260 Late Dharma stage (1/2)

Spring passed and autumn came.

Unknowingly, time had flown by, and Zhou Donghuang had already been residing in the Lightning Sword Sect for two whole years.

Within these two years, there had been peace in the Lightning Sword Sect, and Zhou Donghuang peacefully became one of the ”elders” within the Autumn Valley of the Lightning Sword Sect.

Zhou Donghuang had been part of the Autumn Valley of the Lightning Sword Sect for two years, and in those years, they had received yet another batch of new disciples. In general, they were all outer disciples who had all externally entered the Dharma stage before they had turned 30 years old.

On the other hand, although Zhou Donghuang had become one of the older members of the Autumn Valley, if one were to compare ages, he would still be seen as one of the youngest of the residents of the Autumn Valley.

He was only 26 years old.

Among the Autumn Valley, although there were other Golden Essence adepts who were not yet 30 years old, they were all older than Zhou Donghuang at the very least... In these two years, a few Primal Core adepts who were disciples of the Autumn Valley had also turned 30. Since they had not managed to cross over to the Dharma stage, they were eventually chased out of the Autumn Valley.

”It is still proving to be rather difficult.”

To Zhou Donghuang, crossing to the next stage had not been hard previously due to his accumulated knowledge from his previous life. He had thus had a relatively smooth journey, till now.

However, now, Zhou Donghuang felt that it was difficult for him to progress as he was studying the late stage of the Lord of the Four Supremes.

Under the Lord of the Four Supremes, once he had started his training, Zhou Donghuang had already understood that he could only train to the Primordial Soul stage at the very most.

If he wanted to enter the Divine Transformation stage or stages that were higher than that, he would have to carry out his own research and carry out trials.

Within the past year, other than training, occasionally leaving the Autumn Valley to explore other parts of the Lightning Sword Sect, sleeping and resting up, Zhou Donghuang had simply been actively exploring further paths after the Lord of the Four Supremes in order to enter the Divine Transformation stage.

Up till now, he had not been successful in doing so.

”Let's just forget it... I should first focus on crossing over to the Primordial Soul stage before I continue to refine and explore the Lord of the Four Supremes and future training methods. Perhaps, I will have a better idea of what to do after that.”

As he thought to this point, Zhou Donghuang opened his eyes and walked out of his room. Casually, he turned his head in the direction of Da Zhuang's living quarters.

The place that Da Zhuang lived at now was in the skies, and it was not peaceful at all.

...

Whomp!

Whomp! Whomp!

...

Several howling noises as well as booming noises that filled the air were the first thing to catch Zhou Donghuang's attention. ”He's dueling again?”

Within the past one year, as long as Da Zhuang's third senior sister, He Mengxi, had the time and was willing to do so, she would find Da Zhuang to duel in her free time.

Of course, this dueling only started after Da Zhuang had entered the mid Dharma stage.

Now, the number of times they had dueled, according to Zhou Donghuang's best knowledge, had surpassed 30, and almost every time, the duo had been evenly matched.

Da Zhuang was extremely satisfied with this result. He was surprised that he had been able to evenly match his senior sister. This meant that he would probably progress to become strong enough to protect his senior sister in the future.

However, He Mengxi was extremely dissatisfied with this.

She could not believe that Da Zhuang, a fool, was as strong as her now! She used to be much stronger than him, and yet if she put in little effort, he was actually able to defeat her. How could this be?

Whew!

Zhou Donghuang launched himself off the ground and quickly flew into the air to observe the fight between the two figures from afar.

He Mengxi's Dharma power was still the Great Sword Dharma Power. However, when she used the Great Sword Dharma Power to carry out her attacks, when the sword was thrust forward, it was as if tens of swords were thrown at the same time as they headed simultaneously towards the three-meter-tall young man.

As for this giant young man, his entire body was surrounded by blazing flames. Around these flames, there were streams of lightning strikes that could be visibly seen.

With one punch by the young man, explosive noises filled the air, and he managed to fend off the attack of the tens of swords that had flown towards him.

A split second later, the swords exploded forth once again and ambushed him from all directions.

At this point, the young man's Thunder Fire Dharma Power managed to absorb and collect all the swords just like a body of armor, protecting him from the attack. No matter where the swords managed to land on him, he could forcefully pick them up and prevent himself from getting hurt.

At the most, his body merely shook slightly under the pressure.

”Da Zhuang's reaction time has improved quite dramatically from before.... It looks like his training has paid off and his new adept stage is truly proving itself! He has now managed to shed off that shoddy, slow brain of his in the past and is now much brighter...”

Seeing this, Zhou Donghuang mused to himself.

”I'm not fighting anymore, let's stop here... Da Zhuang, your ”protective shell” is too strong. Unless I choose to take on some damage and fight with my actual life here, I can't penetrate through your defense mechanisms at all.”

He Mengxi withdrew her attacks, and the Great Sword Dharma Power put away its swords accordingly. As she spoke, she looked at that three-meter tall block of a man with some visible frustration.

”Hehe...”

Da Zhuang laughed to himself shyly and scratched his head in an awkward manner. He could not help but glance into the distance, and his eyes lit up as he spotted Zhou Donghuang.

”Little brother!”

”Little brother?”

As He Mengxi's back had been facing Zhou Donghuang, her reaction time was slightly slower, and she had not noticed him there until she turned around physically.

”Third Senior Sister.”

Upon seeing He Mengxi, Zhou Donghuang's gaze softened considerably as well, and he displayed his respect through his lowered gaze.

As far as he could remember from his memories of his past life, this third senior sister was like a motherly figure to him.

”Little brother... How about you join our duel for today, with me and Da Zhuang joining forces against you?”

In the past, He Mengxi had also taken the initiative to invite Zhou Donghuang to duel with them. However, she had always been sorely defeated by Zhou Donghuang to the point where she was cast out of her own shadow. Afterwards, for half a year, she had stopped inviting Zhou Donghuang to duel with her.

However, at this point, she was suddenly inspired to try joining forces with Da Zhuang. If she alone was not sufficient to fight Zhou Donghuang, perhaps their combined forces would be potent enough.