Chapter 1022: The Reunion After Ten Thousand Years

"The one true God of elemental life."

At this moment, watching the breakthrough unfold, Moon God Ji slowly raised her head and looked at the sky, a look of certainty on her face. This had long been expected.

"The one true God?" Ji Yi couldn't help but ask softly from beside her. The concept of a single true God for an entire life category was incredibly significant!

It was like iron-based or carbon-based life forms. For instance, imagine a single true God for all carbon-based life, ruling over the entire category... What immense glory that would be...

"Indeed, the one true God," Ji Ming said, looking at the swirling clouds in the sky with profound reverence. "She possesses an unparalleled, super-suppressive ability over all elemental life... Any elemental energy attack is completely ineffective against our Ancestor!"

Elemental absorption immunity?

Ji Yi's heart trembled. She looked up at the sky, only truly grasping the implications at this moment.

Pure elemental life forms rely entirely on elemental attacks.

For example, this ancient, weak-Tenth-Order elemental relic civilization—they were all pure elemental life forms...

And elemental immunity meant that any attack from the entire elemental life race would be rendered useless against her!

"This is truly a suppressive, dominant ability over elemental life," Ji Ming affirmed.

Ji Ming, her face full of admiration, smiled gently. "Our Ancestor isn't invincible... physical damage can still cause substantial harm, as she possesses a material, flesh-and-blood core. However, elemental life forms... are almost incapable of delivering effective and powerful physical attacks."

Ji Yi's expression remained solemn.

This elemental absorption and suppressive ability was already terrifying.

It's important to remember that most cosmic Dao Attainers rely on law-based Dao arts for their attacks. Only a small number pursue purely physical attainment, making them a definite minority.

Xu Zhi listened to their conversation, looked up at the sky, and simply smiled.

What did the evaluation "Pseudo-Insectoid Hero" even mean?

It was practically the highest praise possible!

After all, no matter how talented, one could only potentially reach that ultimate "Tenth-Order" realm, and countless individuals fell along the way.

As for Di Qi, he earned the "Insectoid Hero" evaluation because of his monstrous talent and his fusion of bloodline cultivation techniques. The most challenging Tenth-Order path was his specialty; as long as he didn't fall, reaching the Tenth Order was essentially a certainty for him.

And Phoenix, as a Pseudo-Insectoid Hero and a unique special life form, had her first main gene that could be inherited, but her other three mutated genes were entirely unique to her, and they were perfectly coordinated.

"Energy manipulation, energy venom, energy immunity, rebirth through fire... How terrifyingly powerful would these four energy-elemental genes become once merged, forming the fifth 'Dao's End' bloodline?" Xu Zhi took a deep breath, quietly organizing his thoughts. "I'm afraid it truly represents the ultimate concept of elemental cosmic Dao."

However, while theoretically incredibly powerful, whether Phoenix could complete the Tenth-Order path remained to be seen... Apart from Di Qi's inherent talent, no one could be truly confident in this.

The Tenth-Order path was simply too difficult!

Don't be fooled by the rapid advancement of Xu Zhi's civilization, which quickly reached the higher echelons of the Ninth Order soon after breaking through. The Tenth-Order path was only the beginning.

It would certainly be a long and arduous journey.

It would undoubtedly be longer and more difficult than the Ninth-Order path, but that wasn't even the most crucial part. What was truly terrifying was surviving the sieges and assassinations by others throughout the long years of breaking through the Tenth-Order path!

Did they think Tenth-Order beings didn't know how to hide and conceal their identities?

They couldn't hide.

Once one broke through to the weak Tenth Order and condensed a Dao seed, the entire nearby galaxy would tremble. The subtle cosmic perception would alert all beings within half of the nearby supercluster.

"The weak Tenth Order... once one breaks through, it means becoming an enemy of the entire universe," Moon God Ji murmured softly, looking at the sky. "I hope she can take this step and continue to advance."

"An enemy of the entire world?" Ji Yi's heart trembled.

Moon God Ji smiled and said, "For example, the Abyssal Blue Divine Realm outside – they have 107 high-level Dao Attainers with perfect Dao foundations. Why is there not a single weak Tenth-Order being among them? Is it because they can't achieve it? No, they can. Reaching the first stage of the Tenth-Order path is certainly achievable... but they don't dare to break through!"

"Don't dare?" Ji Yi was utterly astonished. "Why?"

They didn't dare to break through to the next realm?

How bizarre was that?

Countless powerhouses who were still at work gradually gathered around.

The weak Tenth Order was a legendary super overlord, yet they didn't dare to break through—this was truly odd.

"Ancestor, your knowledge is vast. Could you explain this to us?" At this moment, the leader of the elemental tribal remnants nearby asked softly.

After all, they possessed inherited memories of breakthroughs, but they were too weak to unlock the later memory transmissions.

"Once a Dao seed is condensed, a subtle cosmic sprout is born. It's an ethereal sensation, like a spark of life emerging between heaven and earth, and all beings will sense it... At that point, countless enemies will be made. And those who have just broken through to stages 1 or 2 of the Tenth-Order path will have no significant combat power advantage; they'll only invite trouble," Moon God Ji said calmly, shaking her head.

At this point, Sun God Asa, who was nearby, also approached. Hearing the conversation, he was filled with interest and respectfully asked, "So, do they just never break through? Do they stay stuck at their current realm forever?"

"Not exactly," Moon God Ji replied. "The Tenth-Order path is a long journey of integration and creation, where one thoroughly unifies all the cultivation systems within themselves, bringing them into a grand integration to form their own ultimate Great Dao! They can first deduce and accumulate. Then, at the opportune moment, they can condense their Dao seed in one go, allowing it to quickly grow and mature, breaking through to stage 10 or higher of the Tenth-Order path, which would be much safer."

"I see," Ji Shang realized, enlightened.

"Furthermore, some highly talented individuals can accumulate and deduce up to stage 20 or even higher, then push through to that realm in a single burst," Moon God Ji continued to explain.

Those around them understood, filled with quiet admiration.

Nearby, Yuan Qinghua listened, muttering to himself, also feeling a touch of admiration:

"Indeed, it's exactly the same information we managed to get from Yuan Yuan. We were curious why 107 perfect Dao foundation beings were stuck at the high-level Ninth Order, so we seized the opportunity to ask as disciples... Now Moon God Ji is also explaining it to everyone. It really is like that! It seems this is indeed an unwritten rule of the universe."

Xu Zhi glanced at him indifferently, seemingly discerning his thoughts from his reaction.

...These secrets of Ninth-Order breakthroughs, I heard them from you all.

As they discussed, amid everyone's astonishment, Phoenix's breakthrough finally concluded. Her aura settled, and she descended from the sky. "That ethereal aura has become even more pronounced," she said.

She spoke, looking towards the distant sky, "I can feel them—those from my past, my old acquaintances—they have arrived."

As soon as her words fell, two figures approached from afar.