If Martial Arts, willpower, domains, and so on were a person's software, then essence, qi, and spirit were their hardware, while the Martial Dao Avatar was the perfect embodiment of essence, qi, and spirit.
To surpass the limits of the Heavenly Dao, software alone was not enough; one's hardware had to keep up as well.
It was like an ordinary Life and Death Realm King. Even if he possessed the knowledge of supreme Martial Arts, he would have no way to fully unleash it. If he truly did unleash it completely, he would likely be killed by the backlash of the supreme Martial Arts before anything else.
Ye Chen had obtained the Martial Arts essence of the Three Realms Supreme, but he had not obtained any information concerning the Martial Dao Avatar. Thus, he had always believed that as long as he cultivated slowly, Multitude of Manifestations would sooner or later surpass the limits of the Heavenly Dao. Now that he thought about it, he had been terribly wrong. The Three Realms Supreme's Martial Dao Avatar had likely surpassed the Bronze grade long ago and reached the Silver grade. As for the Golden Martial Dao Avatar, records stated that once one reached that level, one would not be far from becoming a True God.
Of course, Ye Chen's Bronze Martial Dao Avatar was still somewhat different from an ordinary Bronze Martial Dao Avatar. Threads of black silk permeated Ye Chen's Bronze Martial Dao Avatar, and those black threads were filled with an eerie aura.
"Looks like only when the Destruction Sword Intent and Undying Sword Intent reach the ninth rank will I be able to sever these black threads."
Ye Chen frowned.
He did not regret studying the black smoke. If he had not studied it, raising his Martial Dao