Chapter 1504: Cultivation

You comprehended the Qiankun Ruler, understood the source of meritorious power in the Shen Shen world, compared its evolution across the myriad worlds, and grasped the essence of meritorious power.

Based on the essence of meritorious power, you created the method of meritorious power evolution.

Meritorious power, at its core, is also a supreme primordial force, its rank no inferior to the Dao of Heaven's primordial power.

This power originates from within the world.

Only within a world can meritorious power reach its utmost potential.

After all, "killing without karmic retribution" merely means the Dao of Heaven does not record your transgressions.

In the Chaos, only the Great Dao exists; the Dao of Heaven does not. Thus, the merit-based divine treasure's ability to kill without karmic retribution becomes useless.

Only Great Dao merit has true utility here.

You comprehended meritorious power, understood the Meritorious Law, and deepened your mastery over laws.

Through painstaking inquiry, using the distinction between Great Dao law and Dao of Heaven law as a clue, you elevated the Dao of Heaven's meritorious law, evolving it into the Great Dao Meritorious Law.

Based on the Great Dao Meritorious Law, you created the method of Great Dao Meritorious power evolution.

In Zhang Taixuan's hand, a thread of xuanhuang qi flowed, finer than a hair, yet radiating an exalted, universe-crushing aura.

This was precisely Great Dao Meritorious power.

Do not underestimate this single thread of Great Dao Meritorious power—it was refined from a thousand years of Dao of Heaven primordial essence.

This also completely extinguished his desire to refine Great Dao Meritorious power himself.

No other reason—it consumes too much primordial essence.

For the short term, he had no intention of refining excessive Great Dao primordial essence.

You comprehended Hongmeng qi, through Gao Wei causality, and understood its essence.

Based on the mystery of Hongmeng qi, you created the method of Hongmeng qi evolution.

Hongmeng qi is not Hongmeng purple qi.

There is an essential difference between the two.

Hongmeng qi is a primordial qi approaching the Great Dao, wondrous beyond measure, marvelously effective whether for cultivation or artifact forging.

Hongmeng purple qi, however, was merely refined by Hongjun after comprehending Hongmeng qi and severing the heavenly and earthly authority of the Shen Shen world.

In the Shen Shen world, purple qi is naturally supreme and precious.

Because it represents heavenly and earthly authority, it represents the Saint Position.

But across the myriad worlds, Hongmeng qi is superior.

Hongmeng qi is a potent force applicable across all worlds—whether magical, immortal, or other power systems—none can hinder its divine majesty.

You comprehended Hongmeng qi, combined with various scriptures, and created the Tenth Realm of Immortal Martial Cultivation: the Hongmeng Realm.

Hongmeng Realm: also called the Dao of Heaven Realm. When perfected, it rivals the Dao of Heaven of an Eternal Grand World, exalted and boundless in power.

Although previously refining sword Dao had already elevated the Tai Xuan Sword Scripture to the Dao of Heaven Realm level.

But that was only the level of Dao.

Merely a progression in law.

That is, using the previous Dao of Heaven Realm method, one could cultivate to the Dao of Heaven Realm.

But that only advanced the law.

The emergence of Hongmeng qi allowed Zhang Taixuan to also evolve his magic power to the Dao of Heaven Realm's Fan Chou.

Of course, this realm is exceedingly difficult to cultivate.

To cultivate only magic or only Dao is a feat beyond even infinite eons of effort.

Thus, ordinary people can cultivate it singly.

Thus, the names differ.

Single cultivation of Dao is called the Dao of Heaven Realm; single cultivation of magic is called the Hongmeng Realm.

Of course, "ordinary people" here are not truly ordinary—they refer only to chaotic divine demons with average talent and roots in this realm.

You comprehended the Dao of Heaven Realm and Hongmeng Realm, repaired various scriptures, and created the Ultimate Body Realm: the Eternal Realm.

Eternal Realm: each microscopic particle of the body becomes an eternal world; the particles are boundless, the worlds are boundless, the magic power is boundless.

Cultivating all three together is called the Hongmeng Great Dao Sovereign Realm.

Cultivating all three together is the path closest to the Great Dao.

Of course, to cultivate all three simultaneously, without peerless talent, is likely impossible forever.

Because even achieving the limit of a single path is an inconceivable journey.

Zhang Taixuan gazed at the Qiankun Ruler before him, astonished.

The principles within this divine treasure had pushed his cultivation path to the Tenth Realm.

This far exceeded his imagination.

Of course, it cannot be said quite like that.

Whether refining meritorious power or Hongmeng qi, he had long been pursuing both.

Without decades of analysis of meritorious power from dozens of worlds, there would be no today's ability to evolve Great Dao Meritorious power.

Without Hongmeng Dao Fire as groundwork, the mystery of Hongmeng qi could not have been smoothly evolved.

In short, all past accumulation had today become results.

With a thought, the Qiankun Ruler in his hand began to change.

Its internal meritorious power rapidly refined, evolving from Dao of Heaven merit into Great Dao merit.

The opening creation merit of the Shen Shen world was immense, yet under Zhang Taixuan's control, the Qiankun Ruler shrank rapidly, finally becoming a hairpin three inches long.

Clearly, the transformation of Dao of Heaven merit into Great Dao merit caused the Qiankun Ruler to shrink in size.

Although divine treasures can freely change size.

Yet it also showed that the Heavenly Dao merit had transformed into Great Dao merit, condensed and refined countless times over.

"…'Still not enough'‖!"

Zhang Taixuan's gaze sharpened. The Heavenly Dao origin in his hand evolved, transforming into Primordial Qi, which he merged into it.

After several months straight, when the spiritual treasure finally took shape, it had become a hairpin of crystalline clarity, as if carved from purple jade.

This hairpin, forged from the power of Great Dao merit and Primordial Qi by Zhang Taixuan's exquisite methods, had already ascended to the level of a Chaos spiritual treasure.

Although among Chaos spiritual treasures its grade counted as the lowest, it was still extraordinarily wondrous.

"Perfect for thanking Yunxiao." Zhang Taixuan chuckled lightly. "After all, she's probably one of us anyway."

In truth, even if she wasn't one of them in the future, he wouldn't be at a loss.

A single Universe Ruler had let him extrapolate his cultivation realm to the tenth layer — that was more precious than any spiritual treasure.

He opened the chat group and sent the item over.

Zhang Taixuan: "【Red Packet】 Fairy Yunxiao, this is a thank-you gift. Please accept it."

Su Xiao Xiao: "Ahhhh, my eyes — what is this thing? Why is it so powerful? Just the spiritual light alone is more than this Taiyi Jin Xian can bear."

Qi Tian Da Sheng: "That's not right — why do I feel my scalp tingling too! What grade of spiritual treasure is this exactly? Could it be a Pre-Heaven Supreme Treasure?"