However, though their wills had harmonized into unity and the Heavenly Emperor Dharma Body had grown even fiercer, the Imperial Lords became all the more vigilant.
Power bursts were not uncommon. What was rare was a power burst out of thin air.
Everything in this world had to have a source. To unleash one's potential at the brink of life and death, one first had to possess potential to begin with.
Previously, when Zhao Cheng had shattered the divine abilities of their Thirty-Six Heavens Beyond Heaven at death's door, it could still be explained as prior accumulation transformed into potential under the pressure of life and death. But this second attainment of the Dao was profoundly illogical.
Do not speak of Zhao Cheng having deep foundations. He had cultivated for barely over twenty years—what deep foundation could he possibly have?!
No Imperial Lord was a fool. The appearance of such an abnormality could prove only one thing: there was a traitor among them...
As for Zhao Cheng's accumulation coming from the combined generalized will of the heavenly demons within the void—
From the sound of Zhao Cheng attaining the Dao, they had indeed sensed a portion belonging to heavenly demons. But it was only a portion, not the whole.
As for the rest, though it had already been shattered, refined, and reforged, they could still vaguely see the shadow of their Heavenly Emperor Dharma Body within it.
He could not possibly have comprehended that on the spot.
If Zhao Cheng's power had truly come entirely from heavenly demons, then the sound of his attainment of the Dao could not have been so impure.
If heavenly demons destroyed the world, there should not have been an option of defending my Dao and thereby enduring forever.
That was something from the Heavenly