410: return

As Xiao Shi successfully took control of three Daos, his purpose in coming to The Primordial Martial Era had been achieved.

Originally, he was somewhat worried that he wouldn't be able to successfully take control of a Dao in a single reset.

After all, those from other eras hadn't managed to take control of a Dao even after multiple resets.

Yet, he didn't expect that he would successfully take control of three Daos in just one-third of the time allotted for a single reset.

For the remaining two hundred years, Xiao Shi felt he could focus on cultivating his clones.

This way, his clones could also reach the Dao Lord Realm as quickly as possible.

At that time... he alone would be equivalent to a team of Dao Lords!

Additionally, in the remaining two hundred years, Xiao Shi felt he could attempt to break through to Demigod!

"If I can become a Demigod here... then when I return, I will possess the strength to contend with those three Demigods!"

Xiao Shi knew that his greatest advantage in The Primordial Martial Era was the abundance of time.

Therefore, he directly asked Martial Ancestor how to break through from Dao Lord Realm to Demigod.

"The key to a Dao Ancestor breaking through to Demigod lies primarily in transforming one's Dao into a forbidden rule."

"However, in our The Primordial Martial Era, it's no longer possible to give birth to Demigods..." Martial Ancestor said truthfully.

"Why is that?" Xiao Shi asked, puzzled.

"Because The Primordial Martial Era can no longer accommodate more rules," Martial Ancestor said with a serious expression.

"To a certain extent, the rules of a Demigod are like the order within an era; when the order within an era is complete, no more rules can be born."

"And under normal circumstances, an era can only have a maximum of five rules."

"That is to say, each era can only have a maximum of five Demigods!"

"If one of these Demigods possesses more than one rule, then the number of Demigods will decrease accordingly."

"However, Demigods who possess multiple rules are very rare."

"Because the prerequisite for possessing multiple rules is to take control of multiple Daos when in the Dao Lord Realm."

"But the vast majority of Dao Lords can only take control of one Dao."

Xiao Shi suddenly understood, realizing that in his situation, after becoming a Demigod, he could theoretically possess three rules!

But the prerequisite was that there were still available rules in the era he was in.

For example, the current The Primordial Martial Era already had five Demigods, so no more Demigods could be born.

And currently, in Tianwu Continent, there were three Demigods.

If these three Demigods each only possessed one rule, then Xiao Shi would have a chance to become a Demigod in Tianwu Continent.

"That is to say... if I want to advance to Demigod, I can only do so after returning to Tianwu Continent."

"Here, Dao Lord Realm is already the limit." Xiao Shi felt a bit regretful.

If he could become a Demigod in The Primordial Martial Era, then upon his return, he would immediately possess the top combat power of the current Tianwu Continent.

Unfortunately, The Primordial Martial Era could no longer give birth to Demigods.

"Oh, right, there's something I think you need to pay attention to," Martial Ancestor said with a solemn expression.

"I discovered a strange phenomenon in the destiny you provided."

"According to what you said, the Dynasty in your era has already been overthrown..."

"But from the perspective of destiny, the destiny of this Dynasty is not in the state of one that has been overthrown."

"Typically, for an overthrown Dynasty, even if its destiny is preserved, it transforms into another state, losing its vitality..."

"However, in the destiny you provided, I found that these destinies still possess strong vitality."

Martial Ancestor's words made Xiao Shi's heart tighten.

"You mean...?" Martial Ancestor shook his head.

"My understanding of your era is limited; I don't know the specific situation."

"But from my judgment, the Dynasty of your era may not have been completely annihilated yet."

Xiao Shi pondered this, connecting it to the Great Wu Crown Prince, whose whereabouts were currently unknown and who was very likely still alive.

He felt that it was probably because the Great Wu Crown Prince was still alive that the Great Wu Dynasty was not considered completely overthrown.

"It seems I'll have to kill the Great Wu Crown Prince for the Great Wu Dynasty to be truly overthrown." A cold glint flashed in Xiao Shi's eyes.

Given the animosity between him and the Great Wu Crown Prince, he had to eliminate the root of the problem, no matter what.

Xiao Shi mused that once he returned, he would begin searching for the Great Wu Crown Prince's whereabouts.

Previously, he had no way to find the Great Wu Crown Prince.

But now, with his advancement to Dao Lord Realm, he could use the 'Heavenly Mystery Deduction' of the tianji plate to deduce the Great Wu Crown Prince's specific whereabouts.

And so, after Xiao Shi successfully took control of three Daos, in the next two hundred years, he primarily focused on cultivating his clones.

As a distinguished guest of the current The Primordial Martial Era, his seven clones progressed smoothly, with their strength increasing rapidly.

Within two hundred years, all successfully advanced to Dao Lord Realm.

However, these clones could not take control of three different Daos like Xiao Shi's main body; they could only take control of one Dao each.

And with these seven Dao Lord clones, Xiao Shi's strength once again received a significant boost.

Now, only three years remained until the next reset.

However, with Martial Ancestor's revival, they no longer planned to let The Primordial Martial Era continue resetting.

They were preparing to lift this reset state.

"Can The Primordial Martial Era return to Tianwu Continent?" Xiao Shi asked, puzzled.

He knew very well that if The Primordial Martial Era could return to Tianwu Continent, then he wouldn't have to race against those three Demigods.

Martial Ancestor would help him solve everything.

Even if Martial Ancestor was destined to no longer be able to advance to Martial God, with Martial Ancestor's strength and cultivation, as long as he returned to Tianwu Continent, he would undoubtedly be the strongest in Tianwu Continent.

He could easily sweep away those three Demigods.

Unfortunately, Martial Ancestor stated that they could no longer return to Tianwu Continent.

"From the moment we exiled The Primordial Martial Era to this space-time, it was already destined that we could no longer return to Tianwu Continent."

"We can only exist within this space-time." Martial Ancestor shook his head regretfully.

He looked at Xiao Shi, his eyes filled with expectations for him.

"In this life, I can no longer reach the end of the Martial Dao, but I hope that one day, you can reach the end of the Martial Dao and become a Martial God."

Martial Ancestor patted Xiao Shi's shoulder, placing great hopes on him.

Xiao Shi nodded.

During his years in The Primordial Martial Era, Martial Ancestor had told him a lot of information about Demigods and even the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

This gave him a thorough understanding and knowledge of the next two realms.

His ability to advance to Dao Lord Realm in The Primordial Martial Era meant he had already caught up significantly with those three Demigods in terms of progress.

The key now was the issue of advancing to Demigod after returning to Tianwu Continent.

Xiao Shi believed that as long as he could advance to Demigod, he would have enough power to suppress the three Demigods of Tianwu Continent!

After all, within the same realm, he had always been an invincible existence.

As long as he stepped into the Demigod Realm, he would have the confidence to suppress everyone within the same realm.

Of course, with his current strength, he was still unable to contend with those three Demigods, but Xiao Shi had gained a huge harvest in The Primordial Martial Era this time.

Not only had he himself become a Dao Lord, but he would also bring back seven Dao Lord clones.

As a result, his faction would directly surpass the three Demigods' factions in the number of Dao Lords.

The number of Dao Lords in the Dao Domains of these three Demigods did not exceed five.

After all, the number of Daos in Tianwu Continent was limited, far less than in The Primordial Martial Era.

Dao Lords were relatively few.

Once Xiao Shi became a Demigod, his faction would comprehensively surpass these three Demigods.

Furthermore, the Silver-Haired Silver-Eyed Dao Lord would also follow Xiao Shi, leaving The Primordial Martial Era and heading to Xiao Shi's era.

On one hand, since The Primordial Martial Era would no longer reset, there was no longer any meaning for the Silver-Haired Silver-Eyed Dao Lord to remain in The Primordial Martial Era.

On the other hand, the Fruit of Benevolence that the Silver-Haired Silver-Eyed Dao Lord had planted on Xiao Shi had brought him immense improvement as Xiao Shi continuously took control of Daos, especially after Xiao Shi successfully took control of the Heavenly Dao.

Coupled with Xiao Shi's help over the years, it had enabled the Silver-Haired Silver-Eyed Dao Lord to successfully elevate his The Dao of Goodness from a lower-grade The Mortal Dao to a higher-grade The Mortal Dao.

However, since The Primordial Martial Era would no longer continue resetting, his hope of elevating the higher-grade The Mortal Dao to the Heavenly Dao was extremely slim.

After some thought, he decided to follow Xiao Shi back to Tianwu Continent.

He felt that with Xiao Shi's potential, following him might offer more hope of elevating the higher-grade The Mortal Dao to the Heavenly Dao.

"No... not just elevating to the Heavenly Dao, I feel like by following him, I even have hope of advancing to Demigod!" The Silver-Haired Silver-Eyed Dao Lord's eyes gleamed.

As long as the Fruit of Benevolence he planted on Xiao Shi remained, every time Xiao Shi's strength improved, he would receive a boon.

Once Xiao Shi advanced to Demigod, and even reached the Martial Dao Ninth Realm... the boons he received would undoubtedly be incredibly generous!

This made him decide to follow Xiao Shi closely and continuously deepen their friendly relationship.

Before meeting Xiao Shi, he thought his The Dao of Goodness needed a wide net.

However, now he felt that he only needed to invest in Xiao Shi alone.

Investing in Xiao Shi alone was equivalent to investing in hundreds of millions of people!

Xiao Shi was also happy to have an additional helper.

The more Dao Lords in his Dao Domain, the greater the blessings he would receive.

With the addition of the Silver-Haired Silver-Eyed Dao Lord, Xiao Shi's faction now had a total of ten Dao Lords!

A few days later, Xiao Shi, his seven Dao Lord clones, and the Silver-Haired Silver-Eyed Dao Lord prepared to return to Tianwu Continent.

Before they came, none of them had a way to leave The Primordial Martial Era.

After all, the Gate of Retrospection only opened a passage to The Primordial Martial Era; to leave The Primordial Martial Era, one had to find a way themselves.

The method to leave The Primordial Martial Era was actually with Dao Ancestor, who needed to open the gate of return for them.

If it were before Martial Ancestor's revival, Dao Ancestor would naturally not let them leave, needing the destiny they brought.

But now that Martial Ancestor had revived, Dao Ancestor would naturally not force them to stay.

He immediately opened the gate of return for them.

After bidding farewell to Martial Ancestor and Dao Ancestor, Xiao Shi, carrying his seven Dao Lord clones and the Silver-Haired Silver-Eyed Dao Lord, stepped into the gate of return.

He once again experienced that feeling of entering a space-time tunnel.

In less than a second, his vision had already cleared from blurriness.

He returned to his own Dao Domain, with Xiang Zizhen standing beside him.

Xiang Zizhen was stunned by this, looking at Xiao Shi with a bewildered expression.

"What... what's going on!?"

From Xiang Zizhen's perspective, Xiao Shi had just stepped into the Gate of Retrospection, but in the blink of an eye, the Gate of Retrospection had disappeared, and Xiao Shi was still here, seemingly not having entered The Primordial Martial Era.

"No!" Xiang Zizhen suddenly noticed that eight people had appeared out of thin air beside Xiao Shi!

And from the auras emanating from these eight people, it was clear that they were eight Dao Lords!

Furthermore, not only were these eight people Dao Lords, but Xiao Shi himself had also become a Dao Lord!

This left Xiang Zizhen completely bewildered, utterly unaware of what was happening.

Xiao Shi was not surprised by Xiang Zizhen's reaction.

After all, the three hundred years he spent in The Primordial Martial Era had passed in less than a second in Tianwu Continent.

Therefore, from Xiang Zizhen's perspective, he had just stepped into the Gate of Retrospection.

"I'll explain to you later," Xiao Shi said to Xiang Zizhen.

The moment he returned to Tianwu Continent, he clearly felt a sudden and immense change in his Dao Domain.

Since he hadn't brought his Dao Domain into The Primordial Martial Era, it hadn't changed immediately.

Now that he had returned to Tianwu Continent, his Dao Domain immediately began to transform from its former state into a Dao Domain as he became a Dao Lord!

This was also the biggest difference between the Martial Dao system of the Great Martial Era and other eras.

With the breakthrough of one's cultivation realm, the Dao Domain would also transform accordingly.

Xiao Shi clearly felt that his Dao Domain was rapidly expanding, its entire area directly increasing by three or four times, and it was still continuously expanding.

Not only that, but within his Dao Domain, One by one dao stars also rose, spreading around the Dao Domain, bringing a hidden blessing to his Dao Domain.

This hidden blessing... was exactly the same as his Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao!

Evidently, not only was he himself receiving this hidden blessing, but his Dao Domain had also received it.

And under this hidden blessing, others could no longer see what was happening within his Dao Domain.

Even the three Demigods... could not penetrate these dao stars to see what was happening in Xiao Shi's Dao Domain.

Even the Nine Dragons Divine Sky Formation, which protected the Dao Domain, was also concealed and could no longer be seen.

It could be said that Xiao Shi's current Dao Domain had already transformed into a mysterious, unobservable Dao Domain.

In addition, Xiao Shi also clearly felt the powerful blessing that the Dao Domain brought to him.

Now that there were nine Dao Lords in his Dao Domain besides his main body, the blessing he received was extremely immense!