Sure enough!
Though he had expected it, Xu Xiaoshou was still startled when he saw the Will Dao Disk soar to 99%.
One had to know that after Transcendent Dao Transformation—after 90%—whether in the Relics of the Gods or the Ancient Past Forget-Worry Pavilion, Xu Xiaoshou had always been able to sense that bottleneck.
In short, even with Passive Value, it was difficult to rise any further.
If he forced his way through based on nothing but a sudden intuition, he knew something huge would go wrong. At best, he would suffer qi deviation; at worst, he could be assimilated by the Great Dao, or even lose himself entirely.
Yet in the world behind the third door, beneath Nuozu's "care," that shackle had actually vanished.
Without needing Passive Value to force the Great Dao Disk upward, relying solely on his own enlightenment, he had pushed the Will Dao Disk from 90% to 99%. Not only was this the first time, the improvement was almost absurdly great.
"After all, I spent tens of thousands of years—or the ten epochs He spoke of—to cultivate those extra nine points. Such an impressive increase is understandable."
Xu Xiaoshou suppressed the ripples in his heart and turned to another question. "In today's Five Domains, even Sui Yin, who excels most at guidance—though it cultivates intent, could its realm possibly be higher than mine?"
Xu Xiaoshou did not think so.
Nuozu cultivated the "self," though He had spoken of how "intent is not the self."
Yet from everything He had said, "intent" was unquestionably an extremely important component of the "self."
Without intent, under ordinary influence and guidance, one would lose oneself far too easily.
Only once one's realm of intent rose high enough to treat an Ancestor God's influence and guidance as nothing could one