Chapter 725: The Legendary Dominant Body

The farmwoman walked directly to the next divine temple in the Jade Capital. The deity guarding this temple was also a farmer from the same village.

"Madam," the deity guarding the temple said, seeing her approach. He nodded slightly, then continued to watch Qin Mu and Hu Bugui fiercely battling inside the hall.

The two stood side by side; they were husband and wife.

When the Kaihuang Heavenly Court was destroyed, the Martial Combat Heavenly Master, who oversaw warfare, led the mighty warriors of the Dipper Ox Heavenly Palace into battle. That conflict was fraught with so many unforeseen variables and inexplicable occurrences that they remained baffled to this day.

The swiftness of the Kaihuang Divine Dynasty's collapse left these war gods bewildered and profoundly helpless.

After that war, the Dipper Ox Heavenly Palace's war gods suffered devastating casualties, with only a hundred or so survivors. The Martial Combat Heavenly Master, utterly disheartened, led them to locate the orphans of the fallen warriors. He then concealed the Dipper Ox Heavenly Palace deep within the Grand Ruins, while the surviving war gods themselves became farmers, tilling the land.

Some of them formed families, but few chose to have children. This was because the Divine Bridge Realm, essential for their descendants, no longer existed, meaning their children would be unable to escape death. They simply couldn't bear to witness their offspring's demise.

The glories of their past had faded into a yellowed memory. Now, they were merely a group of farmers tilling the soil. It was only when they re-entered the Dipper Ox Heavenly Palace and saw the descendants of their comrades still harboring an indomitable fighting spirit that they were reminded of their valiant bygone era.

As Qin Mu and Hu Bugui fought their way to this location, their clash intensified, showcasing the essence of "martial combat" with unparalleled ferocity.

Their physical bodies, muscles, primordial spirits, and vital qi were seamlessly unified, each possessing unique methods for body refinement and force exertion.

Martial Way Divine Abilities are a form of physical divine ability, belonging to the combat technique lineage. These abilities unleash the body's raw power; they do not involve cultivating magical spells, yet the destructive force they generate often exceeds that of magical divine abilities.

To truly master a Martial Way Divine Ability, one must reach the level of "entering the Dao through martial arts." In the present world, very few individuals are capable of achieving this.

Under the intense pressure from Qin Mu, Hu Bugui was steadily drawing closer to this profound realm.

His combat techniques grew increasingly formidable, gradually turning the tables and exerting significant pressure on Qin Mu. This forced Qin Mu to continually refine his own techniques throughout their exchange.

"To be able to manifest such a formidable Three Heads and Six Arms, he must have received genuine tutelage."

The woman remarked, "It's far more potent than the Three Heads and Six Arms displayed by many gods and demons in the Heavenly Court. However, without comprehending the path of 'entering the Dao through martial arts,' he will ultimately find it difficult to overcome Hu Bugui."

The farmer beside her added, "Hu Bugui is indeed very strong. He can not only withstand the attacks of Three Heads and Six Arms but also steadily increase the power of his counter-attacks. His strength and comprehension have already reached the pinnacle of 'entering the Dao through martial arts.' His progress is truly astonishing."

The woman shared the same sentiment. Hu Bugui's progress was incredibly rapid. When he first returned to the Dipper Ox Realm, he had already awakened his Spirit Embryo, but he was widely regarded as having no potential. Everyone in the Dipper Ox Realm believed he was ruined and incapable of forging a Martial Soul.

Yet, against all odds, Hu Bugui succeeded.

Not only did he forge a Martial Soul, but ten years later, he even cultivated a Martial Dao Primordial Spirit, surpassing all his peers!

And now, he was poised to transcend everyone by "entering the Dao through martial arts"!

Such innate talent and unwavering effort were truly rare in their era!

Qin Mu and Hu Bugui battled their way out of the temple, its back door shattered. Both the husband and wife were somewhat speechless. The woman chuckled, "My back hall is also a complete mess. Let's head to the next grand hall; that's where Senior Brother Tian is stationed. Senior Brother Tian has a fiery temper, and I'm concerned he might intervene and disrupt Hu Bugui's enlightenment."

The couple rushed to the next grand hall. Qin Mu and Hu Bugui had already fought their way there, yet the deity guarding that particular hall did not intervene directly. Instead, he quietly observed as the two continued their destructive path through his temple.

"It's been many years since a young person achieved 'entering the Dao through martial arts' in the Dipper Ox Realm."

The deity named Tian was visibly excited. He followed the couple out of the palace, then trailed Qin Mu and Hu Bugui as they moved forward, whispering, "'Entering the Dao through martial arts' is incredibly difficult, countless times harder than any other path to the Dao. And now, we've finally found such a youth..."

They could all discern that Qin Mu's combat with Hu Bugui was, in fact, well-intentioned, designed to help Hu Bugui maintain his state of enlightenment. Therefore, none of them intervened.

Gradually, Qin Mu and Hu Bugui were on the verge of fighting their way through nearly thirty-six temples within the Jade Capital City. The number of deities following them also grew, all closely monitoring the battle.

Suddenly, Hu Bugui's aura surged dramatically. Everyone's eyes lit up, and their expressions grew tense.

This was Hu Bugui's most critical moment!

Whether he could take this crucial step hinged entirely on this moment!

At that precise moment, all of Hu Bugui's afterimages vanished. Yet, in the instant before their disappearance, each afterimage had been executing a distinct physical divine ability, every move entirely unique.

Subsequently, these phantoms coalesced and merged with Hu Bugui's body.

The body hair of all the deities observing the battle bristled, each strand standing on end. This was an involuntary physiological response, a martial artist's innate reaction to the profound essence of the martial way.

Each of them possessed earth-shattering mastery in physical divine abilities. However, despite cultivating profound techniques, they had consistently been unable to take the crucial step of "entering the Dao through martial arts."

Their aptitude and comprehension were limited, and their potential had been entirely exhausted. Though they sensed the martial way lay directly before them, just a hair's breadth away, they had never been able to cross its threshold.

As Hu Bugui stepped into the gateway of the martial way in that instant, it inevitably triggered a resonance in their own vital energies.

Hu Bugui squatted slightly, and his vital energy erupted. Qin Mu, standing opposite him, felt an immediate chill down his spine. That terrifying surge of vital energy instantly made him sense death's imminent approach!

Without hesitation, he was about to unleash the first form of his Calamity Sword, "Calamity Unleashed," to block the attack. However, he forcibly restrained himself. The power of Calamity Unleashed was too immense, designed as a guaranteed killing blow.

His objective this time was to pass the Martial Combat Heavenly Master's martial arts test and legitimately rescue the Sage of the Woodcutter.

"I am Master Woodcutter's disciple. The Martial Combat Heavenly Master has always disdained Master Woodcutter. Therefore, I will restore his dignity!"

No sooner had this thought crossed his mind than the full power of Hu Bugui's strike erupted. The explosive speed of the Martial Way Divine Ability was astonishingly swift, fast enough to rival Qin Mu's Calamity Unleashed sword.

The explosive speed of this divine ability far surpassed Qi Jiuyi's grand divine ability, and was even faster than Zhe Huali's Saber Dao, leaving almost no time for reaction!

Wind shakes pine waves, shaking the valley!

He unleashed this punch, deceptively simple. Yet, as the punch landed, Qin Mu witnessed afterimages formed by its martial will and spirit. A continuous series of afterimages, each a distinct technique or divine ability, extended from within Hu Bugui's body!

Qin Mu activated the Overlord Body Three Elixirs Art, manifesting Three Heads and Six Arms. His six arms unleashed various physical divine abilities to forcibly resist. The instant they made contact, he felt an unimaginably immense and overwhelming force surge forth, utterly shattering his physical body's power like dry leaves.

His arms vibrated, felt numb, and his bones rattled. His primordial spirit also reeled, and his vital qi became almost impossible to condense.

The martial way spirit radiating from Hu Bugui's move was vast and mighty, pushing forward irresistibly. It embodied the principle of "breaking all techniques with a single force," truly magnificent and unparalleled, rendering him unbeatable.

He had achieved a state of profound simplicity, condensing myriad martial arts techniques into a single punch. Though the punch appeared incredibly basic, the subtle variations concealed within it were unimaginable.

Qin Mu retreated, unleashing a continuous roar. He exerted himself to the utmost, deploying every physical divine ability he had ever learned: Grandfather Ma's punches, heavy as Mount Sumeru; Butcher's saber, slicing through illusory heavens; Cripple's legs, swift as lightning; the various divine abilities of successive Human Emperors; the First Ancestor's Heaven and Earth Seal; and Emperor Shakravartin King Buddha's Buddhist divine abilities—all were brought forth by him.

He broke through Hu Bugui's first afterimage, only for a second to follow immediately. Qin Mu continued his retreat, the flagstones beneath his feet shattering. He appeared like a novice who had just learned martial arts, mobilizing every ounce of his strength, activating his Martial Soul, and converging all power within his physical body to resist Hu Bugui.

The execution speed of physical divine abilities was inherently faster than that of magical divine abilities. With his Three Heads and Six Arms, Qin Mu's speed in unleashing physical divine abilities was three times faster than an ordinary person!

Furthermore, Qin Mu's footwork constantly shifted. In a mere half-step, his body would rotate by a third, allowing another pair of his arms to erupt with their divine abilities, precisely meeting Hu Bugui's formidable Martial Way Grand Divine Ability.

He moved like a furiously spinning top in reverse, retreating over ten li in an instant, crashing through the back doors of one grand hall after another, effectively tearing through them all.

In that single instant, his six arms unleashed an untold number of physical divine abilities, pushing his own potential to its absolute limit. His vital energy, once vibrant like a rainbow, now blazed like a raging inferno, spreading across the sky!

Meanwhile, Hu Bugui remained stationary, still in the posture of having just unleashed a punch. Before him, a series of afterimages displayed various physical divine abilities—fists, kicks, each technique distinct from the last.

The afterimages surged forward relentlessly and at incredible speed. In that instant, the offensive and defensive maneuvers of both combatants defied imagination. It wasn't until Qin Mu was already outside the Jade Capital City that the thunderous roar from their exploding physical divine abilities finally reached the ears of the gods within the city!

This moment, though slow to describe, transpired in but an instant.

From the moment Hu Bugui's punch erupted until Qin Mu retreated from the Jade Capital, a distance spanning over ten li, only a brief instant elapsed. Within that fleeting moment, Qin Mu unleashed countless physical divine abilities.

After being forced out of Jade Capital City by Hu Bugui's Martial Way Grand Divine Ability, the latent power within the series of footprints he left on the ground finally erupted. Countless fragments of stone exploded continually along his path, blossoming like dazzling fireworks.

*Boom, boom, boom!* One after another, these stone fireworks successively bloomed, exploding a path all the way out of the city and up to Qin Mu's feet.

At that very instant, all of Hu Bugui's afterimages overlapped and merged, appearing directly before Qin Mu, and the full might of the Martial Way Grand Divine Ability erupted!

This was the true essence of the "Wind Shakes Pine Waves, Shaking the Valley" technique. Even if one could withstand the preceding series of attack variations, it would be nigh impossible to endure the combined might of all the merged afterimages!

A grand divine ability that has entered the Dao Realm is truly this formidable—utterly unstoppable!

Entering the Dao through martial arts is exceedingly difficult; even the deities under the Martial Combat Heavenly Master struggle to achieve this feat. However, once one steps into the Dao Realm, their cultivation and strength undergo a truly revolutionary transformation!

Qin Mu's mind was utterly focused, with only Hu Bugui's punch occupying his vision; beyond that, nothing else existed. His vital energy surged violently once more. In that moment, it wasn't merely his Martial Soul possessing him; his Primordial Spirit also entered a profound martial state—it was his Martial Dao Primordial Spirit!

There are three steps to mastering the martial Dao: the first is awakening the Martial Soul, the second is awakening the Martial Dao Primordial Spirit, and the third is progressing further into the martial Dao to comprehend one's own unique Martial Way Grand Divine Ability.

He had spent ten days awakening his Martial Soul, and now, under the immense pressure of Hu Bugui's Martial Way Grand Divine Ability, his potential erupted, causing him to awaken his Martial Dao Primordial Spirit in a single instant!

The dozens of deities within the Jade Capital City were just about to intervene to block Hu Bugui's strike for Qin Mu, when suddenly, a profound, resonant voice echoed from in front of the High Heavens Treasure Hall within the Jade Capital: "Do not act rashly."

The gods hastily halted and turned to look. They saw a bull-headed, human-bodied deity, enveloped in swirling flames of light, standing majestically like a god-king before the High Heavens Hall. It was precisely the unassuming old ox who served the old farmer.

This old ox bore no resemblance to its former self when plowing fields. Its eyes, as they opened and closed, gleamed with divine light. It spoke in a deep, resonant voice: "Do not hinder his 'entering the Dao through martial arts.' This is his most critical period."

"'Entering the Dao through martial arts'?"

Everyone was puzzled. A woman murmured, "But Hu Bugui has already achieved 'entering the Dao through martial arts.' He should have awakened from it by now... Could it be?"

The deities exchanged disbelieving glances, then looked toward the area where Qin Mu and Hu Bugui were clashing.

There, Qin Mu appeared to have instantly grown a thousand arms, unleashing the martial arts he had learned in a manner distinct from Hu Bugui's.

Clearly, the individual the old ox was referring to, the one "entering the Dao through martial arts," was not Hu Bugui!

"Is this the legendary Overlord Body that the Great Heavenly Master Woodcutter spoke of?" the old ox whispered.