Chapter 1207 — The Primordial Qi of the Grand Beginning
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A chill of awe rose in Gao Huaitong's heart, and he held not the slightest contempt for the First Ancestor, the Human Sovereign.
The Xiao Heavenly Venerate had always spoken highly of the Dao Realm system of Kaihuang, believing that it filled the most crucial gap in the Heavenly Palace system. That system had been founded by the Yu Heavenly Venerate, deduced and extended by the Mu and Hao Heavenly Venerates, and perfected by countless later generations.
Yet it had one grave flaw: its paramount emphasis on strength. Every time a cultivator stepped into a higher realm within it, his power would leap forward enormously—a leap grounded in the Longhan Heaven Court, which had become the emblem of the Dao to every deity who ascended into the Divine Realm.
But this way of cultivation ignored an understanding of the Dao. The Dao Realm system of Kaihuang Shenye was precisely what made up for that deficiency. It exalted the comprehension of the Dao, entering deeper and deeper into the Dao until one approached its very essence, then joining that understanding with the overwhelming power of the Heavenly Palace system—so that one's might and cultivation would both soar to new heights!
Gao Huaitong also found himself agreeing with the Xiao Heavenly Venerate, and his agreement was grounded in the day Kaihuang had split the Heaven Court with a single sword.
On that day, when Kaihuang struck the Heaven Court and cleft it with one blow, every deity had felt the tremor and terror that came with the rending. Of course, the Heaven Court had not been split fully open, so the tremor and terror lasted only a brief moment. Once it passed, most deities put the matter out of their minds.
Gao Huaitong was one of the few who did not. He had felt, with unspeakable intensity, that his Dao heart had nearly cracked—the shock to his spirit was beyond anything he had ever known.
If the Heaven Court truly had been split apart, what would have become of all the deities under heaven? Would their Dao hearts have collapsed?
Would their Heavenly Palaces have lost their divine power? That was the most dreadful thought of all. He also came to realize that Kaihuang's Dao Realm system could precisely compensate for this.
If he cultivated both systems together, then even if the Heaven Court were destroyed, his Dao heart would not shatter with it.
But at present, he was still at the groping stage—only just initiated into the Dao Realm.
When he saw the bearing of the First Ancestor, the Human Sovereign, he knew at once that this was a grand master of the Dao Realm system.
He felt not a trace of negligence, and bowed, saying, "Please enlighten me, fellow Daoist.
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The two greeted each other, and then struck without hesitation!
Gao Huaitong only displayed the cultivation of the Empyrean Realm, but his opening move was a great divine power of the Imperial Throne.
Behind him, Heavenly Palaces crashed forth one after another—a thousand palaces and ten thousand halls, tier upon tier, towering like mountains! He knew exactly how formidable the Dao Realm system was: one layer of Dao Realm was one heaven, and one heaven held one divine power.
If he tested his opponent with caution, by the time the other unleashed his profound Dao Realm, he might be left with bitter regret.
The First Ancestor, the Human Sovereign, was as calm and composed as ever. He swept his hands in a circle and drew them inward, and instantly the scene became one of heaven crumbling and earth cracking, with him standing at the center of the ruined world like a pillar of bronze.
The Heaven-Earth Heart-Sage Art!
His divine power was the mark of an era—the era when rites had collapsed and music had been lost, when demons danced wildly, when heaven and earth had shattered. He would establish a heart for heaven and earth, and ordain a mandate for the people!