Chapter 1276: Hunyuan Essence

Three thousand Great Dao paths converged simultaneously into Luo Fu's body; if they slipped out of control, the consequences would be unimaginable. A loss of control over three thousand Great Dao paths could instantly kill even an ordinary Hunyuan Daluo Jin Xian.

Luo Fu, however, paid it little mind.

Having chosen to summon all three thousand Great Dao paths at once, Luo Fu was confident he could control them.

In truth, controlling three thousand Great Dao paths meant nothing to Luo Fu.

After all, even before his breakthrough, he had already been able to fuse the three thousand Great Dao paths at will.

Thus, his mastery over the three thousand Great Dao paths had long reached a state of perfect fluency.

With such control, even summoning all three thousand Great Dao paths to refine his Primordial Spirit and physical body would cause no significant impact.

More importantly, Luo Fu did not need to undergo Tribulation Crossing to become a Hunyuan Daluo Jin Xian.

Tribulation Crossing exists to limit the number of Hunyuan Daluo Jin Xians, preventing too many from destabilizing the Hunyuan world.

The Tribulation descends directly through the Changhe.

This means that even if one breaks through in the Chaotic Void, one still must undergo Tribulation Crossing.

Otherwise, the very concept of Tribulation Crossing would lose all meaning.

At the peak of the Quasi-Saint Realm, one can survive for a time in the Chaotic Void; with the aid of a supreme primordial spiritual treasure or a primordial supreme treasure, even a mere Quasi-Saint may endure for months.

Several months is more than enough for a Quasi-Saint to break through.

If one travels to the Chaotic Void, one need not undergo Tribulation Crossing.

But then the Hunyuan world's restriction on the birth of Hunyuan Daluo Jin Xians would become meaningless.

Thus, the Tribulation summoned by the Hunyuan world relies on the Changhe and locks onto the cultivator through karmic ties.

Even in the Chaotic Void, one must still undergo Tribulation Crossing.

Of course, if one is far enough from the Hunyuan world, the difficulty of Tribulation Crossing can be somewhat reduced.

Transmitting power across distance incurs loss.

Even when channeled through the Changhe, loss still occurs.

The farther one is from the Hunyuan world, the greater the loss, and the lower the difficulty of Tribulation Crossing.

Naturally, a Quasi-Saint could never stray too far from the Hunyuan world.

A Quasi-Saint's speed is limited, and movement within the Chaotic Void is even more restricted.

Even with the aid of a primordial supreme treasure, a Quasi-Saint can survive in the Chaotic Void for at most a few hundred days.

In a few hundred days, even at a Quasi-Saint's speed, one cannot escape the Hunyuan world's sphere of influence.

By their own power, Quasi-Saints are incapable of leaving the Hunyuan world far behind.

With the aid of a Hunyuan Daluo Jin Xian, however, a Quasi-Saint may be swiftly carried beyond the Hunyuan world's sphere of influence, thereby weakening the difficulty of Tribulation Crossing.

Even if the difficulty is reduced, the Tribulation must still be endured.

Moreover, the reduction in Tribulation difficulty has its limits; no matter how far one travels from the Hunyuan world, it is nearly impossible to lower the difficulty to the point of guaranteed success.

Thus, to become a Hunyuan Daluo Jin Xian, one must possess both innate talent and sufficient accumulation.

Most geniuses, seeking safety, summon only one Great Dao path to ensure successful Tribulation Crossing.

Compared to successful breakthrough, wasting some time means nothing.

Only truly extraordinary geniuses choose to summon multiple Great Dao paths during their breakthrough.

Because they are confident they can fully master them.

Those called geniuses are no fools.

Even geniuses require vast spans of time to cultivate to the Hunyuan layer.

Such long spans of time teach them that one must act according to one's capacity.

Thus, only a tiny fraction of geniuses perish during Tribulation Crossing; most succeed in breaking through to become Hunyuan Daluo Jin Xians.

Those who perish most often during Tribulation Crossing are those lacking both talent and accumulation.

Comprehending one Great Dao path is merely the threshold to becoming a Hunyuan Daluo Jin Xian.

It does not guarantee success in breaking through.

Of course, not everyone must undergo Tribulation Crossing.

There is one method to break through to Hunyuan Daluo Jin Xian without Tribulation Crossing: during the breakthrough, one retrieves one's past and future selves, aiming to transcend the Changhe.

The Tribulation summoned by the Hunyuan world relies on the Changhe.

If one transcends the Changhe, the Hunyuan world cannot locate the cultivator's imprint within the Changhe, and thus cannot lock onto them.