318: Trial to Heaven (Part Two)

Su Yu sat cross-legged before the Stone Tablet of Enlightenment, relaxing his mind to carefully sense the Power of the Great Dao within it.

Subsequently, the golden tadpole script originally carved on the Stone Tablet of Enlightenment seemed to come alive, jumping like musical notes and entering Su Yu's body.

The True Immortal Chapter of the Dharma Source Dao Scripture was obscure and difficult to understand.

To fully comprehend it, a normal True Immortal would need at least tens of thousands of years.

But for the True Immortals participating in the Heaven-Ascending Trial, they only had one day.

Comprehending more than sixty percent of the True Immortal Chapter of the Dharma Source Dao Scripture in a single day was truly not easy.

However, for Su Yu, it was nothing.

Because the Profound Thunder Slaying Firmament Sword Art he Cultivated was a technique simplified from the Dao Scripture.

The Complete Manual of the technique was named the Profound Method Thunder Fiend Slaying Firmament Soul Essence Dao Scripture, also known as the Xuan Xiao Dao Scripture.

Upon Cultivating this Dao Scripture to the end, at the time of Merging with the Dao, there were ultimately four Great Daos to choose from.

The Dharma Source Great Dao, the Great Dao of Thunder, the Great Dao of the Sword, and the Great Dao of the Soul.

Of course, one could also choose not to merge with the Great Dao condensed by their primary Cultivation Technique.

If the primary Dao was powerful enough and there was no Dao Ancestor in that Dao, one could attempt to use such a Dao to Merge with the Dao and promote to Dao Ancestor!

Once one becomes a Dao Ancestor, they are immortal through ten thousand tribulations; unless it is an Immeasurable Dao Tribulation, they cannot be killed.

Even for fellow Dao Ancestors, to kill the other, they must strike the opponent down from their Realm of Merging with the Dao before they can be slain.

But achieving this step is easier said than done, except for the Dao suppression of an Innate Dao Ancestor over an Acquired Dao Ancestor, which can be easily accomplished.

Between Acquired Dao Ancestors, or between Innate Dao Ancestors, unless their Daos are mutually restrictive, it is absolutely impossible to kill the other.

But these matters were too distant for Su Yu right now.

As he immersed his heart into the Stone Tablet of Enlightenment, he soon comprehended the True Immortal Chapter of the Dharma Source Dao Scripture.

And he was rapidly mastering this Dao Scripture.

He successfully reached the initial entry level in half a shichen, comprehended fifty percent in three shichen, and reached ninety percent in eight shichen.

However, the further one went into the Dharma Source Dao Scripture, the harder it became to comprehend, especially the final part concerning the Late Stage True Immortal.

Su Yu's Realm was insufficient, so comprehending it was still very difficult.

However, after comprehending the Dharma Source Dao Scripture, through analogy, his Immortal Power boost increased by at least thirty percent.

If he switched to Cultivating this Dao Scripture, it could likely increase his Immortal Power by two or three times!

Dharma Source, Dharma Source—whether it was Immortal Power or Spiritual Power, in the end, they all shared the same root and source.

Although it couldn't significantly improve his combat strength, having several times more Immortal Power than other Cultivators of the same level meant he could wear the opponent down to death just by attrition.

But for Su Yu, who was single-mindedly focused on the Innate Great Dao, this kind of Acquired Law was not within his consideration.

Even though his primary focus was the Law of Slaughter, Innate Great Daos such as Time, Destruction, Space, Fate, Tribulation Luck, and Final Luck were all within his scope.

It was just a matter of sequence.

He would see which Innate Great Dao had no one Merged with the Dao yet, and make a choice after reaching the Peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

He comprehended everything in eleven shichen!

This speed was terrifying even among all the Prodigies who had joined the Immortal Academy over tens of millions of years.

It could even be ranked in the top five over a hundred million years!

Because he had comprehended the entire True Immortal Chapter of the Dharma Source Dao Scripture, through analogy, the magic power in Su Yu's body had already increased by more than seventy percent.

Although it was impossible for him to Cultivate this Dao Scripture, he could still Cultivate one or two of the Immortal Techniques recorded within it.

After all, it was free; in the System, buying them would cost at least several hundred thousand to a million immortal jade.

He didn't have that much capital.

"This Comprehension Ability is truly frightening; he comprehended the entire True Immortal Chapter of the Dharma Source Dao Scripture in eleven shichen."

"Back when you and I comprehended this Dao Scripture, we barely managed to comprehend sixty percent in a day, didn't we?"

"The most terrifying thing is that the further you go, the harder it is to comprehend; the difficulty of comprehending seventy percent is nearly half again as hard as reaching sixty percent."

"The difficulty of complete comprehension is even double that of reaching ninety percent!"

"Furthermore, it's not to say that as long as there's enough time, one will definitely achieve complete comprehension."

"Sometimes, some obscure points of the Great Dao are difficult to comprehend even in a lifetime!"

"If you and I were in the Early True Immortal stage, with our Comprehension Ability, it would take at least tens of thousands of years to comprehend the entire True Immortal Chapter of the Dharma Source Dao Scripture!"

"This kid's future achievements are limitless!"

"Stepping into the Golden Immortal Realm is already a certainty; I just don't know how far he can go!"

"Even if he ultimately cannot enter the Realm of a Dao Lord, he will at least be a Half-step Dao Lord who has comprehended the Taiyi Dao!"

"In terms of strength, there is still a massive chasm between him and a Golden Immortal!"

Based on Su Yu's potential, the Master of Xianxuan Tower originally only thought he had the talent for the Golden Immortal Realm.

Whether he could step into the Dao Lord Realm in the future was another matter.

How many Peak Golden Immortal experts, over hundreds of millions or billions of years, find it difficult to even become a Half-step Dao Lord, let alone Breakthrough to become a Taiyi Dao Lord.

Ultimately, they cannot withstand the Golden Immortal Dao Tribulation and finally perish.

During his tens of millions of years as the Master of Xianxuan Tower, he had seen many Golden Immortal candidates; there were even individual Prodigies of whom it could be said with certainty that they would achieve the Golden Immortal Realm.

They could even reach the Peak of the Golden Immortal Realm and become one of the top experts of a prefecture.

But as for a Dao Lord candidate, and one who entered the Tianxuan Immortal Academy through the path of a recommender, Su Yu was the only one.

Su Yu wouldn't even need to undergo the heaven-ascending path trial; he could directly join the Tianxuan Immortal Academy and become an Inner Court Disciple.

Even if he ultimately failed to pass the Heaven-Ascending Trial, this status as an Inner Court Disciple was guaranteed.

But once he finally passed the Heaven-Ascending Trial and even reached the end...

That would be extraordinary.

Never mind the status of a True Disciple; even the dozen or so Dao Lords of the Tianxuan Immortal Academy would likely be unable to resist stepping in to fight over him.

For a moment, he stared at the Yuan Huo Division Master with jealous and resentful eyes; if looks could kill, the Yuan Huo Division Master would probably have been burned through by this fire of jealousy.

"Looking at me like that, I'm a bit scared."

The Yuan Huo Division Master gave a smug laugh, his tone full of teasing.

"Scared? You old geezer, if you don't let me bleed you dry this time, don't even say you know me in the future!"

A hint of dissatisfaction appeared on the Face of the Master of Xianxuan Tower, and then he grabbed the Yuan Huo Division Master's neck tightly and said.

It was thanks to their good relationship that they could speak such offensive words without regard for the other's Face.

Even getting physical.

If it were anyone else, even if they could pretend not to care on the surface, they would likely have already harbored hatred in their hearts.

"Fine, fine, fine. After the Heaven-Ascending Trial ends, I'll treat you to a Feihua Feast at the Xianglin Restaurant within the Immortal Academy!"

The Yuan Huo Division Master pretended to be strangled and out of breath, heavily patting the arm of the Master of Xianxuan Tower.

Seeing this, the Master of Xianxuan Tower snorted and let go... "He comprehended the entire True Immortal Chapter of the Dharma Source Dao Scripture in eleven shichen?"

"Where did this Prodigy come from!"

"To think he was recommended by that kid Yuan Huo!"

"True, if he had fought his way through the Tianxuan Immortal Battle, he would have likely been snatched away by those old fogies long ago!"

"A seedling with such excellent Comprehension Ability—even if he fails on the heaven-ascending path, this old man will still take him under my wing!"

"It looks like I can pick up a bargain today!"