The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

The reason why the Demon Emperor Tu Shanling was able to break through to the limit was entirely due to the back door opened by the Heavenly Dao Laws of the lower realm.

Its purpose is to create another barrier, hindering Chu Xiu, who is of the human race, and inciting new and old grudges between the human and demon races.

This resulted in both Tu Shanling and Chu Xiu being severely injured, thus eliminating the threat to the guardians of the Heavenly Dao's shackles...

In other words, the guardian of the Heavenly Dao did not have the confidence to deal with two Limitless Realm experts at the same time, and did not even have the determination to win against one Limitless Realm expert!

"In that case, I will join forces with you to deal with the guardians of the Heavenly Dao!"

Chu Xiu finally made up his mind and reached out his hand to Tu Shanling.

Tu Shanling smiled and reached out her soft, slender hand to grasp Chu Xiu's palm.

"In that case, thank you very much, Lord Chu!"

Tu Shanling was truly grateful for the young man's trust.

With the unique perception of heaven and earth granted by her nine-tailed fox bloodline,

She could clearly sense that even though she was a descendant of a divine beast and at the same level as Chu Xiu, there was still an 80% chance that she was no match for Chu Xiu!

This young man seems to have already gained the approval of the Heavenly Dao of the lower realm, the approval of an enemy that cannot be defeated by force!

Otherwise, why would a dignified Heavenly Dao need to resort to conspiracies and tricks to deal with a human?

Tu Shanling vaguely felt that Chu Xiu was probably only one step away from the realm above Xuanxian!

But this step will be extremely difficult to overcome!

This is because in the lower realm, neither the Murong clan nor the barbarians and humans native to this realm have any way or method to break through to the level of Xuanxian!

But she, Tu Shanling, has it!

The bloodline of the Tushan clan can inherit memories, a privilege derived from the bloodline of divine beasts in the upper realm, which even the laws of the heavens in the lower realm cannot erase.

"Lord Chu, if I had a way to reach the threshold of the Profound Immortal realm or higher while still in the lower realms, would you be willing to..."

"tell me!"

Chu Xiu stood up abruptly and took several steps forward, his body almost colliding with Tu Shanling's.

"tell me!"

Chu Xiu emphasized again, his eyes filled with fervor, even his breath carrying a burning intensity.

Tu Shanling blushed slightly as the hot breath touched her face and chest. She turned her head slightly away and stammered, "I understand... I'll tell you right away..."

Although Tu Shanling was a nine-tailed fox with a face and figure that could bewitch everyone in the world, she had long lived in the territory of the demon race, where the males were all extremely rugged and terrifying. She had never seen such a handsome and spirited young man as Chu Xiu...

For a moment, they were inevitably drawn to Chu Xiu's aura, almost losing face for the fox clan.

Chu Xiu, who was not good at matters of love, had no idea about these things. All he wanted to know was what the threshold above the Xuanxian realm was!

Tu Shanling held her hands out in front of her chest, her fingertips already touching Chu Xiu's chest.

She quickly pushed that handsome face away, then breathed a sigh of relief and explained, "The realm above the Profound Immortal is called Breaking Through the Void!"

"Fame, fortune, and power are illusions, beauty and dreams are illusions, the heavens and the stars are illusions, but for you and me, they are all very real!"

"Lord Chu, do you know what emptiness is?"

What is emptiness?

Chu Xiu recalled the Tai Xu You Tian Bu technique he had studied.

With the system's help, he could perform the techniques without having to comprehend their truth word by word like other cultivators in this world.

In this way, although he did not have the threshold to study the cultivation method, he also lost the opportunity to comprehend the true Dao.

Looking back now, I realize that if I had been able to ground myself in understanding the true principles contained within the cultivation method, I might have been able to answer Tu Shanling's question.

But is that really the case?

Chu Xiu vaguely sensed that if his own strength were insufficient, he would not be able to be like this today. When he heard Tu Shanling's question about "what is emptiness", he suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

What is emptiness?

Chu Xiu muttered to himself.

He felt that he had touched a thick barrier, but this barrier was not something he, being in the lower realm, could break through.

"...Why do we need to know what emptiness is?"

Chu Xiu suddenly realized, "Since it's about breaking through the void, why bother exploring 'what is the void'?"

"The road ahead may be illusory, but you and I are real. Since we are here to break through the illusion, we should break through the illusion with reality. Why bother about what the illusion is? Break through it with our true selves, break through it with our strength!"

Chu Xiu's question left Tu Shanling stunned, her mind suddenly clear.

After breaking through to the limit, she learned about the concept of "Breaking Through the Void" above the Xuanxian realm from her bloodline inheritance.

Upon receiving this message, the question immediately came to mind: "What is emptiness?"

Could it be that her thoughts and insights were guided by this question from beginning to end, thus distorting the true meaning of breaking through the void?

"This is the Heavenly Dao of this place!"

Tu Shanling suddenly realized the truth.

"The Heavenly Dao here uses illusions to confuse my mind, precisely to prevent me from exploring the realms beyond the Profound Immortal!"

"It's damned!"

Tu Shanling's pretty face was filled with anger as she looked at Chu Xiu: "Being in this realm, there is absolutely no possibility of breaking through the Void!"

"Your and my primary task now is to travel to the location of the upper realm teleportation array, defeat that guardian of the Heavenly Dao's shackles, and leave this realm!"

Chu Xiu nodded slightly.

"Come with me, I know where it is!"

Tu Shanling's gaze was icy. She grabbed Chu Xiu's hand and was about to take off.

"No need to go..."

Chu Xiu suddenly sneered, grabbed Tu Shanling's hand, and the two of them flashed and were already above the palace.

"He's already here!"

As soon as Chu Xiu finished speaking, a figure that was 20,000 feet tall appeared in the night sky and suddenly descended!

"The third limit..."

Chu Xiu's expression was solemn. Although he had expected it, he was still shocked when this guardian of the Heavenly Dao Shackles stood before him with his Limitless Realm cultivation.

A Dharma body of twenty thousand feet...

Even if Chu Xiu were to exert all his strength now, his Dharma Body would only be ten thousand feet tall...

Is this the power of the guardians of the Heavenly Dao's shackles...?

"My name is Zhidao Zhe. I have come here by the decree of Heaven. Human Chu Xiu and demon Tu Shanling, you two, come forward immediately to receive the decree!"

The voice of that twenty-thousand-foot-tall Dharma Body was not loud, but it was infused with the aura of the Limitless Realm, spreading his voice throughout the entire demon territory!

Tu Shanling tugged at Chu Xiu's sleeve and asked, "How is it? Can you beat him?"

Chu Xiu scoffed, "Whether we can win or not, we'll only know after we fight!"

After saying that, Chu Xiu's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot.

A glint of light flashed in Tu Shanling's eyes as she excitedly looked towards the 20,000-foot-tall Dharma body.

This young man's words and actions are truly endearing...

The Daoist shouted, but no one responded, which greatly displeased him.

"Where are Chu Xiu and Tu Shanling?!"

The Daoist shouted coldly again, but this time, he was truly enraged.

Waves of sound descended from the sky with his shout, crashing heavily onto the imperial city.

If it weren't for the demon race's great array protecting the imperial city, it would have long been reduced to ruins by the shouts of the Daoist leaders.

But with just this one strike, the demon race's great formation shattered layer by layer amidst the shouts of the Dao Bearer!

But Chu Xiu's figure had already appeared in front of the Dao Holder.

"The Enforcers? That must be the name of an organization, right?"

“I’ve killed two other people from the Upper Realm who also called themselves Dao Holders. You are far stronger than them…”

"But your outcome will certainly be no different from theirs!"

Chu Xiu threw a punch at the face of the Dao Holder, simultaneously unleashing his Undying Golden Body Dharma Form—

The fist he threw instantly grew larger under the astonished gaze of the Dao Bearer.

The punch landed squarely on the face of the unsuspecting Daoist.

It completely shattered his arrogant attitude!

boom!

The Daoist's twenty-thousand-foot-tall Dharma body shattered with a deafening roar!

Having been knocked down by Chu Xiu's fist, he could no longer maintain that bluffing, towering Dharma body!

"These two ten-thousand-foot-tall Dharma bodies were actually fake!"

"So the so-called 'Cultivators of the Way' are nothing more than those who have reached the same 'Stop' realm as me!"

Chu Xiu sneered and threw another punch at the Dao Holder who had fallen to the ground.

"Damn it!"

"I entered the Absolute Realm 100,000 years earlier than you, so why is your strength far superior to mine?"

"Tu Shanling! Come quickly and help me!"

The Daoist shouted angrily, but his previous arrogance was gone.

The Daoist who was tricked into becoming cannon fodder by the Heavenly Dao could never have imagined that Tu Shanling had already chosen a good tree to perch on, so why would she lend a helping hand!

Tu Shanling gazed at Chu Xiu's towering Dharma body, her eyes filled with wonder.

They are both limits, but there are differences in strength!

Chu Xiu is undoubtedly the strongest person in this world, without exception!