Chapter 380: Encountering a Bottleneck

Ye Tian fell silent, not knowing how to respond.

At this moment, Dao Ancestor Taixuan spoke again: "As your master, I advocate for letting things take their natural course. You need not be overly concerned. The Three Thousand Realms Heaven's Pride Battle is still thirty years away. Whatever result you achieve then is fine; there is no need to insist on taking the Top Ten."

"Yes!"

Ye Tian replied.

Afterward, Dao Ancestor Taixuan let Ye Tian leave.

Returning to his residence.

Ye Tian thought about the Three Thousand Realms Heaven's Pride Battle. He was very clear that the rewards for the Top Three in the Immortal True God Battle were absolutely immense, and the opportunity to enter the Taichu Chaos Domain was unimaginable. Otherwise, those Dao Ancestors would not be so shameless as to cultivate Immortal True God disciples, suppress their strength, and even seal them.

It was just that Dao Ancestor Taixuan did not care about this point; Dao Ancestor Taixuan only cared about whether he could cultivate a Dao Ancestor; nothing else was important.

But Ye Tian cared!

If he were to take the Top Three in the Immortal True God Battle, he could definitely obtain a massive amount of benefits, allowing his own strength to improve rapidly.

"There are only thirty years left. My cultivation cannot be raised to the Peak Stage of Immortal True God unless Master helps me, but Master will not do so. If he did, he would not be Dao Ancestor Taixuan!"

Ye Tian could only rely on himself.

He took out those two lotus seeds from the sub-lotuses of the Thirty-Three Heavens Slaughter Treasure Lotus. He had previously intended to save them, but now it seemed he should use them; otherwise, with his current strength, he would have no way to defeat those monstrous Immortal True Gods.

At least a dozen or so Immortal True Gods had been cultivating for over billions of years. These fellows had broken through to the Peak Stage of Immortal True God billions of years ago and had been suppressing their cultivation ever since, participating in the Immortal True God Battle every million years. Each of them had cultivated a large number of Great Thousand Dao Techniques, and every Great Thousand Dao Technique had been cultivated to the fifth level. They had also cultivated more than one Hunyuan-level Great Thousand Dao Technique, with each Hunyuan-level Great Thousand Dao Technique cultivated to the limit of the first level.

Not only that, the Great Dao Realm of these Immortal True Gods was extremely high, much higher than Ye Tian's current realm.

Moreover, their combat experience was incomparably rich.

No matter which aspect it was, Ye Tian did not hold an advantage.

This was also the reason why Dao Ancestor Taixuan did not think he had hope of taking the Top Three; even the tenth place would be difficult, and one could only say there was a sliver of hope.

"Use these two lotus seeds!"

Ye Tian first used one lotus seed, applying it to comprehend the Taixuan Chaos Chapter.

Year after year passed.

Ye Tian comprehended the thirty-seventh chapter of the Taixuan Chaos Chapter, then the thirty-eighth chapter.

In a flash, ten years passed.

Ye Tian exhausted this lotus seed and successfully comprehended the forty-eighth chapter of the Taixuan Chaos Chapter. This progress was significant, thanks to the Great Thousand Enlightenment Technique. If not for this Great Thousand Enlightenment Technique, he would not have been able to comprehend the forty-eighth chapter of the Taixuan Chaos Chapter.

At the same time, his other Divine Souls were also comprehending and cultivating the Slaughter Demon God Body. Now, his Slaughter Demon God Body had improved to approximately the late stage of the first level.

It could be said that his progress was very fast.

Next, he used the second lotus seed to continue comprehending the Taixuan Chaos Chapter and the Slaughter Demon God Body.

In just six years, his Taixuan Chaos Chapter was comprehended to the fifty-third chapter, but he was consistently unable to comprehend the fifty-fourth chapter.

He seemed to have fallen into a bottleneck; no matter how he comprehended, he could not break through this bottleneck.

This was the first time he had encountered such a bottleneck, and he immediately felt incomparably puzzled.

He did not ask his master, but instead visited Senior Brother Jian Xing to ask what was going on.

"Junior Brother Ye, your Taixuan Chapter has been comprehended to the fifty-third chapter????"

Jian Xing was stunned.

He remembered how long it took him to comprehend the Taixuan Chaos Chapter to the fifty-third chapter back then? It seemed to be six hundred thousand years, which was already an extremely fast speed, faster than many True Disciples.

But compared to Ye Tian, it was too slow.

"Yes, with the help of the lotus seeds from the sub-lotuses of the Thirty-Three Heavens Slaughter Treasure Lotus, I was able to cultivate this quickly!"

Ye Tian explained.

But Jian Xing remained shocked. Let alone lotus seeds from a sub-lotus, even a lotus seed from the true Thirty-Three Heavens Slaughter Treasure Lotus would find it hard to let an Immortal True God comprehend the fifty-third chapter of the Taixuan Chapter so quickly!

What terrifying comprehension this was!

Soon, he calmed down and explained to Ye Tian: "Junior Brother Ye, the limit of the Great Dao for an Immortal True God is the fifty-third chapter. To comprehend the fifty-fourth chapter, one must break through to become a True God. This is a Great Dao restriction!"

"A Great Dao restriction!"

Ye Tian was surprised, but after thinking carefully, among the lists of Immortal True Gods his master had given him earlier, not a single Immortal True God had cultivated a Great Thousand Dao Technique to the sixth level. Now it seemed it was their Great Dao restriction that prevented them from comprehending the Great Dao to a higher realm, which in turn prevented them from cultivating Great Thousand Dao Techniques to the sixth level.

"Is there no way to break this Great Dao restriction?"

Ye Tian asked.

"No way!" Jian Xing shook his head. "No one can do it; even a Dao Ancestor cannot break this restriction."

Seeing this, Ye Tian gave up.

It seemed his current Great Dao Realm was at the level of the fifty-third chapter of the Taixuan Chaos Chapter.

Afterward, he took his leave, returned to his residence, and then cultivated the limit of the first level of the Slaughter Demon God Body with all his might.

Soon, one year passed.

Ye Tian reached the limit of the first level of the Slaughter Demon God Body.

As for the second level of the Slaughter Demon God Body, he could not reach it at present. Unless his Chaos Great Thousand Dao could break through again and reach the fifty-fourth chapter, he would have no hope of cultivating this Hunyuan-level Great Thousand Dao Technique to the second level; otherwise, it was impossible.

"The fifty-third chapter of the Chaos Great Thousand Dao, several Great Thousand Dao Techniques at the fifth level, and one Hunyuan-level Great Thousand Dao Technique at the limit of the first level—this foundation is still not enough. Even if my Chaos Great Thousand Dao has an advantage relative to other Great Thousand Daos, the advantage is not large. Relying on this bit of advantage cannot make up for the advantage of several Hunyuan-level Great Thousand Dao Techniques!"

Ye Tian pondered how to make up for this advantage; otherwise, he still could not take the Top Three in the Three Thousand Realms Heaven's Pride Battle, but now taking the Top Ten was hopeful, and the hope was great.

As long as no accidents occurred, the Top Ten was definitely no problem.

After all, there were not many Immortal True Gods who could master several Hunyuan-level Great Thousand Dao Techniques—only six or seven.

Thinking it over, his advantage was that he was not afraid of exhausting his potential.

Perhaps he could cultivate a Great Thousand Dao Technique that sublimated combat power to the extreme, whereas those Immortal True Gods dared not fight with all their might, otherwise, it would be very easy to break directly into the True Ancestor realm.

Once one crossed into the True Ancestor realm, one was not allowed to participate in the battle; this was a restriction.

Afterward, Ye Tian searched for a while and finally found a Great Thousand Dao Technique that consumed one's own innate potential.

Once he has successfully practiced this Great Thousand Dao Technique, he will have hope of seizing a top-three ranking.