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

Chapter 780: Breakthrough Not Yet Available
First, it is difficult to burn away all the rules of the Great Dao and fuse one's own essence, energy, and spirit with the Great Dao.

To burn away all the rules of the Great Dao and fuse one's own essence, energy, and spirit with the Great Dao, it is certainly not a pleasant experience. It will be extremely intense and painful, comparable to a mortal enduring a thousand cuts and being shattered to pieces.

Of course, this is nothing to a powerful cultivator who can reach the Immortal Emperor realm.

If one cannot even endure this little bit of pain, then one's mental state and willpower are far too weak, and there is no possibility of breaking through to the Immortal Emperor realm.

No, let alone breaking through to the Immortal Emperor level, even breaking through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level, or even the True Immortal or Immortal King level, would be difficult.

However, the problem is that to fuse one's essence, energy, and spirit with the Great Dao, it is not enough to simply endure pain. One must also use a powerful mental will to burn away all the rules of the Great Dao while enduring pain, and fuse one's essence, energy, and spirit with the Great Dao.

If one's mind and will are not strong enough, and if one does not have special and powerful means, it is simply impossible to fuse one's essence, energy, and spirit with the Great Dao while enduring intense pain.

Secondly, if one's spirit, energy, and will are not strong enough after fusing them with the Great Dao, one may very well depart from the Dao.

The mind and will of a living being are closely connected with its essence, energy, and spirit. When the essence, energy, and spirit are completely integrated into the Great Dao, the connection between the mind and will and the Great Dao will naturally become even closer.

If one's mind and will are not strong and firm enough, one will be unconsciously drawn into the Great Dao under the influence of this closer connection.

If one cannot even withstand the influence of the close connection between one's mind and will and the Great Dao, and is involuntarily merged into the Great Dao, how can one possibly withstand the Great Dao's erosion and avoid being completely lost? How can one recover and transcend from it? How can one transform into the Dao itself?

They will most likely be unable to recover, transcend, and attain enlightenment, but will instead fall into a state of self-loss after attaining enlightenment, which is no different from complete demise.

Although Li Daoming had already grasped the method and key to breaking through the Sacrifice Dao realm, and his Yin-Yang Dao Fruit, formed by fusing the Chaos World Dao Fruit and the Secret Realm Dao Fruit, had reached the limit of the Immortal Emperor realm and even touched the Sacrifice Dao realm, he was not in a hurry to try to break through the Sacrifice Dao realm, nor did he intend to try to break through the Sacrifice Dao realm for the time being.

At this time, he had not yet perfected his Chaos World Law Dao Fruit and Secret Realm Law Dao Fruit to the limit of Immortal Emperor. His cultivation of Chaos World Law and Secret Realm Law had not yet broken through to the peak of Immortal Emperor. Although his physical body and primordial spirit had reached the peak of Immortal Emperor, they had not yet been cultivated to the extreme and had not yet reached a level that matched his Great Dao realm.

His essence, energy, and spirit have not yet been cultivated to their full potential and do not match his Dao realm. If his essence, energy, and spirit were to be merged into one now and then integrated into his Dao, it would be better to...

Leaving aside the question of whether his essence, energy, and spirit can be completely integrated with his Dao, and what the probability of success is, it remains to be seen whether his essence, energy, and spirit can truly be integrated to carry his Dao.

Even if he succeeds, his control over his Dao will be further enhanced.

However, his control over his Great Dao is absolutely not comparable to cultivating his essence, energy, and spirit to the extreme, to the point where they match his Great Dao realm, and then fusing his essence, energy, and spirit with his Great Dao into one. That level of control over the Great Dao would be achieved then.

Without further advancement in the Great Dao, the strength he can unleash, his foundational potential... will definitely be much weaker.

Furthermore, the strength of his mind and will depends not only on his mental state, his fundamental foundation, and the strength of his Dao, but also on the strength of his essence, energy, and spirit. The stronger his physical body and primordial spirit's magical power, the stronger his mind and will will become as they are nourished by that power, until they reach a limit.

Currently, his physical body and primordial spirit cultivation have not yet reached their peak, nor have they reached a level that matches his Great Dao realm. Naturally, his mental will has not yet reached its limit either, and it can still be strengthened as his essence, energy, and spirit become stronger.

The strength of one's mind and will is the key to breaking through the sacrificial path realm and beyond.

Only with a strong enough mind and will can one fuse one's essence, energy, and spirit with the Great Dao, withstand the influence of the Great Dao, and avoid involuntarily merging oneself into the Great Dao, losing oneself in the Dao, and thus breaking through to the realm of sacrificial Dao.

Only when one's mind and will are strong enough can one integrate everything into the Great Dao, withstand its erosion and scouring, avoid complete succumbing and losing oneself to the Dao, and only then can one revive and transcend from the Great Dao, transform into the Dao, and become one with the primordial unity, thus breaking through to the level of the Sacrifice Dao.

Although he was very confident in himself, confident that with the strength of his mind and will, even if he started to break through to the Sacrifice Dao realm now, he would have a 70-80% chance of completely fusing his essence, energy, and spirit with the Great Dao, and being able to withstand the influence of the Great Dao, thus successfully breaking through to the Sacrifice Dao realm.

He was also confident that after breaking through to the Sacrifice Dao realm, his mind and will would be nourished by the Great Dao that had merged with his essence, energy, and spirit, and he would definitely become stronger. After integrating everything into the Great Dao, he would most likely be able to withstand the erosion and scouring of the Great Dao, revive and transcend from the Great Dao, transform into the Dao, and break through to the Sacrifice Dao realm.

But despite his confidence, he was not arrogant; he was quite cautious and prudent.

If you try to break through to the Sacrifice Path now, although there is an 80-90% chance of success, it doesn't mean there's still a 10-20% chance of failure.
Breaking through to the Sacrifice Dao realm, if the breakthrough fails, will most likely result in the loss of self and the Dao, which is even worse than being killed by an enemy. If killed by an enemy, even a powerful Immortal Emperor can be resurrected as long as there is a trace left. However, if one loses self and the Dao, resurrection is virtually impossible, and it is almost equivalent to complete annihilation.

There's a 10-20% chance of failing the breakthrough, which, for someone as cautious as him, is no different from certain failure.

Unless he could increase the probability of a successful breakthrough to 100%, or was in a perilous situation where failure to break through would mean certain death, he would not easily attempt a breakthrough.

Moreover, he is not at the point of no return; he still has a great deal of room for improvement.

As long as his physical body and primordial spirit cultivation improve to a level that matches his Great Dao realm, and he receives nourishment from essence, energy, and spirit, his mental will will definitely be greatly enhanced, at least by several tens of percent.

With his strong will and mental fortitude, if he were to increase it by several times, he was confident that breaking through to the Sacrifice Dao realm would be a natural progression. Even if he couldn't guarantee a 100% success rate, he would at least have a 99% chance of succeeding. He was only going to be a little less because he was afraid of becoming too arrogant.

Therefore, although he has now understood the method and key to breaking through to the Sacrifice Dao realm, he has a considerable chance of succeeding if he wants to break through to the Sacrifice Dao realm now.

However, he will not attempt to break through to the Sacrifice Dao realm now. He will wait until he perfects his Chaos World Dao Fruit and Secret Realm Dao Fruit to the limit of Immortal Emperor, and cultivates his physical body and primordial spirit to the extreme, to the point that they match his Great Dao realm.

(End of this chapter)