As Ksitigarbha's words fell, the Underworld was suddenly swept by winds and surging clouds, while a tremendous force of Earth Dao Merit Power gathered above his head.
It then descended directly, merging into Ksitigarbha's body.
Ksitigarbha absorbed it without reservation. He did not choose to preserve it or condense it into a Merit Golden Wheel. As a result, his cultivation began to rise rapidly as he refined the Merit Power.
Peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, early-stage Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal... Before long, his cultivation had already reached the Late-stage Primordial Chaos Golden Immortal realm.
Only then was the Merit Power he had borrowed through his Great Vow finally exhausted.
Yet with the support of the Hell Path Origin, the cultivation he had forcibly raised through Merit Power did not seem unstable in the slightest.
"Alas..." Styx sighed helplessly. The moment Ksitigarbha blurted out, "Until Hell is empty, I swear I will not attain the Dao,"
he had already lost all way out. The other Dao Lords might still have a chance to leave their positions in the future, but Ksitigarbha had no such possibility whatsoever.
It was not that Styx had never considered stopping him. It was just that the Great Vow had clearly come from Ksitigarbha's true heart.
The same was true of his absorption of Earth Dao Merit Power to increase his cultivation afterward.
Styx had no reason to stop him. Moreover, he felt that perhaps this was the path Ksitigarbha had always been meant to take.
Besides, Heaven Dao, Earth Dao, and Human Dao now harbored no selfish motives, and all the Merit Power they bestowed was condensed entirely from the World Origin.
Ksitigarbha's absorption of some of it would not have too great an impact on his cultivation in the future.
Instead, he could use his