Chapter 14550 Breaking the Boundary

Chapter 14550 Breaking the Boundary
"We can offer even more compensation!" Yu Jianzi said urgently, beads of cold sweat forming on his forehead. "The Sword Sect is also willing to hand over its most prized treasure, the 'Dust-Slaying Sword,' to help His Majesty stabilize his cultivation!"

“I don’t need it.” Ling Xiao interrupted him, his gaze suddenly sharp as a sword, piercing straight into Yu Jianzi’s eyes. “This matter need not be mentioned again. If it weren’t for the fact that you once gave me some guidance, I would have smashed your soul with a single palm strike just for your rude request today.”

He turned to look at Shangguan Yue, who was standing to the side of the hall, and said in an icy tone, "Show the guest out."

Before he finished speaking, Ling Xiao's figure had already transformed into a streak of light and disappeared from the hall, leaving only the lingering oppressive aura in the hall.

Yu Jianzi stood frozen in place, his face a mixture of pale and ashen, filled with embarrassment and indignation. His fingertips gripped the hem of his robe tightly, his knuckles turning white.

Shangguan Yue stepped forward, her tone gentle yet undeniably resolute: "Senior, please return. His Majesty is already in a troubled state of mind today; I hope you will not provoke him further, lest you suffer more than you gain."

Yu Jianzi took a deep breath, abruptly flicked his sleeve, and turned to leave with a belly full of resentment. The palace door creaked shut behind him, shutting out the solemn atmosphere inside.

Outside the palace, in the long corridor, Ling Xiao stood with his hands behind his back, the shadows dappled. The cold glint in his eyes had not yet faded. Just then, a hoarse sound, like the grinding of decaying wood, came from the shadows, carrying the weight of time:
"Young friend, once this matter is settled, come with us to a place."

Dao Sha's figure slowly emerged from the shadows, his body shrouded in black robes, revealing only a pair of murky yet deep eyes that seemed to see through the void.

Ling Xiao suppressed his chilling aura and glanced sideways: "Where are you taking me, Senior?"

Dao Sha raised his wrinkled hands and slowly uttered three words: "Go see someone."

"To meet someone?" Ling Xiao raised an eyebrow, a hint of curiosity rising in his heart. Anyone who could command such seriousness from Dao Sha was no ordinary person.

Dao Sha glanced at him, his hoarse voice carrying a barely perceptible hint of solemnity: "This will be of immense benefit to you. This person... is a being who has transcended the Emperor Realm."

Ling Xiao paused slightly, a ripple stirring in his heart. He glanced sideways at another figure vaguely visible in the shadows beside him, then turned to Dao Sha: "Senior, what exactly is someone who has transcended the Emperor Realm?"

Dao Sha's Adam's apple bobbed beneath his black robe, and a hoarse voice came through: "Let's talk as we walk?"

"it is good."

Two streaks of light suddenly shot into the sky from Lin Yuan City of the Ba Tian Empire, one black and one white, tearing through the sky and disappearing into the vast void, their speed so fast that they left only a faint afterimage.

As they flew through the void, the wind howled, and Ling Xiao spoke again, his tone filled with eager inquiry: "Please enlighten me, senior."

Dao Sha remained silent for a moment, as if recalling distant memories, before slowly saying, "That is a realm that transcends all the common sense of the Nirvana Realm."

"Transcending the norms of the Realm of Annihilation?" Ling Xiao's eyes flickered, his curiosity growing.

"Hmm." Dao Sha nodded, his voice carrying a hint of remoteness and awe. "Legend has it that this transcendence of the Emperor Realm is also known as the 'Breakthrough Realm'."

"The so-called breaking the boundary means tempering the physical body until it is spotless and flawless, condensing the soul until it is perfect and flawless, and then making the two perfectly merge and become inseparable, reaching the state of 'unity of man and god'."

Dao Sha's voice seemed to transcend time and space: "Those who reach this realm have a life essence that is far more refined than the world can imagine. Their physical body can withstand the tribulation of the nine heavens, and their soul can resist the erosion of all laws. Unless they willingly go to their deaths or suffer a heavenly-level killing blow, they are almost impossible to completely erase."

He paused, his tone becoming more serious, filled with an indescribable longing: "And most importantly, a Breakthrough Realm expert can break free from the shackles of the Silent Realm, tear through space on their own, and leave this world... This is the origin of the word 'Breakthrough Realm'."

"The former emperor of Kangguo, the predecessor who unified the Silent Realm, has already reached this level."

As soon as he finished speaking, Dao Sha's tone suddenly turned slightly somber, tinged with lingering fear: "If he hadn't run into that absolutely untouchable being back then, even if all of us joined forces, we probably wouldn't have been able to do anything to him, even if we used all the power of the Annihilation Realm."

The watcher...

Ling Xiao sighed softly to himself.

Even a near-legendary existence like the Breaking Realm cannot contend with the Monitor. Just how terrifying are beings like the Annihilation Celestial Venerable?
In that case, wouldn't the mysterious force that forcibly controlled his body and eliminated the monitor be several times more terrifying than the Breaking Realm?
Dao Sha continued, "After reaching the limit of the Breaking Boundary Realm, one draws upon the origin of the realm, merging with the Great Dao of the Annihilation Realm, completely shedding the mortal body and bones—this is the Realm Lord Realm!" His voice was enveloped in the pressure of heaven and earth, as if proclaiming some supreme law, "A powerhouse at this realm can dim the stars with a flick of the finger, and shift mountains and rivers with a turn of the hand. Their physical body has been tempered a thousand times by the laws of heaven and earth, comparable to an innate spiritual treasure; ordinary divine weapons and techniques can hardly harm them in the slightest."

“But strictly speaking, the Silent Extinction Realm has never truly given birth to a second Realm Lord.” Dao Sha’s tone shifted, becoming somewhat solemn. “In a realm like this, the carrying capacity of heaven and earth is limited, and it can only accommodate one Realm Lord to wield the origin. Even if others reach this level of cultivation, they can only be called pseudo-Realm Lords, and they are always suppressed by the origin, making it difficult for them to glimpse the true Great Dao.”

Ling Xiao suddenly turned his head and asked curiously, "What realm were you at your peak, senior?"

Dao Sha's figure seemed to pause for a moment, his black robe swaying slightly in the void. After a long while, a very low sigh came, carrying a hint of melancholy and arrogance: "Hehe... You can't even imagine how powerful I was back then. That was a world beyond the realm of world lords. Telling you about it would be like casting pearls before swine."

Ling Xiao scratched his head and gave an awkward laugh. Indeed, he hadn't even stepped out of the Silent Realm, and had only heard of the Realm Breaking Realm; how could he possibly understand higher levels of power? He composed himself and asked, "Senior, just how strong was that 'Watcher' who descended earlier?"

Dao Sha remained silent for a long time, his gaze beneath the black robe complex and unreadable, before slowly speaking: "He... never truly made a move."

He didn't make a move...

Ling Xiao raised an eyebrow, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes. A self-proclaimed superior observer hadn't even had a chance to use his abilities… to be precise, the moment he made a move, he was annihilated in a single strike. How could one judge his strength in such a situation?
Dao Sha's lips twitched beneath his hood, clearly finding it absurd as well. Ever since witnessing the terrifying being possessing Ling Xiao's body, he had grown increasingly nostalgic for his prime... Back then, he could crush that so-called monitor into ashes with a flick of his finger, never allowing it the chance to wreak havoc in the Realm of Annihilation.
Ling Xiao gazed into the depths of the void, where clouds surged like waves, and asked softly, "Senior, in this Realm of Annihilation, the Annihilation Holy Hall was once the most revered, wasn't it?"