Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, ten thousand years had gone by since the God Realm collapsed.
Over these ten thousand years, Zhou Tong had not remained within the Bronze Coffin. Instead, he returned to his own Divine Domain.
The Sky Horn Ant True Fate had finally freed up some time. Naturally, aside from further refining the Hegemonic Bell, the first thing he needed to do was fully absorb the true meaning of the Great Dao that the Sky Horn Ant True Fate had comprehended.
All this time, because of the Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings, Zhou Tong had only cautiously extracted scattered fragments of profound truths from the Sky Horn Ant True Fate now and then. But now, he finally had the time to communicate with it completely and obtain the full profundities of the Great Dao.
For ten thousand years, he had continuously exchanged insights into the laws of the Great Dao with the Sky Horn Ant True Fate. The aura around him grew ever more terrifying, while endless Dao patterns blossomed within his body.
In particular, the six True Fates that had already transformed into the Sixth Secret Realm—Gu, Thunder Emperor, True Dragon, Nine Netherworld Howler, Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, and God-Striking Stone—faintly emitted different auras. Great Dao divine chains representing different Cultivation Systems gradually linked themselves to his body, causing all the Dao patterns throughout him to undergo subtle transformations.
Zhou Tong could clearly sense that the first change occurred in his Sea of Wheels Realm. Within it, a mysterious and unfathomable kind of "Dao pattern" had begun to take shape.
As cultivators of the Sky Shrouding Method cultivated, Dao patterns would be born within the secret realms of their bodies. Beginning with the Sea of Wheels Realm, Dao patterns would emerge.
These Dao