Chapter 1301: Twenty-Fourth Heaven of the Dao Realm
Within the thirtieth layer of the void, Qin Mu strode across the emptiness with unrestrained abandon, channeling the insights and realizations he had accumulated over the years into divine abilities.
“The unchanging intent of heaven and earth, the single breath of Guixu is born! Self and other both forgotten, the Great Dao arises from the Ancestral Court!”
Self and other both forgotten transformed into the thirteenth heaven of divine abilities in his hands, and then the Dao arising from the Ancestral Court became the fourteenth heaven!
“Creation and chaos open wide!”
He unified the Way of Creation into a single great divine ability. His creation divine ability resembled a great bell; with a single chime, the bell of creation gathered divine beauty, riding the lingering resonance of the Dao arising from the Ancestral Court, causing all things to flourish.
“Divine consciousness leads the Way first!”
His fifteenth heaven of divine abilities took divine consciousness as the Dao. In the ancient Ancestral Court, the primordial people were ignorant; though heaven and earth had already been formed through creation, they had yet to comprehend Dao techniques and divine abilities.
At that moment, divine consciousness took the lead. The creator ancestors used divine consciousness to shape matter. His move, divine consciousness leads the Way first, carried the vast and desolate grandeur of the primeval era.
“But the Dragon Han Era saw conflict!”
Qin Mu unleashed one divine ability after another, as if crossing from the wild and untamed primeval age into the Dragon Han Era. The Dragon Han Era was a time of strife, where Dao techniques and divine abilities bloomed like a hundred flowers in full competition—beautiful and magnificent, yet drenched in bloody struggle!
“The Red Ming Era perfected the divine body, the Supreme Emperor Era achieved the Way of Humanity!”
As these two great divine abilities were unleashed, Qin Mu’s primordial spirit and physical body swelled, striding across the thirtieth void with three heads and six arms, like a titan splitting heaven and earth.
The Supreme Emperor Era achieving the Way of Humanity inherited the concept from the Supreme Emperor that human life outweighs heaven. The heroes of humanity bore their burdens, trudging through hardship, struggling against heaven and earth, against injustice, refusing to yield, refusing to submit, with an indomitable spirit and resolve—all encapsulated in this single move.
“The Kai Huang Era opened the post-heavenly path, the Yan Kang Era began its struggle!”
His heart surged with passion. The post-heavenly path of the Kai Huang Era, the path to enlightenment, and the tribulations and struggles of the Yan Kang Era all transformed into divine abilities in his hands.
Standing in the thirtieth void, he seemed to be at the highest point in the world. Here, unleashing divine abilities that embodied the great spirit of the ages came naturally and smoothly, as if everything flowed effortlessly.
As this great divine ability was executed, Qin Mu’s bold and heroic divine abilities, along with his aura and momentum, suddenly contracted and became restrained.
His divine abilities grew obscure, his hand movements slowed, and the Dao runes became fragmented. Having continuously created so many great divine abilities, his divine abilities had reached the twenty-first heaven of the Dao realm, essentially exhausting the accumulation of these past years.
Yet he still had emotions to express and insights to organize.
The speed of his divine abilities grew slower and slower. Gradually, divine abilities imbued with the Way of Tai Su emerged from his hands, and then he attempted to create divine abilities for the Way of Tai Ji and the Way of Tai Shi.
“Tai Su suddenly opens the chaotic bud, Tai Ji evolves yin and yang in motion!”
“Tai Shi’s form and substance question the azure void!”
As Qin Mu unleashed his final move, he suddenly felt his mind become empty and hollow, with no further divine techniques or Dao methods to sustain him. He immediately snapped out of his state of enlightenment.
He was in the thirtieth void. As he regained clarity, the immense power of the void pressed down on him. Qin Mu’s physical body began to rapidly dematerialize, cracking and disintegrating.
He acted without hesitation, immediately fleeing from the thirtieth void!
This was his first time venturing so deep into the void, and he felt somewhat puzzled and confused: “Strange, how did I end up here? The thirtieth void is nowhere near a place I should be able to reach…”
He rapidly retreated to the twenty-ninth void, but the power of the void remained overwhelmingly strong, making his physical body unable to endure.
If he still possessed the Taichu Primal Stone, his divine consciousness could barely reach this place, but he couldn’t stay long. Now, without the Taichu Primal Stone, his divine consciousness was far weaker than before, making it impossible to reach such a dangerous location!
If he had been fully conscious, he would never have taken such a risk, venturing into such high layers of the void with his life on the line. But while immersed in enlightenment, he had no such concerns.
As he retreated from the thirtieth void to the twenty-ninth void, he looked up, trying to glimpse deeper layers of the void, but saw nothing. He felt a pang of regret.
“I wonder what lies in the ultimate void…”
He retreated from the twenty-ninth void to the twenty-eighth void, which felt somewhat better, but the twenty-eighth void was the limit of his divine consciousness, and his physical body was not strong enough.
Without the Taichu Primal Stone, the weakening effect on both his divine consciousness and physical body was indeed significant.
Qin Mu descended through layer after layer of the void. When he reached the twenty-third void, the damage to his physical body finally dropped to a minimum.
He wiped the cold sweat from his brow. Stumbling into the thirtieth void in such a daze had been far too dangerous.
With the danger now resolved, he immediately began to savor the gains from his enlightenment.
Ever since he had been inspired by Xu Shenghua into enlightenment and comprehended the ninth heaven of divine abilities, the Void Form Guest Tai Ji, his accumulation had grown deeper day by day. His understanding of the Way of Tai Ji, the Way of Tai Su, the Way of Tai Shi, and the Way of Taichu had become increasingly refined.
His knowledge of the primeval, Dragon Han, Red Ming, Supreme Emperor, and Kai Huang eras had also grown. Ultimately, both history and his understanding of the Dao had transformed into his unique divine abilities during this enlightenment.
“From the ninth heaven of divine abilities, I’ve leaped straight to the twenty-fourth heaven. This means my Dao realm cultivation has directly reached the level of the twenty-fourth heaven.”
Qin Mu sighed with emotion. The benefits brought by the Taishi Primal Stone during this enlightenment were truly immense.
However, the final three heavens were incomplete.
Tai Su suddenly opens the chaotic bud!
Tai Ji evolves yin and yang in motion!
Tai Shi’s form and substance question the azure void!
His accumulation for these three heavens was insufficient to reach a complete level. All three great divine abilities were flawed.
In truth, when he created these three great divine abilities, he already felt immense difficulty, lacking the foundational knowledge to draw upon. But at that moment, he was in a state of enlightenment, like an arrow already on the string—he had no choice but to release it.
These three heavenly divine abilities grew more powerful with each move, but he still needed to continue refining and pondering them. Otherwise, it would greatly affect whether he could later cross into the thirty-sixth heaven.
He strolled leisurely through the void, heading toward the direction of the Great Dark Wood, casually unleashing his divine abilities one by one, admiring the layers of divine abilities he had created.
“I wonder what level of the Divine Treasury Heavenly Palace system the twenty-fourth heaven of the Dao realm corresponds to?”
He was quite curious. The Dao realm and the Divine Treasury Heavenly Palace system had many ambiguities in terms of cultivation levels, making it difficult to compare combat power.
“Strangely enough, gods and demons who cultivate the Heavenly Palace system can also cultivate the Dao realm. This means the two systems can be combined. For example, Kai Huang—his cultivation level was the Heavenly Palace realm, but his Dao realm reached the thirty-fourth heaven, allowing him to contend with Heavenly Lords.”
The Divine Treasury Heavenly Palace system emphasized magical power and strength, while the Dao realm system emphasized the comprehension of the Dao. The two complemented each other perfectly.
This was Kai Huang’s reform and development of the Divine Treasury Heavenly Palace system, a contribution so great it rivaled even that of Imperial Heavenly Lord!
“Unfortunately, both are outdated.”
Qin Mu shrugged. In the future, true power would lie in the Great Ancestral Court Dao technique system pioneered by Lan Yutian. The Heavenly Palace system and the Dao realm system would both become parts of it!
“And now is the most glorious era of the Divine Treasury Heavenly Palace and Dao realm systems—the final swan song! When Lan Yutian achieves greatness, a magnificent revolution will sweep through everything like a great flood, overturning it all!”
Qin Mu looked down. The magnificent landscape of the Ancestral Court came into view: “So, how should Lan Yutian and Imperial Heavenly Lord be handled? Should Lan Yutian retrieve his remnant soul and become Imperial Heavenly Lord…”
At that moment, he saw countless beasts stampeding through the Ancestral Court, a lively scene. Ancestral God King was beating up Heavenly Lord of Heaven, Earth Lord, and Mother Earth.
“Why are they fighting?”
Qin Mu was puzzled and decided to ignore it. His gaze fell on the seventeenth void, where Dragon Qilin and the Void Mother Beast were trembling in fear.