Chapter 576

Luo Fu stirred his mind, and the Earth Dao fruit behind him began to reflect upon the Earth Dao fruit of the Journey to the West World.

Under Luo Fu's manipulation, the Earth Dao fruit of the Journey to the West World copied itself exactly, gradually inscribing into its own body Luo Fu's insights into the Earth Dao.

These inscribed Dao patterns initially appeared extremely ethereal.

But as an invisible force descended, these ethereal Dao patterns instantly solidified from illusion into reality, becoming true Dao patterns that merged into the Earth Dao fruit of the Journey to the West World.

This method of reflecting Dao patterns, then transforming illusion into reality, was Luo Fu's way of perfecting the Earth Dao fruit of the Journey to the West World.

Reconstructing the Earth Dao of the Journey to the West World from scratch was no easy task.

Even Luo Fu needed time to gradually untangle the Earth Dao of the Journey to the West World before reassembling and perfecting it.

Untangling billions of Dao patterns was simply too tedious.

It was better to do as he now did—directly copy his own Earth Dao insights onto the Earth Dao fruit of the Journey to the West World.

After all, Luo Fu's understanding of the Earth Dao far surpassed that of the Journey to the West World's Earth Dao.

Though due to differences between worlds, Luo Fu's Earth Dao insights might not fully adapt to the Journey to the West World.

But it was still far better than the Journey to the West World's Earth Dao fruit, which was missing even a single main trunk.

This method had another advantage: it made it easier for Luo Fu to control the Journey to the West World's Earth Dao.

With the entire Earth Dao fruit of the Journey to the West World being a perfect copy of Luo Fu's own, he naturally controlled it as easily as his own limbs.

As for the parts that didn't adapt, Luo Fu could adjust them later when he had time.

Five hundred years remained before the beginning of the Journey to the West World's great calamity; with Luo Fu's ultimate Dao comprehension, overcoming this issue would take little time.

As the profound subtleties of the Dao were copied, a harmonious aura gradually rose from the Earth Dao fruit of the Journey to the West World.

The Earth Dao fruit of the Journey to the West World, once primarily dark black, now transformed into an interweaving of earth-yellow and dark-black hues—identical to Luo Fu's own Earth Dao fruit.

After perfecting the Earth Dao fruit of the Journey to the West World, Luo Fu waved his right hand and retracted the Earth Dao fruit behind him.

The entire Six Paths of Reincarnation realm now held only one Earth Dao fruit—the one of the Journey to the West World.

Under Luo Fu's gaze, the Earth Dao fruit of the Journey to the West World began to reshape itself once more.

After several breaths, the Earth Dao fruit transformed from a fruit-like form into a six-sided disc a hundred million zhang tall.

Each corner had once held a stone gate.

The six stone gates were nearly identical to the original six Xukongshi Sect gates.

The six-sided disc before him could be considered the six Xukongshi Sect gates recombined.

The difference was that the six Xukongshi Sect gates had become thicker and taller, each adorned with countless Dao patterns interwoven with earth-yellow and dark-black hues.

Compared to the former six Xukongshi Sect gates, the current six-sided disc appeared more ancient, mysterious, and harmonious.

The power it contained had not changed drastically—only grown several times stronger, without any metamorphic transformation.

This was normal.

Luo Fu had merely perfected the Earth Dao of the Journey to the West World; he had not helped it seize additional authority.

The power of the Journey to the West World's Earth Dao could not possibly surge spontaneously.

Hum! Hum! Hum!

After transforming into the six-sided disc, the Earth Dao of the Journey to the West World vibrated joyfully, expressing affection toward Luo Fu.

If Luo Fu wished, without lifting a finger, the Earth Dao of the Journey to the West World would surrender its control to him.

But Luo Fu had no intention of doing so.

He was merely a traveler in the Journey to the West World; controlling its Earth Dao held little use for him.

With a thought, Luo Fu returned control of the Earth Dao of the Journey to the West World to Pingxin Niangniang.

It wasn't a return—it was a bestowal.

Pingxin Niangniang had previously controlled only the Six Paths of Reincarnation; the Journey to the West World's Earth Dao had never been fully mastered by her.

Because the Six Paths of Reincarnation was the sole core of the Journey to the West World's Earth Dao, controlling the Six Paths of Reincarnation was equivalent to controlling the Earth Dao.

Now, after Luo Fu's perfection, the Journey to the West World's Earth Dao had two cores: the Dao of Reincarnation and the Dao of Earth.

If Pingxin Niangniang still controlled only the Six Paths of Reincarnation as before,

the perfected Journey to the West World's Earth Dao, with its surging subtleties, would utterly tower above her.

In that case, Pingxin Niangniang's status would become that of an Earth Dao Saint, not an Earth Dao controller.

Nearly identical to the Heavenly Dao Saints like Nüwa and Tai Shang.

The only difference was that the Heavenly Dao could strip the six Saints of their sacred positions, but Pingxin Niangniang, holding the Six Paths of Reincarnation, could not be stripped of her Earth Dao Saint status by the Earth Dao.

The status of an Earth Dao Saint and an Earth Dao Master were, in terms of rank, as different as heaven and earth.

It was like the gap between Ancestor Hongjun and the Six Saints.

Originally, with Pingxin Niangniang's strength, she could only become an Earth Dao Saint.

Ancestor Hongjun could merge with the Heavenly Dao because he was powerful enough—not because he was lucky.

But with Luo Fu present, things were different.

After copying Luo Fu's Earth Dao fruit, the Journey to the West World's Earth Dao had become, in essence, a perfect reflection of Luo Fu.

Luo Fu held nearly absolute control over the Journey to the West World's Earth Dao.

And the Journey to the West World's Earth Dao, which owed its existence to Luo Fu, felt deep affection toward him.

The instinctive Journey to the West World's Earth Dao did not resist Luo Fu's control—it welcomed it wholeheartedly.

Luo Fu could do as he pleased, including directly granting control of the Journey to the West World's Earth Dao to Pingxin Niangniang.

The Journey to the West World's Earth Dao was originally created by Pingxin Niangniang and had been nearly fully controlled by her for countless Shugeyuan Society cycles.

The Journey to the West World's Earth Dao did not reject Pingxin Niangniang.

Though it felt some reluctance toward Luo Fu, under his command, the Journey to the West World's Earth Dao obediently transferred its control to Pingxin Niangniang.

At the moment the authority was fully transferred, a mighty force of the Earth Dao suddenly descended upon Pingxin Niangniang.

Under the influence of this primal earth power, Pingxin Niangniang, lost in enlightenment, felt her perception of the Cycle Dao and the Earth Dao sharpened countlessfold.

If before, Pingxin Niangniang's perception of the Cycle Dao and the Earth Dao had been like viewing flowers through mist,

now the Cycle Dao and the Earth Dao lay before her as if placed right at her feet.

And they had been magnified countless times, every filament of their pattern crystal clear.

With the aid of the Great Wisdom Wheel, Pingxin Niangniang's comprehension had been briefly elevated manyfold.

Now, with the added power of the Earth Dao,

Pingxin Niangniang's understanding of the Great Dao advanced by leaps and bounds, rising at a speed visible to the naked eye.