Chapter 480: Eternal Dao Rhyme (1/3)

Whether it is Eternal or Infinite, it matters not.

As long as it is tainted by Illusion, it is meaningless.

Therefore, although the golden giant was surprised that Li Heng would possess an illusory Eternal Dao Fruit, he did not care much, also feeling that such a useless trinket was quite novel.

After all, such illusory Dao Fruits have always been rare.

However, now he cares.

Because this illusory Eternal Dao Fruit, under his very gaze, was slowly transforming into True Reality! The illusory and ethereal light suddenly became real, and the Eternal Dao Rhyme, fragile as a dream-like bubble, shed its illusory outer garment to reveal its true essence.

A genuine Eternal Dao Fruit was born here!

"Is this Dao Fruit still a useless trinket now?"

Li Heng smiled, looking at the shocked golden giant.

The golden giant shook his head in silence and spoke with deep emotion.

"It is no longer useless, no longer useless. A genuine Eternal Dao Fruit is enough to allow one to ascend to the heavens in a single step, stepping into the supreme Sacred Realm; it is a supreme divine object, a great opportunity that countless living beings dream of!"

"But fellow Daoist, how did you accomplish this?"

Afterwards, he looked at Li Heng with a puzzled expression and asked.

This was truly unbelievable.

If he could not perceive that this Dao Fruit was truly in existence, he would have thought this was some kind of illusion meant to toy with people's hearts.

To actually be able to make an illusory Dao Fruit transform into True Reality?

This is already a means that only those in the Sacred Realm possess.

But this living being is not in the Sacred Realm, is he?

"Just a small modification."

Li Heng answered with a smile.

Modification? Catching this keyword, the golden giant revealed a look of confusion. Can an Eternal Dao Fruit even be modified? Would doing this not destroy the Eternal Dao Rhyme within?

Or could it be that this living being simply does not want to tell him?

After thinking it over, he could only sigh and offer a blessing.

"Congratulations, fellow Daoist. Now that this Eternal Dao Fruit has transformed into True Reality, you can use this Eternal Dao Fruit as a medium to advance to the Sacred Realm and attain an Eternal, Indestructible Body!"

As his voice fell, the golden giant looked on with envy.

Do not look at how he was able to trade blows with various Disasters just now; in reality, it was because of his status as a seal guardian, allowing him to borrow the power of the seal here. In terms of his true realm, he cannot yet be considered Sacred.

Advance?

Li Heng smiled lightly upon hearing this.

Afterwards, this Eternal Dao Fruit ignited without fire; brilliant, golden flames rose up, enveloping the Eternal Dao Fruit and burning the Eternal Dao Rhyme within.

The golden giant was shocked and hurriedly spoke.

"Fellow Daoist, you! Why? You must not!"

He simply could not fathom why this living being would suddenly burn this Eternal Dao Fruit that had transformed into True Reality. Such a great opportunity is something countless living beings dream of, yet you choose to burn it?

If you don't want it, I do!

Amidst his shock, he thought this with envy, jealousy, and hatred.

At one moment, he even wanted to intervene and stop Li Heng.

But in the end, he resisted the temptation.

After all, for whatever reason, this Eternal Dao Fruit did not belong to him; how others dispose of it is none of his business, and rashly intervening might instead provoke disgust.

However, watching the Eternal Dao Fruit slowly burn.

From time to time, it would crackle and pop.

The golden giant only felt that his own heart was in pain, his own heart was burning, jumping and leaping; he felt as if his heart were about to explode.

"Fellow Daoist, stay calm."

Seeing that the golden giant could resist the temptation, Li Heng could not help but raise an eyebrow, then spoke with a slight smile as the flames enveloping the Eternal Dao Fruit surged once more.

"But... why on earth is this?"

The golden giant, hearing this, still could not remain calm and asked aloud.

This is like an ordinary person seeing a wealthy man throw his gold bars into volcanic magma; it would be strange if one felt no ripples in their heart—it is simply a waste of a heavenly treasure!

He thought viciously in his heart.

"Fellow Daoist, just watch."

Li Heng smiled, pointing at the burning Eternal Dao Fruit.

The golden giant looked where Li Heng pointed and was immediately stunned. He discovered that although this Eternal Dao Fruit was being continuously burned and its form destroyed, the most fundamental Eternal Dao Rhyme within was slowly gathering together, seemingly about to be refined out.

True gold tempered by fire?

He thought with astonishment in his heart.

However, he still did not understand and spoke with a solemn expression.

"Fellow Daoist, are you refining the Eternal Dao Rhyme within? But there is no need for this; one can advance to the Sacred Realm by relying on this Dao Fruit, why bother refining the Eternal Dao Rhyme out?"

"A mere Eternal Dao Rhyme cannot allow you to advance to the Sacred Realm!"

The golden giant reminded Li Heng.

Eternal Dao Rhyme and Eternal Dao Fruit cannot be spoken of in the same breath.

In the eyes of the golden giant, Li Heng's approach was no different from buying the casket and returning the pearl; it remained a waste of a heavenly treasure. If he really wanted the Eternal Dao Rhyme, he could completely condense it after advancing to the Sacred Realm.

By attaining the Sacred Realm through the Eternal Dao, there is plenty of Eternal Dao Rhyme to be had.

"Who said I wanted to advance to the Sacred Realm?"

Li Heng smiled and asked the golden giant in return, leaving him dumbfounded.

What do you mean, "Who said I wanted to advance to Sacred"?

Wait, could it be that you took out an Illusion Eternal Dao Fruit and perhaps even paid a certain price to turn it into Reality, yet it wasn't to advance to Sacred?

Thinking of this, the Golden Light Giant was already stunned.

How should one put it? He felt this behavior was very strange.

It was just like gathering several Heaven and Earth supreme treasures, only to wipe out half the population of Heaven and Earth to reduce population pressure, and then going back to farming instead of dominating Heaven and Earth.

An opportunity that could allow you to ascend to the heavens in one step.

You go off to farm? Are you kidding me!

The Golden Light Giant felt, are people nowadays all crazy?

Was it influenced by some kind of Disaster?

"Sacred is not my wish, I only wish for the Void to be peaceful, does fellow Daoist understand?"

Li Heng said calmly.

He knew very well that the waters behind the Disaster and the monsters were very deep, far from something a mere Sacred could solve; otherwise, the Sacred of the Heavenly Court back then would not have fled, died, or been defeated.

Therefore, he could not risk his future path being difficult for a moment of gain by choosing to use an Eternal Dao Fruit to attain the Dao with a single element.

If one wants to attain the Dao, one must gather the three elements he envisioned: Infinite, Eternal, and Absolute. If one could also open up the Three Pure Heavens on this foundation, that would be even better.

The Three Pure Heavens are exactly three firmaments.

They can just happen to each fuse with one element.

In this way, he could also walk his own path, Li Heng's own path, becoming more independent from the Three Pure Heavens of Daoism and avoiding entanglement with great Causality.

What's more, even if he wanted to attain the Dao with a single element and walk the path of the extreme, he would not use this Eternal Dao Fruit to become Sacred; after all, this Eternal Dao Fruit fundamentally belonged to Ye Xian.

Walk another's path, verify another's Dao?

That has already fallen to the lowest of the low.

If that Ye Xian's inner morality was not as good as it appeared, he might even be able to borrow his body to return like a dove occupying a magpie's nest; Li Heng did not want to take such a risk.

Sacred is not my wish, I only wish for the Void to be peaceful?

Hearing this, the Golden Light Giant frowned tightly.

Honestly, his first reaction to hearing this was to want to mock Li Heng: was he dreaming? Daring to shout this when he wasn't even Sacred yet? It was simply wishful thinking.

But the next moment, he thought of Li Heng's various displays.

Being able to produce an Illusion Eternal Dao Fruit, being able to turn it into Reality, and being able to burn this True Reality Eternal Dao Fruit—which could be called a supreme divine object—without blinking or a racing heart.

Such temperament and ability had already surpassed many people.

Most crucially, if the self-Disaster, which is the current Infinite Mechanism, was truly controlled by this creature, and he had used this to defeat the powerful War Evil God.

Then saying such things was not worth laughing at, right?

At the very least, he did not have the qualifications to mock.

On the contrary, it really made one feel that he could actually do it!

For some reason, looking at the figure before him, he always felt he saw the Emperor of the past. But could this creature who suddenly popped up really reach the level of the Emperor?

The Golden Light Giant asked himself; he did not know.

Although an Illusion Eternal Dao Fruit is a flower in the mirror and the moon in the water, a True Reality Eternal Dao Fruit can be called Eternal: Heaven and Earth perish but I do not perish, the sun and moon fall but I do not fall.

Theoretically, there is nothing that can destroy an Eternal Dao Fruit.

But theory is, after all, not Reality.

So, under this Great Sun True Fire of Li Heng's, mixed with the blessing of Source Power, the form of the Eternal Dao Fruit could only gradually melt, and its foundation—the Eternal Dao Rhyme—was also slowly extracted.

The Golden Light Giant came back to his senses from his exclamation, and seeing that the Dao Fruit before him had been completely burned away, leaving only the Eternal Dao Rhyme, he could not help but feel puzzled again.

What exactly is this creature doing?

One must know that the most effective way to utilize the Eternal Dao Rhyme is to condense it into a Dao Fruit and verify the Sacred. Yet now, this creature was doing the opposite, and there was no sign of heartache.

Even if you don't want to verify the Sacred, there's no need to do this, right?

Or is it that condensing it into an Eternal Dao Fruit is not the most effective way?

However, this possibility was quickly denied by the Golden Light Giant.

Because the Immortal God of the Heavenly Court era were not just sitting around; it was almost impossible that the so-called most effective way had not been discovered.

The method of verifying the Sacred with an Eternal Dao Fruit.

That is the crystallization of the Wisdom of all the eras of their Immortal God!

Li Heng waved his hand, and like light and Qi, this Eternal Dao Rhyme, which seemed to be nothing, merged into his body and was transformed through Source Power into a concept, an element.

Eternal Element!

The Golden Light Giant's eyes were filled with astonishment; is this Eternal Dao Rhyme body tempering?

But this method had long been tried by their Heavenly Court Immortal God, and the efficiency was simply not as good as the method of condensing an Eternal Dao Fruit. Even if body tempering reached the extreme, it could only make the physical body Eternal.

No, this doesn't seem to be Eternal Dao Rhyme body tempering!

The Golden Light Giant frowned, somewhat surprised.

Because after Eternal Dao Rhyme body tempering, the surface of the body would emit Eternal Immortal light, manifesting the power of a physical body that is Eternal, undying and indestructible. But after this creature absorbed the Eternal Dao Rhyme, no strange phenomena were discovered on the body, and the aura had not changed either.

This was clearly not using Eternal Dao Rhyme for body tempering.

But since it's not this, then what could it be?

Just as he was puzzled, he suddenly discovered with surprise.

His impression of Li Heng had changed.

If what he saw and felt just now was that there was a creature before him, then what he saw and felt now was the concept of Eternal itself!

But this is clearly something only a Sacred could do!

"Fellow Daoist, have you advanced to Sacred?"

The golden giant immediately blurted out a question.

He was incomparably shocked; could there exist a method to directly consume Eternal Dao Rhyme and attain the Sacred realm without needing to condense an Eternal Dao Fruit? How did he not know of it?

"No, I am still Half-step Divine."

Li Heng answered calmly.

"But... why is this!"

The golden giant was puzzled.

"My current state is very special; my realm is Half-step Divine, but in a certain sense, I can also be considered to possess Divine Power."

Li Heng explained.

He was lost in thought; this was the feeling of possessing an Eternal Element, he himself was Eternal. But because this was merely possession and not complete appropriation, his essence had not undergone a thorough transformation.

Therefore, he had not reached the Sacred Realm.

In a certain sense, this state could be called very awkward.

It was even more neither-here-nor-there than Half-step Divine.

However, this was a good thing for him.

Because this state meant that his Dao foundation had not yet been completely fixed, and his future prospects were Infinite. Moreover, he possessed Divine Power, allowing him to more freely gather the Three Elements and open up the Three Pure Heavens.

Relying solely on his own strength, without borrowing Source Power or the Infinite power of the Infinite Mechanism, he could also contend against Calamities and monsters of the Shengsheng Cengci without falling into a disadvantage!