441: How to advance to the ninth level of martial arts

Now that Xiao Shi had become a Demigod, opening the passage would be much easier than before.

He even felt that if the speed was too slow, he could use the power of a High God to accelerate the opening of the passage.

Immediately, he returned to his original domain.

Since his time in the Altar this time was not long, and the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao's starlight had been secretly concealing it, no one discovered that his domain had previously disappeared.

And the first thing he did upon returning was to release his domain from within his body, reoccupying this area.

Although Xiao Shi now knew that the person behind everything was the Martial Emperor, he certainly couldn't use the Nine Dragons Divine Sky Formation of the Martial Emperors Royal Robe to protect his domain.

Such protection would be useless in front of the Martial Emperor.

However, the Martial Emperor no longer had a clone, and his main body after rebirth would not easily appear.

Therefore, in the short term, Xiao Shi felt that his domain was still very safe.

Most importantly, to open the passage to The Primordial Martial Era, he had to release his domain from his body.

As Xiao Shi released his domain from his body, everyone within his domain awoke from their slumber.

After Xiao Shi briefly explained what had happened to them, he quickly immersed himself in opening the passage.

It must be said that after he became a Demigod, the speed of opening the passage was much faster than before.

He didn't even need to use the power of a High God.

In an instant, he tore open a gap in the area of his domain belonging to The Primordial Martial Era, successfully opening the passage to The Primordial Martial Era and establishing contact with the Martial Ancestor.

The Martial Ancestor was somewhat surprised that Xiao Shi could open such a passage.

He knew that establishing such a passage was by no means a simple or easy task.

Even the Martial Ancestor himself could not do it.

Subsequently, after Xiao Shi fully informed the Martial Ancestor about the current situation on the Tianwu Continent, the Martial Ancestor also expressed admiration for the Martial Emperor's attempt to reach Martial God through rebirth.

Although the Martial Ancestor was the first Martial Dao Ninth Realm in the Tianwu World, due to the early era he lived in, he was relatively lacking in many abilities.

Just like this ability of rebirth, it had never existed in the Martial Ancestor's The Primordial Martial Era.

Otherwise, if the Martial Ancestor had adopted this method, he might have already become a Martial God.

This also made the Martial Ancestor exclaim, 'The younger generation is formidable!'

Even though he was the first Martial Dao Ninth Realm of the Tianwu World, to a large extent, he was inferior to these later Martial Dao Ninth Realm cultivators.

He now stated that the Martial Emperor had surpassed him in many aspects and that with this method of rebirth, the Martial Emperor indeed had a great chance of achieving Martial God!

"This rebirth..."

"Not only will he have more experience and better ways to deal with the calamity of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, but he will also have ample time to prepare."

"Gathering the five rules of heaven and earth is probably just his first step in dealing with the calamity."

"However, this step is also the most crucial one."

"If he breaks through to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm with the five rules of heaven and earth, he will have already succeeded halfway."

"So, no matter what, you cannot let him gather the five rules of heaven and earth."

Xiao Shi nodded.

Currently, he already possessed one of the five rules of heaven and earth on the Tianwu Continent, so the Martial Emperor would certainly not let him off easily.

"Actually, I want to know, how can one break through from Demigod to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm?" Xiao Shi asked.

In fact, besides obtaining relevant information from the Martial Ancestor, he could also learn through the records of the upper three realms of martial dao.

He could even gain a more comprehensive understanding through the records of the upper three realms of martial dao.

However, to understand the Martial Dao Ninth Realm through the records of the upper three realms of martial dao, one needed to sacrifice a Demigod-level item.

Given the scarcity and preciousness of Demigod-level items, Xiao Shi currently had no spare Demigod-level items to sacrifice.

He could only learn from the Martial Ancestor.

In response, the Martial Ancestor said in a deep voice, "I once told you that the key to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm mainly lies in the Origin!"

"The so-called Origin... you can simply understand it as the control of a world."

"A Martial Dao Ninth Realm with an Origin is equivalent to the master of a world!"

Xiao Shi nodded.

What a Demigod possessed was merely a single rule within a world.

However, the Origin of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm was the control over the entire world!

This was why Xiao Shi had felt as if he was facing the entire world when he confronted the Martial Ancestor, a supreme expert of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

In a sense, confronting a Martial Dao Ninth Realm was basically equivalent to confronting the entire world!

Therefore, once the Martial Emperor became a Martial Dao Ninth Realm, even if many Demigods joined forces, they would not be his match.

"To break through from Demigod to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, one needs to transform one's own rule into an Origin."

"But this is different from 'Dao' transforming into a rule."

"There is no specific method for a rule to advance to an Origin," the Martial Ancestor sighed.

"No specific method?" Xiao Shi was somewhat surprised.

"Indeed," the Martial Ancestor continued.

"The transformation of Dao into a rule requires the recognition of heaven and earth, but the advancement of a rule to an Origin does not require the recognition of heaven and earth, because upon becoming an Origin, one is already a part of heaven and earth."

"In my opinion, to advance from a rule to an Origin, one mainly needs to find a method suitable for oneself."

"Although I don't know much about the Martial Dao Ninth Realm cultivators of later eras, I believe they all transformed their own rules into Origins in various different ways."

"For example, the way I broke through from Demigod to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm was by gaining the recognition of all living beings."

"Everyone in the entire The Primordial Martial Era recognized me, which allowed my rule to transform into an Origin."

Xiao Shi suddenly understood.

This was somewhat beyond his expectations.

"Then, if I also use your method, Martial Ancestor, can I also advance to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm?" Xiao Shi asked.

"Of course," the Martial Ancestor nodded.

"However, the prerequisite is that you must be suitable for this method."

"If you are not suitable, even if you forcefully use this method to advance to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, it will not be successful."

Xiao Shi agreed deeply.

He knew that the Martial Ancestor's method of advancement was not suitable for him.

After all, he did not follow the path of gaining prominent prestige on the Tianwu Continent.

He was the opposite of that path, always hiding behind the scenes.

If it weren't for his domain being too conspicuous on the Tianwu Continent, he wouldn't even appear in the public eye.

Even so, for the "common people" of the Tianwu Continent, they only knew that there was a mysterious master in the Fifth Domain.

However, their understanding of this master was extremely limited.

In such circumstances, it was naturally impossible for them to recognize Xiao Shi.

To gain the recognition of all living beings, one must have a formidable reputation in an era, possessing one awe-inspiring feat after another, revered by all and watched by the world.

Xiao Shi's style of hiding behind the scenes, not showing off, would certainly not gain the recognition of all living beings.

At most, he could only gain the recognition of the people within his own domain.

Therefore, using this method to advance to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm was clearly unfeasible.

Fortunately, there was more than one way to advance to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

The recognition of all living beings was just a method more suitable for the Martial Ancestor.

"In other words... to advance to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, I need to find a method suitable for myself..." Xiao Shi fell into deep thought.

The first thing he thought of was to advance to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm through slaughter.

This was undoubtedly the most suitable method for him.

However, even if he knew this method was suitable for him, how to carry it out specifically was a challenge.

After all, his slaughter had never ceased.

He had just killed the Martial Emperor's clone.

Yet, even though he personally slew this Demigod, his Slaughter Rule showed no signs of transforming into Slaughter Origin.

There were no abnormal changes whatsoever.

This left Xiao Shi very perplexed and puzzled.

Regarding this, the Martial Ancestor also stated that he could not answer Xiao Shi's confusion.

Although the Martial Dao Ninth Realm was not the ultimate end of martial dao, it was still the highest cultivation level that had ever appeared on the Tianwu Continent.

It basically belonged to the pinnacle of the pyramid.

In any era, many Demigods spent their entire lives unable to break through the Demigod realm.

This was because they couldn't find a reasonable breakthrough method.

Even for someone like Xiao Shi, who already knew that the key to breakthrough was to find a method suitable for himself, how to proceed specifically required a lot of effort and time to research.

And what Xiao Shi currently lacked most was time!

Although he didn't know when the Martial Emperor would act, he was certain that the Martial Emperor's action would not be too far off.

After all, the Martial Emperor had already accelerated his plan due to his apprehension about Xiao Shi's growth speed.

At this point, it was even more impossible for him to give Xiao Shi too much time to advance to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

From the Martial Emperor's perspective, the sooner he acted, the more advantageous it would be.

As long as he could keep Xiao Shi at the Demigod realm, Xiao Shi would not be able to threaten him.

The Martial Ancestor was also helpless in this regard.

He sighed, "The reason why it is difficult for a Demigod to advance to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm is because one not only needs to find a method suitable for oneself but also needs to develop the specific steps."

"This not only requires sufficient talent, aptitude, and comprehension but also involves a certain element of luck."

"All aspects are indispensable!"

"And I only know the method of advancing to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm through the recognition of all living beings; as for other methods, you can only research them yourself."

Xiao Shi nodded.

He knew that even Martial Dao Ninth Realm cultivators like the Martial Ancestor usually only knew one method of advancing to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

This method was the one they had researched throughout their entire lives.

It was impossible for them to have more energy and time to research other methods.

Only one person was an exception: the Martial Emperor!

It was obvious that advancing to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm with five rules of heaven and earth was the Martial Emperor's second method of advancement after his rebirth.

And a Martial Dao Ninth Realm cultivated through this method would greatly surpass ordinary Martial Dao Ninth Realm cultivators in terms of strength.

They would even have the hope of surviving the calamity!

However, even if Xiao Shi knew this information, he couldn't imitate it.

Firstly, he couldn't get all five rules of heaven and earth.

Secondly, even if he miraculously gathered the five rules of heaven and earth, he wouldn't know the specific steps to advance to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm through these five rules.

Thirdly, this method might not even be suitable for him.

Xiao Shi felt that what was most suitable for him currently was still slaughter.

He just needed to figure out how to transform his rule into an Origin through slaughter.

"Could it be that the number of Demigods I've killed isn't enough?" Xiao Shi fell into deep thought.

He pondered that transforming a rule into an Origin through slaughter shouldn't require overly cumbersome or complex steps.

The most crucial point was to continuously slaughter.

If there was no reaction after his kills, it could only mean that the number of his kills was insufficient.

But if he needed to kill more Demigods to transform the Slaughter Rule into an Origin, this would also be very tricky for Xiao Shi.

Currently, among the Demigods on the Tianwu Continent, excluding the Martial Emperor, only Demigod Xing Kui and Demigod Mu Wen remained.

In fact, Xiao Shi had also considered not joining forces with these two Demigods, but instead choosing to kill them!

Thereby plundering their rules of heaven and earth.

After all, according to his initial plan, he intended to transform all three of his Daos into rules of heaven and earth.

If he could eliminate these two Demigod Heavenly Kings and seize their rules of heaven and earth, Xiao Shi would directly possess three rules of heaven and earth!

At that time, his combat power would be even stronger than it was now!

However, after careful consideration, Xiao Shi felt that this method was not very feasible.

Firstly, Demigod Xing Kui and Demigod Mu Wen were currently staying in their respective great domains and not coming out.

If he wanted to kill them, he would have to enter their great domains.

Although Xiao Shi was very confident in his own strength, even within their great domains, he was confident enough to eliminate them.

But this would definitely be a tough battle, by no means easy.

And what he was worried about was that once he made a move against Demigod Xing Kui and Demigod Mu Wen, the Martial Emperor would certainly not stand idly by.

Unless Xiao Shi could eliminate these two Demigod Heavenly Kings in a very short amount of time, giving the Martial Emperor no time to react.

Otherwise, the Martial Emperor would not allow him to kill these two Demigod Heavenly Kings.

However, even if he now had the confidence to kill these two Demigod Heavenly Kings, he couldn't kill them in a very short amount of time.

At the same time, the Martial Emperor would certainly be constantly monitoring the movements of these two Demigod Heavenly Kings.

Once he made a move, the Martial Emperor would notice it immediately.

At that time, it was very likely to evolve into a situation where the Martial Emperor would team up with these two Demigod Heavenly Kings to kill him.