Zhou Chen understood the principle behind the method Hongyun was using, but he couldn't help wondering: was it really necessary to go to such lengths?
This method involved temporarily merging one's own Dao, magic power, and primordial spirit into the Heavenly Dao via the Grand Purple Qi, thereby borrowing a portion of the Heavenly Dao's power for a short time. The drawback was that one's own Dao would be assimilated by the Heavenly Dao, and there was also the risk of a backlash from the Heavenly Dao. After all, Hongyun was not a Sage, and the power of the Heavenly Dao was not something anyone could use just because they wanted to—not even with the Grand Purple Qi.
This kind of assimilation was different from the consumption of a regular battle. Battle consumption could be slowly recovered over time as long as one wasn't completely obliterated, but assimilation by the Heavenly Dao was irreversible. Once assimilated, it meant that this Dao now belonged to the Heavenly Dao. Even after the process was finished and the primordial spirit was withdrawn, it would still cause massive trouble, plunging the Dao Practicioner down to the realm of a Qi Refiner. Stepping onto the path of cultivation anew would require constructing an entirely new Dao.
Chapter 32