Lu Changsheng Plucks the Stars Single-Handedly, Shattering the Meteorite with a World-Inverting Blow!

"He... he is walking on air?" "Are we certain Lu Yuan isn't using any technological equipment? He is treading upon the void using sheer physical power?" "Even quaternary growth cannot walk on air. Has Lu Yuan truly broken through to quinary growth?" People all over the world witnessed this shocking spectacle with their own eyes through live broadcasts and various other channels. Flight! A dream buried deep in human hearts since ancient times. Even after mankind invented hot-air balloons, airplanes, and rockets—seemingly fulfilling the dream of taking to the skies—it had only been through external means. Deep in their hearts, the greatest dream was to fly and roam the skies relying solely on their own strength, without any outside aid. Yet even with the Limit Martial Dao style, secondary, tertiary, and even quaternary growth had seemed incapable of flight. And now, Lu Yuan was flying right before the public eye. This sent tremendous shockwaves through everyone. However, Lu Changsheng's ability to walk on air at this moment was not relying on the physical power of quaternary growth. Quaternary growth truly could not fly. Yet Lu Changsheng was different. The power of his true body was already capable of projecting into this world. Lu Changsheng needed only to draw upon a mere sliver of that power to step upon the void. Now, he had walked into the open sky. Yet he did not continue climbing, but instead came to a halt. Many watched Lu Yuan, uncertain of what he intended to do. After all, just standing in the lower atmosphere, how could he resolve the crisis of the Dark Star meteorite? At this moment, billions of people were staring intently at Lu Changsheng's figure. Suddenly, Lu Changsheng spoke. "I created the Limit Martial Dao style and stepped into the realm of the transcendent." "Many do not understand what the transcendent realm truly is. They think that catching bullets with bare hands, withstanding a nuclear detonation with flesh and blood, or punching through a ten-thousand-ton warship constitutes transcendence." "Now, I shall let you all see what the true realm of transcendence looks like." "This is also the path of transcendence you will walk in the future..." Lu Changsheng's voice suddenly rolled out in a vast, echoing wave toward every corner of the world. Everyone heard his voice with absolute clarity. "What does he mean? Withstanding a nuclear explosion in the flesh still isn't the true realm of transcendence?" "No, withstanding a nuclear blast certainly belongs to the transcendent realm, but it isn't its limit. Next, Lu Yuan might be showing us the very peak of transcendence..." "Just how far has Lu Yuan gone? Quinary growth, senary growth, or even septenary growth?" Doubts and questions filled the minds of many. Especially those practicing the Limit Martial Dao style. Their hearts were even more baffled. Those martial artists and evolvers who had already reached secondary growth would often feel they were closing the gap between themselves and Lu Yuan. Yet when they turned back to look, the distance separating them from Lu Yuan was unfathomably vast. Every time people tried to guess Lu Yuan's strength, they assumed tertiary growth, then quaternary growth. In the end, Lu Yuan had long surpassed both. And his words just now undoubtedly revealed a hint. His strength had likely far outstripped quinary or senary growth, reaching an unimaginable state. Otherwise, how would he dare set out alone to deal with the Dark Star meteorite? That was definitely not something that could be resolved by mere quinary or senary growth. "Look closely, all of you." "This is the power of septenary growth." "Plucking the stars with a single hand!" Lu Changsheng's voice reverberated across the void. Septenary growth was actually equivalent to Deity Transformation. Of course, that was merely Lu Changsheng's own theoretical design. In reality, reaching septenary growth would likely prove exceedingly difficult. There was no telling how much accumulation it would require to become possible. Lu Changsheng was currently an Earth Saint who had condensed a Dao body. An Earth Saint commanded power equivalent to the Deity Transformation level. Since he was the founder of the Limit Martial Dao style, it was only natural for him to give the people of this world a demonstration of septenary growth's power. Even though Lu Changsheng himself was currently only at quaternary growth and far from septenary growth, he could summon the power of his true body. And the power of his true body rivaled septenary growth! "Dao body!" Lu Changsheng uttered in a low shout. Instantly, he seemed to "see" across the distant void—across an entire world—the figure sitting in the secret chamber of the Secret World Tower. His true body! That was Lu Changsheng's true body! The true body gave a faint smile. Immediately after, a terrifying, familiar power descended in an instant. *Rumble!* Lu Changsheng naturally released his Dao body. A ten-thousand-zhang Dao body blotting out the sky and sun emerged behind him. A terrifying might pressed down upon the surrounding void, pulverizing it and creating tracts of pitch-black nothingness. This occurred because the upper energy threshold of this world was only at the Dao Foundation level. And what of the Dao body? That was power at the Earth Saint level. In other words, if Lu Changsheng wished, he could even shatter this entire world. Such was an Earth Saint! In a sense, the "Saint" in Earth Saint was regarded in certain secret worlds as a true "sage"—capable of destroying heaven and earth, omnipotent and unbound. As Lu Changsheng manifested his Dao body, a terrifying aura blanketed the entirety of New Yudu in a flash. Everyone prostrated upon the ground, unable to resist kneeling in veneration. It was a suppression stemming from the level of life itself, from the depths of the soul. Just as if facing a natural predator, an uncontrollable terror welled up within their hearts. "What... what kind of power is this? Or rather, is this Lu Yuan's true strength?" "Septenary growth! According to Lu Yuan, this is the power of septenary growth, yet it's horrifying to such an extent?" "With power like this, just standing before him would make anyone dare not harbor the slightest ill intent." "Septenary growth... this kind of power seems beyond what even the world itself can bear. Look at that part of the void—it can't even withstand the pressure and is collapsing everywhere! How could Lu Yuan reach septenary growth?" "A miracle! This is an absolute miracle!" The entire world was shaken to its core. At this moment, not just New Yudu, but even other regions across the globe could look up into the sky and vaguely behold that colossal Dao body. Yet this was not the end. Standing tall between heaven and earth, Lu Changsheng focused all the power of the Dao body into a single palm. *Boom!* The palm surged into the void in an instant. It grew larger and larger, expanding seemingly without limit. In the blink of an eye, it shrouded the entire starry sky. When people all over the world looked up, they could no longer see the starry heavens—only that colossal palm blotting out the sun and sky. "Plucking the stars with a single hand..." At this moment, this phrase naturally surfaced in the minds of countless people. Plucking the stars single-handedly! It was simply too apt. Did not the strength Lu Yuan displayed right now match plucking the stars with a single hand? Such an enormous hand, radiating terrifying power, was utterly horrifying even on a cosmic scale. A single slap from it would truly shatter the heavens, split the earth, and pulverize the stars. The human eye was already incapable of measuring how vast this palm was. Yet satellites could. Especially with so many satellites tracking every movement of this massive hand. The gigantic palm expanded continuously, and though it blotted out the sky and sun, it pushed directly into outer space, flying straight toward the massive Dark Star meteorite. It was going to clash head-on with the Dark Star meteorite! The palm moved with incredible speed. Originally, the Dark Star meteorite would have taken twenty more days to reach this world. Yet Lu Changsheng's colossal palm seemed to traverse an infinite distance in a single instant, meeting the gigantic Dark Star meteorite head-on. "Heaven!" "Overturning!" "Seal!" Lu Changsheng enunciated each word, his voice echoing across the void. This was his signature technique! Anyone in the world with even a passing knowledge of Lu Yuan knew it was his signature move. Lu Yuan had displayed it more than once. Yet now, he was not unleashing it against an enemy, but against that colossal Dark Star meteorite. The human eye could no longer observe it directly. However, through satellites and astronomical telescopes, one could still see that within the cosmos, the colossal palm gently turned over and slapped downward. It was as if an unimaginably immense giant had reached out through outer space to strike the meteorite. *Rumble!* The giant palm descended. It felt as if heaven and earth were being upended, as if the universe were hanging upside down. This was the true Heaven-Overturning Seal. With that single strike, the massive Dark Star meteorite instantly shattered. It was not merely broken. It was ground to pieces, inch by inch. The colossal Dark Star meteorite vanished just like that. Countless fragments, now millions of times smaller, were accelerated by the collision with Lu Yuan's strike and caught by gravity. In an instant, they entered the upper atmosphere and rained down. Then came streak after streak of shooting stars cutting across the horizon. Or rather, a meteor shower. A meteor shower filled the entire sky. Yet those meteorite fragments were too small. Before even reaching the ground, they burned to ash in the atmosphere. In a flash, a breathtaking meteor shower fell across the sky, magnificent beyond measure. "Look, it's a meteor shower!" "Yes, what a beautiful meteor shower!" "Those are the shattered fragments of the Dark Star meteorite! We are saved! This meteor shower is a ceremony of victory..." Countless people observed this scene through various instruments. The Dark Star meteorite had shattered. It had turned into a meteor shower. The world was saved! Lu Changsheng wore a faint smile. The Dark Star meteorite had been obliterated directly by his blow; the world's crisis was gone. In that case, it was time to complete his final task. "Martial Dao!" Lu Changsheng looked toward the increasingly powerful Martial Dao coalescing in the void. He gently extended a hand. Then, he tapped forward with a finger. *Crack!* With merely a single tap, the Martial Dao shattered. In the unseen depths of fate, some martial artists of secondary growth seemed to feel a vague resonance. Only, they had no idea what was happening, merely feeling a sudden surge of restlessness in their hearts. The Martial Dao in the void instantly transformed into several fragments, which Lu Changsheng caught in his hand. Though the Martial Dao was broken, the conviction of the Martial Dao remained. Furthermore, Lu Changsheng had left behind seeds of the Martial Dao for this world. Given several decades or a century, the Martial Dao would recover once more. Perhaps hundreds or thousands of years later, this world's Martial Dao could even take another step forward. "I have already left behind guidance for your martial path. The rest will depend on yourselves." "The martial dao fragments are in hand. It is time to leave..." Lu Changsheng turned around and looked down at the crowd below from high above. There was Senior Sister Xiang, Fei Qianliu, and many familiar acquaintances. Three years together—humans were not plants; how could he be entirely devoid of feeling? Yet he was like a passing traveler, bound to depart in the end. Return to where he had come from. This world, after all, did not belong to Lu Changsheng. Thus, Lu Changsheng threw a punch, causing the faint silhouette of a doorway to appear in the void. Step by step, Lu Changsheng walked toward that black doorway. Senior Sister Xiang seemed to realize something, and her face abruptly turned pale. "Sect Master, where are you going?" "Lu Yuan... where is he going?" "What on earth is that black doorway?" Everyone watched the scene before them in utter disbelief. Yet Lu Changsheng gave no explanation. He simply stepped into the black doorway, one stride at a time. Then, his figure disappeared. The black doorway vanished along with him. The sky returned to tranquility, as if nothing had ever occurred. Yet everyone knew that one person was gone! From that day forth, this world retained the legend of "shattering the void." Some scholars also believed that Lu Yuan had traveled to another world. There even arose the saying that septenary growth could break through realms. However, none of this had anything to do with Lu Changsheng anymore. At this moment, within the secret chamber of the Secret World Tower in the Saint Domain of the Immortal Martial World. *Whoosh.* Lu Changsheng opened his eyes in an instant. He had returned to his true body. As for Lu Yuan's body, once it lost consciousness, it became a corpse. Lu Changsheng flicked his finger. A raging flame ignited. Lu Yuan's corpse was reduced to ashes. "Finally back..." Lu Changsheng let out a long sigh. Though it had been a mere three years, those three years felt exceedingly long to him. After all, he had gone to a secret world. It was akin to traveling to another world, starting from scratch, and living an entire separate life. How could that not feel long? "Fellow Daoist Lu, have you returned from the secret world?" At that moment, the voice of a Secret World Tower Martial Saint came from outside the chamber. "I have returned." Lu Changsheng stood up and opened the chamber door. Outside, the Secret World Tower Martial Saint smiled faintly upon seeing Lu Changsheng. "To return successfully in just three years—it seems you reaped quite a bountiful harvest, Fellow Daoist." To the Martial Saints of the Secret World Tower, it was clear that very little could usually be accomplished in three years. For Lu Changsheng to condense a Martial Dao in three years, project the power of his true body, and obtain martial dao fragments was exceptionally fast. "Your tower certainly keeps precise time," Lu Changsheng said with a smile. He knew that once he returned, his transaction with the Secret World Tower came to an end. Naturally, they would reclaim their cultivation chamber. After all, such chambers were of immense value; every moment spent in excess was a loss for the Secret World Tower. Lu Changsheng had indeed achieved quite a harvest this time. He had obtained almost the entire martial dao fragments of a world. Granted, the energy level of that world was rather low—merely at the Dao Foundation tier. Even so, the martial dao fragments were genuine and untainted. "Farewell." Lu Changsheng cupped his fists and departed directly from the Secret World Tower. The moment he stepped outside, he sensed faint gazes sweeping over him. This time, they were not even trying to hide. Instead, they pried into his movements with brazen disregard. "Hmph." Lu Changsheng snorted coldly. He knew the owners of these gazes were mostly the backers of the Earth Saint marauder cultivator who had ambushed him that day. Those marauder cultivators did not seem to operate alone. Rather, a secretive and massive faction stood behind them. Aside from a small minority boasting immense strength and formidable backgrounds, very few targeted by Earth Saint marauder cultivators managed to escape their clutches. Alternatively, staying within Saint Star City indefinitely was safe; no matter how formidable those marauders were, they would never dare strike inside the city. Lu Changsheng ignored them. He headed straight back to his cave dwelling in Saint Star City. Upon returning, Lu Changsheng immediately entered seclusion. He took out the martial dao fragments he was carrying. There were roughly a dozen pieces. Although that world's energy reading had been at the Dao Foundation level, that did not mean the martial dao fragments were limited to the Dao Foundation tier. The martial dao fragments condensed by an entire world, no matter how inferior, offered incalculable benefits to an Earth Saint's Dao body. Lu Changsheng first pulled up his attribute panel to examine his current physical condition. Host: Lu Changsheng Comprehension: 1,079,000 (Natural Sage) Earth Saint Dao Body: None (Martial Dao Fragments) During his three years in the secret world, Lu Changsheng's comprehension had naturally seen no increase. He had yet to refine the martial dao fragments, and he did not know what changes would occur once he did. With this thought, Lu Changsheng focused his mind. "Let's begin." Thereupon, he began refining the martial dao fragments. "The first piece." Lu Changsheng's Dao body surged, immediately swallowing the martial dao fragment into his form and rapidly refining it. *Boom!* Thought after thought surfaced in his mind. He felt his Dao body expanding rapidly. Yet none of this was the crucial point. The most critical aspect was that Lu Changsheng felt something new forming within his body. It was coalescing out of the martial dao fragments. However, a single martial dao fragment was a drop in the ocean. Lu Changsheng continued refining the second fragment, then the third, fourth, fifth... As piece after piece was refined, Lu Changsheng's thoughts grew clearer and clearer. Moreover, his comprehension of over a million points finally allowed him to understand what was taking shape inside him. "Martial Dao... what is coalescing within me is a Martial Dao unique to myself!" "If one compares their body to a world, only when a Martial Dao is born within that world can a martial artist unleash their greatest strength and harness every bit of power in their body to produce world-shaking might." "In fact, only when a world possesses a Martial Dao do martial artists have roots; they are no longer rootless duckweed, and they gain a direction to strive toward..." Lu Changsheng experienced a flash of profound clarity. Martial Dao! A Martial Dao unique to the martial artist himself. This was the true root of all martial artists! No wonder martial dao fragments were needed. It turned out an Earth Saint's fundamental objective was to condense a Martial Dao unique to themselves, thereby commanding their Dao body and mobilizing every ounce of power they possessed. Once a martial artist condensed their own unique Martial Dao, they would become a Heavenly Saint! Lu Changsheng also finally understood why the deity lords in the Divine Domain, whose realm was equivalent to Heavenly Saints, had suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Heavenly Saints and were ultimately driven into the Divine Domain. There was only one reason. Deity lords relied on the power of divine lineages, borrowing the "authority" of the world. The so-called "authority" of the world granted only a meager amount of power. Yet Heavenly Saints were different. Heavenly Saints relied neither on heaven nor earth—only on themselves. In fact, the source of a Heavenly Saint's power stemmed from the Martial Dao condensed within their bodies. The stronger the Martial Dao, the stronger the Heavenly Saint. No matter where they went, a Heavenly Saint was essentially a living Martial Dao unto themselves. This was true supreme might residing wholly within oneself! Understanding dawned completely upon Lu Changsheng's heart. Yet this step was exceedingly critical. Condensing one's own Martial Dao was far more difficult than condensing the Martial Dao within a world. The Martial Dao within a world required only the convictions of sentient beings to coalesce. The faith of sentient beings could grant the Martial Dao an embryonic form. And the ceaseless energy of a world could allow that Martial Dao to fully manifest and condense. An Earth Saint, however, was different. One first had to think through and thoroughly comprehend: what kind of Martial Dao should they condense? This was the so-called "seeing one's true nature" or "questioning one's original heart." It required sorting through one's own martial path. Only then could one understand what sort of Martial Dao they truly needed to condense. And once that was clear, one still had to gather the energy required to form it. An Earth Saint's own energy was insufficient to condense a Martial Dao. Thus, they had no choice but to venture into other worlds to obtain martial dao fragments. They had to use martial dao fragments to enrich their own Martial Dao, ultimately condensing it to achieve the realm of a Heavenly Saint! *Swish.* Lu Changsheng opened his eyes. By this point, he had refined all the martial dao fragments. Yet he still had not managed to condense an embryonic Martial Dao. Indeed, Lu Changsheng had not condensed an embryonic form. Or rather, the embryonic Martial Dao within him was constantly shifting, still in a state of chaos. It possessed infinite malleability. This was because Lu Changsheng had not yet organized his own martial path. He had not yet perceived his true nature or questioned his heart. He did not know which martial path he was about to tread. "Organize my martial path..." Lu Changsheng sank into recollection. His martial techniques were simply far too numerous. Yet when he carefully traced his path from learning martial arts at Miaoshou Garden all the way to this day, what was the martial path he truly wanted to walk? Lu Changsheng had practiced with swords. He had wielded sabers. Yet he was neither a swordsman nor a saber master. At least, not a pure one. Having walked this far, Lu Changsheng had only ever had a single driving force: to become stronger! As long as it made him stronger, whether he practiced the saber, the sword, or the fist made no difference to him. Therefore, whenever an opportunity arose, Lu Changsheng would practice all kinds of martial arts. Moreover, to raise his comprehension, he had practiced far too many martial techniques and perceived far too many laws. Thus, Lu Changsheng's martial path was not pure. In fact, had he possessed the talent to refine qi, he would likely have pursued immortal cultivation long ago. Therefore, his martial heart was not even pure. His sole objective—or rather, the initial conviction that had run through his journey from the very beginning—had never changed. And that was to grow stronger! To become stronger at all costs! Be it the Martial Dao or the Immortal Dao. Be it swordsmanship or the saber. As long as it made him stronger, everything was fair game. "So my martial path is, in truth, the path of growing stronger!" "As long as it can enhance my martial path, everything can be utilized." "My Martial Dao should be... all-embracing!" "To embrace everything, contain everything, and make all martial arts the nourishment for my own Martial Dao, aiding me in growing stronger!" At this moment, the embryonic Martial Dao within Lu Changsheng's body began to gradually coalesce. "The upper limit of my Martial Dao—I hope it has no upper limit." "Using finite martial arts to condense an infinite Martial Dao." "Therefore, my Martial Dao shall be called the Infinite Martial Dao!" Having sorted through his martial path, complete understanding bloomed in Lu Changsheng's heart. At this moment, his path was definitively established. *Boom!* An embryonic Martial Dao rapidly manifested within Lu Changsheng's body. This embryonic form seemed all-embracing and all-encompassing; its potential was unimaginably vast. It seemed to have no limits! Lu Changsheng immediately checked his attribute panel. Host: Lu Changsheng Comprehension: 1,179,000 (Natural Sage) Infinite Martial Dao: 5% (Uncondensed) A new change appeared on Lu Changsheng's panel. "Infinite Martial Dao" had been added, and it had reached 5%. In other words, he was still ninety-five percent away from fully condensing the Martial Dao unique to himself. When that time arrived, it would mark his ascension to Heavenly Saint. "Refining all the martial dao fragments only increased the Infinite Martial Dao by five percent." "Reaching one hundred percent to advance to Heavenly Saint will likely not be easy." "However, my comprehension actually increased by a hundred thousand points. Was that the effect of the martial dao fragments?" Lu Changsheng noticed that his comprehension had grown as well. And by a full hundred thousand points all at once! This could be counted as an unexpected pleasant surprise. After all, by his steady progress alone, Lu Changsheng currently gained about a hundred and twenty thousand comprehension points a year. To gain a hundred thousand in a single stroke was indeed a welcome boon. However, the energy level of that world was relatively low; while the martial dao fragments obtained were complete, they were not particularly powerful. If he obtained stronger martial dao fragments, would his comprehension increase even more? When that time came, perhaps it would not just be an increase of a hundred thousand points, but two hundred thousand, three hundred thousand, or even five hundred thousand or a million! Such a possibility was certainly not out of the question. Lu Changsheng stood up and felt the power of his Earth Saint Dao body. On the surface, his Earth Saint Dao body did not appear to have gained much strength. Yet in truth, having condensed an embryonic Martial Dao, Lu Changsheng's overall power had advanced by leaps and bounds. Compared to before, he was far stronger. If it could be said that Lu Changsheng had been nearly invincible among Earth Saints before, a few opponents still existed. In particular, those martial artists who had condensed their own embryonic Martial Dao and refined martial dao fragments could still contest him. Yet now, things were different. Lu Changsheng had also condensed an embryonic Martial Dao unique to himself, and he had likewise refined martial dao fragments. With his current might, Lu Changsheng had no reason to fear any Earth Saint! Only with such strength could he truly set his mind at ease. What could those Earth Saint marauders possibly do to him now? So long as no Heavenly Saint intervened, Lu Changsheng had nothing to fear from anyone! "Secret worlds are difficult to find." "Most likely, I'll still have to work through the Secret World Tower." "However, to purchase secret world coordinates from the Secret World Tower, one must have deity fragments." "Yet I am currently an Earth Saint and cannot go to the Divine Domain to obtain deity fragments. Must I truly act like those marauders, acquiring deity fragments through murder and pillaging?" Lu Changsheng shook his head. He did not wish to do that. Though he was willing to grow stronger at all costs, that did not mean he would proactively hunt down others. While he might appear matchless among Earth Saints, once one became a marauder, they might accidentally provoke a Heavenly Saint one day. When that time came and a Heavenly Saint took action, even Lu Changsheng would find it difficult to resist. If one always walked by the riverside, how could their shoes never get wet? Lu Changsheng understood this reasoning well enough. "Operating alone makes it difficult to gather deity fragments in the Saint Domain as well." "I still need a faction." "However, building a faction from scratch is too slow, while joining other major factions means I won't have the final say in many matters." "Unless... I join a faction that I can take full control of! One that will serve my purposes!" Lu Changsheng's eyes lit up. A decision gradually took shape. Near Saint Star City, there were far too many Earth Saint factions. And declining Earth Saint factions were even more numerous! Lu Changsheng wanted to find a faction he could join and immediately take complete control of to serve his needs. Not only did such factions exist, but there were plenty of them! However, every trade had its specialists. For intelligence in this regard, he still needed to pay a visit to Tianxing Tower. That was a faction dedicated specifically to gathering information. As long as one was willing to spend spirit stones, any piece of intelligence could be procured. With that, Lu Changsheng rose to his feet and headed straight for Tianxing Tower.