The Way of The Dao

* Sthud! *

The sound of a falling body was heard throughout the basement chamber.

Ling Tian stretched for a few seconds while looking weakly at the bodies of the guards who were unconscious on the ground.

The energy-suppressing chain had no effect on him, so only his fleshly strength broke it.

"My body strength increased and I have no need to use my power to deal with these guys..."

Even though he was still wounded, he did not need to use his real power to escape from this place. Just his fleshly strength was enough to get out.

Ling Tian checked his own body while remembering the method of Body Refinement.

"Did I really break the limitation of the King's state barrier?"

Ling Tian exclaimed in amazement when he realized the feeling he was finding in his body.

The Body Refinement Method that Linqi had given him was a powerful technique like the Dual Cultivation Technique he had.

Ling Tian really shook his head when he learned that this body refinement technique was much more powerful and profound than what he had previously encountered.

"If I had this technique much earlier, I wouldn't be almost dying every time I faced divine damnation..."

Ling Tian grimaced as he remembered every divine damnation he faced, and that in the end, he ended up almost with one foot in the afterlife.

Although his previous technique of Body Refinement helped him a lot, it was still not enough to face the divine condemnation with complete confidence.

"According to this technique, the first state is the King, and shall be divided into three stages: Organs, Bones and Flesh.

This stage will refine every part mentioned in order, making them more resistant with every higher refinement.

The next state, would be the Saint level, and likewise would be divided into three stages that would correspond to Blood, Vitality and Skin, and would also go through a refining process with each increase.

The third state would correspond to the Spirit realm, and this would be divided into a single stage but which is very difficult to achieve, which would be the Circulation of Chi stage and would improve the flow of Chi speed in the body when performing techniques or expelling one's energy.

After these three states, comes what would be a Nirvana, in order to enter the level of the realm of Immortality..."

Ling Tian recalled the information given by Linqi.

In the Nirvana state, many cultivators would fail and could never continue with their body cultivation and therefore would only focus on Dao cultivation.

If one were to successfully succeed in the test of Nirvana, one would enter the Heavenly State and ultimately the Immortal State, as that was all Linqi had given him.

"According to this, I am currently in the Blood Stage of the Saint State..."

Ling Tian was not very surprised by this, but somehow felt a little comfort in feeling that with this level of body defense maybe he could survive the heavenly punishment in case he needed to remove the Heavenly Seal.

"Reaching the Saint state would take a few years under normal conditions, but I reached it in a few days..."

Ling Tian knew very well why he could increase his body cultivation so much.

It was due to the help of the Void!

Not just anyone, if anyone, could be in the Void without getting lost, and above all, take advantage of the destructive forces of that dimension to refine the body in great strides.

And it should also be added that the precious Blood of the Kun Peng was of vital importance!

Now his body was comparable to the hardness of a low-grade spiritual weapon!

Even an opponent in the state of the Foundation Establishment could not hurt him much!

"I feel that only those from the Golden Core realm could hurt me seriously..." Ling Tian scrutinized every part of his body, as he felt the explosive power begin to grow in each of his muscles, with amazing resistance.

"You..."

A painful groan caught Ling Tian's attention and he looked up to see who had spoken.

One of the guards had woken up and looked at Ling Tian in obvious terror.

"You don't even have power in your body..."

The weak voice of the man was barely heard, but in his eyes there was clearly fear along with an incredulous look, not wanting to believe what such a young man would strike them fiercely.

Ling Tian looked at him mockingly before saying, "A true Immortal does not need to use his strength to defeat you..."

The man seemed to show a frightened expression when Ling Tian kicked him in the head, knocking him unconscious once more.

"Well, now what shall I do~"

Ling Tian thought about what to do to get out of here. He wanted to leave to return to the Divine Star Continent, since his women should be worried about him.

But it was sure to take him time to return if he just waited to recover without any outside help.

He could go out and create a butchery in this place and then recover without any rush, but somehow Ling Tian felt his intuition was telling him not to leave, as if this place was the right place to be.

Therefore, Ling Tian thought it best to stay in this world and follow his intuition to see where it would lead him.

Ling Tian took off his destroyed clothes and found a container full of water, which he used to wash his body and remove the layers of blood that had dried over his entire body.

Looking at the bodies of the guards on the ground, Ling Tian grinned wickedly.

"Did you want to do something to me? Hmph!"

Ling Tian sneered and started looking among the guys for someone who looked a little bit like him, mostly in the appearance of his own body.

Taking the clothes that were all torn up and he had wore, Ling Tian put them on one of the guards and dressed him exactly like himself.

It was the same guard who had kicked him in the head!

Ling Tian then cut off his face to disfigure him and make him bleed; these people did not have the slightest sense of pity even for him, so he himself will be no exception.

After finishing, Ling Tian inserted several silver needles deep into his neck, affecting his meridians and nerves to damage them. He also damaged his Dantian so that he lost all trace of energy in it.

He also destroyed his hands and part of his body to prevent him from escaping or trying to do something else.

"You will be mistaken for me, haha." Ling Tian watched this guy ridiculously.

His face was completely covered in blood, while he had his own clothes and his hands and several bones were broken as well.

Ling Tian knew that they would not recognize him, as his body and face were also full of blood and they could not tell what he really looked like.

"Let's see what they had prepared for me~" Ling Tian chuckled.

Now the guy who would be mistaken for him could not move well, let alone speak, as the nerves in his mouth and throat were damaged, making it difficult for him to say a single word.

Ling Tian did not want to be negligent and took a knife that was on the floor and cut out the man's tongue as well.

If there was a Master Alchemist and he realized this, he could be given a pill to help him recover.

Although no one would give a precious pill to someone who would die, Ling Tian didn't care anyway and cut out the man's tongue.

Ling Tian placed the guy on the ground, and then placed the other guards near him, in a position as if he had really hit him.

Since they wanted to hand him over to what appeared to be a sect, Ling Tian was going to see everything from the outside and know where he was mainly.

Ling Tian also inserted several silver needles into the guards' heads so that they would forget what had happened and wake up in a little while.

Before he left the place, Ling Tian was going to get his power back so that he could get out of here when he thought it was a bad idea what he had done before...

Before passing out, he felt that he could wake up in a bad situation like the one he was facing now, therefore, he had without thinking, made all the power and trace of his cultivation to be stored in the same Heavenly Seal...

That way, if someone found him, they would think he was a mere mortal and not take him into account.

No one could feel any trace of aura in him since his power would be in the Heavenly Seal itself, something that even Immortals could not notice because it came from the same Heavenly Law.

Although he ended up in a problematic situation anyway, in the end, they thought that Ling Tian had lost all his power because they didn't feel any trace of aura in him.

But now that he thought about this, Ling Tian realized one thing.

"That shouldn't happen, right?" Ling Tian was somewhat afraid, not wanting to look at the Heavenly Seal.

If his Heavenly Seal restricted all his power, didn't that mean that he had sealed all his power again as before?

Ling Tian felt completely stupid doing this.

Although he didn't really think about it at the time, Ling Tian had felt that there would be no problem with it.

He took some time hesitating before directing his spirit sense to his Dantian and verifying the Heavenly Seal.

Ling Tian breathed a great sigh of relief when he noticed that his power was in a part of the Heavenly Seal, but that it had no restrictions or layers to restrain it, as if it were available when he wanted to take it back.

Knowing this, Ling Tian finally laughed carelessly.

But also, this meant a valuable new method!

He could conceal some of his power to impersonate someone in a lesser realm, and no one, not even powerful cultivators, would notice this!

Although there were techniques for hiding one's realm level, if that person met someone stronger, that other person could see through the hiding and see their true power.

Ling Tian was going to draw some of his power from the Heavenly Seal when he stopped halfway.

"I hope I can do it without my power..."

Ling Tian whispered when he withdrew his spirit sense and closed his eyes as he began to remember something.

Soon after, space began to sway, as if a tiny, little stone fell into a still lake, creating slight ripples on its surface.

The space gradually began to distort, with Ling Tian's body beginning to become invisible, as if it were about to disappear.

A faint frown appeared on his face for a moment, when he then relaxed and the space around him became a little more agitated.

* Swoosh! *

When the space in that basement chamber became more agitated and started to destroy some things inside the place, Ling Tian disappeared completely when he moved his foot and took a step.

A tiny space crack had opened up right now when he disappeared.

The space was greatly disturbed when the mini space crack had formed before it collapsed and closed, eventually disappearing.