Breakthrough to the Divine King Realm!

A True God breaking through to the Divine King Realm required two key things.

First, sufficient comprehension of the Origin, enough to draw upon at least one complete Origin Dao.

Second, the Life Core had to undergo a transformation, giving birth to a divine core capable of containing the power of the Origin Great Dao.

Once the divine core was formed, one could be considered to have reached the Lower Divine King Realm.

From then on, cultivators possessed two precious things within their bodies: the Life Core and the divine core.

As the Life Core slowly transformed toward the divine core, the divine power within the body would also become Origin Power.

The Life Core would grow increasingly fragile, while the divine core would grow increasingly powerful.

After breaking through to the Divine King Realm, the divine core would become harder and harder, while one's comprehension of the Dao deepened. At the same time, the divine body would grow more tyrannical along with the Great Dao Imprint. This, in turn, caused the Cave Heaven World to expand, forming the breakthrough stages of the Lower Divine King, Mid-level Divine King, and High-ranking Divine King Realms.

Until one approached Dao Integration, the divine core would have become indestructible, protecting the Life Core within.

True God Power would have nearly completely transformed into Origin Divine Power.

At that point, one could begin attempting Dao Integration.

As the hardest part of the body, the divine core became the touchstone for Dao Integration!

If one could leave behind a mark of one's own upon that hardest divine core, that would constitute one layer of Dao Integration!

Once the mark was successfully left behind, what surged within the divine core would be the power of the transformed Five Elements Great Dao.

After five layers of Dao