Lu Ren's Chaos Dao had reached the Immaculate Realm. It was now all but flawless; one step further lay Dao Birth and Dao Death, and the right to forge a great dao of his own.
But cultivating the Chaos Immortal Path Technique alone would not carry him across that threshold.
Even so, reaching the Immaculate Realm in the Chaos Dao had made his cultivation of the Chaos Immortal Path Technique exceptionally swift.
A hundred years passed outside; a thousand passed within the pagoda.
During that millennium, Lu Ren cultivated three Primordial-Tier Immortal Dao Techniques—the Chaos Ancient Shield Art, Chaos Immortal Shadow Art, and Chaos Return to Ruin Art—to perfection.
Under Lu Ren's guidance, Xing Canglan also mastered the Chaos Myriad Butterfly Art.
As for Long Xiaoman and Gu Qiyuan, with the Chaos Clan's help and the Battle Marks Lu Ren had given them, both reached the Four-Marked Battle Body.
Inside the Reincarnation Ancient Pagoda!
Rumble!
High in the void, a figure slowly drew in his aura. The Dao Rhyme surrounding him faded, and the Chaos light swirling around his body gradually vanished.
That figure was Lu Ren.
Over his thousand years in the Reincarnation Ancient Pagoda, Lu Ren had not only perfected three Primordial-Tier techniques of the Chaos Immortal Path Technique but also fully consolidated his cultivation at the Seventh-Step Supreme Realm.
"Three Primordial-Tier immortal techniques perfected, yet my Chaos Dao hasn't advanced in the slightest..."
Lu Ren sighed softly. Stars seemed to flare and fade in his eyes.
Dao Birth and Dao Death truly was an abyss spanning the ages. Taking even a single step into it was extraordinarily difficult.
The Little Broken Tower hummed, its voice seeming to come from the ancient past. "With your talent, reaching Dao Birth and Dao Death is only a matter of time.