Chapter 1186

As soon as the Earth Dao burst out of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, it began to expand.

The Gai Jiuyou Underworld was originally the Earth Dao's territory, its own reserved land; even the Heaven Dao could only seal the Earth Dao within Gai Jiuyou, not directly seize it.

Over these years, though the Earth Dao had been confined to the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the entire Gai Jiuyou Underworld remained under its control.

In an instant, the Earth Dao's power swept across the entire Gai Jiuyou Underworld, fully bringing it under its dominion.

After seizing control of Gai Jiuyou, the Earth Dao did not stop—it surged forth with overwhelming force, breaking out of Gai Jiuyou and charging toward the Earth Immortal Realm and the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Vast earth power churned and continuously eroded the earth of the Earth Immortal Realm and the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Beyond Gai Jiuyou, the Earth Dao also held dominion over the Earth's authority.

Wherever there was earth, the Earth Dao's authority could extend.

Even the Thirty-Three Heavens were no exception.

The Three Realms all belonged to the Primordial World; as long as something belonged to the Primordial World, it could not resist the infiltration of the Human Dao and the Earth Dao.

The Earth Dao's primary target of attack was the Earth Immortal Realm, which inherited the legacy of the Primordial Continent; though its spiritual energy had declined drastically, the Earth's authority had not diminished much.

Previously, because the Earth Dao could not match the Heaven Dao, nearly all the Earth's authority across the Primordial World had been eroded and seized by the Heaven Dao.

But the true master of the Earth's authority was the Earth Dao; no matter how much the Heaven Dao eroded it, this fact could not be changed.

The Heaven Dao's erosion and control of the Earth's authority, strictly speaking, was merely temporary administration—it could not fully possess it.

Though the Heaven Dao was powerful, it still operated under its own inherent laws.

The power of the Earth's authority did not belong to the Heaven Dao, nor was it part of the Heaven Dao's operational laws.

Unless the Heaven Dao could truly govern both the Human Dao and the Earth Dao and become the sole sovereign of the Primordial World, the true master of the Earth's authority would forever be the Earth Dao.

In the Earth Dao's absence, the Heaven Dao could indeed administer the Earth's authority; but the moment the Earth Dao appeared, the Heaven Dao had to relinquish it.

Even if the Heaven Dao refused to yield, the Earth's authority would automatically repel it and return to the Earth Dao.

In the past, the moment the Earth Dao dared to leave Gai Jiuyou, the Heaven Dao would mobilize all its power to crush it outright.

An incomplete Earth Dao was merely at the half-step Heavenly Dao level—its essence was far too inferior to resist the Heaven Dao's suppression.

Thus, even though the Earth's authority favored the Earth Dao, it could not escape the Heaven Dao's control.

Because the Earth Dao had not yet revealed its power to reclaim the Earth's authority, it would be instantly crushed by the Heaven Dao.

This time, however, was different.

The Heaven Dao's full power had been deployed to suppress the Human Dao, leaving little capacity to suppress the Earth Dao.

As the Earth Dao burst out of Gai Jiuyou, the Heaven Dao's forces occupying the Earth's authority instinctively sought to suppress it.

But the perfected Earth Dao was, in essence, no weaker than the Heaven Dao; with Gai Jiuyou as its foundation, its power even surpassed the newly formed Human Dao.

The residual Heaven Dao forces within the Earth's authority alone could not possibly suppress the Earth Dao.

Moreover, when the Earth Dao leaked its aura, the entire Primordial World's Earth's authority trembled and rejoiced—they welcomed their true master.

The Earth Dao was welcomed; the Heaven Dao was naturally rejected.

After all, the Earth's authority could not have two masters.

Hum!

The entire earth of the Primordial World began to tremble slightly; boundless earth power surged, striking against the Heaven Dao forces permeating the land.

Under the assault of earth power, those Heaven Dao forces could barely hold on—how could they possibly spare any strength to suppress the Earth Dao?

With the Earth Dao and the Earth's authority coordinating internally and externally, the Heaven Dao forces permeating the land were swiftly expelled.

Especially the Heaven Dao forces within the Earth Immortal Realm's earth, which were shattered by ninety percent the moment the Earth Dao burst out of Gai Jiuyou.

The Three Dao: Heaven, Earth, and Human.

The Heaven Dao was usually the strongest.

Because the Heaven Dao represented Heaven and Earth itself.

Any force belonging to Heaven and Earth, the Heaven Dao claimed a portion of.

Even the myriad spirits of the Primordial World provided power to the Heaven Dao.

The Earth Dao and the Human Dao relied upon the myriad spirits of the Primordial World.

The Earth Dao held dominion over the Earth's authority and the Reincarnation authority.

The source of the Earth's authority was the world itself; its strength depended solely on the world's power and the proportion the Earth Dao controlled.

Regarding the Earth's authority, the Earth Dao and the Heaven Dao were competitors.

Even though the Earth's authority rightfully belonged to the Earth Dao, under the Heaven Dao's suppression, the Earth Dao struggled to fully control it.

The strength of the Reincarnation authority was closely tied to the myriad spirits of the Primordial World; the more flourishing the myriad spirits, the stronger the Reincarnation authority.

Thus, the prosperity of the myriad spirits of the Primordial World also affected the Earth Dao.

Unless the Primordial World matured into an extremely advanced stage, and the myriad spirits of the Primordial World multiplied immensely,

the Earth Dao's power would always remain weaker than the Heaven Dao's.

The Human Dao was the same—unless the myriad spirits of the Primordial World grew stronger, producing more Semi-Sages, even Great Luo Jinxian, the Human Dao could never rival the Heaven Dao, let alone suppress it.

The birth of Great Luo Jinxian marked the beginning of the struggle between Heaven and Human.

The current Human Dao was no match for the Heaven Dao.

In normal times, the moment the Earth Dao emerged from Gai Jiuyou, Ancestor Hongjun would mobilize the Heaven Dao's power to crush it forcefully.

Even though the Earth Dao had now perfected itself and was, in essence, no weaker than the Heaven Dao, in terms of raw power, the Earth Dao was no longer inferior to the Heaven Dao.

The Heaven Dao could hardly suppress the perfected Earth Dao as it once did.

Yet the Earth Dao could not possibly reclaim the Earth's authority of the Earth Immortal Realm in such a short time.