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

Chapter 841 The Path to Enlightenment Has Been Broken?
Moreover, Li Daoming was not asking for anything, but exchanging ideas. Comprehending another method to break through to the level of Immortal Emperor would most likely be of great benefit to him, perhaps even allowing him to advance further and find a way to break through to the level of Sacrifice Dao. This was a mutually beneficial arrangement, so he naturally wouldn't refuse.

After speaking, the Desolate Emperor did not hesitate for a moment. He condensed his understanding of the Sacrifice Dao realm into a Dao seal and sent it to Li Daoming.

He had no intention of exchanging with Li Daoming at the same time, seemingly trusting Li Daoming completely and not worried at all that he would go back on his word after accepting the Dao Seal and obtaining the method to break through to the Sacrifice Dao Realm and his insights into the Sacrifice Dao Realm.

Of course, he really didn't need to worry. At their level, every word and action was a path, and they would generally keep their word and not easily go back on their word.

However, seeing how straightforward the Desolate Emperor was, and with the added advantage of their past impressions, Li Daoming couldn't help but feel much more favorably disposed towards him.

Before this, he had a decent impression of him, but mostly admired him. Now, he considers him a friend.

Without putting on airs or making excuses to the Desolate Emperor, Li Daoming readily and openly accepted the Dao Seal.

Subsequently, he condensed his understanding of the method to break through the half-step Hunyuan realm and the Hunyuan realm into a Dao seal and gave it to the Desolate Heaven Emperor.

Li Daoming and the Desolate Emperor exchanged methods for breaking through the half-step Hunyuan and Sacrifice Dao realms. They were also eager to learn about the mysteries of the half-step Hunyuan and Sacrifice Dao realms, and each devoted a portion of their minds to comprehending them.

Both of them were at a high level, and in an instant, they received the information contained in the Dao Seal. Although they could not quickly digest and absorb all of the other's understanding of the Sacrifice Dao Realm/Half-Step Primordial Chaos Realm, they both understood the method to break through to the Half-Step Primordial Chaos/Sacrifice Dao Realm and comprehended a trace of the mystery of the Half-Step Primordial Chaos/Sacrifice Dao Realm.

At this moment, the Desolate Emperor couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart, and was slightly lost in thought: "Half-step Primordial Chaos! Primordial Chaos! So that's how it is! This is the true Great Dao. Could it be that I have gone astray on the path?"

Thousands of years ago, because Liu Shen, Luo Tianxian, and Meng Hai covered his retreat, and thinking that Liu Shen and the others were about to die for him, and that countless beings in the heavens were about to be harvested and sacrificed by the strange dark race, he was filled with grief and indignation. He wanted to burn all the rules of the Great Dao, sacrifice his own path of evolution and the Supreme Great Dao, in exchange for supreme combat power, kill the strange ancestor and the ten strange dark immortal emperors, and save Liu Shen and the others.

Unexpectedly, by putting himself in a life-or-death situation, he gained insight into the mysteries of the Sacrifice Dao realm and successfully broke through to the Sacrifice Dao realm in less than a hundred years.

After breaking through to the Sacrifice Dao realm, he rushed to the battlefield, rescued Luo Tianxian and Meng Hai, and has been fighting against the eerie progenitor and the eerie dark immortal emperor ever since.

After seven or eight thousand years of fierce battles, he rapidly digested and absorbed the ever-emerging insights into the Great Dao during the great wars, perfecting his Dao and Dharma, which greatly advanced his cultivation and strength.

He knew perfectly well that because he stood at a higher realm, he had endless insights into the Great Dao and a new understanding of it, which allowed his cultivation level to rise rapidly in a short period of time.

However, this rapid improvement will not last long; soon his cultivation progress will slow down.

By then, with his cultivation level and strength, he certainly wouldn't be able to quell the chaos in the darkness.

At that time, the highest Immortal Emperor above the heavens was only at the late stage of Immortal Emperor, still quite a distance from the peak of Immortal Emperor. Moreover, some were injured, and others were half-crippled, so they certainly could not break through to the Sacrifice Dao realm in a short time, and certainly could not help him quell the strange dark race.

Apart from them, no other powerful beings above the heavens could possibly grow up in such a short time, nor could they lend him a helping hand.

Seeing no hope in others, he could only place his hope in himself.

But he was alone, and if he was only at the Sacrifice Dao realm, he would not be able to quell the strange dark race. Therefore, he had been trying to figure out a way to break through to the Sacrifice Dao realm.

If he can deduce the method to break through to the level of the Sacrifice Path and successfully break through to the level of the Sacrifice Path, then even if the strange dark race has more powerful people and more trump cards hidden, he can wipe them out by himself.

He had been deducing for thousands of years, but to no avail; he simply could not deduce a way to break through the path of sacrifice.

However, at this time, he obtained the method to break through the half-step Hunyuan and Hunyuan realms from Li Daoming, and comprehended a trace of the mysteries of the half-step Hunyuan and Hunyuan realms. He had some ideas on how to break through to the Sacrifice Dao.

To break through to the Sacrifice Dao is similar to breaking through to the Primordial Chaos Realm. Both require integrating everything about oneself, including one's mind and consciousness, into the Great Dao, completely merging with it, maintaining one's individuality amidst its erosion and assimilation, transcending it, and transforming into the Dao itself.

But if that's the case, his path to enlightenment is almost over.

Because he has already dedicated his path of evolution and his supreme path to this universe, his path has merged into the path of this universe, becoming a part of the path of this universe.

To truly integrate oneself, including one's mind and consciousness, into the Great Dao, and to become one with the Great Dao, one must transform into the Dao itself.

In essence, it's like offering everything, including one's mind and consciousness, to this universe, merging into its great Dao, without being eroded or assimilated by it, reviving from deathly stillness, and transforming into the Dao itself.

Having grasped the method to break through to the level of sacrificial rites, he should have been happy, but he couldn't feel happy at all.

Because he had sacrificed his own Great Dao to this universe, he could clearly sense the power of this universe and the vast and terrifying Great Dao it contained.

If one were to sacrifice everything about oneself, including one's mind and consciousness, to this universe and completely merge with the Great Dao, becoming one with the Dao itself, the erosion and assimilation by the Great Dao that one would have to endure would naturally be extremely terrifying.

With his current cultivation level, the possibility of him resisting the erosion and assimilation of the Great Dao of this universe, without completely sinking into it, and transcending it is extremely slim.

According to his deduction, unless his mind and consciousness are dozens or hundreds of times stronger than they are now, it would be possible for him to withstand the erosion and assimilation of the Great Dao of the universe.

However, being only at the Sacrifice Dao realm, and unable to break through to beyond it, it would be extremely difficult for him to improve his cultivation strength, mental awareness, and even by half again.

Want to increase it by tens or hundreds of times? Absolutely not.

Unless he breaks through the Sacrifice Path and completely transcends the Immortal Emperor realm, his cultivation strength, mental consciousness, and spiritual awareness may not be able to increase by dozens or even hundreds of times.

However, this is a complete paradox. If one cannot break through to the level of the Sacrifice Path, one's cultivation strength and mental consciousness cannot be improved by tens or hundreds of times. If one's cultivation strength and mental consciousness cannot be improved by tens or hundreds of times, one cannot break through to the level of the Sacrifice Path. This forms a vicious cycle.

(End of this chapter)