The sudden outbreak of a Saint war, Emperor Weapons rising one after another, and a deadly trap for Qin Tian
Qin Tian had long since decided on his path after Severing the Dao: a cycle of the Three Pure Ones, from existence to nothingness, from nothingness to existence, containing everything and lacking nothing. This was the ideal state.
In terms of combat strength, the Dao of any single one of the Three Pure Ones might not necessarily fall short of all three together.
But possessing all three undoubtedly offered a higher ceiling, with the furthest possible reach in both potential and combat strength.
Thus, he decided to accommodate the characteristics of the Primordial Beginning Dao and the Lingbao Dao when Severing the Dao, laying the groundwork for the future.
To that end, he needed to sever his Dao multiple times, broadening his own Great Dao to establish a foundation for accommodating the Dao of the Three Pure Ones.
As for why he did not wait until he had gathered the complete Dao of the Three Pure Ones before Severing the Dao, accomplishing everything in a single step-
It was simply impossible.
Forging the Way of Existence alone had been so difficult that Qin Tian had spent more than a decade creating and piecing it together.
The complexity of the Primordial Beginning Dao and the Lingbao Way was no less than that of the Foundation of Existence.
Finality and creation were manageable, but the concepts of "existence" and "nothingness" were truly difficult to create.
Who knew what year of the monkey and month of the horse it would be before Qin Tian finished creating the Dao of the Three Pure Ones?
Moreover, cultivating with the complete cycle of the Three Pure Ones was bound to be slow. He would be better off first completing the Way of Existence, then laying the foundation for accommodating Lingbao and Primordial Beginning.
Afterward, he could