Chapter 40

Moreover, he himself had not realized that he had already broken through from the first layer of the Grand Unity Dao Realm to the eighth.

His path seemed to be far from reaching its limit.

He knew that Immortal Dao Grand Unity Taiyi focused on the Three Flowers and Five Energies—the Five Energies Returning to the Origin and the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown—while Demonic Dao Grand Unity Taiyi emphasized Demonic Heart Sowing Dao and the unification of the True Demon Heart, Heavenly Demon Heart, and Freedom Demon Heart.

His understanding of these Great Daos was profound.

He began pondering his Ghost Dao.

"Although I am one of the Nine Transformations of Ghost Dao Origin, once my Great Dao reaches the Grand Unity Realm, I will likewise need to explore the essence of Ghost Dao.

The development of anything requires gradual progress."

He knew that trying to reach the heavens in a single step without paying a price was unrealistic.

He needed to follow certain laws and patterns.

But he felt that he had long possessed the conditions for the Ghost Dao Self Origin. After all, he had already comprehended power suitable for the Self Great Dao in the Taiyi Realm, and his Self Dao Fruit had already been essentially perfected there.

Primordial Dao Fruit Scripture aimed to pursue the realm of the Great Dao.

Thus, his Self Dao Fruit began to divide into thousands upon thousands, condensing countless Innate and Postnatal Great Dao Fruits.

This was only the beginning. As his comprehension of the Grand Unity Realm deepened, his Grand Unity Dao Realm began to slowly take shape.

Then, these Dao Fruits transformed into Great Dao Seeds, gradually evolving into towering Great Dao Trees within his Dao Realm.

Every Great Dao Tree symbolized the essence of an Innate Great Dao, while every branch and leaf upon it was the embodiment of a branch of that Great Dao.

The luxuriant leaves on these branches were actually worlds derived from the Great Dao. They constantly evolved, drawing nourishment from the Great Dao, nurturing the Great Dao Trees, and giving birth to even more powerful Innate Dao Fruits.

This cycle was endless. The Great Daos mastered by Tai Ming continued to expand their boundaries.

It was like those gods who devoted themselves to cultivating a single Innate Great Dao and sought to become legendary beings of the Innate Dao Master Realm.

Did that mean they did not explore the other Great Daos?

Obviously not. No Great Dao could exist independently of the others.

To truly comprehend one Dao was to understand all Daos.

In an instant, as these Great Dao Trees grew, Tai Ming's Grand Unity Dao Realm continued to rise. It soon reached the Eighth-Layered Dao Realm, matching the realm of his Grand Unity breakthrough.

Moreover, the number of Innate Great Dao Fruits, originally only 129,600, had multiplied several times by now. They continued to increase, seemingly without limit.

The Dao had no end, and neither did the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws. The Innate Dao Fruit Trees within Tai Ming's Grand Unity Dao Realm continued to grow as well. As his comprehension of the Innate Great Dao deepened, this growth accelerated further.

Faced with this situation, Tai Ming sighed inwardly. "If this continues, my Grand Unity Dao Realm will be far more than thirty-six layers. Even three thousand layers will be within reach!"

Of course, after the thirty-sixth layer of the Grand Unity Dao Realm, there was no longer any definite limit.

The gap between each layer of the Grand Unity Dao Realm would grow increasingly vast.

That was because the farther one advanced, the more difficult cultivation became.

Although Tai Ming was currently cultivating the first few layers of the Grand Unity Dao Realm rapidly, he knew that he would soon encounter a bottleneck as the difficulty increased.

In the Primordial Wilderness, there was not much difference in the intelligence and comprehension of Grand Unity experts.

If the Grand Unity Dao Realm could easily reach its limit, then it would lose the true meaning of "the Dao has no end."

Tai Ming understood this clearly.

He was not so arrogant as to believe that he could easily break through to the thirty-sixth layer of the Grand Unity Dao Realm.

In reality, he knew that he might even struggle to break through to the tenth layer.

But he was not alone. He had Shen Ji as his companion.

"Shen Ji, from now on, let us join forces and show our true strength. Let them witness the power of the two of us, brothers!"

Tai Ming trusted Shen Ji. As the ruler of the Virtual Primordial World, Shen Ji's power even surpassed Tai Ming's in certain aspects.

At Tai Ming's call, an ethereal shadow gradually condensed within the Grand Unity Dao Realm, slowly taking shape as an Elegant Little Boy—Shen Ji.

He looked like a younger version of Tai Ming. This was precisely the form Shen Ji had chosen to take.

He said with deep emotion, "Big Brother, I have waited a long time for this day.

Being able to lend Big Brother a hand is my greatest happiness."

Their hearts were connected, and their bond was profound.

Tai Ming could share his merit and Innate Divine Being Origin with Shen Ji without reservation, while Shen Ji had chosen to merge into the Virtual Primordial World so that he could assist Tai Ming more effectively.

Even Top Supreme Experts felt envious of such a bond.

At this moment, Shen Ji appeared within Tai Ming's Grand Unity Dao Realm without the slightest precaution, jointly controlling the power of the Grand Unity Dao Realm with him.

One was real, and the other was illusory. The two nourished and merged with each other, displaying terrifying power that made even Top Supreme Experts tremble.

Their purpose in joining forces was to summon the Virtual Primordial World and assist Tai Ming in comprehending the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws.

At this moment, a complete Virtual Primordial World appeared before them.

The Virtual Primordial World originated from Shen Ji's Postnatal Virtual Great Dao. After perfectly merging with the Primordial World, it attracted the attention of countless Primordial Beings.

Even top-level Innate Divine Beings were drawn to its convenience. Thanks to it, the gods could arrange matters concerning their forces across endless spacetime even while in the Realm of the Nine Heavens.

The Virtual Primordial World was like an entirely new perspective, allowing Tai Ming and Shen Ji to observe the evolution of the Great Dao of the Primordial World from within it.

The Virtual Primordial World could imprint and replicate everything in the Primordial World, including the countless Great Daos.

When cultivators in the Virtual Primordial World comprehended the Great Dao, they were actually also promoting its development and completion.

That was the key to Shen Ji assisting Tai Ming.

The Dao was everywhere. The Three Thousand Innate Great Daos in the virtual world were likewise parts of it, and they could help Tai Ming evolve his own Three Thousand Great Dao Laws, open up more branches of the Innate Great Daos, and strengthen his foundation.

At this moment, Tai Ming's mind merged with Shen Ji's as they explored the Virtual Primordial World together, witnessing the process of living beings cultivating the Dao, refining the Dao, seeking the Dao, and attaining the Dao.

Countless insights surged into his heart. The ordinary living beings of the Primordial Wilderness were weak, but their numbers were immense, and the power they produced could not be ignored.

Tai Ming had deeply understood this principle through his experience of borrowing the strength of all living beings to resolve the Western Great War.

He could place himself in the mental states of these living beings. His thoughts spread endlessly through the Virtual Primordial World, with a single thought encompassing all beings and the power of his spirit wandering through the myriad heavens manifesting.

An unprecedented enlightenment caused Tai Ming to enter a state of sudden insight once more, as if heaven itself had granted him an opportunity.

An endless Ocean of the Great Dao, evolved from the power of the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws, surrounded him. His Self Dao Divine Ring swallowed the surrounding Dao resonance like a giant maw, condensing Dao Fruits one after another. The Dao Fruits even began linking together.

These included the Dao Fruits of the Innate Five Primes—Taiyi, the Five Elements, the Five Virtues, and the Five Fortunes—as well as the Dao Fruits of the real, illusory, and virtual, and the Dao Fruits of the Heavenly Dao, Earthly Dao, Human Dao, and Divine Path.

There were also the Dao Fruits of the Dragon Dao, Phoenix Nirvana, Kirin, Xuanwu, and White Tiger of the Five Directions Divine Race.

At this moment, Tai Ming was truly using one Dao to command all Daos.

"I once comprehended the Great Freedom True Demon Dao and the Pure Land Buddhist Dao. Now, that idea has finally come to fruition."

In this brief span of time, Tai Ming had condensed the power of the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws, forming chains of Great Dao Law Divine Chains.

Even the Great Dao Laws that had not condensed into divine chains were outstanding among the forces of law.

His Grand Unity power had already surpassed that of an ordinary Grand Unity expert by billions of times.

At this moment, Tai Ming's Ghost Dao had broken through the limits of a derivative Great Dao of Origin. It now stood alongside such supreme Great Daos as the Human, Earthly, and Heavenly Daos, as well as the Demon, Buddha, and Immortal Daos, becoming an entirely new supreme Path to Enlightenment.

His cultivation realm instantly rose from the Eighth-Layered Dao Realm to the Twelfth-Layered Dao Realm, reaching a peak that ordinary Grand Unity experts could never hope to touch.

Even among the New Generation in the Primordial World, no one who could truly be called a Grand Unity expert had reached such a realm.

Even the majesty of the Three Heavens of the Heavenly Dao was insignificant before him.

The bottleneck that had trapped countless Grand Unity experts was as fragile as a bubble to Tai Ming, shattering with ease.

However, the depth of the Dao Realms after the eleventh layer far exceeded that of the first ten, truly revealing the difference between the Grand Unity experts of two different worlds.

Even a peerless genius like Tai Ming could not help sighing that his accumulated foundation was still insufficient to advance further.

To the surrounding Innate Divine Beings, Tai Ming's performance was both shocking and overwhelming.

In such a short time, he had surpassed the vast majority of Grand Unity Venerable Gods, making their cultivation seem utterly dim by comparison.

Their admiration for Tai Ming arose naturally.

Even Cang Tian, Qing Tian, and Yellow Heaven, who had once been arrogant beyond measure, looking down upon all things with their nostrils in the air, now had no choice but to put away their arrogance.

They were conceited, but not foolish.

They looked down on others because they believed that all other divine beings were insignificant, or because they had perhaps already reached the peak and had no need to contend with the New Generation.

But when faced with Tai Ming, who had also been newly born, they became keenly aware of the vast gap between them, and their arrogance naturally faded.

Ancestral Dragon and the other divine beings watched this scene and secretly sneered, their praise for Tai Ming surging like a tide.

They felt that Tai Ming was the true leader of the New Generation, entirely different from those juniors who relied on external forces to forcibly raise their cultivation.

They foresaw that as the Primordial Wilderness continued to improve and the restrictions above the Grand Unity Realm were lifted, Tai Ming might surpass them.

The divine beings were shocked by the speed of Tai Ming's breakthrough, especially the fact that he had risen to the Twelfth-Layered Dao Realm immediately after entering the Grand Unity Realm. They believed that no one in the Primordial Wilderness could match him.

Amid their astonishment, they mocked the arrogance of the Three Heavens.

Although they were also amazed by Tai Ming, if any of their descendants possessed such talent, they would be completely satisfied.

Hearing the divine beings' sarcastic remarks, the Three Heavens' faces turned livid, and they began treating Tai Ming as an enemy as well.

However, they did not dare act rashly and cause trouble for Tai Ming in the short term, because other Top Supreme Experts might use the opportunity to teach them a lesson while helping Tai Ming.

Dao Lord Hongjun saw this scene and was rendered speechless. He changed the subject, mentioning that Tai Ming had completed his breakthrough and brought the Virtual Primordial World with him—an enormous surprise.

He believed that the Primordial Wilderness would enter a true golden age of development in the future, with prodigies of the New Generation emerging one after another.

However, in the process, the Primordial Wilderness would also face much chaos.

Therefore, the establishment of the Heavenly Court had to be formally placed on the agenda.

He asked all fellow Daoists to make arrangements as quickly as possible and maintain order in the Primordial Wilderness.

Because the Three Heavens' domineering behavior had created a tense atmosphere, Dao Lord Hongjun was unable to fully ease the situation.

In the end, he had no choice but to dismiss the surrounding gods.

Otherwise, the situation would become unpredictable.

After breaking through in the Self Great Dao, Tai Ming finally had some confidence even when facing Luohu.

Thus, when Luohu blocked his path, Tai Ming did not show the slightest panic. Instead, he asked calmly, "Senior Demon Ancestor, why have you stopped this junior?"

Luohu stated his purpose directly. "That little thing accompanying you created the Virtual Primordial World and nearly exposed the secrets I have kept hidden."

He continued, "Those secrets are beyond your current ability to know.

If you hand over that little fellow and let me seal away those secrets, we can avoid an unnecessary conflict."

Tai Ming was shocked that Luohu had come for Shen Ji.

From Luohu's words, he seemed to sense that the other party was concealing an enormous secret.

Recalling the legends about Luohu that he had heard from the gods, Tai Ming became even more certain of his conjecture.

It was said that Luohu was the reincarnation of a mysterious Chaos Demon God and had been a top-level Innate Divine Being since the Primordial World was first created.

He had even once contended with Cang Li Shi.