Chapter 1016: Chapter 1016

"Congratulations, Daoist Hei Zhou."

"You are the seventh Great Power to emerge from our Mystic Sky Alliance."

In the starry sky, a group of Great Powers was congratulating Hei Zhou.

Hei Zhou looked at the white-robed figure ahead and bowed slightly, saying, "Without Alliance Hierarch Lu, I would not be where I am today."

She had narrowly escaped death, saved only by the trump card given to her by Lu Chenzhou.

The Great Power Tribulation was indeed too difficult.

"How is the Holy Lord? Do I need to do anything?" Hei Zhou asked.

Everyone couldn’t help but laugh, saying, "You were so focused on your tribulation that you probably don’t know the Holy Lord has already fallen, slain by Alliance Hierarch Lu."

Hei Zhou’s face showed shock, and she stood there, long unable to calm down.

"You all have become Great Powers; I’m the only one left," the Star-devouring Sword Demon said with envy in his eyes.

Thanks to Lu Chenzhou’s support over the years, he had advanced rapidly and now possessed Third Step Peak strength, but he was still some distance from becoming a Great Power.

"Haste makes waste. If you can ascend to Great Power before the grand decisive battle, it will be enough," Lu Chenzhou said.

In actuality, given the current situation, unless the Three Thousand Realms gave rise to hundreds of Great Powers, the impact on the war wouldn’t be significant.

The key to victory in the war was the decisive battle between him and the Witch Master.

In the internal world.

Lu Chenzhou was seated in chaotic qi flow, while the Yaochi Immortal was instructing Lu Qianfan in martial arts on the other side of the training field.

"Gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, ice — these are the eight fundamental elements in the worldview of the Great Wilderness Qi Refiners, forming the basis for all matter and phenomena in the Great Universe. The interaction of these eight elements gives rise to countless new elements. The Yin Yang Five Elements are the foundation of all Dao. Thus, in the era of the Divine Court, the Yin Yang Five Elements were the most important divine authority, controlled by the gods, yet the Great Powers were few and far between."

Lu Chenzhou mumbled, and all the Dao Fruits and Dao opportunities began to merge under his will.

Forty-nine days later, an ellipsoidal Dao Fruit emitting a myriad of colors floated before him, like a world of its own.

Through it, one could see the Five Elements, wind, thunder, rain, snow, ice, and frost evolving through cycles.

As the Dao Fruit fused with his body, the Martial Arts Tree began to grow wildly, making its effect slightly weaker than the Holy Lord’s Divine Rank.

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"The Master of Yuan Mountain took thousands of years to progress from the Early Stage to the Late Stage; I only took a few decades," Lu Chenzhou mumbled.

He stood on the shoulders of countless giants, and with the Martial Arts Tree’s mysterious talent, such advancement was only natural.

Most importantly, his Heart Realm could keep up with the rapidly expanding power and Dao, preventing demonic deviation.

If the Heart Realm were insufficient, even ten Divine Ranks would only burst him open, akin to taking poison.

From a Martial Artist’s beginning to today’s Great Power, willpower cultivation has always been a crucial link.

Ultimately, on the Martial Arts Tree, various Daos such as the Five Elements, wind, thunder, and cold ice began to merge.

A new kind of Dao symbol flickered on it.

"You have comprehended the Tai Chi Dao."

"Tai Chi?" Lu Chenzhou felt an understanding in his heart.

He had observed the scenes of the universe’s creation countless times.

In its inception, the world was a chaotic singularity, a "nothingness," a conceptless "zero."

Then, as chaos initially divided, clear and turbid qi rotated like a Yin Yang Fish.

"The Tai Chi Dao is essentially another form of the Chaos Dao."

The seemingly simple and unsophisticated Tai Chi Boxing of the ancient ancestors had already made the most straightforward summary of the wonderful Dao of heaven and earth.

With a thought, Lu Chenzhou began to practice Tai Chi Boxing, causing a tremor in his internal world.

Endless chaotic qi flows gathered in the firmament, forming a Yin Yang Fish with a diameter of a million li.

Those primitive beings bowed in worship, chanting the name of the Creator God.

Their simple minds did not know the true name of the Creator God; they could only chant one syllable: "Lu."

Lu was their creator.

The Yaochi Immortal, alongside Lu Qianfan, also looked toward the sky with a smile, "Your father has broken through again."

When she was an outsider, she did not feel it.

But after living with Lu Chenzhou day and night, she understood why Lu Chenzhou’s advancement was so extraordinary.

He could suddenly attain enlightenment and cultivate anywhere, and she was no longer surprised by it all.

"When will I be as strong as my father, able to trigger and align phenomena across a million li with ease?" Lu Qianfan was full of longing.

"Watch your father practice boxing carefully; you might gain some insights to help you achieve Breakthrough Third," the Yaochi Immortal said.

"Alright." Lu Qianfan immersed himself, unknowingly beginning to practice boxing.

As Lu Chenzhou’s boxing techniques changed, the Yin Yang Fish in heaven and earth continually evolved.

The universe was like an egg, with Yin Yang first opening to form Tai Chi.

Subsequently, the Five Elements, wind, and thunder, among many other Daos, were born through evolution.

It was like a giant tree, sprouting branches and generating more Daos during its ascent.

Ultimately, a wondrous scene of the Three Thousand Daos contending for glory was formed.

Some Daos were simple; others were mysteriously complex, merely differing in the number of merged Daos.

But ultimately, all originated from the Chaos Dao, representing different forms at various stages of chaos.

Lu Chenzhou’s heart was filled with excitement, mumbling, "Chaos, the source of ten thousand Daos."

About the path ahead, Lu Chenzhou was already clear and understood.

Upon finishing the set of boxing techniques, a new Great Power Level Technique was born.

This set of fist techniques seems simple, yet it embodies the ultimate secret technique of Heaven and Earth Creation and cosmic evolution.

Lu Chenzhou named it "Tai Chi Diagram."

[You have comprehended the Ultimate Great Divine Power: Return to Tai Chi]

[Return to Tai Chi allows one to reverse the principle of cosmic evolution, reverting matter to its primordial state with the Yin Yang Tai Chi Diagram, erasing it from existence.]

"Erase from existence? What a domineering divine skill." Lu Chenzhou’s heart shook.

He pondered for a moment and a Eighth Rank Spiritual Weapon appeared in front of him.

A leisurely Tai Chi Diagram emerged in his palm; as the Yin Yang Fish swam, the Spiritual Weapon was engulfed, starting to disintegrate.

As if time was flowing backward, the Spiritual Weapon soon transformed into a piece of Divine Iron.

The Divine Iron continued to rewind, becoming the core of a certain star.

The star continued to reverse, transforming into nebula-like matter.

Eventually, the nebula returned to chaos, back to the primal era of the universe.

The Spiritual Weapon completely vanished—not simple annihilation, but reverting to its primordial creative form.

"Tai Chi Dao can actually achieve effects similar to Time Dao? No, it’s even stronger; Time cannot achieve this."

The Time Dao at most changes the time flow around an object, allowing time reversal, but it cannot reverse to the time of Heaven and Earth Creation.

Moreover, the Great Universe itself has the ability to calibrate time, returning to normal once the divine power dissipates.

Otherwise, arbitrary interference with the timeline would lead to chaos.

And with this technique, he can bypass the principles of space-time.

After ceasing his power, Lu Chenzhou eagerly wanted to test the effect of the new fist technique in actual combat.

"I’ll be leaving for a while," he said to Yaochi Immortal.

"Where are you going?" Yaochi Immortal asked.

"Going for an adventure in the Forbidden Zone," Lu Chenzhou replied with a smile.

"You’re going to challenge a True God again?" Yaochi Immortal’s face showed concern.

"Yes, don’t worry, I plan to find an easy target," Lu Chenzhou smiled.

"After all, it’s a True God, be careful, we’ll wait for you at home," Yaochi Immortal said.

Lu Chenzhou embraced Yaochi Immortal and looked at Lu Qianfan, who was in a state of inspiration, and laughed, "Just like I was as a child."

If everything goes smoothly, when he returns, Lu Qianfan would become a Martial Arts Adept.

With this momentum, there’s hope for breaking his own breakthrough seven record.

Seven Great Powers gathered together.

Lu Chenzhou asked, "Water Spirit, among the thirty-five main gods in the Forbidden Zone, is there one with strength comparable to the Holy Lord?"

His strength had increased considerably since the battle with the Holy Lord, but since he was voluntarily seeking out a confrontation, caution was necessary.

The Dragon King rubbed his fists eagerly, while the other Great Powers were inwardly tense.

"This is the consolidated information on the thirty-five main gods and their respective subordinate gods from all the divine relics. I suggest choosing a god who is a lone wolf; those with subordinates start at Middle Rank True God, better not provoke them with your current strength," Water Spirit advised, passing the information to everyone.

What he had compiled was much more comprehensive than what Lu Chenzhou knew.

After reading, Lu Chenzhou gained a lot of understanding.

Strictly speaking, True Gods don’t have distinct level divisions.

At the Tenth Rank, all are Daoist Lords, the epitome of their respective Daos, each at full level with no differentiation such as early or middle stages.

The reason for the upper, middle, and lower class division similar to Demigods’ categorization is based on the number of merged Daos and the quality of the Dao.

For example, the Holy Lord is purely a Daoist Lord of the Poisonous Dao, with authority encompassing four major branches: plague, disease, toxin, and serpents.

These branches can be divided into separate Daos themselves.

The many True God titles of the Holy Lord are related to these branch Daos.

For instance, he is the "Father of Ten Thousand Serpents," the "Plague Messenger."

But these are "minor Daos" without power, negligible. Ninety percent of the hundreds of Daos Lu Chenzhou mastered are such minor Daos, mostly unintentionally comprehended or acquired by the Martial Arts Tree during cultivation; he usually doesn’t cultivate them intentionally, as it’s a waste of time.

Even though cultivating any Dao helps promote Chaos Dao, his time is limited, and he has to be selective.

So, he focuses on the strongest and most utilitarian dozen or so Daos, like causality.

A master of one Dao is a Lower True God.

A master of two Daos is a Middle Rank True God.

A master of three Daos is an Upper True God.

More than four exceeds the level of the Four Giants of the Stars, entering the realm of Top-Level True God.

Yet the Witch Master is quite special; according to Water Spirit, Witch City has half a foot into the domain of the Gods above Gods.

Back then, the Golden Crow Emperor was also at this level.

This is the endpoint of any path in one universe, unable to advance further.

This made Lu Chenzhou think of those terrifying figures in the Endless Chaos Universe, perhaps they belong to this domain, or even stronger.

If we consider Gods above Gods as the Eleventh Realm, that’s merely the limit of this universe.

But in the Endless Chaos, with countless universes and eons, certainly, heaven-defying beings are born, paving new paths.

The Dragon King was right; Martial Arts are endless.

"The Witch’s number of Daos is plainly the four Daos of Earth Fire, Wind, and Water. But after the Divine War and the Witch swallowed numerous Divine Court gods, who knows how many Daos were merged; no one knows exactly ... be cautious in your endeavor, and stay away from the Tower Forbidden Zone," Water Spirit advised.