Chapter 406: Dead End of Desire

The Great Dao manifested a moment ago, and the next moment it disappeared silently like a bubble, as if it had never appeared.

The thunder tribulation was the same.

It was not the single thunder seen when ordinary cultivators cross the tribulation, but a chaotic tribulation cloud woven by countless dense electric snakes, containing the terrifying power of opening up the Great Dao and reshaping the rules.

It descended with a bang, and its momentum was so great that before the living beings of the Four Spirits Realm could witness it, it dissipated without warning, like the receding tide, returning to the clear blue sky in an instant.

However, the impact caused by the manifestation of the Dao of the physical body continued to ferment.

In the mountains and forests, those demon beasts with keen senses were the first to be drowned by the loss of the disappearance of the Great Dao.

Their cultivation bottlenecks, originally limited by bloodline talent, had their physical bodies shackled by invisible chains, day after day of impact, but with little effect.

When the Great Dao manifested, they clearly felt that the shackles in their bodies were loosening bit by bit, the Qi and blood power became unprecedentedly active and vigorous, and the tendons, bones, skin, and membranes seemed to be cheering, longing to meet greater challenges.

This feeling was so real and so intense that they almost couldn't help but roar to the sky, announcing the joy of this breakthrough.

The human body cultivators in various places felt it more directly.

They took tempering the physical body as their only goal and had long since tempered their bodies to the limit. However, the door to a higher realm had always been closed to them.

When the Great Dao manifested, they also felt the loosening of that door.

The barriers that they could not shake no matter how hard they tried in the past now made faint "crackle" sounds, as if the frozen lake surface began to crack.

The spark of hope was quietly ignited in the hearts of every body cultivator and demon beast who felt the loosening of the shackles of the physical body.

They seemed to see their future path infinitely widened and saw the once unreachable realm become within reach.

However, just as this spark of hope was burning fiercely, the "Dao of the physical body" that led them to see the direction suddenly disappeared.

The trajectory that was once clearly visible and radiated alluring brilliance, and the Dao rhyme that once made them feel infinite possibilities, all vanished in an instant, as if they had never existed.

The guiding lamp went out.

Whether it was those body cultivators and demon beasts who had just felt the thirst for power, or the strong people from all sides watching, they all realized this very clearly.

After a short shock, intense disappointment and regret swept through the entire Four Spirits Realm like a plague.

It was the unwillingness of having touched the threshold but being forcibly rejected; it was the despair of seeing that they were about to step onto a smooth road but finding that there was no way forward.

Heaven and Earth returned to silence, leaving only the lingering, huge psychological gap caused by sensing "could have been" but "failed to."

"Is this a failure?"

Over Xuanyuan Prefecture, Lu Zhenting said with unspeakable regret.

In the Central Holy Land, although Wei Zhenjie was also a bit regretful, he quickly adjusted his mentality.

Although he failed to witness the opening of the first Great Dao of the Four Spirits Realm, as one of the few people who knew the identity of the Lingguang Hall Master, he clearly knew that with the current state of mind and pattern of the Lingguang Hall Master, she was simply not enough to shoulder the responsibility of "Dao Master."

For cultivators, taking too big a step is not a good thing.

Only by walking steadily can one go far.

Since she has touched the threshold of "Dao," opening it is only a matter of time. Giving her a little more time to comprehend might be a good thing for her and for the Four Spirits Realm.

The local strong people were regretful, but the foreign cultivators lurking in various parts of the Four Spirits Realm breathed a sigh of relief in unison.

If a Dao Master who opened the Great Dao really appeared in the Four Spirits Realm, many of their plans would be ruined.

"Opening the Great Dao is not that easy. That Lingguang Hall Master is eight or nine out of ten an ambitious person."

"The Great Dao manifested suddenly and disappeared suddenly, and even the thunder tribulation failed to condense successfully. The Lingguang Hall Master probably had a problem with her cultivation."

In the Wutong Forest, Hua Changxi knew nothing about the impact caused by the manifestation of the Dao of the physical body.

At this moment, the "light chain" in her body that connected the seven pulse wheels was dim, and except for the abdomen wheel, which still had light flows rotating, the other six pulse wheels had become gray.

It was her recklessness.

She shouldn't have been so reckless, trying to practice without sufficient preparation and knowing only a little about the huge risks and deep mysteries contained in the eighth volume of the "Nine Revolutions Profound Art."

After practicing, she shouldn't have been greedy, opening all seven pulse wheels, trying to reach the sky in one step.

The Flesh Universe Pulse Wheel is divided into eight stages: First stage: open the root wheel; Second stage: open the abdomen wheel; Third stage: open the navel wheel; Fourth stage: open the heart wheel; Fifth stage: open the throat wheel; Sixth stage: open the brow wheel; Seventh stage: open the crown wheel; Eighth stage: connect the seven pulse wheels, achieve the Dao of the physical body.

This should have been a gradual process, like building a high-rise building, requiring a solid foundation to move forward layer by layer.

But the majestic potential-stimulating power in the Wutong Forest, as well as the amazing efficacy brought by the Profound Yellow Fruit, greatly encouraged her and also confused her.

That power made her feel as if she were omnipotent, with infinite potential.

Driven by this mentality, she was blinded by greed and impatience, and actually gave birth to the arrogant thought of opening all seven pulse wheels at once and practicing the eighth volume to perfection.

She never knew that she was so "greedy."

Furthermore, before today, she had always thought that body cultivators had no obstacles in their state of mind.

Body cultivators do not seek spiritual roots, only ask for themselves, use flesh and blood as a furnace, use tendons and bones as pillars, and seek the truth of power in the confrontation with pain and limits.

In her understanding, the world of body cultivators only has the strength of power and the limits of the physical body.

Those various thoughts born from love, obsession, and fear are just various thoughts born from the overly divergent souls of spiritual root cultivators when they comprehend the Laws of Heaven and Earth.

She had always thought so since she started practicing the "Nine Revolutions Profound Art," and she had also practiced and comprehended it that way.

But now, looking at the black flame on the Nascent Soul's heart, she knew she was wrong.

Whether it is a Dharma cultivator or a body cultivator, it is just a cultivation method chosen by people. The root is people!

People have desires, have seven emotions and six desires, have joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and have desires and fears hidden deep in their hearts.

Whether it is comprehending Heaven and Earth or tempering the physical body, what you ultimately have to face is your own complex, changeable, and weak heart.

Hua Changxi raised her hand to cover her chest. The surprise attack of this thunder tribulation made her "see" the fear in her heart again clearly.

She didn't expect that her strength had been continuously improving, but the anxiety in her heart had not disappeared, and it hadn't even eased.

Hua Changxi looked at the black flame on the Nascent Soul, her brow directly twisted into a knot.

Her thoughts, her fear, under the magnification of the black flame, had been able to affect her judgment and shake her mind, leading to a certain degree of loss of control in her behavior.

Now she is facing the situation where the black flame magnifies desires, desires expand, fueling the black flame, as if falling into a circular dead end.

If she continues like this, she will gradually get lost in various desires under the stimulation of the black flame.

Hua Changxi took out the eight-petaled black and white lotus lamp obtained from Zhu Yan and Chu Junshan, her expression a bit distressed.

Once the black flame is ignited, it cannot be extinguished. Only by igniting the white flame can the influence of the black flame be balanced and neutralized.

But how can she ignite the white flame?

Hua Changxi thought of the cultivators she had seen before who ignited both black and white flames at the same time. Those people were attached to the imperial family and the Zhu family. Perhaps, she could think of a way to contact these people.

"Buzz~"

The Mind Link vibrated.

Yu Fu: "Master, the Qihuang Pavilion is holding a pavilion master meeting and has named you to attend in person."

Hua Changxi looked at it and was too lazy to reply.

After a while, Yu Fu sent another message: "The Pavilion Master said that if you don't appear, the rumors outside are true, and you are the Lingguang Hall Master."

Hua Changxi looked at the content of the text message, her eyes flickering.

The Qihuang Pavilion was established by the imperial family, and the Pavilion Master is a son-in-law who married a princess. Is the imperial family trying to verify her identity?

Hua Changxi thought of the tribulation clouds that had just disappeared. Could it be that people outside felt that she was injured, which led to the fading of the thunder tribulation? ===== CHAPTER 407 =====