But since it was a final counterattack, it was bound to be terrifying—earth-shattering!
The battle line had ultimately been drawn out too far, for too long. Yet from beginning to end, it had only been a little over a quarter of an hour.
This time, however, differed from when the two progenitors of Dao and Buddhism had descended into the world. Back then, it had taken the earth more than a century to react and drive out the two progenitors. Afterward, the rules shifted in ways unseen, such that any Daoist attempting to Seize the Dragon would face a thousand calamities and a hundred tribulations.
This time, Zhao Cheng had directly refined the earth, then split apart afterward. Xie Cheng had directly used demonic taint to scour the land and assimilate the Divine Province. The stimulus this dealt to the earth's will was unprecedentedly intense.
Thus, in little more than a quarter of an hour, the earth had actually reacted. Joining with the void's last remaining will, it had created Tai Jia, an immense variable unlike any before.
This strange lifeform, Tai Jia, bore the four methods of Culture, Martial, Dao, and Brahma. These four methods could further divide into the three talents of Heaven, Earth, and Man. This path was not one of commanding the Human Dao, joining with Heaven, and refining Earth; rather, it joined Heaven and Earth to transform Man, thereby achieving the Three Talents!
Since he had been forged by Heaven and Earth, this was likewise a path toward attaining a supreme Dao Fruit. If taken to its end, it connected with the path of the Earthly Dao Kingdom. Its most distinctive feature compared to the Dao Kingdom was that all great power returned wholly to oneself, borrowed from no one—it was entirely a natural transformation