Chapter 1567: Eroding the Heavenly Dao

It is purely a coincidence that the Five Elements Locking Spirit Rope became a Disposable Exotic Treasure; it was not determined by the will of the artifact refiner, so it is impossible to judge whether it was a gain or a loss.

Given the rank of the Five Elements Locking Spirit Rope, Li Zhangsheng estimates that even a Great Divine Power Deity would find it difficult to break free from the restraints instantly, especially since it also carries the effect of the Bitter Bamboo, which would likely take several seconds.

A few seconds may seem brief, but if one were to be focused by numerous Demon Pets without any resistance, one knows just by thinking that the consequences would be very serious—the kind where one would be severely injured if not killed.

Li Zhangsheng put away the Five Elements Locking Spirit Rope, and he specifically paid attention to the changes in the three worlds.

After only a day or two, the flight speed of the three worlds had clearly dropped by a notch.

Li Zhangsheng carefully inspected the Forbidden Arrays and Divine Prohibitions of the three worlds; under the Guard of Mingcang King and the others, they had not been damaged, nor was it a problem of energy.

"The resistance of the World Consciousness!"

Li Zhangsheng thought of the reason; the Heavenly Dao of these three worlds had originally been obscured by the Human Emperor and his three major clones using special methods, and now they were gradually recovering.

Even if they had not fully recovered, they were still subconsciously resisting this process that violated the laws of nature.

As for how the Human Emperor operated, Li Zhangsheng did understand a little; it was nothing more than the Human Emperor's three major clones using their Authority in their respective worlds, then using a special treasure to resonate with the Divine Prohibitions, forcing the Heavenly Dao of the three worlds into a deep sleep to execute this plan.

Of course, this was also because the Heavenly Dao of these three worlds were all in their nascent stages; otherwise, if they were like the Heavenly Dao of the Fairy World, the Human Emperor would truly not dare to stroke the tiger's whiskers.

Now that the Human Emperor's three major clones were gone, it was impossible to continue executing such a method, and furthermore, Li Zhangsheng did not know what kind of treasure the Human Emperor specifically used, as the memory fragments did not contain a record of that treasure.

Li Zhangsheng was not a native of the three worlds, so naturally, he could not obtain the Authority of the three worlds; moreover, he had no intention of imitating the Human Emperor by cultivating three independent clones, and besides, there was no time left.

Once the Heavenly Dao of the three worlds completely awakened, they would guide the three worlds to return to their original positions and trajectories.

Li Zhangsheng began to rack his brains on how to obscure the Heavenly Dao of the three worlds and make them fall into a deep sleep, but the result was that there was no way.

He had thought about using the Zhou Tian Star Dou Forbidden Array to accelerate the speed of pulling the three worlds, but the difficulty of confronting the Heavenly Dao of these three worlds simultaneously was too great.

If it were only one, perhaps there would be hope, but one should not even think about three; and even if it were just one, it would likely be a time-consuming matter.

"Got it!"

Li Zhangsheng suddenly thought of something; he had no good ideas, but he did have a bad one.

He could not make the Heavenly Dao of the three worlds fall into a deep sleep, but he was confident in making them fall into chaos; it was nothing more than a matter of diverting the disaster, and there were two ways to do it.

First, use the Succubus Queen to open Abyss Gates in the three worlds to contain the power of the Heavenly Dao of the three worlds.

Second, find the Heavenly Dao of the three worlds and directly inject a large amount of Abyss Consciousness.

The first method was also time-consuming and required a large number of Abyss Gates, but it had the advantage of being stable.

Compared to the first method, the second method appeared quite radical and possessed a certain degree of danger, and there was also the possibility of lifting a rock only to drop it on one's own feet; after all, the three worlds could also be completely eroded by the Abyss Consciousness and become a part of the Abyss.

In short, the second method must be balanced well, otherwise it might trigger a backlash, and in the end, the Abyss would reap the benefits, falling short of success.

Li Zhangsheng was more inclined toward the second method; his Gate of Light and Darkness stored a large amount of Abyss Consciousness, so he could definitely give it a try, and this would also allow him to gain a better understanding of the Heavenly Dao.

The key was that this opportunity would not come again; taking advantage of the fact that the Heavenly Dao of the three worlds had not yet fully awakened, Li Zhangsheng could rely on the Human Emperor's memory fragments to find their locations; once they fully awakened, one should not even think about finding their locations.

The Heavenly Dao is ethereal, yet omnipresent; this is the Heavenly Dao. To find their tracks, one must possess Authority.

Only when they fall into a deep sleep can the traces of the Heavenly Dao be fixed, which also means that the Heavenly Dao of these three worlds were still in their original positions.

Time waits for no one; Li Zhangsheng placed his experimental subject on the Qiongye World.

The Dawn Plane still had the Dawn Goddess, and one could use the Dawn Goddess's Authority to find the tracks of the Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Dao of the Origin World was put into a deep sleep by a Medium Divine Power Deity, and it was sleeping more deeply than the other two worlds.

No matter how one looked at it, the Qiongye World was the best experimental subject.

Li Zhangsheng appeared directly at the North Pole of the Qiongye World, which was also the coldest place in the Qiongye World, but this bit of low temperature had absolutely no effect on him.

With his physical body as strong as it was, unless it was Sun True Fire, Southern Bright Departure Fire, or other spiritual flames, ordinary low or high temperatures could not pose any threat to him.

From the Human Emperor's memories, he learned that the Heavenly Dao of the Qiongye World was right here, only it was in a different dimension.

Li Zhangsheng shattered the void and appeared in the different dimension, where he saw a huge ball of light spanning the sky; this was the Heavenly Dao of the Qiongye World.

He did not take action immediately, but carefully observed the Heavenly Dao of the Qiongye World, recording the most basic information, and even had the idea of Cutting the Heavenly Dao of the Qiongye World.

Li Zhangsheng's first choice was the Gate of Light and Darkness, but unfortunately, it had no effect.

The Heavenly Dao of the Qiongye World was, after all, not Abyss Consciousness; the essence might be relatively similar, but the exterior was completely different.

Li Zhangsheng then tried many other methods; among these methods, the endless baleful aura of the God-Slaying Spear had the greatest effect, and under his efforts, he managed to cut off a small Heavenly Dao Fragment, which he immediately stored in the Earth Book.

Among Li Zhangsheng's many Strange Treasures, the Earth Book had the strongest defense.

As a price, the recovery process of the Heavenly Dao of the Qiongye World clearly accelerated, and it was feared that it would not be long before it completely awakened.

This was like a person being stabbed while in a deep sleep, even if this stab only cut off an imperceptible wound.

The next moment, Li Zhangsheng opened the Gate of Light and Darkness, and under his control, a wisp of Abyss Consciousness drifted out.

As soon as this wisp of Abyss Consciousness came out, it was like a shark that had smelled blood, rushing impatiently toward the Heavenly Dao of the Qiongye World.

In an instant, the Abyss Consciousness successfully invaded, causing the originally milky-white Heavenly Dao to have a trace of black.

Just like a drop of water falling into a wok of oil, the Heavenly Dao of the Qiongye World subconsciously resisted.

Then, under Li Zhangsheng's surprised gaze, that wisp of Abyss Consciousness disappeared rapidly, but the overall color of the Heavenly Dao of the Qiongye World also seemed to have dimmed by a fraction.

At the same time, Li Zhangsheng could feel that the Qiongye World was about to awaken.

"If the Qiongye World devours a large amount of Abyss Consciousness, will it also turn into another Endless Abyss?"

Li Zhangsheng thought of a possibility, and he felt that this possibility was very high.

(End of chapter)