The contents of the third volume of Master Lu Li's "Heavenly Secrets Record" had given Ye Zhen a basic understanding of what Proving the Dao by Force meant.
Understanding was one thing, but breaking through was anything but easy.
Otherwise, it could not be called Proving the Dao by Force.
Proving the Dao by Force meant using one's own strength and methods, employing all manner of techniques and secret arts without borrowing any external power, to command the power of a particular Heaven and Earth Law.
Look carefully: command, not merely activate.
As for drawing down the will of heaven and earth and forging it into a divine source, that was only to be expected.
The difference between commanding and activating was precisely the true distinction between Proving the Dao by Force and breaking through by borrowing external power.
It was also where the difficulty—and the combat strength—of Proving the Dao by Force lay!
Once one could command the power of a Heaven and Earth Law, subsequent advancement would become comparatively easier.
It was somewhat like a battle between martial artists. If a group of low-realm martial artists wanted to take on a band of high-realm martial artists, how difficult would that be? It was simply an impossible task.
But if one of the low-realm martial artists broke through and became a high-realm martial artist, then fought alongside them against that band of high-realm martial artists, things would become slightly easier.
But only slightly easier.
The difficulty was still hellish.
And the hardest part was undoubtedly the first step of Proving the Dao by Force.
How could he use the Heaven and Earth Law Powers he had already mastered to truly command and control a Heaven and Earth Law Power?
He had found the method, but the road was incomparably