Wait for Me, Ruoruo (3k)

Xiao Yan did not linger in the desert.

Although he had not met Queen Medusa, his conversation with the Snake People girl had still left him with an inexplicable feeling.

Ever since leaving the Central Continent, he had suppressed the restlessness in his heart. There was no killing intent, no fury; even that mad pace of cultivation had been set aside as he quietly experienced the purification of his soul.

He knew this was also a form of cultivation.

If he wanted to save Ruoruo, strength was his most urgent priority. Yet to possess strength sufficient to earn the attention of the Eight Clans, Dou Zun was still far from enough.

And with Xiao Yan's current strength, he still fell short even of Dou Zun, let alone the legendary Dou Saint.

For that very reason, if he wanted to achieve his goal, he could only find another path.

"Dao Path." Xiao Yan murmured.

The so-called Dao Path was a special ability cultivators began to comprehend after reaching Dou Zun.

Once one comprehended a Dao Path, one would establish a connection with heaven and earth and step onto the supreme road to sainthood.

By then, creating domains and Heaven-Sealing Earth-Locking would be no more than casual gestures!

And when a cultivator comprehended their Dao Path to the utmost limit, they could become a Saint where they stood. The domain they created would then evolve into a small world containing living beings. With a word, they could determine prosperity and decline; with a word, alter heaven and daylight. They could be called a Minor Heavenly Dao.

Soul Emperor's past feat of using his own body to imitate the Heavenly Dao had clearly been inspired by the small world within the body.

Thus, the Dao Path a cultivator comprehended at the Dou Zun