Introduction[]
I will present parts from Novel, more exactly the two final battles between Meng Hao (the MC) and Allheaven (the Antagonist).
Statements/Feats[]
Dao Battle
“Come out and fight, Allheaven!” Meng Hao said, swishing his sleeve and causing a huge tempest to rise up.
His words weren’t spoken very loudly, and yet they contained a majestic natural law, transforming them into a shockwave that swept out with incredible power. All of the attacking life forms who were swept over by that shockwave instantly coughed up blood and then were shredded away into nothing.
The entire starry sky shook, and countless heavenly bodies trembled. Land masses were shattered, and asteroids became dust. Arcane Pocket Realms, vortexes, and worlds all trembled beneath the sound of Meng Hao’s voice.”
- Chapter 1576
“I call upon the power of my name to seal the life forces of all beings in this area!” With that, he extended his right hand and then pushed it down. Something like infinite howling could be heard. Natural laws were forcibly altered, and magical laws were stripped away. All of the living beings began to tremble as their cultivation bases and life forces were altered by the changes to the natural and magical laws. Their cultivation bases began to crumble, and their life forces went dim. In the blink of an eye, countless beings were transformed into corpses.
Innumerable bodies floated in the starry sky, with Meng Hao being the only living person. As he hovered there, mixed emotions could be seen on his face, and yet there was no regret visible as he looked coldly at the groups of living beings in the other three directions.”
- Chapter 1576
“I hereby deprive you of your right to practice cultivation, and also extinguish the flame of your life forces.” As soon as the words left his mouth, the void trembled and began to collapse. Blood sprayed out of the mouths of the surrounding Outsiders as the properties within their blood that allowed them to practice cultivation suddenly melted.
The flames of their life force were also extinguished. More blood sprayed about in all directions, and soon, nothing was left behind but swathes of corpses.
Meng Hao hovered there, looking around at the living creatures of the Vast Expanse. He said nothing, choosing only to raise his right hand. From the look of it, all he had to do was lower that hand, and all of the surrounding beings would be wiped out of existence.”
That was the incredible level of power that was Transcendence.
- Chapter 1576
“As of this point, a cold snort suddenly echoed out to fill the starry sky of the Vast Expanse. It seemed to come from everywhere, from every living thing, from every planet, from every land mass, from every vortex, from every particle of dust.
. In the blink of an eye, twisted and distorted of the starry sky the natural and magical lawsIn concert with the voice, light began to swirl from all directions, and began to form together in front of Meng Hao into the shape of a person!
It was enormous. It was as if the starry sky itself were its body, the planets its eyes, the worlds its bones. It was a vague image at first, but the mere sight of it was shocking to the extreme and caused incredible pressure to crush down onto all cultivators.”
- Chapter 1577
“I am the will of the starry sky,” he said. “I am its soul. My words are natural law, and my thoughts are magical law!
“On this day, I lay down a new law. Wherever I stand, there shall be no safe place for this cultivator!”
As soon as the words left the clone’s mouth, the starry sky began to tremble. Rumbling like thunder could be heard, and rifts opened up above. Cracking sounds could be heard as the rifts spread out and joined together. Heaven-rending Earth-crushing power radiated out as... a new natural law appeared.
At the same time, the void around Meng Hao began to collapse, transforming into a huge black hole. It was as if this new natural law caused all existence to be unwilling to get near Meng Hao. According to this natural law, there was no safe place for Meng Hao in this starry sky!
The black hole was not a true black hole, but rather a manifestation of how the starry sky and the void itself would not permit Meng Hao to safely remain within them. As they retreated, a hole was left behind, something infinitely dark that connected to the area outside the Vast Expanse, to the Universe. If Meng Hao fell inside of it, he would eventually be driven completely away.
The battle had advanced beyond the use of divine abilities, and into the realm of fighting with natural law. It was a terrifying level of combat that exceeded the imaginations of most cultivators. It was a type of combat only for Transcendent cultivators.”
- Chapter 1578
“Eyes glittering brightly, he said, “My Dao is that of freedom and independence, of being unrestrained and unfettered. I do not wish to have Heavens looming over me that belong to someone else. My Dao is my Essence. Wherever I stand, I can call upon the Essence of my Dao to dispel and shatter natural and magical laws. Nobody can expel me from this place!” He flicked his sleeve, causing the power of his Dao Essence to rumble out, changing the natural and magical laws, which twisted and shattered.
Beneath him, the black hole vanished, causing everything to return to normal. Of course, only Allheaven was aware that in this battle of natural laws, the danger involved vastly exceeded anything that ordinary cultivators could comprehend.”
- Chapter 1578
As you can see, in the first part it's Allheaven Creating a New Natural Law which affect all existence but Meng Hao counter it and Destroy all Law be them Natural/Magical.
“Allheaven’s eyes flickered as he said, “I strip you of your control of the five elements and create a new magical law!”
Meng Hao waved his sleeve. “The five elements exist within the Essence of my Dao. Wherever the light of my Dao shines, the five elements cannot be dispersed!”
Allheaven voice boomed like thunder as he said, “The light of the starry sky shall never shine upon you! I strip away your ability to see light!”
Suddenly, Meng Hao was surrounded by pitch black darkness. It was as if he couldn’t detect any light at all, as if he were fusing into the darkness, becoming a part of it.
Meng Hao snorted coldly. “I am a Transcendent cultivator, half a step into the Ancestor Realm. The light of the starry sky doesn’t deserve to touch me. You don’t need to strip it away, I hereby tell it to screw off!”
Moments ago, he had been physically fading away, but now he was as clear as day. Not only had he dispelled the light, he had dispelled and cast away the darkness too.”
- Chapter 1578
“Your soul is your flame, your Mountains and Seas your land. Henceforth, the Mountains and Seas are not permitted to exist, and your soul is not permitted to burn with life!”
“If I cease to exist, then the entire starry skies will go with me!” A look of disdain could be seen on Meng Hao as he faced these natural laws of Allheaven. At the same time, a domineering aura was radiating out from him.
“My words caused all living things to exist in this world. Now, my words will cause you to be killed in body and soul. How could you possibly survive?!” Allheaven began to walk forward, and every step he took caused the starry sky to tremble.
Meng Hao also started walking forward, and his steps likewise caused everything to shake. “You can destroy my body and disperse my cultivation base. But my soul and my Dao Essence will remain. If you, the will of this starry sky, are like a boundless sea, then I am like a mountain crag which stands eternally within those waters. No matter how your waves batter me, I will always remain!”
He fought back relentlessly against the invisible power of Allheaven. No matter how powerful the new natural laws were, he didn't flinch from them, and in fact, crushed them underfoot.
Allheaven would create them, and Meng Hao would destroy them.”
- Chapter 1578
As you can see, no matter how powerful the Law are before Meng Hao they are meaningless.
“In the Daosource Realm, you can actually create natural laws, and also destroy them!” The Sect Leader and the others couldn't help but gasp as they paid rapt attention to what was happening.
Meng Hao had just severed his own bloodline to acquire true freedom and independence. Not even the natural laws being thrown against him did any good.”
- Chapter 1578
It’s stated again that when one reach Daosource Realm, you can create but also destroy natural Law.
“There were no magics that could exceed this, not within this starry sky. In fact, even within the Universe as a whole, it was something uncharacteristically rare. This battle had reached the ultimate pinnacle”.
- Chapter 1606
You can see here its stated that they fight reached the “Ultimate Pinnacle”.
Dao[]
Dao (道 dào) – the origin and source of all things. It can be translated in many different ways, including The Way / Road / Path / Method. According to Daoism, it is the absolute principle underlying the universe, combining within itself the principles of Yin and Yang and signifying the way, or code of behavior, that is in harmony with the natural order. In these novels, characters often try to gain insights into the Dao, which can give them supernatural powers or even control over aspects of the natural world.
A large part of Daoism can actually be summarized in four short lines, or one even shorter sequence: 0 => 1 => 2 => 4 => 8 => 64
· From zero comes one – From the Infinite (Wuji) comes the Supreme (Taiji)
· From one comes two – From the Supreme (Taiji) comes the Duality (Liangyi) of Yin and Yang.
· From two comes four – From the Duality (Liangyi) comes the Four Phases (Sixiang).
And the four are expressed through the eight – The Four Phases (Sixiang) are expressed by the Eight Trigrams (Bagua), and when the Bagua are combined with each other, they form 64 hexagrams that represent everything in the world.
This simple sequence has broad ramifications.
Let’s look deeper.[]
· From zero comes one – From the chaos and nothingness of infinity, Wuji (literally ‘no limit’), the ultimate perfection arose, also known as the ‘Taiji’ (the ‘supreme limit’).
· From one comes two – The Taiji and the world is divided into two opposing and contrasting, yet complementary forces; Yin and Yang. The interplay between these two forces is called Liangyi (Duality).
· From two comes four – This comes from the idea that there is Yin and Yang in almost all things; although some things might be heavily aligned towards Yin or Yang, generally speaking, there is a bit of both.
· The four are expressed through the eight – One of the most popular ways in which these four phases/phenomena are viewed as being manifested into the world is through the Bagua, the ‘Eight Trigrams’.
The Bagua consists (of course) of a total of eight trigrams known as Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen, and Kun. By far the most commonly seen trigrams are ‘Qian’ and ‘Kun’, usually together, because ‘Qian’ means ‘Heaven’ and ‘Kun’ means earth; thus, the term Qiankun means everything in the heavens and the earth (ie the cosmos itself). Qiankun is sort of like the alpha and omega. Anyhow, the 64 combinations possible for the hexagrams (six horizontal lines stacked atop each other) (Qian and Qian, Qian and Dui, etc.) supposedly are capable of representing everything.
I hope this is enough for an explanation of Dao but if needed I will explain more just ask.
- A good example of Dao in a Top Tier Verse is in Masadaverse and their system of power, the Taikyoku/Taiji.