Comprehending the The Dao of Flesh and Blood

Chapter 33

On the battlefield, Li Changmeng gradually lost awareness of the outside world.

How many were fifty thousand people?

Li Changmeng didn't know. All he knew was that wherever he went, there were only wails, blood mist, and minced meat.

The eighteen tentacles slowly lengthened, covering a radius of five meters.

Anyone who entered this area would be mercilessly beaten into pieces by the tentacles.

"Run! Hurry and run! We can't defeat this at all. Sending us here was just sending us to our deaths!"

"Mother, I won't be able to repay you."

"I have three children! Don't block me. I have to go back!"

But Li Changmeng couldn't hear them. The blood mist spontaneously gathered around him, and those enveloped by it were doomed to turn into blood mist.

"Can comprehending the Dao come from killing ordinary people?"

"Changmeng's talent is truly terrifying."

Feng Chulai watched Li Changmeng, who had lost himself in the process, and was filled with confusion.

Shouldn't killing ordinary people bring about a karmic obstacle?

How could he... how could he comprehend the Dao?

Taoist Baiyun had the inheritance of the Three - Absolute Sect and knew more about comprehending the Dao.

There are three thousand great Daos and countless minor ones.

The Dao exists in everything.

Comprehending the Dao doesn't mean fully understanding a certain Dao. It means starting to have some understanding of it.

The stages of comprehending the Dao are the Hearing - the - Dao Realm, the Understanding - the - Dao Realm, and the Merging - with - the - Dao Realm, corresponding to the Foundation - Establishment, Core - Formation, and Golden - Core stages respectively.

As for the subsequent realms, Taoist Baiyun himself wasn't very clear.

Reaching the Foundation - Establishment stage doesn't necessarily mean hearing the Dao. Only when one reaches the Hearing - the - Dao stage in comprehending the Dao can they be considered a true Foundation - Establishment cultivator.

At this moment, Li Changmeng was actually comprehending the Dao through killing. Even though this Dao might bring about karmic obstacles, he could turn to killing cultivators in the future. Ordinary people were just a stepping - stone to this Dao.

The Dao of Killing was a powerful one among many Daos. The slight karmic obstacle was just a minor flaw.

At this moment, Li Changmeng felt as if the world had fallen silent. The only sound he could hear was the flow of the blood mist.

The sound grew louder, and the blood mist began to change.

"It's starting."

Taoist Baiyun watched the blood - mist cluster expectantly. The start of the change meant that Li Changmeng was beginning to have an understanding of the Dao.

What would the Dao of Killing be like?

Taoist Baiyun himself had comprehended the Dao of Clouds and Mist. Although there was no hierarchy among the Daos, in terms of attack, it was inferior to most other Daos. He was good at illusions, escaping, and cultivating spiritual plants. Now, he was extremely curious about the rare but powerful Dao of Killing.

The floating sound of the blood mist gradually turned into a roar, resounding in Li Changmeng's mind.

It was only because the soul in his Niwan Palace had entered the spiritual fetus that he wasn't affected by the sound of the blood mist at this moment.

In Li Changmeng's perception, he found himself by a sea.

A sea made of blood, with the earth and mountains composed of meatballs. The air was filled with a hazy blood mist, permeating the entire world.

Looking up, the sky was a clear blue, which was extremely abnormal in this place.

It was as if the sky had invaded this place.

Li Changmeng frowned. He thought the sky was very annoying. It would be better if it were red, just like the blood - sea.

As if hearing Li Changmeng's thoughts, the whole world began to tremble.

With a loud rumble, the sound came from behind Li Changmeng.

"What's that?"

Li Changmeng turned around and saw a shadow that reached from the sky to the earth crashing into the blood - sea, raising huge waves.

The bright red blood waves swept up to the sky, completely dyeing the clear blue sky red.

Finally, it was in harmony.

But that shadow... it was so familiar.

The shadow gradually approached.

A strange - looking bug appeared. Its dark legs were so long that even the blood - sea couldn't submerge them.

A dozen colorful compound eyes all focused on Li Changmeng.

Surprisingly, there was no sense of oppression, only a gentle breeze.

This bug was exactly the one Li Changmeng had seen in his dream.

But now, instead of chasing him, it seemed to convey a feeling of intimacy.

Subconsciously, Li Changmeng activated his Hundred - Eyes Supernatural Power.

[Mind Incarnation] [Extraterrestrial Being] [Parasitic in the Mind]

Three pieces of information came, and the surrounding world trembled violently, on the verge of shattering.

Outside, Taoist Baiyun saw the horrified expression on Li Changmeng's face and knew that he was about to exit the state of comprehending the Dao.

During the process of comprehending the Dao, one would enter an ethereal state, with only a hazy consciousness of existence.

Could it be that he couldn't bear the pressure of the Dao of Killing?

Taoist Baiyun was extremely anxious, but in the matter of comprehending the Dao, it was difficult for outsiders to help. He could only secretly pray that Li Changmeng would succeed in comprehending the Dao.

Looking at the bug, Li Changmeng didn't know what to do.

The memories that had become blurred after waking up from the dream now resurfaced.

This strange bug had once chased and teased him, and he couldn't escape.

"Grow slowly, my child."

The bug let out a cry, and somehow, Li Changmeng understood its meaning.

Child?

Why did the bug call him that?

The Hundred - Eyes Supernatural Power clearly told him that this bug was a mind incarnation, an extraterrestrial being, and it was parasitically living in his mind.

Maybe from the very beginning, when his soul traveled here, he had already been parasitized by this bug.

"What on earth are you?"

Since they could communicate, Li Changmeng tried to talk to it.

He really didn't know how to deal with this bug that came from outside the world and was parasitically living on him.

"Life awakened my consciousness, child. Grow up bravely and make this world your nourishment. I've given you all my power.

Look at those beautiful tentacles and those beautiful eyes. Even before your birth, I could feel your vibrant life force.

Child, I'm dead and can't buy you more time to develop. This is my last gift to you. You must grow on."

The bug chattered on, saying things that Li Changmeng didn't understand but that made his hair stand on end.

Its huge mouthparts protruded and inserted into the huge meat mountain, absorbing it at a visible speed.

The meat mountain, the blood - sea, the blood mist, and the world...

Before Li Changmeng could react, only the void and the strange bug remained.

"This is my last gift. My power will also dissipate. I can't accompany you on the rest of the journey, my child. Walk your own path."

The bug turned into a shadow and dissipated in the void, leaving only a blood - red ball that entered Li Changmeng's brow.

"The Dao of Flesh and Blood..."

This ball was none other than the essence of the Dao of Flesh and Blood, which was now completely absorbed by Li Changmeng.

Hearing the Dao - Understanding the Dao - Merging with the Dao.

These were the three stages of comprehending the Dao. After that, it was the process of a cultivator replacing the Dao, namely - Transforming into the Dao.

At this moment, with the help of this ball, Li Changmeng actually skipped several steps and reached the Transforming - into - the - Dao Realm.

This was a realm that only Nascent - Soul cultivators could reach, but relying on the bug's ball, Li Changmeng achieved it at the Foundation - Establishment stage.

"What kind of existence was that?"

To be able to do such things, the bug must have been an existence above the Nascent - Soul stage, something that Li Changmeng couldn't understand at present.

It called him child?

Am I really human? Or am I actually a young one of the bug's race?

It wouldn't be difficult for such an existence to change his memories, right?

The indescribable confusion made it difficult for Li Changmeng to think, and even his self - awareness became blurred.