Chapter 3993: The Method to Light the Tenth Halo
Little Tree had tried everything: World Burning Fire, Immortal Flames, even the Bone Hell had burned it repeatedly, but nothing worked. Lin Moyu even had the Hell Fiend bite at it for a long time, but there was no reaction instead, the fiend's teeth broke. Finally, Lin Moyu tried injecting chaotic energy into the halo, but still, nothing happened. After exhausting all options, Lin Moyu was completely stumped.
The tenth halo was like an ancient stone in a latrine stubborn and immovable, no matter what he did. Lin Moyu began to understand what the Human Sovereign had gone through; the Human Sovereign must have tried every possible method over the years, even the most unconventional, and still failed. It was normal that Lin Moyu's attempts hadn't worked either.
"What exactly does the tenth halo require?"
Lin Moyu was unwilling to give up, but he truly couldn't think of a better way.
Suddenly, he had an idea and took out the powder refined from Soul Eaters, sprinkling it on the halo.
The tenth halo, which had never responded before, suddenly trembled slightly.
"There's a reaction!"
Lin Moyu felt the vibration and was delighted the Soul Eater powder actually worked.
"Is it the powder itself, or something else?"
He didn't simply assume it was the powder alone, but tried to figure out why only by understanding could he hope to light the first halo.
Lin Moyu pondered, "Soul Eaters are formed from the impurities of heaven and earth, essentially the trash of the world, but when pushed to the extreme, trash becomes Soul Eaters. Soul Eaters originate from impurities, yet their essence is extremely simple and pure."
"This is similar to the souls of Great Dao Desolate Beasts both are products of extremes, with the same unique properties."
Lin Moyu took out Desolate Beast Essence and pressed it to the tenth halo. The essence melted, flowing into the halo. The halo trembled again clear feedback, though still far from lighting up.
"A reaction is good."
Lin Moyu finally found the method: the tenth halo requires the power produced by pushing something to its extreme what's called 'when things reach an extreme, they reverse.' This power exists, but is extremely hard to touch. The Human Sovereign had touched it; his Destruction Dao could even bring rebirth, a reversal of the Dao's essence. For example, the Life Dao normally heals, but taken to the extreme, it becomes a deadly poison, even more potent than the Dao of Poison.
Lin Moyu continued to study why this reversal power was needed and how it differed from ordinary Dao power. While researching, he casually used Immortal Power. In the Immortal Dao, life and death collide, and when the Dao is pushed to the limit, life turns to death and death to life completing the reversal. Compared to the Human Sovereign's Destruction Dao, the Immortal Dao naturally contains both life and death, making reversal easier.
He found that after reversal, both powers retained their original abilities but became even stronger like the essence of the Immortal Dao's life and death powers compressed into a concentrate.
He injected this fully reversed Immortal Power into the halo, and it trembled again. A powerful suction drew all the power in, then the halo returned to normal.
With a direction, things became easier. He tried multiple times, using various strengths; sometimes the halo trembled strongly, sometimes weakly, sometimes not at all.
He also tried compressing his Dao power to the limit, making it extremely dense and pure, but the halo didn't react compression wasn't the answer.
Lin Moyu finally understood: to light the tenth halo requires the power of reversal yin within yang, yang within yin a very high level force that only a Great Dao Lord who has mastered their Dao can comprehend. Only by taking a Dao to its absolute limit and fully controlling it can one touch this power. Lin Moyu, however, had realized this early and could manipulate it directly, unlike most, who only grasped it after becoming eternal.
When a Dao is reversed, it produces a force opposite in nature, extremely pure and intense, but fleeting and not strong enough. The tenth halo needs this very power. That's why the Human Sovereign couldn't light it he was on the wrong path.
The hardest part is finding the method; once found, the rest is solvable. Undead servants couldn't help only Lin Moyu himself could do it.
He tried many times, making the halo react, but his power was too weak. Forcing it would take tens of thousands of years, just like the Lord of Hell lighting the third halo.
"The method is right; the problem is me."
Lin Moyu estimated he'd have to become a Great Dao Lord and enter the Return to Origin Land before he'd have enough power and time to light the tenth halo.
"Looks like I'll have to wait for next time."
After thinking it over, Lin Moyu gave up on lighting the tenth halo for now; he'd try again next time. He still had the key and could find the gate again. The first nine halos were already solved and could be done in just over a thousand years.
Now, the priority was to deal with the immediate crisis. Everything else was ready; only the Heaven Covering Stone and Immortal Jade were missing. Once he had those, he could rest easy.
With that, Lin Moyu decided to open the gate.
His soul approached the gate and tried to push it, but it didn't budge. He added more force, and suddenly his soul warned him of extreme danger he instantly stopped, chilled to the bone.
"I can't open the gate in the soul world, or I'll die!"
Realizing the danger, Lin Moyu trusted his instinct and abandoned the idea of opening the gate in his soul world.
But if he opened it in the real world, it might attract the Soul Eater but he had no choice.
"If that thing comes, I'll see if I can kill it."
Having made up his mind, Lin Moyu explained things to Little Mist and the others, then stepped out and left the Origin Continent.
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