Midnight, Disciple Quarters.
Late at night.
Mo Hua sat cross-legged on his bed. His divine consciousness sank into his Sea of Consciousness, where he summoned the Dao Stele and used the tribulation lightning upon it to erase the Evil God's will within the Divine Remains, refining precious Divine Marrow that gleamed like flowing gold.
Mo Hua swallowed and absorbed every last drop of this Divine Marrow. It deepened the extent of his Divine Consciousness Daoization.
His divine consciousness became even more condensed, but the "Divinity" within the Divine Marrow was also devouring the "Humanity" in his Dao Heart.
Mo Hua held fast to his original heart. As he absorbed Divinity, he also preserved Humanity, merging the two to mitigate the drawbacks of consuming Divine Marrow. This was an insight he had previously gained concerning the Divine Path and the Human Dao.
And perhaps it was because Old Ancestor Dugu had imparted the "Old Ancestor Dugu" teachings to him, or because he cultivated Supreme Emotion-Severing—severing emotions without forgetting them, severing the lesser self while preserving the true self, severing human desires without extinguishing Humanity—that his comprehension of the path of the Divine-Human had instead deepened.
Perhaps it was also because cultivating "emotion-severing" had introduced new laws into his Divine Thought. Now, when Mo Hua consumed Divine Marrow, Divinity's rejection of Humanity had lessened instead, and he absorbed it more effectively.
After completely absorbing the Divine Marrow, the golden radiance upon Mo Hua's Divine Thought became a shade purer. Many of the wounds upon his divine consciousness had also healed.
The fusion between Void Sword Intent and his divine soul deepened by another degree. His Divine Consciousness Daoization advanced further as well.
The bottleneck within his Sea of Consciousness—the Riddle Array woven from the Heavenly Derivation Art, his mutated Lingli, and his