Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” Chapter 569: Slaying the Heavens and Escaping

Zhan Tian kept flashing ahead ceaselessly, every flash spanning hundreds of light-years.

His movement art held profound mystery, perfectly harmonizing with the Thunder Dao Principle's fluctuations, generating no unusual ripples whatsoever in his journey.

Regrettably, his cultivation realm stayed too low for now; he was just a Four-Order Fused Dao Venerable, able to leap across realms to seven or eight fusions, but still greatly outclassed by Yuanhao's avatar.

Venerable Yuanhao's avatar stuck close behind, pursuing Zhan Tian with blazing speed.

"How is Zhan Tian's movement technique so formidable? I can't lock onto his figure at all! I can only track his position in the gaps between his spell casts!"

Venerable Yuanhao kept scrutinizing Zhan Tian's movement art, determined to unravel its deep secrets.

Yet, after observing it multiple times, Yuanhao was stunned to realize that Zhan Tian switched to a fresh movement-type Daoist technique every single time!

Having flashed hundreds of times, his foe had unleashed hundreds of unique techniques!

This left Yuanhao completely dumbfounded.

Zhan Tian, meanwhile, was totally baffled by Yuanhao's relentless chase.

"Has this disciple of mine gone mad? Why on earth is he pursuing me?"

Zhan Tian failed to grasp Yuanhao's motives. "The sole identity I've revealed is as Teacher Seven Stars' disciple. This fellow did suffer a heavy defeat from Seven Stars, but does he really need to hunt down Seven Stars' disciples himself?"

He reflected briefly, then proceeded to comprehend the following Dao Principle.

The four fused powers' destructive force was overly savage; it required certain Dao Principles to temper it. In the thunder domain, Life Dao Principle and Evolution Dao Principle abounded, perfect for mellowing the brutality, infusing tenderness into the rage, and anchoring the Dao Principles' shapes.

Therefore, he started pulling in the nearby Life Dao Principle power and Evolution Dao Principle power together.

Powers from both Dao Principles converged on Zhan Tian, surging in intensity at a furious pace.

Venerable Yuanhao, trailing in pursuit, was equally jolted by the display. This speed of advancement bore no resemblance to standard cultivation; it looked far more like rebuilding his cultivation base.

Yuanhao abruptly understood, "Exactly, he's restoring his cultivation! He's no fresh Four-Order Dao Venerable, but a top-tier Dao Venerable recultivating from scratch. No wonder his arts are so masterful!"

A fierce gleam sparked in Yuanhao's eyes. This only made slaying him more crucial.

Venerable Taihao held nothing back anymore, launching massive killing strikes that froze time and space, obliterating thunder and lightning!

Horrific blasts erupted everywhere around Zhan Tian.

Zhan Tian couldn't escape unscathed. Though his masterful movement technique evaded ninety-nine percent of the onslaughts, a handful still struck true.

Countless layers of defensive arts bloomed over his form, step by step eroding the assaults. Even diminished by a million times, the blows that hit Zhan Tian dealt severe wounds.

Fissures spiderwebbed through his body, leaving him in a pitiful state.

Yet, Life Dao Principle power and Evolution Dao Principle power tirelessly mended Zhan Tian's damages. Life Dao Principle power fixed his shattered frame, while Evolution Dao Principle power refined his constitution. The Dao Principle of Annihilation power intensified further with every cycle of his body's ruin and revival.

Every strike absorbed propelled his power to new heights!

A fitting display from a once Chaos Dominator, seamlessly converting crises into prime cultivation conditions, flipping peril into fortune, weaving wonders from ruin!

Su Yuan, observing from afar, brimmed with awe. Zhan Tian's (Taihao's) feat was astonishing. Despite a power disparity exceeding a hundred millionfold, he coped effortlessly.

Venerable Yuanhao unleashed hundreds of barrages, only to find Zhan Tian not just unscathed, but vastly empowered.

His movement art sharpened further, while defensive arts sprouted without cease.

Venerable Yuanhao stood utterly perplexed.

His true body alongside countless avatars raced to unite. He was set to eradicate Zhan Tian with everything he had.

"Life Dao Principle, condense!"

"Evolution Dao Principle, condense!"

In Zhan Tian's Origin Space, the two Dao Principles suddenly took shape and solidified from nothingness.

In the thunder region, the Life Dao Principle and Evolution Dao Principle quivered at once, proclaiming Zhan Tian's triumphant breakthrough.

Zhan Tian had now advanced to the rank of Six-Order Dao Venerable.

On top of that, the Dao Principle of Annihilation swiftly merged with the Life Dao Principle and Evolution Dao Principle.

Fusing these two Dao Principles posed a tremendous challenge, yet for Zhan Tian, it proved no hurdle.

Even under pursuit, Zhan Tian devoted just a fraction of his attention and accomplished six fusions.

Zhan Tian's strength exploded upward, while his evasion pace soared remarkably.

Every teleport now spanned five hundred light-years, boosting his flight speed immensely.

This round, Yuanhao's avatar struggled to match Zhan Tian's velocity.

Noticing Yuanhao still chasing relentlessly, Zhan Tian devised a scheme to ditch the avatar.

Detecting diverse Dao Principle undulations in the thunder region, he picked up distant echoes of battle.

With that, he veered course, rushing toward the origin of those battle waves.

Merely three days passed before he reached the site and witnessed scores of Dao Venerables locked in fierce combat.

All of them vied desperately for a freshly emerged treasure.

Zhan Tian grasped the situation in a flash, spotted a route straight to the Supreme Treasure, then blinked forward to snatch it up before vanishing once more.

The clashing Dao Venerables abruptly felt the treasure's aura vanish. They whipped around, spotting Yuanhao's avatar in the treasure's former place, with the item nowhere to be seen.

"Leave the treasure!"

"Don't go!"

"Focus fire on him!"

Without delay, every Dao Venerable unleashed assaults on Venerable Yuanhao!

A storm of strikes, coupled with countless binding spells, pinned Yuanhao's avatar down.

When Venerable Yuanhao finally shattered the onslaughts and bonds, Zhan Tian's presence had faded from detection.

The trail was lost!

Seething with rage and shame, Yuanhao unleashed fury on the nearby Dao Venerables.

His spear tore through the thunder region, pulverizing the forms of all Dao Venerables in a blink!

The Dao Venerables paled in terror, swiftly regenerating their bodies and bolting away.

"Senior, spare us!"

"Great one, please forgive us!"

They escaped while glancing back at the chaos.

Spotting Venerable Yuanhao's features, they instantly knew who he was.

At the same time, numerous ones sifted through recollections, verifying the thief wasn't Venerable Yuanhao but some unknown cultivator.

They'd struck the wrong target!

Yuanhao ignored these fools. He chased the lingering clues, pressing his grueling hunt for Zhan Tian.

The dozens of Dao Venerables soared onward for quite some time before halting. They eyed one another, utterly baffled.

"Who was that guy earlier? He actually slipped away from Venerable Yuanhao's chase?"

"That looked like the fresh disciple under the Seven Stars Dominator. I caught wind of it previously!"

"Huh? I read reports saying he was merely a Two-Order Dao Venerable? Yet I felt a Six-Order Dao Venerable aura streak past!"

This bombshell stunned them all. Forgetting their wounds, they rushed to relay the news to their sects, seeking confirmation of the wild events.