I Can See Through All Things' Information Chapter 1478 - 880
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"Ah Qing, have you stepped into the Unity Realm Stage?!"
The Old Cyan Dragon's voice trembled, barely containing his disbelief, his massive dragon eyes wide with astonishment.
Having lived for hundreds of thousands of years, witnessing countless prodigies and hearing innumerable incredible legends, the dragon had never conceived that it would one day be so shocked by someone's cultivation speed that it would falter.
The Black Bull and Ming Feng simultaneously registered this, hastily probing Lu Qing's aura.
Upon doing so, they too were utterly taken aback.
Verily!
The aura, the resonance with the Dao intertwined with heaven and earth, and the subtle yet heart-hammering pressure—all undeniably belonged to the Unity Realm Stage!
Furthermore, it was no ordinary Unity Realm Stage!
Most crucially, they discerned that Lu Qing's current form was not his true body but merely a Divine Thought Avatar.
A Divine Thought Avatar!
What did this imply?
It meant that Lu Qing's actual being was far more formidable than this avatar before them.
Lu Qing's genuine might was even more terrifying than what their senses could perceive.
Typically, a Divine Thought Avatar harbored but a fraction of the main body's might. Generally, eschewing world consciousness suppression, an avatar unleashing even thirty percent of its master's power was considered exceptionally potent.
Most cultivators' Divine Thought Avatars struggled to breach ten percent of their main body's strength.
Yet, this avatar alone instilled apprehension in them.
Just how immensely powerful must the true form be?
What astounded them further was that, despite Lu Qing's Divine Thought Avatar merely standing still, without any overt actions or displays of power, it exuded an overwhelming sense of oppression.
It was an instinctual feeling, akin to confronting an extremely perilous entity.
Bear in mind that they were all seasoned Unity Realm Stage existences, having accumulated hundreds of thousands of years of life!
The Old Cyan Dragon, in particular, had been by Gui Xu Taoist's side the longest, even from when Gui Xu Taoist was merely in the Primordial Spirit Realm.
Subsequently, as Gui Xu Taoist ascended to the Transformation Realm, the dragon's own power also surged, undergoing countless millennia of cultivation within the Returning Ruins Secret Realm, its depth of cultivation unfathomably profound.
Its mastery over the Space Dao was such that few across the cosmos could rival it.
It possessed the ability to fold, compress, and contort space, executing a myriad of incredible divine techniques.
Ming Feng and the Black Bull were equally formidable in their own right.
Ming Feng, especially, wielded ice-elemental divine power, capable of freezing the very heavens and earth.
If fully unleashed, it held the potential to freeze an entire world.
Though the Black Bull wasn't known for its intellect, its raw strength was unparalleled.
It eschewed the cultivation of laws, focusing instead on refining its physical body to a hardness that surpassed even Dao Artifacts.
Its hide, tempered over hundreds of thousands of years, had attained an astonishing resilience.
Assaults from ordinary Unity Realm cultivators could scarcely leave a scratch upon it.
When enraged, even the Old Cyan Dragon and Ming Feng found it prudent to evade its path.
Its pair of horns served as its Lifebound Magical Treasure, possessing the power to cleave through all obstructions.
Back then, even Mo Cangtian could not withstand a single blow from the Black Bull, being sent flying tens of thousands of miles by a solitary kick.
Individually, any one of them could cause any region to tremble with their mere presence.
Yet, at this very moment, facing solely a Divine Thought Avatar of Lu Qing, they felt a palpable pressure.
How could this possibly be?
Even if Lu Qing had achieved unity, he had only recently broken through, not long ago at that.
Logically speaking, a newly ascended Unity Realm cultivator, regardless of their potential, should not be exerting such pressure on these veteran Unity Realm Stage beings.
Moreover, it was merely a Divine Thought Avatar!
The disparity between the nascent stage of unity and seasoned Unity Realm veterans, between a Divine Thought Avatar and the true body, was not merely significant—it was a chasm of worlds.
Still, the pressure was undeniably real, pressing firmly upon their hearts.
For a moment, the Old Cyan Dragon, the Black Bull, and Ming Feng were all shocked to their core, simply gazing at Lu Qing in stunned silence, rendered incapable of speech for a considerable duration.
The Old Cyan Dragon's whiskers quivered slightly, Ming Feng's feathers involuntarily bristled, and even the perpetually fearless Black Bull's eyes widened, refraining from drawing breath.
Lu Qing, meeting their astonished gazes, offered a subtle smile.
The smile was faint, yet it conveyed a sense of warmth and serene composure.
"Not long ago, I was fortunate enough to achieve a breakthrough in the Heavenly Origin Great World and successfully step into the Unity Realm Stage," Lu Qing stated with a smile.
Hearing Lu Qing's confession directly, the Old Cyan Dragon and the others, despite their prior expectations, couldn't suppress a jolt in their hearts.
A 'fortunate breakthrough'?
These words might sound nonchalant, but everyone present recognized the immense gulf separating the Primordial Spirit Realm from the Unity Realm.
Cultivators in the Primordial Spirit Realm diligently comprehend the Laws of Heaven and Earth, grasping various Daos.
Upon reaching a certain level of understanding, they can then endeavor to fuse their Divine Thought with a specific Dao, thereby attempting to ascend to the Unity Realm Stage.
This entire process is an undertaking fraught with peril.
Indeed, the act of merging Divine Thought with the Great Dao is, in essence, an act of defiance against the heavens.
The slightest error in execution can invite a backlash from the Great Dao itself. The lesser repercussions include damage to one's Divine Thought and a regression in cultivation, while the direst outcome is the complete annihilation of both body and soul.
Countless exceptional talents find themselves perpetually stalled at the Nine Tribulations of the Primordial Spirit Realm, unable to make that final, crucial leap.
Numerous brilliant individuals dedicate millennia, even tens of thousands of years, to prepare for their unification attempt, only to ultimately meet their demise.
The difficulty associated with achieving unity is, quite literally, harder than climbing to the heavens.
This is no mere hyperbole.
Ming Feng vividly recollected the harrowing moments when it itself once attempted to break through to the Unity Realm Stage in ages past.
At that juncture, it had meticulously prepared for three thousand years, pushing its comprehension of its ice element Dao to its absolute apex.
Even with the seasoned guidance and the precise refinement of its Divine Thought offered by Taoist Gui Xu, it still found itself narrowly escaping the clutches of death.
When the Heavenly Tribulation descended with full force, it harbored the grim certainty of its impending doom, and it was only through the timely intervention and assistance of Taoist Gui Xu that it managed to pull through by the barest of margins.