Chapter 487 - 485: Breakthrough, Dao Fruit

Chapter 487: Chapter 485: Breakthrough, Dao Fruit

After Su Qing had contemplated for a long time,

it was not just the Power of Destiny and the power of Devouring.

The power of death was included as well.

Gradually,

after several months had passed,

a transparent book appeared before Su Qing.

But it was incomplete.

[Prologue of Destiny: A Magic self-created by the Host. Once written into the Prologue of Destiny, all fate will be under the Host’s control. It requires the souls of others as ink and cannot be used to write about beings stronger than, or equal in strength to, oneself.]

[Synthesizable]

"This isn’t quite right."

Su Qing shook his head.

Several months of effort had only produced a prototype.

It had not yet reached the level Su Qing desired.

’At the very least, it needs to be able to write the fates of those in the same realm. Only then would it have any combat potential.’

With a single thought from Su Qing, the transparent book before him dissipated once again.

This book had major limitations.

Therefore, Su Qing knew he had to revise it thoroughly.

But now was not the time.

He would have to wait until after he broke through to the Dao Fruit Realm, at the very least.

Su Qing didn’t know whether Xing Zhu would be able to obtain the tree root.

But at this moment, he just wanted to rest properly.

The mental exertion of the past few months was comparable to the constant effort of seeking Enlightenment of the Dao Essence.

He was truly exhausted.

When it came to Enlightenment of the Dao Essence,

at least the Dao Essence was just there. All one had to do was feel and comprehend it.

But creating something new was different. It required having your own advanced ideas and then bringing them to fruition.

...

「In the Flower Sea.」

Su Qing sat by himself on a swing beneath a tree, rocking gently back and forth with the light breeze.

Su Qing didn’t want to think.

He just wanted to take a good, long look at this world.

A careful look.

Without thinking, without moving.

He was simply mentally exhausted.

...

...

「A few days later.」

Su Qing finally felt better.

"Creating a new Magic is so hard, but I think I just came up with another idea."

Once Su Qing recovered,

he couldn’t stop thinking.

He was truly determined to perfect his self-created Magic. After all, he had consumed so many special leaves; if he ended up creating some useless Magic,

it would be a total waste of all those leaves that boosted his Comprehension.

Once he had an idea, Su Qing cast the Magic again.

This time,

the outside of the transparent book turned black.

The power of death had taken up a larger portion of this book.

"Something’s off."

"Looks like this isn’t the right way to use it."

"It’s worse than the original version."

Su Qing did not get discouraged.

He continued to revise it.

...

Until, at last...

[Book of Destiny: A Magic self-created by the Host. Once written into the Book of Destiny, all fate will be under the Host’s control. It requires the souls of others as ink and cannot be used to write about beings stronger than oneself.]

[Synthesizable]

"Finally, the restriction against writing about beings of the same realm is gone."

"This way, once I reach the Thirteenth Realm and use Immortal Transformation on this Magic a few times, that guy is as good as dead!"

Almost half a year had passed.

Xing Zhu had not yet returned.

Su Qing had assumed that, as a member of the Star Race, Xing Zhu would be able to return to the embrace of the Star Sea Tree very quickly.

He hadn’t expected that to be untrue.

It was impossible to traverse the Star Sea at will.

Since that was the case,

with Xing Zhu’s strength at the eleventh step of the Dao Path, a round trip between the Star Sea Tree and the Taichu Daoist Palace

would likely take several Taichu Eras to complete.

Su Qing didn’t want to wait any longer.

’Looks like I’ll have to break through on my own.’

At Xing Zhu’s speed,

Su Qing feared he would be waiting until the flowers wilted.

"I’ll rest for a bit, then it’s time to break through."

Su Qing didn’t want to wait.

Wasting time is wasting Life!

He had already waited for half a year.

Su Qing was done waiting.

And so,

Su Qing went for a stroll, wandering over to the Taichu Exchange.

The Taichu Exchange was simply far more bustling than the Taichu Plaza.

Where there was hustle and bustle, it meant there was a clash of ideas between beings.

And where there were clashes, conflict was sure to follow.

As Su Qing meandered through the crowds, he was partly in the mood to watch a good show.

The myriad facets of the world. It wasn’t just clashes between individuals that sparked conflict; clashes between entire races did the same.

It was precisely for this reason

that he found it so entertaining.

After watching for a long time,

Su Qing finally left the Taichu Exchange.

Su Qing pinched his fingers to perform a quick calculation.

’Good heavens. Xing Zhu is still on his way to the Star Sea Tree.’

His Tunneling Speed was just too slow.

Relatively speaking, far too slow.

If he waited for Xing Zhu, it would likely be a very long time before Su Qing could break through.

’Forget it.’

’I’ll break through myself.’

Su Qing returned to his own world.

He took one look at the Flower Sea.

The entire process of advancing from the Dao Flower Realm to the Dao Fruit Realm, as detailed in the Great Dao Cultivation Method, continuously replayed in his mind.

First, the flower must bear fruit.

The flower withers as the fruit is born.

This meant that all of Su Qing’s power from the Dao Flower Realm had to fade away.

The Dao Fruit would be born from the withering Dao Flower.

If he failed to break through, he would have no choice but to start his Cultivation over from the very beginning.

The Source Path, on the other hand, was different.

If one failed a breakthrough on that path, at worst their Origin would be damaged. They would only need to rest and allow their Origin to recover.

This was the difference between the Immortal Palace Cultivation Method and the Source Path Cultivation Method.

A long, drawn-out aura slowly leaked from Su Qing’s body.

Then, with great effort, he pulled it back in.

It was time to break through.

Because the breakthrough was starting.

The power inside Su Qing erupted again, this time to scatter the power of his Dao Flower.

But he couldn’t let it actually scatter.

He had to gather all of this power and redirect it, using it as nourishment for the real Dao Fruit.

Everything was under Su Qing’s control.

How could the power of the Dao Flower just be allowed to scatter completely?

It had to serve as nourishment for the Dao Fruit,

to make the fledgling Dao Fruit sprout from his Dao Tree.

This process of letting the Dao Flower dissipate

was, in fact, the most suppressive and difficult part.

It demanded tremendous patience and willpower.

In this situation,

it was a test of endurance.

He had to let the power of the Dao Flower dissipate in its own time.

...

...

A long time passed as he was breaking through.

It took almost several years

for Su Qing to finally dissipate the power of the Dao Flower.

If one were to look at the foundation of his Cultivation Technique,

they would see that the great tree of Su Qing’s cultivation was now bare of any flowers, as if he had returned to the Daoist Initial Realm.

It looked completely unremarkable and ordinary.

At this moment, Su Qing

was slowly merging the residual power left by the Dao Flower into his great tree of power,

all in order to catalyze the birth of the Dao Fruit.

Gradually,

the aura around Su Qing grew weaker and weaker,

until it seemed to disappear completely.

Then, after all the power from his Dao Flower had been absorbed into the great tree,

Su Qing’s aura became incredibly profound and heavy.

It gave off a feeling of silent perfection, a sense of absolute naturalness.

The Dao Fruit.

It was born.

Though it had only just come into being, the Dao Fruit now existed.

Su Qing had broken through.

A Dao Fruit was born for each of his powers.

Every one of his powers seemed to have undergone a massive transformation.

There was a sense that when one power reached Perfection, all his other powers instantly understood it.

This was the sensation the power of the Dao Fruit gave Su Qing.

But this was merely the feeling of a breakthrough.

An illusion born from the sudden, explosive increase in his strength.

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Host: Su Qing

Realm: Dao Fruit Realm[Great Dao Cultivation Method: Dao Fruit (0/360,000)]

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"The Dao Fruit Realm... I’m finally here? But why did the required Skill Level suddenly jump to 360,000? Is this a joke?"

Su Qing felt a bit unhappy.

But there was nothing to be done. He had to accept this fact.

This was reality.

He had to accept it whether he liked it or not.

Breaking through to the Dao Fruit Realm was good enough.

Su Qing focused on sensing his Time Dao Fruit.

He slowly came to a realization.

The Time Dao Fruit seemed to be the most difficult one to bring to maturity.

It was simply far too complex.

Hard.

Really, really hard.

The next stage was Dao Fruit Perfection.

Unfortunately, the Skill Level requirement was astronomical.

For now, Su Qing could only focus on consolidating his new Dao Fruit Realm.

He cultivated for a while.

...

Host: Su Qing

Realm: Dao Fruit Realm[Great Dao Cultivation Method: Dao Fruit (136/360,000)]

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"I’ve only been consolidating my realm for a month, and my Skill Level has already increased by this much."

Su Qing heaved a sigh of relief. ’Finally, I don’t have to go all-out consuming those leaves anymore.’

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