Styx planted one foot on the Creation Road and the other on the Destruction Road.
The two roads immediately began to rumble and churn as though an earthquake had struck.
Styx forcibly steadied himself to keep from falling, then shouted toward the path ahead.
"Since I have obtained the laws of creation and destruction, why can't I use these two laws to prove the Great Dao!"
Then, with his left foot braced against the pressure, he forcibly took a step forward, and his right foot followed.
The moment he moved, the two roads reacted even more violently!
"Rumble—!"
The ground had merely been rolling and undulating before, but now it began to collapse outright!
Before long, both roads had collapsed until there was only enough ground left for one of Styx's feet to stand on.
Styx understood that the two laws were forcing him to choose between them.
Yet Styx did not comply with their wishes. Instead, he sneered.
The Yuan Tu Sword appeared in his hand, and Styx drove it straight into the only remaining strip of earth between the two collapsing roads.
Then, using the Yuan Tu Sword as a fulcrum, he leaped forward with all his strength.
He advanced another step!
Styx raised his head and looked ahead, a smile appearing on his face.
It was as if he were mocking the Law Tree's roads for being unable to stop him.
Styx repeated the same maneuver and advanced several more steps.
This time, a gate appeared on each of the two Law Roads.
Styx was delighted. The inheritance in the depths of his mind told him that as long as he opened these two gates, he would be able to comprehend the laws!
At the same time the gates appeared, two towering walls emerged on the Law Roads, blocking the gates.
Clearly, the Law Roads still did not want Styx to cultivate both paths at once.
After all, it was absolutely impossible for Styx to climb over both walls simultaneously.
If Styx chose to cross one of the walls first, the other law would undoubtedly deem it a surrender.
Styx could not help but hesitate.
Did he really have to give up one of the laws?
If the two paths could not be cultivated together, then why had creation and destruction been placed side by side on the Law Tree?
"Forget it. I'll take a gamble!"
If Styx truly had to give up here, he would never be willing to accept it.
He steadied himself and looked up at the walls before him.
Trying to cross both walls at the same time was clearly unrealistic.
So...
Styx decided to destroy the walls outright!
He secretly clenched both hands into fists, gathering terrifying power before throwing a direct punch!
With a bang, the wall collapsed at the sound.
A trace of surprise crossed Styx's face.
He had not expected the wall to fall so easily. He had even prepared himself to struggle against it for a while.
After the wall collapsed, the world beyond it underwent enormous changes.
The previously collapsed ground was restored, and the two roads gradually merged into one.
The two gates likewise became one.
Styx's surprise deepened.
But in an instant, he understood.
"So everything just now was a test from the two laws."
No wonder the wall had been so easy to bring down.
This wall could stop those who feared it, but not those with resolve.
If Styx had not chosen to step onto both roads at once, he could only have cultivated one of the laws.
Only by completing the trial of both laws could Styx cultivate both paths together.
Now, the road ahead had become wide and open.
Styx strode forward and pushed open the gate.
Before he could see what lay behind it, a burst of intense light struck him, making it impossible for him to open his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, everything before him had returned to the appearance of the Blood Sea.
The two Law Leaves had vanished, but two laws had appeared in Styx's sea of consciousness—creation and destruction.
The two laws entwined with one another, continuously circulating through his sea of consciousness.
"It's time to break through..."
Styx murmured.
He sat down and resumed meditating. Vast amounts of spiritual energy from the Blood Sea surged toward him.
Styx felt that only a thin sheet of paper separated him from the Quasi-Sage realm.
Yet that sheet of paper was as hard as steel.
However, when Styx mobilized the powers of creation and destruction in his sea of consciousness, that thin sheet was instantly shattered by the laws!
The Quasi-Sage realm was achieved!
Styx emerged from his cultivation state and delightedly felt the surging Quasi-Sage power within his body.
He felt that his current self was terrifyingly powerful!
"Cultivating two paths at once, and laws as terrifying as creation and destruction at that—this harvest is anything but ordinary!"
Of course, great rewards came with great difficulty.
Among the Three Thousand Demon Gods, it seemed that no one had cultivated creation and destruction.
This was not because creation and destruction were too weak for the Chaos Demon Gods to regard highly.
On the contrary, these two laws absolutely stood above all other laws!
Creation and destruction: nothing could not be created, and likewise, nothing could not be destroyed!
Although Styx had yet to reach such a level, he had at least entered the door.
Through Law Proving Dao, as long as one comprehended a law to fifty percent, one could become a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
If one comprehended an even higher level, then becoming a Hunyuan Wuji Golden Immortal (Heavenly Dao Realm) would not be beyond reach.
However, Styx had only comprehended ten percent so far.
Yet because he cultivated two laws simultaneously, Styx's combat strength far surpassed that of great experts at the same level.
After Styx finished cultivating, three thousand years had already passed. Roughly seven thousand years remained until Hongjun's next lecture.
At this thought, Styx unconsciously frowned.
"What's going on? By this point, whether he succeeded or not, he should have returned."
The person Styx referred to was Wu Mo.
While Styx had gone to Purple Cloud Palace to listen to the Dao, he had sent Wu Mo to Buzhou Mountain with the Three Lights Divine Water.
The purpose had been to find the location of the Gourd Vine, one of the renowned Ten Supreme-Grade Acquired Spiritual Roots in the Primordial Wilderness, during the lecture.
Yet Wu Mo had still not returned.
During Hongjun's lecture, there were already very few Great Luo Golden Immortals in the entire Primordial Wilderness.
Moreover, Wu Mo had already broken through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm at the time, so logically, he should not have encountered any danger.
Furthermore, through the connection between himself and the Blood God Doppelganger, Styx confirmed that Wu Mo was still alive.
Then why had he not returned yet?
Styx could not even pinpoint Wu Mo's location.
He faintly sensed that something was wrong.
Without hesitation, he left the Blood Sea and headed straight for Buzhou Mountain.
With his current cultivation, he should now rank second only to Hongjun in the Primordial Wilderness, so he no longer needed to act so cautiously.
Even with Styx's current Quasi-Sage cultivation, however, it took him several hundred years to travel from the Blood Sea to Buzhou Mountain.
This showed just how vast the Primordial Wilderness truly was.
Styx did not hesitate. He climbed Buzhou Mountain directly, following the faint remaining traces of Wu Mo's aura to search for his whereabouts.
Before long, Styx saw several figures ahead.
"Hong Yun, if you hand over the treasure now, I can still spare your life!"
"I've told you countless times, I don't have it! When I arrived here, this place was already like this!"
Daoist Hong Yun's face was flushed red, but he still tried his best to argue.
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