Master of Strange Dao

Chapter 1695 - 457: Tenth Tier, This Is Not My Path

Not all Body Cultivations possess the True Body Dharma Method such as the Heaven and Earth Dharma Image. In this case, aside from buying time, it doesn't have much effect.The Lei Clan members transformed into a bolt of Thunder Light, continuously shuttling at the edges of the fragments, imitating Dali's approach, grinding this huge fragment bit by bit from the edges.

Unfortunately, the efficiency was truly too low, as Body Cultivation inherently lacks Dharma Methods to handle such a vast range of things.

At this moment, their situation appeared even more strained, relying purely on strength to hold on forcefully.

In the Void, Old Emperor Qian watched coldly, observing the three massive fragments entering the Sky Dome of the mortal world in succession, and then he turned to leave.

The Mountain Lord wanted to stop him for a moment, but Old Emperor Qian's voice drifted over.

"Mountain Lord, do you really want to waste time with me here?

I am now the current Emperor of Daqian, are you sure you still want to take action against me?"

The Mountain Lord's face was calm, he glanced back, noting the fragment falling towards Dadui had completely crossed the boundary, the one from Dali also crossed the boundary, only the fragment falling towards Dazhen was stuck at the boundary, slowly descending.

Moreover, its size did not show any large visible loss.

It seemed Dazhen might not be able to withstand it.

The Mountain Lord was full of rage, but could only snort coldly and turn to leave.

His power was no longer very effective against the current Old Emperor Qian; its effect would only diminish further.

Furthermore, Old Emperor Qian had now become the Emperor of Daqian; unless absolutely necessary, he couldn't lay a heavy hand on the current emperor of the Divine Dynasty.

This was a restriction he imposed on himself.

In the past, he'd encountered all sorts of strange and peculiar beings, fearing being influenced or used by certain powers, being killed by borrowed hands.

After mastering the Cautionary Treasure Skill, he imposed the most restrictions on himself.

The Mountain Lord departed, Old Emperor Qian, with a calm demeanor, also stepped into the mortal world.

However, he didn't return to Daqian but instead headed for the deep sea.

Gazing westward from a distance, he couldn't help but feel some disappointment, thinking there would be two fragments achieving the desired effect.

As it appeared, perhaps only one piece would truly fall to the ground.

Standing within the Gang Wind Layer, he watched the flames on the horizon, turning the skies crimson, and immediately understood that since returning from Dadui, the path to the Tenth Tier had begun.

Not only was he making progress and rapid advancements, but everyone had unknowingly become vastly different than before.

Three days apart, one should view them with new eyes; previously stuck due to limits.

Those reaching the limit weren't simple just from a cultivation perspective.

Old Emperor Qian hadn't returned for many years, nor interacted with the current world's strong ones; early views had become habitual, never anticipating such dramatic changes within mere centuries.

He did nothing further, instead overlooking the deep sea's center, where continuous quakes and upheavals persisted, the land yet to fully stabilize.

Unable to tread the original path, he opted for a secondary plan.

To push the deep sea's complete evolution, subsequently destroying Dazhen, Dali, Dadui, Daqian, step by step, annihilating the fully evolved mortal world.

By then, the result would still be the same.

And now, was the best opportunity as no one had the energy to stop him.

He intended to breakthrough now.

Releasing his full aura, his power began to climb.

Qi Refinement, Refining God, Ancient God's Dao, brewing together, he aimed to breakthrough simultaneously.

...

In the northern part of Jinlan Mountain, in You Zhen's small courtyard, a spark of vitality suddenly appeared.

Then Qi-Blood flowed like a tide, slowly spreading, the purest of Qi Blood Power rising like flames, transforming into the most intense yang energy, steaming upward.

The ordinary small courtyard quietly crumbled into powder, disappearing without a trace.

You Zhen stood with eyes closed.

In the adjacent locust forest, numerous hungry ghosts shrieked and retreated, avoiding such terrifying yang energy.

You Zhen exited seclusion, slowly opened his eyes, and in his burning gaze, the Divine Light seemed to blaze.

He looked northward, as if sensing a tremendous crisis weighing on the Dazhen Divine Dynasty, with the dynasty's fortunes lamenting.

He also seemed to see his second brother, exhausting all his strength to hold up the heavens, but unable to stop the gradual collapse of the sky.

He sighed lightly, shook his head gently, and bowed towards Jinlan Mountain.

"Thank you for your care, all of you at Jinlan Mountain, today I must depart.

I own nothing of value, so I'll leave this as my final gift to Jinlan Mountain."

With a gentle stomp of his foot, a stele by his side slowly rose, as he consolidated his Body Refinement experiences into True Intent, inscribed within it.

Then he strode northward, heading towards Dazhen.

Emperor meets emperor, an ominous encounter.

This was a rumor that had been circulating in Dazhen since long ago.

Since awakening, he hadn't gone to Dazhen, specifically avoiding such things.

Unexpectedly, he finally had to go to Dazhen, and truly see his second brother, it was indeed ominous.

He couldn't allow Dazhen to lose its emperor, especially such a decisive and capable emperor as his second brother.

Thus, a Zhen Emperor, officially dead long ago, now truly dying, wasn't a bad outcome.

You Zhen took step after step, his pace quickening, his Qi-Blood transforming into flames, gradually turning a pure crimson, resembling burning blood.

No, it wasn't as if it was real.

From his whole body, tiny streams of blood constantly seeped from his pores, merging with the Qi Blood Power, becoming blood flames, continuously propelling his power to ascend further.