The Law-Suppressing Stele-when the stele descended, it suppressed all arts, rendering every technique void!
This was the divine ability he had comprehended through the flesh-and-blood seed Dao. For a cultivator like him, who tempered his physique, it could hardly have been a better fit.
It could suppress his opponents' divine abilities and Treasure Arts, forcing them to fight him with their physiques alone.
As long as their cultivation realms did not exceed his by too much, he could swiftly level the playing field.
And in a battle of flesh and bone, he was confident he could crush any foe!
While his consciousness sank into the sea of his mind to comprehend this divine ability, his physique was also undergoing a transformation in the outside world.
The Flesh Dao Seed within his body continued to merge. The Five-Colored Divine Lotus nourished his physique from the surface, while divine lightning kept striking him from outside, hammering and tempering his body.
Hummm-
Divine lightning bombarded him relentlessly, crashing heavily against the five-colored lotus petals and sending strange ripples spreading from within.
Time slipped by. As if realizing there was nothing they could do, the ink-black thunderclouds overhead slowly dispersed.
Light returned to the darkened earth. Suspended in midair, the bud wrapped in the Five-Colored Divine Lotus petals was poised to bloom.
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A sound like the first note of creation rang through this Pocket World.
The waiting bud slowly blossomed, and wondrous visions rose one after another.
Immortal King Descends Upon Nine Heavens, a Kunpeng struck the northern sea, a white tiger roared at the heavens, a divine dragon underwent nine transformations...
At the heart of those visions, in the center of the bud, a young man's figure slowly emerged.
A lotus mark adorned his forehead. He wore a robe of alternating blue and white, his hair gathered high into a Daoist topknot.
His face was fair, pure energy swirled around him, and a faint treasured glow shrouded his body.
His every movement seemed to carry the might to split mountains and shatter stone.
The three feet surrounding him were more like a forbidden domain of the gods, imbued with terrifying divine majesty.
Li Dao slowly opened his eyes. Lotus Dao Patterns flashed across them, and as his eyes opened and closed, it seemed heaven and earth would overturn with them.
Haa-
He let out a deep breath of stale air. The sensation of power filling his entire body utterly enthralled him.
He raised a hand and pressed his palm toward the ground. In an instant, a massive hand formed from divine power slammed down beyond the formation.
Rumble-
The brilliant golden hand of divine power bore strange Dao patterns, stamping an enormous handprint straight into the earth.
"One hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred jin, corresponding to the number of a primordial cycle. I've reached the absolute pinnacle of the Blood Moving Realm!"
"There's no need to advance any further here. It's time to pursue the Cave Heaven Realm."
This journey from comprehending the Dao to transforming his physique had done more than elevate his physical strength to a terrifying level.
It had also given his Dao tangible form and planted it within his physique, putting him far ahead of his peers while still in the early Blood Moving Realm.
Now, every movement he made carried the aura of the Dao. His arts were no longer merely Treasure Arts or Daoist arts; they had become imbued with the Dao itself.
This was why he had been so eager to pursue the flesh-and-blood seed Dao in the Blood Moving Realm.
It was simply because the Blood Moving Realm was the best time to pave the way for the Dao he would walk.
Had he waited even one step longer, the results would not have been nearly as good.
Crack, crack, crack-
He stretched deeply. The sounds of his bones stretching rippled through the void, making it tremble faintly.
Still, this time had been extraordinarily perilous. He had never expected a lightning tribulation to appear.
Had he not been inside the Pocket World, there was no telling how much more powerful the tribulation would have been outside.
A single bolt of heavenly lightning might well have reduced him to tribulation ash!
He shook his head and put those thoughts aside, sweeping his gaze over his surroundings.
The Medicine Garden, once thick with medicinal fragrance and lush with treasure medicines, now looked rather empty.
Only a few scattered treasure medicines remained standing in the Medicine Field.
Fortunately, when harvesting the Treasure Medicines earlier, Li Dao had deliberately left seeds behind.
Looking at the Medicine Fields wreathed in treasured energy, he reckoned they would grow back before long.
"Hmm, next it's time to break through to the Cave Heaven Realm!"
"My exploration of the Blood Moving Realm can come to a close for now."
Although his strength could still increase, there was no further opportunity for a qualitative transformation. Remaining in the Blood Moving Realm served little purpose.
If he gained new insights later, he could slowly revisit his cultivation. For now, he had already reached his limit.
With that thought, he stepped forward. Waves of air immediately surged from where his foot landed.
Like a phantom, he appeared above the Yin-Yang Pool in an instant and sat cross-legged over it, the centers of his palms, soles, and crown facing heaven.
As soon as his consciousness sank into his body, he perceived the membrane separating him from the Cave Heaven Realm.
The divine power within him, surging like an ocean, rushed toward that membrane.
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In an instant, the membrane shattered at the lightest touch, as though it had never existed.
His surging divine power streamed through, rushing toward a certain place inside his body.
The divine power within him continued to transform, and his comprehension of the Dao grew ever clearer.
His perception of the great Dao of heaven and earth became increasingly distinct.
Outside, three Cave Heavens instantly manifested behind Li Dao, crimson magma within them spewing golden divine radiance.
"I've only just broken through to the Cave Heaven Realm, and already opened three Cave Heavens. That really was fast!"
"I could open more, but these three are just right."
He looked at the three vast Cave Heavens, each like a newly risen blazing sun, and was immensely satisfied.
Even in their initial forms, these three Cave Heavens were already somewhat larger than the Village Chief's.
But for him, that was still far from enough.
The next moment, the volcanoes within all three Cave Heavens erupted together, and a terrifying suction immediately emanated from them.
Wisps of yin and yang energy from the Yin-Yang Pool beneath his feet continually swept toward the three Cave Heavens.
The vital essence between heaven and earth, already plundered once, surged toward the three Cave Heavens again.
Determination flashed in Li Dao's eyes. He formed a hand seal, directing the energy within all three Cave Heavens into the one on the right.
Crack, crack, crack-
As the terrifying energy poured in, cracks appeared across that Cave Heaven.
-Bang
The next moment, it shattered outright. Li Dao swayed involuntarily, but quickly steadied himself.
A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes. After shattering, the Cave Heaven reformed, one size larger than before.
Beside the other two Cave Heavens, it stood out conspicuously.
But Li Dao was not yet satisfied. This was still not his limit.
He continued to swallow the energy of heaven and earth like a whale, lowering his body directly into the Yin-Yang Pool to absorb it.
After shattering twice more and being reconstructed twice, that Cave Heaven had undergone an earth-shaking transformation.
Strange golden divine patterns were engraved along its edges, and the volcano that had originally stood within it had vanished.
In its place was a deep black vortex, as though unfathomable reserves of energy lay hidden within.
Li Dao wiped the sweat from his forehead. Looking at the Cave Heaven, vast as the blazing sun and wondrous as a divine halo, he was deeply satisfied.
Then he turned his gaze toward the remaining two Cave Heavens. Reaching out, he swept up all the treasure medicines left in the Medicine Fields.
He glanced beneath him at the Yin-Yang Pool, which was gradually becoming clear, and made up his mind.
"I imagine this Yin-Yang Pool, nurtured for who knows how long, will be enough to reconstruct the remaining two Cave Heavens!"
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