[Special Event: Probing the Empress...]
The final moments of his descent into the world were spent having a meal with his descendants, before he, the Old Ancestor, suddenly disappeared.
Thinking back on his trip to the imperial palace: he first went to the Wenren family, and then appeared before the Empress.
This was to tell the Empress that he had now broken through to the Body Integration realm and was a Body Integration expert proficient in spatial rules.
Just standing in front of the Empress, he didn't say any harsh words; he merely inquired about the Western Frontier and Uncle Rain.
"If she hasn't gone completely insane, she will have to carefully consider the consequences the next time she wants to pull any tricks on our Azure Cloud Prefecture."
Sitting cross-legged in the sky above the Grotto-Heaven, Li Wei recalled Wenren Xianyi's face—stiff from suppressing her anger as she sat on the Phoenix Throne in the Golden Throne Room—and felt exceptionally relaxed.
Chang's guess was right; Wenren Xianyi was very frank.
She had no contact with Min Tiange. Uncle Rain was also just a chess piece in her hands.
Min Tiange had very little influence over the Dao Seed in Uncle Rain's body; Wenren Xianyi was the one exerting power behind the scenes.
However, when asked why she wanted to strike a lethal blow against the Azure Cloud Li Clan, Wenren Xianyi remained silent.
Upon further questioning, she only told the Li Clan that they had best leave the Southern Frontier.
As for Min Tiange in the Western Frontier, that was not something the Li Clan should concern themselves with.
"Leave?" Li Wei raised an eyebrow slightly.
For nearly a thousand years, the family had been in Azure Cloud Prefecture, striving generation after generation. Their roots were here.
For them, there was only expansion, never abandonment.
He then buried his thoughts deep down.
Now that he had broken through to the Body Integration realm, and Ah Tie was also at Body Integration, they were more than capable of handling many things.
With a thought.
An ancient, unadorned Jade Gate appeared before his eyes, engraved with the Yin-Yang Fish diagram. Colored circles were inscribed in all directions, representing various rules.
The power of these rules was refined into silk threads that interweaved within the Yin-Yang Fish diagram, forming a pattern where myriad methods were contained within a 'circle'.
It was chaotic yet did not lose its aesthetic appeal, concealing the true essence of Dao principles.
Following Li Wei's breakthrough to the Body Integration realm, the interface before his eyes also underwent some slight changes.
[Congratulations, you have broken through to the Body Integration realm and opened the Dao Gate: Tai Chi]
[Tai Chi generates the Two Modes, the Two Modes generate the Four Symbols, the Four Symbols generate the Eight Trigrams, gathering the numbers of all things and phenomena in the world.]
[Realm: Dao-Glimpsing]
The Dao Gate, engraved with the Yin-Yang Fish diagram, was right before his eyes. Although the Dao Gate had been pushed open, his divine sense could only look on.
There was clearly a very long Great Dao ahead, but no matter how long he walked forward on this Great Dao, he still remained in front of the Dao Gate.
"Dao-Glimpsing is exactly that: getting a first glimpse into the Dao Gate. After this comes Dao-Comprehending and Dao-Integration.
Only by comprehending one's own Dao can one walk further along the Dao path, ultimately integrating the Dao method into oneself, thereby reaching the Dao Integration realm?"
A flash of understanding passed through Li Wei's eyes. In truth, if subdivided, the Body Integration realm had many stages.
For example, Half-Step Body Integration could actually be considered the 'Dao-Seeking' stage, where they began searching for their Dao path.
Then there was the 'Dao-Breaking' stage, which was the moment of accumulating the origin power of rules and pushing open the Dao Gate.
Only upon reaching the current Dao-Glimpsing stage was one officially walking on the path of the Dao.
At the same time, one had to 'Inquire the Dao' and 'Attain the Dao', accumulating and comprehending Dao methods bit by bit.
However, this was a process; the realm was still on the journey from Dao-Glimpsing to Dao-Comprehending.
After Dao-Comprehending, one had to find a way to integrate the Dao method into oneself.
"After Dao-Integration, the Great Dao merges into oneself. At this point, a person is already a darling of the heavens, becoming a part of the world itself. This is also the reason why Uncle Rain was so difficult to kill."
Li Wei projected his divine sense outside the Dao path.
With a wave of his hand, those circles on the edge of the Tai Chi in front of the Dao Gate began to radiate brilliance.
Some small circles were dazzlingly bright, while others were dim.
"Tai Chi. Tai Chi encompasses myriad methods, and is born from this. They mutually generate and overcome each other. For me to break through, it means I have to... light up all the Dao principles."
Li Wei looked at those small circles. Every single small circle represented a type of rule.
These were the rules within the Dao method of Tai Chi, which Li Wei referred to as Dao principles.
As he broke through to the Body Integration realm, small text appeared beside these Dao principles.
[Rule Comprehension]
[Fire Rules: 42%]
[Water Rules: 8%]
[Earth Rules: 26%]
[...]
[Time Rules: 0.03%]
[Spatial Rules: 3%]
[Tai Chi Dao Method: The deeper the comprehension of rules, the stronger it becomes.
You possess time, spatial, and Yin-Yang rules; having integrated them into Tai Chi, you cannot comprehend other Dao principles.
However, if the rule comprehension is profound enough, the rule's Spiritual power possesses the possibility to surpass Dao methods.]
"Holy crap..."
Having hastily broken through to the Body Integration realm, it was only after opening the Dao Gate that Li Wei saw the uniqueness of the Dao of Tai Chi, and he was suddenly shocked by his own Dao.
"Which means, although I cannot comprehend other Dao principles, my rules have the potential to surpass Dao methods, and I don't even need to push open the Dao Gate again!"
"Which means... I just need to grind!"
Li Wei stared brightly at the percentages of these rule powers.
Comparing his own current Dao method with others, he came to a conclusion: "Once a rule surpasses 100%, any single one of my rules can reach the level of a Dao method!"
"Hiss~"
Suppressing the joy in his heart, Li Wei sensed the two methods he had used in the battle against Uncle Rain.
[Divine Ability (Primary): Yin-Yang Converts Myriad Methods]
[Progress: 3%]
[Gathers all rules within the Yin-Yang Fish diagram. Through the mutually generating and overcoming power of your own rules, it can cancel out the opponent's Dao method and rules.
The more rules you possess and the stronger they are, the more powerful Yin-Yang Converts Myriad Methods will be.]
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[Divine Ability (Primary): All-Encompassing]
[Progress: 3%]
[Triggers all Tai Chi Dao methods, converging them between the two Daos of Yin and Yang to strike and shatter the enemy's Dao.]