135: Chapter 135 The Ultimate Path!

Under the siege of three Body Refining Great Grandmasters, Chen Zhiwen completely let go.

He held nothing back, putting his full strength into every sword strike and every punch. He could feel his Hegemonic Sword Intent being honed and tempered under this extreme pressure at an unprecedented speed.

His sword was no longer just a symbol of sharpness and power; it began to contain a Concept of "ignoring everything and severing all things." Every swing of his sword seemed to proclaim his existence to this void, proclaiming his "Dao."

"Hegemonic... what is Hegemonic?"

In a head-on collision with the three phantoms, Chen Zhiwen was sent flying dozens of zhang, a trace of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. Yet he didn't care in the slightest; instead, his eyes flashed with the light of realization.

"Hegemonic is not about being overbearing; it is absolute self-confidence. It is the ability to charge forward even when facing thousands of troops, and the determination to carve out a path to survival even when trapped in a desperate situation!"

At this moment, his mind seemed to merge completely with the black gilded light sword in his hand. The sword was him, and he was the sword. His Sword Intent soared into the sky, pointing straight to his true heart.

The three phantoms attacked again. Their strikes were even more violent and dense, giving Chen Zhiwen no chance to catch his breath.

However, Chen Zhiwen seemed to have entered a mysterious Realm at this moment. In his eyes, there were no attacks from the phantoms, no darkness of the void, only the pure trajectories of the "sword" and that "Hegemonic" intent that pierced through everything.

Time became blurred at this moment.

It felt like a thousand years had passed, yet it also felt like only an instant.

Just as the three phantoms arrived before Chen Zhiwen again and were about to unleash their killing moves, Chen Zhiwen suddenly opened his eyes!

In his eyes, there was no longer golden divine light, but a deep blackness, like the Chaos before the beginning of the Universe, or the nothingness when all things return to silence. Yet, within this blackness, there was an indescribable sharpness and Hegemonic quality, as if it could pierce through everything and sever the ages.

An invisible Aura erupted from within his body, like a giant beast that had slept for ages awakening, or a volcano that had been suppressed for a thousand years erupting!

This Aura was no longer just the limit of a Peak Grandmaster; it had transcended the limit and reached a brand new level!

"This is... my Ultimate Dao!"

Chen Zhiwen slowly stood up. At this moment, his body seemed to merge with this void space, and yet also seemed to transcend it. He felt the surging power within his body; it was an unprecedented sense of control, a power capable of being the Dominator of his own existence.

He had succeeded! He had finally comprehended his own Ultimate Dao—【Hegemonic Destruction】!

At this moment, Chen Zhiwen became a genuine Grandmaster Realm powerhouse!

He slowly drew the black gilded light sword. On the blade, there was no longer a cold, chilling light, but a deep black light flowing across it. This light seemed capable of devouring everything and contained an endless sense of Hegemonic and destructive intent.

He made no unnecessary movements, just a gentle wave.

"Slash!"

A black sword light silently streaked across the void. There was no earth-shattering roar, no ripples tearing through space, only an extreme restraint and an extreme sharpness.

Wherever the sword light passed, the three Body Refining Great Grandmaster Early-stage phantoms seemed to be instantly frozen by an invisible force. From their brows to their crotches, a barely visible black crack appeared on their bodies.

"Bang!" Almost at the same time, the three phantoms exploded, turning into brilliant starlight filling the sky, like a billion fireflies flickering in the void, and then, all of it poured into Chen Zhiwen's body.

The massive and pure energy, carrying traces of ancient and profound Body Refining insights, instantly flooded Chen Zhiwen's limbs and bones.

His Physical Body received unprecedented nourishment and sublimation at this moment.

At the same time, three unfamiliar memories appeared in his mind.

These were three complete sets of Body Refining Divine Ability techniques, the very ones the three phantoms had just unleashed: the 【Void-Splitting Divine Fist】, 【Indestructible Golden Body Shock】, and the 【Mountain-Opening Divine Elbow】!

These were supreme Body Refining Divine Abilities passed down from the Ancient Era or even older periods. Each set would be enough to make Sects fight madly for them, and yet, at this moment, they all belonged to Chen Zhiwen alone.

Chen Zhiwen sat cross-legged in the void space on the seventh floor of the prison suppressing pagoda, beginning to digest the massive energy pouring into his body and carefully comprehending the three newly acquired Body Refining Divine Ability techniques.

With the support of the 【Hegemonic Destruction】 Ultimate Dao and the talent of the Indestructible Dark Clan, these once obscure and difficult-to-understand Divine Abilities became clear and understandable to him, allowing him to draw inferences about other things.

His Body Refining cultivation, nourished by the massive amount of energy and Divine Ability insights, broke through the shackles of the Peak Grandmaster like a flood breaking a dam, unstoppable, and formally stepped into... the Grandmaster Realm!

Furthermore, it was still advancing towards the Great Grandmaster Middle Stage at a steady and rapid pace!

At the same time, in the depths of Qinghua Mountain, various Opportunities were quietly unfolding for the Prodigies of all sides.

The Zetian Sect's head Disciple, Feng Qingyang, during a perilous exploration of a Secret Realm, relied on his persistence and comprehension of the Dao of the sword to successfully expand his Sword Domain to its limit. He also unexpectedly obtained a broken sword left behind by an ancient Sword Immortal, and his cultivation steadily improved to the Mid-stage Master.

The broken sword in his hand, nourished by his Sword Domain, gradually recovered a trace of divinity.

The Great Yu Imperial Dynasty's First Prince, Zheng Chen, in an ancient Formation ruin on Qinghua Mountain, experienced a life-and-death ordeal and finally succeeded in cracking the mystery at the core of the ruin, obtaining the long-lost 【Myriad Phenomenon Heaven Net Formation】 Legacy.

Relying on this Formation, he deduced his Four Symbols Array to a higher Realm, and his Soul Refining cultivation also broke through to the Early-stage Master, greatly increasing his strength.

The North Sea Demon Clan Prodigy, Ao Ming, also found his own Opportunity.

In a deep pool, he swallowed an ancient demon pill containing the pure Dragon Clan Bloodline, causing his own Green Nether Flood Dragon Bloodline to be greatly purified and transformed. His strength advanced by leaps and bounds, already reaching the Mid-stage Master, and even faintly touching the threshold of a Bloodline Divine Ability.

Outside Qinghua Mountain, in a small pavilion on the Peak of a Zetian Sect mountain, the atmosphere remained heavy.

Wang Ming, Gu Qibai, and the Great Grandmasters from various Human Race factions all quietly watched the direction of Qinghua Mountain.

Although Qinghua Mountain was shrouded by a great Formation, making it impossible to see the specific situation inside, the powerful energy fluctuations occasionally emanating from the mountain still caused their hearts to tremble.

"I hope they can all return safely," Gu Qibai said in a low voice. He looked in the direction of Qinghua Mountain, his eyes filled with anticipation.