Before long.
Lei Jun had an idea.
"The Dao Body shouldn't be confined to 'form'—that is, the 'body.' More importantly, it should embody the 'Dao.' Otherwise, it's just an empty shell! Once it's lost, it's gone, and impossible to gather again."
"A true Dao Body should be forged from one's own insights!"
"If that's the case..."
"I shall use my own 'Dao'..."
"To recast my Dao Body!"
What was a Dao Body?
It wasn't just about physical form.
It should be about the "Dao," not mere appearances.
But most cultivators in the Primordial Wilderness didn't understand this.
Instead, they took pride in the quality of their innate foundations.
They didn't realize that no matter how impressive one's foundation was, it was still someone else's "Dao."
A true Dao Body
should be forged from one's own Dao.
At that moment,
Lei Jun understood.
"What is my Dao...?"
He wasn't the least bit confused.
With a thought, Lei Jun focused his Divine Sense on his Three Lifetimes Body.
His thinking was perfectly clear.
"My Dao is the Three Lifetimes Body!"
"More precisely, it's the union of the Three Bodies!"
"Past, future, and present, fused as one!"
"A realm beyond Id, Ego, and Super-Ego..."
"The Realm of No Self!"
Of course,
it could also be called the Dao of No Self!
After cultivating for so long,
Lei Jun had learned much from the Dao Scripture. But if he had to name a Dharma Gate that he had truly comprehended himself,
it was the Three Bodies Technique.
It was also the key to his cultivation journey thus far.
Therefore,
Lei Jun's "Dao" naturally lay in it.
But using any one of the Three Lifetimes Body as the foundation of his "Dao" wouldn't work.
It wouldn't be accurate enough.
If he focused on the present, would he have to abandon the past and future?
And the reverse was just as true.
Only by uniting the Three Bodies could he perfectly express his Dao.
The Three Lifetimes Body
was, in essence, proof of existence.
If a person had no past, present, or future, they would truly cease to exist.
Thus,
the Three Lifetimes Body could also be called the "Realm of Existence" or the "Realm of Self."
This realm wasn't lowly.
But it remained confined to the material plane and had yet to transcend it.
For one had to transcend not only the world,
but also oneself.
The only problem was how to unite the Three Bodies.
Before,
it would have taken Lei Jun a long time to comprehend it.
Now, however, it was much easier.
Because he had Great Dao Merit.
With that in mind,
Lei Jun immediately drew upon his Great Dao Merit.
He wasn't using it to recast his Dao Body,
but to aid his comprehension.
To comprehend the method of uniting the Three Bodies.
It had to be said,
Heavenly Dao Merit and Great Dao Merit were truly different things.
Though both were World Origin,
the former contained only "Law."
The latter, however, held the purest "Dao."
That was why
Great Dao Merit could elevate a postcelestial Spirit Treasure into a postcelestial Supreme Treasure!
Heavenly Dao Merit could not.
And if Great Dao Merit was used to gain insight, the difference between it and Heavenly Dao Merit became even greater!
The improvement it brought to Lei Jun's comprehension
was almost immediate.
In an instant,
Great Dao Merit was rapidly consumed.
Lei Jun's Three Lifetimes Body was also changing.
No one knew how much time passed.
By the time most of the Great Dao Merit had been consumed,
Lei Jun's Three Lifetimes Body had vanished completely.
In its place
was a body that seemed tangible, yet was actually formless.
This body
was Mysterious and Profound, beyond all comprehension.
For the moment one tried to understand it, they would find that comprehending this body was just like comprehending the "Dao" itself!
That was right.
This body had been forged from the "Dao."
What Dao?
The Dao of No Self!
Lei Jun couldn't help but marvel.
"This is what a Dao Body should be!"
"A body forged from the 'Dao'!"
At that moment,
Lei Jun had finished recasting his Dao Body.
It could no longer be described as merely imbued with Daoist Rhyme in every movement.
It was the Dao itself!
Though subtle and not yet the Great Dao,
its essence was on an entirely different level from before!
If his innate foundation could be used as a measure,
then before, it had been the first wisp of Purple Qi.
Now, it was the "Dao" itself!
And it was Lei Jun's own Dao!
With a thought,
his Divine Sense merged with his Dao Body.
There wasn't the slightest resistance.
The two were one.
After feeling the surging power within his Dao Body,
Lei Jun suddenly opened his eyes.
His expression was free of joy or sorrow.
"Only now can I truly say that I have..."
"Proven the Dao!"
"Before, I had merely touched upon the realm of the Dao!"
In fact,
there was also such a thing as "Proving the Dao" in the Primordial Wilderness.
But it meant proving the Heavenly Dao.
There was also Proving the Dao in Chaos.
That meant the Great Dao.
But true Proving the Dao was neither the Heavenly Dao nor the Great Dao.
It was one's own Dao!
After once again feeling the power of his current realm,
Lei Jun's gaze blazed.
His Dao Body was flawless.
He slowly reached out one hand and grasped at the Void from afar.
Then he gave a gentle wave.
The grand formation protecting the Earth Dao Source vanished beneath Lei Jun's hand as if it had never existed.
The whole process was unhurried.
It hadn't taken the slightest effort.
In an instant,
the formation that would have taken a long time to break through with the Chaos Green Lotus
was effortlessly erased by Lei Jun.
The Earth Dao Source
was now fully revealed before him.
Just then,
an invisible pressure, like a Heaven and Earth Furnace, came crashing down on Lei Jun.
He knew this pressure
all too well.
It was clearly Primordial Wilderness Power!
But...
"You think this is enough to make me retreat?"
"And these methods are far too crude!"
Lei Jun shook his head with a smile.
He knew perfectly well where this Primordial Wilderness Power came from.
It was the Earth Dao Source before him!
Unfortunately,
the Earth Dao Source might possess a hint of sentience, but it had yet to develop a will.
So its methods were rather limited.
Though it could draw upon Primordial Wilderness Power, it couldn't affect Lei Jun.
In fact,
it couldn't affect him in the slightest.
Let alone now—
even before...
This Primordial Wilderness Power could not harm Lei Jun either.
At that moment.
Lei Jun spoke again.
"Don't be nervous. I only want a wisp of your Purple Qi. I won't touch most of your Origin!"
"Not only that, I'll help you give birth to a will afterward!"
"How about it?"
As soon as he said this.
The Earth Dao Source flickered once.
It seemed to be considering.
Before long.
The Earth Dao Source stopped flickering.
And made its decision.
Then.
Under Lei Jun's slightly astonished gaze.
Three strands of Origin—in other words, three strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi—floated out and hovered beside Lei Jun.
"Heh~"
"Quite generous!"
"I only wanted one strand, yet you gave me three!"
"You're really going all out!"
"Are you afraid I won't keep my promise?"
Lei Jun smiled faintly.
His palm reached out again, but unlike before.
This time.
He did not dispel the grand formation. Instead, he restored it!
Besides that.
He even reinforced it!
And linked it to Lei Jun through a wisp of karmic connection.
If anything changed in the grand formation, Lei Jun could sense it immediately.
If Lei Jun wished.
He could even foresee the changes before they occurred.
It could be said that.
With this alone, the chances of the Earth Dao Source giving birth.
Had increased by quite a bit!
Having obtained the Earthly Purple Qi, Lei Jun looked at the Earth Dao Source once more.
Earlier.
He had deliberately let the Chaos Green Lotus devour it.
But now that he thought about it.
There was no need.
Leaving aside how much use the twenty-four-petal Chaos Green Lotus would be to Lei Jun after devouring it.
The key point was that it was unnecessary.
Because after the three bodies merged into one.
Whether it was the Human Dao Purple Qi or the Earthly Purple Qi.
He could freely open them up within his Dao Body.
He was only one step away from breaking through to the next realm!
The final piece of the puzzle he lacked was the Heavenly Purple Qi!
"But then again."
"If I haven't comprehended my own Dao."
"Then even if I obtain the Heavenly Purple Qi, I probably still won't be able to achieve perfection, right?"
Before this.
Lei Jun had never understood this point, until he had used immense resolve to sever even his Dao Body.
Only then did he truly understand.
If he could not comprehend it, then even after obtaining the Purple Qi of the Three Paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man, he still could not reach the endpoint of the Primal Ancestral Qi.
At most, he could approach it infinitely.
There would always be a little missing.
Yet this tiny gap contained an infinitely distant separation.
It would forever be impossible to reach.
The reason was simple.
The Ancestor gave birth to all things, and cultivators themselves were included among them.
And the Ancestor had been born from nothing.
Therefore.
So long as one remained in the realm of "existence," one could at most approach it infinitely.
Only by transcending the Ego and comprehending "nothingness."
Would it truly become possible.
Because that meant leaping into a state that existed even before the Ancestor!
The three bodies merged into one.
The past, present, and future converged, and the self became the selfless.
From then on.
There would be no problem at all with saying that Lei Jun was not a transmigrator.
Because his past was no longer merely impossible to trace—it simply did not exist.
No matter when Lei Jun was observed.
Or from what angle he was viewed.
There was no period when he had been weak.
Every time he grew stronger, the relatively weaker state Lei Jun had previously been in would be erased.
He would forever remain in a state of constant strength!
In other words.
Even if the Great Annihilation occurred.
Even if the Dao suffered its Fall.
When he revived.
Lei Jun would still possess the same realm and cultivation he had before his fall!
It was as if he had always been this way from birth.
After all...
There had never been a time when he was weaker than he had been at the moment of his fall!
To a certain extent.
This was already very close to the Ancestor's cultivation not declining and realm not falling after achieving Ancestral cultivation!
No wonder.
He was only one step away from breaking through, right?
Gathering his Heart Spirit.
Lei Jun took one step.
He left the Nine Nether and arrived on the Primordial Wilderness Continent.
At this moment.
He was no longer bound by Heaven and Earth in the slightest!
Clearly standing within the Primordial Wilderness.
Yet he seemed to be standing outside the Primordial Wilderness.
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