Chapter 273

The power of the Heavenly Dao cannot be borrowed casually, nor is it something you can come and go from as you please.

Otherwise, the Western Two Saints would not have had to painstakingly repay the vows they made back then; they knew exactly how severe the consequences of defying the Heavenly Dao would be.

And the reaction of the Heavenly Dao caused by self-severing one's Saint position is enough to be compared to the situation of the Western Two Saints.

At the same time, when you face the wrath of the Heavenly Dao, because you have detached yourself from it, you will immediately fall from the Hunyuan Daluo realm and become a Quasi-Saint.

Coupled with the damage to your soul, wanting to make up for it in the future is even more difficult than difficult.

One can only say this.

Detaching from the Heavenly Dao has absolutely no benefits for a Saint; it only has drawbacks.

But now, this situation is no longer the same for Tongtian; he has discovered the influence of the Heavenly Dao on his own future.

Not to mention advancing to the Heavenly Dao level, just the improvement within the Hunyuan Daluo realm alone makes Tongtian Jiaozhu feel the impact that entrusting his true spirit to the Heavenly Dao has brought him.

Not to mention wanting to become a powerhouse at the Heavenly Dao level in the future.

Entrusting one's true spirit to the Heavenly Dao leaves almost no significant possibility for that.

The Heavenly Dao is a certain kind of existence at the Heavenly Dao level; would it allow its underling to become an existence of the same level as itself?

Impossible.

That's right, nowadays these Saints are, to a certain extent, truly like underlings of the Heavenly Dao.

You must know that when Dao Ancestor Hongjun became a powerhouse at the Heavenly Dao level, he also embodied the Heavenly Dao, merged with it, and slowly seized the authority of the Heavenly Dao.

But even Hongjun did not completely seize the other party's authority.

This requires a certain amount of time.

Of course, the current Hongjun no longer has the intention to continue merging with the Dao.

It's just that if Hongjun wanted to jump out of the Heavenly Dao like Tongtian, the difficulty coefficient would be even greater.

In short.

The current Tongtian has already decided to detach himself from the Heavenly Dao.

"Hoo..." Tongtian Jiaozhu took a deep breath; although he had performed many rehearsals and preparations for detaching from the Heavenly Dao in his mind, as someone holding a Saint position, it was impossible for him to truly understand what would happen when the time came.

"Then, let's begin." A terrifying Hunyuan power erupted violently from Tongtian's body, and endless Great Dao laws spread out in all directions.

The chaotic energy storms above the extreme heavens were also completely suppressed under this Hunyuan power.

"Hongmeng Purple Qi..., come out for me."

Tongtian Jiaozhu's pupils flashed with incomparably brilliant sword light; he gave a low shout, connecting with the Hongmeng Purple Qi in the netherworld and his own true spirit.

Tongtian, whose true spirit was entrusted to the Heavenly Dao, was now going to summon his true spirit out.

"Boom—"

At this moment, the entire world emitted a sound like an explosion, as if the world itself were shaking.

This kind of change in the world.

It was not just the mortals in the secular world who felt the slight changes in heaven and earth; some powerhouses could even feel the movement of heaven and earth, and even that trace of terrifying Hunyuan Daluo aura.

Creatures with weak strength might not have such an intuitive feeling, but the stronger one is, the stronger that feeling becomes.

Taiqing Realm, Dachi Heaven Tushita Palace.

Laozi was quietly refining the elixir in front of him, with raging flames burning on the alchemy furnace; this flame was enough to make any Quasi-Saint who saw it feel terrified.

Because the energy contained within it was simply too terrifying.

This was the Samadhi True Fire that belonged to Laozi for refining elixirs.

In the original history of the Journey to the West, the frequency of the appearance of Samadhi True Fire was somewhat high.

This flame can also be ranked in the forefront among many flames; of course, compared to the Undying Fire of the Feng clan, it was still far inferior.

It's just that for Laozi, Samadhi True Fire was enough for refining elixirs.

"Why on earth did Tongtian come to find me for spiritual treasures?" Laozi controlled the flames of the furnace while still deep in thought.

This Junior Brother of his seemed a bit strange nowadays.

Or rather.

Not long ago, after his Junior Brother recovered himself, the whole person had been acting weird.

"Forget it, as long as my Junior Brother forgives me, a few spiritual treasures are nothing," Laozi muttered to himself, "For me now, the most important thing is the next Kalpa Tribulation that the Master spoke of."

The next Kalpa Tribulation is not the Journey to the West Kalpa Tribulation.

It is a tribulation that poses a crisis even for them, the Saints.

"What kind of tribulation will it be, after all?" Laozi's eyes flickered with light.

Now that he is a Saint, it is impossible for him to calculate even a fraction of the next Kalpa Tribulation.

Suddenly.

"What..."

Laozi's expression changed.

"Boom—"

Accompanied by Laozi's shock, the previously stable flames suddenly surged violently.

Only a roaring sound was heard, the lid of the entire alchemy furnace was blown off, and wisps of black smoke rolled out from within.

Clearly, this time the elixir refining had failed.

But for Laozi, he didn't care at all about this failure in elixir refining.

Because he felt the aura of his Junior Brother Tongtian, and he was even releasing his Hunyuan Daluo power with full force.

"What's going on?" Laozi said softly, "Could it be that my Junior Brother has fought with the Western Two Saints?"

Perhaps Tongtian would fight with Yuanshi Tianzun, but the two of them had only just finished their battle not long ago; normally speaking, it was impossible to start a war again.

Then, clearly, Tongtian's enemy must be the Western Two Saints.

As for Nuwa and Houtu, Tongtian had no grudges with them, and it was impossible for them to fight each other.

So, after ruling those out, only the Western Two Saints remained.

Did the Western Two Saints do something again that his Junior Brother couldn't stand?

"No..." Soon, feeling the vibration of the world again, Laozi's expression changed drastically, "What is Tongtian doing, to actually make heaven and earth vibrate like this?"

Clearly, in this situation, it was impossible for Tongtian to be fighting anyone else.

"No matter what happened, I must go and see." Laozi did not hesitate; with a wave of his sleeve, he turned into a beam of white light and disappeared; he needed to head above the extreme heavens to see what exactly had happened.

Not to mention that Tongtian was his Junior Brother.

Even if he weren't his Junior Brother, a Saint in the Primordial World causing changes in heaven and earth would still require him to go and see.

Yuxu Palace.

Yuanshi Tianzun was immersed in his own cultivation; having been defeated by Tongtian not long ago made Yuanshi feel incomparable humiliation.

He had been defeated by this Junior Brother of his.

And that was even with all his trump cards revealed; this was something Yuanshi could not accept.

At the same time, what made Yuanshi Tianzun even more furious was that he felt Tongtian had still been holding back his strength back then.

In other words, Tongtian had not gone all out.

Although during the Investiture of the Gods era, they were four Saints targeting Tongtian, as for individual strength, Yuanshi Tianzun did not believe there was a gap between himself and Tongtian.

Tongtian's strength relied more on the miraculous nature of the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array.

But in a one-on-one battle, the sword array formed by the four Immortal-Slaying Swords couldn't play much of a role.

Unfortunately, that battle was indeed a slap in the face.

After returning to Yuxu Palace, Yuanshi Tianzun didn't say a word and went into seclusion to cultivate; he needed to improve his strength so that he could defeat Tongtian when the time came.

"Damn it, damn it." Yuanshi Tianzun, who was cultivating, opened his eyes; he found it strange why improving his strength was so difficult.

This was also natural.

After becoming a Hunyuan Daluo, unless you have some fortuitous encounter, it is impossible to make a big leap in strength just by cultivating step by step.

Not to mention, Yuanshi had been a Saint for a very long time, it wasn't as if he had just become a Saint.

In that case, perhaps there would still be a period of time for strength improvement.

So, wanting to improve his strength in a short time, even with the Chan Sect as a place to gain merit and luck, Yuanshi Tianzun couldn't do it.

But Yuanshi clearly felt that Tongtian hadn't had much time to grow his strength either.

During the Investiture of the Gods era, it wasn't as if he hadn't competed with Tongtian; clearly, the Tongtian of that time didn't have the strength he had today.

Of course, Yuanshi had also watched Tongtian's battle with the Western Two Saints, but Yuanshi also understood that perhaps Tongtian had hidden his strength back then, which was not impossible.

When exactly this Junior Brother of his from the past had improved his strength to this point was also a question mark.

If Yuanshi knew that Tongtian's improvement in strength had only taken a very short time, he would probably truly vomit blood.