Chapter 1153 The Essence of Cultivation
Fifty-six trillion dust particles manifested, like a cloud hanging from the sky. Zhang Qian has cultivated his physical body to the current level. His entire body is exactly composed of fifty-six trillion perfect dust particles, not one more or one less.

Each speck of dust sparkled with crystal jade light and emitted a breath of perfection. His spirit dominated the cloud of dust and his mind was connected to each speck of dust. He immediately saw that in each speck of dust, there was a layer of seemingly fragile membrane. This membrane was the obstacle preventing him from achieving the fourth level of the Heavenly Jade Body.

Only by breaking this barrier can he be promoted to the fourth level of Heavenly Dao Jade Body and reach the terrifying realm of immortality.

"There is a membrane in every speck of dust. After the 560 trillion specks of dust merged into a physical body, this membrane became extremely solid. It can only be broken bit by bit!"

As soon as the thought came to him, a method of breakthrough came into his mind. After deducing it several times, until he was sure of it, he focused his attention on one of the tiny particles.

After more than 9,000 years of practice, he had accumulated enough experience. At this moment, relying on the solid foundation of more than 9,000 years, Zhang Qian began to break through in this invisible speck of dust.

It seemed to Zhang Qian that it was not difficult for a single speck of dust to break through. However, when he actually started to act, he was surprised to find how difficult it was.

Logically speaking, he dispersed his body into 56 trillion dust particles, and then broke through one by one. In this way, the difficulty of breaking through should be reduced by 56 trillion times, and he should be able to break through easily in this dust particle. But the fact is, the difficulty of breaking through has not been reduced at all, and it is exactly the same as before.

"How is this going?"

He was puzzled. After trying several times, the dust here showed no signs of transformation, nor did it break the barrier. He had to attract millions of rule gods to bless his understanding.

With his comprehension increasing rapidly, he pondered patiently, and finally, a flash of inspiration came to him, and he understood the reason behind everything.

"It's Shouyuan!"

He frowned and realized that the reason why a tiny speck of dust had become so difficult to break through was not because of anything else, but because he was about to achieve the terrifying state of immortality.

Once he reaches the realm of immortality, even if he gains half immortality, his life span will increase countless times, and as long as he has a thought left, he can be resurrected. This is a qualitative change for him.

Even a tiny speck of dust can bring about earth-shaking changes. It is forcibly breaking the boundary between heaven and man, fighting for life against heaven, fighting for life against the Tao, and going against the Tao!

The practice of the immortal way emphasizes following the path and achieving twice the result with half the effort. Whether it is the comprehension of the laws or the comprehension of supernatural powers, one must follow the great way and the will of the Tao.

The path to immortality is a path of cultivation that conforms to the Great Dao, and there is no way to go against the Great Dao in the cultivation of the immortal path, because the path to immortality is a process of constantly comprehending the Great Dao and conforming to the Great Dao. Trying to go against the Great Dao is essentially denying everything that you have cultivated, and there is no possibility of success at all.

This is the limitation of the immortal path, but it is also its advantage, because only by following the path can one be successful, and only those with great luck can rise incredibly.

And luck is also a force and a law controlled by the Tao.

Every immortal cultivator wants more luck, even the saints of the ancient times, because they are all following the immortal path.

But the way to cultivate the body is just the opposite; it is a real anti-path.

Compared with the way of immortality, the way of body training has been a battle against heaven and a struggle against the Tao from the very beginning.

The life span of immortal cultivators will increase every time they break through a realm, and this increase is fixed and is limited by the Great Dao. However, the way of body refining is different. What the body refining cultivators seek is to break free from the constraints of the Great Dao and use their own strength to forcibly gain a higher life span and stronger power.

It is a process of breaking the shackles of the avenue, so naturally every breakthrough is extremely difficult.

Because every successful breakthrough of a body cultivator is a success in breaking free from the constraints of the Great Dao, and a success in bargaining with the restrictions of the Great Dao.

This is also the reason why immortal cultivators at the same level seem so vulnerable compared to body cultivators.

Even if they are at the same realm, the power of an immortal cultivator has not broken through the limitations of the Great Dao and has its limits. However, if a body cultivator can successfully break through, he has already broken through the limitations of the Great Dao, and his power will naturally break through the limits as well. In this way, at the same realm, how can an immortal cultivator be a match for a body cultivator?

It is also in this situation that all kinds of treasures become so important. Without all kinds of treasures in hand, immortal cultivators will only be beaten by body cultivators.

Since the cultivators embarked on the path of body refinement, they were destined to go against the great way all their lives and go against the flow. The difficulty involved is self-evident.

This is also the reason why there are so few cultivators in the heavens and myriad worlds who take the path of body refining. The path of body refining not only depends on aptitude, understanding, roots, and bloodline, but also requires going against the trend, which is naturally daunting.

Correspondingly, when the body cultivators break through the restrictions of the Great Dao time and time again, it becomes increasingly difficult to make subsequent breakthroughs, just like Zhang Qian now. He himself is at the third level of the Heavenly Dao Jade Body, which is equivalent to the Innate Body level of the Body Refining Dao, and the next level up is the immortal realm.

Up to now, he has broken the limits of the Great Dao three times. The cultivators at the same level have no power to fight back in front of him, just because he has broken through the limits three times.

Now that he wants to break through the fourth limit, it will naturally be countless times more difficult than before.

The difficulty was so great that even if he dispersed his body into 560 trillion dust particles and broke through each one one by one, it would still become extremely difficult.

At this moment, Zhang Qian finally figured out the difference between the way of immortality and the way of body refining, and understood the essence of it. The clarity of this essence made him suddenly realize.

"No wonder in the legend of the prehistoric times, Jiejiao was attacked by all parties during the catastrophe. It turns out that the root cause is here. The Chanjiao and other major sects all follow the orthodox way of the immortals, but Jiejiao has the tendency to go against the way. Naturally, it will be suppressed by the whole immortal orthodoxy! This is because it has lost the favor of the prehistoric heaven, so it will inevitably fail!"

Thinking about the ancient legends of later generations, Zhang Qian understood a little bit. Hongjun Daozu was the ancestor of the immortal way and the controller of the ancient heavenly way. He passed down the immortal way, so naturally he did not want to see the idea of ​​Jiejiao that wanted to go against the way. In this way, the failure of Jiejiao was inevitable.

The word "cut" tells it all. Even the Tao wants to cut it for his own use. The intention behind this is extremely ambiguous.

This realization made him suddenly realize the essence of the way of body refining. The barrier among the fifty-six trillion dust particles was clearly the limitation and restraint of the great way.

He decisively severed his connection with all laws, and his soul and true spirit condensed into an unmatched sharp sword.

This magic sword seemed illusory, but it emitted a terrifying edge. He had already understood that in order to break through this barrier, all the rules and magical powers were useless. He could only rely on his fearless belief and indomitable determination to break through it!

(End of this chapter)