1774

 **Chapter 1774: Taking Such a Shortcut is Wrong!**

Lin Moryu had seen the law star river many times before, but they were usually just illusory images.

The higher one's cultivation realm, the more real and vast the summoned law star river would be, and the more power one could mobilize from it.

However, to manifest the law star river directly in the starry sky like Zhu Qiwu did, making it appear like a real long river, only peak God Sovereigns could accomplish this.

Zhu Qiwu stood in the star river, his black robe fluttering in the river's currents. Countless laws rose from the star river, entwining around Zhu Qiwu's body.

"Law Baptism!" 

Zhu Qiwu called out lightly, and the law star river immediately began to boil.

Countless laws gushed out like fountains, falling onto Zhu Qiwu's body.

His soul flew out from the top of his head and sank into the star river.

The tiny soul rolled like a lone boat amidst the waves of the star river.

But no matter how violent the waves of the star river became, they could not submerge the soul. Instead, more and more laws fused into the soul.

Zhu Qiwu's soul was at the peak of the fourth grade, but a purple light had already been born within it, which was the sign of the Jade Soul Turning Purple.

This was an indication that the soul could continue to improve and advance to the fifth grade.

As the soul floated in the law star river, more and more laws fused into it.

The soul of a peak God Sovereign could already move freely in the law star river, but it could not cross the law star river to reach the other shore.

The other shore of the law star river was the Other Shore Realm.

Gradually, the Star Fragmentation Law filled the soul, and the Star Fragmentation Law used the soul as a medium to conduct towards the physical body.

The physical body also benefited from this, gaining enhancement.

However, the enhancement to the physical body was limited. Lin Moryu could see that Zhu Qiwu's physical body was only equivalent to the first level of the God King realm, and it wasn't even a God King Golden Body, inferior to his own.

Even after he reached the Other Shore Realm, his physical body would at most reach the third or fourth level of the God King realm.

In terms of physical body strength, humans were indeed not very impressive.

Lin Moryu compared the physical bodies of humans with those of the invaders from the Black Blood Great World, and the difference was enormous.

Even among the Demon Clan, the Hell Stone Demons who specialized in physical bodies would only have a physical body one level lower at the peak God Sovereign stage, at most reaching the ninth level of the God King realm.

And after reaching the Other Shore Realm, their physical bodies would still struggle to reach the God Sovereign realm.

Cultivators in the Great World focused on soul realms and did not pay much attention to physical bodies.

Lin Moryu vaguely felt this was not right. He believed the importance of the physical body was no less than that of the soul.

If possible, he must advance both simultaneously.

He saw Zhu Qiwu's soul enter the law star river, but his physical body did not go in.

There must be a reason for this, which he could ask about after Zhu Qiwu reached the Other Shore Realm.

The soul absorbed the Star Fragmentation Law to its fullest, completely merging with the law star river.

Then the soul returned to the side of the physical body but did not enter it. Instead, it enveloped the physical body.

After the soul completely enveloped the physical body, the physical body began to sink, entering the law star river.

The power of the laws in the law star river continued to surge forth.

At this moment, the soul no longer absorbed external law power but began to resist the power in the law star river, protecting the physical body.

Lin Moryu understood a bit. After the soul was filled with laws, it needed to provide protection.

It wasn't just the soul that needed to cross the star river to reach the Other Shore, but also the physical body.

Only when both the soul and physical body crossed the law star river together could one truly reach the Other Shore Realm.

The power of the law star river was endless and extremely strong.

The soul first absorbed the power of the law star river, and now it was resisting it, which was extremely difficult.

Lin Moryu watched very carefully and gradually discovered the key.

The Star Fragmentation Law absorbed by the soul had already changed, with the power of the law being sublimated and some of it transforming into the power of the Star Fragmentation Rule.

In fact, the soul was using the power of rules to resist the law star river.

At this time, the soul reached out and summoned the blood sphere that had been prepared earlier.

The blood sphere contained the essence blood of at least dozens of God Sovereigns, holding extremely powerful energy.

This energy had been refined and stripped of its law attributes, becoming extremely pure.

The blood sphere flew over and crashed into Zhu Qiwu's body, exploding with a boom.

A blood path made of fresh blood immediately appeared.

One end of the blood path plunged into the law star river, while the other end extended into the distance, towards the place that was the Other Shore.

"So this is the blood path, using killing as a guide and blood to form the path."

"It's not just a conceptual thing, but a real blood path."

"This way, the difficulty is much lower."

Lin Moryu had some realizations.

Just now, when Zhu Qiwu used his soul to envelop his physical body, he had tried to move but could only take one step with great effort.

If the soul did not envelop the physical body, the physical body would not be able to withstand the erosion of the law star river and would collapse within it, possibly leading to death and the destruction of one's path.

Now with this blood path, everything became simple.

As long as Zhu Qiwu could step onto the blood path and advance along it, he could reach the Other Shore.

This reduced the difficulty by at least several dozen times.

Zhu Qiwu finally lifted his foot and truly stepped onto the blood path.

Then came the second step, the third step, moving forward step by step.

Although he was still in the law star river, it could no longer stop him.

The law star river on both sides of the blood path roared incessantly, with huge waves surging to the sky. The blood path swayed amidst the huge waves, seeming as if it might be washed away at any moment.

Yet the blood path remained very solid and never broke.

Lin Moryu had already understood, but many questions arose in his mind.

His intuition told him that this method was not right.

This method was equivalent to taking a shortcut.

In Lin Moryu's view, the baptism of the law star river was not just to baptize the soul, but also to baptize the physical body.

Using this clever method, although one could reach the Other Shore, the physical body did not receive baptism.

Perhaps after reaching the Other Shore now, someday in the future when trying to climb to higher realms, one would face limitations.

"Could this be the reason why there are no Supremes in this era?"

Lin Moryu thought to himself.

In ancient times, there were Supremes in the Great World.

But in the current era, there were none. What was the real reason for this?

Lin Moryu watched as Zhu Qiwu stepped on the blood path, moving towards the Other Shore step by step.

At this point, he could no longer stop it.

But even if he could have stopped it earlier, it would have been useless.

Zhu Qiwu could not possibly spend another thousand years just for the sake of his physical body. That way, he might never reach the Other Shore in his lifetime.

Making the best of a bad situation, no matter what, they had to let Zhu Qiwu reach the Other Shore first.

Future matters could be dealt with in the future.

Moreover, what Lin Moryu thought was just his own speculation.

Zhu Qiwu walked very steadily, indeed with the intention of taking it one step at a time, but unfortunately, he had started off wrong, so no matter how steadily he walked afterwards, it was useless.

As Zhu Qiwu continued to advance, the purple light in his soul gradually grew stronger.

The purple light acted like a catalyst, beginning to expand and starting to elevate more of the soul into the Purple Jade Soul.

Along with this elevation, the laws were also being elevated, transforming into rules.

By the time Zhu Qiwu fully stepped onto the Other Shore, his soul would officially become a fifth-grade Purple Jade Soul, and all the law power in his body would transform into rule power.

At that time, he would be a genuine Other Shore Realm powerhouse.

Based on Zhu Qiwu's current speed, Lin Moryu estimated that in no more than three days, Zhu Qiwu would complete the blood path and reach the Other Shore.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and Zhu Qiwu had been walking very smoothly.

Most of his soul had already transformed into the Purple Jade Soul, and his entire body was emanating the power of rules.

In another half day, he would complete the blood path.

Suddenly, the Star Fragmentation Ring began to shake.

Outside the Star Fragmentation Ring, a terrifyingly huge figure appeared!