"Not yet the time to admit complete defeat, cannot give up! Then truly go all out!"
Revealing a hint of madness in his eyes, Su Changkong realized he could become even stronger! Even if death was inevitable, he would prefer to die on the path forward rather than waiting for destruction to arrive!
Name: Su Changkong (73 years old)
Lifespan: 6000 years
Potential value: 670 points
Previously, Su Changkong’s Guiding Technique and Turtle Breath Technique had both broken through, boosting his lifespan once again to the major milestone of 6000 years. The longer the lifespan, the more difficult it was to increase by even a single year.
Su Changkong needed to stimulate all his potential to truly reach his limits!
"This world is on the brink of collapse... before it collapses, let’s see what my limit is!"
Outside the Ancient Holy Country, on a deserted island, Su Changkong looked up at the sky, determined to see just how far he could reach! Going all out to become stronger might grasp that sliver of a chance!
Su Changkong sat cross-legged in place, and from within his Dantian, the Mysterious Tortoise Golden Core emerged, engraved with several Array Patterns.
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"Mysterious Tortoise Golden Core. Refining Sky Array!"
With a slight shift in his thoughts, the Array Patterns on the Mysterious Tortoise Golden Core radiated bright light, evolving the core into a Formation, with Array Patterns inscribed in the void, connecting heaven and earth, placing Su Changkong right at the heart of it.
It was indeed the Refining Sky Array!
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Refining Sky Array, a forbidden formation developed by the collective wisdom of the Nine Great Ancient Sages, capable of stealing and refining the power of the Heavenly Dao, though doing so would damage the integrity of the Heavenly Dao.
Previously, Su Changkong had projected the Refining Sky Array using the Mirror Heaven and Earth Great Divine Seed and had etched it into his Mysterious Tortoise Golden Core, allowing him to evolve the Refining Sky Array at any time. He had been concerned about destabilizing the Heavenly Dao by extracting its power, thus he had not taken action.
But now that the Heavenly Demon God had triggered the Great Apocalypse, and as this world headed towards destruction, doing nothing was a sure route to death. Su Changkong prepared to forcibly steal and refine the power of the Heavenly Dao using the Refining Sky Array, striving to boost his own strength.
Even if he failed, the worst that could happen was accelerating the apocalypse!
"Hmmm!"
Su Changkong activated the Refining Sky Array, which began to tremble, generating a strange force that seemed to elevate Su Changkong’s consciousness to another level.
Su Changkong witnessed a bizarre scene, numerous veins converging to form what looked like a chaotic but naturally perfect spherical body, the aggregation of Dao.
Su Changkong understood this was the Heavenly Dao.
He saw that the current Heavenly Dao was extremely chaotic and unstable, as if another force was destroying it from within, leading it towards destruction; that was the will of the Heavenly Demon God.
The once Heavenly Demon God had invaded this world and, together with Divine Phoenix, had perished, and the Heavenly Demon God’s soul and will had merged with the Heavenly Dao of this world, now being the root of the great turmoil, currently destroying the Heavenly Dao, ensuring mutual destruction!
Taking power from the current state of Heavenly Dao was an act that would hasten its demise. However, if Su Changkong did so, there might be a glimmer of hope; if not, this world was doomed anyway, just later rather than sooner.
Su Changkong was different from the First Saint. The First Saint, though preferring to betray the human race, had sought compromise to prolong the survival of this world.
But Su Changkong admitted he could not do as the First Saint had. He would rather be shattered than whole, willing to fight to the death, seizing a piece of flesh from the enemy!
Hmmm!
Taking a deep breath, Su Changkong tried to activate the Refining Sky Array, extracting power from the Heavenly Dao.
Initially, Su Changkong thought this process would be difficult, just like the former Heavenly Demons who had also tried to steal the power of the Heavenly Dao, but with few succeeding even with the Heavenly Demon God’s cooperation.
Unexpectedly, as the Refining Sky Array exerted its power, an endless force began to be drawn from the Heavenly Dao, which offered almost no resistance, even actively pushing its power out, helping the process along!
"The Heavenly Dao has spirit... It seems like the Heavenly Dao also understands that it is heading towards extinction and wants to fight back, that’s why it’s letting me extract its power so easily!"
Su Changkong also came to a realization.
The Heavenly Dao, while unable to act directly, is conscious and can guide and influence things to maintain balance, just as the invasion by the Heavenly Demon God prompted the birth of Divine Phoenix and the emergence of the Nine Great Ancient Sages during the second Great Turmoil.
Now, as the Heavenly Dao faced annihilation, it allowed Su Changkong to extract its power to vie for that slim chance!
With the active cooperation of the Heavenly Dao, Su Changkong’s process of stealing and refining the Heavenly Dao’s power went smoothly. Threads and wisps of the Heavenly Dao’s power poured into the Refining Sky Array, being refined and consolidated together.
As time passed, within the Refining Sky Array, there emerged a golden seed.
It was about the size of a Divine Seed, but its level was unimaginably higher than that of Divine Seeds—it was a fragment of the Heavenly Dao!
The Nine Great Ancient Sages were not only far stronger than other Great Divine Power Martial Saints because they were exceptional, a major reason was that they had all refined Heavenly Dao fragments, possessing part of the Grand Dao’s laws.
Su Changkong had also learned from Ji Xuexiao that the realm beyond Entering Saint, known as Fusion Realm by ’Divine Phoenix,’ meant mastering and merging with a complete Dao. Refining a Heavenly Dao fragment equated to owning a ’Taoist Seed,’ growing it to its limit, and potentially achieving transcendence though undoubtedly difficult.