Chapter 140: The Ultimate Dao Art
The last time Caelum had faced a situation like this was shortly after entering Immortal Ascension.
Back then, he had only possessed the Skyreach Scripture.
If he had not lacked a cultivation method for the Awakened Realm, he might never have joined Skyspire Order at all.
Without using the Lesser Transcendence Art, Caelum was still technically only in the Worldbinder Realm.
If he continued cultivating the Worldbreaker Physique Art, his realm and raw power would keep rising.
But the three hundred and sixty great worlds within him had already been pushed to the very limit of what the Worldbreaker Physique Art could achieve.
From this point on, simply raising his realm would no longer evolve them further.
If he could create a method that pushed them beyond that limit, it would undoubtedly drive him toward an even greater peak.
The road ahead was now his to forge alone.
Lesser Transcendence merely stepped beyond the River of Time.
It still remained within the Dao.
To obtain true freedom, one had to master the countless Daos of heaven and earth and stand above them all.
Caelum drew upon the Dao power within the Primordial Scripts and immersed himself in it.
He studied the countless Daos.
He searched through them for the path ahead.
He began constructing a method beyond anything that had come before.
Buzz.
Manifestations appeared around his three hundred and sixty Hidden Vaults.
Every Divine Power revealed itself.
Caelum devoted everything to deriving a cultivation art that had never existed in all of history.
[Cultivation Increased]
[Realm: Worldbinder Layer 2]
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[Cultivation Increased]
[Realm: Worldbinder Layer 3]
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[Cultivation Increased]
[Realm: Worldbinder Layer 4]
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The sun and moon turned.
The winds and clouds shifted.
The Vastheaven Realm was thrown into an uproar.
The Worldbreaker Physique Divine Physique had entered Eternal Vale and fought the forbidden beings within.
The battle had overturned billions of miles of mountains and rivers.
The forbidden land was left shattered beyond recognition.
Yet the final outcome remained unknown.
Outside the forbidden land, Emperor Azuretide’s imperial body was still covered in horrifying cracks.
Those with weaker cultivation had no way of understanding how terrifying that earlier battle had been.
But as an Immortal Emperor, Azuretide had stood outside the forbidden land and still felt as insignificant as dust.
Never before had he sensed such frightening power from any Immortal Emperor.
That battle had definitely surpassed the level of Immortal Emperors.
Before power like that, even an entire realm could be shattered at any moment.
Azuretide’s heart surged with emotion.
He remained seated outside the forbidden land, waiting for an answer.
He did not have much time left.
But he did not care about spending it here.
"If the Worldbreaker Physique Divine Physique walks out of that forbidden land alive..."
"Just how powerful would he be?"
To destroy forbidden beings alone.
That level of cultivation and strength was beyond his imagination.
All he knew was that Immortal Emperors would be nothing before such a person.
Ash with a flick of a finger.
He waited.
Five hundred years passed.
Eternal Vale had long since fallen silent.
Countless Ascendants had come after hearing the news.
Some gathered their courage and entered the forbidden land, only to discover that the ominous aura inside had indeed thinned greatly compared to before.
The sight of billions of miles of shattered mountains and rivers left them trembling.
The remnants of that battle were enough to chill their hearts.
None dared touch them.
"Perhaps this is an opportunity."
An immortal attempted to gain insight from the residual Dao aura left behind by the Script of Power.
The moment he stepped into it, the Dao aura erased him completely.
Not even a wisp of his soul escaped.
The sight left the other Ascendants pale with fear.
Buzz.
Without warning, a subtle yet boundless Dao aura spread out from the depths of Eternal Vale.
Wherever it passed, all living things trembled.
The Great Dao itself seemed to resonate.
The gathered Ascendants nearly lost their souls from fright.
"Run!"
Panic erupted.
Everyone fled.
[Cultivation Increased]
[Realm: Worldbinder Layer 51]
Caelum slowly opened his eyes.
For an instant, the evolution of all things and the truths of heaven and earth flashed within them.
A profound aura surrounded him.
He seemed almost like an embodiment of the Great Dao itself.
Within his body, Primordial Scripts sank one by one into the great worlds inside him.
Each script was a manifestation of the Dao.
In that case, Caelum would make the Dao itself a part of him.
He would use the power of each great world to evolve the Dao represented by each Primordial Script to its absolute limit.
Through that, he would step into the pinnacle of the Dao.
"This method is complete."
By using the Dao power of the Primordial Scripts and the full potential of his Hidden Vault Divine Powers, five hundred years of derivation had not been wasted.
Caelum had found the path ahead.
He named this method the Ultimate Dao Art.
A supreme cultivation method that pointed directly toward the pinnacle of the Dao.
First, he would use the Primordial Scripts to control the countless Daos of heaven and earth.
Then he would use the Hidden Vault great worlds to push each Dao represented by the Primordial Scripts to its absolute limit.
In this way, he would enter the pinnacle of every Dao.
The path ahead was now clear.
Above Lesser Transcendence was Dao Sovereign.
Above Dao Sovereign was the Pinnacle of the Dao.
For any other Ascendant, cultivating even a single Dao of heaven and earth to its limit would be enough to step into the Pinnacle of the Dao.
Caelum, however, intended to bring every Dao to that extreme.
Only that could be called the strongest path.
After all, four beings at the Pinnacle of the Dao were waiting for him at the end of the River of Time.
The kings of Eternal Vale had been destroyed.
Next came the remaining Eternal Forbidden Lands.
Before, those kings had merely been his ancient blood enemies.
Now, things were different.
Caelum needed the Primordial Scripts to cultivate the countless Daos.
The kings had to die.
He walked out of Eternal Vale.
Seeing Emperor Azuretide seated outside the forbidden land, he gave him a calm glance before leaving.
Azuretide trembled.
Then he threw his head back and laughed.
"Hahahaha!"
The Age of Imperial Calamity was gathering momentum.
Great calamity also meant the rise of worldshaking figures.
In this era, the Worldbreaker Physique Divine Physique had entered an Eternal Forbidden Land and returned alive.
The Infinite Realms were about to change.
Azuretide laughed loudly.
"The forbidden beings within the Eternal Forbidden Lands may truly be uprooted in this era."
"This Age of Imperial Calamity is becoming more and more interesting!"
"Your Majesty."
An old man came to Azuretide’s side and bowed respectfully.
"There has been a change regarding the Immortality Elixir."
"Oh?"
"Tell me."
"The Immortality Elixir is extremely powerful. Its innate Divine Power is even more terrifying. Soon after Ascending to the Infinite Realms, it already possessed the strength to fight Immortal Kings. The other nine disciples who Ascended alongside it are the same."
"Have any Immortal Emperors acted?"
"Several have already made their moves, but all of them were injured by the Immortality Elixir and its fellow disciples. None managed to capture it."
"What?"
Azuretide was stunned.
"They can injure Immortal Emperors?"
"Yes."
The old man nodded.
"I did not believe it at first either, but I heard that the Immortality Elixir and two of its fellow disciples possess Divine Powers that defy common sense. After they entered the Immortal King Realm, the power of those Divine Powers became almost unbelievable."
"..."
Azuretide fell silent.
Immortal Kings injuring Immortal Emperors?
No matter how he thought about it, he could not understand it.
The gap between two realms was like heaven and earth.
Just what kind of Divine Power could possess such might?
"Should we compete for the Immortality Elixir?"
"No."
Azuretide smiled freely.
"My injuries have already reached the point of no return. There is no need to fight for anything now."
"While I am still alive, I would rather see just how magnificent this Age of Imperial Calamity becomes!"
