Chapter 1926 : Third Layer of the Great Dao Body
1 ancient realm after another witnessed the resurgence of spiritual energy, and upon star after star, myriad beings once again embarked upon the path of cultivation.
During these times, there were those who awakened with their memories intact, as if they had somehow foreseen something in the depths of fate.
Eldrin (Person Name) reclined atop the 9 heavens, his expression serene as he watched scene after scene unfold, an involuntary smile gracing his lips.
This time, while aiding the recovery of the Boundless Multidimensional Space, he incidentally divined the future destinies of hundreds of billions of worlds, glimpsing the fates of countless individuals across these realms and stars.
Throughout this process, Eldrin noticed that a handful of these individuals—each demonstrating remarkable talent and innate gifts in their future—would have contributed to refining and advancing the Path of Self-Offering. Yet, without exception, they all met untimely ends midway due to various circumstances.
Eldrin then casually sent back the memories of these people's futures that he had deduced.
Suddenly gaining memories of the future, these individuals might consider it a mere dream, or perhaps believe they have been reborn and returned.
But the moment they saw the Primordial Chaos Stone (Spiritual Object) stele descend, they understood their fates had been irrevocably altered.
"The Great Emperor is reborn, and the Immortal King reincarnated. How utterly fascinating."
Eldrin smiled faintly, then instantly withdrew his thoughts.
In a fleeting moment, Eldrin altered the arduous fate of these few individuals, granting them an opportunity to reshape their own destinies. Yet to Eldrin, this was merely a passing amusement.
"I hope 1 day, I may see you little ones in the immortal realm."
Slowly withdrawing these thoughts, Eldrin resumed his secluded cultivation.
In the years that followed, Eldrin continued refining the 9 Revolutions Immortal Elixir and the Innate Soul-Nourishing Wood. Time slipped away unnoticed, and before he knew it, several million years had passed.
Until over 10 million years later, on this day, Eldrin slowly opened his eyes, a flicker of delight gleaming within his pupils.
"At last, my Sacrificial Dao Art is complete!"
After nearly 2 100 million years of development, the number of Cosmic Realm experts in the Path of Self Sacrifice had finally surpassed 3 1000.
You must understand, with the emergence of each Cosmos Realm expert, the Sacrificial Path becomes further perfected. Now that the Sacrificial Path has produced over 3,000 Cosmos Realm mighty figures, it has finally completed its metamorphosis, transforming into a true Innate-level Great Dao.
As the Dao Ancestor of this great path and the master of the Path of Self-Sacrifice, Eldrin immediately sensed the power bestowed by the Path of Self-Sacrifice.
As the master of a Great Dao, 1 could unleash its full power, bringing forth an astonishing level of strength.
Even though this Sacrificial Dao was merely the threshold of entering the Primordial Great Dao, considered the weakest among the Primordial Great Daos, it could still bestow astonishing empowerment upon Eldrin.
According to Eldrin's (Person Name) estimation, if he fully mobilized the power of the Sacrificial Dao, the strength he could unleash should be comparable to that of a mid-stage Great Luo Golden Immortal.
This was merely the threshold of the Innate Dao. The Great Dao was divided into 3 realms: Innate, Chaos, and Primordial.
Among them, the Primordial Chaos Dao stands supreme, while the Chaos Dao represents the power of the ancestral Daoist immortals and sages. Once 1 masters the complete Chaos Dao, they can prove their path and ascend as the Chaos Heavenly Emperor.
The Primordial Dao, according to its varying degrees of power and perfection, is divided into 5 levels: Nascent Entry, Minor Mastery, Major Mastery, Perfection, and Boundless.
Among these, the Primordial Path is the most fragile at its inception, merely taking the initial form of an innate Great Dao. Although such a Path is the weakest, mastering it completely can grant the power of a mid-stage Golden Immortal of the Grand Luo.
Generally speaking, such rudimentary Great Paths are refined step by step through laws, rules, and dao principles, with at most 2 or 3 Great Luo Golden Immortals sharing authority over them. To advance further, 1 must continuously refine and perfect the Great Path.
The Minor Completion stage of the Innate Dao could be considered a relatively feeble manifestation of the primordial great path.
Such Great Daos are often highly esoteric, with very few immortals choosing to cultivate them. Consequently, the pace of their deduction and refinement is exceedingly slow. Generally, there are not many Great Luo Golden Immortals who cultivate these Daos—at most, a few or a dozen or so.
However, if 1 could fully master a minor perfected Dao, the power it would bring would be truly astonishing.
Once 1 masters the Dao of this level, they would attain the cultivation and realm of a Great Perfection Golden Immortal. However, if the Dao has not reached its pinnacle, it remains ultimately incomplete, making it impossible to step into the realm of the Primordial Chaos Emperor.
Beyond that, the Great Perfection level of the Primordial Dao was already truly astonishing.
A perfected Great Dao, once fully realized, possesses a truly terrifying power. Such a level of the Great Dao has been refined and perfected by at least several dozen Great Luo Golden Immortals cultivating together.
Whoever could fully master a perfected-level Primordial Dao would be able to ascend directly to the realm of the Primordial Chaos Emperor.
Of course, the Great Dao at the initial entry, minor completion, and major completion realms were all incomplete Innate Great Daos. Even if 1 mastered them, they could not rely on them to challenge the Chaos Heavenly Emperor. For this reason, few Great Luo Golden Immortals cultivated these 3 levels of the Innate Great Dao.
Only a perfected Dao can be called the Primordial Chaos Emperor's True Seed, coveted by countless Great Luo Golden Immortals.
The Duji Purple Flames of Yan Zi Ji and the Grand Dao of Ice Soul of Lila (Person Name) are both Innate Grand Dao of this level. There are literally thousands of Great Luo Golden Immortals who cultivate such Grand Dao.
Any Great Luo Golden Immortal who could grasp but 3 percent of the authority over such a Great Dao would attain the realm of the Primordial Chaos Emperor.
If 1 could obtain over 30 percent of the authority over a perfected Great Dao, their cultivation would be sufficient to reach the late stage of Primordial Chaos Emperor Monarch, with the most exceptional among them even attaining the Great Perfection of Primordial Chaos Emperor Monarch.
If 1 could master a perfected Primordial Dao, they would be revered as a Demi-Sage, a Quasi-Heavenly Emperor, or a Half-Step Divine Sovereign.
Since time immemorial, those capable of mastering a complete Primordial Great Dao have been peerless throughout the ages. With but a single wisp of Primordial Chaos Qi, they could ascend to challenge the realm of Chaos Heavenly Emperor.
Of course, there remained the possibility that the Primordial Great Dao might fail in its transformation into the Chaos Great Dao.
Depending on the perfection and potency of 1's Innate Dao, the success rate of the breakthrough varies between 10 to 30 percent, with at most a 30 percent chance of successful metamorphosis.
Failure would not only squander a wisp of Primordial Chaos Qi, but could also lead to the collapse of 1's Dao foundation and physical demise—rendering countless eons of arduous cultivation by a Great Luo Golden Immortal utterly void.
Yet beyond perfection lies the true Path of the Infinite.
The so-called Supreme Dao of Limitlessness refers to the ultimate Dao that has transcended the level of Primordial Dao, yet has not merged with the Primordial Chaos Qi.
The Great Daos cultivated by Eldrin—such as the Primordial Yang Heavenly Fire, the Profound Abyss True Water, the Dao of Life, the Primordial Earth of All Things, and the Primordial Chaos Ancient Metal—all reside at this level of the Dao.
This Primordial Chaos and Limitless Great Dao, if 1 could master all its divine authority and then fuse it with the Primal Chaos Origin Qi, would hold almost no possibility of failure in its metamorphosis into the Chaos Great Dao.
Moreover, once such a Great Dao undergoes transformation into a Chaos Dao, its future potential becomes truly formidable, ranking among the most exceptional even within the realm of Chaos Daos.
It was precisely for this reason that the Path of Limitless Great Dao often drew the covetous gazes of the Chaos Heavenly Emperors.
Among the 5 Great Daos cultivated by Eldrin, each 1 was simultaneously practiced by at least 2 or 3 Chaos Heavenly Emperors.
Even the Path of Primordial Chaos Gold, which has the fewest dual-cultivators, has 2 Chaos Heavenly Emperors as the source of its Dao Authority. Both have each mastered 30 percent of the authority, leaving no hope for later cultivators to prove their Dao through this path.
It is said that by mastering even 1-thousandth of the authority over the Limitless Dao, 1 could directly ascend to the realm of a Primordial Chaos Emperor. This alone demonstrates how profoundly formidable such a Great Dao truly is.
"Although I have already mastered the Dao, the path to breaking through to the realm of Chaos Dao Ancestor through my Sacrificial Dao remains long and arduous."
Observing the nascent form of the Sacrificial Dao, Eldrin murmured softly, only to release a sigh of relief moments later.
The Path of Sacrifice was merely an embryonic innate Great Dao. Logically speaking, perfecting such a Dao should have been exceptionally arduous.
For the strong grow ever stronger; only the supreme Great Dao could earn the fervent pursuit of countless Golden Immortals. Those with true ambition would never devote themselves to cultivating a newly-formed Great Dao.
Those who sought to challenge the realm of Primordial Emperor, or even the Chaos Celestial Emperor, would almost exclusively pursue the path of perfection in the Great Dao.
For only by continuing to refine the innate Great Dao beyond its consummate stage, ideally advancing it to the Wuji level, could 1 attain a greater likelihood of impacting the realm of Chaos Heavenly Emperor.
Yet, for such a nascent Dao, practiced by almost no 1, progress is often exceedingly slow.
After all, no matter how brilliant a Golden Immortal's talent may be, the efforts of a single individual can hardly compare to the cumulative contributions of thousands upon thousands of fellow Golden Immortals.
Fortunately, Eldrin’s Path of Self-Sacrifice was unlike any other. This path allowed others to break through to the Great Perfection Realm. Every being who ascended to the Cosmic Realm through the Path of Self-Sacrifice contributed to the foundation of this great dao.
Until the Sacrificial Path reaches at least minor mastery, these Cosmic Realms will play a pivotal role in perfecting the Sacrificial Path.
To advance further and reach the Great Completion realm after achieving the minor success of the Sacrificial Dao, Eldrin must continue refining the cultivation methods of this great path.
1 day, if Eldrin could devise a cultivation method for the Sacrificial Path that reached the Great Perfection Realm, then the Sacrificial Path would directly step into its consummate stage.
If a method to break through to the Chaos Origin Emperor could be perfected, this Great Dao would achieve complete consummation. However, to fully transform into the Boundless Great Dao, a method to ascend to the Chaos Heavenly Emperor must also be conceived.
Once that stage is reached, the Path of Sacrificial Ascension will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with physical sanctification and primordial spirit enlightenment as a supreme cultivation method. Its power, even within the primordial chaos, would be revered as the Great Dao of Chaotic Infinity.
"Chaos Infinite Dao, is this the foundation for stepping into the third realm of Chaos?"
Eldrin murmured, his thoughts drifting to the origins of the 3 Realms of Chaos.
Chaos knows no bounds, cycling eternally with neither beginning nor end; thus it is called the Infinite, also known as the Boundless, the Endless.
Thus, Chaos has 3 realms: the first realm, 'Dao Dominion'; the second realm, 'Dao Unity'; and the third realm, 'Infinite Nothingness'.
Ancient legends say that the Primordial Infinite Dao is the embryonic form of the Chaotic Infinite Dao. Mastering a complete Infinite Dao holds a sliver of potential to directly reach the Third Realm.
"In the days to come, I must continue refining the cultivation methods of the Path of Self-Sacrifice."
Eldrin (Person Name) murmured softly before suppressing the thought once more.
He had yet to attain the Great Perfection of the Daluo Realm, and his comprehension of this realm remained shallow. Attempting to create cultivation techniques for the Sacrificial Path at the Daluo level was still far beyond his current capabilities.
Lest the Great Path be clumsily forged, it would be better to accumulate more foundational depth and await future generations who reach the Cosmic Realm to refine the finer intricacies of the Path of Self-Devotion. Only with sufficient accumulation and foundation could the cultivation method for the Great Perfection Realm of the Path of Self-Devotion be properly established.
Thus, Eldrin (Person Name) suppressed his wandering thoughts and resumed his secluded cultivation.
This time, Eldrin did not enter seclusion for his cultivation. He directly took out a Great Luo Immortal Pill and began refining it.
The Great Luo Immortal Pill can only be refined 3 times per kalpa. It had already been tens of millions of years since Eldrin last refined 1. Feeling his foundation now firmly stabilized within, he knew it was time to break through once more.
"Since breaking through to the second layer of the Great Luo Physique, I've refined 2 Great Luo Immortal Pills and absorbed over 700,000 10 Revolutions Immortal Pills."
"My accumulation is nearly complete. It is time to make another breakthrough."
Eldrin murmured inwardly, swallowing the Great Luo Immortal Pill once more as he commenced his cultivation of the Great Luo Body.
"Boom—"
As he swallowed the Great Luo Immortal Pill, Eldrin immediately felt a vast surge of Great Luo origin energy flooding his body.
The immense primordial essence belonging to the Heavenly Bull Deity surged through Eldrin's body, instantly pushing his physical strength to its absolute limit.
Seizing the momentum, Eldrin activated the primordial treasure 'Li Fire Sword of the Returning Abyss' within him. In an instant, this colossal energy was refined into pure primordial essence, beginning to nourish and fortify his physical form.
"Break through for me!"
Eldrin seized the moment to whisper an incantation, instantly igniting the foundational energy accumulated within him over many years. His already perfected physical form, pushed to its absolute limit, finally broke through the bottleneck.
In an instant, the accumulated power from refining even 10-revolution immortal pills and Great Luo immortal pills surged forth, completely devoured by the Insatiable Chaos Immortal Body.
When all had settled into tranquility, Eldrin slowly opened his eyes, a faint smile glimmering within his pupils.
He sensed his physical body and discovered that after this breakthrough, the power of his Great Luo Physique had increased by more than 50 percent.
Before his breakthrough, Eldrin's physical strength alone, empowered by his Great Ro Body, was already comparable to a fourth-level Great Ro Golden Immortal. Now, having broken through once more, his raw bodily power alone could contend with a fifth-level Great Ro Golden Immortal.
His Great Luo Body was only at the third tier, yet he could contend with a fifth-tier Great Luo Golden Immortal.
Eldrin murmured, a faint smile flickering in his eyes.
Now, if he were to encounter that Scarlet Mastiff Demon Lord again, he would not even need to rely on magic power, primordial spirit, or the power of the Great Dao—his physical body alone would be more than enough to stand unafraid against his foe.
"The path of physical sanctification is truly extraordinary, but to advance further from here, I'm afraid..."
Eldrin's brow furrowed slightly, a trace of solemnity emerging between his eyebrows.
He discovered that after breaking through to the third layer of his Great Luo Physique this time, the capacity of his Chaos Indestructible Body—this metaphorical barrel—had expanded once more, while the efficacy of refining the 10 Revolutions Immortal Elixir had diminished considerably.
In that case, to achieve Perfection Level cultivation again would require at least 3,000,000 10 Revolutions Immortal Pills.
Moreover, to break through the fourth layer of the Great Luo Physique, apart from requiring the Innate Indestructible Radiance, there is another critical bottleneck that must be overcome. Relying solely on the 10 Revolutions Immortal Elixir is insufficient to shatter this barrier.
Numerous treasures could break through the bottlenecks of the Great Luo Physique, among which the most common was the Great Luo Golden Elixir. Even in the Celestial Court, its value reached 5 strands of Innate Indestructible Spiritual Light.
"It is said that the Great Luo Golden Elixir is refined from the primordial Great Luo Golden Bamboo Shoots."
Eldrin suddenly murmured, a trace of astonishment flashing across his expression.
As for this Primordial Great Luo Golden Bamboo Shoot, Eldrin actually had a solution.
For the Primordial Great Luo Golden Bamboo Shoot is, in itself, a Primordial Great Luo wonder born when the Great Immortal Gold Bamboo undergoes its ultimate transformation.
It is said that when the Supreme-Grade Innate Taiji Golden Bamboo reaches its ultimate limit, there is a chance for it to metamorphose into the Great Luo Golden Bamboo—a treasure among the wonders of the Great Luo.
When Primordial Indestructible Radiance is fused into the Great Luo Golden Bamboo, it undergoes nirvana rebirth and transforms into the Primordial Heavenly Spiritual Root (Spiritual Root) ‘Primordial Great Luo Golden Bamboo Shoot’.
The Primordial Great Luo Golden Bamboo Shoot was exceedingly rare. Even the Great Luo Ancient Sect, having expended several 1000 kalpas and squandered multiple strands of Primordial Indestructible Radiance, could not guarantee the successful cultivation of a single shoot.
Most crucially, a single Innate Great Luo Golden Bamboo Shoot could only be refined into 1 Great Luo Golden Elixir.
It was precisely for this reason that the Primordial Great Luo Golden Elixir held immense value, with each pill that emerged into the world commanding a staggering price.
(End of Chapter)