Randeng closed his eyes.
The moment the deity took shape between his brows, he distinctly felt a vast yet gentle power of laws flow through the Divine Dao Network into his primordial spirit.
It was the complete law of the way of burial.
Not the incomplete half of the way of annihilation he had previously explored alone.
But the complete Great Dao that united annihilation with laying to rest.
All things that lived must die, and all that died must be buried. The living bade farewell with rites; the dead found peace beneath the earth.
This was not merely the bestowal of authority over laws, but the Great Dao's response to his countless years of arduous cultivation.
He had cultivated the way of annihilation for endless years, yet remained stuck at the Daluo Golden Immortal peak, unable to advance an inch.
It was not because his aptitude was lacking, but because the way of annihilation itself was incomplete.
Now the way of burial supplied the missing half, uniting annihilation with laying to rest. At last, his Dao reached completion.
The magical power that had lain dormant within him for endless years surged like floodwaters bursting through a dam.
The bottleneck at the Daluo Golden Immortal peak shattered with a thunderous crash the instant the way of burial became fully connected, and the threshold of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm opened before him in response.
His aura began climbing steadily, surging from the Daluo Golden Immortal peak through the barrier countless cultivators could never cross in their entire lives, and firmly entering the early-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
The Glazed Lamp that never left his side rose of its own accord, hovering above his head.
Its flame abruptly swelled from its usual bean-sized flicker into a brilliant yet tranquil