Taiyi Dao Fruit

"The storm is indeed fierce," Elder Tianxuan remarked with no apparent urgency, her words calm and gentle, exuding a composed demeanor.

With a light wave of her hand, a strand of pale gold light lifted the tentacle from the ground. "This is a touch of the Heluo Fish, whose master is one of the Nineteen Demons of the Devil God Sect. He has now advanced to fourth grade; in terms of status, he ranks among the top within the Devil God Sect."

Jiang Li's mind raced to recall the records of the Heluo Fish.

A beast with ten heads, an ancient fierce creature, not to be trifled with!

Fourth grade, comparable to the Six Hall Elders, even more formidable!

Nowadays, the highest realm achieved by cultivators is third grade, which is the realm where the Sect Leader of Dinghu Sect resides. Heads of various sects, including the Mystic Sect Three Emperors and the Three Pure Ones Sect, are also third grade.

The Emperor of Great Zhou—the Emperor himself who has attained the Emperor Dao Fruit and is graced with mandate from heaven, is also third grade.

The chief of Buddha Country, known as the first in wisdom and divine skills, the Awakened, is also third grade.

There are also many others, either elusive as Divine Dragons or famous throughout the lands, all of them are third grade.

Above the second grade exists only in hearsay, not in reality.

A fourth-grade cultivator, while not able to dominate the world outright, is definitely one of the rare powers in the world. The fact that Jiang Li could exchange blows evenly with his avatar was something to brag about.

So, going out to sea to catch fish?

Only a fool would...

Jiang Li narrowed his eyes slightly.

[Elder Tianxuan's data seems a bit off.]

The Karma Collection projected the data analysis of Elder Tianxuan, an outline of her figure already sketched out.

[Her bust size is exactly the same as Gongsun Qingyue's, down to the last millimeter, yet the way her pectoral muscles move when she acts is different from Gongsun Qingyue's; it looks like... she's padded?]

[But if it's padded, why can't my eyes detect the padding?]

Padded, yet not padded...

With Jiang Li's observation skills, if she were padded, he would be able to detect it, but Elder Tianxuan's pectoral muscles were genuinely full. In other words, it looked like padding, but in reality, there was none, hence padded and not padded, presenting a huge contradiction.

Although Elder Tianxuan possessed a goddess-like indifference to worldly matters, ethereal and boundless, as well as an extraordinary air of authority over a sect, this did not mean she couldn't have some more private secrets, right?

Like fabricating her pectoral muscles.

With this thought, Elder Tianxuan's dignity seemed to waver, and that slight sense of discord in Jiang Li's heart once again sprouted and grew robustly.

'Is what I am seeing real or fake?'

Jiang Li's eyes shone brightly, pushing the three abilities of the Li Chunfeng Dao Fruit to the limit: the movement of the wind, the rhythm of the Qi mechanism, and the motion of objects—all came into his sight. The information derived from the changes of the Three Talents flowed like a torrent.

Everything seemed normal, except for something off about Elder Tianxuan.

Everything seemed abnormal the moment Jiang Li started to doubt the authenticity of what he saw. Beyond the world he saw and heard around him, there appeared to be another world.

When Jiang Li realized this, the Karma Collection immediately responded.

[You feel the integration of your Dao Fruit has deepened.]

'That's it, the integration of the Dao Fruit. My Dao Fruit integration keeps deepening, albeit slightly, but it never stops, unless everyone in the Dinghu Sect who reads my book stops reading. But in fact, before the Yinglong Dao Fruit resonated wildly, the integration of my Dao Fruit had ceased.'

Jiang Li finally perceived the genesis of the initial dissonance.

— The update of the Karma Collection had stopped.

The Void Illusion Realm seemed so real yet illusory, mixing truth with falsehood. However, there are indeed differences from reality. One such difference is the act of reading.

In reality, reading is an action, but in dreams, reading becomes dreaming. Clearly, reading in dreams couldn't provide any feedback to Jiang Li's Dao Fruit, nor could it enhance the integration progress of his Dao Fruit.

It wasn't until this moment that Jiang Li discerned the truth from the false, breaking through some of the illusions. This deepened the integration progress of his Dao Fruit, which caused him to awaken, as if from a dream, to the true disparity. Moreover, the deepening of the Dao Fruit progress also led to an enhancement in his abilities. The three patterns that manifested in his eyes changed even more rapidly, allowing him to see through even more illusions.

"I see it clearly now."

Jiang Li sorted out truth from fiction, finally grasping the critical juncture of reality and illusion.

Elder Tianxuan also noticed the change in Jiang Li's eyes and couldn't help but doubt whether he had discerned something.

In Elder Tianxuan's opinion, what truly made Jiang Li a genius was not his strength but his superior insight and remarkable talent for Observing Qi.

The appearance of the Divine Farmer he acquired, with the help of Bone Marrow Cleansing and the Ochre Whip, did not only rely on the Divine Farmer's appearance. There was also the compatibility with the Warlock Dao Fruit and the Qi Observation skill he had practiced along with it.

If anyone could notice something amiss, it was indeed possible for Jiang Li.

"However, to see through it all is still not enough."

As Elder Tianxuan pondered, she continued to ask, "With such turmoil, if the Sect asks you to go fishing at sea, will you go or not?"

"I will!"

Jiang Li replied decisively, "For the sake of the Sect, even death is without regret."

He had already spotted the clues, noticed the flaws, and that slight feeling of discord in his heart had now found an explanation.

With that being the case, there was only one answer—loyalty to the Sect.

The Jiang Li of now was the most loyal disciple of the Sect. The sun may set, but Jiang's loyalty would never fade.

Loyalty! Dedication!

His answer was so resolute that even Elder Tianxuan was somewhat taken aback.

Could it be that she had misjudged Jiang Li?

While Jiang Li was certainly selfish, he was nevertheless loyal to the Sect. Could he really be such a person?

Even the usually strategic Elder Tianxuan felt doubts at times.

However, under the current circumstances, there was no time for deep reflection.

Elder Tianxuan temporarily set aside her doubts and said, "Very well. Jiang Zhuyun is currently on his way to the island where the Ochre Whip is located. Your task is to catch up with him and then kill him. Should anyone obstruct you—"

Elder Tianxuan's voice turned three degrees colder, "Kill without exception."

Those who still followed Jiang Zhuyun at this point simply demonstrated commendable loyalty—or a death not worth mourning. Even if they were killed, it could be justified to Elder Tianpeng.

Moreover, the one who would take action was Jiang Li.

"After the execution of Jiang Zhuyun, you will have made a great contribution to this matter. Even if the Six Hall Elders accept you as a disciple, it would be deserved, and no one can question it," Elder Tianxuan said, not forgetting to make a promise.

At this moment, the outside gales became increasingly fierce, and the sound of waves surged, with the overwhelming authority of the dragon permeating everywhere, reaching far and wide.

With the Sect Leader absent from the Sect and the third-grade Yinglong Dao Fruit without an owner, should it truly go on a rampage, it would still be a significant problem, not to mention the foreign enemies.

From this perspective, Jiang Zhuyun's trump card was indeed powerful.

"Regrettably, the older ginger is spicier."

Jiang Li walked out of Kaiyang Hall and stepped into the howling tempest.

Matters such as the Yinglong Dao Fruit's rampage or enemies with covetous eyes would be handled by others. Jiang Li had only one target: to deal with Jiang Zhuyun.

He would put an end to this grudge.