Two days later.
Li Yun and Ding Baisheng leisurely traveled through the countryside, taking in the sights, yet they still arrived at the Imperial City of Tianyue Prefecture.
"You go in first. I'll find a place to properly study the Dao scripture you gave me. I feel that this portion of the Dao scripture is unfathomably deep, with hidden mysteries concealed within. Perhaps, thanks to your good fortune, I may soon advance another step."
Before the Imperial City's Western City Gate.
The two stopped.
Ding Baisheng's eyes shone brightly. Along the way, Li Yun had passed the first ten chapters of the Classic of Virtue to him. After a brief, preliminary study, the Dao Resonance around him had clearly grown richer.
Even his own Dharma Aspect seemed to show signs of advancing another step.
This made Ding Baisheng realize that the unnamed Dao scripture Li Yun had imparted was likely something truly extraordinary.
He could not wait to find a secluded place and study it in earnest.
At those words, Li Yun's eyes brightened as well.
Of the Nine Heavens Reaching Realms, the first was Heavenly Human, the second Dharma Form, each level progressing upon the last.
Ding Baisheng was at the peak of the Dharma Form Realm. If he advanced another step, he would reach the Dao Seed Realm.
Using the Dharma Aspect as a talisman, one condensed a Dao Seed.
This step was exceedingly crucial—a watershed among the Nine Heavens Reaching Realms.
If entering the Heavenly Human Realm meant setting foot at the starting point of a road leading to immortals and gods, then using one's Divine Ability Dharma Aspect as a talisman to condense a Dao Seed meant one had finally set foot upon the stairs to heaven along this Tongtian road.
It also meant that a