Chapter 1220: Half-Step Great Dao Realm Strength

Compared to becoming the master of the world, merely occupying the Heavenly Dao, even if Ancestor Hongjun could become a Half-Step Great Dao Realm cultivator, would still be severely restricted.

But for Ancestor Hongjun, this was not entirely unacceptable.

After all, under normal circumstances, Ancestor Hongjun had no guarantee whatsoever of becoming a Half-Step Great Dao Realm cultivator.

Becoming a Half-Step Great Dao Realm cultivator as the master of the world, and becoming one as the Heavenly Dao, were not vastly different—both could achieve invincibility within the Primordial World.

The only downside was that the master of the world could, to some extent, act as he pleased within his own world, while the Heavenly Dao could not.

With Earth Dao and Human Dao watching hungrily from the sidelines, the Heavenly Dao had to operate strictly according to established laws.

Of course, if the Heavenly Dao could suppress Earth Dao and Human Dao, it could gain a certain degree of freedom.

For Ancestor Hongjun, this outcome was also acceptable.

Relying solely on oneself, without any inheritance, to become a Half-Step Great Dao Realm cultivator was simply too difficult.

The region where the Primordial World lay gathered countless chaotic divine demons—numbering no less than a hundred thousand, with a significant number among them being Heavenly Dao level.

Yet among these chaotic divine demons, only Pangu ultimately became a Half-Step Great Dao Realm cultivator, illustrating just how extraordinarily difficult it was to break through to that level.

If there was a shortcut to directly become a Half-Step Great Dao Realm cultivator—and even achieve invincibility among such cultivators—how could Ancestor Hongjun possibly abandon it?

Ancestor Hongjun's mindset was something Luo Fu could not comprehend.

Because for Luo Fu, the Half-Step Great Dao Realm meant nothing.

Not to mention the Half-Step Great Dao Realm—even the Great Dao Realm was not a significant bottleneck for Luo Fu.

With his Great Dao-level ultimate comprehension, Luo Fu could break through to the Great Dao Realm without difficulty, needing only the proper inheritance and world accumulation.

Precisely because he did not understand, Luo Fu believed abandoning the Heavenly Dao was the choice Ancestor Hongjun should make.

In reality, for Ancestor Hongjun, unless there was absolutely no hope, merging with the Heavenly Dao was the choice he should make.

Although Ancestor Hongjun was not skilled in the Dao of Cause and Effect, by merging with the Heavenly Dao, he could, to some extent, mobilize the Dao of Cause and Effect.

The instant he sensed the power of the causal curse, Ancestor Hongjun mobilized the Dao of Cause and Effect to envelop his Primordial Spirit and True Soul, attempting to completely isolate the causal curse from his Primordial Spirit and True Soul.

Not only that, Ancestor Hongjun strained to channel additional Heavenly Dao power to reinforce the Dao of Cause and Effect, striving to intercept the causal curse to the utmost extent.

Ancestor Hongjun had already witnessed the tenacity of the causal curse power on the Two Holy Ones of the West.

Thus, Ancestor Hongjun did not wish to be tainted by the causal curse power himself.

The invisible Dao of Cause and Effect tightly protected Ancestor Hongjun's Primordial Spirit and True Soul.

With the reinforcement of Heavenly Dao power, the Dao of Cause and Effect surrounding Ancestor Hongjun reached near Heavenly Dao level in potency.

Unfortunately, compared to the Dao of Cause and Effect on the Chaos Pearl, enhanced by the Three Thousand Daos, the Dao of Cause and Effect Ancestor Hongjun could summon still had a vast gap.

In terms of Dao realm, Luo Fu and Ancestor Hongjun were actually not vastly different.

In fact, Luo Fu's comprehension surpassed Ancestor Hongjun's.

Although Ancestor Hongjun controlled the Three Thousand Daos, he only indirectly controlled them through the Heavenly Dao and the Heavenly Dao Jade Disc, without fully comprehending them himself.

For Ancestor Hongjun, comprehending the Three Thousand Daos was a laborious and unrewarding endeavor.

He was not Luo Fu—he did not possess Luo Fu's comprehension, where understanding the Dao was as easy as drinking water.

Nor did he possess the means to fuse the Three Thousand Daos; even if he comprehended them, it would not greatly enhance his own strength.

Under normal circumstances, Heavenly Dao level cultivators controlled several Daos.

To break through to the Heavenly Dao level, cross-referencing and analogical insight were essential.

Beyond one's main Dao, one needed to contemplate other Daos, drawing nourishment from them to elevate the Dao one already controlled.

Of course, contemplating other Daos did not require fully comprehending them to the Hunyuan layer.

One merely needed to observe them, not integrate them entirely into one's main Dao—only absorbing the useful parts was sufficient.

During this process, if one gained sudden insight, mastering other Daos was not impossible.

Thus, most Heavenly Dao level cultivators controlled several Daos.

But they were only a few—still vastly inferior to the Three Thousand Daos.

Ancestor Hongjun also controlled many Daos, but the Dao of Cause and Effect was not among them.

After devouring the Heavenly Dao, Ancestor Hongjun actually had the opportunity to contemplate the Three Thousand Daos.

However, compared to contemplating the Three Thousand Daos, Ancestor Hongjun cared more about how to devour the Heavenly Dao as quickly as possible.

Compared to fully devouring the Heavenly Dao, contemplating the Three Thousand Daos seemed like a laborious and unrewarding task.

Thus, over these years, although Ancestor Hongjun had seized the Heavenly Dao and could more easily contemplate Daos, his comprehension had not significantly improved.

Because Ancestor Hongjun's focus was almost entirely on how to devour the Heavenly Dao, how to suppress Earth Dao and Human Dao, and ensure the Heavenly Dao's sole dominance over the Primordial World.

In fact, for Ancestor Hongjun, this was the correct path.

Ancestor Hongjun did not possess Luo Fu's comprehension.

Even for a Heavenly Dao level cultivator, fully comprehending a single Dao was no easy task.

Even for a genius, going from nothing to fully comprehending a single Dao required at least several thousand, even tens of thousands, of Yuan Hui.

After comprehending one Dao, the difficulty of comprehending another increased several-fold.

Ancestor Hongjun already controlled many Daos; attempting to master others was extremely difficult.

Even with the Heavenly Dao's assistance, it could not be accomplished in a short time.

Moreover, since Ancestor Hongjun devoured the Heavenly Dao, only a thousand Yuan Hui had passed.

In such a short span, no one except Luo Fu—with his Great Dao-level ultimate comprehension—could fully comprehend even one Dao, let alone several.

For most beings, comprehending the Dao was an extremely difficult task.

Ancestor Hongjun was already a Heavenly Dao level cultivator; even if he comprehended a few more Daos, the benefits to him in the short term would be minimal.

In comparison, fully devouring the Heavenly Dao was far more important.

Only by fully devouring the Heavenly Dao could Ancestor Hongjun completely transform into the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World and gain the possibility of becoming its master.