Chapter 10: A Dharma Body

The cultivators of the Great Mo Institute below were all filled with pride. See that? Our 'Great Mo Dao Lord' can fly even within the Eternal Realm!

'The Great Mo Dao Lord truly lives up to his name.' Ji Ning stood to one side, watching this scene, secretly amazed. Earlier, Brother Tian Yi had said that weaker Dao Lords couldn't fly within the Eternal Realm. To be able to govern a territory, the Great Mo Dao Lord was indeed remarkable.

"Oh?"

Heavenly Dao Lord looked at the beautiful woman in surprise. "Sister Yan has also stepped into the Dao Lord realm? Great Mo, congratulations, congratulations! The two of you as Dao companions are the envy of countless old friends."

"I only broke through not long ago," the beautiful woman said with a smile. "I've merely taken the first step. I'll be satisfied when I can catch up to even a fraction of Brother Tian Yi's level."

"Yan'er is just messing around; it's not easy for her to have reached the Dao Lord realm." The green-robed man smiled, then looked at Ji Ning standing beside Heavenly Dao Lord. "Is this one from your Heavenly Cang Palace?"

"Yes, he's a brother of my Heavenly Cang Palace." Heavenly Dao Lord nodded.

"Ji Ning pays respects to the two Dao Lords." Ji Ning quickly said respectfully.

The entire Great Mo Territory only knew that the Great Mo Institute had a 'Great Mo Dao Lord'; they never expected that his Dao companion had also entered the Dao Lord realm.

Alas...

Dao companions...

If only he and Senior Apprentice Sister Yu Wei could journey together on the path of cultivation, how wonderful that would be. Brother Tian Yi was right; truly countless cultivators envied the Dao companion pair of Great Mo Dao Lord.

"A brother of Heavenly Cang Palace?" Great Mo Dao Lord glanced at Ji Ning, and the beautiful woman beside him also looked at him. Both felt that this Ji Ning was quite fortunate. In the endless territories, having a backing was very important. Generally, enemies would be too afraid to act upon hearing the identity of 'a brother of Heavenly Cang Palace.'

In Heavenly Cang Palace, there were no distinctions of rank; all were brothers. This showed their unity!

Thus, unless one was mad to a certain degree, one wouldn't dare to strike at Heavenly Cang Palace. The three Flood Dragon divine beasts were simply too greedy and decided to act, and that was only because 'Northrest World God' had no clone! If Northrest World God had left a clone in Heavenly Cang Palace, even if you gave the three Flood Dragon divine beasts ten times the courage, they wouldn't have dared to act.

The identity of a brother of Heavenly Cang Palace was more useful than that of a disciple of the Great Mo Institute.

Disciples of the Great Mo Institute could act with impunity within the Great Mo Territory! Even Black Lotus God-Emperor and Misty Rock Star Lord wouldn't dare to go against disciples of the Great Mo Institute. But in the endless territories, the deterrent power of the Great Mo Institute was relatively much weaker.

First, the disciples of the Great Mo Institute had clear hierarchies.

The lives of Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals were naturally inferior to those of World-level cultivators!

But Heavenly Cang Palace treated everyone equally; the life of any brother was extremely precious. It was very difficult to enter Heavenly Cang Palace, but once you did, it was like having a huge protective charm.

Second, the overall strength of the Great Mo Institute was somewhat weaker than that of Heavenly Cang Palace. Heavenly Cang Palace's Heavenly Dao Lord had already touched the edge of Dao-Heading, and 'Imperial Dao Lord' was also close in strength to Heavenly Dao Lord. Now, with the birth of a third Dao Lord, the entire Heavenly Cang Palace was even stronger.

As for the Great Mo Institute, the only one considered remarkable was Great Mo Dao Lord.

...

"This time I came, eating and drinking are trivial matters. There is indeed something I need to trouble you with, Great Mo." Heavenly Dao Lord spoke with slight gravity.

"Oh? Let's go, let's go, sit down and talk slowly." Great Mo Dao Lord quickly said.

Whoosh, whoosh.

Heavenly Dao Lord led Ji Ning, and Great Mo Dao Lord led his wife; they flew together into a quiet residence within the Great Mo Institute. The entire Great Mo Institute spanned nearly a hundred thousand li, with mountains and ranges everywhere, and the disciples each had their own dwellings. Great Mo Dao Lord lived in the most secluded and quiet part of the institute.

"Sit."

Outside a thatched cottage was a long wooden table.

Great Mo Dao Lord and his wife sat cross-legged on one side, while Heavenly Dao Lord and Ji Ning sat cross-legged on the other.

Great Mo Dao Lord personally poured wine that exuded spiritual energy.

"Brother Tian Yi has come to me; what matter requires my help? If I can do it, I will naturally do my utmost." Great Mo Dao Lord said.

"Imperial Dao can now hold up the situation at Heavenly Cang Palace, and Brother Fu Zhou has also broken through to the Daolord of Life and Death realm. I have no major worries and can focus on Dao-Heading." Heavenly Dao Lord said slowly. "But I still don't have full confidence in Dao-Heading. This time I came to your Great Mo Territory mainly for the 'Yi Bo Realm.'"

Ji Ning understood upon hearing this.

Yi Bo Realm?

The most dangerous and mysterious place in the entire Great Mo Territory was the 'Yi Bo Realm.' Many dangerous places in the Great Mo Territory were either naturally formed in chaos or left behind as relics when Daolords of Life and Death perished.

But the Yi Bo Realm was the former cave dwelling of the ancient mighty one who created the 'Great Mo Eternal Realm,' filled with dangers and countless treasures.

Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals who entered would surely die.

World-level cultivators who entered would face nine deaths and one chance of survival.

"You obtained the token?" Great Mo Dao Lord asked.

"I went to the Su Feng Relic and obtained the token." Heavenly Dao Lord said.

"Oh?" Great Mo Dao Lord said in surprise. "I entered back then too, but after some calculations, I found that forcing my way through would be life-threatening, so I retreated."

"Haha, worthy of Great Mo! In terms of calculations, you rank in the top three among Dao Lords. Even my brother Imperial is still inferior to you." Heavenly Dao Lord said with emotion. "Your calculations were very accurate. That Su Feng Dao Lord, even in death, didn't let later comers off easy. The final explosive destructive means... fortunately, I'm best at preserving my life. Even if it were someone of the same level, if they were slightly weaker in life preservation, they might have lost their life."

"Mm."

Great Mo Dao Lord nodded. "My calculations also showed that if I forced my way through, it would be nine deaths and one chance of survival."

Heavenly Dao Lord was very famous; the prestige of Heavenly Cang Palace was mainly upheld by him. His most troublesome aspect was that he was very hard to kill! If you couldn't kill him, you would face his retaliation. Thus, few other ancient mighty ones were willing to go against Heavenly Dao Lord. This was the confidence that allowed Heavenly Dao Lord to dare to force his way into the Su Feng Relic.

"With the Eternal Token, Brother Tian Yi can now enter the Yi Bo Realm." Great Mo Dao Lord nodded.

"I'm not familiar with it. No one knows the Yi Bo Realm better than you, Great Mo. So this time I hope you can help." Heavenly Dao Lord said. "Send a dharma body to accompany me to the Yi Bo Realm. Naturally, I won't ask for your help for free."

With that, Heavenly Dao Lord took out a storage cave and handed it over.

Great Mo Dao Lord took it, examined it, thought for a moment, and nodded. "Alright, my dharma body will accompany Brother Tian Yi to the Yi Bo Realm! But I need to prepare; give me three years."

"No rush, no rush." Seeing Great Mo Dao Lord agree, Heavenly Dao Lord also breathed a sigh of relief. A dharma body was extremely important to a Dao Lord. If Great Mo Dao Lord's dharma body went with him to the Yi Bo Realm, the chances of returning alive were very low. So he had paid a sufficient price, and it also depended on whether Great Mo Dao Lord would give him face.

Fortunately, the two had a prior friendship.

He couldn't force this matter. First, Great Mo Dao Lord's strength was also very high, not far from his own. Second, if Great Mo didn't sincerely help and 'schemed' against him in the Yi Bo Realm, given Great Mo's proficiency in calculations and schemes, he might suffer a great loss.

"The 'Water Lotus Residence' not far from here is currently unoccupied. Brother Tian Yi and young friend Ji Ning can stay there temporarily." Great Mo Dao Lord said.

"Good, good, good. Great Mo, you don't need to see us off; we'll go directly." Heavenly Dao Lord immediately led Ji Ning and quickly left.

Great Mo Dao Lord and the beautiful woman remained sitting cross-legged.

"Husband." The beautiful woman looked worried. "The Yi Bo Realm is full of dangers, and you know that the place Heavenly Dao Lord wants to go is barely considered the core area."

"I know." Great Mo Dao Lord nodded. "Although a dharma body is not easy to refine, with three years and the help of time treasures, I can refine another slightly weaker dharma body... And my true body is here; slowly nurturing it, the weaker dharma body can also improve. The treasures Brother Tian Yi gave are more than enough for me to refine two dharma bodies."

"Mm." The beautiful woman nodded, still somewhat displeased.

A powerful dharma body was extremely important to Great Mo Dao Lord and to the entire Great Mo Institute.