After the Five Elements Heavenly Domain quieted down again, Lu Qing'an did not rush to leave.

He stood by the lake, looking down at his palm.

The Five Elements Dao circulated on its own within his body, and with every complete revolution, he could clearly feel that the connection among the five Daos was growing tighter.

By now, the Five Elements Dao no longer required his deliberate control; even if he did nothing, it would naturally form a complete cycle.

This feeling was very different from before.

In the past, although more than three thousand kinds of Rules had all reached Perfection, when all was said and done, they still existed independently, and it was already considered good that they did not interfere with one another.

Now, after the Five Elements Dao had formed, it was as if a true Foundation had been laid within his body, and those Rules that were originally unrelated vaguely formed connections around this foundation.

The more Lu Qing'an felt it, the more certain he became of an idea in his heart.

Continue cultivating.

Since the System had explicitly told him not to worry about conflicts between Daos, he had nothing left to hesitate about.

Five were naturally not enough.

He had painstakingly cultivated more than three thousand kinds of Rules to Perfection, so he couldn't just leave the rest discarded and unused.

Beside him, Emperor Ming watched him for a moment and suddenly asked, "You aren't already thinking about the next Dao, are you?"

Lu Qing'an raised his head. "Senior can tell?"

The corner of Emperor Ming's mouth twitched slightly.

He really was.

When others just broke through to the Dao Realm, their first thing to do was always to find a place to seclude themselves, stabilize the Dao Sacred Source, and spend several thousand or even tens of thousands of years familiarizing themselves with their newly gained power.

Look at this person before him instead; less than an hour after five Daos entered his body, he was already eyeing the next one.

"Aren't you planning to stabilize for a period of time first?"

"No need." Lu Qing'an carefully sensed his body. "It's very stable."

Hearing these words, the five Heavenly Dao also looked over.

Gold Heavenly Dao was most clear about Lu Qing'an's current state.

He walked up close, carefully perceived for a moment, and finally had to admit, "It really has stabilized."

Fire Heavenly Dao couldn't help saying, "On what grounds?"

Gold Heavenly Dao glanced at him. "You're asking me?"

"Doesn't a normal person spend a long time completely refining the Dao Sacred Source when they obtain it?"

"Is he normal?"

Fire Heavenly Dao opened his mouth, suddenly feeling that made a lot of sense.

Ever since This kid arrived at the Five Elements Heavenly Domain, it seemed that not a single thing had been normal.

Passing five trials in less than an hour, having five Dao Sacred Sources actively enter his body, and running off to fight Emperor Ming right after breaking through.

What was most outrageous was that after the fight, he came back as if nothing had happened, and now he was still thinking about continuing to find other Heavenly Dao to breakthrough.

Making such a comparison, it seemed that stabilizing the Dao a bit faster wasn't anything worth making a fuss over.

Xu Qingying stood beside Sect Master Luo Qiushan, quietly listening to the conversation of several people.

At this moment, she had instead calmed down a lot.

Having known Lu Qing'an for so many years, she should have long since gotten used to all sorts of unreasonable things happening on this man.

Back when she was in the Nine Regions and Ten Domains, she would still be shocked.

Later she found out that being shocked was of no use.

Because right after accepting one matter, the next even more outrageous matter would arrive immediately.

"Master."

Xu Qingying spoke softly.

Sect Master Luo Qiushan turned back. "What is it?"

"Can I participate in the Wood trial now?"

Ever since Lu Qing'an's breakthrough, the Rule of Wood within her body had remained in an extremely active state.

Especially when the Five Elements Dao anomaly appeared just now, the Dao essence emanating from Lu Qing'an made her understanding of the Wood Dao deepen by another layer.

Sect Master Luo Qiushan did not answer immediately, but looked toward Wood Heavenly Dao.

Wood Heavenly Dao was also sizing up Xu Qingying.

"The Rule of Wood has already reached Perfection, and your state is also good; you can give it a try."

"Thank you, Senior."

Xu Qingying slightly bowed.

Hearing the commotion, Lu Qing'an also turned his head to look over.

"Going in right now?"

"Mn."

Xu Qingying nodded, with no tension on her face, and instead smiled slightly. "You already demonstrated the Wood trial once just now; I surely couldn't even fail at learning by mimicking it."

Hearing this, Lu Qing'an also smiled.

"That's true."

"However, the situation inside may not be entirely identical, so be careful."

"I know."

The two simply exchanged a few words without any superfluous emotions.

Xu Qingying turned around and followed Wood Heavenly Dao toward the other side of the lake.

Sect Master Luo Qiushan watched her back, and then glanced at Lu Qing'an.

She suddenly felt that her disciple being like this now was actually quite good.

In the past, she said she let go with her mouth, but in her heart she was always awkward; now, being able to talk to Lu Qing'an so naturally truly felt like she was starting to walk out of it.

Emperor Ming, however, paid no attention to these at all.

He kept thinking about Lu Qing'an's words from earlier.

"You're really planning to cultivation all the Daos out?"

"I have this idea."

"Not fifty or a hundred."

"I know."

"All of them."

"Correct."

Emperor Ming looked at him for a long time. "Do you know how many Heavenly Dao there are in the Hongmeng Sacred Realm?"

This question truly stumped Lu Qing'an.

"More than three thousand?"

"There aren't that many."

Emperor Ming shook his head. "Rules and Daos do not completely correspond one-to-one. After some Rules reach the Dao level, they will converge into the same higher-level Dao. And some Daos can further subdivide into different directions."

Lu Qing'an understood.

Similar to tree branches.

Down below they looked diverse, but up above they might converge together.

"Then how many are there?"

"Currently, Daos that truly exist in the Hongmeng Sacred Realm and possess independent Heavenly Dao wills total one thousand two hundred and seventy-six."

Lu Qing'an was slightly surprised.

It was quite a bit less than he had anticipated.

Afterwards, he asked the question he cared about most: "Do all these Heavenly Dao have Dao Sacred Sources?"

"As long as the Dao still exists, they can naturally condense."

"That's fine then."

Emperor Ming: "..."

What do you mean by 'that's fine then'?

That's one thousand two hundred and seventy-six!

Why do you make it sound like one thousand two hundred and seventy-six pieces of candy?

Lu Qing'an, however, had already started calculating.

Five solved.

One thousand two hundred and seventy-one remaining.

If every single one was like today, it would indeed be quite troublesome. Just traveling, meeting, and participating in trials—who knew how long that would take.

"Senior, is there a faster method?"

Emperor Ming fell silent for a moment.

Why did these words sound so familiar?

Before the Five Elements trial started today, didn't This kid ask similar words?

"How fast do you want?"

"It would be best to finish them all within a few years."

The five Heavenly Dao looked over together.

Fire Heavenly Dao held back for half a day, but still couldn't help saying, "Do you think Heavenly Dao normally have nothing to do and specifically sit at home waiting for you to come knocking?"

Lu Qing'an thought about it seriously. "I can go find them myself."

"That's still not the issue!"

Fire Heavenly Dao felt a bit tired talking to him. "Even if you find them, whether they are willing to give you a trial is another matter. Not to mention that some Dao Heavenly Dao never show their faces year-round."

"For example?"

"Destiny, Time, Reincarnation—these few are not easy to find. There is also Spatial Heavenly Dao, running around everywhere every day; ghost knows where it is now. Destruction Heavenly Dao is even more troublesome; that guy has an even worse temper than mine."

Gold Heavenly Dao couldn't help glancing at him.

He actually knew his own temper was bad.

Not easy.

Lu Qing'an didn't care about tempers.

As long as they could be seen, it was fine.

"What if I find them, but they aren't willing to let me participate in the trial?"

This time, Emperor Ming did not answer immediately.

Just now before the Five Elements trial started, Lu Qing'an had actually asked a similar question.

At that time Emperor Ming only thought he was overthinking.

But now it was different.

Having personally experienced the million-fold state just now, he no longer dared to casually guess what This kid would do next.

"What do you want to do?"

Lu Qing'an smiled and said, "Reason with them first."

"What if reasoning doesn't work?"

"Continue reasoning."

Emperor Ming stared at him. "How to continue?"

Lu Qing'an did not answer directly, but instead asked, "Can Heavenly Dao be injured?"

The air suddenly quieted down.

Emperor Ming closed his eyes briefly.

As expected.

He just knew This kid was not brewing any normal ideas.

Fire Heavenly Dao's eyelids even twitched. "Why are you asking this?"

Lu Qing'an was very frank. "Purely out of curiosity."

"When you looked at us earlier, I felt you weren't right!"

"Senior has misunderstood."

"I haven't misunderstood."

Fire Heavenly Dao stepped back a bit. "I'm telling you, the five of us didn't make things difficult for you just now."

"..."

Lu Qing'an was made to laugh by him.

"I really wasn't planning to fight you all."

"Then why did you ask if Heavenly Dao can be injured?"

Emperor Ming answered for him.

"Yes."

Lu Qing'an looked over.

Emperor Ming said calmly, "Heavenly Dao is merely a special life form and is not truly indestructible in the literal sense. Heavenly Dao can be injured and can also fall. It's just that wanting to kill a Heavenly Dao is much more difficult than killing an ordinary Dao Realm powerhouse."

"Because the Dao is still there?"

"Right."

Emperor Ming nodded. "As long as the corresponding Dao has not completely collapsed, Heavenly Dao can slowly recover by relying on the Dao Origin. Therefore, truly wanting to kill a Heavenly Dao often requires first severing its connection with the Dao."

Lu Qing'an was deep in thought.

"Then what is their approximate strength?"

This time, all five Heavenly Dao stopped speaking.

Asking more and more in detail.

Doesn't look like a good person.

Emperor Ming glanced at the five people, but did not shy away from it. "The gap in strength is huge. Ordinary Heavenly Dao are roughly equivalent to top-tier Cultivators who have cultivated dozens of Daos. Truly powerful ones, such as Time, Destiny, Karma, and Reincarnation, cannot have their strength simply measured by the number of Daos."

"How many can you fight?"

"..."

Emperor Ming suddenly didn't want to answer.

Lu Qing'an asked again, "How does Senior compare to the strongest ones?"

Emperor Ming said indifferently, "I'll know after fighting."

Understood.

Qualified to fight.

Lu Qing'an instantly had a rough judgment in his heart.

Even Emperor Ming was unwilling to take his million-fold strength head-on.

Then ordinary Heavenly Dao...

Should not be much of a problem.

As for the strongest ones.

We'll talk about it when the time comes.

"Since that's the case, I'm ready to go directly find other Heavenly Dao next."

Emperor Ming asked, "Who to find first?"

Lu Qing'an thought about it.

After the Five Elements.

It would be best to find one with relatively strong attack power.

It would also happen to continue testing his strength.

"How about Thunder Heavenly Dao?"

Gold Heavenly Dao's expression changed slightly.

Fire Heavenly Dao, however, was amused.

"Yes!"

Emperor Ming looked at him. "What are you so happy about?"

"Old Thunder has a stinky temper."

Fire Heavenly Dao grinned and said, "When This kid goes over, the two of them definitely won't get along."

Lu Qing'an: "..."

Are you looking forward to me fighting it?

Fire Heavenly Dao said with a straight face, "I am not."

Emperor Ming couldn't be bothered to expose him.

Thunder Heavenly Dao was indeed a suitable choice.

Thunder Dao itself was not weak, nor was it particularly complicated for Lu Qing'an, and that old fellow's location was relatively fixed, so he didn't need to spend time searching.

"Wait until Xu Qingying's trial ends."

Emperor Ming said, "I will take you over."

Lu Qing'an was somewhat surprised. "Senior is going too?"

"Go take a look."

Emperor Ming had figured it out now as well.

Seclusion can be done anytime.

This kind of person—

It was unknown how many ages it would take for one to appear in the Hongmeng Sacred Realm.

Rather than going back into seclusion, it was better to first see what kind of mess he could end up making in the end.

Lu Qing'an did not refuse either.

Having an acquaintance lead the way was naturally much more convenient.

About a few hours later, cyan light rose above the lake once again.

Xu Qingying walked out from the Wood trial.

She didn't have Lu Qing'an's exaggerated speed, but successfully passing the trial on her first attempt was already enough to satisfy Wood Heavenly Dao.

A cyan Dao Sacred Source slowly descended.

Xu Qingying sat cross-legged on the lake surface and began refining it.

Lu Qing'an did not go disturb her.

Until the Dao Sacred Source completely merged into her body and the first Wood Dao halo slowly condensed behind her, he smiled and spoke, "Congratulations."

Xu Qingying opened her eyes.

The joy on her face was not hidden.

"Thank you."

Pausing for a moment, she added, "It's also thanks to watching you breakthrough."

Lu Qing'an waved his hand. "You realized it yourself; it doesn't have much to do with me."

Xu Qingying looked at him and finally just smiled.

Didn't argue.

Some things were enough to know for oneself.

Sect Master Luo Qiushan was very satisfied.

Her disciple had cultivated her first Dao not long after arriving at the Hongmeng Sacred Realm; this speed was considered extremely fast anywhere.

But thinking that standing beside her was someone who cultivated five Daos in less than an hour...

Forget it.

Can't compare.

It's easy to ruin one's mindset.

Waiting until Xu Qingying completely stabilized, Emperor Ming raised his hand and opened a spatial passage.

"Let's go."

Lu Qing'an looked toward the churning purple thunder clouds at the other end.

There was also some more interest in his eyes.

Thunder Heavenly Dao.

Hope it won't be too hard to talk to.

Of course.

Nor too easygoing either.

Otherwise, he really wouldn't have the chance to test whether his million-fold strength actually worked well on Heavenly Dao or not.