Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” - Chapter 463: The Heavenly Dao's Anomaly
The Lord of the Nine Void was currently communicating with the Heavenly Dao’s Origin Essence of the Dao Realm.
He gazed at the Heavenly Dao high in the sky and said in a low, somber voice, “In the name of the Chaos Manager, I command you to immediately mobilize the Chaos Phantoms of the high-stage Dao Lords within the Dao Realm to come and attack Daochu City!”
The Lord of the Nine Void looked calmly at the Heavenly Dao, waiting for its response.
This was not the first time he had done this. Roughly every ten thousand Immeasurable Kalpas, the Dao Realm would be activated once. However, all previous activations were initiated autonomously by the Dao Realm itself. Only this time was it triggered by him.
He originally thought the Heavenly Dao Origin Essence would respond quickly and immediately organize the action.
Yet, to the Lord of the Nine Void’s bewilderment, a full five breaths passed without the slightest reaction from the Heavenly Dao.
Puzzled, the Lord of the Nine Void looked towards the Heavenly Dao within the network of Dao Principles.
There, an eye had condensed, staring at him impassively, yet giving him no response whatsoever.
“Heavenly Dao, immediately execute this Sovereign’s…!”
The Lord of the Nine Void conjured a command token out of thin air to order the Heavenly Dao.
However, before he could even finish his sentence, an unexpected event occurred.
The moment he took out the token.
A fierce glint flashed within the Heavenly Dao’s eye!
A Thunder Dao Principle instantly condensed into an attack and, with lightning speed, struck the token!
The Lord of the Nine Void watched helplessly as the token in his hand shattered into countless fragments.
At that moment, after the token broke, a supreme power surged forth, launching a counterattack against the Heavenly Dao Eye.
The Heavenly Dao Eye shed crimson blood, and the cold fierceness in its gaze gradually faded, leaving only the emotionless Heavenly Dao Eye behind.
Only then did the Heavenly Dao belatedly transmit a piece of information: it was currently summoning high-stage Dao Lords to come and attack the city.
But by this time, the Lord of the Nine Void felt as if he had fallen into an abyss!
The fragments of the token in his hand had already dissipated.
His means to command the Heavenly Dao had vanished just like that!
He was no longer the Manager of Chaos. Once the Heavenly Dao dispatched high-stage Dao Lords to attack him, if he perished, would he even be able to resurrect again?
“The Heavenly Dao actually developed sentience? How is that possible? How did it develop sentience? And, did that counterattack from the token just now truly erase that sentience of the Heavenly Dao?”
The Lord of the Nine Void was utterly horrified!
Su Yuan, who had been keeping an eye on the Lord of the Nine Void’s situation, also witnessed his plight.
When he saw the Heavenly Dao’s reaction, he too was shocked!
The Wish Dao Principle activated, its power of deduction erupting, allowing him to quickly deduce the method by which the Heavenly Dao had developed sentience!
It was actually that Myriad Dao Fruit Tree!
The Myriad Dao Fruit Tree had pierced into the network of Dao Principle laws. Not only did it absorb the power of Dao Principles, it also absorbed the power of the rules that restricted the Heavenly Dao from developing sentience!
The Myriad Dao Fruit Tree wasn’t that miraculous at the very beginning. Due to an accident back then, a branch luckily pierced into the Heavenly Dao’s law network, stirring the Heavenly Dao and causing it to develop a momentary flicker of sentience.
In that instant when the Heavenly Dao gained sentience, it poured a massive amount of its Origin Essence into the Myriad Dao Fruit Tree, aiding its growth!
Over countless eons, the Myriad Dao Fruit Tree continuously absorbed the power of Dao Principles, ultimately allowing the Heavenly Dao’s sentience to completely solidify and take form!
And seizing the moment when the Heavenly Dao was injured, he also deduced the Heavenly Dao’s current cultivation stage.
It had shockingly reached the level of an eleventh-stage Dao Lord!
It was only a single step away from the twelfth-stage Dao Lord and ascending to become a Chaos Dominator!
It might even be that it wasn’t incapable of breaking through, but rather, the existence of that token was what prevented the Heavenly Dao from taking that final step. Now that this token was shattered!
Once the Heavenly Dao recovered from its injuries and returned, it would inevitably take that final step and become a true Chaos Dominator!
When he gathered this information, Su Yuan, who was currently inspecting the fruits of the Myriad Dao Fruit Tree, was utterly dumbfounded on the spot.
“Holy shit, there’s a sneaky bastard!”
He had originally been monitoring the Lord of the Nine Void just to casually observe his schemes.
He never, ever expected it would lead to uncovering a super-scheming, hidden mastermind.
“What the hell was the Primordial Chaos Dominator playing at, actually nurturing a Chaos Dominator on the verge of breaking through!”
Su Yuan’s expression turned grave.
This was a ticking time bomb. The Heavenly Dao could recover from its injuries and break through to Chaos Dominator at any moment. It seemed he couldn’t stay in this Primordial Chaos for much longer. Unless he could break through to Chaos Dominator before it did, he’d have to hurry up and escape!
The Lord of the Nine Void was completely paralyzed. His thoughts could flash through billions of possibilities in an instant, yet he remained stunned for a full hour, unable to figure out what to do.
The Heavenly Dao’s betrayal had dealt him a massive, crushing blow!
He realized he had caused a monumental disaster!
“What do I do? What should I do?”
Panic began to show on the Lord of the Nine Void’s face.
“Heavenly Fate Child, you were too foolish! Why did you leave behind such a huge hidden danger!”
The Lord of the Nine Void instinctively grumbled.
However, the moment the words left his mouth, he froze on the spot!
“I actually…”
The Lord of the Nine Void suddenly discovered that a certain shackle binding him had also vanished along with the shattering of the token!
“So, so the token was the object of my enslavement?” The Lord of the Nine Void felt a sense of absurdity wash over him.
The Heavenly Fate Child had bestowed upon him the very treasure used to control him!
Yet, the Lord of the Nine Void had personally protected that token all along, guarding it in the safest place.
What a ridiculous and absurd story.
He had actually regained his freedom because of a loophole created by the Heavenly Dao!
“Hahaha! The opportunity has arrived!”
The Lord of the Nine Void’s eyes lit up with joy.
Around him, three Dao Principles materialized, and simultaneously, three more Dao Principles appeared out of thin air!
The three Dao Principles were swiftly condensed by the Lord of the Nine Void and fused into his Dao Principle Origin Essence.
His aura instantly skyrocketed!
Leaping from a third-stage Dao Lord all the way to a sixth-stage Dao Lord!
And that wasn’t the end!
Around the Lord of the Nine Void, two more Dao Principle phantoms condensed once again!
These two Dao Principles and the previous six resonated with each other, finally interweaving to form an extremely complete framework of a Dao Principle system!
His Origin Space also successfully accommodated these two Dao Principles into his body.
The Lord of the Nine Void directly reached the level of an eighth-stage Dao Lord in one step!
Once more, two more Dao Principle phantoms appeared around the Lord of the Nine Void as he attempted another breakthrough.
But this time, the eight Dao Principles generated immense repulsive force, pushing that Dao Principle phantom away, preventing it from being accommodated into the Origin Space.
The Lord of the Nine Void frowned and took out a portion of his Dao Source.
Immediately, that sense of repulsion weakened by a tiny, minuscule amount.
Seeing this, the Lord of the Nine Void felt a surge of delight, but his amount of Dao Source was far too little, utterly insufficient.
This breakthrough process was forced to halt!
The Lord of the Nine Void frowned. Suddenly, he sensed something and turned his head to look in a certain direction.
Su Yuan immediately withdrew his prying gaze.
His heart was shaken beyond measure.
The Lord of the Nine Void had actually become an eighth-stage Dao Lord in the blink of an eye. Moreover, it looked like he already had a chance to break through to become a tenth-stage Dao Lord, provided he had enough Dao Source!
This was simply outrageous!
