Guiding the Dao into the Body

Shi Hao’s mind immediately went cold. That indistinct sneer was full of disdain and contempt. The high and mighty attitude seemed to have appeared through the great calamity.

Was it looking down on the wasteland region?

The great calamity continued. Shi Hao landed on the mountaintop, but he didn’t act rashly. Instead, he calmed his mind and focused his attention. He sat on a large rock, throwing aside all resentment and distracting thoughts, making himself clear-headed.

The wind was howling like thunder. All types of light danced about between heaven and earth. Those were divine swords formed from natural laws, attacking in all directions. There were also black war spears that pierced through everything.

Those who dared to stop it would be killed without exception!

The enormous net was spread out, not wishing to let a single deity go. If anyone escaped the net, the spear would pierce through them, bringing them into the heavens to ensure that they weren’t missed.

The truth was extremely cruel. Anyone who knew what was going on shivered inwardly. Their bodies were ice-cold. Even supreme experts and the surviving deities were captured. Just how crazy was this?!

However, in the great calamity, there was also a great opportunity.

The great path shifted, and the higher realms opened. Symbols fell, and rules emerged. Profound mysteries appeared in this world. If one was prepared, they could move against the tide and harvest this dangerous situation.

Shi Hao made himself clear-headed precisely for the sake of seizing that natural luck and capturing that indescribable trajectory. He wanted to pry into the profound mysteries of order.

The wind was extremely strong. This world was dyed in blood as if a red whirlwind was swirling about. The sound was mournful.

All cultivators were terrified that day. They originally thought that the meteorite was an illusion and that the great calamity had already passed. They never expected that this was just the beginning. The irregular scene was intimidating.

“What about the mortals?” People were terrified. At such a special moment when all types of deities and ghosts appeared, wouldn’t normal people be scared to death? This world was going to become chaotic.

However, the cities remained the same. Ordinary people didn’t feel anything because they couldn’t see the abnormal scene.

What kind of method was this? It only targeted cultivators, not mortals. From a certain perspective, it could also be considered a type of “mercy”, but a cruel “mercy”.

Many quick-witted individuals saw some clues. Cultivators studied symbols, observed the five elements of heaven and earth, and watched the changes in natural laws, so there were naturally some special aspects. A few people jumped out, looking at this world with the eyes of mortals, and then deduced. Unexpectedly, they also figured out some of the great calamity’s principles and started comprehending them.

Shi Hao sat on a big rock. At the special moment when the great path shifted and the world was overturned, he entered a deep state of meditation.

Even though he was in the middle of a tribulation, his entire body was sparkling and translucent. His eyes would open and close from time to time. He could see many symbols flickering in the void, revealing auspicious light.

This was precisely the opportunity. Shi Hao forgot himself. He only knew how to pry into the profound mysteries that rarely appeared in this world. He didn’t care about anything else. Those were the corners of the great path, which was transforming.

He entered, carefully studied it and used his spirit to refine it. His body became more and more sparkling and was releasing a type of fragrance.

This wasn’t an increase in cultivation, but rather the reconstruction and refinement of his own cauldron. Shi Hao guided the energy into his body, washing away all of the worldly energy and refining his true body.

It was just as Willow Deity said, there were new lives in the great calamity, as well as great natural luck!

If one could capture it, it would naturally be great and would be extremely beneficial for their future cultivation. They would be building a foundation, using the sturdiest divine stone.

Quite a few people in the world noticed this. All those who were astonishingly talented took action, capturing the trajectory of the great path and guiding their tangible bodies to resonate with themselves.

At special moments, a great path would appear in this world. Catching a small fraction would be a tremendous opportunity for powerful individuals, benefiting them for the rest of their lives.

Shi Hao sat down. A wave of white energy curled around his body, carrying a sweet fragrance. It washed away all of the smoke and dust, making him appear as if he were a deity, untainted by the world of mortals, becoming more and more pure.

He obtained great benefits. When his eyes opened and closed, he used his instinct to capture the law of the Great Dao, probing the source. All things were stirred up within his heart, and it was a type of indescribable comprehension.

Boom!

He was raised by a wave of energy, rising and falling on the mountain peak like a small boat in the sea. He wanted to cross to the other side, away from the sea of suffering.

However, there were also great waves, as well as hurricanes that could overturn him at any time. That was the Great Path. It was so majestic, so how could mortals control it? It could easily overturn a ship and wipe out a deity.

Shi Hao continued to struggle, not waking up. In the end, he even stepped out of the small boat, wandering about in the sea and bathing in the endless waves.

This was an extremely dangerous move. When merging with the endless Great Path, a person was just too insignificant. He could be slapped over at any time and turned into powder, never to exist again.

In reality, Shi Hao guided all of the symbols in the void into his body, merging them with his body’s treasury and forming a precious ship.

This was an accumulation of power and establishing the foundation of the Great Path. He was doing this so that one day, he could build his own boundless world.

He guided the energy into his body, using the endless symbols to cleanse himself. It was the construction of an undying body shell, and he was accumulating his own potential. When he rushed into the heavens in the future, he would jump even higher.

He might transform into a dragon and ride the wind, thus undergoing a qualitative change, rebirthing himself to attain the Great Dao.

During the four days of the great calamity, Shi Hao sat in the void. He was surrounded by symbols, both inside and outside his body. In the end, those symbols condensed, turning into a streak of flame, burning his body.

He was tempering his body.

In the end, it even took form. The symbols produced by those Great Path fragments were linked together, forming a cauldron and trapping him within. Raging flames surged, refining his true body.

Boom!

In the end, when the sun rose from the east, all of this scattered. The sky became clear again.

This was already the morning of the fifth day. Shi Hao opened his eyes, feeling that something was different. His body carried a sweet orchid-like fragrance. This was a sign that his body was close to the ultimate accomplishments.

Under normal circumstances, even supreme experts wouldn’t have this type of accomplishment, with the exception of a few others.

In the past, his flesh was sturdy and comparable to the Western Sect’s Vajra Unbreakable Body. Now that he was close to the Great Dao, it was easy for him to construct symbols within his body.

The path of cultivation was difficult. The further one went, the more difficult it became. The boat might be destroyed at any time.

Now, he had another layer of protection. His flesh precious ship was sturdy, and there was Dao light within it. It protected him from time to time, nurturing his essence energy. This was the result of the body’s precious ship and essence energy working together.

Shi Hao seized the opportunity, establishing his own Great Path foundation in the great calamity. He was quietly waiting for it to take root and sprout in the future. It would tower into the sky and cover the heavens.

The wind stopped, and the flowing light that filled the sky disappeared. There was no longer any bloody light, nor was there any killing disaster.

When he looked up, the sky was bright and clear. The three great magical artifacts had long disappeared without a trace. There was no killing intent in this world, and everything was extremely peaceful.

“Four days and four nights. I wonder what happened,” Shi Hao said softly. He left the mountain and walked into the distance.

Based on his intuition, he knew that many things must have happened in this world. Perhaps the entire world was trembling and clamoring.

Did the great calamity end just like that? Shi Hao didn’t know. He frowned, believing that it definitely wouldn’t be that simple.

When he called out to the little pagoda, it still didn’t say anything. It was clear that there was still danger.

In the end, he forcefully opened the World Treasure Box and forced the pagoda to explain. Only then did it revive. It was very helpless and warned him that it was temporarily safe, but the great calamity wasn’t that simple.

“For you, there shouldn’t be much of a problem, but for me, it’s still full of unknowns. Do not disturb me.”

The little pagoda was extremely serious, telling him not to contact it for the time being. Even if Shi Hao was in danger, it could only remain dormant and wouldn’t be able to take action.

The first wave might have ended. If one wanted to open the realm gate, they had to pay an extremely great price. Not even the higher realms’ giants could open it at any moment. They had to wait for an opportunity.

Shi Hao walked out from the great mountains, heading toward an inhabited place that belonged to Stone Country. He entered from the western border, so he was naturally in Stone Country’s territory.

A day later, he entered a giant city and heard a lot of news. He was immediately shocked.

For four days and four nights, cold winds roared angrily. Rule divine swords and war spears filled the air, capturing supreme experts and sweeping through the wasteland region. It was simply unimaginable. That killing intent and battle intent made even cultivators shiver.

In that instant, all of the supreme experts disappeared without a trace. It was unknown if they were all captured and killed, but no one could say for sure if any of them avoided the great calamity and survived.

After all, during the four days and four nights of crying and howling, everyone saw the irregular scenes. Deities were killed, and blood light rushed into the heavens, not scattering for a long time.

Too many strange things happened in various places, and they were difficult to explain.

The most shocking thing was that Fire Nation’s capital had undergone a shocking change. Now, half of it was destroyed, and half of the capital was in ruins. The other half was covered in roiling black clouds that were accompanied by bloody-colored light as they surged into the heavens.

“What? The Fire Nation’s capital encountered a great calamity and was thus erased?” Shi Hao was shocked. He didn’t know if Huo Ling’er and her father had escaped this calamity, but he hoped that they would head to the Heavenly Divine Mountain first.

Otherwise, just how miserable would this be?

“In the half of the city left behind, at the base of a fallen ancient tree, mists surged. A vast battlefield appeared, resisting the will in the sky,” someone said softly.

Shi Hao was shaken. Sure enough, something strange was hidden there. The Fire Nation’s Spirit Sacrificing Divine Tree had sealed something unimaginable.

“There is the cry of an ancient deity. Even the great calamity didn’t destroy that place.”

Shi Hao really wanted to pay it a visit, but right now, he was in Stone Country, still quite far from that place.

The great calamity had just ended, and the news he received was only limited to what happened in Stone Country and Fire Country. There was still no news from the other places. Shi Hao decided to head to Stone Country’s capital to take a look.

Along the way, he heard a lot of news, to the extent that there was even an astonishing rumor!

“There is something in the lower realm that attracts the higher realms, so they have to come down and carefully search for it. It has been like this for endless years, only, they have never been able to obtain it.”

It was unknown who leaked this information. Regardless, those who could reveal this great secret were formidable.

It was clear that someone had survived, and they knew a portion of the great calamity’s secrets.

“However, coming down is easier said than done. There will definitely be a backlash. Even the giants of the higher realms might be in danger, so they have to rely on others to carry out the search.”

No one knew the source of the information. It came from a few cultivators, making one shiver inwardly.

Before reaching Stone Country’s capital, Shi Hao heard some other news. Heaven Mending Pavilion, Immortal Mountain, Western Paradise Sect, and sects were all hurrying over to the capital.

“What do you mean?” Shi Hao was confused. He asked a cultivator who was also on the road.

“Rumor has it that this is a scheme against the country. The Stone Emperor has disappeared, and the world is unstable. These great sects have descended to choose a puppet, and they might even take charge themselves.”

Shi Hao was furious. Even though he didn’t have a good impression of the Martial Imperial Manor, his surname was still Shi. With the same ancestor, how could he let other people take over Stone Country?

“The people of the higher realms want to find something, but they can’t come down themselves, so they naturally have to borrow the power from below,” the cultivators who walked the same path said with a sigh.

Even though this was a secret, it was still spread by a few cultivators. There was no need to think too much about it. People who knew the secrets of this world were still alive.

“Fairy Yue Chan, Immortal Mountain’s elders, and others have all arrived with groups of experts. They might very well choose someone else to take control of Stone Country.”

When he heard these words, Shi Hao was already sure that the outer regions’ undying great sects and the higher realms had a close relationship. They might even be representatives.

“You can’t come down. For your own selfish reasons, you dare to do such a thing?” Shi Hao looked into the sky. He knew that this was part of the reason for the great calamity, but it was still enough to make him furious.

“You want to scheme against Stone Country? Dream on! Don’t even think about obtaining that thing!” Shi Hao sneered.