High-Level Martial Era

Chapter 1639: Chapter 718: Body Refining Technique

“The foundation of Three Paths Combined?” Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

Indeed!

Perhaps his Inner Universe Origin was too perfect, for previously, when establishing the Great Destruction Dao, and imprinting the Great Destruction Dao Intent on the Inner Universe Origin, it led to a trend where the three Eternal Daos started merging.

The Original Realm was born at that time.

It was derived from three strands of Eternal Dao Intent, yet did not belong to any one of them, presenting an essential difference… and it could dominate any one Eternal Dao Intent, unleashing greater might.

Previously, during the battle with the Immortal Court’s vast number of Quasi-Saints, Li Yuan relied on the Original Realm to dominate the Great Destruction True Intent, thereby unleashing the second form of “Tribulation Destruction” called “Destruction Light” in one go.

Otherwise, given Li Yuan’s current Dao Intent level in the Great Destruction Dao, he would need to intensely cultivate for some more time before being able to use this move.

“Can the Three Paths Combined truly be eternal?” Li Yuan hesitated to say.

“I don’t know.” The bald, purple-robed figure spread his hands: “In the messages left by my master, the Hundred Dao Emperor, it only states that if the Three Paths Combined reach the extreme, eternity is possible.”

“After all, he merely harmonized two Top Eternal Daos and one High Rank Eternal Dao, and was already revered as a Sub-Saint, considered one of the strongest throughout the endless ages of the Vast Universe.”

“Apart from the elusive and hard-to-manifest eternal, there’s hardly anyone in cosmic history who could compare to him.” The bald, purple-robed figure’s voice carried a hint of pride.

Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

The Universe is vast, yet in any era, the living Supremes rarely exceed ten, typically just three to five.

To progress from Supreme to the level of a Sub-Saint? Even fewer are able to take that step forward; the conditions are too stringent.

At least, according to Little Tomb, Beihai Supreme, throughout his life, although he encountered the relics left by more than one Sub-Saint, he never met a living Sub-Saint.

“Senior.”

“According to you, the Hundred Dao Emperor has surpassed the Supremes, is no longer constrained by time, and even the Reincarnation Tribulation of the Cosmic Realm cannot affect him, so why must he go to the Long River Ruins?” Li Yuan inquired: “In history, surely more than one Sub-Saint was born. Where did they all go?”

Sub-Saints, theoretically, possess endless lifespan.

In the Universe, there shouldn’t be anything capable of threatening them, so why did they all disappear?

“I don’t know.”

“The information I can share with you is limited to this.” The bald, purple-robed figure said: “The master also left some secret messages in his legacy. If you’re willing to cultivate the ’Hundred Paths Saint Body,’ you might unlock the answers to your questions by obtaining the treasures left by the master.”

Li Yuan could only fall silent.

Cultivate ’Hundred Paths Saint Body’? Thoroughly reconstructing the Inner Universe Origin now would only limit my future.

“Thank you, senior, for your clarification.” Li Yuan clasped his hands: “I’ll first cultivate the body refining technique of the ’Hundred Paths Saint Body’.”

“Hmm.” The bald, purple-robed figure nodded, unable to force Li Yuan to cultivate the Origin Technique.

Or perhaps, he also harbored a trace of expectation, wishing to see if Li Yuan could eventually do as he said, absorb the essence of the ’Hundred Paths Saint Body,’ and establish a unique cultivation path for himself.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

With a flick of thought, another true body of Li Yuan flew out, both true bodies simultaneously releasing their auras.

Meanwhile, Li Yuan willed the Original Realm to no longer hinder the Eternal Dao Intent waves from invading, allowing them to roam within his Divine Body.

These Eternal Dao Intent waves seemed not to reside in the same spatial dimension; even the Myriad Phenomena Armor could not obstruct them, yet the Original Realm could.

With Li Yuan relinquishing the barrier.

Soon!

A sharp pain surged to his heart, a ’pain’ targeting the soul will, causing discomfort to most Divine Kings, yet with a soul comparable to the Emperor Realm, and willpower akin to the limit of the Divine King, Li Yuan endured it with ease.

As time began.

A large number of Eternal Dao Intent waves started to merge into Li Yuan’s Divine Body and flesh anew… seemingly not enhancing or weakening Li Yuan’s Life Breath or Divine Body aura at all…

Yet through the Original Realm, Li Yuan could discern subtle changes within his Divine Body.

“In this secret chamber.”

“There are over a hundred different Eternal True Intent waves, presumably all Eternal Daos pioneered by the Hundred Dao Emperor.” Li Yuan thought: “And only three are merging into my Divine Body.”

“These should be the three Eternal Daos I have established.”

Thus, it can be seen that there are also many Top Eternal Daos pioneered by the Hundred Dao Emperor… but simply pioneering is not enough.

One must evolve them to the Third or even Fourth Step Level, allowing the Inner Universe Origin to bear them, to unleash the strongest might of an Eternal Dao.

Many Dominators, throughout long ages, might not fail to pioneer more Eternal Daos… yet without a strong enough Inner Universe Origin to bear them, they can only pursue the path of Harmonization.

The process of Eternal Dao Intent waves merging into the Divine Body is indeed slow, with time passing day by day.

“According to the ’Hundred Paths Saint Body’ description, my Divine Body is comparable to the threshold of the Emperor Realm, and to completely transform it, it might take a thousand years.” Li Yuan mused: “But at least, it’s ten times faster than relying solely on the Original Realm for cultivation.”

Since the birth of the Original Realm, even without Eternal Dao Intent waves, Li Yuan could still cultivate the ’Hundred Paths Saint Body’ using it, though the speed of Divine Body transformation was significantly slower, estimating it would take tens of thousands of years.

This was why Li Yuan still came to the Emperor’s Divine Palace.

Tens of thousands of years, for Li Yuan, was too slow, as this was merely the transformation of the Divine Body… the subsequent genuine cultivation of the ’Hundred Paths Saint Body,’ including the entry-level and second level of the body refining technique, would demand substantial time and resources.

Moreover, the process of Divine Body transformation is quite painful and will greatly affect the efficiency of Eternal Dao deduction.

“Everything is going smoothly.”

“Hmm, it’s about time for me to bring the ’Ancient Universe Realm’ to Immortal Heaven and Earth,” Li Yuan mused, “With the Ancient Universe Realm as a concealment, even if the Immortal Emperor is lurking outside the Divine Wheel Sea, it may not be able to sense my causality line.”

This was Li Yuan’s plan.

A plan that did not require the Chaos God Emperor to rescue him, yet could still allow him to smoothly escape from the Divine Wheel Sea.

When he was in the Heavenly God Realm, Li Yuan had two true bodies arriving at Immortal Heaven and Earth. The reason he needed Master Jue Xing Divine Emperor to accompany him was that his strength was not yet sufficient to isolate the causality sensing of the Abyss Divine Emperor.

Thus, it would be very dangerous.

In Immortal Heaven and Earth, the methods of causality and fate are subjected to immense pressure; over long distances, even Dominators might not sense it.

But at close range, it can still be done.

However!

With Li Yuan’s current strength and realm, once again using the Ancient Universe Realm to obscure his causality… even at extremely close range, there’s a high probability that even a Dominator might not sense it.

This was also why Master Jue Xing Divine Emperor once said, once Li Yuan stepped into the God King Realm, he could travel across the vast universe with the protection of the Ancient Universe Realm.

Having the Ancient Universe Realm as a shield.

The probability of Li Yuan encountering various assassinations and ambushes from enemies would be significantly reduced, ensuring much greater safety.

“One true body remains in the Mohe Star Domain as a trump card for survival.”

“One true body remains at the Divine Court Headquarters to handle various sudden dangers.”

“My true self and the other four true bodies will all come to Immortal Heaven and Earth,” Li Yuan decided, “to complete the transformation of the Divine Body.”

Every true body’s Divine Body must be individually transformed.

And to rapidly cultivate the Body Refining Technique, each true body also requires a large amount of additional treasure, ensuring that the costs would be staggering.

“But as long as success can be achieved, it’s all worth it.” Li Yuan felt a hint of anticipation.

His Divine Body Divine Power has only just reached the Emperor Realm level, only comparable to the weakest Emperor Realm… but if the Body Refining Technique of the “Hundred Paths Saint Body” could be cultivated to the second stage, the might of his Divine Body Divine Power would surge.

It would also greatly enhance his strength.

At that time, if he advances further in the Eternal Dao… with the Siyuan, Ancient Universe Realm and other powerful Emperor Weapons, Li Yuan himself might then have the hope of rivaling Master Jue Xing.

“Currently, although I’m called a Seventh Rank Quasi-Saint, that is just the power level of an ordinary entry-level Emperor Realm… at the bottom among ordinary Emperor Realms,” Li Yuan mused, “only slightly stronger than those weaker Emperor Realms.”

“In reality, most of the Emperor Realms are stronger than me.”

“Master Jue Xing, based on the messages I’ve gathered, should be extremely close to the Peak of the Emperor Realm.”

Ordinary Emperor Realm refers to those who have taken the Fourth Step with a High Rank Eternal Dao.

In this level, the standards of Eternal Dao are similar, but the strength gap is also very apparent between them…

For instance, the weaker Divine Body only compares to a ’Nine Star Vein Emperor Body’, just on par with Li Yuan’s Divine Body.

The stronger ones, their Divine Body Divine Power can compare to a ’Ten-Star Vein Emperor Body’, just like Jue Xing Divine Emperor.

There’s also a vast difference in Absolute Skills.

Even when breaking through different Eternal Dao, the Absolute Skills created by different Emperor Realms show significant differences in might; some Combat Techniques created by ordinary Emperor Realms are almost the same as those created by peak Emperor Realm experts.

And then there’s the Emperor Weapons like the Blood Tribulation Spear, Siyuan… they also exert different strengths depending on the Emperor Realms holding them.

“Some ordinary Emperor Realms, in terms of Divine Body, Absolute Skills, and Emperor Weapons, are nearly at the limit, naturally possessing strength far beyond other ordinary Emperor Realms, nearing the Peak of the Emperor Realm,” Li Yuan mused, “That is what Master Jue Xing Divine Emperor is like.”

Li Yuan hadn’t forgotten.

Back when they were outside the Beichen Star, even though Master Jue Xing was at a disadvantage facing the Abyss Divine Emperor, they could still battle for a long time… though when the Abyss Divine Emperor unleashed the ’Abyss Demon Body’, they couldn’t withstand them any longer.

But this was enough to prove the strength of Jue Xing Divine Emperor.

After all, for an ordinary Emperor Realm to face a peak of the Emperor Realm, most would have to immediately escape for their lives.

“In the Eighth Dark Domain, there’s only the Purple Fire God King as a Seventh Rank Quasi-Saint at present.”

“Yet in the vast universe, across 81 Dark Domains… there is still a group of Seventh Rank Quasi-Saints today,” Li Yuan mused, “But these Seventh Rank Quasi-Saints, in terms of foundation, do not match the ’Perfect Ten Star Meridian’, let alone compare to me.”

Today, among countless low rank sub-saints in the entire universe, there’s no one whose foundation matches the ’Perfect Ten Star Meridian’.

This illustrates its rarity.

“I just broke through, and already my strength is comparable to the Purple Fire God King.”

“My goal has never been to compete with these contemporary Seventh Rank Quasi-Saints,” Li Yuan mused, “but to compare with the strongest of those low rank Quasi-Saints throughout cosmic history, over the past trillion years.”

In cosmic history, some low rank Quasi-Saints have been able to unleash strength close to the Peak of the Emperor Realm…

“And I completely have the hope of being even stronger than them.” Li Yuan was also filled with longing.

Just as Li Yuan was both cultivating and quietly contemplating.

“Hmm?”

“Master and the Chaos God Emperor want to see me?” A hint of surprise flickered in Li Yuan’s eyes.