"Although the Heavenly Demon Origins of the two Shattered Void Demon Cultivators and five Refining Void Demon Cultivators have been greatly scattered, adding the refining of a top-notch Star Core worth over three billion Pure Yang Great Pills ... Cave Heaven has finally reached the brink of the Shattered Void limit," Alkaid perceived the state of the Cave Heaven.
At this moment, the Cave Heaven had become powerful to a certain limit.
At this level, advancing further meant using the comprehension of Dao Techniques to shatter the void and peek behind the Great Void Path to see the Three Thousand Great Daos.
If the Great Void Path is considered a wall that carries the Three Thousand Great Daos, then shattering the void would mean temporarily breaking this wall to see the real Three Thousand Great Daos, not those manifested by the Great Void Path.
With this thought, Alkaid waved his hand fiercely.
The clouds above Hundred Refinement Peak churned.
In the past fifteen years, the Capital Dragon Slaying Formation, now optimized to a Fourteenth Level Formation, surged quickly, wrapping around the entire Hundred Refinement Peak in haste.
Since Alkaid himself attained Dao through the Great Void Path, the interior of the Capital Dragon Slaying Formation, upgraded to a Fourteenth Level Formation, had proclaimed itself as void.
Like now, he appeared to still be on Hundred Refinement Peak, but in reality, he was as if situated in another vast starry sky.
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Each Star Core, if placed in the outside world, could collapse into a black hole.
In other words, the energy rank of these three hundred and sixty Star Cores was equivalent to three hundred and sixty Hollow Void War Immortals.
This power, integrated through the Formation, became unified. Not to mention a Shattered Void Supreme Elder, even if a top Sect launched its full force, with several Shattered Voids, dozens of Refining Voids, and hundreds of Hollow Voids combined, it would take an immense effort to break this starry sky world.
With this much time, unless the people of the Heavenly Dao Sect disregarded the rules set by the Golden Book Venerable and insisted on mutual destruction, even if the backup was slow to arrive, it should be here soon.
"Shattered Void," Alkaid took a deep breath.
The Cave Heaven trembled, releasing energy equivalent to a large-scale Chaos Void level from within.
At the same time, the charm of the Great Void Path burst forth through the Dao seed.
The Dao seed and the power of the Cave Heaven complemented each other, continuously dispersing in all directions, actually repelling all the surrounding Void Force capable of bearing the manifestation of the Great Dao, turning the void into true nothingness.
Behind that nothingness, what appeared before Alkaid were the real rules that constitute the entire world.
"Three Thousand Great Daos!"
The Three Thousand Great Daos, like the underlying logic of the world, formed a dense network that could accommodate all changes and rules of this universe, making up the world itself.
Cultivators merely observing could feel the supreme principles contained within these Daos.
If one could maintain this state and continuously comprehend it ...
Progress in Dao Technique cultivation would advance by leaps and bounds.
Alkaid's Cave Heaven expanded with the force of the Void, calmly observing the Three Thousand Great Daos presenting themselves within his perception.
"At this step, it is the true Shattered Void Realm," he said, somewhat emotional, also appearing to evaluate the breakthrough of his current realm.
But ultimately, only one phrase remained.
"Piece of cake."
The entire breakthrough was natural and came effortlessly, with not a hint of danger or thrill.
After a while, Alkaid smiled.
Isn't it just natural?
Shattered Void?
You just need the hands.
What's there to fuss about?
He refocused his gaze back onto the Three Thousand Great Daos.
"No wonder ... it's so simple for a Dao Lord to elevate a cultivator's realm. After integrating with the Dao, they essentially become the Three Thousand Great Daos themselves, a part of the entire world, the entire universe ... "
Alkaid likened it to an exam and students.
The Dao Lord is like the exam paper's setter, teaching a student how to take the test, how could that student not score well?
Further, after witnessing the Three Thousand Great Daos, Alkaid also deeply understood why a Dao Lord was much more powerful compared to Shattered Void.
No matter how powerful a Shattered Void is, its power originates from its own Cave Heaven.
A single Cave Heaven ...
Even a Cave Heaven of Shattered Void level, how big could its quality be?
"A Cave Heaven, if a Hollow Void Realm's Cave Heaven fully releases its energy, it's about equivalent to a thousand-li diameter Chaos Void! Refining Void and Shattered Void may increase the diameter, but it could only increase up to ten thousand li, many Shattered Voids don't even reach this number! But a Dao Lord ... they become one with the Dao, maneuvering 'universe' level energy through the Power of the Great Dao, converting it into Chaos Void force ... it could reach a million li, Chaos Void level!"
What's the magnitude of such a difference?
It's not a hundredfold, nor a thousandfold, but a millionfold!
Although the life and death battles among Hollow Voids aren't about whose Chaos Void quality is higher, Dao Techniques and Dao Artifacts remain crucial.
But when the energy level difference reaches a million times, no matter the skill or tool, it all becomes meaningless.
The opponent, simply by channeling enough "universal mass" with the Power of the Great Dao, could crush anything that stands in their way.
This level ...
Is a galaxy system-level power!
Moreover, simply comparing the mass of a galaxy system to a Dao Lord holds no comparability.
With the means at a Dao Lord's disposal, even destroying a galaxy system is just a matter of time.
If they wish, they could easily become the ruler of a galaxy system, governing thousands or even hundreds of thousands of light years.
"Truly... a magnificent life."
Alkaid murmured to himself.
If placed in his past life, even with a lifetime of imagination, he would never have dared to dream that he could reach such a level one day.
"Not to mention becoming a Dao Lord, in my past life, if I had achieved Foundation Establishment, I could have ruled the world and become an uncrowned king."
Alkaid let his thoughts flow freely, "In the morning go hunting in the tropical rainforest, have a barbecue at the world's highest peak at noon, swim in the Antarctic in the afternoon, and gaze at the galaxy from the desert at night..."
Of course, those were not big deals.
The big shots at the top of the previous world could achieve this through some technological creations.
But...
What if one further achieved a Golden Core?
In the morning you could tease rabbits on the Moon, at noon absorb carbon dioxide on Venus, stroll on Mars in the afternoon, and sunbathe on the Sun at night.
As for whether there are rabbits on the Moon...
Would it really be a difficult feat for him, with a Golden Core, to truly create a Moon Palace there and create an environment suitable for life?
"The steps of the Golden Core are still limited to the Solar System, but if advanced to the Hollow Void... By employing one's own Cave Heaven to distort the surrounding space for spatial jumps... Traveling throughout the entire Galaxy would just be a matter of time; at that time... I will be able to see sceneries that all people from the past could never imagine, and I am even more powerful than Hollow Void, Refining Void — I'm a Shattered Void!"
Alkaid recalled his current achievements...
For the first time, he felt that the present him could truly deserve the title of "magnificent life" in the eyes of countless people and even countless civilizations.
As long as he was willing to step out of the Northern Sea Star and leave this super planet that houses the Gate of the Immortal Realm, countless civilizations in the surrounding star domains would turn into his playground, where he could ride freely.
Alkaid stayed in place, immersed in the glory of having achieved "greatness."
If he had no higher pursuits...
He could really just lay back now.
But...
"It's still not enough."
After a while, Alkaid came back to his senses, "The universe, so vast... Hollow Void, Refining Void, Shattered Void, a lifetime might not be enough to explore the entire Galaxy. Their lifespan, merely a measly ten thousand years. Even if Dao Lords, who live twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty years and wield greater divine skills could only, at most, traverse a mere iceberg-tip of the entire universe in their lives. To truly live forever and walk every corner of the starry sky, to witness each splendor and wonder of the universe, I need, at the very least, to take another step forward!"
Ascend to Immortality!
Become the so-called Immortal who possessed eternal life and infinite lifespan.
By then, without the worries of lifespan, where couldn't he go?
What kind of sceneries couldn't he witness?
In his long life, he could even afford to wait a hundred years for a supernova explosion.
He could watch the mutual devouring of two black holes for tens of thousands of years.
He could even pause for a million years to see the collision of two large galaxy systems.
"So... for this modest goal, to become an Immortal, to live forever, being able to travel from the Northern Sea in the morning to Cangwu by dusk, that is enough."
A smile emerged on Alkaid's face as he retracted his desire to "travel" outside the cosmic starry space.
In his mind, the information about the Sword of the Void and Void Blink kept turning over.
To Integrate Dao in the Shattered Void Realm, one must cultivate a Dao Technique to Perfection.
Only a Perfection level Dao Technique that changes the nature of the entire Cave Heaven can allow a cultivator to "merge" into the Great Dao and be accepted by the "Great Dao."
As Alkaid pushed the "Shattered Void" Realm to 100%, naturally, he also involved some experience in cultivating Dao Techniques to Perfection Level.
It wasn't much, but...
His lifebound Daoist art "Void Blink" was among them.
After all, there were extremely many cultivators of Void Category Dao Techniques. Even though Void Blink and Sword of the Void were already considered exquisite among Void Category Dao Techniques, under a huge base, these two techniques would still reach "Perfection" information.
His other lifebound Daoist art, "Time Torrent," had not even seen a shadow of Perfection.
Probably not even as a Dao Lord would it emerge immediately.
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It might not appear until 20%, or even 40%.
"Void Blink."
The Great Void Path kept flowing throughout Alkaid's body.
In the process of the Great Void Path's flow, the Dao seed of his lifebound Daoist art "Void Blink" also rapidly grew, emitting Dao Rhymes that spread in circles, filling every corner of the Cave Heaven.
As these Dao Rhyme ripples continued to wash over, the cultivator's Cave Heaven would increasingly take on the characteristics of the "Great Dao."
Once the "Great Dao" characteristics reached a certain peak, it could "deceive" the real Great Void Path, trying to merge into the "Great Void Path," which is the most crucial step for advancing from Shattered Void to Dao Lord — Integrating One's body into the Dao.
However, no matter how cultivators cultivate, their individual "Dao Rhymes," compared to the Great Dao of the entire universe, are still incomparably minute.
More than ninety-nine percent of Shattered Voids would, at the step of "Integrating One's body into the Dao," be washed away by the universe-level "Great Void Path", losing the consciousness of time and space forever, sinking into the "Great Void Path," never to "awaken" again.
This is what is called Dao Transformation.
This step is so difficult that even if ten Dao Lords who have successfully integrated Dao were to try it again, nine would fail, and one would rather die than try again.
Even for Alkaid, with his Shattered Void progress already at 100% and containing a vast amount of experience in assaulting "Integrating Dao," he still felt trepidation just reading through it a few times.
"Unless I raise my Realm to 'Integrating Dao' level, or even to 100% of 'Integrating Dao,' I'll never lightly take that step."
Alkaid thought to himself.
And just as Alkaid was silently entering the Shattered Void Realm, the news brought by Li Hanqiu interrupted his continued solitary cultivation.
"Sect Leader, the tribute team from the sect has arrived... but... they have come with additional demands this time."