Chapter 825

Almost there.

In the Taiheng Mountain cave dwelling, Li Rui slowly opened his eyes.

In the Niwan Palace Heavenly Realm and the Huangting Heavenly Realm, the [True Martial Presence] and the [Eternal Court] had already begun to faintly reveal a third halo.

It was the embryonic form of the Yin-Bearing Wheel.

Once he condensed the Yin-Bearing Wheel, he would reach the mid-stage of Body Integration.

Just as he had anticipated.

With the [Eternal Court] supplying the primordial source of the Immortal Dao, his comprehension of the Dao Seed accelerated ever faster.

“Every third stage brings hardship; to condense the Zhi Xiong Wheel will likely take even more time.”

Li Rui thought to himself.

Suddenly—

His gaze shifted abruptly.

For just now, a star had ignited above the Heavenly Dao.

[Hundred Refinements Artifact]

The [Hundred Refinements Artifact], which had hung in the heavens for a thousand years, had returned to the Heavenly Dao.

Yes.

The Hundred Refinements True Lord had indeed formed a Dao Fruit and reclaimed his position as a Dao Lord!

Even Li Rui could not help but be greatly startled.

Who could have imagined that the most unremarkable Hundred Refinements True Lord had become the first among the five of the Three Lives Dao Altar to reclaim the Dao Lord position?

Though Dao Lords reincarnating have a greater chance of returning to the Dao Lord state, it was still astonishing.

“It happened beyond the heavens.”

Li Rui quickly deduced that since the Dao of the cultivation world had shown almost no disturbance, yet the name of the Hundred Refinements Dao Lord had appeared above the Heavenly Dao, there was only one possibility: the Hundred Refinements Dao Lord had attained enlightenment beyond the heavens.

“It seems he gained some extraordinary great fortune.”

Becoming a Dao Lord is exceedingly difficult; for the Hundred Refinements Dao Lord to reclaim his position, he must have possessed both strength and opportunity.

Beyond the heavens.

A great sun illuminated half the sky.

The Hundred Refinements Dao Lord sat cross-legged atop the Nine Heavens, as if fused with heaven and earth.

He had just passed through the Dao Tribulation.

When he opened his eyes, residual boundless pressure still radiated from him, causing the cultivators who sensed the disturbance and rushed over to collapse en masse in prostration.

The might of a Dao Lord was terrifying indeed.

“Congratulations, Hundred Refinements Dao Friend.”

The first to arrive was an elderly Dao Lord from Beiyuanzhou.

“Thank you, Chongshen Dao Friend.”

The Hundred Refinements Dao Lord smiled and bowed in return; his mood was excellent now that he had regained the Dao Lord position, and he had known this Chongshen Dao Lord from his previous life.

Afterwards,

Several more figures appeared.

All were Dao Lords stationed beyond the heavens.

Many Dao Lords were secretly astonished—the Hundred Refinements Dao Lord had never been particularly remarkable in his previous life, yet he had reclaimed the Dao Lord position after only two reincarnations, truly astonishing.

This could only be attributed to good fortune.

Dao Lords reincarnating have a high probability of returning to the Dao Lord position.

But note this:

It does not guarantee return in the very next life.

To reclaim the position after three lifetimes of wandering in reincarnation is already quite impressive.

For the Hundred Refinements Dao Lord to attain enlightenment after only two reincarnations is exceedingly rare; in other words, his potential in this life may surpass that of his previous life, and he might go even further.

Great potential.

Naturally, these Dao Lords all began to consider cultivating ties with him.

“Thank you all.”

The Hundred Refinements Dao Lord returned each bow in turn, appearing extremely composed.

Yet recalling his recent breakthrough, he was still shaken.

Becoming a Dao Lord is difficult not only because attaining enlightenment is hard, but also due to the myriad struggles and schemes from all directions.

When he attained Dao Lordship in his previous life, his entire Divine Flame Sect had spent five hundred years plotting behind him.

But in this life,

He attained Dao Lordship alone beyond the heavens.

That’s right.

Attaining enlightenment beyond the heavens certainly avoids scheming from fellow cultivators, but one must face relentless assaults from outside demons—equally a nine-to-one death sentence.

Yet during his breakthrough, he had not seen a single outside demon.