Da Xuan Martial Saint

One step,

two steps,

three steps,

...

After deploying the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal, Chen Mu faced much less pressure head-on, because the Earth of Kun, Water of Kan, and other powers of heaven and earth materialized through the rotation of Qiankun were completely under his control.

In fact, at this juncture, even within Qin Mengjun's Qian Heaven Domain, he was transforming her Strength of Qian Heaven into other Eight Phases, and then using them to confront her. Only the Qiankun Artistic Conception could accomplish this, quite akin to a direct face-off.

Of course,

Chen Mu also understood that Qin Mengjun was not fully exerting the true power of the Qian Heaven Domain; she was merely fully unfolding the Domain, lying back, and allowing him to manipulate and struggle within it.

Otherwise, the moment he entered the Qian Heaven Domain, he would have faced attacks from all sides right away and would not have had this sluggish opportunity to deploy the Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal and transform the powers of heaven and earth.

"No wonder once a Domain is established, it can virtually crush an ordinary Martial Artist immensely with its power."

Chen Mu murmured to himself.

Although he could now exert more than fifty shares of the power of heaven and earth if he went all out, even if Qin Mengjun exerted only 'fifty shares' of the power of the Qian Heaven Domain, he would have no chance of winning.

This was still under the condition that he had cultivated the Qiankun Artistic Conception, able to perform certain confrontations within the Domain through the rotation of Eight Phases and Heaven and Earth Wheel Seal; otherwise, it would be even worse, as the power of the Artistic Conception would be entirely suppressed and ineffective.

"Even my master's Qian Heaven Domain cannot completely suppress my Qiankun Artistic Conception; it's even less likely with other ordinary Domains. I only face somewhat restricted performance in a Domain, more passive, and my current Yuan Gang Force is not weak at all. A Domain can only restrict Artistic Conception and block the communication with heaven and earth, not the Internal Training of a Martial Artist."

Chen Mu finally made a rough assessment of his own strength.

Before he had cultivated a Qiankun Domain himself, he would more or less face some suppression against any Domain, but this suppression was within his tolerance, at least manageable.

This means, when he encounters those 'Second Tier' Grandmasters who master a Domain, he can fight back to some extent, though most likely at a significant disadvantage and unlikely to win, but he could still retreat safely.

Similarly,

even with Third Tier Grandmasters, if they initially attack him with a Domain, he would be able to withstand it to some extent and then run away as fast as he could. In short, if he couldn't fly, he could dig underground, as long as they cannot catch up to him, they couldn't do much to him.

As for someone like Qin Mengjun, a Fourth Tier top Grandmaster, it gets tricky as the Qian Heaven Domain is too powerful. Despite him now being able to move forward into the twenty zhang radius around Qin Mengjun, if a real fight were to commence, even if they were separated by forty or fifty zhang, merely being enveloped by her Qian Heaven Domain for even a brief moment might result in severe damage!

After all,

attacks within a Domain ignore distance, have no blind spots, and he could only withstand it directly. With his current strength, withstanding such attacks from an entity like Qin Mengjun was clearly impossible.

That is to say, currently, he could fight against Second Tier Grandmasters, had confidence in retreating from Third Tier Grandmasters, and for Fourth Tier top Grandmasters, it all depended on the distance. Outside the opponent's Domain, he could still compete in speed. Once too close, within the opponent's Domain, there were hardly any chances to escape.

Understanding his current self and the general pros and cons against Marrow Cleansing Grandmasters, Chen Mu also felt relieved.

Although it was nearly impossible to escape from Qin Mengjun, how many people in the whole of the Cold North's Eleven States are like Qin Mengjun, a Fourth Tier top Grandmaster?

And the Fifth Tier, nearing the 'Blood Exchange', didn't even exist in the Eleven States of Cold North, such entities are extremely rare throughout the whole of Da Xuan, and encountering them is much less likely than coming across someone in the Blood Exchange Realm.

The vast majority of Marrow Cleansing Grandmasters fell into the Second and Third Tiers!

With this thought,

Chen Mu stopped in his tracks.

"What's wrong?"

Qin Mengjun, observing Chen Mu who stopped about a dozen zhang away, asked meticulously, "You have stepped into the Six Viscera Realm, and your Gang True Energy should also be strong. If you exert it, this position should not be your limit, right?"

"Yes."

Chen Mu nodded at Qin Mengjun and then said, "I could move further forward, but I want to experience more about the methods of the Domain; I wonder if master could provide some guidance ..."

Now that he had roughly understood his standing, if Qin Mengjun kept the Domain open without employing any measures against him, then he could muster his Yuan Gang Force and get close to Qin Mengjun without any issues.

After all,

he could now mobilize the might of more than fifty shares, merely depending on the Qian Heaven Domain like that, wouldn't likely crush him. The gap between him and Qin Mengjun was not that immense yet.

However, there was no need to continue testing this as it wouldn't make sense to endure the Domain and get physically close to Qin Mengjun.

"Very well."

Qin Mengjun nodded slightly; she knew that with the depth of Chen Mu's artistic conception and if he mobilized his Yuan Gang Force, her merely open Qian Heaven Domain trying to suppress him to prevent getting close would be quite difficult; Chen Mu could still walk up to her within a zhang. Continue reading at My Virtual Library Empire