Chapter 1902 - 1507: Fishing Dao Yan (Part 2)
The mouths were cursing at each other, yet countless eyes were surprisingly unified, showing expressions of calm, sorrow, and despair. It seemed to be their final emotions before death.
No matter what, even if this alien entity was attracted upwards, it would still be divided and devoured in the end.
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Li Fan looked back at Bearing the Dao, somewhat puzzled: "Senior Brother, Nameless True Immortals, bodies and paths united. Isn’t it that under normal circumstances, one can only cultivate a single path?"
"Why are all the immortals of the Guangwu Star Sea able to absorb the residual paths within the Giant Rat Immortal’s body? Could it be they are all geniuses who can [cultivate multiple paths simultaneously]?"
"Naturally not." Bearing the Dao smiled.
"Ordinary great paths cannot be cultivated simultaneously. However, the Taoist Principles within the Giant Rat Immortal’s body are different. During the process of devouring them, the Giant Rat Immortal attempted to complete a fusion of various paths at least once. Later, it even drifted in the Dao Yan Tide..."
"To avoid being obliterated by the Dao Yan, it could only try to aggregate as much as possible. Even paths themselves have an instinct to continue existing. Therefore, if the Immortal Coffin drifts long enough in the Mountain Sea, then under this unimaginable pressure, the residual great paths themselves would undergo a certain degree of fusion..."
"Which provided the possibility for True Immortals to devour them."
"Just like a hard stone, normally impossible to swallow. But if crushed into powder, it could barely be swallowed, though with consequences..." Bearing the Dao shook his head slightly.
"Opportunism is ultimately not the righteous path."
"But what does this have to do with the Guangwu Star Sea sending the Giant Rat Immortal to test me? Logically, with such bait, shouldn’t they keep it carefully? Could it be..."