Taiyi Dao Fruit-Chapter 1303 - 67: Promotion Ceremony Begun 800 Years Ago

After a few breaths, Jiang Li relied on his skill in recovering essence and blood through breathing to basically restore himself.

Manifesting Pangu's form with the Tai Shi Body, accommodating the sun as the left eye, and wielding divine skills consume greatly, but for Jiang Li, it's not a major issue.

Such consumption is much less costly than the sacrifice of the Green Duckweed Sword.

The previous battle in the Pure Land cost Jiang Li enough life span to exchange for sixty Emperors of Great Zhou.

"They have retreated."

A shadow flashed and appeared, the body of Karma Tathagata emerged from void to reality, with a swing of the prayer beads in his hand, a barrier naturally formed around them, "The Cosmic Light Path indeed is a rare marvelous path capable of advancing and retreating, these two who are proficient in this path are extremely difficult to deal with."

The Great Venerable can reverse time, create avatars, even severing his head may not necessarily claim his life.

The Queen Mother of the West further projects Tianhe with a mirror, drawing the vast Star Essence here. If Jiang Li hadn't forcibly shattered the Star River projection, the opponent might have still held the upper hand.

After the Queen Mother of the West's power mostly restored, her Dao advantage began to expand, now verily able to contend against Jiang Li's strength.

These Second Grade powers don't need to demonstrate Dao Fruit; their Dao Fruit is complete in itself.

On another note, recovering strength is far simpler than making progress.

Jiang Li was betting on his progress against the enemy's recovery.

However······

"If I were to use the Green Duckweed Sword or Pangu Banner, breaking the Tianhe projection wouldn't be too difficult," Jiang Li looked at the forming barrier and remarked, "You intend to discuss this, layman?"

Karma Tathagata had witnessed the might of the Green Duckweed Sword firsthand, though he didn't know how much power this Dao Artifact could exert, he was confident it wouldn't be blocked by the Tianhe projection.

Additionally, Karma Tathagata already possessed a First Grade Dao Artifact, albeit incomplete, graded as third grade, and though not extensively sacrificially cultivated, it could still provide assistance. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Upon seeing Jiang Li reveal a trump card to avoid using the Green Duckweed Sword, Karma Tathagata decided to temporarily conceal the third grade Lotus Platform.

The reason was that Karma Tathagata understood Jiang Li was certainly not stingy with costs; if he truly wished to kill, he would first wield the Green Duckweed Sword, perhaps even sending forth the Pangu Banner.

Certainly, the Great Venerable and Queen Mother of the West also had their trump cards.

Take for instance the Wa Emperor Taoist Device; although the Demon Refining Pot had been manifested, it alone couldn't represent the full Wa Emperor Dao Fruit.

The Great Venerable had previously utilized the Creation Whip; who knows what else he conceals.

Though in Jiang Li's experience, using a First Grade Dao Artifact requires immense costs, the Great Venerable, transitioning from human Wind Queen to demon god Candle Yin, and being a male member of the Feng Clan, would likely struggle to wield the Wa Emperor Taoist Device, but anything is possible.

In sum, it's not easy to slay enemies.

'Though I am confident of victory······'

As this thought flashed through Jiang Li's mind, he continued: "Before advancing to the void, I indeed held intentions of sweeping away obstacles with thunderclaps, destroying all enemies swiftly. Unfortunately, during this period, I encountered a significant variable."

Precisely because of this intention, Jiang Li and Karma Tathagata launched a surprise attack over the vast desert; if he hadn't learned about the Fuxi Dao Fruit Promotion Ceremony midway, he would still be engaging in blitzkrieg, determined to eliminate strong foes before Tathagata returned.

At least, causing severe damage was necessary.

With increasingly formidable strength and a First Grade Dao Artifact, this act wasn't impossible.

Yet alas······

"Beginning with oneself, establishing civilization or power, occupying the mainstream of heaven and earth,"

Jiang Li slowly spoke: "Just like the Human Race defeated all else to become the protagonist of heaven and earth, to promote Fuxi Dao Fruit requires one's legacy to become the mainstream of heaven and earth. This is the Fuxi Dao Fruit Promotion Ceremony."

"Beginning with oneself?" Karma Tathagata's expression slightly changed, "No wonder······"

Becoming the mainstream of heaven and earth is actually quite simple because the Human Race is already the mainstream, every cultivator is of the Human Race.

The trick lies in beginning with oneself.

The origin of the Human Race is Fuxi, and Nuwa, aside from these two, even Emperor Yan and Yellow Emperor fall short of meaning.

The Human Race is already the protagonist; to complete the Promotion Ceremony, another protagonist is needed.

This protagonist doesn't have to be a species; it can be in another form, such as—a dynasty.

—The Great Zhou Dynasty, personally established by the reincarnated Great Heavenly Venerate.

The Human Race is the mainstream of heaven and earth, so let the Great Zhou Dynasty become the mainstream of the Human Race, in the form of unifying the Human Race, governing heaven and earth, to become the sole protagonist.

"The Mazer wondered why that Great Heavenly Venerate established Great Zhou and laid down ancestor laws for sharing the world, turns out it's for this reason." Karma Tathagata revealed with realization.

Once the Great Zhou's Grand Ancestor's identity as the reincarnation of the Great Heavenly Venerate was exposed, the rule of Ji and Jiang sharing the world seemed somewhat contradictory to reality.

With the Great Heavenly Venerate's means, could he not suppress a Jiang family?

He could entirely let the Ji Family reign supreme but instead left a huge hidden danger for his descendants.

The reason is that the Great Heavenly Venerate doesn't care who rules Jiangshan Mountain; he only cares if Great Zhou still exists, whether it continues ruling the Nine Provinces.

Moreover, he must ensure Great Zhou continuously expands, maintaining its peak state.

Leaving such regulation allows the Ji Family and the Jiang family to continuously compete, avoiding demise through complacency. At the same time, Heaven remains as a backup, every Emperor must accept Heaven's will, exchanging Heavenly Heart for human heart, so that Great Zhou continues advancing.