Chapter 535 - 401: Another Breakthrough! The Great Dao Dominator Realm
"Kill!"
CLANG!
Xu Qing took a deep breath, but the entire Golden Root Source World was filled with an incredibly sharp Gold Root, making it difficult to even breathe.
Every breath felt like blades scraping against his throat and windpipe.
Of course.
At Xu Qing's Realm, breathing was no longer necessary. It was merely an instinctual human reaction, one that could be suppressed.
"Great Dao Sword Technique!"
Xu Qing raised his hand and swung his sword. The slash spread out in all directions, unleashing a Hongmeng Sword Lotus that shot through the air, enveloping the Gold Root Beast and annihilating it.
BOOM!
The Gold Root Beast exploded, creating a powerful shockwave. Amidst the aftershocks of the explosion, Xu Qing saw a streak of light flash by.
SWOOSH!
Xu Qing took a step forward, reached out, and caught the streak of light in his hand.
Taking a closer look, he saw it was a tiny fragment.
"This is…"
Xu Qing was stunned for a moment before the relevant information appeared in his mind. 'A Golden Root Source Token Fragment. Now I understand.'
First of all.
Xu Qing had annihilated a Gold Root Beast and obtained one Golden Root Source Token Fragment. To assemble a complete Golden Root Source Token, he would need a total of 108 fragments.
Therefore.
He would need to annihilate 108 Gold Root Beasts.
"This is doable."
Xu Qing nodded. This kind of battle wasn't too difficult for him. Although the Gold Root Beasts were formidable, he could easily annihilate them.
After all.
The Gold Root Beasts had not reached the Undying Immortal level.
[DING!]
[True Points detected. Absorb?]
Suddenly.
A light flashed from the Encyclopedia of All Things.
A prompt appeared.
As expected.
Xu Qing saw that the fragment in his hand also contained True Points.
"Absorb,"
Xu Qing said.
BUZZ!
The Golden Root Source Token Fragment shimmered.
[DING!]
[Absorption complete!]
[Obtained: 10,000 True Points.]
The prompt appeared.
"Good."
Xu Qing's eyes lit up.
This way.
He had gathered enough True Points to upgrade his Carefree Sword Dao again.
…
[Carefree Sword Dao Level 18: 23,747/20,000 True Points (Upgradeable!) (…)]
…
"Then upgrade,"
Xu Qing said.
BUZZ! BUZZ!
Immediately.
The Encyclopedia of All Things shone with waves of light. Xu Qing entered a profound state, sensing the root and essence of the Chaos Dao and comprehending its many mysteries.
Furthermore.
His comprehension of the root and essence of the Great Dao merged into his Carefree Sword Dao, transforming into the Dao Sword…
…
[Upgrade successful!]
[Carefree Sword Dao Level 19: 3,747/40,000 True Points (Cultivation has broken through. Having comprehended the root and essence of the Great Dao, the nine Dao True Seals have fused into one, evolving into the Dao Root Seal—also known as the Dao Dominator Seal. You have subsequently entered the Master Realm First Layer Heaven, the third level of the Eighth Realm: Dao Realm.)]
…
The corresponding information appeared in his mind.
BOOM! BOOM!
Xu Qing opened his eyes. The ring formed by the nine Dao True Seals around him had vanished. They had all fused together, refining into the more powerful and profound Dao Dominator Seal. It hovered around him before merging into the center of his forehead.
ROAR!!!
The next moment.
As Xu Qing was breaking through, the significant commotion he caused naturally attracted another enormous Gold Root Beast.
CRACK!
CLANG!
With the ring of a sword.
This time, Xu Qing didn't use the Great Dao Sword Technique. Instead, he casually swung his sword, yet the power and might of this single strike had increased many times over.
CRACK! CRACK!
BOOM!
An explosion erupted.
With this one slash, Xu Qing defeated the Gold Root Beast—a feat that previously required the Great Dao Sword Technique—and it shattered into a sky full of glittering light.
At the same time.
Xu Qing reached out and caught the streak of light within the explosion. It was the second Golden Root Source Token Fragment. He had now collected two fragments.
"Excellent, excellent."
A broad smile covered Xu Qing's face. He could feel the increase in his Cultivation and his own power. 'Now that my Cultivation has entered the Master Realm First Layer Heaven, the Carefree Sword, the Time Treasure Tower, and all my powerful True Techniques and Pseudo-True Techniques will unleash even greater Power in my hands.'
'Take just now, for example.'
'Before my breakthrough, when I was only at the True Seal Realm Ninth Layer Heaven, I couldn't finish a Gold Root Beast with a single sword strike. I had to use the Great Dao Sword Technique.'
'But now…'
'I've broken through to the Master Realm First Layer Heaven. As my Cultivation and Realm have risen, so has my combat prowess, and significantly so. I no longer need to use the Great Dao Sword Technique to annihilate a Gold Root Beast with a single sword strike.'
'This is what it means to grow stronger.'
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye.
「Three days later.」
Xu Qing roamed the Golden Root Source World, searching everywhere for Gold Root Beasts. At first, he didn't need to search at all; he just had to release his aura, and the Gold Root Beasts would come to him.
Therefore.
In the first two days.
Xu Qing slew a total of thirty Gold Root Beasts and collected thirty Golden Root Source Token Fragments. But starting from the third day.
Things were different.
For some reason, it seemed the Gold Root Beasts had caught on. No matter how much Xu Qing released his aura, he couldn't attract any more of them.
He had no choice.
Xu Qing had to start searching for them himself.
However.
Xu Qing had also discovered something else.