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For him now, this is the kind of experience he desires most.
This will facilitate his journey of training to master the true ultimate fire path.
Time flies, and a century has passed in the blink of an eye.
Yunhua traveled and learned along the way. Over the past century, he has experienced countless dangers and witnessed countless wonders of the universe.
During this process, he also obtained a vast amount of cultivation techniques, some from soul-searching his opponents' minds, and others from the inheritances of his predecessors found in secret realms and ruins...
During this process, he was hunted down by Dao Lords of Life and Death who went mad after failing to achieve Dao Integration, and he also accidentally fell into some traps set by powerful beings before their deaths. He even chased down several Dao Lords of Life and Death...
A century of experience has also enabled him to make rapid progress in the path of fire.
He had long since grasped the meaning of controlling, melting, and refining fire—the "two" in "one begets two." Now, only the final "one" remained.
On this very day, Yunhua arrived at the most difficult part of the journey to Tiancang Palace—the Dark Sea.
Above a powerful teleportation star in the chaotic void.
"Boom!"
A fountain thousands of feet high shimmered with a hazy, colorful light under the starlight.
There are three such majestic fountains on this star, which are as imposing as mountains, so this star is also known as the "Three Springs Star".
Sanquan Star is also the closest star to the Dark Sea in the vast chaotic universe. Although this star is also the location of a spacetime teleportation array, it is far less prosperous than other spacetime teleportation arrays.
Those who come here are mostly cultivators who are going to explore the Dark Sea, or who need to cross the Dark Sea to other realms.
Such cultivators are usually at least at the World Realm level, so compared to other teleportation arrays, the flow of people here is not large.
"Next up is the Dark Sea!" Yunhua left the teleportation array, stood on high ground, and looked at the distant void with a hint of anticipation in his eyes.
The Dark Sea is arguably the most dangerous place on the way to the Heavenly Palace, and it would take at least several hundred years to traverse it even with the power of a World Realm cultivator.
He didn't know what he would encounter along the way, but he felt a vague sense of anticipation.
However, at that very moment, he suddenly froze, and after a long while, a smile appeared on his face: "So that's how it is. I didn't expect to have an epiphany at this moment. So this is the ultimate fire path..."
Whether it's the strongest fire, fire control, fire melting, or fire refining, they are all just part of the way of fire. The true ultimate way of fire doesn't have so many fancy things.
"Controlling all fire? I can already do that!" Yunhua said softly.
At the same time, he slowly extended his right hand, and a brilliant flame condensed in his palm. Then the flame danced and appeared in endless shapes.
In an instant, he was surrounded by scorching heat, vibrant life, desolate stillness, and icy frost...
Countless auras and countless flames emerged from the ball of flame in his palm.
One fire is all fire! A single flame contains all the mysteries of all fires.
"Boom!!" In an instant, a mysterious power in the universe vibrated like a harp string, resonating with Yunhua's heart.
Yunhua subconsciously turned his head to look into the depths of the universe. With this mysterious sense, he felt the source of fire surging in the deepest, infinitely distant part of the chaotic universe.
However, at this moment, as Yunhua comprehends the ultimate fire elemental path, the fire elemental source that originally maintained the stability of the entire universe begins to resonate with Yunhua in a mysterious way.
"With this resonance, I won't need to deliberately cultivate anymore. Listening to the 'string vibrations' of the Chaotic Universe's Fire Dao Origin every day will be enough to make me progress significantly," Yunhua thought to himself.
"However, since we've already come this far, let's take advantage of this opportunity to break through to the Dao Lord level!" With a thought, Yun Hua silently left the mountain peak where he was standing, and even left the Three Springs Star, arriving in this relatively quiet and desolate place in this territory.
"call!"
Yunhua descended directly onto a desolate star, then immediately entered his cave dwelling and activated all the array formations and restrictions. Instantly, layers of light screens appeared inside the cave dwelling, blocking all detection.
Yunhua sat cross-legged in the chaotic world of the cave and said softly, "Let's begin!"
"Boom!!" In an instant, Yunhua's aura began to change. It was the aura of the Dao, the aura of a Dao that belonged to him, and also the aura of the ultimate fire Dao.
The Daoist Master of Life and Death believes that every step he takes is a matter of life and death, and he must forge his own path.
This step is fraught with danger; one must have great determination to succeed.
"Boom!!" In that instant, the entire chaotic void surged, and endless chaotic power formed an extremely terrifying vortex. The size of this vortex was simply unbelievable.
The shockwaves generated by his breakthrough even reached the distant Sanquan Star.
"This...this kind of fluctuation!?"
"What happened? Has some powerful figure broken through? Such a terrifying aura and fluctuations are unbelievable."
"Such terrifying fluctuations, such terrifying Dao Lord aura, could it be that he is breaking through to the third or fourth step Dao Lord level?"
Within the Three Springs Star, countless World Realm cultivators took to the air, gazing at the source of the towering wave in the distance.
They simply felt as if a colossal entity had appeared in the originally calm chaos, stirring and churning, and even the sheer force of the vibrations was unbelievable to them.
"This scorching aura is truly terrifying. Is a fellow Daoist about to break through to the third or fourth step Dao Lord level? If it's the aura of the Dao of Fire, then he can be considered a strong person if he's breaking through to the third step Dao Lord level; but if it's the aura of the fourth step Dao Lord level, then his Dao is too weak."
Naturally, the Dao Lord of Life and Death also noticed Yunhua's breakthrough and looked over in surprise.
However, although they were surprised, there was nothing particularly noteworthy about it.
Judging from this aura, the opponent is only at the third or fourth step of Dao Lord.
If it is a three-step Dao Lord, then it means that the other party is a genius. Once he merges with the Dao in the future, he will be a backbone force among the Eternal Emperors. If it is a four-step Dao Lord, then there is nothing more to say. Once he merges with the Dao, he will definitely be the weakest Emperor.
However, at this moment, within Yun Hua's body, in the chaotic space of his Golden Core—"Rumble!!"
The Dao Tree, which was originally 36,000 feet tall, began to absorb Yunhua's insights into the Dao of Fire and grew rapidly.
It grows very slowly, but becomes thicker and stronger.
For the Dao Lord of Life and Death, the more profound and powerful the Dao Tree becomes, the thicker and stronger it grows.
Both being Dao Lords on the verge of achieving Dao Integration, their Dao Trees are both 108,000 zhang tall, but their thickness differs.
Chapter 1082 The Second Step Life and Death Dao Lord
Some extraordinary Dao Lords possess Dao Trees that are extremely thick, with even a single branch comparable to the trunk of the weakest Dao Lord.
However, given Yunhua's current resources, his Dao Tree is already the thickest among those of the same level.
However, the Dao Tree is still growing at this moment.
The tree grew taller and thicker, and its roots extended to every corner of the Golden Core Chaos Space, making the entire Golden Core Chaos Space more stable and causing it to expand.
When the Dao Tree reached a height of 52,000 zhang, it finally stopped expanding.
However, the chaotic space of the Golden Core continued to expand wildly, its aura growing ever more magnificent, and the Golden Core within his body became increasingly profound at this moment.
"Finally, the divine body is restructured!" Yunhua's phoenix body reappeared, and then his whole body began to burn. After burning away the old body, he evolved a brand new divine body with the "ultimate fire path".
The Dao Lord's aura spread out in a mighty and powerful manner.
Yunhua broke through to the Dao Lord realm very quickly, completing the breakthrough in just one hour.
However, the turbulent vortex of chaos outside has not stopped, because Yunhua is still taking advantage of this breakthrough to continue generating blue-and-white water droplets.
Each breakthrough in cultivation level is an opportunity for the influx of chaotic energy from the outside world, providing an unlimited supply of chaotic energy. Under normal circumstances, who knows how many resources would be needed to refill the Qinghua space with water droplets?
"Boom!!"
The chaotic vortex surged and roared, as if endless chaotic power was frantically pouring into Yunhua's body. Moreover, this frenzied chaotic power intensified and even affected the entire Qianyun Domain where Sanquan Star was located, shocking countless people.
"Impossible, how can a breakthrough require so much chaotic power?" The Life and Death Dao Lord, who had previously thought Yun Hua's strength was just average, was immediately shocked. Just the chaotic power he was currently emitting was many times greater than that of an ordinary fourth-step Dao Lord, and it was still emitting.
"Could it be a breakthrough by a cultivator with an innate divine body or an extremely monstrous Golden Core? For example, a cultivator who has practiced the 'Thousand Bodies Sacred Scripture'?" Some Dao Lords of Life and Death first thought of the 'Thousand Bodies Sacred Scripture,' which is the most widely circulated in the Chaos Universe.
Time passed slowly, and Yunhua continued to absorb and transform massive amounts of chaotic power into water droplets in the Blue and White Space.
"Tick!"
Golden droplets of water appeared in the blue-and-white space, each droplet exceeding the sum of Yunhua's total magical and divine power.
He finally stopped after three whole days of swallowing and vomiting.
With this breakthrough, he possessed a total of 3,600 water droplets!
"With my three thousand six hundred drops of water, plus my ultimate fire-elemental path, I'm afraid even an ordinary fourth-step Dao Lord might not be my match!"
Yunhua was pleasantly surprised. He hadn't expected to have 3,600 drops of this water when he was a Dao Lord of Life and Death.
"It is indeed a method created by the Supreme One with countless efforts. It is just a pity that this method can only be used up to the Dao Lord of Life and Death, and cannot be applied to higher levels." Yun Hua also felt a little regretful.
However, he quickly shifted his attention back to his divine body.
This time, his divine body was reforged using the ultimate fire elemental path, and his Dao tree also became the ultimate fire elemental path tree.
At this moment, as Yunhua closed his eyes and carefully sensed the path, he immediately saw the road further away from this ultimate fire path.
This is like climbing to a high place to look far; the higher you stand, the farther you can see.
Therefore, many prodigies who have reached the Dao Lord level can often break through to the second-step Dao Lord level within a few hundred years after breaking through to the first-step Dao Lord level.
But for Yunhua, his thousands of years were more than just the time of a Second-Step Dao Lord.
"At my current speed, I can break through to the second-step Dao Lord in about five to ten years. Let's talk about it after I break through!" Yun Hua had no intention of going out at all. Instead, he planned to go out after breaking through and cross the Dark Sea.
Time flowed by year after year, and in the blink of an eye, eight years had passed. "Boom!!"
Just then, an extremely hot aura suddenly surged out, and a terrifying chaotic vortex descended upon Yun Hua once again. His ultimate fire path broke through once more, reaching the level of a second-step Dao Lord.
"Boom!!" In an instant, the Dao Tree in his Golden Core Chaos Space began to grow once again.
Majestic and enormous, with each branch resembling a dragon, this extremely lush Dao tree, which was originally only 52,000 feet tall, is now climbing upwards once again.
The branches of the Dao Tree grew strong and the trunk became increasingly thick. This time, the Dao Tree grew very quickly, climbing to a height of 84,000 zhang in a very short time.
Eighty-four thousand feet is also the limit of the Dao Tree within a Second-Step Dao Lord's body.
Generally speaking, even if an ordinary Dao Lord breaks through to the second step of Dao Lord, he is only about 60,000 to 70,000 zhang tall. Only by gradually perfecting his Dao can he reach 84,000 zhang tall.
However, the ultimate path is different; each breakthrough is perfection, the ultimate limit. Once he breaks through to the level of a fourth-step Dao Lord, it will be equivalent to directly reaching the edge of the Dao Integration stage.
"The ultimate path of fire, the first few steps are easy. Whether it's breaking through to the second or third step Dao Lord, it's very simple. But if you want to break through to the fourth step Dao Lord, the difficulty is extraordinary." Yun Hua also understood that his rapid breakthrough was mainly due to the advantages he had gained in his previous life.
His insights into the Great Dao from his previous life still played a significant role at this time, especially the profound laws he brought back from the Swallowed Star World, which greatly contributed to his breakthrough.
Those profound laws only need a slight transformation; by removing some of the unsuitable parts, it will be easy for him to take a big step forward in the ultimate fire path.
However, Yunhua himself also sensed that this kind of thing should have ended when he became a Three-Step Dao Lord, and the Great Dao and information from other worlds could no longer provide him with any additional benefits.
"Boom!"
Chaos surged, and the terrifying vortex of chaos once again affected the entire Qianyun Domain, with even stronger shocks that shook countless cultivators.
"How many years has it been? He has already broken through again? How could it be so fast?" A Dao Lord of Life and Death wondered.
"He broke through again in less than ten years. As far as I know, there is only one possibility: his previous breakthrough was from the World Realm to the First Step Dao Lord, and now he has broken through to the Second Step Dao Lord. Only the most monstrous Dao Lords can break through continuously in such a short period of time!" Another Dao Lord of Life and Death sighed inwardly.
But it was precisely because he had guessed it that he was shocked like never before.
Those Dao Lords who can directly become rulers after breaking through are said to have cultivated from a first-step Dao Lord to a second-step Dao Lord within a thousand years, or even a hundred years; so how strong must the Dao of this person who broke through in less than ten years be?
Furthermore, during his previous breakthrough, his terrifying aura was comparable to that of a third-step Dao Lord. Now that he is a second-step Dao Lord, could he already be comparable to a fourth-step Dao Lord on the verge of merging with the Dao?
Chapter 1083 Crossing the Sea of Darkness
The more they pondered this question, the more trembled in the hearts of countless cultivators.
Because this performance was too terrifying, surpassing even the legends.
"Boom!!" Finally, the chaotic vortex stopped, and Yunhua's absorption of chaotic power also ended.
"The Dao Tree, 84,000 feet tall, and the Second Step Dao Lord have finally been achieved!" Yunhua stood up.
"Next, while crossing the Dark Sea, I will further comprehend the 'Ultimate Fire Dao' of the third level. I hope to reach the third-step Dao Lord level before finding the Heavenly Azure Palace."
"It's time to go!" After leaving the pass, Yunhua didn't think much and flew directly towards the Dark Sea.
"Whoosh!" After flying for several days, Yunhua finally arrived at the edge of the Dark Sea.
It was a chaotic and turbulent spatial ocean. Even standing at the very edge, Yunhua could feel wave after wave of spatial waves crashing towards him.
"The Dark Sea, the Sea of Space... This world is full of all sorts of dangers. In my opinion, this Sea of Space is probably close to the Boundary Sea of the Shrouding the Heavens..." This thought came to Yun Hua's mind, and then he burst forth and rushed directly towards the Dark Sea.
With Yunhua's current ultimate fire path, the speed he unleashed in that instant reached thirty times the limit of the Heavenly Dao, surpassing light, surpassing electricity, surpassing everything, and disappearing into the distance in an instant.
"Boom!!" The moment Yunhua entered the Dark Sea, wave after wave of spatial waves crashed over him like a tide, instantly reducing his speed.
"So that's how it is. The Sea of Space, with its surging spatial currents, the pressure here is truly immense!" Yunhua thought to himself. "However, this place is quite wondrous. It's a good opportunity to first try and comprehend the spatial principles here..."
Yunhua immediately slowed down and flew through the dark sea.
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