Essence Devouring Art

"Heaven Opening..."

Wu Dao’s consciousness swept over the Cultivation Techniques that had entered the Dharma Realm, his focus landing on the 1/11 progress bar after the Essence Devouring Art.

Eleven in total.

This represented all the Cultivation Techniques he currently possessed, including the Essence Devouring Art.

These techniques were no less powerful than any Great All Heavens Divine Techniques. Their significance within the Great Dao was undeniable, and each was qualified to open a new heaven in the All Heaven.

The "one" that was completed...

...was the first heaven he had already opened.

This was the Essence Devouring Art, which had broken through 100% Potential Release.

This "one."

This primordial heaven was the human "universe" he had reforged within himself.

His body was a universe, its source returning to the Great Dao.

Wu Dao’s ambition was to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Great Dao, even to surpass it. Naturally, he had to learn from the Great Dao as his master.

The Great Dao’s Creation brings forth the ten thousand things and the Ten Thousand Techniques.

The stronger a Dharma Gate leading to the Great Dao, the more intensely it would resonate with the Great Dao’s Magnetic Field. Consequently, the quality of the Magnetic Field’s Energy fed back after Cultivation would also be higher.

This principle was one of the reasons why Divine Communication Techniques were categorized into different grades.

All Heavens Divine Techniques, Creation Divine Techniques, and Emperor Scriptures!

These three types were the Strongest Divine Communication Techniques.

They were undoubtedly the "noble scions" closest to the Great Dao.

Using the "noble bloodlines" of these "scions" to continuously evolve his Primordial Magnetism Main Path was the road ahead for Wu Dao. It was also the source of growth for his Essence Devouring Art during the Heaven Opening stage.

After his body was reforged,

his physique became a primordial "one," like a nascent Dao, its potential identical to the Dao itself.

One Technique opens one heaven.

This simulated the Dao’s process of growth and flourishing.

It was also his cultivation path to excavate and steal the potential of the All Heaven.

It could be said

that only after entering this stage

did the Essence Devouring Art truly live up to its name.

Because the so-called "heaven devouring" from before

was merely the process of breaking his shackles, turning what he already possessed into something truly his.

’Great Creation born from the brink of death. I won’t be lacking food for a while.’

A faint smile touched Wu Dao’s lips. As his consciousness surged, information from various scriptures began to flood his mind—

"Great Silence of All Heavens, Inference Celestial Emperor Scripture, Thunder Emperor Scripture, Five Thunders Celestial Heart Technique, Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique, Cease-Warfare Armor-Shedding, Ten Thousand Solutions Emperor Scripture, Returning Abyss Emperor Scripture..."

The final battle in the Divine Wilderness.

He had been placed in a land of death only to emerge reborn.

It was safe to say his harvest had been bountiful.

Not only had he thoroughly verified that the Heaven Opening stage of the Essence Devouring Art was practically feasible, moving it from theory to reality,

but he had also harvested a massive amount of information about Hongyuan and "food" for his path to Attainment Dao from the memories of the Great Powers and Celestial Prides of the All Heavens.

All in all,

he had obtained no fewer than a hundred Great Divine Techniques and grand slaughtering arts from various paths.

Among them, there were twenty techniques qualified to be used for Heaven Opening: Great All Heavens Divine Techniques and Emperor Scriptures.

An Emperor Scripture could open two heavens.

A Great All Heavens Divine Technique could open one heaven.

As for the Great Silence of All Heavens from Cyan Yu Celestial Venerable,

it was the most incredible of all.

One of the Ten Strongest Creation Divine Techniques!

This Creation Divine Technique,

Wu Dao conservatively estimated, could allow him to open three heavens of potential.

As for the limitations of a different path or Dantian?

A joke!

He was now practically an Innate Dao Body, a single vessel capable of containing the Ten Thousand Techniques. Such limitations simply didn’t exist for him.

If one had to point out a limitation,

it would be that he needed to cultivate these twenty-odd Divine Techniques and Emperor Scriptures to the Dharma Realm before he could use them for Heaven Opening and excavate the potential of his Dao Body.

At the same time,

cultivating these Dharma Gates might stir up karma and bring trouble.

However,

Wu Dao already had a way to deal with these problems.

From the memories of the Great Powers and Celestial Prides of the All Heavens,

he knew that the Extraordinary Factors in Hongyuan were countless times more Transcendent than those in the Divine Wilderness. Its cultivation environment was practically the Immortal Realm or the Divine Realm.

In a harsh environment like the Divine Wilderness,

he had managed to cultivate to his current height in less than two years. Needless to say, things would be different in Hongyuan.

The Incarnation Great Divine Technique, One Origin, Ten Thousand Transformations,

became even more incredible after he entered the Dharma Realm. It would allow him to send out numerous powerful incarnations to suitable environments to cultivate different Cultivation Techniques simultaneously.

As for the second problem—

the karmic troubles that might be triggered by cultivating techniques with such heaven-shaking origins—

Wu Dao’s consciousness turned to the Bitter Dust Robe.

Concealing Celestial Secret, Cause and Effect Immunity!

It was precisely because of this Celestial Treasure that Wu Dao had dared to go on a killing spree in the Divine Wilderness, unafraid of being exposed later.

Once he entered Hongyuan,

and was no longer shielded by the Great Dao’s Concealing Celestial Secret,

the Bitter Dust Robe would become his guarantee for developing in peace.

To be perfectly honest,

I, Wu, truly dislike all this fighting and killing. All I want is to single-mindedly pursue the endpoint of evolution.

Unfortunately,

there are always people who like to force my hand.

’I devoured a bit too much earlier. I hope there’s enough time.’

Wu Dao opened his eyes and glanced at the Divine Wilderness’s Celestial Punishment sphere below, now only a thousand li in diameter. The corner of his eye twitched involuntarily.

After entering the Dharma Realm,

his perception of the Magnetic Field had become much stronger.

He had just realized something.

This sphere of the Divine Wilderness was connected to the Great Dao.

That was why the surrounding void storms were so much weaker and hadn’t instantly swept him away.

Once the sphere disappeared completely,

even with his current strength, he would have a hard time resisting the storms of spacetime and would be swept away in an instant.

PHEW...

He let out a slow breath.

Wu Dao focused his mind, and within his Sea of Origin, the tattered, patchwork form of the Bitter Dust Robe appeared, seeming to both exist and not exist.

A Celestial Treasure was bound to the concept of one’s existence.

As long as he didn’t truly die, the Celestial Treasure would not dissipate.

SPLASH—

The Endless Sea of Suffering churned.

Tendrils plunged into the desperately famished Bitter Dust Robe like IV drips, beginning to pump nutrients into it.

Using what was essentially a method of deception to upgrade a Celestial Treasure had both advantages and disadvantages.

The disadvantage was that

even if the Celestial Treasure’s grade was raised,

it would not feed any Energy back to Wu Dao. Only the Celestial Treasure itself would be enhanced, and its Mighty Power would be limited to its Celestial Treasure Rules.

The advantage was that

Wu Dao could ignore his own realm and use the memories from his Sea of Suffering to endlessly upgrade the Bitter Dust Robe’s Celestial Treasure Rules.

To put it more vividly,

he was crafting a tiger’s skin.

It had the tiger’s might, but not its strength.

However,

what Wu Dao wanted was precisely that layer of "tiger’s might" to ensure that no evil spirits could get close to him.

Once that tiger’s might became dense enough,

as long as he didn’t do something incredibly stupid and court death, or unless he was absolutely forced to, his "heaven-devouring" plan would proceed smoothly.

’I might as well put its last bit of light and heat to good use.’

While upgrading the Bitter Dust Robe,

Wu Dao also noticed the balance of over nine hundred thousand Teleportation Points on his attribute panel.

With a thought,

he spent the Teleportation Points on the twenty Divine Techniques and Emperor Scriptures.

As expected of the top Cultivation Techniques in the All Heavens,

even after dumping over nine hundred thousand Teleportation Points into them,

the highest level reached was only the Celestial Being Realm.

The Great Silence of All Heavens was even more outrageous.

It was only raised to the Innate Grandmaster level.

However, in Wu Dao’s estimation,

even if it was only at the Innate Grandmaster level, an Extraordinary cultivating the Great Silence of All Heavens would have the real combat power of a Land Immortal!

The fundamental nature of this Cultivation Technique was simply too high.

At its peak, it touched upon the level of Attainment Dao, so its unreasonableness was, in a way, reasonable.

"Teleportation Points: 0"

After the spending spree,

Wu Dao was once again dirt poor, right back where he started.

But he didn’t care.

The attribute panel had become somewhat useless to him now. Upgrading any random Cultivation Technique would cost ten million points or more.

In the time it would take to earn that many,

he could have cultivated to who knows what level. There was no need to trade the trunk for the branches.

Back in the Divine Wilderness,

he hadn’t used the attribute panel since reaching the Divine Techniques realm, treating it only as a backup option.

The biggest reason

wasn’t that it was a thankless and time-consuming effort.

When one’s own path faces an unknown darkness, only by personally taking each step, one by one, can one feel at ease.

The instant power-up from the panel was certainly satisfying,

but after the rush, it left a sense of insecurity, a feeling that your fate was not your own and the road ahead was unknown.

RUMBLE—

The void storms raged relentlessly, carrying with them countless bizarre and kaleidoscopic scenes. As the Anchor of Divine Desolation continued to shrink, the storms grew ever more violent.

An unknown amount of time passed.

When the Anchor of Divine Desolation was only ten li in size—

Celestial Treasure: Bitter Dust Robe (Emperor’s Artifact 100%)

’An Emperor’s Artifact... a shame it’s only a tiger’s skin.’

Wu Dao finally opened his eyes, a hint of regret in them as he thought of the terrifying weight a true Primordial Emperor Artifact carried.

SWISH—

With a thought,

faint wisps of a supreme Emperor’s might emanated from his origin. The Bitter Dust Robe, despite its appearance as a patched beggar’s garment, bloomed with an invisible light, concealing Wu Dao’s karmic aura.

Below the Dao, the Emperor is supreme.

Given the current state of affairs in Hongyuan, the Bitter Dust Robe was enough.

BOOM!

After the Bitter Dust Robe covered his body,

Wu Dao took one last look at the Divine Wilderness, which was about to be completely annihilated, then strode purposefully into the void storm.

Hongyuan.

Here I come!