They were blasted away.
"Had I been an ordinary Dao Palace expert, you might really have hunted me down!"
Taiyi gazed at the two ferocious Lightning Birds, which watched him like tigers eyeing their prey.
His gaze blazed fiercely, like two suns shining, as he gave a sharp shout. "Unfortunately, you chose the wrong target!"
Dazzling strands of holy light seeped from his skin, as though endless flames were burning.
Boom... He unleashed the Primordial Origin Holy Light Technique.
The entire sky seemed drowned in boundless light.
It was supremely yang, fiercely blazing, incomparably dazzling, and utterly domineering.
No one could look directly at it.
With a frantic flutter of wings, the two terrified Lightning Birds were blasted away.
Feathers scattered, accompanied by traces of blood.
Fear took hold of them. No longer daring to challenge him, they beat their wings in panic.
They tried to rush into the distance and flee.
"Isn't it a little late to think about leaving?"
Taiyi soared into the sky.
His gaze turned stern as he shouted, "Stay and be my dinner!"
His blood and vital energy were astonishing.
He was like a Solar Divine Furnace blazing fiercely.
It had to be said that the Yaoguang Holy Land's Primordial Origin Holy Light Technique was truly extraordinary.
It could purify heaven and earth and burn the heavens, its matchless power unstoppable. Its defensive strength was equally astonishing, combining offense and defense in one; few divine techniques could rival it.
Especially in Taiyi's hands, as someone who possessed the Sun Sacred Body and cultivated the Sun True Scripture, the Holy Light Technique could be brought to its utmost potential.
Once unleashed, it could incinerate heaven and earth with unrivaled might.
Even without his full strength behind it, it was terrifyingly powerful.
It allowed him to fight across cultivation ranks with ease, defying the hierarchy to slay immortals.
Boom...
In an instant, holy light engulfed heaven and earth.
Great swaths of ancient trees were mercilessly vaporized, reduced to drifting ash.
Several hundred zhang away, the two swift Lightning Birds, which had nearly vanished into the depths of the forest in the blink of an eye, let out mournful cries.
Searing beams of holy light pierced their bodies, sending them plummeting from the sky.
Countless wild beasts trembled.
They fled in panic.
Whoosh...
Taiyi stood with heroic bearing.
Eighty-one beams of holy light encircled him, guarding him at their center.
His movements were graceful, his bearing transcendent and otherworldly, incomparably sacred. Like a Sun Deity descending into the mortal world, untouched by any evil, he inspired an irresistible urge to prostrate oneself in worship.
Over these past days, Taiyi had devoted himself to cultivating various secret techniques and achieved considerable results.
In particular, his Primordial Origin Holy Light Technique had reached a new level, and he wielded it with ever greater ease and mastery.
Without question, his attainment at this realm could be called unprecedented.
All that remained was to manifest one hundred and eight beams of holy light.
Then his Holy Light Technique would truly reach minor mastery.
He looked at the two Lightning Birds, now devoid of life.
He put one of them into a jade bottle for storage.
With practiced ease, he plucked the other bird clean, slit its belly, and removed its entrails.
He set up the imitation Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron, poured in water from a spirit spring, and added shiitake mushrooms, spirit herbs, and various other ingredients.
He cooked the bird whole.
Before long, the aroma of meat filled the forest, making mouths water.
"Mm, compared with savage beasts like the Azure-Scaled Eagle, Dragon Scales Leopard, Desert Earth Scorpion, and Black-Armored Mystic Serpent... Lightning Bird meat really is excellent, tender and delicious!"
He tore off a wing.
Taiyi savored it with relish, offering a serious assessment. "It deserves a place among the finest!"
Soon, he tucked into his feast.
He devoured the entire Lightning Bird.
He did not spare even the broth.
"It's time to break through to the Dao Palace!"
Having eaten and drunk his fill,
a glint of resolve flashed through Taiyi's eyes.
Back when he had reached the perfection of the Other Shore Realm,
a profound and unfathomable scripture had naturally appeared in his mind: the Dao Palace Scroll of the Sun True Scripture.
He had been silently reciting and studying the Dao Palace Scroll of the Sun True Scripture, preparing to advance into the Dao Palace Domain.
However, he had not merely buried himself in cultivation. When he fell asleep, the incomparably mysterious Golden Little Man appeared once more in his sea of consciousness and began teaching him how to cultivate the Dao Palace Secret Realm.
The principles of the Great Dao he expounded were supremely simple and unadorned, yet infinitely profound.
They cleared away the clouds obscuring Taiyi's understanding, benefiting him immensely.
The Sun Sacred Body was exceptionally unusual. Like the Sacred Body, it required resources to break through each minor realm, but its consumption was at least ten times greater than the latter's, if not more.
Breaking through from the Other Shore Realm to the Dao Palace Secret Realm required over a hundred jin of source.
The second heaven required over a thousand jin of source; the third required over ten thousand jin, and the fourth required a hundred thousand jin. Breaking through to the fifth heaven of the Dao Palace alone required over a million jin of source.
To break through to the Four Extremes Secret Realm required at least ten million jin of source-an unimaginable astronomical figure.
The advantage, however, was that as long as he had enough resources, he had no need to spend ages slowly tempering himself in the Sea of Bitterness and Dao Palace secret realms as other prodigies did.
Moreover, his combat strength was extraordinary.
It far surpassed that of other prodigies at the same realm, allowing him to fight across cultivation ranks.
The source he currently possessed amounted to well over a million jin.
Taiyi's cultivation in the Sea of Bitterness Secret Realm and Dao Palace Secret Realm could thus progress like a rocket, allowing him to break through at any time.
He would not even need to worry about cultivation resources until he reached the fifth heaven of the Dao Palace.
Even if he wanted to consolidate his foundations to the utmost, unwilling to leave any flaws in his cultivation foundation,
it still would not take him long.
Rustle...
Inside a cave sealed off from the outside by a vast array of Dao patterns,
Taiyi made his decision and swept his sleeve, sending a great quantity of crystalline, dazzling source stones flying out.
No fewer than a hundred jin of source lay piled there.
He sat cross-legged inside the cave, his eyes tightly shut.
As he circulated the profound methods of the Sun True Scripture, he continuously devoured surging life essence.
Hum... His bearing was solemn and incomparably sacred.
Not only his Sea of Bitterness but every inch of his body shone, dazzling as a sun.
Waves of scorching heat baked the spacious cave until it resembled a furnace.
The golden sea seemed boundless, its extraordinary manifestation astounding.
Tsunamis surged, and waves struck the heavens.
Rumble... Endless radiant clouds and golden lightning filled every inch of space, thundering ceaselessly.
Vast torrents of essence, accompanied by divine power gushing from the Divine Spring, crossed the Divine Bridge and reached the Other Shore.
They surged upward toward the heavenly gates, faintly visible amid swirling white mist.
He intended to force them open and enter the Dao Palace.
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Boom...
Time continued to pass.
Taiyi's entire body glowed as he sat immovable as a boulder.
His hands formed profound, unfathomable seals.
Imperceptibly, his bearing became solemn, as though a true deity had appeared in the world, his majesty inviolable.
He ceaselessly devoured vast quantities of essence, and the pieces of source beside him had already crumbled into powder.
At that moment, within Taiyi's body, in the vast and boundless golden bitter sea veiled in colorful radiance,
a vibrant "spring eye," blazing like a volcano, stood there with a bubbling murmur.
Surging streams of life essence gushed from the "spring eye," continuously washing outward.
A Divine Bell forged from interwoven divine marks swayed there with gentle chimes, rising and sinking. Ancient totems carved into its walls gleamed brilliantly.
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