"This is a stairway." Dongguan reflected on the process by which he absorbed it.
He had now reached Late God Emperor. Next came God Emperor Perfection.
Ordinary bloodline cultivators at God Emperor Perfection were about as strong as he was now, but the reason they could be called perfected was that they, too, possessed Dongguan's current ability: absorbing Hunyuan power.
Dongguan had possessed this ability very early on, but he had overlooked its uses.
This absorption involved a ratio of losses to gains. Various methods, such as reducing the intake of Hunyuan power, could reduce the losses. This was the first process.
Completing this process meant possessing an ability to survive in Hunyuan similar to that of low-tier Hunyuan lifeforms.
Then came the second process: increasing intake while maintaining absorption efficiency.
By comprehending this process, one could find an opportunity for ultimate awakening.
Of course, if a bloodline cultivator possessed only a single low-tier Hunyuan lifeform bloodline, they could never meet the requirements for ultimate awakening, no matter what.
They had to fuse multiple low-tier Hunyuan lifeform bloodlines, repair and improve their original low-tier Hunyuan lifeform bloodline, or fuse with a high-level Hunyuan lifeform bloodline, or even a world-level Hunyuan lifeform bloodline, to complete this process.
This ability also held profound significance on the path of the "Great Dao"-the path of Dao Comprehenders.
From the beginning of cultivation all the way to the Ultimate Realm, so-called cultivation was essentially a process of "learning." Upon reaching the God Emperor stage, one used everything one had "learned" before to construct a "blueprint" for one's own "Hunyuan Great Dao."
Early God Emperor, Mid God Emperor, Late God Emperor, God Emperor Perfection-reaching God Emperor Perfection meant this blueprint was "finished."
But what came next was the most important part: turning that blueprint into a