690 The Door Opens… A Peculiar Circular Formation (1/2)

Fang Zhengzhi's eyes were wide open.

He found these characters familiar, but it was because he had seen them somewhere. He did not know what they represented.

Nonetheless, not only was were the characters glimmering on his skin, he could also feel them flowing through all channels in his body, as if they were in his blood.

And most importantly, these characters were not only golden. They appeared in silver, red, blue, green, cyan, purple…

He was enveloped in a bubble of warmth.

In an instant, Fang Zhengzhi felt much lighter than before. It was a magical feeling, as though he had become a different person.

Meanwhile, the Heaven Dao Pavilion and Nine Pinnacles Mountain disciples were shocked speechless as they watched.

And of course, it was not only Fang Zhengzhi whose body was filled with glowing characters. Chi Guyan's body, too, had these characters of various colors.

But the number of characters on Chi Guyan's body paled in comparison to Fang Zhengzhi's.

And the characters on her body were all concentrated and shining brilliantly above her chest.

”It's the Baptism by the Holy Words!”

”But how is it possible that Fang Zhengzhi also received the Baptism by the Holy Words? Even if he was just trying his luck, how could he be this lucky?”

”Why are there so many characters on his body?”

”It has been recorded that once a person has received the Baptism by the Holy Words, the Dao that he has mastered would resonate with the Divine Message. But why is Fang Zhengzhi's resonance flowing through his whole body?!”

”These characters… they must be hundreds of them! Could it be that Fang Zhengzhi has mastered hundreds of Dao? How is this possible?”

”Is he a demon?!”

Naturally, the Heaven Dao Pavilion and Nine Pinnacles Mountain disciples understood the meaning of these characters. In fact, these characters represent the state of Dao in his body.

Like Dao Fruits in the Small Dimension.

Each Dao Fruit had its own unique set of lines, which will become a character when the Dao Fruit had ripened.

Of course, this was for the normal state of events.

But it would be different for the Baptism by the Holy Words. Once a person has been gone through this process, the Dao Fruits will become its characters no matter their states.

Hence this was the advantage of the Baptism by the Holy Words.

But Fang Zhengzhi's case was rather extreme. Firstly, the Dao in Fang Zhengzhi's body did not concentrate in the Small Dimension like those of Chi Guyan's, instead, they are scattered throughout his body. Moreover, it was fused within his blood, circulating around his body.

And secondly…

Wasn't the number of characters too much?

The number of characters on his body indeed seemed so much it was terrifying. They were practically uncountable, certainly numbering above a thousand.

”He has mastered more than a thousand Dao?!”

”Is there such a person in this world?”

”How is this even possible?”

None of the Heaven Dao Pavilion and Nine Pinnacles Mountain disciples were willing to believe this. But it was an undeniable fact that there were a thousand different characters flowing around Fang Zhengzhi's body.

”So, these are Dao?” Fang Zhengzhi finally realized what they represented upon hearing their discussion.

They were the states of Dao!

In this line of thought, Fang Zhengzhi could understand something.

For instance, etching the final state of Dao on a weapon would greatly increase its power, and for those who have Congenital Blood like Wu Yuer…

It would be the same concept. Having such a bloodline would mean that one possessed certain types of Dao, and therefore his power would be intensified.

And then for Tian Xing, when he unleashed his Blood Source, the golden characters would also be concentrated on his black armor.

A higher number and complexity of golden characters…

Would mean that one's bloodline was purer, and hence more powerful.

So this was it!

Fang Zhengzhi quickly understood this fact, and his mind bore greater clarity and knowledge regarding these characters.

But as for why his body's Dao would resonate with the Divine Message…

The reason would be closely related to his efforts in the past two years. If one had been trying to improve himself for the past two years but had no breakthroughs, what could he even accomplish?

Fang Zhengzhi answered everyone's question with his actions.

This was Dao Enlightenment.

He sought Enlightenment in Dao.

With the chance given by Shadow Sect, he read ancient texts voraciously and researched whatever he could lay his hands on. He devoted himself to the appreciation of all things and all kinds of Dao.

And indeed, Fang Zhengzhi's efforts in the past two years had paid off. With the aid of texts, his enlightenment was as joyful and easy as chewing gum.

On good days, he could understand three of four Dao.

Yet, on extremely bad days, he could still do at least one in two days.

This allowed an explosive growth in the number of Dao he had accumulated in his body, and in two years, he had understood at least eight hundred Dao.

But as for the exact number, he didn't know.

Because it was impossible for him to count. What mattered was that he had managed to grasp the various Dao, which did not bear any Dao Fruits. So, until now, Fang Zhengzhi couldn't be sure of the precise number of Dao he had understood.

He only knew that he had mastered all the techniques that everyone else had and even those that others had not.

And it was a good thing that his powers had increased.

So he didn't give it much thought.

After the Baptism by the Holy Words, Fang Zhengzhi could feel waves of heat raging within his abdomen.

And this heat…

Could it be the Thousand Years Fire Herb?

Fang Zhengzhi didn't know why this would happen, but he could feel that the Thousand Years Fire Herb was now calmer and much less volatile than before. These energetic pulsations were also moving toward his right chest.

As the fiery heat gathered, his right chest, which suffered a heavy blow from Tian Xing, started to heal rapidly.

”Is the Thousand Years Fire Herb being refined under the Baptism by the Holy Words?” Fang Zhengzhi couldn't be sure, but this was not impossible.

After all, with the bolts of lightning flowing through his body, this could be possible.

But of course, this wasn't the time to think about these, because Nangong Hao and Tian Xing had arrived.

Naturally, Nangong Hao had reached first.

His speed was unbelievable.

Although Fang Zhengzhi hadn't recovered completely, he made a decision when he saw Nangong Hao charge over.

He dashed in front of Chi Guyan.