Zhunti's thinking now was to hold off on Corpse-Slaying without a Spirit Treasure, but not to choose one carelessly either. Otherwise, the path to Three Corpses Unification would be lost forever.
Hongjun had said there were three routes along the Primordial Unity Path, with Proving the Dao Through Strength the first choice. This meant comprehending a law of the Great Dao without needing Corpse-Slaying, then directly breaking through the Heavenly Dao's barrier. That was truly Proving the Dao Through Strength!
Of course, this differed from Pan Gu's Proving the Dao Through Strength. Pan Gu had attained the Dao as a Great Dao Saint; after all, he had already been at the Half-Step Great Dao level when he came into being. This version of Proving the Dao Through Strength merely meant breaking through the Heavenly Dao's barrier and achieving Primordial Unity.
Now that the Great Dao had withdrawn and the Heavenly Dao had emerged, mastering a Great Dao Law and Proving the Dao Through Strength was almost impossible.
Attaining Sainthood Through Merit required Hongmeng Purple Qi, and only those few strands existed. That route was almost hopeless too.
Attaining the Dao by Slaying the Three Corpses was the only path available to the beings of Heaven and Earth. Yet the requirement for three top-grade innate spiritual treasures of identical origin immediately robbed many of all hope.
Lin Tian was now somewhat lost about his future path as well. After all, he was not his complete self, but Yunxiao's Dao Companion. What, then, should his own path be?
Still, Lin Tian had confidence deep down. He knew the Spirit Vine True Self would not leave him without a path. Besides, reaching Three Corpses Unification would probably take hundreds of millions of years. It was still a long way off.
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