Chapter 177

One person naturally refers to the Dao, while ten thousand people symbolize the countless beings of the Primordial World.

It is precisely for this reason.

Laozi expressed his admiration precisely because he saw Luo Fu forge such an astonishing physical body.

Leaving aside other aspects, even in terms of achievement in the physical body layer, he is a rare gem.

But for Laozi, he merely uttered a few words of admiration; whether he harbored deeper thoughts, he did not.

On this Primordial World, the path of the physical body is the most difficult of all.

Even they, as Saints, could not possibly succeed along this path.

Not to mention becoming a Quasi-Saint, let alone a Great Luo Jinxian.

Even for ordinary beings to reach the layer of Golden Immortal through the physical body alone is nearly impossible.

Unless one possesses the physical bodies of the Ancestral Wu, who inherited the essence-blood of Pangu and were innately inclined toward Chaos Demons.

But other Primordial World beings are not like this.

Thus, this further demonstrates how extraordinarily difficult it is for ordinary beings to cultivate the path of the physical body.

In the past, Long Feng, Beginning Qilin, and now the demonic race, though their physical bodies were strong, none had ever reached the Quasi-Saint layer through the physical body alone.

They relied more on the fusion of physical body and magic power to unleash power greater than that of ordinary Quasi-Saints.

But the Ancestral Wu—even without considering their innate power—could likely match Quasi-Saints with physical strength alone.

Thus, even though Luo Fu's current performance is impressive, the difficulties he will face in advancing further along the path of the physical body are plainly foreseeable.

Not to mention breaking through to the Great Luo Jinxian through the physical body—even breaking through to Taiyi will likely require immense time.

Remember, Luo Fu is a human; humans were never innately strong in physical body.

That Luo Fu has reached this level is already inconceivable.

On the other side.

Tongtian Jiaozhu smiled upon hearing Laozi's words: "Senior Brother Laozi, Luo Fu is now my disciple; if you wish to take a disciple, you're far too late."

"Junior Brother Tongtian, I congratulate you on acquiring such a fine disciple," Laozi nodded.

"Junior Brother Tongtian," Master Yuanshi suddenly interjected, "though Luo Fu's physical body has been refined well, you surely know the path of the physical body is merely a minor path; you know full well how difficult it is to cultivate through the physical body."

"A minor path?" Tongtian said coolly. "Senior Brother Yuanshi, do you believe Pangu the Great also cultivated a minor path?"

As the Three Pure Ones born from Pangu's Primordial Spirit, they knew well how terrifying Pangu the Great's physical body had been.

The physical bodies of Chaos Demons were already terrifying; Pangu the Great surpassed them, achieving even more astonishing feats in the physical body.

Otherwise, Pangu the Great could never have slain the three thousand Demons, ultimately attaining the Dao and opening the Primordial World.

The power of the physical body played a great role for Pangu the Great.

As beings born from Pangu's Primordial Spirit, the Three Pure Ones retained some memories of this.

Of course, regarding deeper memories of Pangu, the Three Pure Ones still had none; they possessed only fragments.

It is precisely for this reason.

The Three Pure Ones are the Three Pure Ones; Pangu is Pangu—these are entirely two different concepts.

"Junior Brother, you know that is not what I meant," Master Yuanshi took a deep breath.

To speak ill of Pangu the Great—even as a Saint, he, Master Yuanshi, was not qualified.

After becoming a Saint, Master Yuanshi understood even more clearly how terrifying Pangu the Great had been.

Once, facing Pangu the Great, he was an ant; now, even as a Saint, Master Yuanshi sensed he remained no more than an ant.

Such was the power of Pangu the Great.

"You and I both know how difficult the path of the physical body is," Master Yuanshi said gravely. "By guiding Luo Fu down this path, you may be dooming him."

"Senior Brother, you need not worry about this," Tongtian Jiaozhu shook his head. "I trust Luo Fu; he surely has his own considerations."

Tongtian Jiaozhu had not the slightest concern over Master Yuanshi's words.

Cultivating the path of the physical body, in some ways, brings no harm—only benefits.

Yet succeeding in cultivating the physical body requires vastly more resources, rare treasures, and time than ordinary cultivation.

Thus, physical body cultivation consumes enormous time and resources, which negatively impacts ordinary cultivation.

But to Tongtian Jiaozhu, his disciple need not worry on this front.

As long as he knew how astonishing his disciple's talent truly was.

The path of physical body cultivation, at least in Tongtian's current view, affected the disciple not at all.

"Very well, since Junior Brother holds this view, I shall say no more," Master Yuanshi fell silent, his gaze turning to the battle realm.

Blasting Guang Chengzi had been repelled just now, but that does not mean he is certainly defeated.

If Blasting Guang Chengzi had prepared properly, he might still defeat Luo Fu.

Yet.

Master Yuanshi, thinking here, recalled the sword Dao power Luo Fu had used during his Tribulation Crossing.

From Master Yuanshi's perspective, Luo Fu was clearly skilled in the sword Dao, yet he had never once used sword Dao power.

Was it because he could not keep up with his own strength, or for some other reason?

Master Yuanshi's eyes held deep thought.

Luo Fu likely concealed certain secrets.

Of course, even if Luo Fu had secrets, Master Yuanshi made no divination or calculation.

Because earlier, Master Yuanshi had attempted to divine Luo Fu's condition, only to find himself helpless—Luo Fu was entirely shrouded in mist.

Even as a Saint, he could not discern any secret within Luo Fu.

Naturally, Master Yuanshi knew Luo Fu himself could not achieve this.

Thus, who could be shielding Luo Fu's fate was entirely obvious.

That should be his junior brother, Tongtian Jiaozhu, concealing some of the other's traces of fate.

Like himself, a Heavenly Dao Saint, Yuanshi Tianzun could not easily divine it either.

Otherwise Yuanshi Tianzun's strength would be far greater than Tongtian Jiaozhu's, but at least for now Yuanshi Tianzun did not possess such power.

More importantly, forcibly scheming would amount to a slap in the face to his own junior brother.

This too caused Yuanshi Tianzun to abandon any attempt at forceful divination.

Precisely so.

Whether it was Yuanshi Tianzun, Laozi, or Tongtian Jiaozhu himself, none of them could probe out Luo Fu's hidden trump card in one stroke.

In the Combat World.

The rising and falling rumbling sounds finally, slowly, fell silent.

The originally countless towering mountain ranges had long since turned to ruins, scattered across the land.

Merely venting the force of Luo Fu's bombardment upon himself was enough to nearly destroy the landmass of this world, which was sufficient to show how terrifying Luo Fu's attack just now had been.

Facing this scene, Luo Fu's gaze appeared very calm, showing no expression of pleasant surprise or joy.

Because he knew.

As the foremost of the twelve Jin Xian, although Blasting Guang Chengzi had just suffered a certain blow, he was not yet to the point of being directly defeated by him.

In any case, Luo Fu just now had not unleashed the full power of his physical body.

Otherwise.

Luo Fu was somewhat worried whether he might have directly blasted Guang Chengzi apart.

His physical body had undergone Lei Jie and dragon-blood body tempering; to what extent it had reached would also need to be properly tested.

In any case, relying on max-level comprehension to grow to where he was now, the time since Luo Fu came to this Primordial World and began to cultivate had not been long.

More importantly, the level of combat against other enemies was even fewer and farther between.

Fortunately, Luo Fu possessed max-level comprehension, which allowed him to easily adapt and absorb all kinds of experience during battle.

If it were another cultivator, they would probably need a very long time to absorb and digest it, thereby increasing their combat experience.

And Luo Fu, because he possessed max-level comprehension, could absorb combat experience in a short time and make it his own.

"Luo Fu…" a voice brimming with fury rang out across this stretch of heaven and earth.

A streak of light shot out from underground — it was precisely Guang Chengzi, who had just been sent flying by Luo Fu.

At this moment, Guang Chengzi arrived not far from Luo Fu, his cautious gaze fixed on Luo Fu, a layer of spiritual light shrouding his body — that was the spirit-treasure activated by his defensive treasure.

The terrifying force Luo Fu had unleashed just now had still frightened Guang Chengzi.

Even though he had not been fully prepared just now, the force of Luo Fu's physical-body Dao still caused the defense of his Bagua Purple Sash Immortal Garment to collapse in an instant.

Moreover, to say he was unprepared did not really count.

Earlier he had also told Luo Fu to let the other strike first.