A journey of survival starting from Zhetian

Chapter 698 Reaching the Pinnacle of Time's Formation

In a terrifying clash of attacks, fragments of shattered Dao sounds rose out of thin air.

Yun Ding Daozu and the strange and supreme being coughed up blood and were injured again, retreating millions of miles. The supreme weapon in their hands was shattered, and hundreds of millions of fragments of immortal cauldrons and demonic blades were scattered on the battlefield. The incomplete quasi-immortal emperor's law on them distorted the concepts and logic deep in the [Spirit Realm], opening up thousands of universes, and then causing these worlds to be annihilated in an instant, like bubbles that had been shattered.

"Unexpectedly, in all these years, a new supreme Dao Ancestor has appeared in the myriad realms."

"Given enough time, you may be able to cultivate to the pinnacle of this realm and hope to glimpse the end of the road."

"Unfortunately, the time for attaining enlightenment was too short, and the accumulation was insufficient. He will die here."

The eerie, supreme being sensed its own mangled corpse and exposed, dark heart, and looked at the old man not far away with icy eyes.

He reached out and touched the damaged part of the Emperor's body. The surging supreme essence spontaneously generated flesh and blood carrying corpse energy, removing the Dao injury and healing the defect.

In the blink of an eye, his magical power, imbued with dark matter, surged forth. He reached out and grasped the scattered fragments of the demonic blade, unleashing a dark, blood-red blade aura containing the power of a quasi-immortal emperor. This aura shattered countless concepts and logics, and even the specially crafted battlefield seemed to tremble, as if it could not withstand the pressure and was about to shatter.

A chilling, murderous blade of light approached in an instant, slicing down along the left shoulder, cleaving through the body of the Cloud Cauldron Dao Ancestor, splitting him in two and scattering the light of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

However, the strange and supreme being frowned slightly as he looked at the emperor's body that had been split in two before him.

He muttered to himself, "His aura has not diminished, his supreme technique is not damaged, and the damage to his origin is negligible?"

Without hesitation, the demonic blade in his hand slashed down again, and the dark blood-red blade light carrying the Quasi-Immortal Emperor's Law once again swept across the sky, directly splitting the Emperor Ancestor Yun Ding's body into four parts, splashing out more Quasi-Immortal Emperor's light, but the result was the same.

The strange creature's expression changed, and it looked at Dao Ancestor Yun Ding with surprise, "What kind of strange thing are you?"

"Having taken two of my blows, a normal supreme being should be severely injured, its very essence greatly damaged, its imperial body defiled by me, and on the verge of death!"

"You're completely unaffected?!"

The Cloud Cauldron Dao Ancestor revealed a strange, supreme, and incomprehensible smile. His body, which had split into four parts, transformed into a hazy quasi-immortal emperor's light, vaguely reflecting a magnificent abstract Dao figure on the river of time.

In an instant, a silent terror exploded in the depths of his eerie mind. Every minute, every second, his keen senses reminded him that unparalleled horror was descending and invisible danger was approaching.

The eerie and supreme imperial body stiffened. Following his senses, he slowly looked "below" the battlefield, his pupils rapidly contracting.

It was an ocean composed of a semi-illusory universe, about one-hundredth the size of a world sea, and it was now slowly "transforming," revealing its true form.

This is the Cloud Cauldron Dao Ancestor, or rather, this is the true Cloud Cauldron Dao Ancestor, a primordial deity who cultivates the "Spiritual Root Method" and is formed from countless semi-illusory universes.

At this moment, His expression was full of eagerness. He lifted the Immortal Mountain Cloud Cauldron, which was almost the same size as himself, and threw it "above".

"boom!"

A celestial cloud cauldron, roughly one-hundredth the size of the Boundary Sea, loomed in the sky. Its terrifying power nearly pierced through the tributaries of the River of Time formed by the convergence of the Spirit Realm. It crushed over the eerie and supreme imperial body, and at the corner of the enormous cauldron, a dark red flower of blood splattered.

Looking at the tiny bloodstain, smaller than a mosquito, on the edge of the Immortal Mountain Cauldron, Dao Ancestor Yunding chuckled and said, "Old Daoist, it's not some strange thing, but a primordial deity."

"Your two strikes were indeed amazing, and the old Taoist's essence was indeed somewhat lacking, and the Emperor's body was also affected, but that's all."

The difference in size was too great. The powerful attack that could have forced a Dao Ancestor who had just entered the Supreme Realm to the brink of death would hardly have much of an impact even if it had actually struck the body of Dao Ancestor Yunding, which was comparable to one-tenth the size of a World Sea. Moreover, these two strikes had only struck a clone that had been temporarily separated from the original body of the Innate Divine Saint.

With a gentle flick of his sleeve, the true form of the Cloud Cauldron Ancestor stuffed the bizarre Supreme Being, now reduced to nothing more than a lump of flesh, into the Immortal Mountain Cloud Cauldron. He ignited a wisp of spiritual flame, which extinguished wisp after wisp of dark matter at the Supreme level. He then casually scooped up the remains of a Great Realm from the bottom of the Boundary Sea as auxiliary materials to refine the Supreme Origin, which had shrunk by more than half.

Jin Feng Dao Ancestor slowly walked out from the edge of the battlefield, looking at the enormous old Daoist with a subtle expression, "No wonder he asked me to hold the line, it turns out that Fellow Daoist Yun Ding's combat power is so strong."

Yun Ding Dao Zu smiled and said, "This old Daoist's combat strength can hardly be called powerful. He just relies on the advantages of his cultivation system to overpower others."

He fiddled with the red-hot Immortal Mountain Cloud Cauldron and continued, "A cauldron for alchemy is just a cauldron for alchemy. Combat is not my forte. What I'm truly good at is my primary job."

A wisp of immortal light rose, and countless purple energies swirled out from the Immortal Mountain Cloud Cauldron. The rich fragrance of elixirs instantly permeated the entire battlefield, bestowing boundless blessings and soothing the supreme killing intent left behind by the battle between the supreme beings.

Looking at the three supreme pills covered with five quasi-immortal emperor pill patterns, Dao Ancestor Yunding picked up one and re-created an avatar with the strength of a quasi-immortal emperor. His main body, carrying the two supreme pills, once again disappeared into the river of time, vanishing without a trace.

The avatar of Dao Ancestor Yunding moved slightly, looked at the dumbfounded Dao Ancestor Jinfeng, and explained, "If I were to appear in the Boundary Sea in my true form, it would have a tremendous impact. With just a slight gesture, I could destroy countless great worlds. With a few movements and the rising of a wisp of alchemical fire, the entire Boundary Sea would boil over."

"There's nothing we can do about it. Whether it's the main path or a side path of the 'Spiritual Root Method,' as long as you cultivate to a level close to that of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor and break free from the slight constraints of the King Realm, your physical body will gradually become enormous."

Jin Feng Dao Ancestor was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yun Ding Dao Ancestor and asked, "Fellow Daoist Yun Ding, your true form is already so huge, is it very close to the End of the Road Domain?"

Yun Ding Dao Ancestor shook his head slightly, denying Jin Feng Dao Ancestor's guess, "The cultivation path that I opened up is quite special. The body of the Emperor is composed of a semi-illusory universe. If we convert it to the fully materialized 'Spiritual Root Method' main path, with my current cultivation level, I cannot manifest such a huge body of the Emperor."

If we say that the main path of the "Spiritual Root Method" opened up by the Dao Ancestor Zhenyuan is to be down-to-earth, to comprehend the myriad paths of the heavens bit by bit, and at the same time to gather the boundless origin bit by bit, in order to practice in the way of opening up one substantial universe after another, and finally to prove the "myriad worlds of the heavens".

The path pioneered by Dao Ancestor Yunding is to first comprehend the Dao, elevate one's own Quasi-Immortal Emperor Law to the peak of the supreme realm, or to a bottleneck that requires a long time to overcome, and then fill in the missing boundless origin in the years to come, ultimately proving "All Heavens and Myriad Realms".

During the cultivation of the "Spiritual Root Method" branch, in the process of ascending to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor Law, Dao Ancestor Yunding, with his own lack of a large portion of the boundless origin, evolved one great universe after another, which presented a semi-illusory appearance.

Yun Ding Dao Ancestor stretched out his hand and conjured two cultivation paths, "Spiritual Root Method," in mid-air. Before Jin Feng Dao Ancestor, he detailed the differences between them: "When the semi-illusory universe that constitutes my body is fully expanded, it can only reach one percent the size of the World Sea. That means my current cultivation level is only this high." "Only when the boundless origin is replenished and the semi-illusory universe that constitutes my body is fully solidified can my actual realm and combat power be comparable to the cultivation level of the main path of 'Spiritual Root Method.'"

"Therefore, the old Taoist still has a long way to go before reaching the pinnacle of the road, the realm of the Immortal Emperor, and the materialized 'myriad worlds'."

After a pause, Dao Ancestor Yunding laughed and said, "Of course, although my semi-illusory universe is not as good as a substantial universe in terms of its origin, it is not without its advantages."

"Because it is relatively illusory, my enormous body can be hidden on the river of time, disguised as drops of 'river water' reflecting all the heavens and myriad worlds."

"In this state, even if all living beings were to find all of 'me' within the long river of time, it would take millions of years."

To become part of the long river of time means that being in this state will be protected by the karmic consequences of time. Ordinary beings, facing the immense karmic consequences of destroying a section of the forefront of the long river of time, must think thrice before they think thrice.

It can be said that in terms of concealment and survival, the "Spiritual Root Method - Artifact Immortal Branch Path" opened up by Dao Ancestor Yunding is even more powerful than the main path.

Jin Feng Dao Ancestor nodded slightly. As Yun Ding Dao Ancestor said, this was indeed the case.

In the later stages of cultivating the "Spiritual Root Method," one's physical form will become increasingly terrifying. If such a peerless deity were to sit upon the sea of ​​realms and be seen by countless beings, the resulting impact and the ensuing karmic consequences would be immeasurable to even a supreme being.

Not every supreme being is born to be destined for tribulation, nor is every supreme being proficient in the quasi-immortal emperor methods of cause and effect, destiny, and calamity. Once cause and effect become too involved, cultivation will be like carrying a terrifying divine mountain, hindering one's speed of enlightenment.

However, Jin Feng Dao Ancestor suddenly remembered something and looked at Yun Ding Dao Ancestor with a slightly hesitant expression. “Speaking of which, Fellow Daoist Yun Ding’s current physical body is already so huge, equivalent to one percent of the Boundary Sea. Then Zhen Yuan Dao Ancestor, who established the ‘Spiritual Root Law’ back then, must have had an even more terrifying physical body.”

"Such a massive Dao body has never manifested in the Boundary Sea. In fact, since the emergence of the Spirit Realm, information about Him has rarely appeared on major platforms."

"He is not within the myriad realms of the heavens?"

Yun Ding Daozu's expression froze for a moment, then he sighed slightly, "Although Zhen Yuan cultivated in my lineage, after he opened up the 'Spiritual Root Method' and became a Primordial True Immortal, I saw him as if through a hazy mist. When he comprehended the myriad paths, gathered the origin of the universe, and became a Primordial Sacred being equivalent to the universe, I could no longer see through him at all."

"Just like how He was able to open up this path of spiritual practice, which has no end in sight but is expected to allow all beings to follow it and eventually attain the highest enlightenment."

"Although Zhenyuan once said that this is a path that has existed since the beginning of time, He has now simply summarized and re-explained it, compiling it again with the current 'Dao' and 'Fa', and filling in the gaps below the King Realm."

"A path of spiritual practice, which countless beings can follow even if they only take one step on it, leads to the attainment of the highest enlightenment, and has existed since time immemorial."

"But why, throughout countless eons, has He been the only one to recreate this path of cultivation?"

Instead of directly answering Jin Feng Daozu's question, Yun Ding Daozu brought up the topic and revealed some secrets about the cultivation system that could be called the "Spiritual Root Method".

However, after hearing this, Dao Ancestor Jin Feng's expression froze again.

While Dao Ancestor Yunding didn't seem to give a precise answer, his words seemed to say everything.

The Dao Ancestor Zhenyuan created the "Spiritual Root Method," which was proven by the Creation Tribulation. This is a true historical fact recorded in the long river of time and is beyond doubt.

However, Zhenyuan Daozu said that this cultivation system had existed since it was formed over the long river of time. He only supplemented the content below the King Realm and recompiled the content after the King Realm using the "Dao" and "Dharma" of the present world.

Moreover, throughout countless eons, only He has revived this path of cultivation.

The rules of the heavens personally descended the "Creation Tribulation" to verify this, as stated by the Dao Ancestor himself. This is the only one in countless eras that is so contradictory and so illogically inconsistent, yet it is an objective fact.

"Reversing cause and effect to couple fate"

After a long silence, Dao Ancestor Jin Feng uttered those two words in a low voice, his eyes filled with indescribable shock.

If this is the case, it can explain Zhenyuan Daozu's unusually fast rate of enlightenment, as well as some of the "characteristics" that occur in the "Spiritual Root Method" cultivation system.

With a slightly trembling voice, Dao Ancestor Jin Feng pressed on, "Is He... about to succeed?"

The Cloud Cauldron Ancestor raised his head, looking at the gradually dissipating phantom of the River of Time on the battlefield, and sighed, "The myriad realms of the heavens have always existed from ancient times to the present. Even when faced with a great sacrifice, similar flowers will bloom again and again in one era after another."

"This is a reflection derived from the 'Tao'."

As the founder of the "Spiritual Root Method - Immortal Artifact Branch Path", He has a connection with the ancestor of the system, even though there is an endless separation of time.
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At the moment the probabilistic era collapsed, spacetime became ordered, and the river of time took shape at this historical juncture.

A colossal giant, composed of the infinite "Tao" and "Law," the immeasurable and boundless origin, and the ever-expanding universe, seemed to sense something. It abruptly turned its head and cast its gaze toward the forefront of the long river of time, silently watching those who chanted its name.

Beneath this vast and abstract "body," which is too large to describe, this newly formed river of time is reflecting a certain logical cycle, evolving the universe, the infinite starry sky, and the boundless天地 (heaven and earth).

Every universe, every starry sky, every heaven and earth seems to be a projection of "He" in the course of history.

Every birth and death, every reincarnation, every cycle of the projection seems to be a sacrifice of itself to achieve "He".

May His/Her "existence" ascend to a higher level and reach its ultimate sublimation along the vast and boundless course of time!

(End of this chapter)