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Jiang Ming sighed softly, for he understood what Jun Sangian was trying to do by pitting him against 10,000 powerless mortals. Could he really bring himself to kill them?
He deduced that what he was facing should probably be the effect from the True Illusion Dao at its finest. These were all real living humans~at least that was what Jiang Ming was making of them.
Yet, could he really cut them down young girls, ladies, elderlies, and old farmers?
‘What was in front of him were rows of people with their lives in Jiang Ming’s hands. Could he set aside his morale and take away their lives?
“You are cold-blooded!” Jiang Ming smiled lightly as his gaze turned stone cold. “Trying to make me think this ‘reality’ of yours is actually real. Senior, don’t you think you are underestimating me too much?
“Heaven and Earth Attack!” Undeterred by the illusion, Jiang Ming launched the Heaven and Earth Attack technique, destroying the whole city, ripping apart the world he was in, all with a simple punch.
He felt a slight fluctuation in space only to realize he was now in the middle of a pool surrounded by alluring young women. The ladies were frolicking in the pool around him, giggling seductively, truly a heavenly melody to a man’s ear.
They were of many shapes and sizes, from the petite and voluptuous to the plump and mature. Some of them even had furry kitten ears or bunny ears, and there were even those who had snow-like fox tails on their backs. Taking a closer look, he noticed one of the ladies even had a pair of angelic wings
coming out of her creamy white back! Though each of them was unique, they had something in common. They were all ladies with faces that could launch a thousand ships!
A petite cat woman swam over to Jiang Ming, circling around him. “Hey there, handsome! I know 36 ways of the Kama Sutra, would you like to hear a song?”
Before Jiang Ming could react, another mermaid swam over from another direction. “Pick me! I know 72 of them!”
Jiang Ming could feel he was getting a nosebleed soon. Alluring ladies splashing around in the water? It was truly a sight to behold!
“Me too! Me too! Let’s all do it together!” More and more of them started swarming around Jiang Ming.
“This is truly men’s ultimate dream!” exclaimed Jiang Ming as he was getting agitated and was trying to suppress his urges. “Given the choice, I would really like to stay a few years or even 10,000 years here!”
Putting away his thoughts, he punched the whole illusion into smithereens, only to find himself resting on an enormous bed laid by hundreds of seductive women.
“Is there no end to this?” Jiang Ming howled, enraged. Licking his lips, he knew he could not allow this to continue any further.
“Three thousand domains! Did you just conjure 3,000 of these domains? I’ll just destroy every one of them then!”
“Inch Strength Thousand Punch!” As Jiang Ming leaped up into the air, his body started exploding with raw energy. He launched a thousand punches in every direction at speed so fast, it even created countless afterimages of himself.
Deafening explosions could be heard as he threw punches into the skies, penetrating the void, disintegrating the laws itself, and blasting through the chaos.
As each of these illusions was conjured, they were shattered one after another. In a glimpse of an eye, Jiang Ming found himself back at the Sixth Battle Stage.
“Inch Strength Thousand Punch, a skill fused with countless strands of mysterious energy. Alone, the punches didn’t account too much, but the combined force could destroy almost everything as they add up!” exclaimed Jun Sangian. His face was now pale white, and there was even a smudge of blood on the
side of his lips. He could not help himself from being amazed at the fact that Jiang Ming was able to launch so many different mysterious techniques by himself. It was truly an unimaginable feat!
“Senior, you were, however, a little less earnest. You even made me kill mere commoners, destroy cities, and take down worlds! That was quite cruel of you!” lamented Jiang Ming in contempt.
Jun Sangian wiped the blood off his mouth. “I did impart them some of my wisdom, but they weren’t real, were they? Is this considered cruel? You would go back to the real world and fight till the end among the experts of your cultivation realm. You’d inevitably bring carnage to tens of thousands of miles
around the battleground, and how many lives could’ve been living in that vast land? How many towns and cities could’ve been trampled as your battleground? Ever thought of that?”
Jiang Ming stayed quiet and never uttered a word. He looked back to when he killed Bai Yu, the Holy Son from the Infinite Alchemy Pavilion. Both Bai Yu and he hadn’t been as strong as they were now, but with so many special abilities launched unhesitantly, how many lives had been caught up in the
mishap?
‘When he had taken down the Bishui Sect, how many innocent lives were taken?
The time he had attempted to kill Tian Ci and even brought upon those of the Imminent Immortals, How big was the aftermath from the battle? How many lives got caught up then?
He had taken on both Qing Fengzi and Qing Xuzi using the Combat Mannequin not long ago, and the battle stretched over millions of miles. Though he had tried to negate as much damage and casualties, how many innocent people were dragged into the turmoil?
In the name of protecting his Junior Sister, Jiang Ming had secretly instigated the Qingyun Sect, Yinmo Sect, Bishui Sect, and many more. All of them had resulted in a big battle that shook Eastern Region, costing the lives of billions. Yet, this had never gone through Jiang Ming’s mind.
‘Deep inside, could I have been cold-blooded all along?’ As Jiang Ming started to assess himself, the thought sent chills down his spine.
Jun Sangian only smiled and continued preaching. “There’s no right or wrong walking along the path of the Dao. Everything revolves around yourself. If you think it’s the right thing to do, then it is. Similarly, if you think you’re wrong, then you are. The road toward immortality is a long and winding one. The
laws of Dao take no shape. The road ahead is a road paved with millions and millions of corpses through bloodshed and carnage. Nevertheless, do you know what it was that led to this?”
“Power cannot be fully controlled!” Jiang Ming blurted.
“Indeed!” exclaimed Jun Sangian as he flung his sleeves to the back of his body and continued. “The inability to truly control power is the root of all chaos. Be it the demons, devils, Buddha, or the immortals. The truth is that every one of them is selfish and egocentric! Without anything to control the powers
they possess, those with power will take reign, and lives would only be worth or so meager to them, let alone the powerless. This is the true nature of the infinite worlds; the cultivation of the Great Dao is a cruel, ruthless path.”
“Can’t power ever be controlled?” Jiang Ming retorted, seemingly unwilling to accept it as it is.
“Of course it can! Take your world, for example. If an Imminent Immortal steps up and creates the rules to follow, will the others acknowledge them? Of course not! They’d even be killed! Why? Because there isn’t any power that could overwhelm anything and everything.
“When a peerless warrior whose power overwhelmed all in their era, a person who could bring down judgment to anyone does emerge, they will be the one to set the rules. Yet who will be the one to control him? Maybe a group of such peerless experts could band up and create a faction to set the rules. But the
question remains! Who will be the one to control them then?”
“How can it be controlled then?” Jiang Ming was confused by what Jun Sanqian had just said, contradicting himself.
“Well, if there’s a being who could not only overwhelm all but also be selfless and magnanimous, then total control can be realized,” Jun Sanqian explained patiently.
“Is there such an existence? A selfless and benevolent existence. One who can be impartial to all?” questioned Jiang Ming.
“Well, why isn’t there? Isn’t the Great Dao that existence?” Jun Sanqian retorted.
The simple answer rendered Jiang Ming speechless, and Jun Sangian continued. “The Great Dao treats all as equals. It doesn’t matter if you are good or bad, the world still exists by revolving around the rules of the Great Dao. For example, every living thing goes through the cycle of birth, growth, prosperity,
old age, and the inevitable death. What makes it cruel is that there are no morals or laws in this cycle and that everything has to go through that natural order.”
His answer rendered Jiang Ming speechless.
“Alright, enough of that. As the living thing, it doesn’t matter where you stand. What’s important is to stand firm on your duty or heart, know your limits and your own conscience. Those will be enough,” added Jun Sangian.
‘Own heart, limits, and conscience… Thank you for the enlightenment!” Jiang Ming repeated these three phrases before he took a bow and thanked him.
“Prepare yourself. Let’s finish up this fight of ours,” exclaimed Jun Sangian once again, preparing himself for the fight.
“Sure,” Jiang Ming replied before launching his attack.
Seeing the attack from Jiang Ming, Jun Sangian had an energy outburst, conjuring numerous illusionary images of himself, and gave Jiang Ming a hard time.
After a long battle, Jiang Ming was finally able to kill off all the illusions as he finally ascended up the 7th Battle Stage.
Upon reaching the 7th Battle Stage, Jiang Ming was caught off guard to see that his opponent was Jun Sangian once again. This time, however, there was not one, but two of them simultaneously!
“Haha! Didn’t expect this, did you?” The one in a Daoist robe standing on the left laughed.
“Of course the kid’s surprised!” The other one clad in black, standing on the right, smirked.
“Not at all,” Jiang Ming replied with a smile. ‘When I was at the Paradis Realm, I had to face up to two to four opponents. The Extreme Path Realm should be similar, shouldn’t it?”
Apart from their clothing, both of them looked strangely identical to each other.
“You are right. I possessed the Yin-yang Dao.” The Jun Sangian in the Daoist robe nodded. 1
“While I possessed the Reincarnation Dao, ” said the other Jun Sangian in black.
“Bring it on, senior. Though I’m giving it all I’ve got this time!” exclaimed Jiang Ming enthusiastically. “Great Akasa Technique, Gates of the Infinite Realms!”
As he swayed along, numerous gates emerged one after another out of the void, each with a figure of Jiang Ming in the gates. All of the gates gave off the same aura and were all densely scattered throughout, yet each of them seemed to be in an alternate space of their own.
This technique was conjured using his mastery in the cultivation of the Dao of Spatial. The technique was a combination of the Great Akasa Formless Sword Qi, the Great Akasa Steps, Great Akasa Divine Hand, and many more, merging into the mysterious spatial techniques, Great Akasa Technique.
