Actually, if time had allowed, Tao Yu would have liked to wait a little longer.
Though the first Deification of Human Dao power cost one billion, and the second would cost two hundred billion—a staggering amount, enough to rival three Deifications of a complete Pathway in the Oldest One's world.
But with the tax revenue he was receiving now, Tao Yu could afford to wait.
Raising it to two billion, or even three billion, would probably yield even better results. It was something tangible and within reach, achievable with just a little effort—not as vague and elusive as before.
Human Dao Authority was already on par with, or even slightly beyond, an ordinary Authority's second Deification. After two more Deifications, its effects might well match or surpass those of a fourth Deification!
Tao Yu now understood that the purpose of the divine path was to unravel the Abyss Bottom Layer Rules and embed oneself within them.
The gods were no different!
Even the World Will probably wanted to embed the Real World in the Abyss Bottom Layer Rules, proactively assimilating in an orderly way to avoid being passively consumed by chaos.
So the effects of a fourth Deification would surely allow this Pathway to expand further!
"Time waits for no one, and the current results are already impressive. Given the Human Emperor Sword's present state, who knows how many years it'll take to get a significant improvement? Now that I've gained the White Tower Pathway to aid my analysis, if Human Dao power grows stronger, the Human Emperor Golden Book might well overtake it..."
Though the Human Emperor Golden Book was merely an ordinary Beyond-realm technique, it couldn't compare to Buddha's Palm or the Primordial Nine Seals.
But techniques had to suit their users!
The Human Emperor Sword showed how