Chapter 114 – Ambition to Soar Above Mountains and Rivers: Leaping from the Abyss

As the saying goes: where there are people, there is the martial world. And since it is the martial world, conflicts and contradictions are inevitable.

In such an environment that taints all, if one does not wish to be stained with impurities, the only option is to rise up and forge one’s own unique identity.

Though Ye Kuang was but an ordinary man, he was flesh and blood, with ideals and ambitions. How could he idly let time slip away and remain mediocre?

It could be said that, while multitasking, he inadvertently opened his eyes.

After a night of deep meditation and reflection, he realized that his strength had fully recovered, even surpassing its previous state.

The sensation of power surging through his body made his pores dilate and filled him with euphoria, leading him to marvel at how the bloodline inherited since ancient times could also boil with fervor.

Faced with the long and arduous road ahead, he felt a wave of pressure.

Not to mention the weighty legacy he carried, even the grand ambition of becoming undefeated across the land was enough to drive him to strive for a lifetime.

Yet, wasn’t it precisely because of these challenges that life became more intriguing?

Ye Kuang: “Hahaha…”

His laughter was wild and unrestrained, embodying the attitude an ordinary man ought to have. When confronted with the choice between facing difficulties head-on or shrinking back, most might cautiously retreat, but he resolutely chose the former!

He was not reckless; rather, he understood deeply that with great power comes great responsibility.

Perhaps he had once hoped fate would favor him, but harsh reality always played tricks on him—this world was no longer the one he once knew.

Moreover, since he began martial training, his understanding had been constantly reshaped. By now, he no longer believed fate would show mercy to anyone. He only firmly believed that where there’s a will, there’s a way!

For if even he learned to give up, what would become of his ideals, his future, and his goal of becoming the strongest in the city?

Standing by the windowsill, hands clasped behind his back, Ye Kuang gazed at the boundless, vast blue sky. His inner world seemed to expand infinitely in that instant.

No matter how many obstacles lay ahead, he would never bow to adversity. Even if fate were fraught with hardships, he would not resign himself to captivity.

Even if it meant being shattered to pieces, he would uphold the soaring ambitions of the Ye Family’s sons!

Ye Kuang stood there for a full four hours.

During this time, he did not know why time slipped away like sand through fingers, but it was undeniable that without this interval of contemplation, he might not have seen through the essence of certain matters.

In the end, it was because he was still too weak!

Gradually, his mindset underwent a subtle change, sharpening his gaze like a blade, making it keen and revealing its sharpness.

Let others be strong—the bright moon still shines upon the great river.

Suddenly, Ye Kuang was struck by an unprecedented sensation, one he found irresistible.

He abruptly sensed a glimmer of insight into the Ninth Palm. How could such supremely firm and yang power be controlled by a faint-hearted will?

True strength might not stem from exceptional skill alone, nor from self-proclaimed superiority.

It could be that one’s mindset determines the path, driving the depths of the heart solely toward becoming stronger!

Such was his current state of mind!

Ye Kuang’s chest gradually churned like tidal waves, his fervent blood boiling uncontrollably… From the crown of his head, faint wisps of steam began to emanate.

As time slipped away unnoticed, the unfolding situation subtly exceeded his expectations.His Dantian Inner World seemed to undergo an anomalous transformation, causing the previously uncontrollable True Qi to suddenly transform into countless Wandering Dragons coursing through his entire being.

Ye Kuang couldn’t help but change his expression upon sensing this.

This was arguably the first time he had ever felt fear toward his own power.

As the power grew increasingly turbulent, it abruptly plunged him into a state of emptiness, where he realized that comprehending the previously elusive truths could be so simple and smooth.

Even if mountains and rivers stretched ten thousand miles ahead, he could still forge onward.

Despite the myriad changes in mental state, he alone guarded his original heart.

Whether to leap into the sky or remain in the abyss—this was a question, and also a threshold he must cross.

As the saying goes: A hidden dragon in the abyss is profound and unfathomable, but once a flying dragon soars in the sky, who can contend with it!

Ye Kuang had no choice but to forcibly calm himself, immersing his mind entirely into the mysteries of the Ninth Palm to deeply excavate what lay within.

“Having aspirations does not guarantee success, but a life without ambition will inevitably lead to failure in all endeavors.”

If it isn’t “lofty aspirations soaring to the heavens, heroic ambitions resounding through the nine skies,” then it must be “soaring upward with momentum piercing the rainbow, persevering unyieldingly to reverse the cosmos!”

Roar, roar, roar!

Enlightened to this point, Ye Kuang’s heart couldn’t help but roar wildly: “My ambition is higher than the heavens, immeasurable; my ambition is vaster than the earth, even more unquantifiable…”

It was only at this moment that he finally understood the method to comprehend the Ninth Palm: only by harboring aspirations can one dispel the clouds and see the sun. When mindset determines direction, one can then master oneself.

It could be said that while the hundred years of power gained from the Great Revitalizing Pill was previously difficult to fully integrate, and the Elder’s thirty years of power was hard to utilize completely, they now ultimately fulfilled Ye Kuang entirely!

This even gave rise to a terrifying thought within him: with one punch, he could shatter a thousand jun of force, henceforth slaying gods and buddhas who stood in his way.

Once these powers stacked together, it became even more unimaginable. He dared to challenge the Elders of the Yuan-Ma Families again, brazenly declaring: “Come at me together!”

As this power boiled over, it made him feel somewhat unreal.

If not for the roaring power constantly surging through his meridians, confirming that all of this was real, even if he didn’t want to believe it, he had to.

At this moment, he was no longer himself, but one who had unexpectedly stepped onto the cultivation path to defy fate and change destiny.

Of course, what made Ye Kuang even more unable to restrain himself was that after most of the day of comprehension, he unexpectedly grasped the Ninth Palm “Leaping from Abyss.””

This would undoubtedly become his trump card!

No matter how powerful the opponent he faced, Ye Kuang now possessed considerable resistance capability.

If he were to face Tian Ming again, he dared say: I only need one move to defeat him.

It must be said that the change from before to after was like that between a pond and a lake—his power had undergone a complete baptism.

It could also be said that if he previously struggled to fully control the Dantian True Qi Sea, it now belonged entirely to him.

Henceforth, you are in me, and I am in you, indistinguishable from each other.

And from this second onward, Ye Kuang evidently achieved a leap in progress, from then on possessing the confidence and strength to boast about challenging the Innate realm.