Chapter 735: The Path of Transcendence

Finally gathered enough Source Power, the sixth sublimation...

Li Heng temporarily stopped his harvesting pace and pondered in his heart.

Like the number three, the number six also has a special significance. This so-called Yang Nine and Yin Six; six is a Yin number, and compared to the Yang number nine, it highlights a sense of foundation-laying.

He was very expectant of what would appear in this sublimation and transformation.

Arriving at his place of seclusion, he consumed Source Power and began the sublimation.

The sublimation began, and in an instant, his perspective began to rise. In that dark, mysterious place, he saw a ceiling named the Hongdao Realm.

At the very beginning, he was beneath the ceiling; because the ceiling was too high, he couldn't even see where it was while standing on the ground.

But following several sublimations and transformations, he himself had begun to ascend, leaving the ground, from not being able to see the ceiling, to seeing the ceiling, and finally, to being about to touch the ceiling!

Li Heng could sense that although the ceiling of the Hongdao Realm was constantly rising, its speed was much slower than his own speed of sublimation and transformation, and it was about to be caught up to by him.

However, just as he was about to be able to touch the ceiling.

He suddenly felt a suppressive force arise spontaneously, preventing him from rising to touch the ceiling, even suppressing him fiercely, wanting to beat him back down to the ground to start all over again.

Was this the Great Dao interception from the person who created the Hongdao Realm?

Li Heng's mind did not waver; he was not surprised by this situation, as he had already rehearsed it many times. The so-called suppressive force and Great Dao interception—he would just smash through them by force.

He erupted with his own Great Dao.

The Heavens Great Sun, the Boundless Earth, the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, the Thirty-Six Heavens, and other Great Dao manifestations appeared in this dark, mysterious place, colliding with this suppressive force pushing down from above.

In an instant, he crushed these suppressive forces!

Although the suppressive force was still being born continuously, Li Heng remained in the upper hand, and he himself began to rise again, only the speed was a bit slower.

Is this all there is?

Li Heng raised his eyebrows, feeling somewhat disappointed.

He had thought that the existence who personally created the Hongdao Realm would personally appear to obstruct him. As it turned out, let alone a human figure, he couldn't even see a ghost.

Could it be that Xiaoyaozi's words of resentment from back then were correct?

Had this powerful existence also met with misfortune?

Soon, Li Heng touched the ceiling of the Hongdao Realm.

He sensed it; this ceiling was transformed from some kind of Great Dao, very hard and thick, preventing him from continuing to rise upward. If he wanted to go a step further, he had to break the ceiling.

Otherwise, he still could not escape the containment of the Hongdao Realm.

Subsequently, he began to test it with various Great Daos and powers, but none had any great effect. The strongest strike he unleashed during this time could only make the ceiling vibrate, but he didn't even pierce a hole the size of a needle.

Li Heng frowned.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that this Hongdao Realm ceiling was actually not a product within the Hongdao Realm, but something above Hongdao. And since he could only use the power of the peak of the Hongdao Realm, he naturally could not break this ceiling.

No wonder the being who created the Hongdao Realm did not appear to stop him; it turned out there was such a desperate barrier. How could a being of Hongdao break such a barrier?

The difficulty was like a character in a novel trying to transcend into Reality.

It was even harder.

Because this act was using the known of one's own realm to break through the Unknown above one's own realm. This behavior was very foolish and ridiculous, yet it was the only way to do it.

Now, only two choices lay before him.

Either give up the promotion and forever be at the peak of this Hongdao Realm—wherever the Hongdao Realm rose to, his strength would be there. Or, find a type of super-specification power or Great Dao that was not contained by Hongdao, and use it to shatter the Hongdao ceiling.

And fortunately, he, Li, was a cheater.

Otherwise, he would have been suffocated to death by this dark Great Void.

Would the Great Void not give any hope to those who promoted honestly? Did honest people deserve to be bullied? Li Heng cursed the dark situation of the Great Void, trembling with cold anger.

Afterward, he added a bit of Source Power into his own strength.

He threw a punch directly.

Accompanied by the sound of shattering, the ceiling was pierced through.

No, it was shattered!

Without the obstruction of the ceiling, Li Heng completely broke through the containment of the Hongdao Level and arrived at a brand-new Heaven and Earth. The dark, mysterious place around him also seemed to manifest into a concrete form, and a winding road extending forward appeared.

Li Heng walked onto this road, having a sudden realization.

This was a Great Dao Road, symbolizing the path of seeking constantly pursued by beings who practiced the Transcendence Path. But... why did he feel that this road had traces of being man-made?

A sense of foreboding suddenly rose in his heart.

And at this moment, an aged voice came.

"Young man, come over here; I have something to ask you."

Li Heng looked in the direction of the voice. Not far ahead of him, by the side of the Great Dao Road, stood a small bonfire, and an old man was sitting beside it, greeting him.

He raised his eyebrows and, without a second thought, walked to the side of the bonfire.

"Old man, you have good spirits, roasting by the fire."

Li Heng said with a smile.

"What good spirits? It is just a matter of necessity."

The old man replied with a wry smile.

"Setting such a thick ceiling for the Hongdao Level is also a matter of necessity?" Li Heng asked, raising his eyebrows. He saw through the old man's identity at a glance; it was precisely the creator of the Hongdao Realm, the bastard old geezer in Xiaoyaozi's words.

"That is not the case; rather, I set it that way on purpose."

The old man waved his hand and said.

"Your answer is quite frank? It's just that I don't know how many people hate you to the bone. A Hongdao Realm ceiling, yet you used power above the Hongdao Realm to evolve it; I can't believe you actually managed to do such a thing."

Li Heng said.

"Let them hate me to the bone if they want. It's better than them throwing their lives away for nothing. If they don't have the ability but still try to force a breakthrough, they would just end up dying on this road anyway."

The old man responded indifferently, without any emotion.

"Is this the reason you died here?"

In Li Heng's field of vision, the old man was permeated with the aura of death, just like a lonely ghost by the roadside. If not for the reflection of this bonfire, he would likely have long since scattered into nothingness, his form vanished.

"You young man have a sharp eye, actually knowing that I am currently dead. No wonder you could break through the barrier I set; it seems my hometown has truly produced a promising young person."

The old man showed no anger or sorrow, but instead became moved and happy.

But then he changed the subject, shaking his head in disappointment.

"It is a pity, a young person like you should not walk this path. The Transcendence Path, a path of despair with no end in sight, a path where everyone is destined to die."

"It really is just an Outer Path."

Li Heng furrowed his brows. Although this old man was dead, he was, after all, a pioneer on the Path of Transcendence; how could he be so pessimistic, calling his own path an Outer Path?

"It seems you are very surprised by my reaction?"

"But isn't it like this? Compared to the Great Void Path or the Dao Lord Path where one can sit and level up, isn't a path like the Transcendence Path, which requires one to explore the Unknown, just a minor path?"

The old man asked back with a bitter smile.