Facing the Three Great Holy Lands Alone

After Howard Jiang broke his Raging Tidal Surge Seventh Form, Shawn Steele didn’t immediately attack again. Instead, a look of confusion and puzzlement appeared on his face.

Back when he fought Jason Duke, Shawn had already found it strange: this was supposed to be just a martial world, so how could Jason’s One Palm to Break the Heavens go beyond the limits of martial arts?

To freeze time—that already touches upon the power of laws. Not to mention Foundation Establishment cultivators, even Golden Core or Nascent Soul experts couldn’t possibly pull that off.

But Jason Duke managed to do it purely through martial arts.

Now, he’d discovered yet another martial technique that involved the power of laws.

It was Howard Jiang’s palm technique, combining hand seals and palm strikes. Although Raging Tidal Surge Seventh Form lost much of its power after Shawn reached Foundation Establishment, it could still triple his attack strength.

Since arriving in this world over two months ago, Shawn hadn’t been idle. With plenty of spirit crystals to support him, his cultivation had already reached the peak of early Foundation Establishment.

So, with his combat power tripled, even most mid Foundation Establishment cultivators might not be able to withstand that attack. Yet Howard Jiang broke it anyway.

He struck nine palms, each landing on a weak point in the surrounding space. Each palm was held back, not released, until all nine gathered together—then he unleashed them at once, instantly collapsing the space. Without the support of space, Shawn’s technique naturally fell apart.

How did he find the weak points in space?

And how could his control of force be so precise?

This kind of martial technique has already surpassed ordinary martial arts—calling it a law-martial art would be more accurate.

“What technique did you use just now?” Shawn Steele stared at Howard Jiang and asked.

“Ninefold Battle War Formula.” Howard Jiang answered with a slight smile.

“Who created it?” Shawn continued. Anyone who could invent such a technique had to be truly extraordinary—probably far beyond the Nascent Soul realm.

Howard Jiang shook his head. “I don’t actually know who created this technique. A hundred years ago, when the sky-descending Divine Temple appeared, my martial grandmaster brought the Ninefold Battle War Formula out from inside.”

The Divine Temple isn’t some secret to the people of this world.

A hundred years ago, the sky-descending Divine Temple appeared. Forty-nine people managed to enter by chance, but in the end, only nine walked out alive.

Of the nine survivors who emerged from the Divine Temple, three each founded an empire.

Three others established the Three Great Holy Lands.