Chapter 1691: Chapter 140: Ascension Method_3

In the place where he fell, bones and flesh rapidly expanded, transforming into mountains and rivers. From a distance, it looked like mountains bowing, creating an extraordinary spectacle…

“Senior Brother.”

Wang Yi’an hurriedly arrived, gazing at this scene with a sorrowful expression.

The slight ripple in Wang Ba’s eyes also vanished at this moment.

And with it disappeared the progress in the incarnation fusion.

Once again, it had fallen into stagnation.

“Emotion… is the key to merging with the incarnation?”

Detached from the emotional fluctuation of just a moment ago, Wang Ba, with a heart of cold detachment and almost absolute rationality, analyzed the possible reasons based on his own changes a moment ago.

But knowing is not the same as doing.

And doing is not the same as doing well.

At this moment, despite having some insight, he didn’t know how to change his emotions.

But he was not in a hurry.

At this moment, he felt no emotional ripple, and naturally, there was no such thing as panic.

His gaze slightly shifted, sweeping over the “True Martial Sutra” Class VI Breakthrough Skill materialized from Wang Xu’s blood, taking in countless words and diagrams into Wang Ba’s memory.

“The Dao of True Martial, after reaching the Class VI, must completely sever its own connection with the world… If a cultivator is a fish within heaven and earth, then the True Martial must become a lone boat floating outside heaven and earth.”

“Such a realm has already far exceeded the realm that Class V True Martial Cultivators can touch, no wonder he was stuck in this realm for so long.”

Wang Ba thought with an indifferent expression:

“It seems that the period between Class V and Class VI is an extremely critical time for the transformation of a True Martial Cultivator.”

Who among the cultivators does not wish to transcend the constraints of heaven and earth and roam freely within the Realm Sea?

Even the Refining Void Cultivators can only say that by relying on the Ascension Tribulation of the Realm Sea, they hope to leave this realm and move on to another world, which by no means can be called transcendence.

However, True Martial Cultivators are one step ahead of cultivators by far.

In hindsight, from the beginning of cultivation, True Martial Cultivators have relied far less on heaven and earth compared to cultivators.

This is both bad and good.

The bad is, compared to cultivators who can fully utilize spiritual energy to cultivate and refine themselves, True Martial Cultivators, due to needing very few resources, have far less refinement, making their combat strength generally weaker than ordinary cultivators.

But the good is that the cultivation time is shorter, the effect is more apparent, and the dependence on heaven and earth is very low, thus it’s easier to break free from the control of Little Cang World.

This is not just about the need for resources, but an abstraction of transcending Little Cang World from the level of True Spirit.

To put it plainly, once one achieves the status of a Class VI True Martial Cultivator, even at death, the True Spirit does not enter Little Cang World, and the restraints and assistance from its rules are minimal, so much so that no matter which Domain one goes to, the impact is similar to that of Little Cang World.

With nothing to rely on, everything depends on oneself!

This is precisely what cultivators yearn for as ‘Great Freedom’.

From any angle, for Wang Ba, cultivating this ‘True Martial’ Dao is something that is all benefit and no harm.

“Only… the fourth incarnation…”

Wang Ba’s eyes held deep contemplation.

He had thought before about refining a True Martial Incarnation, but as the Dao of True Martial was not yet perfected, it offered him very limited help, so he eventually chose to abandon it.

But now the situation is different, so naturally, the fourth incarnation should also be scheduled.

However, the Fetus Containing Incarnation Technique can only maintain three incarnations, and he had already spawned the Ice Daoist, Yuanci Taoist, and Kong Zen.

Unless he completely merged the Ice Daoist, allowing the Ice Daoist’s Soul to return to the main body, he could not create a suitable True Martial Incarnation.

“True Martial…”

Wang Ba whispered the two words again, immersed in deep thought.

“Father, why didn’t you take action just now?”

“Clearly, with Uncle Fu and the Hui Yunzi Ancestor on our side, if you joined forces with my brother, Han Yanzi would have been dead for sure!”

“But now, now…”

Wang Yi’an’s voice, a mix of grief and anger, suddenly broke the chain of Wang Ba’s thoughts.

Wang Ba slightly lowered his head, seeing the much more mature face of Wang Yi’an, and shook his head calmly without responding, then turned around, his figure gradually disappearing into the dense fog.

Only a distant, indifferent voice echoed from the depths of the fog:

“Every sip and bite, perhaps all have their destiny.”

“The time has not come… You should return too.”

“Return?”

Wang Yi’an was startled, but at this moment, he felt no joy in his heart, only a sense of helpless confusion rising within him.

He was originally coerced by Wang Xu, worried that Wang Xu and the Wanxiang Sect would develop an irreconcilable enmity, so he stayed in the Martial Kingdom, by Wang Xu’s side, exhausting his efforts for the birth and growth of the Martial Kingdom.

However, when his senior brother Wang Xu was finally decapitated by Han Yanzi atop the Evergoat Divine Mountain, and the force keeping him in the Martial Kingdom ceased, at that moment, he was instead plunged into hesitation.

He subconsciously asked:

“Then what about the Martial Kingdom… what?”

“With no brother, Han Yanzi might use them as nourishment for cultivation!”

From within the fog, faintly came his father’s voice:

“… Let it be.”

“Let it be?”

Wang Yi’an repeated the four words in a daze.

In his mind, he involuntarily recalled the bits and pieces of his over twenty years in the Martial Kingdom.

Though the time there was extremely short, it seemed richer than the hundreds of past years he had lived through!

This hesitation transformed within a fleeting moment into a resolute conviction.

He looked towards the fog where the figure was no longer visible.

He said in a low voice:

“Father, I don’t understand your plans!”

“I only know that in life, there are always things one must do willfully!”

Bowing long towards the depth of the fog, his eyes seemed filled with guilt:

“Please tell Father and Mother, and Master, that Yi’an is unfilial, but I must tread my own path!”

As his words fell.

From within his body, a magnificent Blood Energy unexpectedly diverged from the aura of Sword Dao, entirely different from his original true meaning of Sword Dao!

The aura of the True Martial and cultivator intertwined.

In the next moment.

The true meaning of Sword Dao and True Martial Blood Qi, like two entwined dragons clearly defined yet wrapped around each other, soared to the skies!

In this instant, thunderclouds gathered densely, rumbling without stop!

With hair flying, Wang Yi’an’s figure stepped toward the sky, his appearance unruly, his expression radiating confidence!

Braving the thunder with valor!

Within the dense fog.

Wang Ba’s footsteps momentarily paused imperceptibly.

With a subtle tilt of his head, he let out a faint sigh.

Yet he soon regained his composure, advancing toward the depths of the fog.

Behind him, the colossal thunder engulfed the figure of Wang Yi’an…