Xiu Jie Ming's gaze was unfocused for a moment, as if a distant memory had been awakened.

Since he was very young, Xiu Jie Ming's body was already far more powerful than his peers. When those peers fought against him, it was like children fighting against adults, mercilessly crushed by him.

Xiu Jie Ming also enjoyed such battles, as he could crush everything with his power.

Yet, despite victory after victory, he never gained his father's approval. Instead, his father became more and more dissatisfied with him.

Until one day, his father took him into the martial training ground and crushed him with absolutely overwhelming force.

"Jieming, you must remember, true strength in a man is not about how strong your body is, but how much power you can control."

"The power of one person can be the enemy of ten, a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand, yet it cannot achieve invincibility in the world. Because one person's power is ultimately limited. No matter how strong you are, there will always be someone stronger. When you encounter someone stronger, you will need to rely on the strength of others to defeat them."

"The more power you can borrow, the stronger the power you control becomes, making you stronger, until you stand at the top of the pyramid, where no one can oppose the power you can control. Only then will you be a true strongman, capable of becoming invincible."

Since then, Xiu Jie Ming seemed like a different person, no longer relying on his inherent physical power or his body.

He worked hard to learn, to gain more knowledge, and to master more power.

His talent was strong, mastering any technique as soon as he learned it.

He was also very clever, able to calculate everything, even commanding an army of thousands or tens of thousands as if it were at his fingertips.

He learned to plan his own life, and also learned to plan the lives of others.

He finally earned his father's recognition, and his father's smile grew broader whenever he saw him.

Xiu Jie Ming was also happy, yet during the quiet of night when he lay awake, he sometimes felt something was missing, though he couldn't say what.

At that moment, Xiu Jie Ming suddenly realized what he was missing.

Pleasure! He wasn't feeling pleasure!

He had been winning all along but found no joy in those victories.

He calculated everything except his own happiness.

Puch!

In that distracted instant, the antler pierced into Xiu Jie Ming's shoulder, branches of radiant light stabbing into his body.

"Perhaps... I really should let myself go once... Perhaps... I want to meet my former self..." Xiu Jie Ming murmured, as if unaware of the pain, with his head lowered.

"See you in the next life." The White Deer heard his murmuring, showing disdain, one hand swinging the antlers to repel the Ghost Emperor and White Tiger, and with the other, trying to impale Xiu Jie Ming's body directly.

The antlers plunged deeper, while the branches beside them stabbed into Xiu Jie Ming's body, but he still bowed his head, not raising it to look. He just reached out and grabbed the antlers.

The White Deer suddenly felt as if the antlers it held were caught by iron pincers, unable to move an inch further.

The White Deer unleashed its Primordial Energy, but the antlers still didn't budge.

Its gaze shifted to the hand gripping the antlers, where the Primordial Energy surged, as if some terrifying force was rampaging through it.

Bang!

In the next second, the Primordial Energy on Xiu Jie Ming's body erupted like a volcano, bursting his armor aside with its stream, and his already robust body began to contract.

No, it wasn't contracting, rather his flesh, bones, and muscles were all becoming solidified, with density and strength continuously increasing.

Muscles that already seemed like steel, under this state, compressed and fortified, emitted a fine metallic sheen, the texture continuing to strengthen.

With the outflow of Primordial Energy, it also carried away the impurities and unnecessary energy and substances within Xiu Jie Ming's body.

Soon, Xiu Jie Ming's body became dazzling like diamond with a metallic luster, and one could even see his jade-like internal organs and flowing blood through his body.

Simultaneously, no Primordial Energy fluctuation was felt from him.

Crack!

The antler shattered in Xiu Jie Ming's grip, that hard sacred antler crushed in his fingers.

"Impossible... How can this be... A human body... How can it be this formidable... This body is already comparable to a Secret God of the same level... even more terrifying..." The White Deer's eyes flashed with astonishment.

"You want to meet Xiu Jie Ming, right? Then take a good look." Xiu Jie Ming lifted his head, with eyes glowing frighteningly, looking at the White Deer, though these words were not meant for the White Deer.

Even he himself probably didn't know whether those words were for Chen Guan or for himself.

The White Deer gazed with a strange expression at Xiu Jie Ming, who had shrunk several sizes but whose aura was even more terrifying, like a Demon God.

Not waiting for it to speak, Xiu Jie Ming was already in motion, so fast that even the White Deer saw only afterimages.

In almost the blink of an eye, Xiu Jie Ming was in front of it, swinging a dazzling fist that charged intensely after reaching the extreme of its backward arc.

Every line of the fist and arm gleamed, radiating light and heat.

The White Deer's heart pounded in shock, hurriedly raising the other antler to block.

Bang!

The antler was directly smashed into pieces by the fist, amidst flying fragments, the White Deer instinctively lifted its arms to block the fist, but was sent flying backward.

Still in mid-air, Xiu Jie Ming, with explosive force, charged at it, with both fists savagely pounding the White Deer's body ruthlessly.

The sound of bones colliding was incessant, the White Deer's form constantly deforming and contorting in mid-air, much like a sandbag being mercilessly pummeled.

Bam!

After an onslaught of fury, the final punch caused the White Deer's body to explode directly under Xiu Jie Ming's strike.

A storm of white fluff flew, swirling everywhere.

Brother Button and Chen Guan stared dumbfounded at Xiu Jie Ming in that flurry of white fluff.

"Commander... So strong..." Brother Button's eyes shone, admiration almost spilling out of them.

"Truly strong." Chen Guan added.

He wasn't just referring to Xiu Jie Ming's strength, but also the Absolute Secret State he comprehended.

As Xiu Jie Ming's transformation began, Chen Guan's mind had already recorded the Absolute Secret State archives.

Absolute Secret State — Returning to the True Self: Discard everything, return to the origin, return to the true self.

A simple introduction, but its effect was terrifying, the only Absolute Secret State among those Chen Guan acquired, that purely enhanced physical strength.

Chen Guan had no time for detailed research, noticing that amidst the flying fluff, there was no White Deer flesh left, and after searching the surroundings without finding any trace, he rushed over to pick up the Vermilion Fruit from the ground.

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