The Path of Dao Severing, the Non-Cutting Cut
Four years have passed since the establishment of Valley of Sinners.
The Ziwei Star Domain is in turmoil.
In the Human King Palace, the ancient king, who was 3,700 years old, passed away peacefully. His Lifetime was filled with extraordinary achievements, and he reached the Endpoint of his life.
The peerless genius, the Peacock Great Bright King, failed to break through the Third Layer of Immortal Platform and was burned to ashes, his body and soul vanished.
Yi Qingwu was so beautiful that all the women in the entire ancient star field paled in comparison. She broke into the Eight Forbidden Domain and ascended to the ninth small step of the Second Layer of Immortal Platform. With her fair skin and jade-like bones, she was pure and flawless and was revered as a goddess.
On this very day, the Taiqing Realm suddenly opened, the Eight Sceneries Palace Vast Purple Qi, and Dao Body soared straight into the sky.
After years of enduring the trials of life and death, Yin Tiande finally succeeded in Dao Severing barriers and emerging from seclusion.
"Yin Tiande has emerged from seclusion. He followed in the footsteps of the original owner of the Eight Sceneries Palace, riding a Azure Ox westward. Purple Qi Coming from the East from the east, stretching for eight thousand miles!"
"Has Yin Tiande finally succeeded in Dao Severing after ten years of seclusion? Is the cultivation world about to gain another invincible king?"
Yin Tiande's emergence from seclusion caused a great stir throughout Ziwei Ancient Star.
However, soon, many voices in the Ziwei Cultivation World began to stir up trouble.
"Yin Tiande, the number one cultivator in the cultivation world, the pride of Ziwei Ancient Star! Kill Zhou Tong! Eliminate the Valley of Sinners!"
"The Valley of Sinners is infamous and we can't afford to offend the Great Sage, but we must eliminate the representative of the Valley of Sinners. Yin Tiande, I support you in taking down Zhou Tong."
"Hey, what's Yin Tiande? He's got a green hat on his head, he could be herding cattle! I remember not long ago there was a record circulating that Yi Qingwu personally admitted that Yin Tiande was inferior to Zhou Tong."
"Haha, not bad, not bad. Yin Tiande's fiancée Yi Qingwu, was once captured by Zhou Tong of the Valley of Sinners for a period of time. Who knows what happened during that time? Heh! Heh! Heh!"
"Zhou Tong and Yin Tiande are both peerless geniuses of the Eight Restrictions Forbidden Realm. They are bound to meet on Lifetime Emperor's Path. I wonder who is stronger between them!"
Throughout the entire Ziwei Cultivation World, countless people are stirring up the atmosphere, eager to witness an earth-shattering battle between Zhou Tong and Yin Tiande.
In the Valley of Sinners, in the central hall.
"Buzz!!"
Suddenly, the Void the Great trembled, and Zhou Tong's aura changed drastically.
He had previously merged with the Great Dao, but at this moment he had broken free from that state, and his whole being was no longer as ethereal and in harmony with the Dao as before.
"It's almost time for the divine restriction period again today!" Zhou Tong said softly.
The Divine Forbidden Domain a domain that only gods can touch. Breaking the Eight Restrictions allows one to enter the extreme number nine, or even surpass nine, and it is unbreakable for all eternity.
In this realm, Zhou Tong seemed to ascend to heaven, as if his entire body had undergone an unimaginable baptism, his mind and body becoming one with the Dao, ethereal and pure, untouched by any dust.
Throughout history, only Great Emperor have been able to remain in the Divine Forbidden Domain for an extended period. Even cultivators who fail to attain the Dao, even those at the Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven, will eventually fall out of the Divine Prohibition State and cannot maintain it for long.
Even Quasi-Emperor are like this, let alone lower-level cultivators.
Even the most outstanding geniuses, when they reach the Second Layer of Immortal Platform, can probably only trigger the Divine Restriction once or twice a year at most. No matter how deep their understanding of the Great Dao is, they can never surpass the Eight Restrictions and remain permanently within the Divine Restriction.
Even if a prodigy remains stuck at a certain realm and continuously improves their understanding of the Great Dao, constantly raising their combat power in the hopes of breaking through the Eight Restrictions Forbidden Realms, it would be useless.
There have been many monks with this idea since ancient times, but none of them have succeeded.
Because if a prodigy truly does this, then when he breaks through the Eight Restrictions and reaches the "ninth," that will be the time he breaks through his realm. When one's understanding of the Great Dao reaches a certain level, it's impossible not to break through; the Great Dao that a cultivator comprehends will propel him forward.
Even if the Great Emperor were to seal his cultivation, there are only two possibilities. First, this prodigy would gradually collapse under the suppression of the Great Emperor's imperial laws; second, like Ye Fan after the Supreme Battle in the original story, he would break through the Great Emperor's restrictions.
The restrictions of the Eight Restrictions Rules originate from the Cultivation System of the Sky Shrouding Method. Unless some extremely powerful force surpasses the system, one must follow the rules of the Cultivation System.
The only exception is— the Dao Severing!
Dao Severing means severing the path of humanity from the path of heaven. This barrier is not set by the cultivators themselves, but is a limitation of heaven and earth, and a limitation of this Cultivation System itself.
The path of cultivation is like a mighty river, flowing downstream, and the barriers to Dao Severing are like dams set up by this world to block the river.
The normal Dao Severing is to cut off something, thereby taking the opportunity to slip out through the cracks in the dam and continue on the path of cultivation.
Because the Dao Severing is a limitation inherent to the system itself, a limitation imposed by heaven and earth, only by utilizing the inherent contradictions within the system can a truly peerless genius break through the restrictions of the Eight Restrictions in a short period of time.
Only when facing the Dao Severing Realm can one have the opportunity to halt their cultivation, take the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the Great Dao, and thus gradually break through the restrictions of the Eight Restrictions Realms, allowing themselves to remain permanently within the Divine Forbidden Realm.
"Now, I spend half of my time in Divine Prohibition State every day. As long as I can connect the Five Great Secret Realms and successfully cultivate the second Immortal Qi, I will definitely be able to complete this unprecedented step—to remain in the state of divine restriction at the Second Layer of Immortal Platform!!" Countless expectations flashed through Zhou Tong's mind.
Although this so-called "permanent divine restriction" is only at the Second Layer of Immortal Platform, and once one breaks through to the King realm, one will return to normal and it will be impossible to remain in the divine restriction permanently; however, being able to experience the state of "permanent divine restriction" in advance will be of great benefit to one's path to enlightenment.
"If I'm not mistaken, once I can achieve 'permanent divine restriction,' it won't be long before a great calamity of Dao Severing descends, and it will be a calamity that Reverse-Slaying the Great Dao."
This is the path of Dao Severing that Zhou Tong himself chose.
The barrier of Dao Severing one's path is indeed a dam set up by the heavens and the system; but if one's understanding is truly deep enough, one doesn't even need to actively Dao Severing, the surging river will naturally breach the dam.
In layman's terms:
Heaven has severed the path of humanity; Heaven has added a dam to my path, forcing me to cut it off myself to cross.
But I will not cut myself off, nor do I even deign to cut down your dam.
Not only that, I also want to deepen, widen, and store water in my river channel!
When quantitative change leads to qualitative change, the overwhelming trend is unstoppable. Even the great dam set up by heaven, earth, and the system is just a Little Stone, helplessly rolling and being destroyed in the surging river.
Dao Severing?
No way! I wouldn't even bother to lift a knife!
This is Zhou Tong's path of Dao Severing — the Non-Cutting Cut!
"Over the past few years, we have collected enough of both Dao Fire and Karma Fire, more than enough."
"Next, we just need to complete a few more things before we can find an opportunity to return to Big Dipper."
In today's world, cultivating the Chaotic Ancient Method is not a problem, but cultivating the Immortal Ancient Method is impossible.
Only by returning to the Path to Immortality and utilizing the environment closest to the Immortal Domain can one cultivate Immortal Qi.