce reach beyond the boundary and collude with Mo Yunzi, and if the Demon Heaven Array combines with the Three Fierce Swords, to what extent will the Demon Tribulation Power escalate?

More importantly, this great defeat signifies a loss in momentum and an incomplete Celestial Destiny.

As this wanes and that waxes, can the Three Heroes and Two Talents still overcome the Demon Heaven Tribulation?

Qii Yunming did not know.

Since the Demon Heaven formed a tribulation, though there have been many variables in the matter of Celestial Destiny, overall it has been smooth without major setbacks.

The unexpected outcome is that this final battle within the boundary resulted in such a great defeat, adding another layer of obstacles to the matter of the Celestial Destiny Demon Breaker.

Is it a change in the will of Heaven?

Or...

Inland, Central Plains, Taiyi Daoist Palace.

A saber and a sword quietly descended, returned to the palace, merging back into the true body.

Shen Hex opened his eyes, his spiritual sense gazing within. Inside the Qi Sea, his Nascent Soul embraced the Demon Saber Dao Sword, both heavily scarred, in the process of self-repair.

"Celestial Demon, Sea of Ten Thousand Poisons, Sea of Blood!"

"Immortal Slayer, Absolute Slayer, Immortal Butcher!"

"Is this the sliver of life for the Demon Dao?"

Looking at the severely damaged Demon Saber Dao Sword, Shen Hex also shook his head helplessly.

Three hundred years; he transitioned to become a Law Founder, borrowing illusion for cultivation, nearly three centuries now.

Relying on the Karmic Fire Three Calamities, the Sacrificial Demon-Slaying Power, and the effect of Sword and Saber Polishing through borrowing illusion for cultivation, the Demon Saber Dao Sword finally entered Tier Seven, becoming a Magical Treasure.

This time, Shen Hex ventured in an avatar form, with the Demon Saber Dao Sword intercepting the Three Fierce, yet he still couldn’t hold them, instead causing damage to himself—sword and saber cracked, suffering greatly.

But such is the circumstance.

Though the Demon Saber Dao Sword has entered Tier Seven and become a Magical Treasure, it is but a Tier Seven Magical Treasure.

Each of the Three Fierce Swords exists at an Eight-Class Rank, their offensive power alone comparable to Tier Nine Treasure.

Shen Hex engaged them with full force, granting him only the ability to wound the Moluo Blood Concealment and Sea of Ten Thousand Poisons Swords.

Yet that was the limit; after this strike, the Tier Seven Demon Saber Dao Sword was gravely damaged. Even risking all in furious determination wouldn’t stop the Three Fierce from escaping.

Thus, Shen Hex decisively withdrew, retreating his avatar with the sword and saber.

As for his true body, he did not, and could not engage.

After all, he is still just a Nascent Soul!

Though his Daoist Nascent Soul is peerless, easily bridging realms in battle, confronting those ancient demons like the Three Fierce of the West Sea firsthand would be too risky, compelling him to aid through an avatar.

As for why he remains a Nascent Soul...

The Three Methods Cultivation is excessively difficult, and Shen Hex’s accumulation is insufficient, with Martial Dao in two lifetimes reaching only the Fifth Realm Golden Core, Spirit Control merely at Tier Six Emperor Spirit, and as for the Immortal Dao, he hadn’t even touched it before this life.

Therefore, in regards to cultivating the Three Methods and how to step into the Seventh Realm, Shen Hex has no prior experience or accumulation, only able to arduously explore, painstakingly seeking, resulting in three hundred years passing, yet still being at the Nascent Soul stage.

Fortunately, he possesses the powers of Krypton Life Cultivation Method and Borrowing Illusion for Cultivation, alongside the basic enhancements for cultivation from the Seeker and Law Founder professions. He has nearly cleared the path for the Immortal Martial Spirit and the Seventh Realms of the Three Methods, just shy of a breakthrough to surpass his current realm.

This is also the reason he didn’t go down with the burning jade and stone together, desperately preventing the Three Fierce from breaking the realm.

No need, if they go, they go, Shen Hex doesn’t believe their threat combined with Demon Heaven can be greater than his enhancement from cultivating the Three Methods, entering the Seventh Realm together.

Burning jade and stone together, truly not worth it.

The urgent matter now is not how the Three Fierce or Demon Heaven will act, but breaking through the realm.

Three Methods cultivation, entering the Seventh Realm together!

On the meditation mat, Shen Hex sat cross-legged, both nurturing the Daoist soldiers and meditating for cultivation.

Xingyi Divine Martial Scripture, Five Elements True Spirit Technique, and the Spirit Control Scripture, these are the foundational cultivation methods of his three systems.

Xingyi Divine Martial, Fifth Realm Golden Core, Sixth Realm Heavenly Gang Sha, Seventh Realm Divine Techniques!

The Golden Core needs no further explanation, the Heavenly Gang Sha refines the body and dan by the Power of Heaven and Earth, finally achieving Unity of Heaven and Man to attain the power of divine techniques, thus reaching the Martial Arts Divine Techniques realm.

Martial Artists in the Divine Techniques realm generate corresponding Martial Arts Divine Techniques according to their cultivation technique and tempered Heavenly Gang Sha, somewhat similar to the Primordial Spirit Dharma Aspect of Immortal Dao cultivators, echoing the principle of Three Thousand Great Paths leading to the same destination.

Shen Hex cultivates the Xingyi Divine Martial Scripture, and generally, his Martial Arts Divine Techniques would be among the Xingyi shapes, possibly dragon-serpent, possibly tiger-leopard.

But as he practices Immortal Martial Spirit and cultivates the Three Methods together, he is different from ordinary Xingyi Divine Martial cultivators, so what Martial Arts Divine Techniques he ultimately will achieve is uncertain now.

This is the Seventh Realm of Martial Dao!

As for the Seventh Realm of Immortal Dao, everyone is familiar, it’s the Purple Mansion Primordial Spirit.

Immortal Dao cultivators focus on Qi Refining, all cultivation revolves around "nature’s spiritual energy".

The Divinity Transformation realm is no exception, controlling spiritual energy with the power of the Nascent Soul, opening up the Purple Mansion within the Mud Ball Palace, then raising the Nascent Soul into it, transforming into the Purple Mansion Primordial Spirit, thus reaching the Seventh Realm of Immortal Dao, revered in Divinity Transformation.

And as for the Seventh Realm of Spirit Control... Spirit Control does not have a Seventh Realm!

Shen Hex’s Spirit Control cultivation method mainly comes from the Spirit Control Realm.

In the Spirit Control Realm, a Spirit Control Master can only reach the Tier Six Emperor Spirit Realm at best; to become a Tier Seven Celestial Destiny Spirit Master, one must possess the Power of Destiny.

However, the Power of Destiny is an external force granted by the Celestial Dao, difficult to integrate into one’s cultivation, and very challenging to merge into one’s cultivation.

Therefore, Shen Hex’s Spirit Control Scripture currently only reaches Tier Six and has not yet advanced to a Seventh Realm.

However, fortunately, after returning to the real world, he gathered some spiritual cultivation Dharma Gates and incorporated them into the Spirit Control Scripture, so he barely understands the Seventh Realm of Spirit Control in spiritual cultivation.

Spirit Control Technique, spiritual cultivation, the Seventh Realm should be Out-of-Body!

After reaching this realm, the divine soul can leave the flesh, walk out of the body, having some similarities with the Nascent Soul of Immortal Dao.

Three Thousand Great Paths, Different Routes to the Same Destination.

Shen Hex took this as his philosophy and rigorously cultivated for nearly three hundred years, finally discovering the path of cultivating the Three Methods, entering the Seventh Realm together, and the next step is to attempt the practice.

Thus, who knows how long...

Shen Hex sat silently with eyes closed, within the Dantian Qi Sea, a Nascent Soul as the same appearance, embracing a Demon Saber Dao Sword, began the final transformation.

The spirit light gleaming, purple aura soaring, with True Yuan flowing, the Nascent Soul embracing sword and saber, cultivating Assembling the Three Flowers, Five Qi of the Body, condensing into the Mud Ball Palace, forming the Spirit Platform Purple Mansion.

The Nascent Soul located in the Dantian below the navel, first passing through the chest Dantian, absorbing all Five Qi of the Body, then entering the cranial Mud Ball region, merging with the Triple Crown Blossoms, ultimately opening a section of purple aura in the Mud Ball Palace, forming the appearance of an Immortal Mansion.

Purple aura flourishing, the Nascent Soul entered inside, growing swiftly and transforming, originally looking like a youth, now further expanding from three feet to seven feet, thoroughly becoming the stature of the true self, standing within the Spirit Platform of the Purple Mansion.

As seen, the form integrates Yin and Yang, chi transforms into Five Elements, treads on dragon and tiger, steps on sun and moon, bearing a Demon Saber Dao Sword, surrounded by Earth, Wind, Fire, Water, creating the machination of creation, the power of destruction, opening up the Mud Palace, establishing the Purple Mansion.

"Finally at this juncture!"

Shen Hex opened his eyes, purple aura gleaming within, but then swiftly dissipated, returning completely to tranquility.

And at the same moment...

"Rumble!"

The disaster clouds spread vast, the Great Dark Celestial veiled over above the Daoist Palace, covering within a ten-thousand-mile radius.

"What is this..."

"Heavenly Tribulation phenomena?"

"Who is crossing the tribulation?"

"This direction..."

"Master!?"

"Dao Lord!?"

"Li Qingming?"

"How is that possible!"

Upon seeing this scene, chaos and panic erupted both inside and outside the Daoist Palace.