Chapter 678: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Harmonizing Oneself with the Dao

Hou Tu was much slower than Zhen Yuanzi, but her path to enlightenment was smoother than Zhen Yuanzi's. However, after Hou Tu succeeded in attaining enlightenment, Hongjun appeared beside Hou Tu as soon as possible and threatened her, not wanting her to step out of the underworld!

Clearly, she only has the strength of the first level of Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian, but when facing the oppression of Hongjun, Houtu is like a rolling knife and is not afraid at all. After all, the great merits in her hands are no joke. If Hongjun dares to attack her, let's see who will suffer more!

Hongjun was also deeply helpless about Houtu's slippery behavior. He had no way to attack Houtu, and even if it was the Wu Clan that Houtu cared about, Hongjun didn't dare to do anything to them. After all, the Wu Clan was the bloodline of the great god Pangu. If Hongjun dared to attack the Wu Clan and show his selfish side to all living beings, then he would never be able to improve his strength in this life!

As for achieving enlightenment with his own strength and practicing hard like Bai Zhen and the others, Hongjun can only be said to be powerless. After all, his three corpses were severely damaged in the battle between Taoism and Demons, which affected Hongjun's foundation and resulted in him having no hope of achieving enlightenment of Hunyuan without borrowing the power of Heaven. Otherwise, how could Hongjun accept the help of Heaven instead of achieving Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian first and then talking about becoming a saint!

After making sure that he could not take down Hou Tu by relying on the information gap, Hongjun had no choice but to leave. However, before leaving, Hongjun did not forget to make a few threats.

Hou Tu didn't take Hongjun's threat seriously at all. After all, she had no weaknesses at all now. Although Hongjun was stronger than her, if they really fought to the death, Hongjun would not have an easy time!

After returning to the netherworld, Hou Tu immediately discovered that the foundation of the tunnel had changed without her noticing. After careful research and a cordial exchange with the tunnel, Hou Tu realized that the tunnel's transformation was actually due to Hou Tu and Zhen Yuanzi's breakthrough into the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian!

The reason is very simple. Hou Tu and Zhen Yuanzi, as important members of the Underground Dao, are as important as Hongjun to the Heavenly Dao. Therefore, their enlightenment is also a perfection to the Underground Dao. This also leads to the fact that Zhen Yuanzi, Hou Tu, the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa generally pin their hopes on the world they have opened up. However, after Zhen Yuanzi and Hou Tu successfully overcame the tribulation and proved their Dao to be the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian, the foundation of the Underground Dao has become even deeper again, and the distance between it and the Heavenly Dao is getting smaller and smaller!

Through this change, Houtu found a way to further improve the tunnel. Then Houtu directly sent a message to Zhen Yuanzi and Minghe, asking them to come to the underworld!

As for the reason why Houtu called up Minghe, it was actually very simple. Although Minghe's effect on the tunnel was not as great as that of Houtu and Zhenyuanzi, Minghe was after all the master of Asura Dao appointed by Houtu. What's more, he had successfully achieved the Dao of Hunyuan. Minghe's understanding of the Dao must have had a certain effect on the tunnel. For Houtu, as long as it could enhance the foundation of the tunnel, she didn't mind trying it once or twice!

During the time Houtu was waiting for Zhen Yuanzi and Minghe to come, Houtu began to study how the tunnel could increase her own strength!

Because Hou Tu started the cycle of reincarnation with her own body, awakened the tunnel and became the controller of the tunnel, even if Hou Tu has not merged with the tunnel, she can still exert the strength of a half-step heavenly realm in the underworld!

If Hou Tu is willing to merge herself with the Dao, then she will be able to exert the same Heavenly Dao Realm strength as Hongjun in the Netherworld. Even if she leaves the Netherworld, she will still have the strength of a half-step Heavenly Dao Realm!

However, Hou Tu did not intend to use the tunnel to quickly improve her strength. After all, how could it be possible to improve her strength with the help of external forces without any cost?

Just like Hongjun, his strength is limited by the Heavenly Dao. If it weren't for the fact that the three paths of heaven, earth and man appeared together in the prehistoric world and each performed their own duties, there would be no need for the Heavenly Dao to spend more power to perform the duties of the Earthly Dao and the Human Dao, and there would be more power to suppress the prehistoric world and make it more stable. Otherwise, no one knows how long Hongjun will have to wait for a breakthrough to the Heavenly Dao realm!