Chapter 780: Gap of the Great Dao

Behind Li Heng, the Great Sun Dharma Image emerged, blooming with Eternal Divine Light, attempting to illuminate the Unknown chaos within this Disaster Gap, while simultaneously trying to do what the Pioneer Dao Lord did: filling the gap with his own existence.

He temporarily let go of the protection of Source Power, leaving only his final resort—a measure that would instantly activate should he encounter true mortal danger—in order to make more authentic and practical contact with the Unknown chaos within this Disaster Gap, to analyze and fill it.

His body grew infinitely, the Great Dao and power manifesting externally.

As time passed, he could feel that the emptiness within this Disaster Gap was slowly being filled. It was like a large hole in a wall that had been broken for a long time, now being patched up with new cement.

Could it be this simple?

Li Heng felt surprised in his heart.

He was not using Source Power at this moment, nor had his own realm reached that of a Dao Lord, yet the efficiency of filling the gap had increased straightforwardly and was very effective.

If it continued at this speed, he feared it would not be long before the emptiness of this Disaster Gap could be filled again.

Could it be because of this Pioneer Dao Lord?

Li Heng looked at the corpse of the Pioneer Dao Lord.

Could it be that the Pioneer Dao Lord did not just succeed halfway, but succeeded more than halfway, directly weakening the status of this Disaster Gap so that even someone like him, who was below the Dao Lord realm, could fill it?

If that were the case, wouldn't that be falling short of success at the final hurdle?

If it were truly so, it would be truly sigh-worthy.

Li Heng thought with regret in his heart.

But what factor led to falling short of success at the final hurdle?

Another doubt arose in his heart.

Was it insufficient power? Or was there external interference?

Insufficient power was the most likely and the simplest, crudest explanation; almost everything could be explained by insufficient power. But an explanation that is too broad is also meaningless.

Furthermore, he always felt that it was not just that.

Then what about external interference?

Yet, during this process of filling the gap, he had not felt any resistance or any interference; it had proceeded very smoothly. It seemed that this Disaster Gap had no self-awareness and was entirely a natural phenomenon.

Just as he was puzzled.

He suddenly discovered that he had become somewhat sluggish; both the operation of his power and the speed of his thinking had slowed down almost imperceptibly, and were still getting slower.

What was going on?

Li Heng felt surprised in his heart and hurriedly checked himself. But he found nothing, instead feeling that his state was getting better and better. Yet, this sluggish state continued, and only by using Source Power protection again could he eliminate it.

And the continuation of this state...

Seemed to be related to his attempt to fill the emptiness of the Disaster Gap!

"Interesting..."

He muttered to himself.

Filling the gap of the Disaster Gap was equivalent to patching back something that was complete and perfect, and this phenomenon, like the Disaster Gap itself, acted on all levels. Therefore, unless he himself was exhausted, he would only feel that the more he filled the Disaster Gap, the better his state became.

It was equivalent to himself also returning from incomplete to complete.

But the strange thing was just that.

Now, the more complete and perfect he became, the more sluggish everything about him would become; the river of power seemed to be blocked by reefs, the speed of his thinking became like an old man with half his body in the grave, and finally, he was evolving toward a dead, silent statue.

"Perfection leads to one's own sluggishness? Could it be... wait!"

Li Heng temporarily resisted this feeling of sluggishness, his thoughts running ten thousand times, and he suddenly thought of a possibility.

Perhaps this Disaster Gap did not only have negative effects?

In the eyes of ordinary people, a gap is always bad.

Whether it is any kind of gap, a chip in a bowl or a tear in clothing, all are destroying the integrity of things and must be mended.

But for some more abstract, dynamic things.

A gap can play a key positive role.

Just like the appearance of a Great Dao Gap, a break or gap appearing on a ring, so that the Great Dao can evolve and expand infinitely forward, instead of forming a circle by itself and forever stagnating.

Just like the Fate Gap, this is what allowed unpredictable variables to appear in the world, making everything no longer destined, and forcing all fate to yield to freedom and variables.

The Great Dao is fifty, the Heavens derive forty-nine, leaving a glimmer of life.

Perhaps that glimmer of life is caused by the gap?

And reflecting this onto Li Heng personally.

His act of completing the Disaster Gap was also completing himself, making himself perfect, but once perfect, forming a circle by himself, then what need was there for progress? What need for evolution, what need for movement?

If the empty seats are all filled, there is no room left for you to move.

It is like a certain blind, idiotic god. Because he is the truth of that worldview, he does not need intelligence or intellect. But Li Heng, as a person who is an acquired living being, needs them very much!

"No wonder, so the trap is here."

Li Heng frowned.

Making the incomplete complete seems like a good thing, but the premise is a perfection that one can control, not one given by others, especially not one given by a Disaster.

"This is troublesome."

Li Heng shook his head.

This Disaster Gap might not have self-awareness and cannot actively cause chaos, but relying on this characteristic alone makes one not know what to do.

If not filled, the Disaster Gap will affect the Great Void, causing gaps to appear in the Great Void itself. If filled, the Great Void will become perfect, but that is a perfection given by a Disaster, which cannot move forward and will cause everything to fall into a state of stillness and sluggishness.

To grasp a degree, to fill this Disaster Gap to the point of being about to be filled, but not completely filled, leaving a glimmer of life and variables? But the idea is beautiful, while reality is cruel.

He sensed that this Disaster Gap could not be left incomplete.

Because this thing is a Disaster; as long as there is a trace left unfilled, there is a risk of continued expansion and affecting the Great Void. The Disaster Gap is a Disaster first, and a phenomenon second!

Li Heng looked at the corpse of the Pioneer Dao Lord again.

Rigid, straight.

"As expected, even within this dead silence where all vitality has completely vanished, there is a sense of rigidity; it has fallen into a state of complete stagnation and cessation, caught in this trap. However, perhaps he also realized it, but is he willing to step onto it even knowing it is a trap?"

He muttered to himself, contemplating a countermeasure.

And at this very moment, a light suddenly shone in front of Li Heng, followed immediately by a vast and boundless will descending abruptly, forcibly propping open a patch of Unknown chaos and simplifying it into a blurred figure.

"Great Void will, how did this thing come here?"

Li Heng appeared somewhat surprised.

In the few incidents he experienced previously involving a Dao Lord, the Great Void will had not manifested much; even regarding the matter of that monster related to the Zhongjie Daozhu, it only appeared because he had actively communicated with the Great Void will.

Yet now, it has actually appeared of its own accord?

This is rare.

"Individual named Li Heng, what are you doing here?"

The Great Void will spoke and asked, as if it were an individual living being.