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(An adaptation of "Immortality" by Chen Dong of Webnovel of China Literature)

(The Eternal Strife)

(Episode 10)

Adoptive Father,

rumors about the Saint are running rife.

Are we really not going to look for the Saint?

I fear some troublemaker might…

Finding the Saint won't be an easy job.

Those people are just curious.

They'll lose interest after some time.

But Li Chang has been lingering outside all along on the pretext of waiting for the duel.

I'm worried

his true intention

is to help Baiyue Kingdom find the Saint first.

Li Fang!

You may leave.

Do not bring up this matter again.

Yes.

This brat…

General, I've brought him here.

Dugu Baitian, grandson of Dugu Feiyu,

pays his respects to General Li Lin.

Oh, Feiyu's grandson.

What brings you to see me?

I wish to learn Purgation Chi-Art from you

to subdue an uncontrollable force in me.

Purgation Chi-Art is unique to my family.

It is of great significance.

Since you claim to be Feiyu's grandson…

Here's the deal.

Lightlord Stillness, the skill unique to the Dugu family,

is nicknamed Absolute Defense.

If you can fend off my attack,

I'll acknowledge your identity.

Sir is at Lord level,

while I haven't even reached Sub-lord level.

As a Dugu, you can't even summon up the courage to do this.

It would seem the Dugu family has not only declined

but also brought up a group of cowards.

Even before my departure, my grandfather was telling me you were an honorable man

and an upstanding and dauntless hero.

Such remarks

are unbefitting of your status.

Why should I waste my time on a coward?

Since you don't think you can do that,

get out of my sight.

The Dugu family is such a disappointment.

You're going too far!

I thought you were a real hero!

But it turns out you're anything but that!

What did you just say?

I said you're anything but that!

My skill is no match for yours.

I admit defeat.

But there's no coward in the Dugu family.

Hey, hey, hey,

wait a moment.

What else do you have to say?

Aw,

your temper is just as hot as Feiyu's.

Your grandfather has written to me and told me everything.

He also boasted you're the most gifted youngster the world has seen in 100 years,

which is why I tried to take your measure.

You do have great talent.

But apart from talent,

I think there's something else at work.

The way you face this world

is like how you faced this teacup.

You're bold and fierce but inflexible.

I'm okay with teaching you Purgation Chi-Art,

but first, you need to learn to control your powers.

Thank you, Sir.

But don't you have a duel to prepare for?

Why don't we start directly with Purgation Chi-Art?

Aw,

don't worry about that.

Try infusing your inner strength into it.

You think way too little of me, General.

Maintain it.

Don't underestimate this tree leaf.

I just didn't take it seriously.

You need to keep your energy output continuous and steady.

Just now, you barely managed to fend off that palm strike of mine

because the inner strength you mobilized was not concentrated and sustainable enough.

But what's it got to do with restraining the force in me?

Restraint is also a type of control.

Again.

A stick stroke for each shattered leaf.

Pressure is motivation.

That won't cut it.

Is this the best you can do?

You shattered another one.

The upcoming duel between General Li and Li Chang has provoked much discussion in the city.

Miss Situ,

are you not interested?

If you're here to give me a hard time, spit it out.

Well then, explain why you are here.

I remember telling you

Li Lin's Purgation Chi-Art cannot save him.

The general is a friend to my family.

I attended the banquet by invitation.

I was unaware he was there as well.

I'll remind you one more time.

Only when my master believes the time is ripe

are you allowed to induce him to Demonize.

Don't worry.

So long as you extract the demonic power

and let him have his own life,

I'll do anything for you.

I hope you can accept reality as it is.

After all, there's no telling

if that geezer Li Lin will survive the duel.

Seriously?

I don't want to make excuses, but this leaf is way too fragile.

One small mistake,

and it'll be burst by the infused energy.

There's no way to maintain it for 2 hours.

Alas.

Practitioners of martial arts are supposed to observe their powers with their Psyche,

not their eyes.

Don't be too demanding of a tree leaf.

It is not the leaf but your heart

that is fidgeting.

The leaf is not fragile.

Your heart is.

See the difference?

He incorporates the leaf into his power.

No matter how much energy he infuses into it, he can always retain complete control of it.

You focused on the leaf

but forgot the key lay in the use of power.

You never cease to surprise me.

No wonder your grandfather praised you in the letter.

You're indeed special.

I wouldn't say special. After all…

This is only the beginning.

Control is just the first part of your training.

To achieve full command of your power,

you also need to learn to forget.

That is the only way you can mobilize it at will

when the biggest crisis comes.

Forget your need to control it.

Become one with your power.

Manipulate it as freely as you breathe.

Adoptive Father.

Adoptive Father,

Li Chang has been sitting out there for 3 days.

He threatens to go back and petition for another attack

unless you duel with him right away.

How about I fix him in your stead?

No need.

What's meant to come will come.

Has that guy really been sitting there for 3 days?

He has.

The general approaches!

About this duel,

do you think my master can win it?

Have faith.

My adoptive father is the War God of Breeze Kingdom.

He's invincible.

You came.

Today, I'll avenge my martial master by taking your life.

Then come and get it.

They call you the War God of Breeze Kingdom.

And yet you murdered my master with despicable means!

War brooks no mercy.

That day he emptied his encampment to lure me out.

I just followed the rules of war and defeated him.

Then I'll defeat you and kill you in this arena,

proving your skill inferior,

giving you a deserved death!

That war was long and cost countless lives.

Marshal Lin lured me there to assassinate him

because he wanted one of us to die so that our soldiers could go home.

I just did as he wished.

By letting your hatred cloud your judgment,

you're dishonoring Marshal Lin's sacrifice.

This move, Lament of Gods, is the fruit of my whole life's research.

No matter which of us wins,

the past shall be left in the past,

and the future shall remain what the future holds.

Righteous words won't change your despicable nature!

Everybody defend yourself with your chi!

Go!

So this is what sir is truly capable of?

Currently they're just fighting with their own inner strength,

but Li Lin's martial prowess is more than this.

Only the modest

can harness the chi of all worlds.

Sir,

what is this?

You once saved his life with Essence,

which presumably forged some kind of bond between you two.

Your martial master and I agreed

that whichever of us made it out of the battleground

must let go of his obsession and end the strife.

Since you're still lingering on that battleground,

today,

let us make the same agreement.

What do you say?

What a glib tongue.

Soon we'll see

if you played dirty in that fight!

Go!

That's

a tie?

It's not.

Had you not held back in the last moment,

there's no telling who would've won.

Spare me the face-saving compliment.

The moment you made your last move,

I got the answer I was seeking.

Of course I knew

my master lured you into a duel with him

not to win victory but to stop the war,

but I just couldn't let it go!

Why was it you who came back?

Indeed,

Marshal Lin's prowess was matchless.

He's the most formidable opponent I've met in my whole life.

If he and I could fight again, I might not necessarily win.

In our fight,

when we made our last moves,

I understood what my master had felt at that moment.

You're a good opponent,

and I finally found closure.

What about our agreement?

The deepest wish of my master's life

was peace for all.

How exactly does the Master draw power from mercy?

Only by dismissing your obsessions

can you comprehend all the rules of Tao.

When everything turns into pure power,

you'll naturally gain access to it.

Watch and learn.

Master!

You're right.

That Dugu Baitian boy

does have some secrets.

I'll go grab him.

Maybe

someone will handle Dugu Baitian

in our stead.