Chapter 459: The ultimate sublime, becoming a master!

The headquarters of the Martial Arts Association is located in a spacious courtyard.

A gentle breeze blew by, the leaves rustled, and the two men's robes swayed slightly.

There was a moment of silence, a pause.

"please!"

Ouyang Ming suddenly turned sideways, raised his right hand diagonally, and pointed in the direction of the West Mountain. He said nothing more than one sentence.

"I'll protect you."

Ten minutes later.

West Mountain, waterfalls, pools, and Wudao tea trees.

"Master Bai, as someone who's been through this, I want to remind you. A peak sect master in the late stages of their cultivation who wishes to break through to the Grandmaster realm must ignite all of their cultivation, transforming it into a blazing fire. This includes their essence, energy, and spirit, as well as the various secret weapons they possess, all fused into a single, purest flame of life. With this flame, a peak sect master can forcibly break through the suppression of this world with their will, delve into the extremely dangerous void, and instantly devour the boundless void energy, sublimating all their strength to its fullest potential!"

President Ouyang looked at Bai Xiao and said slowly.

"The more profound the foundation a peak sect leader possesses before reaching Grandmaster status, the longer they can persist in the void and the greater the benefits they gain. Therefore, some peak sect leaders will deliberately suppress themselves, stalling for time even when they are clearly within reach of igniting the flame of life, simply to ensure safety and gain more benefits. Of course, those who dare to do this are all confident in their ability to break through to Grandmaster status. If they don't even have the qualifications to reach the threshold of Half-Step Grandmaster status, then they naturally wouldn't consider so much..."

"It's important to note that void energy is a double-edged sword. It can elevate the masters of peak schools to new heights, reaching unimaginable heights. However, it's also the most deadly poison in the world, capable of annihilating almost everything. If your will and body can't withstand it, they'll be instantly obliterated, your body and soul extinguished in an instant, your profound cultivation returned to the heavens..."

Ouyang Ming warned Bai Xiao of the risks, but offered no advice. He had sensed Bai Xiao's immense desire to achieve a Grandmaster's breakthrough.

It's not something that anyone can dissuade.

Moreover, he inexplicably sensed Bai Xiao's extremely strong self-confidence, as if the probability of success for this breakthrough was over 99%.

"By the way, Master Bai."

"If you feel you still have enough energy to break through to Grandmaster status, you might as well fully activate the Enlightenment Tea Tree Seed in your body when you are at the peak of your sublimation..."

"When the fire of life melts through the world and the void descends, a large amount of void energy will overflow, which the human body cannot absorb completely. Ordinary objects will be instantly annihilated. However, the Enlightenment Tea Tree seed originally came from the depths of the void, and that energy is a great tonic for it. If the overflowing void energy is sufficient and the Enlightenment Tea Tree seed absorbs enough, it may be able to grow at an unimaginable speed, going through several stages of rooting and sprouting..."

Ouyang Ming finished speaking and then fell silent.

"Thank you, President Ouyang, for the reminder."

"Then I'll go."

Bai Xiao slowly clasped his hands together.

"Go ahead. I'll be your guardian for the next few days. The West Mountain of the Martial Arts Association will be designated as a forbidden area. No one will come to disturb you. Just focus on your breakthrough..."

Ouyang Ming nodded.

He lightly tapped his toes and flew into the ancient pavilion.

Bai Xiao turned slightly and headed straight towards the Wudao Tea Tree.

…

On September 29th, the weather was clear with blue sky and white clouds.

West Mountain, huge waterfalls, emerald green pools, and white birds flying.

Beneath a tall, aged, and yellowed tea tree, a black-gold figure sat cross-legged on a smooth, black, round stone the size of a person next to the tree roots.

He seemed to have entered a state of meditation, his eyes closed, like a stiff, strong, cold statue. If it weren't for the slight rise and fall of his chest, one might have mistaken him for a corpse. White Owl's shoulders were broad, his back and spine straight like a dragon. His arms drooped like a monkey's, his fingers clasped together in a bowl-like formation, overlapping each other. It was a kind of hand seal that could quickly calm the mind, and his breathing gradually evened out.

Time flows like water, and countless distracting thoughts are like dust being shaken off.

“Clatter…”

A breeze blew, and the leaves of the Wudao tea tree swayed like a light rain.

Suddenly, a vast rhythm of enlightenment spread out, like layers of ripples, instantly enveloping the entire West Mountain. But in the next second, all the ripples contracted violently, forming a vortex three meters in diameter at the location of the enlightenment tea tree. This vortex gradually gathered around Bai Xiao, transforming into an unprecedentedly rich enlightenment environment.

“Drip, drip…”

It seemed as if invisible rain was falling from the sky.

A gentle rain fell from the sky, landing on every part of Bai Xiao's body and instantly absorbing him, bringing with it an incomparably refreshing and slightly cool feeling. It was as if he were soaking in a clear spring, wandering freely, roaming between heaven and earth.

Great sounds are silent, great images are invisible!

Bai Xiao felt a surge of spirituality, overwhelming him like a tidal wave. In that instant, he felt as if he were being swept away into the heavens and earth, merging into the world. His gaze swept across the heavens and earth, taking in the myriad living beings, the mountains, the rivers, and the seas—everything flashed by like a scene from a movie.

Traveling to the North Sea in the morning, Cangwu in the evening.

“Buzz!!!”

White Owl's will soared infinitely, while everything around him began to fade away frantically. Various sounds, as if separated by a layer of glass, gradually dissipated into nothingness. The entire world became a black and white outline, like the blurred ink painting of a landscape. Gradually, everything in the world disappeared.

Everything.

In the end, only one person and one tree were left, sitting and meditating.

At that moment, the wills of several other masters who had attained enlightenment under the tea tree appeared, just like when Bai Xiao first gained enlightenment under the tea tree.

Several overlapping voices echoed in my ears.

A kind of enlightenment suddenly arose in my heart.

"Martial arts is about survival, it is violence, it is stopping war, it is fearlessness..."

"The way for birds and beasts to survive is through martial arts."

"Looking at the history of the past and present, the way is martial arts."

"The way of nature, which swallows up mountains and rivers, is martial arts."

"The way of the movement of heaven, earth, sun and moon is martial arts."

"Everything in the world is martial arts!"

Bai Xiao slowly opened his eyes. There was no platinum light in his pupils, no astonishing aura, only the most normal black pupils, pure and clear.

"Take a panoramic view of the past and present, and comprehend the great principles of heaven and earth."

"That's it, Grandmaster!"

When I think of this, I feel inexplicably moved.

His entire body trembled violently, the spirit within his body and the will within his mind surging to an unprecedented level, trembling slightly like scorching magma, extremely violent. The six forbidden secret weapons, spontaneously propelled with all their might, suddenly reached their peak state, and an endless forbidden aura surged like a tide.

“Empty, empty, empty…”

"Ignite the fire of life and devour all the void!"

Without hesitation, Bai Xiao ignited his entire cultivation, igniting it inch by inch as if to self-destruct. With a rumbling roar, endless, blazing flames erupted instantly, transforming into an extremely bright, platinum-colored ball of light. At that moment, its brightness surpassed that of the sun, like a supernova explosion.

"Buzz..."

At the same time, the Wudao tea tree trembled wildly, and large pieces of tea leaves fell down. They quickly aged and withered in mid-air and turned into ashes.

Disappeared completely.

But, this also gave Bai Xiao a push, helping his flames to become stronger!

Right now.

His heart was pounding, his brain was shaking and trembling, and his whole body was in an unprecedented state of excitement, as if it had suddenly condensed into a white dot.

Strength, speed, physique, and will, all attributes reaching their 270th limit, were thrown into the flames of life. Kunpeng Swallowing the Dragon Diagram, Water and Fire Immortal Clothes, Dragon Elephant Sutra, Yellow Springs Magic Scroll, Soaring Immortal Sutra, Huangting Sutra, all energies evaporated and fell into the flames of life. The martial will, strengthened by the five ultimate intentions, fell into the flames.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

For a moment, it seemed as if the heaven and earth were on fire and the void was torn apart.

"Bang!"

It was like the Big Bang, shaking the universe.

In the distance, Ouyang Ming kept looking over, extremely surprised by the terrifying commotion. He had never seen such an exaggerated Grandmaster breakthrough before.

“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!”

Bai Xiao could no longer sense anything around him, only his own existence. After his life fire ignited, his aura surged like a rocket, rapidly increasing and surging, all the way to the end of the world.

“Crack!”

Suddenly, there was a sound of something breaking.

The White Owl's fiery will collided head-on, but felt almost no resistance. It rushed straight through and shattered the thick barrier in an instant.

“Hoohoo, hoohoo, hoohoo!”

Ahead, a void stretched into nothingness, a vast, endless darkness, like a boundless ocean of vacuum energy. Each vast world was but a series of tiny islands within the ocean, faintly emitting light. The islands' light flickered, gently lapping against the tides of void energy.

"All things are a guest house, heaven and earth are a cage."

Bai Xiao slowly turned around. Behind him, he saw an immense expanse of heaven and earth. In one place, there was a tiny breach, dragging out a faint white-gold flame. This was the path he had just taken.

"Once you enter the void, you will no longer be bound!"

The next second, boundless void energy surged from all directions, like a tsunami capable of instantly destroying the world, carrying with it incredibly violent winds and waves. Meanwhile, White Owl's flaming will formed a small boat, a living vessel, which swayed violently within the stormy tsunami, bobbing wildly back and forth. Like a small boat in a storm, it could capsize at any moment.

The boundless void energy possessed terrifying properties, seemingly capable of annihilating objects into nothingness, assimilating everything. Every time White Owl's life force collided with it, it weakened a little, like a small boat on the sea, inevitably damaged by the wind and waves.

“Boom boom boom boom!”

Wave after wave, each one higher than the last.

Even Bai Xiao's extremely condensed life fire suddenly faded at an extremely fast rate, its light dimming. He gritted his teeth and held on. He felt that he was in danger at all times and would perish on the spot if he was not careful.

The boat, transformed from the flames of life, stumbled towards the depths of the void. For every five steps forward, it was pushed back three steps by the tide of void energy.

This cycle goes on and on, trembling.

Moreover, as Bai Xiao moved away from this world, the energy of the void deep inside became stronger, the power of annihilation became stronger, and the resistance continued to soar.

After who knows how long he persisted, he finally couldn't move forward any further and could only freeze in place. Bai Xiao sighed inexplicably with emotion in his heart.

There is a sense of frustration.

"As President Ouyang said, the void is extremely dangerous!"

"I can only advance this far, alas."

However, if Ouyang Ming heard what Bai Xiao was thinking at this moment, he would probably burst into a curse. How could a typical peak sect master, upon reaching Grandmaster status, even advance through the Void? Simply using the flames of life to break through the shackles of heaven and earth and enter the Void was already incredibly difficult. From then on, he simply sought to exert every possible means within the Void, remaining there for even a moment. He would be incredibly lucky. Once his will returned, he could achieve Grandmaster status right there!

Note that it is a moment, shorter than a breath.

White Owl, however, didn't wait in place, but stumbled forward into the depths of the void, forcing himself to rush a long distance. The time he stayed there was impossible to measure, likely more than a hundred times that of an ordinary Grandmaster.

If Ouyang Ming knew this, he would probably burst out with the word "pervert".

…

"Boom boom boom..."

Surrounding the life fire transformed by White Owl was a raging, thunderous void energy in all directions, pounding against it repeatedly and creating an extremely terrifying noise. A thought struck him, and he realized he couldn't stay any longer. So, White Owl activated his life fire and began to return the same way.

Just then.

His thoughts turned, and he looked in a certain direction with a sense of meaning.

“Empty, empty, empty!”

There, beyond this world, a metal giant, too massive to describe, hovered in the void, a hand slowly pressing down. It felt like the moon crashing into the Earth, a terrifying, enormous shadow rapidly expanding across the sky.

"That's... the Machine Master!?"

The thought flashed through Bai Xiao's mind for a moment.

"Buzz!"

In the distance, the metal giant seemed to sense something.

He slowly turned his huge head and looked over.

"call out!"

With a thought, Bai Xiao returned at top speed, his life flame returning to the world barrier. Only a faint trace of platinum flame remained, quickly obliterated by the void energy.

…

“Boom boom!”

In the real world, Tianxia Federation, the headquarters of the Martial Arts Association is Xishan.

An incomparably terrifying aura suddenly erupted, transforming into a streak of platinum light that shot straight into the sky. Heaven and earth shook violently, as if struck by some kind of resonance. Clouds within a radius of hundreds of kilometers converged like a vortex.

Under the enlightenment tea tree.

A black-gold figure, its body ablaze with flames, trembled suddenly, and an incomparably condensed spiritual will returned from the void. Bai Xiao opened his eyes with a swish, and two rays of blazing white light lit up.

“Hua La La La…”

Above my head, the world seemed to have broken open.

Endless pure void energy came crashing down, like a super storm on the sea, directly covering the surrounding area.

The body of the white owl was like an abyss, madly devouring the power of the void.

Without hesitation, he took the final step towards the bottleneck!

"Reach your highest level and become a Grandmaster!"

(End of this chapter)