Delay Breeds Change

"Soon."

Inside his Taiheng Mountain cave abode, Li Rui slowly opened his eyes.

Within the Niwan Palace Grotto-heaven and Yellow Court Grotto-heaven, True Martial Descent and Evergreen Court had already faintly begun to reveal a third halo.

It was the embryonic form of the Bearing Yin Wheel.

Once he condensed the Bearing Yin Wheel, he would enter the Integrated Body Middle Stage.

Just as he had anticipated.

With Evergreen Court supplying Immortal Dao Origin, his speed in comprehending the Dao Seed was growing ever faster.

"Every third step brings a hurdle. Condensing the Zhi Xiong Wheel will probably take even more time."

Li Rui pondered inwardly.

Suddenly—

His expression changed.

For just then, a star had lit up above the Heavenly Dao.

Hundred Refinements Artifact.

The Hundred Refinements Artifact, which had hung suspended for a thousand years, had returned to the Heavenly Dao.

Yes.

Hundred Refinements True Monarch had actually formed his Dao Fruit and returned to the Dao Lord Position!

Even Li Rui could not help being taken aback.

Who could have imagined that the most inconspicuous of them, Hundred Refinements True Monarch, would become the first among the five of the Three Lives Altar to return to Dao Lordhood?

Although Dao Lord reincarnations had a greater chance of returning to Dao Lordhood, it was still shocking.

"It was in the Outer Heavens."

Li Rui quickly guessed it. There had been scarcely any disturbance in the Great Dao of the Immortal Cultivation World, yet the name Hundred Refinements Dao Lord had appeared above the Heavenly Dao. There was only one possibility: Hundred Refinements Dao Lord had attained the Dao in the Outer Heavens.

"It seems he obtained some extraordinary Great Fortune."

How difficult was it to become a Dao Lord? For Hundred Refinements Dao Lord to return to Dao