The superposed Radiance ultimately pierced through the counterattacking force. Even though ninety-nine percent of it had been blocked, the remaining sliver still scraped off a massive chunk of flesh from the egg of flesh and blood.
That chunk of flesh returned along the superposed Radiance, and Li Qing's Future Body vanished once more.
The torrent sweeping in from behind blanketed everything in every direction. This time, the egg of flesh and blood seemed even more enraged, unleashing a force several times stronger than before.
Hidden within the great Dao storm, Li Qing's Future Body refined the seized flesh with all his strength.
In the blink of an eye, several years passed. The flesh was completely refined, directly increasing his fluctuations by the equivalent of one evolution-grade unit.
The power of the Chaos Pearl had reached four hundred and one times evolution-grade.
A smile appeared on Li Qing's Future Body's face as he silently calculated.
"At the current rate, to reach three thousand times evolution-grade and rival the Infinite Mechanism, I'll need to strike at least another two thousand five hundred and ninety-nine times."
"Over ten thousand years, that means I'll have to make a move once every four or five years on average."
Silently calculating the time needed to digest the flesh and the time it took for the egg of flesh and blood to settle after erupting, he nodded to himself. "About ten thousand years."
"Once the superposed state of my Chaos Pearl undergoes a qualitative transformation, I'll test myself against the Ultimate Mechanism."
"As long as I can confirm that I can hold him off for one or two breaths, the deadlock of harvesting the essence of Dao principles can be broken."
Li Qing's Future Body continued harvesting flesh. This was a swift harvesting operation that would last