Fang Ming looked at him and shook his head, "You are merely deceiving yourself."
Jin Bifeng remained silent for a long time, then said, "True is also false, and false is also true."
"Why bother distinguishing?"
Fang Ming said, "You are unwilling to wake up, forever slumbering in the land of dreams."
"Is it because the land of dreams holds what you cherish, all that is beautiful, while reality is cruel?"
"Reality holds no such beauty, only the most profound cruelty."
Jin Bifeng stopped walking.
He seemed to ponder for a long time, finally saying, "Further words are meaningless. The conflict of our interests is also a conflict of our positions, leaving no room for peace."
"Let us fight with swords."
"To decide the victor, and to divide life and death."
Fang Ming nodded, "That is precisely my intention. However, I have a question for you."
"Beyond the Hunyuan Great Awakening Golden Immortal, what path lies ahead? What path have you forged?"
This time, Jin Bifeng did not hesitate. He answered Fang Ming with an indifferent tone.
"This? It is not important. It is harmless to speak of it."
"The Great Awakening Immortal Path is for the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal to comprehend the Primordial Profound, and with the power of the Primordial Profound, to gradually construct five Primal Worlds, forming the circulation of the Five Elements. This is the entire process."
"From Great Luo to Great Awakening."
"The path of Great Luo, the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal, is already the peak."
"The path of Great Awakening, the Hunyuan Great Awakening Golden Immortal, is also the peak."
"To continue further, one must naturally make changes."
"Since there is the Primordial Profound, there must naturally be the Profound Breaking."
"To comprehend the power of the Primordial Profound is to step onto the Great Awakening Immortal Path, and to leave the Great Awakening Immortal Path requires the power of Profound Breaking."
"One comprehends, one breaks."
"Entering the mountain and exiting the mountain, entering the sea and exiting the sea, only by entering the world can one exit the world... this is precisely the principle."
"Beyond the Hunyuan Great Awakening Golden Immortal lies the – Profound Breaking Realm!"
Jin Bifeng paused, then said, "The Profound Breaking Realm, like the Primordial Profound Realm, is a transitional stage, with combat power equivalent to a perfect Immortal Emperor."
"The Profound Breaking Realm is to break through the profound. Therefore, upon achieving the Profound Breaking Realm, the five Primal Worlds within the body will shatter."
"Within the body, there will be no more inner heavens, no more Primal Worlds, only the power of Profound Breaking – this is the Profound Breaking Realm!"
Fang Ming nodded after listening.
"From Primordial Profound to Profound Breaking, this system is quite logical. What lies beyond Profound Breaking?"
Jin Bifeng replied, "The Profound Breaking Realm is the realm for nurturing the power of Profound Breaking. When the power of Profound Breaking reaches a certain level, it can shatter everything."
"At this time, if one does not die, they will possess the power of virtualization. This realm is also known as the Great Venerable Realm."
"If the breakthrough fails, it is death. It is either success or death, there is no second path."
The Great Venerable Realm?
Fang Ming mused, "Is the Great Venerable Realm equivalent to the Saint Ruin Immortal Emperor level?"
Jin Bifeng nodded.
He added, "Beyond the Great Venerable Realm is the Sovereign Realm, and beyond the Sovereign Realm is the Immortal Realm."
"Upon reaching the peak of the Immortal Realm, one must cross the Gate of Truth to reach a new realm, beyond immortality. However, this realm, I have not yet deduced or created."
"Therefore, the peak of immortality is currently the highest realm in the system I created."
The Gate of Truth.
The peak of the Immortal Realm.
Fang Ming also sighed, "How many layers of boxes?"
Jin Bifeng answered, "Seven layers."
"In my prime, I was a peak expert of the Immortal Realm, possessing the strength of seven layers of boxes."
"However, now, having forcefully descended, I am merely infinitely close to two layers of boxes. Alas... you ultimately destroyed my avatar!"
Fang Ming also sighed, "You are currently only at the peak of the Hunyuan Great Awakening Golden Immortal."
"You have not yet broken through the profound, therefore you possess no power of Profound Breaking, nor are you in the Profound Breaking Realm."
"Nor are you a practitioner of the Great Venerable Realm, Sovereign Realm, or Immortal Realm."
"I cannot obtain your cultivation of Profound Breaking, or even beyond Profound Breaking."
"A pity..."
Although he said "a pity" aloud.
Fang Ming did not truly care much about this matter in his heart.
After all, there was nothing that could be done about it.
Jin Bifeng in his prime, with the strength of seven layers of boxes, would have been an insurmountable opponent for Fang Ming upon his descent, and he would have been unable to obtain anything.
Therefore, the current situation was better.
Jin Bifeng's cultivation was only at the peak of the Hunyuan Great Awakening Golden Immortal, and he had not yet undergone Profound Breaking.
This cultivation level was precisely suitable.
Fang Ming and Jin Bifeng looked at each other.
They did not move, and their words seemed calm, but the pressure of their stillness was stronger and more terrifying than any movement.
Jin Bifeng's dozens of Dao companions, including Yuan Feng, the Five Elements Demon Gods, Houtu, and others, had retreated to the side.
Fang Ming.
Jin Bifeng.
One was an existence whose inner world condensed five Primal Worlds, absorbed the power of three Hunyuan Great Awakening Golden Immortals, and stood at the Immortal Emperor position with the quasi-Immortal Emperor body.
One was the true peak of the Great Awakening Immortal Path, a cultivator at the peak of the Hunyuan Great Awakening Golden Immortal, and the creator of the Great Awakening Immortal Path, only one step away from Profound Breaking.
The pressure emanating from them, though invisible, was by no means intangible.
Fang Ming suddenly said, "Where is your sword?"
"As the Sect Master of the Jie Sect, you should possess the Four Immortal Slaying Swords."
In this world, perhaps hundreds, or even thousands, of different Immortal Slaying Four Swords were preserved.
Among them were Innate Supreme Treasures, Chaos Spirit Treasures, Chaos Supreme Treasures, and Dao Artifacts.
Previously, over a hundred elders and guardian-level figures had joined forces, wielding twenty-eight Dao Artifact Immortal Slaying Four Swords to fight, capable of sweeping away cultivators below the Hunyuan Great Awakening Golden Immortal level.
The might of the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation displayed by the elders of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace, though terrifying, far surpassed that of the Tongtian Sect Master Fang Ming had encountered in the Primordial World. His Immortal Slaying Four Swords... at that time, even the Heaven-Shielding Great Emperor level Fang Ming could shatter them with a single palm.
Not an Immortal Slaying Sword Formation capable of severing all Immortal Kings, and easily killing hundreds of Immortal King supreme giants.
But no matter how powerful the elders' Immortal Slaying Four Swords were, they could not compare to Jin Bifeng, the Sect Master of the Jie Sect, and his Immortal Slaying Four Swords!
Jin Bifeng was not merely the lord of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace; he was also the Sect Master of the Jie Sect.
Jin Bifeng heard this and said, "I am the Sect Master of the Jie Sect, and naturally, I possess swords."
With that, four swords manifested.
The first sword was neither copper nor steel.
Inscribed upon it were the words:
"Immortal Slaying Sword, two feet four inches long, tip and width one inch three fen. It is refined from the ultimate essence of the boundless, transformed into qi within the body, taking the sun and moon, smelted with Bing Ding, using the furnace of Qiankun, and operated by the pliers and hammers of Yuan Shi, forged with wisdom fire."
"Not belonging to Yin and Yang, not using iron, primal purple qi forged and melted, once cast, it will slay heavenly demons."
"In the past tribulations, during the Dragon-Phoenix era, it was wielded to roam the Five Elements Great World, contending with heroes."
The second sword was shaped like a bronze sword.
Upon it were inscribed the words:
"Immortal Trapping Sword, resembling raw bronze, with a five-section linked hilt, bearing raised runes, and images of stars and the sun and moon, weighing eighty-one liang."
"Often used to slay heavenly demons, clear out invaders from beyond the domain, its divine edge points to the fall of evil spirits, and all evil essences of the myriad realms are extinguished."