Chapter 220: The Path of the Great Sun

The reasons for the Broken Road of the Great Sun are nothing more than a few points.

Either the Great Sun is too high and distant for ordinary people to comprehend the Great Sun True Intent, making comprehension impossible, or someone has done so deliberately, shielding everyone from their connection to the Great Sun.

But regardless of which point it is.

Li Heng has a way to solve it.

"You can help me reconnect the Broken Road?"

Lie Dangkong was startled.

He had assumed Li Heng could only ferry himself to safety, not others. After all, it was already difficult enough to reconnect one's own Broken Road, let alone someone else's.

He himself had never even considered such a possibility.

"Senior, there is no need to be startled; to me, it is effortless."

Li Heng said calmly.

"Isn't it just the Great Sun True Intent? I will fetch it for you."

He reached out a large hand into the Void, then immediately withdrew it and opened his palm; his palm was empty. But in Lie Dangkong's field of vision, something he had never touched before had appeared before him.

Scorching, bright, vast, like the Great Sun in the sky.

It seemed to be the Great Sun True Intent he had dreamed of!

"This..."

Lie Dangkong swallowed his saliva, his face full of shock.

This method was simply miraculous; he had actually grabbed the conceptual, metaphysical Great Sun True Intent? Who exactly was he, and what was his background, to be able to do such a thing?

As if he could communicate with the Great Sun in the sky at any moment?

If Li Heng knew of this thought, he would certainly give it a like.

His Great Sun Sacred Body was indeed in constant contact and communication with the Sun in the sky. And as his Great Sun Sacred Body advanced to reach the so-called Divine Body, the connection might improve even further.

By then, he might truly be able to borrow the great power of the Great Sun in the sky!

"Senior, feel free to comprehend."

Li Heng said calmly.

Lie Dangkong immediately understood, sitting cross-legged on the ground, his mind reaching out to comprehend this Great Sun True Intent, not caring whether Li Heng and the others harbored malicious intentions.

In his view, none of that was important.

To hear the Dao in the morning, one can die in the evening.

The Great Sun True Intent he had dreamed of and chased for most of his life was here; at this moment, he had only one thought: comprehend, break through!

Xuan Dao, standing to the side, was also incredibly moved at the sight.

The problem that had plagued countless predecessors, the Broken Road that had caused countless geniuses to drink hatred and stop in their tracks, had actually been solved by Li Heng. He did not know how he should feel, but he felt he was witnessing history.

It was a good thing he had wanted Li Heng to change his path back then.

He had even brought out that kind of stone.

Now, it seemed to him that it was completely unnecessary.

And if he hadn't already determined his own path.

The Thunder Path, acting on behalf of Heaven to mete out punishment.

Then even he would be tempted to change his path.

He also did not think his Thunder Path was weak; the fact that he was beaten up by Li Heng earlier was just because his own cultivation was not up to par. Once he advanced further and the thunder in his Thunder Pool all transformed into Heavenly Thunder and Tribulation Thunder, he would have the confidence to fight Li Heng and win!

That one strike from before.

The Tribulation Thunder that had severely injured Feng Zhenghao was his example.

Lie Dangkong continuously comprehended the Great Sun True Intent, his own aura climbing step by step; a Great Sun Dharma Image slowly emerged behind him, gradually becoming solid and real.

The Great Sun True Intent transformed into Dharma Law, filling the Great Sun Dharma Image.

Cultivation is inherently a process of Borrowing the False to Cultivate the True.

A prototype of a Dharma Aspect that has not built its own Dharma Law is false, a product of Illusion. Only by borrowing the real Heaven and Earth Principles to build Dharma Law can the false transform into the true and achieve a real Dharma Aspect.

The Great Sun True Intent is actually a type of Heaven and Earth Principles.

But because of various reasons in the past, Lie Dangkong could not touch or comprehend the Great Sun True Intent, and naturally could not complete the transformation from false to true, and thus could not advance to the Dharma Aspect Realm.

But now, the Great Sun True Intent was before him.

The transformation of Borrowing the False to Cultivate the True was no longer obstructed.

Therefore, at this moment, the transformation was complete.

The Dharma Aspect behind Lie Dangkong became incredibly real; although on a fundamental level, it was still inferior to Li Heng's Great Sun Dharma Image, its structural complexity and grade were higher than Li Heng's.

He had thoroughly arrived at the level of the Dharma Aspect Realm.

If one were to say Lie Dangkong's Dharma Aspect template was an elite template, then Li Heng's Great Sun Dharma Image template was an epic boss template. It was just that Lie Dangkong's template level was higher than Li Heng's.

At the moment of advancing to the Dharma Aspect Realm.

The light of Lie Dangkong's Dharma Aspect erupted, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Principles fluctuated and surged, faintly interfering with the surrounding Void, and the spatial tremors that had already subsided began to shake again.

Li Heng raised his eyebrows, his Great Sun Dharma Image erupting and suppressing the light of Lie Dangkong's Dharma Aspect, and he said with a smile, "Old man, I know you are happy, but you should still restrain yourself."

"Otherwise, the space will start shaking again in a moment."

Lie Dangkong opened his eyes and retracted his Dharma Aspect.

He stood up from the ground, a divine light flashing in his eyes.

"Lie Dangkong thanks you; if there are any errands in the future, I will not refuse even at the cost of my life!"

He bowed to Li Heng and said loudly.

At this moment, he no longer treated Li Heng as a junior, but as a fellow traveler, or a forerunner who had walked further than him. If not for the large age gap, he would have wanted to shamelessly call him senior.

At this time, outside Great Li, and even outside all the nations.

In a dim, ignorant place, neither heaven nor earth, but all Void, ripples suddenly appeared, undulating; a voice arose, seemingly in confusion.

"What is going on? Someone has made contact with that damned Light Orb?"

The voice was vast, shaking the surrounding Void.

In an instant, the previously empty Void suddenly sprouted shadows; these shadows manifested forms, some human, some beastly, others constantly twisting and indescribable.

These shadows all knelt in their own ways and spoke.

"Greetings, Exalted One."

"A problem has appeared in the north. Someone has walked the Great Sun Path. Find him and kill him. Everything is destined to slide into decline; even if someone struggles, it cannot be avoided. Send that poor struggling soul on his way."

"Yes, Exalted One!"

The shadows gradually faded, returning to the empty Void.

Only one sentence remained, echoing endlessly here.

"The dimming Great Sun, the time of its fall..."

On Li Heng's side, he smiled and spoke.

"Why must you be like this, Senior? It was merely a small effort. You helped me back then, and now I have helped you; it is the Cycle of Causality."

Lie Dangkong shook his head upon hearing this.

The logic was sound, but the help Li Heng had given him was far greater than what he had given Li Heng.

He was very clear on this.

Even without the Great Sun Visualization Diagram he had left behind, with Li Heng's natural talent, he could still walk a path to the Great Dao. Yet, without Li Heng's help, he would absolutely never have been able to break through to the Dharma Aspect.

Not to mention, he was highly suspicious of something.

If Li Heng had not walked the Great Sun Path, but some other path, he would likely have already broken through to the Dharma Aspect. If that were truly the case, then it was he who had implicated Li Heng.

Just like the power that sealed the plains here, forming a great net. He could also perceive that the essence of this power was extremely high and incomparably vast, seemingly no weaker than the Great Sun.

If Li Heng did not walk the Great Sun Path and focused on this path instead...

Having this thought, he sighed in his heart, feeling somewhat guilty.

Lie Dangkong did not know.

This was simply because Li Heng wanted it all.

Xuan Dao felt his scalp tingle upon seeing Lie Dangkong advance to the Dharma Aspect. For no other reason than that he knew this old man Lie had a very murderous nature in his youth and had made quite a few enemies.

Especially some of the prodigies from the aristocratic families.

Now, most of these prodigies had already advanced to the Dharma Aspect.

With Old Man Lie returning after advancing to the Dharma Aspect, and with the shocking combat power of the Great Sun Path, he feared he could kill across realms; Great Li was about to be stirred into a bloody storm and would no longer be peaceful.

He pondered.

Should he immediately tell his master this information?

It would be better to prepare in advance.

"Kid, come here."

Lie Dangkong turned his head to look at Xuan Dao.

Xuan Dao's expression stiffened, but he had no choice and hurriedly walked closer.

"What is with that look on your face? Unhappy to see me?"

Lie Dangkong said with an unkind expression.

Although the joy of advancing to the Dharma Aspect had washed away the gloom accumulated over most of his life, and his spirit and energy were once again flourishing, he had not forgotten Xuan Dao's evaluation of him.

"Forget it, I cannot be bothered to argue with a junior like you."

"You should be able to contact your master, that kid Li Zhangfeng, right? Tell him that I, Lie Dangkong, have advanced to the Dharma Aspect and returned, and tell that group of old aristocratic bastards to wash their necks and wait for me."

Xuan Dao's head felt as if it had exploded upon hearing this.

Good heavens, it was just as he had thought—full of murderous intent?

"How about this, Old Man, you return to Nine Dragons Prefecture first and discuss it with my master?" He swallowed his saliva and asked tentatively.

"Discuss my foot. I will wait for them right here in Beijun."

"Back then, when I was stuck below the Dharma Aspect for a long time, that group of families wanted to kill me. Now that I have broken the shackles and advanced to the Dharma Aspect, they want to kill me even more; they will absolutely come over to surround and kill me."

"After all, I, this old man, used to beat them down!"

Lie Dangkong sneered and said.

He turned his head to look at Li Heng.

"Rest assured, this is my business and will not implicate you."

Li Heng had done him a great favor. He did not want to implicate Li Heng because of his own affairs, causing Li Heng to also be targeted by the families. The power of the families was truly terrifying and deeply rooted; it was best for Li Heng not to provoke them before he had grown up.

Li Heng had a strange expression upon hearing this.

"I think, perhaps you could call me along when the time comes?"

"I am also considered a thorn in the side of the families, am I not?"

He did not underestimate the Demon Suppression Division's ability to cover up information, but with such a big event happening, he also would not underestimate the investigative ability of the families.

Perhaps before long.

The families would lock their sights on him.

In any case, the families did not really need evidence to act.

They would directly presume you guilty and demand you cooperate with an investigation, at which point they would do as they pleased with you; but if you did not cooperate, that was the perfect excuse to strike at you.

"Brother Li, you underestimate my Demon Suppression Division too much."

Xuan Dao said with a bitter smile.

"Even if they know it was you, as long as you hold a high position in my Demon Suppression Division, they will not find it easy to strike at you. After all, it would come at a great price, which is not in line with their interests."

Li Heng did not commit to an opinion.

He only knew that families are like iron, while dynasties are like flowing water.

Suddenly, a voice rang out.

"This spatial tremor actually reached my Hanging Mountain side, and even wiped out one of the Human-Livestock Cities I kept in captivity, hateful! Let me see who is on the other side of the passage, with such immense human Qi."

The voice emanated from that passage opening.

Li Heng's eyes lit up; a fish had taken the bait.