E Gu Begins Proving His Dao!

The aftershocks of the clash between the Dao Venerable still raged across the Beast Realm's skies.

The Dao Venerable were locked in a fierce battle, and the ripples from the collision of their Principle spread in all directions; the sky shattered and then reassembled, the void collapsed and then mended itself, and the entire Beast Realm was in chaos, as if the heavens and earth had been reversed.

The Spirit Transformation cultivator in the gray robe, leading dozens of other Nascent Spirit Transformation, had already broken through the blockade and was desperately rushing towards the heart of the Beast Realm.

"Quick! The aura of E Gu is growing stronger; we can't let him trigger the attainment of a higher level!"

But before he could finish speaking...

The next instant, the world fell silent, utterly still.

It was as if an invisible hand had completely annihilated the sounds, energy, and Principle of the entire Beast Realm.

The Dao Venerable paused at this moment.

The River Sword stopped flowing, and the golden ocean ceased flowing as well.

A torrent of Dao of Strength, countless Shan Yue, nine blazing fire dragons, and five-colored Profound Lightning; all solidified in the heavens and earth, as if grasped by some higher-dimensional force.

All the Dao Venerable looked up at the heavens and earth.

The earth trembled; the entire Beast Realm pulsed with an extremely slow and heavy rhythm.

Like a heartbeat.

It was as if the world itself had suddenly come to life.

Boom!

As the first pulse subsided, a bone-white pillar of light shot into the sky above the Beast Realm; the pillar was over ten thousand feet thick and pierced straight into the heavens.

Within the pillar of light, countless ancient inscriptions surged and flowed; they were not demonic script, nor runes, nor the writing of any race.

That is the Great Dao itself, gradually manifesting itself.

Sword Origin Dao Venerable's sword river suddenly surged, and his sword intent pierced through the stagnant void, slashing swiftly towards the pillar of light.

"Stop!"

However, the Return to Earth Dharma Image merely raised its hand, and countless Shan Yue stretched across the sky, blocking the Sword River; the Ultimate Dao of Strength Venerable unleashed a punch, a torrent of Dao of Strength carrying immense destructive might, directly confronting the three Metal Dao Dharma Images.

The battle resumed, but everyone knew the situation was different.

It's too late.

The path to enlightenment for those with E Gu has begun!

The territory of the Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan, at the edge of the southwestern wilderness.

This place was originally a desolate Gobi Desert, where even Spiritual Qi was pitifully scarce; now, the entire Gobi Desert is crumbling.

The earth rose at a visible speed, rock layers cracked, surged, and piled up; soil and gravel were driven by some Savage Wilderness force, frantically converging towards the center.

A mountain is growing.

A massive bone mountain, seemingly built from piles of white bones and cast from the remains of countless races, rose from the earth and reached straight to the sky!

Those bones did not come from the remains of any living being; rather, they were formed from the primordial energy of the Dao of the Physical Body in the universe.

Each Root Bone gleamed with a faint white light; its hardness far surpassed that of metal and stone. Countless Dao patterns were engraved on the surface of the bone mountain, echoing the white bone light pillar in the sky.

Each skeleton corresponds to a species of being from one of the Nine Realms of the world.

The Bone Mountain rises thousands of feet from the ground and continues to climb.

The Dao of the Physical Body energy of the entire Beast Realm surged into this bone mountain like rivers flowing into the sea; distant thunderclouds, nearby Gobi Desert, and Spirit Vein deep underground.

Everything containing the essence of the Dao of the Physical Body is being extracted.

At the summit of Bone Mountain, a figure sat cross-legged.

The figure was emaciated, skin and bones, as if it could be blown away by the wind at any moment; there was no trace of Demon Power emanating from its body, and it looked like a dried-up corpse.

Ancestor Egu.

The progenitor of the Giant Bear Clan, the head of the seven lineages; the most powerful being in the entire Beast Realm, closest to the Dao Venerable Spirit Transformation Extreme Stage.

At this moment, his eyes were closed, his lips were cracked, and his withered fingers were crossed on his knees; the Six Dao Immortal Foundation were slowly circulating in his body, and the origin of the Dao of the Physical Body was surging into every inch of his bones and muscles like a tide.

His body is changing.

The skeletal frame began to swell, and a series of cracking sounds came from beneath the skin.

Constantly reshaped, the bones are reconstituted through fractures and tempered through reconstitution; with each fracture, a layer of bone-white radiance seeps out, re-welding the broken bones together.

It repeats endlessly.

Seeking enlightenment is fraught with difficulties; for example, the Yin-Yang Dao Fruit and moon in the heavens and earth, with the sun and moon themselves serving as symbols of enlightenment.

The symbol of the Barbarian Bone Dao Fruit is this Shan Yue, piled up with the bones of beings from the Nine Realms; one seeks proof from it of the Barbarian Bone Way in the world.

By comprehending the Six Dao Immortal Foundation, one can activate the [Barbarian Bone] symbol in the world; by seeking confirmation from heaven and earth, one can take control of the fruition and wield a power.

Those who seek verification Death Dao if Heaven and Earth do not approve of them.

Ultimately, both body and soul returned to the Great Dao, leaving not even ashes behind.

An expression of extreme pain appeared on the face of the Ancestor Egu; his withered fingers dug deeply into his flesh, and demonic blood gushed out like a spring, continuously flowing towards the towering mountain of bones beneath him.

Everything begins today!

Divine Firmament Plain, Divine Firmament Peak.

Shi Jian stood on the peak, looking up at the sky; the white beam of light, though thousands of miles away, was as clear as if it were right above his head.

The entire sky was bathed in a bone-white light, and the purple-gold thunderclouds were forced to the edge of the heavens under the pressure of this aura.

His body was also reacting violently.

His bones expanded, his muscles tightened, and his Immortal Foundation [Purple Pivot Lightning] hummed incessantly, stimulated by that Savage Wilderness energy.

He could even feel his bones hardening, becoming denser, and heavier.

It wasn't just him.

On the six peaks, more than ten thousand bear demons roared in unison; the bones of the Golden Core Demon General cracked and popped, and many Foundation Establishment bear demons were directly knocked unconscious by that aura.

Those bear demons that had mutated decades ago are now experiencing a frenzied proliferation of bone armor; the white bones piercing through their fur are even thicker, gleaming with the same eerie white light as the towering bone mountain.

Shan Li looked urgent and quite anxious.

"The Ancestor Egu has made a move. Unexpectedly, the place where he attained enlightenment is not within his own clan, but rather within the territory of the Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan."

"No wonder the clan seems so calm; it appears the higher-ups were prepared."

Shi Jian gripped the Thunder Spear tightly, his heart filled with trepidation.

It's no wonder that the Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan would take action; the Ancestor Egu choosing to prove his Dao on their territory was itself a deal.

The Peak Mountain Imperial Clan uses its territory as a barrier, and the three Earth Dao Venerables as shields; on behalf of the Evil Bone Ancestor, they block all external interference.

The cost, in most cases, is the distribution of benefits after one has attained enlightenment.

Or perhaps there's a deeper deal going on that they're unaware of.