Martial Saint through Reading

Sitting cross-legged, Chu Ming first consumed an elixir to restore his own state.

He used up half a day, and the Sea of Qi was rippling.

Then, with a wave of his large hand, he took out the spoils of this trip to the Yiyang Kingdom for inventory and inspection.

First was the target of this trip, the Exotic Treasure that resonated with the ’Tanghulu’, the Fire Bead obtained from slaying the strong practitioner Wu Dai of the Heavenly Inquiry Tower.

To be precise, the Fire Bead wasn’t exactly an Exotic Treasure. Chu Ming sorted through the Classics and ancient texts in the storage spaces of Wu Dai, Yi Chentian, Xing Hong, Xing Rong, and others, and knew that the Fire Bead was the so-called True Intent Soldier Embryo.

"True Intent Soldier Embryo..."

Chu Ming put down the ancient text, gazing at the ’Tanghulu’ and the Fire Bead, his eyes flashing slightly.

A True Intent Soldier Embryo is a weapon embryo containing True Intent, like the previous Blood Bead and Vine Stick, and now the Fire Bead; they are all just embryos.

True Intent Soldier Embryos of the same origin can fuse, and when three are fused, the True Intent Soldier Embryo then possesses an initial True Intent.

A Soldier Embryo with initial True Intent can rival the power of a Spirit Treasure. If the True Intent within is the kind that Chu Ming comprehended, like Destruction or Silent Extinction True Intent, which are primarily offensive True Intents, then the power of the Soldier Embryo can be even stronger.

The more Soldier Embryos that are fused, the stronger the power becomes, even surpassing the abilities of a Spirit Treasure.

Moreover, the True Intent Soldier Embryo has another vital function—it can enable those who have not opened the Divine Barrier to comprehend True Intent!

True Intent is the manifestation of Heaven and Earth Rules. Normally, only those who have opened the Mysterious Gate of the Physical Body, which means having cultivated to the Eighth Realm, can begin comprehension.

However, it’s not absolute. Comprehension of True Intent after the Divine Barrier is not the only way.

Like Chu Ming, who is only at the Sea of Qi Realm, yet with heaven-defying comprehension, he grasps the Destruction, Silent Extinction, and Golden Gang Indestructible True Intent.

But heaven-defying comprehension is ultimately rare. It’s hard to say if one in ten thousand can achieve it.

Therefore, a True Intent Soldier Embryo that allows comprehension of True Intent before the Divine Barrier becomes a treasure for which great experts will risk their lives to fight.

Not only for experts before the Divine Barrier, if enough True Intent Soldier Embryos are fused, experts who have opened the Divine Barrier will also contend for them.

Opening the Divine Barrier just grants the qualification to comprehend True Intent. The degree of comprehension, elusive and unpredictable, is not guaranteed.

Unlike a True Intent Soldier Embryo, which contains manifestable True Intent, it serves as the best object of True Intent enlightenment for those who have opened the Divine Barrier.

However, much like heaven-defying comprehension, True Intent Soldier Embryos are extremely rare, and whoever obtains one will hide it, making it almost impossible for them to appear in the world.

Yet Heaven and Earth have their own rules of operation. True Intent Soldier Embryos of the same origin will resonate with each other within a certain range.

It was this resonance that led to the great battle half a day ago, resulting in the deaths of the three National Guardian Realms: Yiyang Yie, Yiyang Mountain, and Yiyang Scenery from the Yiyang Kingdom.

The Sixth Realm Perfection Wu Dai and the early Sixth Realm Yi Chentian from the Heavenly Inquiry Tower perished.

Xing Hong of the Qi Sea Realm Perfection and Xing Rong of the Middle Stage of the Qi Sea Realm from the Seven-Star Kingdom lost their lives one after another.

All in all, in a single battle, seven Sixth Realm experts paid the price with their lives.

Chu Ming looked at the ’Tanghulu’ and Fire Bead, pondering the events of the great battle.

Brief distractions were of no use, so he cleared away the useless thoughts and then communicated with the two Soldier Embryos using his Qi Blood simultaneously.

The ’Tanghulu’ was already the fusion of the Blood Bead and Vine Stick. If the Fire Bead were to be further fused, it would make for a third fusion, thus reaching the level of manifesting True Intent.

Chu Ming wanted to see what the so-called manifested True Intent of a True Intent Soldier Embryo would be.

Qi Blood interconnected, and the ’Tanghulu’ and Fire Bead floated.

Then.

Wow!

Light blossomed. The same scene occurred again as the two Soldier Embryos erupted with dazzling brilliance, devouring and fusing with each other.

Since Chu Ming had already witnessed this once, he wasn’t too surprised, only maintaining the Qi Blood connection to provide a bridging path for the two Soldier Embryos to fuse.

After about a quarter of an hour, the light gradually dispersed, vaguely revealing a silhouette.

Chu Ming extended his hand to grab it, pulling an object from the light.

It was still in the shape of a tanghulu, except it had grown slightly larger, and there was one more on the string compared to before, making it two now.

As he touched the new ’Tanghulu’, the space suddenly distorted, as if the air was being extracted.

Following that, above the void, a fierce shadow exuding terrifying evil might emerged.

It was a fiercely evil shadow with a terrifying form, a green face with fangs, three heads and eight arms!

Buzz!

With its large hands on either side, it wielded heavenly fierce forks that thundered down on the black-clad youth below.

Yet the black-clad youth below seemed paralyzed with fright, motionless as if pinned to the spot, letting the fierce fork fall.

Curiously, the fierce fork that seemed about to penetrate space shattered instantly upon touching the black-clad youth, turning into countless points of light.

The points of light did not disperse but rapidly converged above the head of the black-clad youth.

Accompanied by a slight fluctuation in Chu Ming’s gaze, countless fierce fork light points converged into his eyes.

His gaze suddenly Condensed Light...

The next instant.

Buzz!

Like a rebound compressed to the extreme, the Condensing Light in Chu Ming’s eyes exploded, and a terrifying Fierce Evil Qi spread out as if a calamity god descended to the human world.

Ferocious, cruel, evil Qi soaring skyward!

Fierce Evil True Intent!

Chu Ming’s face showed joy, with evil light hidden in his eyes.

The ’Tanghulu’, fused with the Blood Bead, Vine Stick, and Fire Bead, indeed manifested True Intent as described in ancient texts.

And he had just now, initially comprehended this killing True Intent, on par with Destruction and Silent Extinction.

Destruction True Intent is focused on attack and destructive power; Silent Extinction True Intent centers on comprehensive annihilation;

Fierce Evil True Intent is different, though it’s also a killing True Intent, it’s not on the material level. The Fierce Evil True Intent’s power lies in heart spirit intimidation.

In a fight between experts, realm, Qi Blood, martial skills, elixirs, treasures, etc., are all very important, but when both combatants have similar strength and Heart Consciousness, the key to victory lies in who is more ruthless, braver, and has more courage.