Chapter 1205: Chapter 1199: Realm: Dao-Glimpsing
[Special Event: Probing the Empress…]
The final moments of his descent into the world were spent having a meal with his descendants, before he, the Old Ancestor, suddenly disappeared.
Thinking back on his trip to the imperial palace: he first went to the Wenren family, and then appeared before the Empress.
This was to tell the Empress that he had now broken through to the Body Integration realm and was a Body Integration expert proficient in spatial rules.
Just standing in front of the Empress, he didn’t say any harsh words; he merely inquired about the Western Frontier and Uncle Rain.
“If she hasn’t gone pletely insane, she will have to carefully consider the consequences the next time she wants to pull any tricks on our Azure Cloud Prefecture.”
Sitting cross-legged in the sky above the Grotto-Heaven, Li Wei recalled Wenren Xianyi’s face—stiff from suppressing her anger as she sat on the Phoenix Throne in the Golden Throne Room—and felt exceptionally relaxed.
Chang’s guess was right; Wenren Xianyi was very frank.
She had no contact with Min Tiange. Uncle Rain was also just a chess piece in her hands.
Min Tiange had very little influence over the Dao Seed in Uncle Rain’s body; Wenren Xianyi was the one exerting power behind the scenes.
However, when asked why she wanted to strike a lethal blow against the Azure Cloud Li Clan, Wenren Xianyi remained silent.
Upon further questioning, she only told the Li Clan that they had best leave the Southern Frontier.
As for Min Tiange in the Western Frontier, that was not something the Li Clan should concern themselves with.
“Leave?” Li Wei raised an eyebrow slightly.
For nearly a thousand years, the family had been in Azure Cloud Prefecture, striving generation after generation. Their roots were here.
For them, there was only expansion, never abandonment.
He then buried his thoughts deep down.
Now that he had broken through to the Body Integration realm, and Ah Tie was also at Body Integration, they were more than capable of handling many things.
With a thought.
An ancient, unadorned Jade Gate appeared before his eyes, engraved with the Yin-Yang Fish diagram. Colored circles were inscribed in all directions, representing various rules.
The power of these rules was refined into silk threads that interweaved within the Yin-Yang Fish diagram, forming a pattern where myriad methods were contained within a ‘circle’.
It was chaotic yet did not lose its aesthetic appeal, concealing the true essence of Dao principles.
Following Li Wei’s breakthrough to the Body Integration realm, the interface before his eyes also underwent some slight changes.
[Congratulations, you have broken through to the Body Integration realm and opened the Dao Gate: Tai Chi]
[Tai Chi generates the Two Modes, the Two Modes generate the Four Symbols, the Four Symbols generate the Eight Trigrams, gathering the numbers of all things and phenomena in the world.]
[Realm: Dao-Glimpsing]
The Dao Gate, engraved with the Yin-Yang Fish diagram, was right before his eyes. Although the Dao Gate had been pushed open, his divine sense could only look on.
There was clearly a very long Great Dao ahead, but no matter how long he walked forward on this Great Dao, he still remained in front of the Dao Gate.
“Dao-Glimpsing is exactly that: getting a first glimpse into the Dao Gate. After this es Dao-prehending and Dao-Integration.
Only by prehending one’s own Dao can one walk further along the Dao path, ultimately integrating the Dao method into oneself, thereby reaching the Dao Integration realm?”
A flash of understanding passed through Li Wei’s eyes. In truth, if subdivided, the Body Integration realm had many stages.
For example, Half-Step Body Integration could actually be considered the ‘Dao-Seeking’ stage, where they began searching for their Dao path.
Then there was the ‘Dao-Breaking’ stage, which was the moment of accumulating the origin power of rules and pushing open the Dao Gate.
Only upon reaching the current Dao-Glimpsing stage was one officially walking on the path of the Dao.
At the same time, one had to ‘Inquire the Dao’ and ‘Attain the Dao’, accumulating and prehending Dao methods bit by bit.
However, this was a process; the realm was still on the journey from Dao-Glimpsing to Dao-prehending.
After Dao-prehending, one had to find a way to integrate the Dao method into oneself.
“After Dao-Integration, the Great Dao merges into oneself. At this point, a person is already a darling of the heavens, being a part of the world itself. This is also the reason why Uncle Rain was so difficult to kill.”
Li Wei projected his divine sense outside the Dao path.
With a wave of his hand, those circles on the edge of the Tai Chi in front of the Dao Gate began to radiate brilliance.
Some small circles were dazzlingly bright, while others were dim.
“Tai Chi. Tai Chi enpasses myriad methods, and is born from this. They mutually generate and overe each other. For me to break through, it means I have to… light up all the Dao principles.”
Li Wei looked at those small circles. Every single small circle represented a type of rule.
These were the rules within the Dao method of Tai Chi, which Li Wei referred to as Dao principles.
As he broke through to the Body Integration realm, small text appeared beside these Dao principles.
[Rule prehension]
[Fire Rules: 42%]
[Water Rules: 8%]
[Earth Rules: 26%]
[…]
[Time Rules: 0.03%]
[Spatial Rules: 3%]
[Tai Chi Dao Method: The deeper the prehension of rules, the stronger it bees.
You possess time, spatial, and Yin-Yang rules; having integrated them into Tai Chi, you cannot prehend other Dao principles.
However, if the rule prehension is profound enough, the rule’s Spiritual power possesses the possibility to surpass Dao methods.]
“Holy crap…”
Having hastily broken through to the Body Integration realm, it was only after opening the Dao Gate that Li Wei saw the uniqueness of the Dao of Tai Chi, and he was suddenly shocked by his own Dao.
“Which means, although I cannot prehend other Dao principles, my rules have the potential to surpass Dao methods, and I don’t even need to push open the Dao Gate again!”
“Which means… I just need to grind!”
Li Wei stared brightly at the percentages of these rule powers.
paring his own current Dao method with others, he came to a conclusion: “Once a rule surpasses 100%, any single one of my rules can reach the level of a Dao method!”
“Hiss~”
Suppressing the joy in his heart, Li Wei sensed the two methods he had used in the battle against Uncle Rain.
[Divine Ability (Primary): Yin-Yang Converts Myriad Methods]
[Progress: 3%]
[Gathers all rules within the Yin-Yang Fish diagram. Through the mutually generating and overing power of your own rules, it can cancel out the opponent’s Dao method and rules.
The more rules you possess and the stronger they are, the more powerful Yin-Yang Converts Myriad Methods will be.]
…
[Divine Ability (Primary): All-Enpassing]
[Progress: 3%]
[Triggers all Tai Chi Dao methods, converging them between the two Daos of Yin and Yang to strike and shatter the enemy’s Dao.]
“Only this low of a progress rate?” Li Wei’s eyes widened, not in dissatisfaction, but in sheer joy.
Upon reaching the Body Integration realm, a cultivator gains a divine ability.
Rumor has it that even the Great Emperor realm uses divine abilities.
The ‘Life Control’ divine ability used by Uncle Rain had already reached its absolute limit.
Within Uncle Rain’s Dao Domain, as long as one was beneath the rain, no one could escape the control of his divine ability.
This was already a high-level divine ability. For instance, the Seven Ironclads within the Dao Domain were crushed to death with a mere clench of his fist.
However, Li Wei’s two primary-level divine abilities were actually able to shatter Uncle Rain’s Dao method!
“And this is only at 3% progress. According to the description, that means the higher the progress, the stronger it gets…”
Thinking of this, Li Wei let out a long breath.
He had only just broken through to the Body Integration realm and lacked sufficient accumulation.
He calculated in his mind that if given enough time, even at the Dao-Glimpsing realm, fighting against a Dao Integration expert wasn’t entirely impossible!
“Since I can see through my own Dao, what about my descendants?”
Li Wei blanked for a moment. After breaking through to Body Integration, the game interface had undergone changes.
He instantly appeared beside Li Yaotie.
Upon arriving, Li Wei instantly felt a scorching heat from all directions, as if he were standing amidst a raging wildfire.
The ground was entirely covered in cracks, and magma flowed sluggishly from within them, casting a bright red glow over the entire mountain.
Ahead was a massive volcanic crater, erupting with ‘boom boom’ sounds and spewing molten lava.
“Where the hell did you bring me?”
This land, filled with magma and wildfire, was scorched by intense fire qi, making it impossible for anyone below the Golden Core realm to set foot in.
It was located south of Azure Cloud Prefecture.
Due to years of disasters in the past, and to preserve the overall situation later on, the heaven and earth spiritual qi here was incredibly thin.
He saw descendants scattered all over the mountain, hurriedly setting up array formations to prevent the scorching heat of this wildfire land from spreading to the mortal realm.
“A Dao Field.”
Li Wei suddenly understood.
When cultivators were at the Half-Step Body Integration stage, they often spent vast amounts of time accumulating—not only accumulating the rule power needed to push open the Dao Gate, but also accumulating the materials to form a Dao Field.
This was because wherever a cultivator resided, they would consume the heaven and earth karmic luck and spiritual qi of that area.
As large as Azure Cloud Prefecture was, it could at most only acmodate under fifteen Void Refining experts cultivating simultaneously.
If there were too many Divinity Transformation and Nascent Soul cultivators, this capacity would need to be reduced even further.
Locations blessed by heaven, like Grotto-Heavens that originally possessed spirit veins, were the exception.
But even with the family possessing a Tier-3 spirit vein, it could only acmodate a single Li Yaotie, not to mention that the City of Merit was the place with the highest concentration of experts in Azure Cloud Prefecture.
And at this point, the Dao Field of a Body Integration expert became crucial.
Body Integration cultivators used themselves as the foundation, transcending the Imperial Dynasty itself and being a part of heaven and earth, allowing them to self-generate heaven and earth spiritual qi.
The only flaw was that a Body Integration expert at this stage was like a force of nature itself. For example, when Uncle Rain made a move, rain would fall wherever he was.
A Dao Field, however, could use array formations and Dao methods to prevent disasters from affecting other areas.
It could even accumulate the Dao Domain cultivator’s own Dao rhythm to form a special cultivation site.
Furthermore, when they went out for great battles in the future, it could prevent their Dao rhythm from running too rampant.
“Good!”
Li Wei was delighted. It wasn’t just a disaster; the appearance of a Body Integration expert was in itself a blessing.
Wherever a Dao Field was located, the Body Integration cultivator’s Dao rhythm would attract the purest heaven and earth rules, making it the most suitable place for cultivators of the same attribute to cultivate and break through.
This was also why immortal sects like the Heavenly Sovereign Dao and the Eternal Immortal Sect emerged in the world.
[Your family is currently constructing — Heavenly Fire Dao Field]
[For cultivators cultivating in the Heavenly Fire Dao Field, their absorption rate of fire-attribute spiritual qi increases, cultivation speed increases, prehension of fire-attribute methods and techniques increases, and the growth speed of fire-attribute spiritual entities and natural treasures increases…]
[Within the Dao Field, as long as the mighty figure is willing, they can rely on their mighty methods—through the Dao Field’s Spiritual power and manipulation of its heaven and earth spiritual qi—to pay a price and alter a cultivator’s aptitude and spiritual roots, helping them obtain special physiques!]
[Congratulations, your family has obtained the group trait: Heavenly Fire Immortal Clan]
[The probability of acquiring fire spiritual roots increases, affinity for ‘fire spiritual qi’ increases, the probability of fire-attribute geniuses appearing increases, and the probability of fire-attribute traits appearing increases.]
“No wonder only having a Body Integration expert qualifies one to bee an Eternal Immortal Clan. Just a single Dao Field is enough to bring endless benefits to the family.”
Li Wei’s eyes brimmed with tears. “Our Li Clan has finally bee a proper immortal clan.”
Thinking back over these years, they were either fighting or preparing to fight.
Now that they had produced Body Integration experts, the good days had finally arrived, and they could finally bless their future generations.
“And there’s me. My Tai Chi Great Dao gathers various rules. Can I establish a Dao Field in the game world?”
Li Wei suddenly thought of this.
But then he heard a wail.
“This child has no spirit stones! This child truly has no spirit stones left to build the Old Ancestor’s Dao Field!!!”
Volcanic ash drifted with the wind, blowing onto the kneeling Li Yuanshang.
Facing the volcanic ash with erupting wildfires behind him, Li Yuanshang looked as desolate as if he were kneeling before the apocalypse.
He had been a wealthy merchant his entire life. He dared to slam tables at anyone.
But feeling his empty pockets, having lost his spirit stones, he also lost the courage to hold his head high in front of others.
“…”
The family members looked at the desolate Li Yuanshang with odd expressions.
Li Yaoqing walked gracefully up to Li Yuanshang and patted his head.
“Good boy, don’t worry. It’s our family’s old tradition: if we run out, we can always just ask others for it.”
“How do we ask?”
Li Yuanshang’s face was full of bewilderment.
Times were tough right now; the merchant guild and the Heavenly Reason Hall wouldn’t see revenue for many years.
Li Yaoqing smiled warmly.
To the side.
Li Wei stroked his chin, pondering something, then slapped his thigh in bitter self-reproach.
“A guest never leaves empty-handed! I took a trip to the imperial palace but forgot to bring anything home!”
Amidst his chagrin.
Li Chang silently pulled out a jade slip.
It was the exact hit list Empress Wenren Xianyi had sent over years ago.
The armored couple, Li Xinghuo and his wife, exchanged a glance.
Without Li Chang needing to say a word, they chuckled and replied, “We understand.”
They immediately caught the tossed jade slip and flew outwards.
Their faces bore the refreshing look of people who couldn’t stand being idle; they had just finished slaughtering the demons in Azure Cloud Prefecture, and right on cue, a little side job had arrived.
Seeing the couple’s impatient temperaments, Li Chang loudly instructed them, “When you’re out and about, dealing with people and affairs, be a little polite!”
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