Chapter 533: The Choice

"The final step!"

Within the small universe, Locke took a deep breath.

Over the years, Locke had successively completed the transformation of his blood, bones, muscles, and flesh, successfully reshaping every cell within his body into the form of the true body of the supreme divine beast, Di Jiang.

Locke was human.

There was no doubt about this.

However, when Locke had cultivated the Laws of Space back then, he had used the innate blood essence of a space-type divine beast to create his own bloodline. His divine beast form had likewise been condensed by the Magic Universe according to the Laws of Space.

It could be said that Locke's divine beast true body was the form most perfectly compatible with the Laws of Space.

This was something even Locke himself could not accomplish. Only the universe, through the power of its fundamental Laws, could achieve such a thing.

Now, the final step Locke needed to take was to reshape his soul into the form of a space-type divine beast, allowing his essence, energy, and spirit to achieve perfect unity and complete compatibility with the Laws of Space.

Without delay, Locke began working on his own soul.

Locke's soul had the appearance of a pure white jade pearl.

Perhaps this was the reason why Locke possessed an affinity for the Edicts of Fate.

The difficulty of reshaping the soul was far greater than reshaping the body.

As far as the body was concerned, with Locke's current level, even if he completely ruined his body, at worst he could simply scatter his flesh and blood and use Hongmeng Energy to condense a new body.

But if something went wrong with his soul, that would be no small matter.

The souls of God-level lifeforms could recover from injuries by using Soul Golden Pearls.

But for Hongmeng lifeforms and Xuanhuang lifeforms, there were no longer that many soul essences of Hongmeng lifeforms within the Hongmeng Space that could be refined into Soul Golden Pearls for Locke to use for recovery.

Therefore, soul injuries suffered by Hongmeng lifeforms and Xuanhuang lifeforms required countless years to slowly recuperate.

However, for Locke now, this could only be considered difficult. It was not something he could not accomplish.

Calming his mind, Locke began to manipulate the origin of his soul.

Regarding the form of his body, Locke had gone through countless attempts at reshaping it and had long since become intimately familiar with it.

Moreover, Locke's body had already been completely reshaped.

The body and soul were two sides of the same whole.

The soul could influence the body, and conversely, the body could also influence the soul.

Now, Locke's body was completely composed in the form of the "space divine beast" resembling Di Jiang. When Locke began reshaping his soul, the power originating from his body also assisted him in reshaping his soul.

Under these circumstances, the difficulty of reshaping his soul was much lower than Locke had anticipated.

Even the speed of the process was much faster.

Without any accidents occurring, after a thousand years, Locke successfully reshaped his soul into a form that was completely indistinguishable from his body.

"Buzz—"

The instant Locke completed the reshaping of his soul, his soul and body suddenly formed an even tighter connection. Locke felt that his body and soul had reached an unprecedented level of unity and compatibility, and an invisible ripple spread out from his body.

In an instant, Locke clearly felt that he seemed to have become space itself.

Wherever the ripple spread, all space fell under his control.

Even within the Hongmeng Space, where only Hongmeng Energy existed and neither space nor time existed, Locke felt that his very existence was space itself!

"As expected, my prediction was correct!"

Feeling his control over space at this moment, the corners of Locke's mouth curved upward slightly.

This feeling was somewhat similar to the control he had over Hongmeng Energy after becoming a Hongmeng Controller.

The difference was that when he became a Hongmeng Controller, he could only possess absolute control over Hongmeng Energy, but he could not cause Hongmeng Energy to be born from nothing.

Now, however, Locke felt that his body and soul themselves were the origin of space, constantly radiating the power of space.

It was as though Locke had already become the source of space.

No, not "as though." At this moment, Locke truly was the source of space!

The Great Dao was unique, and all Great Daos possessed exclusivity.

Locke had now become the controller of the Space Great Dao. Naturally, the Space Great Dao, which was incomparably compatible with him, was beginning to reject the Hongmeng Great Dao that Locke had previously controlled.

However, compared with the Hongmeng Great Dao, which had already developed to a certain level, the Space Great Dao within Locke was still far too weak. It could not shake the foundation of Locke's Hongmeng Great Dao.

The two Great Daos clashed within Locke's body.

Because the Space Great Dao within Locke had only just begun to take shape, the repulsion between the two was not much of a problem for Locke.

However, as Locke's Space Great Dao grew, the conflict between the two Great Daos would become increasingly intense.

When that time came, it was even possible that Locke himself would perish in the conflict between the two Great Daos.

There were only two ways to resolve the conflict between one's own Great Daos.

The first was to firmly choose one path and abandon one of the Great Daos.

The second was to successfully fuse the two Great Daos into a new Great Dao before the conflict between them caused Locke to perish.

Regarding this, Locke did not hesitate.

From the moment he chose to cultivate the Space Great Dao, Locke had already made his choice.

Although Locke's own Space Great Dao could not currently compare with the Hongmeng Great Dao,

the importance of the two to Locke could not possibly be compared.

The Hongmeng Great Dao was the fundamental Great Dao of Hongmeng himself. Hongmeng himself represented the limit of the Hongmeng Great Dao.

How far Hongmeng could advance along the Hongmeng Great Dao in the future would determine the limit of the Hongmeng Great Dao.

As Hongmeng Controllers, they were inherently a level inferior to Hongmeng himself when it came to the Hongmeng Great Dao.

Perhaps, in terms of utilizing the Hongmeng Great Dao, Locke could surpass Hongmeng by a level.

For example, Hongmeng was currently advancing toward the "Six Directions" Universe through the method of creating universes.

Locke, however, had long since completed the creation of the "Eight Trigrams Universe."

This was a typical example of surpassing Hongmeng in the utilization of the Hongmeng Great Dao.

However, as the source of the Hongmeng Great Dao, Hongmeng could directly sever other people's control over the Hongmeng Great Dao.

Well, put another way, Hongmeng could also be considered the "Dao Lord" of the Hongmeng Great Dao.

As long as Hongmeng was willing, the soul imprints left by Locke, Death Sovereign, Linley, and the others on the Hongmeng Golden Ranking could all be erased by him, causing Locke and the others to lose their control over the Hongmeng Great Dao.

The Great Dao walks alone. This was precisely what it meant.

For example, if someone cultivated Locke's Space Great Dao, after obtaining his permission, they could also gain partial authority over the Space Great Dao.

But the ultimate origin of the Space Great Dao would still lie within Locke himself.

If he wished, he could also strip the other person of their authority over the Space Great Dao at any time, leaving them only able to utilize their own Space Great Dao without receiving the amplification provided by the Space Great Dao.

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