Chapter 62: Entering the True Self Realm! The First Divine Manifestation!
Chapter 62: Entering the True Self Realm! The First Divine Manifestation!
"What is the Great Dao of Power?"
At this moment, Chen Zhixing closed his eyes and pondered deeply.
Within his body, five hundred acupoints lit up simultaneously, transforming into torrents of starlight that converged into the divine sea of his dantian.
Over the years, Chen Zhixing's understanding of power surfaced in his mind as if his memories were being replayed.
In his childhood, during his first cultivation, he had struggled to lift the solid sandalwood table in his home.
As he grew a bit older, his strength increased, and he could easily handle a thousand-pound stone block as if it were a mere toy.
Later, when he achieved perfection in the Treasure Body realm, he broke the shackles of his physical body, and his strength exceeded a hundred thousand pounds in that realm.
Throughout these years of ups and downs, the cultivation of power had always been his primary focus.
In Chen Zhixing's deep contemplation, a small seed of the Great Dao gradually formed above the divine sea of his dantian.
At this moment, Chen Zhixing had already completed more than half of the True Self Realm. All that remained was to inscribe the Divine Manifestation onto this seed of the Great Dao, and he would fully step into the True Self Realm.
However, Chen Zhixing opened his eyes, gazing into the distance with a trace of confusion.
The concept of "power" was too broad and mysterious. What he had just understood amounted to two words—"physical strength."
But the Dao of Power was far more complex than mere physical strength.
Gravity, attraction, pressure.
Even the courage to boldly walk one's own path despite the skeptical gazes of others, like ghostly flames in the night.
The long road ahead demanded self-restraint, solitude, the hiding of one's sharp edges, the relinquishment of superiority, and the force to calm one's mind.
There were so many aspects.
Physical strength was easy to comprehend, but the Dao of Power was far more than that.
Was the power he cultivated truly all-encompassing?
Chen Zhixing frowned deeply, the expression of intense contemplation growing heavier on his face.
It wasn't until the night grew darker, and a swarm of ants emerged from the crevices of the rocks, lifting the corpse of a small insect no bigger than a fingernail, struggling to carry it back to their nest, that Chen Zhixing suddenly seemed to understand something. His eyes brightened.
"In the journey of cultivation, one must remove the complexities, worry less about gains and losses, know one's own heart, and refine one's path."
Chen Zhixing gently shook his head, a clear smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
"The power I cultivate is the purest force of destruction and annihilation!"
"The overwhelming force that can lift mountains and dominate the world!"
"The grand power that can crush galaxies with a wave of my hand and split the great lakes with a step!"
"This is the power I seek to cultivate!"
With this thought, the confusion and hesitation in Chen Zhixing's eyes vanished, replaced by clarity and determination.
Enlightenment of the heart!
Enlightenment of the Dao!
He now had his own understanding of the Great Dao of Power and could see the path ahead!
In the next moment, Chen Zhixing extended his hand and began to inscribe in the void.
A cool mountain breeze brushed past Chen Zhixing's clothes and hair.
Suddenly, this gentle breeze grew stronger, quickly transforming into a tornado that swept across the heavens and earth!
Boom—!!!
The entire mountain began to shake violently!
An indescribable, terrifying pressure instantly radiated from Chen Zhixing, spreading across the mountains, sweeping through the streets of Hong'an City, and extending outward in a vast arc.
"Hmm?"
In an instant, countless cultivators in Hong'an City, who were meditating in their cultivation, were startled, their eyes snapping open as they looked in the direction of Chen Zhixing.
"This... this aura... Is someone about to break through to the True Self Realm and condense a Divine Manifestation?"
An experienced elder cultivator's eyelids twitched as he spoke.
On the Zishui River, a pleasure boat gently swayed, causing ripples on the water's surface.
Inside the boat, among the gauze curtains and purple Suzhou desks, an old man with a flushed face lay on a bed, his chest exposed.
In his arms, he held two beautiful young women with jade-like skin and well-proportioned, slender legs.
These two women were only wearing simple undergarments, nestled in his embrace.
One woman took a sip of wine and fed it into the old man's mouth, while the other gently twirled a strand of her hair, drawing slow circles on the old man's chest.
"Drinking like this is truly the right way to savor the taste," the old man chuckled with his eyes half-closed.
"You old rascal, aren't you too old to be playing like this?" the beautiful woman teased softly, her eyes filled with charm.
"Hahaha, this is what they call growing stronger with age," the old man laughed heartily.
Suddenly, the old man's ears twitched as if he had sensed something. He abruptly pushed the two women aside.
He stood up and pushed aside the boat's curtains, looking out towards the city outskirts.
In the darkness of the mountains, a sun and moon simultaneously appeared.
Immediately after, a vast starry sea unfurled like a painting above a mountain peak.
"Is someone about to condense a Divine Manifestation? Wait, the quality of this manifestation seems... quite high!"
The old man squinted his eyes, his face gradually showing an expression of interest.
In the next moment, within that starry painting, the sun rose and the moon set, and the stars rotated.
A colossal beast appeared in the starry sea.
This gigantic beast had sharp, curved horns, its two feet planted firmly on the ground as it raised its head to the sky, letting out a deep, thunderous roar.
Moo!!!
With a single roar, countless stars shattered!
"Is someone using the Bull Demon of Power as their Divine Manifestation?"
The old man nodded slightly in approval. It seemed this was a cultivator of the Great Dao of Power.
The Bull Demon had long been a symbol of the Great Dao of Power. Using this creature, combined with the sun, moon, and stars as a Divine Manifestation, was considered quite an exceptional manifestation.
"Not bad, not..." The old man was about to praise the scene.
Suddenly.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
One colossal beast after another appeared!
Two... three... four... ten!
Fifty!
A hundred!
Three hundred!
Five hundred!!!
In the blink of an eye, the starry sky was filled with five hundred Bull Demons of Power!
Each Bull Demon was enormous, radiating an incredibly terrifying aura.
At this moment, the presence of five hundred Bull Demons together seemed as if they could shatter the heavens and destroy the earth!
"Not... uh...???"
The old man's word of praise froze on his lips as his eyes widened in shock, his mouth gaping wide enough to fit an egg.
Oh my god!!!
Am I seeing things???
"Five hundred Bull Demons of Power... Someone actually used five hundred Bull Demons of Power as their Divine Manifestation?!!"
The old man was completely stunned, his scalp tingling.
The so-called Divine Manifestation was a fusion of one's Dao and strength!
For someone to use five hundred Bull Demons of Power as their Divine Manifestation meant that their strength was at least equivalent to that of five hundred Bull Demons of Power!
"This... this..." The old man felt his mouth go dry. To have such strength, how powerful must one's physical body be?
"And it seems that it's not just the Bull Demons of Power! There might be something more..."
The old man was about to continue observing.
Whoosh~!
But the five hundred Bull Demons in the starry sea suddenly retracted, vanishing into the mountains.
This left countless cultivators in Hong'an City still staring in shock at the sky.
"From today onward, the world has gained another top-tier manifestation and an invincible True Self cultivator!" the old man said with a deep breath, his expression serious.
In the next moment.
The previously silent Hong'an City erupted in noise.
Countless cultivators began to move, rushing toward the mountain outside the city.