Chapter 553

"Contemplating my crown, the Heavenly God, hair like ten thousand stars, the left eye is the sun, the Heavenly God resides, the image is one inch long, wearing crimson and mysterious robes, twelve goddesses surround the four sides, the right eye is the moon, the Great One is thus. Within is the Yellow Court, the master of the gate, wishing for the Heavenly God to descend like a red elixir, the cover is three inches long with a green cap, often residing on the nose to await the hundred gods. Harmonizing with the Dao to fix the universe!"

Deep within his spiritual sense, there was a chorus of immortal sounds.

This was the resonance between the immortal path within his body and heaven and earth.

This was the Great Dao Scripture!

Every word was a pearl of wisdom, explaining the ultimate principles of heaven and earth; the sound of the Dao was magnificent, in his ears, in his heart, in his spirit, giving one a sudden enlightenment.

At this moment.

The Purple Mansion within Li Rui's body had long since been turned upside down.

It was expanding rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Fifty zhang... sixty zhang... one hundred zhang.

Boom!

When the Purple Mansion expanded to a certain degree, a qualitative change occurred from the quantitative change.

It was as if the chaos had just begun to open.

Above the Immortal Court, the Dao rhyme of the Primordial Beginning rose up, and because the origins were different, they separated from each other; the clear became Qi, rising to become heaven and clouds, while the turbid became earth, sinking to become land and rivers.

From then on, the Purple Mansion divided into yin and yang, and the sun and moon began to rotate.

Above the Immortal Court, there was even more of a touch of vitality for the first time.

That vibrant peach tree seemed even more as if it had come alive.

A true small world!

This was Li Rui's Dao.

Ordinary immortal cultivators harmonize with the Dao through magic, resonating with heaven and earth to the point where their words become law; they harmonize with the Dao through treasures, absorbing the Qi of heaven and earth into mysterious weapons, changing in a thousand ways.

Those who prove the Dao through strength absorb heaven and earth into their own bodies, modeling themselves after heaven and earth.

Although Li Rui walked the path of proving the Dao through strength, also absorbing heaven and earth to strengthen his own body, there were still slight differences.

Others temper their physical bodies, while he directly opens up heaven and earth.

The scale of the phenomenon was vastly different.

Such a scene.

I fear that even if a Dao Lord saw it, they would be greatly shocked.

Although there is no high or low in the Dao, the greater the scale of the Dao one harmonizes with, the more it represents that even when reaching a very high level, with the protection of the Great Dao, it will not be too difficult to walk.

Those who love to gossip have even compiled statistics.

Those who possess an extraordinary Great Dao have a greater probability of achieving the Dao Lord realm, or even higher realms.

In other words.

Once Li Rui successfully harmonizes with the Dao.

What lies before him is a smooth, heavenly path!

"Harmonize!"

With a single thought.

Li Rui suddenly stood up.

Fist intent raged in the room.

This punch was precisely the one taught by Gao Tianxia in front of the East Sea Pavilion that day.

It was just that Li Rui at this moment was vastly different from that punch on that day.

It had long since been mastered by him, forming a lineage of its own!

Li Rui threw punches faster and faster.

Gradually, he entered that mysterious and profound state of self-forgetfulness; every time he threw a punch, the Great Dao within his body solidified by a fraction, and the clear and turbid Qi above the Immortal Court became increasingly distinct.

The peach blossoms became even more vibrant.

There were even signs of them dropping and bearing fruit.

The green lotus in the pond also had its buds beginning to bloom.

Heaven and earth had just opened, and the abundant vitality caused all things in the Immortal Court to grow.

I have a punch that can prove longevity!

Self-forgetfulness, no-self.

"Is this sudden enlightenment?"

When Li Rui awoke from the state of sudden enlightenment, it was already noon.

The scorching sunlight shone into the room.

Revealing a sense of vigor.

"Truly, one does not know the passage of time in cultivation."

Li Rui could not help but sigh with emotion.

Although he did not know how long this breakthrough had taken, just looking at the dust that had fallen in the room, it was not hard to see that it certainly would not have been short.

Li Rui put away his fist stance.

He sensed carefully.

The next instant.

The Immortal Domain unfolded.

One chi... one zhang...

Finally, it reached a full ten zhang before the Immortal Domain stopped.

Ten zhang!

With this Immortal Domain, its value in actual combat was already extremely great; as long as one entered his Immortal Domain, he was like an emperor within the same realm, and even against great cultivators of the Body Integration Realm, he could have a suppressive effect.

It was truly domineering beyond compare.

If those in the Purple Mansion Realm knew that the Purple Mansion could also suppress the Body Integration Realm, I wonder what kind of thoughts they would have.

Besides this.

The Dao-embryo little person had grown in age again, looking exactly like Li Rui in his twenties; the difference was that his temperament was outstanding.

He had gained a bit more composure.

An aura of the Great Dao surrounded his whole body, making it impossible for people to see through him. "What domineering power."

Li Rui felt the power of the Great Dao contained within every inch of his skin, and even he himself was secretly shocked.

Enough to topple mountains!

This was only the beginning of harmonizing with the Dao.

Once the Immortal Court within his body was completely stabilized, the power would be unimaginable.

'No wonder the private secretary's stamina grew stronger and stronger; by the time he reached Body Integration, he was even more peerless, becoming the world's number one, invincible for a hundred years.'

Li Rui could be considered to have felt the benefits brought by proving the Dao through strength.

The Dao of slaughter.

To put it bluntly, it was still about whose fist hurt more when hitting people, and who could withstand others' fists.

Immortal cultivators are nothing more than replacing fists with magic treasures.

The essence is the same.

And proving the Dao through strength is returning to simplicity, directly fusing the Great Dao into the physical body, achieving the ultimate in both offense and defense; in matters of slaughter, of course, one is invincible within the same realm.

Now that he had harmonized with the Dao, he could already count as half a Body Integration Realm cultivator.

But as the saying goes, there is no high or low in the Great Dao.

Other methods of harmonizing with the Dao also have their own strengths.

They cannot be underestimated.

Li Rui pushed the door open and walked out.

Upon hearing the movement, Ning Ning Zhongtian and the others at the door hurriedly gathered around.

Ning Ning Zhongtian asked excitedly: "Big Brother, did you succeed?"

Li Rui smiled slightly.

He did not speak.

Back in Qinghe, one paid attention to the fact that walls have ears; now that he had reached the immortal cultivation world, the means of those immortal cultivators were even more mysterious and extraordinary, so it was naturally better to speak less.

Ning Ning Zhongtian and the others had followed Li Rui for many years, so they naturally already had a tacit understanding.

'Steady!'

Li Rui: "By the way, how long have I been in secluded cultivation this time?"

Ning Ning Zhongtian replied: "Exactly three years."

'Three years...'

Li Rui raised his eyebrows slightly.

He had not expected that this secluded cultivation of his would be so long.

It was also time to adapt.

After all, they were all people who cultivated immortality, with lifespans of hundreds of years; a few years, or even decades, were common occurrences, and one could often hear of some great cultivator who would be in secluded cultivation for a hundred years.

One does not know the passage of time in cultivation—wasn't that how it was spread?

'Counting it up, since I started cultivating at seventy, it has been exactly sixty years until now.'

Looking back at the past.

Li Rui could not help but sigh.

His old friend Yang Yong had already passed away, and he had finally touched upon a realm that was once unreachable.

Ascending to immortality in sixty years!

After sixty years of bitter cultivation, he finally had some achievements.

After harmonizing with the Dao, there were no more bottlenecks; the next step was to stabilize the Dao foundation and wait for the Body Integration heavenly tribulation; once the tribulation was successfully crossed, he would be a true land immortal.

Therefore.

When in the Small Cave Heaven, those in the Purple Mansion Realm who had harmonized with the Dao would be called half-immortals.

Actually, in the immortal cultivation world, there was also the saying of "small true persons" above harmonizing with the Dao.

Of course.

Reaching this step, one could not have the slightest slack.

After all, there were not a few "small true persons" who had been blasted into ashes by the heavenly tribulation.

Once the tribulation failed.

Everything before became like smoke passing before one's eyes, with no more meaning.

Immortal cultivation is just like this.

It is about fighting with heaven.

Reaching the step of harmonizing with the Dao, one was actually already snatching food from heaven; crossing the tribulation was unavoidable, and once one became a Body Integration Realm cultivator, the heavenly tribulation would become an everyday occurrence.

By comparison, the benefits of proving the Dao through strength were highlighted.

The heavenly tribulation would not give opportunities to take shortcuts.

And all of this happened to be the strong point of proving the Dao through strength.

Didn't you see that when Li Rui's private secretary broke through, he was chasing the heavenly tribulation to beat it up?

It was completely different from those immortal cultivators with weak physical bodies.

In other words.

For Li Rui to reach Body Integration, he only needed to nourish the Great Dao, and it would be a matter of course.

As for crossing the tribulation—nine out of ten chances of success!

(End of chapter)