"Next, I'll use the battle technique. What you need to do is to add it to me when the black substance disappears. It'll be seamless," Lu Yin said.
Hen Xin was shocked. "You're going to continue?"
"Looks like you know," Lu Yin said.
Hen Xin solemnly said, "Think about it. You've experienced that pain many times, so you should know that it won't disappear no matter how long you experience it. In fact, it'll only get more and more painful. Someone once asked the Dao Master to help him continue to experience it, but his mind eventually collapsed. After that failure, he became a madman, and even the Dao Master couldn't help him recover."
"How long did that person last?"
Lu Yin asked.
Hen Xin took a deep breath. "A day and a half."
Lu Yin was shocked. "A day and a half?"
That kind of pain was unbearable even for Lu Yin. Even if his willpower could endure it, his body couldn't. Lu Yin didn't know where the pain came from or how the Ancient Dao Master had found it, but he could feel that if he didn't use Matter Reverses, his body wouldn't be able to last for half a day.
If someone could last for a day and a half, then that person's willpower was ridiculous.
"There's no need to say anything else. Let's start. If I can't endure it, I'll give up," Lu Yin said.
Hen Xin had stayed on the Fifth Mainland for more than twenty years, so he knew a lot about the Daosource Sect's Nine Mountains and Eight Seas. He had heard of Ancestor Ku, and he had also seen Lu Yin use Matter Reverses. Every time he saw it, he felt that this battle technique was mystical.
Anyone who cultivated to the Progenitor realm was an elite of the human race, and Ancestor Ku had clearly surpassed that level. He was on the same level as Progenitor Chen and the Talisman Progenitor.
Anyone who understood Matter Reverses would know how mystical this battle technique was. It was so mystical that it could even affect time.
Hen Xin watched Lu Yin use Matter Reverses. Had he already confirmed that this battle technique was effective after so many attempts?
He released the Sengoku Technique, and Hen Xin tapped out with a finger. A black dot appeared on Lu Yin's wrist.
The pain came as expected, and Lu Yin's withered body began to recover.
Lu Yin gritted his teeth and endured the pain. It was indeed effective, and he began to try again.
The purplish-black substance was about to disappear, but Hen Xin pointed out once more. The pain continued unabated, and Lu Yin's physical body continued to recover. Then, it shriveled up, recovered, and shriveled up.
Two hours, four hours, half a day … More than half a day went by, and Henshin looked at Lu Yin's wrist in exhaustion. He still hadn't succeeded, and he heaved a sigh of relief. Just how many times did he have to try?
A day passed, and Lu Yin gritted his teeth and persevered. If it weren't for the fact that things would always move in the opposite direction when pushed to the extreme, he wouldn't have lasted this long.
He had the willpower to endure the pain, and his physical body had been given to the opposite effect. This was the fundamental reason why he had been able to persevere until now.
A day passed, and Lu Yin continued to endure the pain while Hen Xin continued to help him maintain the dark purple substance.
In the beginning, he only needed to cover his fingertips with the purplish-black substance. Now, he needed to cover his entire arm. The purplish-black substance on his entire arm had decreased significantly.
Hen Xin looked at his arm. If he was like this for a day, he wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.
There was also a limit to how far things could go in the opposite direction, and even though this kind of pain was excruciating, it was still far from the intensity of a Half-Martial Ancestor's attacks. In other words, the limit that Lu Yin had endured when he had been attacked by four Half-Martial Ancestors was something that he could endure for a very long time now.
For a very long time.
Two days passed.
Lu Yin discovered that he seemed to be able to use the energy stored in the opposite direction to counteract the pain.
Lu Yin had used this ability to defeat Progenitor Chen during his Emissary Origin Tribulation, and he had also used this ability to kill Half-Ancestor Chai. Now, he was absorbing pain, and he was counteracting it in the opposite direction, which meant that he was also absorbing pain.
It was becoming more and more mysterious. Not only could it be used to control time, but it could also counteract the pain. Lu Yin admired Ancestor Ku even more.
But now wasn't the time to admire him.
Since Lu Yin could counteract the pain, then he would have a lot of time to think about.
Hen Xin watched as Lu Yin endured for three days, four days, and then five.
He didn't know what to say, as he was well aware of this kind of pain. Even the Ancient Path Master had said that even a Half-Martial Ancestor with the strongest willpower could not last more than three days, but Lu Yin had already endured for five days.
He desperately wanted to see the Ancient Path Master and tell him that there was someone here who could endure for five days.
Lu Yin had already endured for five days, and he didn't know if Lu Yin could reach the Realm of Mastery.
Even if he was looking for a needle in a haystack, there was still a chance. Moreover, the probability was not as high as looking for a needle in a haystack.
The Ancient Path Master had once said that if someone continuously tried for a longer period of time, they would definitely be able to reach the Realm of Mastery. As for how long this period of time was, Hen Xin didn't know, and neither did the Ancient Path Master.
Ten days. A full ten days passed, and Lu Yin was still trying.
Hen Xin couldn't hold on any longer. Even if it was just one point at a time, there would be many points in a day. After ten days, the blackish-purple substance that covered his body had thinned by a layer. If not for the fact that he was afraid that Lu Yin would attack him, he would have ended the process.
Hen Xin admired Lu Yin for enduring the pain for ten days, but he didn't know how Lu Yin had done it. Perhaps this child had experienced a great test of perseverance. Yes, if not, how could he have achieved this at such a young age?
When he thought of this, Hen Xin's admiration grew from the bottom of his heart.
Even when Lu Yin had borrowed Progenitor Chen's strength to suppress the Fifth Mainland and even when he had defeated Xia Shenji and the other two Half-Progenitors, Hen Xin had never admired Lu Yin. He had come from the era of the Above Heavens, and he had seen many top powerhouses. The Three Realms and Six Daos were not something that the current Progenitors could compare to. But at this moment, he truly admired Lu Yin. Perhaps the Ancient Path Master would also admire Lu Yin if he saw this scene.
Elder Chan and the others had visited the headquarters several times, but they didn't know what was going on inside. Even so, they didn't try to barge in.
They weren't worried about Lu Yin's safety. Outside of a Progenitor, there was no one who could threaten Lu Yin.
Lu Yin was already immersed in his endless attempts. Even though he was able to offset some of the pain, the remaining pain was still unbearable. It took a lot of perseverance to endure for ten days.
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Hen Xin sighed. The blackish-purple substance was about to disappear, and he tapped out to extend it. He wondered if his Realm of Mastery would be exhausted because of this.
Suddenly, he froze and stared blankly at Lu Yin's wrist. The black dot hadn't disappeared.
He thought that he was hallucinating. He had been extending it for the past few days, and he knew that the black dot should have disappeared by now. How could it still exist? Unless …
He looked at Lu Yin in shock.
Lu Yin opened his eyes at the same time and met Hen Xin's gaze. His lips curled up as he said, "Thank you. I succeeded."
Hen Xin was stunned. He had succeeded. Those three simple words had caused Hen Xin's thoughts to jump from the era of the Above Heaven Sect to the present.
At that time, the path master had been overjoyed to see his own success, as it meant that the path he had created was correct. Now, another person had succeeded. "Really?"
Lu Yin nodded. His pain had disappeared the moment he had succeeded. His battle force was transforming into the Realm of Mastery. The process was a little long, but he wasn't afraid of time.
Hen Xin looked at Lu Yin with a complicated expression. Was he happy?
Or was he fearful?
Or was it something else?
He didn't know if this person was truly born from the destiny of the human race. He had even succeeded in cultivating the Realm of Mastery.
"Battle force in the Realm of Mastery is completely different from battle force, right?" Lu Yin asked as he stared at the black dot on his wrist.
He had seen Hen Xin fight an Ancient God in the Realm of Mastery, but because his opponent had been an Ancient God, he hadn't been able to see how powerful the Realm of Mastery was. He had almost been killed by the Ancient God at the time.
However, Lu Yin had seen Hen Xin fight in the Realm of Mastery many times in Hen Ye's memories. Almost all of them were close-range battles. Compared to the Sengoku Realm, the Realm of Mastery lacked the advantage of range, but its destructive power was much greater.
Hen Xin said, "There are many ways to fight in the Realm of Mastery. It's actually not that different from battle force. You can treat it as a physical form of battle force."
"It doesn't seem to have the same range as the Sengoku Realm."
Hen Xin shook his head. "The range of battle force is meaningless against someone who can defeat you in the Realm of Mastery."
Lu Yin thought about it and agreed.
"Besides, this is just my usage of the Realm of Mastery," Hen Xin said, his eyes filled with nostalgia and longing.
Lu Yin didn't understand at first, but he quickly figured it out. "The Ancient Path Master's usage of the Realm of Mastery is different."
Hen Xin smiled bitterly. "Of course it's different. The Ancient Path Master has already fused his physical form of battle force into his body. Although there are veined patterns on his body, he doesn't have this dark purple substance. Daozi, you've fought with the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas and experienced how terrifying their Ancestral Worlds are. Every Progenitor has their own Ancestral Worlds, just like how Half-Progenitors have their own inner worlds. The so-called Ancestral Worlds are spaces created by Progenitors themselves and give birth to creatures that belong to that world. They have their own unique civilizations, beliefs, and so on. The more stable these civilizations are, the stronger the Ancestral Worlds are."
Lu Yin listened quietly. There were some things that the Fog Ancestor had told him before, but he hadn't gone into detail. He hadn't had a chance to talk to Mu Xie alone either. His master had disappeared, and only the Blood Ancestor was left on the Fifth Mainland. However, the Blood Ancestor probably thought that Lu Yin already knew since he could fight against a Progenitor.
Right, there was also Big Sis, but she had probably forgotten about it herself.
"When Xia Shenji attacked, I saw blade-like lifeforms in his Divine Sword Domain. They were cultivating, living, and praying. These were all Xia Shenji's powers, and a Progenitor with an Ancestral World is almost unfathomable. However, the Ancient Path Master believes that the Realm of Mastery is the true path of cultivation for humans. Daozi, can you guess why?"
Hen Xin looked at Lu Yin with a burning gaze.
Lu Yin subconsciously replied, "Because the Realm of Mastery can also give birth to an Ancestral World?"
Hen Xin nodded.
Lu Yin's expression changed. He had only guessed along with Hen Xin's words, and it was only after he finished speaking that he realized how ridiculous his own words sounded.
How was that possible?
Cultivating battle force to the Realm of Mastery could give birth to an Ancestral World?
The Ancestral World was clearly the endpoint of the Progenitor's cultivation of external energy. The Realm of Mastery cultivated one's inner strength, so how could it be cultivated?
Could it really be that different paths led to the same destination?
Just as Lu Yin had guessed before, when one's strength reached a certain threshold, they could cross the river of time?
Even without the power of time, they could still control it?