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Having been drained once before, Song Shuhang developed an immunity to “becoming a power source,” so his recovery was much faster than last time.

—This ability was probably an upgraded version of his “pain endurance.”

Senior White opened his eyes and smiled, “Ah, finally… we’ve reached this step. From now on, nothing can obstruct our path to enlightenment.”

He spoke a cool line, but Senior White was so weak that he couldn’t even move a finger and could only lie there, resting for a while.

Unlike Song Shuhang, he didn’t have the “undying fat whale golden core” or a body that was fully semi-immortal, nor did he possess the bug-level innate skill of “pain endurance.”

“Are you happy?” Song Shuhang asked.

He wasn’t asking if Senior White was “happy about proving his Dao,” but rather if he “enjoyed the process.”

“Mm, it was somewhat interesting. But I doubt I’ll experience it a second time,” Senior White replied, using the back of his hand to shield his eyes from the blinding light spreading from the immortal root source.

“Me neither,” Song Shuhang nodded in agreement.

The sensation of becoming a power source, with even the marrow feeling like it was being drained, was more troubling than the sprint to the college entrance exams back in the day.

With that, Song Shuhang’s gaze fell upon the fragments of the four great Heavenly Dao Seal lying not so far away.

The virtuous lamia received the signal, emerging behind Song Shuhang with a delighted expression.

Then, with graceful movements, she floated over, gathering the freshly shattered fragments of the four great Heavenly Dao Seal and the residual energy, for Song Shuhang to use shortly in condensing the “Heavenly Dao Pillar.”

Moments later,

Taking advantage of Senior White’s rest, Song Shuhang clenched his teeth and once again drained himself, in one breath condensing the remaining four Heavenly Dao Seal fragments into “Heavenly Dao Pillars.”

Heavenly Dao Pillar•Black Pillar.

Heavenly Dao Pillar•Dragon Column.

Heavenly Dao Pillar•Dao Pillar.

And the pillar formed by the Fifth Heavenly Dao Fairy.

“What was the name of the Fifth Heavenly Immortal again?” Song Shuhang pondered as he looked at the last pillar.

It seemed he had never managed to ask for the fairy’s celestial name.

This was quite impolite.

Next time he went to the Su Clan’s Ancestor Star, he would ask the Reincarnation Fairy.

For now, for the sake of symmetry in naming… perhaps call it Heavenly Dao Pillar•Reincarnation Pillar?

After collecting all eight Heavenly Dao Pillars, Song Shuhang turned towards Senior White, “Are you rested? Senior White?”

“Almost,” Senior White sat up.

Song Shuhang stepped forward, reaching out to help Senior White up.

Not far away, the virtuous lamia, who was swimming joyously in the Heavenly Dao starry sky, saw this and leisurely flew back, perching behind Song Shuhang, on top of his head.

—Becoming Song Shuhang’s “Virtuous Manifestation” was also an accident.

The “karmic” connection between Fairy ＠＃％× and Song Shuhang originated from Cheng Lin.

After becoming Song Shuhang’s “body of virtue,” she never imagined that in just a brief year, Song Shuhang would advance by leaps and bounds, proving his Dao to immortality.

She wouldn’t have even dared to entertain such a thought, and the previous her would not have even conceived such a notion.

Yet, incredibly, it had become a reality.

During the subsequent process of enlightenment, she might even benefit more than Song Shuhang’s “Three Corpses Avatar.”

Manifestations and clones, during the original body’s proof of the Dao, were only indirect beneficiaries.

Some manifestations and clones would even be reclaimed during the “Heavenly Dao enlightenment” phase, merging back with the original body and returning to wholeness.

But she was different, as a “body of virtue,” she was a part of the original body itself.

Similar to the magnificent manifestation of light of virtue of the undying Daoist Priest Virtue, Fairy ＠＃％× would also be bathed in immortal light when the time came.

To tell the truth, even as Song Shuhang and Senior White formally stepped into the “Heavenly Dao Rules Core Area” to undertake the final step of proving their Dao, the virtuous lamia still felt as if she were dreaming.

As if all of this had an unrealistic, dreamlike quality.

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Heavenly Dao Rules Core Area.

After the last defiance was shattered, the Heavenly Dao rules ceased to resist Song Shuhang and Senior White, opening up completely to the two of them.

Song Shuhang and Senior White, maintaining 100% synchronization, stepped into the core of the Heavenly Dao’s rules at the same moment.

The next moment, the authority of the Heavenly Dao, its rules, and immortal information enveloped Song Shuhang and Senior White.

For the first time, the right to inherit the Heavenly Dao’s authority was simultaneously assumed by two different entities.

“Is this the Heavenly Dao’s authority?” Song Shuhang reached out his palm, looking at his body that began to evolve from ‘sub-immortality’ to full ‘immortality’.

The information enveloping his body was the ’cause’ of all things in the world, the ‘source’ of all phenomena, and the ‘ultimate’ of all knowledge.

Authority and knowledge that were close to ‘omniscience and omnipotence’.

The reason it was said to be close to omniscience and omnipotence was only because it was lacking the knowledge and ability of ‘detachment’.

From the moment they inherited the authority of the Heavenly Dao, Song Shuhang and Senior White became the source of all and mastered the ultimate knowledge of the myriad practitioners in the universe.

“However, even at the final step, is the Heavenly Dao’s rules still expressing its dissatisfaction?” Song Shuhang suddenly laughed.

He and Senior White had begun to ‘immortalize’.

But the immortal information they received from the ‘Heavenly Dao Core’ and their ‘portion’ of the Heavenly Dao’s rules was only about 1.5 portions.

“It’s probably already at its limit,” Senior White said aloud.

His intuition told him that the material and information the Heavenly Dao could provide for someone to forge an ‘immortal’ state were limited. Moreover, Daozi had recently proved his Dao through Fat Ball’s backup plan to become the 8.5 Heavenly Dao and had obtained immortality once.

The 1.5 portions of immortality that the Heavenly Dao Core could provide now might just be its current limit… The remainder might require tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions of years to replenish.

If it had been any other two ‘different individuals’ proving their Dao, the lack of 0.5 portions of immortality probably would have prevented them from proving their Dao perfectly.

But neither Senior White nor Song Shuhang… needed a full two portions of immortality.

Song Shuhang originally had the ‘undying fat whale golden core’ + ‘sub-immortal’ state.

And Senior White also had a complete ‘immortal galaxy’.

So, even with just 1.5 portions of ‘immortality,’ it was more than enough to allow both to achieve immortality, even with plenty to spare!

Inheriting the ‘Heavenly Dao Authority’.

Receiving ‘ultimate knowledge’.

Condensing the ‘immortal body’.

The entire process was orderly and methodical.

The next step…

Was for the two of them to step out of the ‘Heavenly Dao Origin’ and declare to the myriad practitioners in the universe the incident of ‘two Heavenly Dao simultaneously proving their position,’ and to take over the ruling authority of the entire universe.

“By the way, Shuhang.” Before stepping out of the Heavenly Dao Origin world, Senior White spoke to Song Shuhang, “After proving the Dao, have you thought about the next step, ‘detachment’?”

“Mhm,” Song Shuhang nodded.

“Based on our current progress, after two different individuals have proven the Dao… one Heavenly Dao must stay behind to take over the complete Heavenly Dao authority, while the other completes detachment,” Senior White said seriously. “That means, among you and me, only one can achieve transcendence and eternity.”

Song Shuhang nodded again; he had deduced this as well.

“Then… have you ever considered that all my actions have been aimed at transcending immortality, to achieve detachment?” Senior White suddenly asked. “Haven’t you been the slightest bit cautious against me?”

“Senior White, stop joking around. You and I are attuned in heart and mind. You know my thoughts better than anyone,” Song Shuhang said. “For me, if Senior White can detach, it would also make up for the regret left behind by the master of the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion, Pavilion Master Chu, and deal with the problems of the Future Subworld. The obsessions of the past, the karmic ties of the present, and the hopes for the future are all borne by us. Therefore, it makes no difference who detaches.”

The only regret might be that no matter who ‘detaches,’ it’s uncertain if they could continue to linger in this universe.

Whether there will be a time to meet again in the future.

This was the only concern in Song Shuhang’s heart regarding the ‘detachment’ plan.

“Although I am quite clear about it, I just wanted to ask,” Senior White stretched and revealed a satisfied smile.