Teacher Zhu's Friend

Li Qi's dharma body advanced.

In truth, he now had dozens of different dharma bodies handling different matters. Most of those dharma bodies possessed only seventh-rank combat strength, while a few were merely phantoms incapable of doing anything at all.

This was a typical Divine Path Method: through certain anchors, one transformed the spiritual power within one's body into a dharma body and sent it to descend somewhere to act in one's stead.

True celestial gods could even send down trillions upon trillions of dharma bodies, "manifesting miracles" simultaneously throughout countless worlds, bestowing all manner of protection upon certain devout people.

Many mythological tales had come into being because of this, which was why remembering a deity's honored name could often truly summon that deity's descent.

The Daoist method of commanding gods worked on the same principle. One had to make arrangements with the deity beforehand, and then the deity would respond when the time came. It was rather like some kind of security agreement.

But Li Qi could not do that. Just as had been said before, the true bodies of celestial gods and Star Officials contained far too much spiritual power, perhaps hundreds of millions of times that of cultivators at the same rank. Thus, they could effortlessly sustain vast numbers of dharma bodies. Indeed, because their enormous bodies had to be measured in light-years, they could not personally engage in combat at all; they generally sent dharma bodies to fight in their place.

Li Qi's spiritual power was now severely damaged, and his Primordial Spirit also had to support his body. A few dozen dharma bodies were already the utmost limit that would not affect his true body, yet it still left him stretched thin.

But... if Teacher Zhu Fengdan had not been boasting, he ought to