Chapter 444: The Way of the Eternal

With one hundred Golden Source Points gathered, does this Light Sea still want to fight back?

A cold glint flashed in Li Heng's eyes; since this Light Sea refused to let him fleece it, then it shouldn't leave—it should just stay!

With a shift of his mind, he consumed one hundred Golden Source Points.

Open the fourth heaven of the Four Brahma Heavens, Pingyu Jiayi Heaven!

Those who ascend to this heaven enter the wondrous Dao through the void and attain supreme enlightenment.

In an instant, the previously illusory Pingyu Jiayi Heaven transformed into True Reality; the opening was complete, and Li Heng's strength and status rose rapidly.

The Four Brahma Heavens are extremely special.

In Daoism, the Four Brahma Heavens transcend the heavens of the Three Realms; they are neither born nor destroyed. No matter how the heavens of the Three Realms collapse or return to chaos, the Four Brahma Heavens remain unchanged, unmoved, and unaltered!

Therefore, at this moment.

Li Heng's strength had already broken through the level of the Nine Tribulations Heaven and Earth, and even far exceeded it. After all, a Great World created by experiencing the Nine Tribulations is not truly Eternal, and in essence, it is inferior to Li Heng's Four Brahma Heavens.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, not moving against the Light Sea immediately.

Li Heng perceived that his current state was very strange; his strength had already reached beyond the Nine Tribulations Heaven and Earth of the Immortal God system, theoretically belonging to a stage beyond the Creation Realm, a Half-step Divine stage.

Yet he could not see the path ahead.

That path which could break through to the Sacred Realm.

As he was now, it was as if he were neither touching the sky nor the ground, stuck in an intermediate state; he was far beyond the Creation Realm, but there seemed to be a large gap before the Sacred Realm.

However, under these circumstances.

He could also perceive that he could now progress infinitely.

For example.

His current strength was sufficient to open up a complete universe, equivalent to the Nine Tribulations Heaven and Earth of the Immortal God system. But this complete universe was not his limit; as his strength progressed, this universe would also grow continuously, even growing to the scale of the Heavens and Myriad Worlds, or even beyond.

Yet he could also feel.

If he truly used this method to grow and expand infinitely, he feared he would never reach the Sacred Realm, and even if he could, it would likely be a struggle.

Li Heng pondered quietly, feeling a bit uncertain.

Was the current situation caused by him not strictly following the Immortal God system but walking his own path, or would one face this awkward situation upon breaking through to this realm?

Naturally.

He believed that if he used Source Power and spent enough Golden Source Points to open the Three Pure Heavens above the Four Brahma Heavens, touching the true meaning of that "void, natural, and wondrous existence," he could definitely break through to the Sacred Realm.

But that would be knowing the result without knowing the reason.

Although Source Power is omnipotent and it is not impossible to know the result without the reason—with no sequelae after breaking through—at worst, he could board the train first and buy the ticket later, obtaining the experimental results before providing the theory.

But if it were just empty speculation without any principles or theoretical models to support it, the Source Power consumed would be terrifying, and he simply could not afford it.

Just like when he visualized the Great Sun before, he still needed a Great Sun Visualization Diagram for reference. Otherwise, why would he need to cultivate any techniques? He could have just used Source Power to ascend in one step.

To advance to the Sacred Realm, he still had to figure out what kind of existence the Sacred is and what principles are used to achieve it. Otherwise, relying solely on the Thirty-Six Heavens Model and theories of Daoism in his mind, he could not significantly reduce the consumption of Source Power.

Li Heng pondered here.

But the pressure from the more than ten Great Worlds evolved by the Light Sea had already descended upon his head. He frowned, somewhat impatient, "Do not disturb my thinking!"

Immediately, he waved his large hand, directly shattering this pressure.

At this moment, the previously surging and turbulent Light Sea froze.

Where is the pressure? Where is my pressure? Where did the pressure formed by the combination of more than ten Great Worlds, which I painstakingly created, go? The Light Sea Calamity was somewhat bewildered at this time.

Outside the Light Sea.

One person and one dragon were dumbfounded.

That was the pressure formed by many Great Worlds! Even though they were outside the Light Sea, they could feel that extremely terrifying oppressive force, which even made the two Outsiders unable to catch their breath!

Yet now, it was shattered with a wave of a hand?

Were they sure they weren't dreaming?

"Shaoyang Jun, is that person really my Master?"

The little golden dragon murmured in a daze.

Although he knew Li Heng was powerful, he shouldn't be this strong, right? Such terrifying pressure composed of so many Great Worlds—that had already far exceeded the level of the Creation Realm's Nine Tribulations Heaven and Earth, right?

And that wave of Li Heng's hand just now.

It even reminded him of the strikes of those Sacred beings from the past!

Shaoyang Jun's throat felt dry as he spoke.

"Has Daoist Li truly reached the level of the Infinite?"

Li Heng, having shattered the pressure, fell back into thought; he suddenly thought of that Su Xian from the Tianjian Sect, and the illusory Eternal Dao Fruit left behind.

He had also once thought that Su Xian's "Eternal" and the Black Hole Essence's "Infinite" might be puzzle pieces of a certain realm. Looking at it now, could this realm be the so-called Sacred Realm?

Only, if that were truly the case.

He vaguely felt that besides Eternal and Infinite, another element should be added to gather the Three Elements. But what was that final hidden element?

Eternal, Infinite, and the final Unknown element...

Perhaps that is the complete puzzle of the Sacred Realm.

However, he had no evidence right now.

Of course, perhaps one only needs one element to reach the extreme and truly possess it to be called the Sacred Realm? After all, if the Three Elements were truly gathered, and one could still be beaten to a pulp by a Calamity...

That would be truly embarrassing.

Unless the Calamity is truly as terrifying as one cannot imagine, such that even with the Three Elements gathered, one would still be crushed.

This thought surfaced in Li Heng's mind once again.

Thinking of this, he intended to verify it.

He simply ignored the Light Sea Calamity and took out the illusory Dao Fruit that Su Xian had handed to him.

This Dao Fruit Light Orb remained an Illusion, and he sensed it carefully with his mind. Then, in an instant, he perceived the path ahead; within the previously incomparably dim and chaotic Unknown, various images suddenly appeared.

Among them was a piece of Eternal Heaven and Earth.

Ten thousand worlds collapsed and returned to chaos, yet this Heaven and Earth still stood tall within the chaos, unassailed by any chaos, existing eternally.

Among them was an Eternal deity.

The deity existed from time immemorial, with ten thousand worlds circling his body, and the Light Flow was nothing more than a small stream at his feet; no matter how it washed over him, he remained unchanged, unmoved, and unaltered.

Among them was an Eternal law.

It silently operated the sun and moon, operated Heaven and Earth, and operated the ten thousand worlds; even when the ten thousand worlds collapsed and returned to chaos, this law still existed eternally, and even operated the chaos itself.

Everything, everything radiated eternity, singing praises to eternity.

Heaven and Earth perish but I do not perish, the sun and moon decay but I do not decay; because of eternity, I stand above the heavens, ignoring the erosion of the Light Flow, and even if I die, I can return and exist eternally.

Li Heng felt thoughtful and moved in his heart.

This is the Eternal Dao, one of the paths leading to the Sacred.