Chapter 580 - 497: Miss Sanhua, Arrival of the Dharma Body
HUM.
A pure radiance suddenly appeared within the gray fog.
It was like the first light of dawn, yet also like auspicious vapors surging forth.
In an instant.
The pure radiance grew brighter, illuminating everything as if it were day.
Celestial flowers rained down as golden lotuses bloomed from the earth.
Amid the light, a celestial maiden slowly descended.
Her slender, pale, lotus-like feet were painted vermilion. Her figure was graceful, her steps light. With every footfall, a golden lotus seemed to bloom, its sweet fragrance filling the air.
She wore a cloud-like silk gauze garment, thin as a cicada’s wing. A jade-and-pearl necklace adorned her throat, and golden bangles clasped her wrists. A rainbow sash, like the sun and moon taking flight, coiled around her shoulders and fluttered in the wind, accompanied by a swirl of countless falling petals!
Her beauty was so fragrant and delicate that it would put peaches and plums to shame—a celestial being descended to the mortal realm, with a face that could topple nations!
She was further wreathed in a five-colored haze that formed into countless flying attendants. They accompanied her with instruments like the konghou, pipa, flute, and harp, playing celestial music that lingered in the air for days on end.
With the celestial maiden’s descent, the rampaging fire-elemental Spiritual Qi in Volcano State seemed to be forcibly suppressed by a pair of massive, invisible hands, bringing it to a standstill!
"This is..."
Li Jinhua’s head snapped up. She stared at the celestial maiden in the distance, her heart in turmoil.
The expressions of Qixia and Nanshan also showed visible stupefaction.
"This..."
GULP.
Nanshan swallowed hard. "If my old eyes don’t deceive me, this celestial maiden appears to be... appears to be..."
His voice trembled as he paused, hesitant to continue.
It was as if he couldn’t believe it, or perhaps, didn’t want to...
Qixia’s pupils contracted. She took a deep breath and said with a bitter smile, "Miss Sanhua’s Miaoyin Aspect!"
"Of the one hundred twenty-seven known Dao Embryo Dharma Aspects in the history of our world, this is Miss Sanhua’s Miaoyin Aspect, ranked sixty-ninth!"
Qixia’s delicate body trembled slightly, her tone unconsciously laced with awe and envy.
To low-level cultivators, a Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect might not seem any different from a Nascent Soul True Monarch.
—They were all big shots with vast Divine Techniques and boundless Magical Power, figures they could never afford to provoke.
But.
Only when one reached the Nascent Soul Realm, like Qixia, did they understand the true disparity!
A Dharma Aspect.
To an ordinary Nascent Soul, it represented absolute suppression!
The very foundations of their paths to the Dao were worlds apart!
Admittedly.
The Modern Nascent Souls were, on the whole, stronger than the Ancient Nascent Souls!
—With the advent of the Crystal Skill, the Immortal Dao flourished. To maintain balance, the Celestial Dao of this world created the Golden Core Tribulation and drastically increased the power of the Nascent Soul Tribulation.
Thus.
Those who could successfully undergo the tribulation to become a Nascent Soul were almost all at the Three-Method Golden Core stage; even a Dual Method Golden Core was relatively rare.
Compared to ancient times, when one could hope to reach the Nascent Soul Realm just by condensing a single True Technique, the difficulty had increased several times over!
It could be said that a Modern Nascent Soul could completely look down upon an Ancient Nascent Soul!
However.
Even so.
Compared to a Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect, even a Modern Nascent Soul would pale in comparison.
The minimum requirement for a Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect was the Six Paths True Techniques—a Six Methods Golden Core!
What’s more.
A Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect possessed all sorts of incredible abilities, far beyond a simple boost in power!
’The remnants of the Demon Palace actually produced a Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect, and... it’s already an Early-stage Nascent Soul!’
’So that’s how it is. No wonder these skulking remnants suddenly made their move!’
Su Ye’s gaze flickered as the questions in his mind were answered in a flash.
The ace up the sleeve of the Demon Palace remnants wasn’t the fifth-order Array at all, but this Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect.
With Miss Sanhua’s Miaoyin Aspect, even if the Dream-keeper and the Nine Sects’ cultivators hadn’t mutually wounded each other, the Demon Palace remnants would still have had a margin for error!
Besides.
Recalling what Li Jinhua had said earlier about the Sun-Shining Divine Spear suddenly self-destructing...
The reason for that likely wasn’t the Dream-keeper’s will, but the Demon Palace remnants, manipulating things from the shadows!
’Gather the Nine Sects’ Nascent Souls in the Volcano Grotto Heaven, incite them to fight the Dream-keeper, and then use a True Spirit Dao Artifact to self-destruct.’
’Set up a fifth-order Array, trap the enemies in the gray fog, and finally...’
’The Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect makes its move, securing victory in one fell swoop, annihilating all of the Nine Sects’ Nascent Souls, and seizing the Volcano Grotto Heaven!’
’Once they occupy the Volcano Grotto Heaven, the Demon Palace remnants will have a base of operations. With the power of a Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect, once the Grotto Heaven is sealed, not even the profound resources of the Inner Sea’s Nine Sects could allow them to sweep through and eradicate the Demon Palace.’
’On the contrary, this Dharma Aspect cultivator can lie low in the Grotto Heaven, use its abundant resources to advance their cultivation and train subordinates, and wait until their power has grown and their faction is well-established!’
—The riches of the past cannot meet the needs of the present.
Eight hundred years have passed. No matter how rich the Demon Palace’s legacy was, it has mostly been consumed.
To support a Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect and advance its cultivation, they must seize a Grotto Heaven to obtain sufficient resources!
With enough cultivation resources, a Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect will face no bottlenecks when advancing to the Mid-stage or Late-stage Nascent Soul Realm!
’At that time, they can emerge to contend for supremacy and sweep through the Inner Sea’s Nine Sects... Moreover, once the more perceptive members of the Nine Sects realize this, it might even cause a schism among them!’
’What a scheme!’
’What a brilliant scheme!’
Su Ye’s thoughts raced like lightning; in a flash, he had deduced nearly the entire plan of the Demon Palace remnants!
’If this plan succeeds, the Blood Moon Demon Palace truly has a hope of being restored!’
’It’s just...’
Su Ye murmured to himself, his gaze cold and focused on the distant sky, where the Miss Sanhua’s Miaoyin Aspect stood amidst myriad phenomena, its aura lofty and remote.
How could he not know? By so brazenly revealing a Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect, the enemy was undoubtedly declaring one thing: they would not let any of them leave this place alive!
’After all...’
’There’s still some time before the Grotto Heaven is sealed.’
’If we were to escape and leak the news, the old monsters at the Late-stage Nascent Soul Realm from the Inner Sea’s Nine Sects would undoubtedly come to snuff out this Dao Embryo Dharma Aspect, no matter the cost.’