Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1858 Chapter 494: Creation Carves Destiny (Part 3)

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Li Hao observed the nascent life forms emerging in his Life Sea, lamenting their sluggish growth akin to a primitive era, unable to serve as immediate aids in his cultivation. Withdrawing his focus, he delved deeply into the essence of Carving Arts, realizing its core lay in altering Creation itself—granting all things what they lack through time and intent. Over thirty years of immersion, he attained the thirteenth-stage Creation Life Carving, glimpsing the profound origins of carving while sensing the unfathomable depths of a potential fourteenth stage tied to the Immortal Emperor Realm. As he pondered enhancing his Body Path amid the challenges of stabilizing multiple Realm Hearts, the Star Empress's voice echoed, announcing a three-year sermon on the Dao Clan's revered Tao Collection to nurture the gathered cultivators.

Excitement filled the air as numerous individuals buzzed with hushed conversations.

The trio from the Yan Fire Clan next to Li Hao suddenly opened their eyes, their expressions brimming with delight.

"In my entire existence, this marks the initial occasion of witnessing an Immortal Emperor sharing the Dao."

The youth whispered softly, his gaze sparkling with fervor.

The Yan Fire Clan doesn't rank among the mighty lineages, lacking any Immortal Emperor within its ranks. For its members, an Immortal Emperor represents a profoundly enigmatic and remote figure.

Li Hao glanced toward Shi Miao and noticed she remained immersed in her realm, unclear if she was engaged in secluded cultivation or merely uninterested in the Dao scriptures lecture.

Without doubt, this broad dissemination of the Dao wouldn't include exceptionally deep segments; if it did, the Dao scriptures he had secured as premium barter items would appear ridiculously inferior.

Nevertheless, Li Hao planned to pay attention; the three-year Dao exposition wouldn't demand excessive time.

Amid the flurry of murmurs, the Star Empress lifted her hand, silencing the entire abyss in an instant, before her crimson lips parted gently to commence the gradual unveiling of the Dao scriptures.

With the esoteric and deep utterances of the Dao scriptures echoing forth, the essence of the Dao enveloped the space, causing the laws of the Ten Thousand Dao in the Emperor Arena to visibly shift in sync with the Star Empress's delivery, manifesting various paths of the Dao.

Li Hao retrieved the Dao scriptures he had obtained through exchange, flipping them open to cross-reference, and realized she was conveying the third chapter.

Grasping this chapter enabled refinement of the Ten Thousand Dao Origin up to the Seventh Layer and Eighth Layer!

The fourth chapter of the Dao scriptures aligns with the Ninth Realm.

The fifth chapter holds the concealed teachings exclusive to the Dao Clan.

As the Star Empress delivered the Dao, Li Hao benefited from his reference Dao scriptures, facilitating his insight and realization. Yet for everyone else, genuine reflection and comprehension were essential.

"Does this highlight the gap between possessing a guidebook and lacking one?"

Li Hao observed bewilderment in the gazes of many, yet the Star Empress pressed on with her delivery undeterred, clearly regarding personal insight as a trial and measure of innate ability and acuity.

Time passed swiftly.

In what seemed like no time at all, three years had elapsed.

Through alignment with the Dao scriptures, Li Hao determined that almost everything the Star Empress shared was comprehensible to him.

His Nine Sequences Origin Realm, excluding Time Dao and Space Dao, plus numerous other Dao realms, stayed at the Fifth and Sixth Levels.

Thanks to the Star Empress's exposition, within these mere three years, his progress proved significant, with his power experiencing a modest surge.

"Should every one of the Ten Thousand Dao achieve the Ten Layers of Perfection, that would signify the Quasi-Emperor Realm. Regrettably, my Dao scriptures extend only to the fourth chapter, missing the concluding one."

Internally, Li Hao let out a soft lament, knowing the ultimate chapter formed the Dao Clan's pivotal essence, the technique for ascending to the Quasi-Emperor Realm.

Upon the Star Empress concluding her Dao transmission, a formidable aura abruptly erupted from the Great Emperor Dojo, surging directly toward the Heaven Tower.

A multitude caught sight of that silhouette, their stares locking onto it—a figure draped in silver robes, radiating an aristocratic and singular presence, clearly marking one from the Emperor Clan.

"Is that Di Mingyuan, attempting the Heaven Tower once more?"

"His previous attempt occurred 20 years back, advancing from level 125 to surpassing level 129. Might he target level 130 now?"

Shock widened the eyes of many; Di Mingyuan stood as the leading Immortal King among those present, vastly outpacing the runner-up who had just hit level 121—a difference spanning eight levels.

"That makes sense, hailing from the Heavenly Emperor Clan, Di Mingyuan probably leads in the sub-Quasi-Emperor Realm."

"Obviously, those gathered here consist mainly of the True Realm's Ten Thousand Races' finest, barring those guarding the frontiers."

"Di Mingyuan…" From the Dao Clan, Dao Qingyin clad in a somber Tao robe, squinted his eyes, fixing them on the form charging toward the Heaven Tower's 130th level. On this occasion, the Heavenly Emperor Clan dominated the attention, rendering the Dao Clan somewhat diminished and utterly eclipsed in comparison.

"Beyond Time Dao and Space Dao, plus Golden Dao, he has mastered all Ten Thousand Daos to the Tenth Layer; merely a half-step from the Quasi-Emperor Realm!"

Atop the Heaven Tower's summit, the Immortal Emperor's gaze flickered, a grin playing on his lips, "Earning the title of foremost below the Quasi-Emperor Realm is well-justified. Should he manage, over the leftover centuries, to elevate either Time Dao or Space Dao to the Tenth Layer, his progress would prove truly extraordinary."