Chapter 1597 - 706: A Millennium of Years

The Sacred Body, as referred to in "Hundred Paths Sacred Body," is the term used by the Hundred Dao Emperor for the ’Eternal Body.’

The Sacred Dao is complete, eternity is born, the Sacred Body is formed... This is the normal path for cultivators pursuing the achievement of eternity, but this path is extremely difficult.

Not to mention achieving eternity, even reaching the supreme level is extremely challenging.

Therefore!

The Hundred Dao Emperor took a different approach... He sought to first forge a prototype of the Sacred Body, using the body of the Sacred Body to propel the continuous evolution of the Eternal Dao, ultimately achieving eternity.

"The Sacred Dao is complete, one Dao gives birth to myriad Daos... myriad Daos can also be merged into the Sacred Dao." Li Yuan perused the mysteries of the specific methods of "Hundred Paths Sacred Body," feeling deeply shaken.

Through this method, for the first time, Li Yuan gained a slight understanding of the legendary eternity.

The Eternal Sacred Dao, the truly supreme Dao...

And the "Hundred Paths Sacred Body," the entry-level requirement is to make three Eternal Daos combine, complete the transformation, altering the origin within the internal heaven and earth, thereafter possessing a trace of the Sacred Body’s origin characteristic...

Once achieved, after continuing to step into the Eighth Rank, one can use the operation of the Sacred Body’s origin to open up more Eternal Daos, making the Sacred Body’s origin even stronger, and the strength will continuously surge... Like the Hundred Dao Emperor, who spent endless years, eventually opening up over a hundred Eternal Daos.

Combination of a hundred paths.

This made the strength of the Hundred Dao Emperor even surpass the supreme level, and he was honored as the ’Sub-Saint,’ with the supreme treasure ’Hundred Divine Wheels’ making even the supreme look up to him.

"This can be called an entirely new cultivation system, in a sense, it is the ultimate evolution of the Star God Cultivation System." Li Yuan held his breath, his eyes shining with a strange light: "It’s just that the entry-level requirement for this cultivation system is too high, even for an unparalleled genius within the Star God Cultivation System."

"For an existence like Purple Fire God King, even wanting to enter is almost impossible."

Because.

To enter at the Heavenly God Realm, to achieve the ’Sacred Body’s origin characteristic,’ it requires the three Eternal Daos to be strong enough; if they are just three ordinary Eternal Daos, the success probability is extremely low.

Purple Fire God King, while at the Heavenly God Realm, only opened up two ordinary Eternal Daos, it was only after stepping into the God King Realm that he was able to push the evolution of Eternal Daos again, eventually achieving two top Eternal Daos.

This is already extremely rare.

"Difficult for others."

"In the vast universe, there are few qualified to cultivate it." Yet a smile appeared on the corner of Li Yuan’s mouth: "However."

"This ultimate skill ’Hundred Paths Sacred Body,’ I will cultivate it, and it’s not difficult."

Combining three Eternal Daos? Under Little Tomb’s guidance, Li Yuan’s target is to open up four top Eternal Daos... all surpass the basic requirements of ’Hundred Paths Sacred Body.’

Moreover!

"If I cultivate the ’Hundred Paths Sacred Body,’ I don’t have to be constrained by the Heavenly God Realm, even if I achieve the God King Realm, I can still cultivate it." Li Yuan contemplated internally.

After a God King breaks their path, the Divine Rank Origin carries the Eternal Dao, making the internal heaven and earth within the Divine Rank rapidly evolve, causing the God King’s strength to surge significantly... but correspondingly, most God King’s Divine Rank are not strong enough; carrying one Eternal Dao is the limit. The Eternal Dao’s breath isolates internally and externally, making it almost impossible for a God King to open up another Eternal Dao.

As for Heavenly Gods, their Divine Rank is insufficient to carry the Eternal Dao, thereby not being affected... So theoretically, as long as the Heavenly God’s strength is strong enough, they can open countless Eternal Daos.

Of course, this is just theoretical.

Heavenly Gods have a short lifespan, and indeed, being able to open up two Eternal Daos while in the Heavenly God Realm, like Purple Fire God King, is already extremely rare.

Until now, among all the Quasi-Saints Li Yuan has encountered, only Purple Fire God King is unique.

"If one crosses into the Emperor Realm, and the Inner Universe Origin is strong enough, then there is hope to carry the second Eternal Dao... but by then, the Cosmic Origin will have formed, and it will be impossible to cultivate the ’Hundred Paths Sacred Body.’" Li Yuan mused internally.

In the Emperor Realm, there are quite a few who can open up the second Eternal Dao.

"I am different."

"As a Cosmic Divine Body, I opened up the Inner Universe in the Heavenly God Realm, and the strength of my Inner Universe Origin can easily carry three, four, or even more Eternal Daos." Li Yuan sighed internally.

Therefore, in Little Tomb’s estimation, even if Li Yuan steps into the God King Realm, he can continue to open up more Eternal Daos without any impact.

This is why Li Yuan set the target of four top Eternal Daos.

"To be honest."

"The Cosmic Divine Body I formed has already surpassed the concept of the Life God King... Compared to the ’Hundred Paths Sacred Body’ created by the Hundred Dao Emperor, it may not be weaker." Li Yuan remained calm in his heart.

He did not impulsively begin to cultivate.

Indeed.

The ’Hundred Paths Sacred Body’ is unmatched in strength.

But his own Cosmic Divine Body, as long as he continues to cultivate normally, is destined to be an invincible divine body within the universe, even the Supreme Divine Body is hard to match.

In some aspects, it is stronger than the ’Hundred Paths Sacred Body.’

If he easily changes his path, once he goes astray in the future, he would regret it greatly... After all, the path of the Hundred Dao Emperor in the end was only that of a ’Sub-Saint.’

And not a Saint.

Following the path of the counterpart may not catch up to the counterpart.

If Li Yuan continues on his own path, as the ultimate form of the Star God Cultivation System, there’s a chance to reach the heights of the Hundred Dao Emperor.

Time passes.

After thoroughly memorizing the entry-level section of "Hundred Paths Sacred Body."

Li Yuan’s nine great true bodies cultivate simultaneously, while striving to deduce the mysteries of the ’Great Destruction Dao,’ and continuously cross-referencing the mysteries of his own divine body with the entry-level section of "Hundred Paths Sacred Body."

"So profoundly mysterious."

"According to ’Hundred Paths Sacred Body,’ once I open up three Eternal Daos, the Divine Body can merge with the compatible Eternal Dao Intent wave dynamics... eventually completing the fundamental transformation of the Divine Body, and having the possibility of initial fusion of the three Eternal Daos." Li Yuan contemplated internally.

This is the role of the Eternal Dao Intent wave dynamics.

Without these intent wave dynamics as a medium, it is extremely difficult to achieve this relying on the cultivator alone.

"But I am unwilling to have my Divine Body and Divine Rank Origin transformed." Li Yuan shook his head internally. Although his Divine Body has merged with many Myriad Spirit Dao Intent wave dynamics and World Dao Intent wave dynamics.

As long as he does not undertake the final step in cultivation, the impact is not significant.

...

Within the Cave Heaven Treasure.

"Are you saying this Sub-Saint’s ultimate skill will have a deadly impact on you?" Little Tomb was astonished: "Will it directly affect your Inner Heaven and Earth Origin?"

"Hmm."

"If I only cultivate its form, it is merely a body refining ultimate skill, which is of little use to me, just a level stronger than the ’Chaos Treasure Body.’" Li Yuan shook his head and said, "Its most core mystery lies in the method of combining with the Eternal Dao."

"I’m working on it."

"Still continually deducing."

"Seeing if I can extract its essence without affecting the framework of my Inner Universe Origin," Li Yuan said frankly.

"A Sub-Saint’s ultimate skill is not so easily modified," Little Tomb shook his head.

Not to mention a Sub-Saint’s ultimate skill, even an Emperor Realm’s ultimate skill, with Li Yuan’s vision and knowledge, modifying it to suit himself would be exceedingly difficult.

"It’s just an entry-level phase, so there’s hope," Li Yuan smiled.

Li Yuan believed there was hope because the Cosmic Divine Body and Sacred Body inherently have similarities... The former relies on a strong Origin to bear multiple Eternal Dao, while the latter emphasizes the combination of the Eternal Dao.

"What if it doesn’t succeed?" Little Tomb couldn’t help but ask.

"Then I’ll have no choice but to abandon two True Bodies," Li Yuan said, having mentally prepared himself.

Even if abandoning all treasures, one cannot casually change their cultivation path.

...

Year after year.

Time flew by, and nearly two thousand years had passed in the blink of an eye.

Within the labyrinth-like Hundred Gods Palace, countless chaotic flows filled the passages, and within one such passage, four figures exuding powerful auras stood amidst the chaos.

Beneath their feet was the body of a Divine Guard wearing bronze battle armor.

"Damn outsider."

"Let me go!" the Divine Guard was still angrily roaring and struggling, but was heavily bound by green hair from all directions.

Clearly, with his strength, he could not break free.

But those four figures paid no heed to the Divine Guard’s roars.

"Almost two thousand years now."

The woman in purple garb frowned and said, "It’s not just us; more than a thousand Quasi-Saints from Star City have descended to collectively enter the Hundred Gods Palace in search, but none have encountered Heart Source Quasi-Saint. Is he really still in the Divine Wheel Sea?"

"There’s no mistake."

"Yu Mountain Saint Ancestor and Green Immortal Saint Ancestor have confirmed that guided by causal destiny, Heart Source Quasi-Saint is still within the Divine Wheel Sea," the flame-like Huo Xing Quasi-Saint said slowly, "I estimate, he must have been caught in some sort of Killing Formation of the Divine Palace, so he hasn’t emerged."

"Divine Palace Killing Formation?"

"Being alive this long, perhaps he’s gained some benefit," the woman in purple said icily.

Another robust figure said in a low voice, "If he’s benefited, we might as well kill him and seize the treasure... But with his talent and strength, his power might have undergone Transformation after all this time."

"Transformation?"

"I don’t believe it!" the woman in purple scoffed, "The progress of the Eternal Dao, the further one advances, the time required for each step forward multiplies tenfold to a hundredfold. Even among Supremes, I haven’t heard of anyone advancing the Top Eternal Dao to the Third Step within mere thousands of years."

"His Divine Body isn’t considered strong."

"Previously, his strength was purely reliant on an Emperor Weapon."

"Without the Emperor Weapon, I estimate he would only have the strength of a Fourth Rank Quasi-Saint."

"If he now possesses the threshold strength of a Sixth Rank Quasi-Saint, it would already be quite remarkable," the woman in purple said solemnly.

"Makes sense," Huo Xing Quasi-Saint and others nodded, agreeing with the woman in purple’s words.

No matter how high the talent.

The growth of strength ultimately follows a traceable path...

"Wait then."

"We can afford to wait a few thousand years," Huo Xing Quasi-Saint said slowly.

...

In a certain secret chamber within the Hundred Gods Palace.

Li Yuan sat cross-legged in meditation, emanating a terrifyingly destructive aura, an array of bizarre phenomena continuously appearing around him.

"Destruction Aura."

"Slaughter Aura."

"This little guy, could he really be attempting to develop the Great Destruction Dao all at once?" The bald-headed figure in a purple robe frowned slightly, "His ambition is too grand."

"Even with a Perfect Ten Star Meridian, theoretically, it shouldn’t be possible," the bald-headed figure in a purple robe pondered.

He had long discerned that Li Yuan possessed a Perfect Ten Star Meridian.

"In the Heavenly God Realm, even with a Perfect Ten Star Meridian, to open up three Top Eternal Dao? It’s impossible!"

Rationality told him this was too unrealistic.

It’s important to know, the Hundred Dao Emperor left behind the ultimate skills and allowed him to govern the Divine Palace, having anticipated many possibilities... It was already quite incredible that Li Yuan managed to develop the World Dao and Myriad Spirit Dao successively.

In his estimation.

If Li Yuan could develop one more ordinary Eternal Dao... With the foundation of two Top Eternal Dao, the hope of getting the ’Hundred Paths Saint Body’ to the entry level was extremely high.

"However."

"He’s still young, and seems like he hasn’t even reached ten thousand years old... Let him suffer a bit, waste a few tens of thousands of years, and I’ll remind him then," the bald-headed figure in a purple robe thought to himself.

Suddenly——

"Boom~" A torrential vast aura erupted from Li Yuan’s body, his Life Breath rising rapidly, the vast aura surging to all directions.

"Hmm?"

"Divine Rank Transformation... Is he stepping into the God King Realm?" The bald-headed figure in a purple robe’s expression changed, "Is he giving up already?"