The Heaven-shattering: I and Wu Shi compete for the throne

Chapter 396 Tianxin Researches the Immortal Daoist
Before attaining enlightenment, Li Daoming believed that by becoming an emperor and controlling the Heavenly Heart, he could use the Heavenly Heart Mark to comprehend the myriad paths of heaven and earth, and would surely be able to quickly perfect and elevate the three thousand law runes he had evolved from the Yin-Yang Dao to the ultimate level.

But after he attained enlightenment and became an emperor, and obtained the Heavenly Heart Mark, he discovered that the Heavenly Heart Mark's power was not as great as he had imagined.

The myriad paths of heaven and earth that intertwine to form the imprint of the Heavenly Heart are not as high in level as he had imagined.

According to his estimation, after comprehending all the Great Dao Laws contained in the Heavenly Heart Imprint and digesting them to perfect his own Imperial Dao Laws, an average ancient emperor would need over a thousand years to increase his combat power by about 40% to 50%.

He only needs a few decades to fully comprehend and digest it, but the improvement it brings is not that great. After comprehending the myriad paths of heaven and earth contained in the Heavenly Heart Imprint, his combat power only increased by about 10%.

Moreover, he discovered a fact: the Heavenly Heart Mark is formed by the interweaving of the myriad paths of heaven and earth, but the Heavenly Heart Mark does not contain all the paths of the world of the Heavenly Shroud, but only some superficial and exposed paths of heaven and earth.

The world contains even more profound Dao, such as the Emperor Dao Laws of the powerful who have proven themselves to become Emperors in the past, or even the Quasi-Emperor Laws of Quasi-Emperors. These are not found in the Heavenly Heart Imprint; they are all hidden deep within the origin of the world.

Even if one possesses the Heavenly Heart Mark, it is difficult to comprehend these Great Dao Laws through the Heavenly Heart Mark.

At this moment, Li Daoming couldn't help but recall the first Heavenly Heart Mark produced in the era of the Desolate Heavenly Emperor. That Heavenly Heart Mark was called the Immortal King Foundation.

Why is that first Heavenly Heart Mark considered a Celestial King's Foundation, while subsequent Heavenly Heart Marks are not? What is the difference between them? Why is there such a large gap?

After deduction, Li Daoming guessed that this was likely because the first Heavenly Heart Mark was woven from all the Great Laws of the universe, containing all the Daos of a great universe.

A vast universe, comparable in size to a Celestial King, having obtained the first Heavenly Heart Mark is equivalent to comprehending the Dao contained within a Celestial King, thus laying the foundation for becoming a Celestial King.

However, the Heavenly Heart Imprint that is interwoven afterward contains only a superficial part of the myriad paths of heaven and earth. It can have some effect on cultivators at the level of Great Emperors, and after comprehending it, they can increase their combat power by 40% to 50%, but it probably cannot even be called a True Immortal Foundation.

Li Daoming actually had some concerns about this!

The fastest way for him to perfect the three thousand law runes evolved from his own Dao is to comprehend more profound Dao laws and use them to perfect and sublimate the three thousand law runes. The slowest way is to deduce and evolve them out of thin air.

If he were given more profound and complex laws to comprehend, he was confident that he could perfect a law to the ultimate level in less than fifty years.

However, if one relies on deduction and evolution out of thin air, it may take hundreds or thousands of years to perfect and elevate a law to the ultimate level.

He's fine for now, as he can comprehend the many great laws contained within the ancient Big Dipper star and the mythical battlefield, allowing him to improve rapidly. However, once he has comprehended all of these, he will likely hit a bottleneck.

Of course, this is not a solution!

According to his deductions, if one could break through the myriad paths of heaven and earth and transcend them, one should be able to get closer to the origin of the universe and more easily comprehend the more profound laws of the universe hidden deep within it.

Furthermore, by merging Yin and Yang with the Great Heaven and Earth to become the master of Heaven and Earth, one can more easily comprehend the Great Dao Laws hidden deep within the universe. However, the amount of comprehension one can gain in one place is limited, and the efficiency is not high.

There is also the Primordial Immortal Land, which is connected to the origin of the universe and helps him comprehend the Great Dao Laws hidden deep within the universe.

There are also ways to find the traces of Dao left behind by Quasi-Emperors and Great Emperors in the world, or to cultivate more Quasi-Emperors and other powerful cultivators who have achieved Dao in other ways, so as to comprehend their Dao laws and perfect one's own Dao.

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Li Daoming gently shook his head, dispelling a trace of worry in his heart. There was no rush now; he still had a lot of room for improvement, and he also had a solution. Even if his solution didn't work by then, and his cultivation progress was slow, it didn't matter. He could simply leave the world of "Covering the Sky" and enter a strange world.

The strange world does not have the restriction of one emperor per generation, and the lifespan of powerful individuals at the same level is much longer than that of the world of Shrouding the Heavens.

Over a long period of time, countless powerful individuals have accumulated experience, and he must have had enough profound laws of the Dao to comprehend and help him perfect his Dao.

After putting away the challenge and focusing his mind, Li Daoming spent several more days feasting with Wan Sheng. Then, he sent out an avatar to preach, while his true self went into seclusion in the Undying Mountain.

Even if he didn't split his body and join forces with Wushi in the battle, he was confident of victory.

But having a sure thing is one thing, and self-cultivation is another.

Although there will be no further crisis in the short term, he will not put too much pressure on himself and engage in long-term seclusion for cultivation, but he will also not relax too much and slack off in his cultivation.

Upon entering the Undying Mountain for seclusion, Li Daoming did not attempt to comprehend the ancient Emperor Heavenly Venerable's Great Dao Laws contained within the Undying Mountain, nor did he digest the Supreme Divine Pills or comprehend the Great Dao Laws within them. Instead, he first focused his attention on the Undying Daoist.

Li Daoming gained a great deal from searching the soul of the Immortal Taoist and studying him carefully for several years.

He obtained the scriptures and secret techniques of the Undying Emperor, his Second Life Dao Fruit, the method for refining a faith body, and some ancient scriptures and secret techniques that he did not have from the primordial spirit of the Undying Daoist.

Having comprehended the scriptures of the Immortal Emperor and the laws of the Imperial Way, Li Daoming gained a deeper understanding of the great laws of life and death, Nirvana, and the Five Elements.

He felt that if given several decades to fully comprehend the scriptures of the Undying Emperor and the laws of the Imperial Way, he should be able to perfect and elevate several more laws of the Great Way to the ultimate level.

Furthermore, he deduced from this a supreme divine technique: the True Phoenix Nirvana Technique.

This is not only a supreme healing technique, comparable to the Yin-Yang Creation Technique he created, but also a method for immortal transformation in the mortal world.

If a powerful expert at the Great Emperor level comprehends this divine technique to its fullest extent and undergoes a rebirth through nirvana, they can live to be reborn in the next life, and their aptitude, potential, comprehension, and even combat power will greatly increase.

Those below the level of Emperor can also use this divine technique to undergo Nirvana. As long as Nirvana is successful, they can be reborn and their aptitude, potential, and combat power will greatly increase.

Moreover, this isn't just a one-time effect! It can be effective multiple times.

Of course, the more times one attempts Nirvana, the more difficult it becomes to succeed in Nirvana again.

Having deduced the True Phoenix Nirvana Method, Li Daoming felt a greater sense of disdain for the Undying Emperor.

The True Phoenix Nirvana Method he deduced may not be comparable to the Nirvana Method of the Undying Emperor. Moreover, according to his deduction, the True Phoenix Nirvana Method is most suitable for beings containing phoenix blood.

If one uses the True Phoenix Nirvana Method, one can live through rebirth again and again, and with each life lived, one's aptitude, potential, comprehension, and combat power will greatly increase.

He felt that even if a mortal immortal who achieved enlightenment through repeated rebirths and lived life after life was not as good as a mortal immortal who transformed in different ways in each life, they should not be much different.

(End of this chapter)