Who brought this guy into the monastic circle?.

The old Taoist wasn't lying; the things he could access actually existed before he practiced making his words manifest.

That was when he was still incredibly talented.

At that time, there wasn't even the Four Extremes Palace yet; all that existed were four bastards he had brutally beaten.

At that time, the Heavenly Dao Sect's plans were still in their infancy, and he didn't know much about them.

After he began practicing the Dharma through speech, he fell into silence and was even excluded from the upper levels, relegated to the small world and remaining unknown.

Naturally, it's even less likely that they would come into contact with those things.

So his first words were to give Han Yu a heads-up, so that he wouldn't have too high expectations.

Han Yu nodded solemnly. It's alright, we'll know as much as we can.

Even just removing the veil of mystery surrounding the Heavenly Dao Sect would be a remarkable achievement for him.

Therefore, the old Taoist's second sentence made Han Yu and Mu Zili's expressions brighten, and they both showed listening intently.

"Would you like to know the origins of the Heavenly Dao Sect and the Yama Palace?"

The two nodded frantically; this was already a big secret!

"It's not really a big secret, it's just that not many people know about it anymore."

The old Taoist priest suddenly sighed, realizing that in the subsequent battles against the Yama Palace, almost all of the previous group had died.

"First of all, both the Heavenly Dao Sect and the Yama Palace originated from the Central Continent. Isn't that exciting!"

The first sentence left Han Yu and Mu Zili speechless; it was more than just exciting, it was downright shocking.

Like a stone thrown into still water, the two men were horrified.

This is absolutely outrageous.

"Actually, everyone says that the Central Continent is barren, but in a sense, we are just cultivators who were driven out by this barren world."

Therefore, neither the cultivators of the Heavenly Dao Sect nor the cultivators of the Yama Palace are protected on the Central Continent, nor do they possess any fortune.

"Not only is there no luck in the Central Continent, but there is also no luck in the small worlds. Those lucks would rather attach themselves to broken stones than be born into the body of a cultivator."

The old Taoist priest said this.

So it's no wonder there are so many Dao Seeking Stones in the small world. It turns out that these stones should have been inside the cultivators' bodies, but they were unwilling to give their fortune to them and instead possessed the stones.

In this way, Han Yu finally understood the origin of the Dao Asking Stone.

Similarly, the artifact spirit cried out in its sea of ​​consciousness, "So, the Yama Palace is in the same situation? Could it be that they also possess fortune but cannot use it, and thus were reborn in other objects?"

It's highly likely.

"The origins of the Heavenly Dao Sect and the Yama Palace are actually the first step for you cultivators in the Central Continent: Breaking the Heavenly Realm!"

The old Taoist priest continued his story.

Ten thousand years ago, it was the most prosperous period for life in the Central Continent. People in that period did not need to cultivate to possess spiritual energy.

Looking at it from today's perspective, it would be fair to say that those people were all exceptionally talented.

After all, it was the best product of its time.

"Two people emerged from among them, my master and my uncle. They were not satisfied with this state, but instead considered whether they could make more effective use of the power within them to break the shackles of the human body."

"This is the origin of the Heaven-Breaking People. People in that era all considered themselves Heaven-men. They believed that Heaven was above them and Earth was below them, and that they lived in between, and were merely people who were subordinate to the Way of Heaven."

What happened next is self-evident. The two of them explored over the years and gradually found the path of cultivation: breaking through the heavens, opening the divine spring, building the divine bridge, reaching the other shore, seeing me, peeping at the gods, transcending the mortal realm, sitting on the divine platform, and cultivating the divine way!

After thousands of years, they finally figured out the nine realms.

"While exploring themselves, they are exploring the universe, especially... the Way of Heaven!"

The main event is about to begin!
Han Yu and Mu Zili exchanged a glance, and both of them even lowered their breathing, creating an eerie silence.

"You know, sometimes curiosity can be quite dangerous, especially when you have the ability to sustain it, because you might discover some deadly things."

As the two most powerful celestial beings explored, they gradually began to sense the existence of the Heavenly Dao and attempted to communicate with it.

Did it work out in the end?

Han Yu couldn't help but speak up.

"It's probably settled. If there hadn't been communication, it would probably have been a different story."

Mu Zili couldn't help but chime in as well.

The old Taoist nodded. They had indeed started communicating. It was precisely because the Heavenly Dao was willing to communicate with these two most powerful beings that the subsequent story unfolded. The old Taoist knew very little about the ins and outs, but he did know two things.

"They obtained the Milky Way and the millstone from the Heavenly Dao, and it seems they reached some kind of agreement. After that, the Heavenly Dao Sect appeared and began to pass on the cultivation methods to other celestial beings."

"Secondly, in less than a thousand years, things changed. After the two of them successively obtained power from the Heavenly Dao, they seemed to understand the Heavenly Dao more and more. Then they discovered something..."

The old Taoist priest suddenly sighed and lamented.

"The Heavenly Dao isn't actually that powerful!"

The old Taoist even used examples from the Central Continent to illustrate this point.

"In your mortal court, if the emperor is just a child, and then two powerful ministers emerge, both capable and influential, what do you think will happen?"

"It's a rebellion, of course."

Han Yu spoke without hesitation; the temptation was simply too great.

"That's how the Heavenly Way works. Faced with the two most powerful Celestials, and having lost a lot of its power, it simply has no way to deal with them for the time being."

"Everyone wants to take their place, but the battle between Heaven and them has not yet broken out. Instead, the battle between the two celestial beings has broken out first."

Since Heaven is an easy target, everyone wants to take its place. There's only one position, but there are two people, so it's not surprising that they'll fight.

The outcome seems predictable: neither of them gained anything, otherwise there wouldn't have been so much trouble.

Han Yu and Mu Zili were thinking the same thing at the same time.

Just as they expected, the old man continued his narration.

That battle nearly wiped out the Central Continent; almost all those who had not cultivated themselves perished in the aftermath.

The remaining celestial beings split into two camps, which later led to the establishment of the Yama Palace.

After this battle, both sides suffered heavy losses, and the first batch of Celestials were almost all killed. Finally, the Heavenly Dao could no longer tolerate it and took action.

"They were expelled, but they also took away two of the spiritual energy sources of Central Continent, which has since become a barren land."

The old Taoist priest glanced at Mu Zili before slowly speaking.

"In fact, you and I are both descendants of those Celestials who were taken away. Ultimately, we are also people of the Central Continent, but the Heavenly Dao of the Central Continent no longer recognizes us."

Mu Zili's face turned ashen. So all along, they have been slaughtering their own people, right?
Including that group of people from overseas, we were all born in Middle-earth and share the same origin.

"Could not bear?"

The old Taoist suddenly smiled, a smile that was neither a smile nor a frown, because when he first learned of these things, he had also been caught in the same confusion.

Mu Zili shook his head. It wasn't that he couldn't bear it, but he still felt uncomfortable.

Especially when they learned that they were not different from other people and were also people of Middle-earth.

This killing was carried out to satisfy the desires of two supreme beings.

"The struggle for the path is always ruthless, leaving behind piles of bones, especially when there is only one position available. Moreover... after the Divine Path Realm, the only remaining path to ascension is the Heavenly Path."

The old Taoist priest dropped another bombshell: the Divine Path Realm is not without end, but there is only one end!
"Then what about preaching?"

Han Yu had heard the old Taoist priest mention preaching several times. Since they had all been expelled, why would they be so kind as to return and pass on the path of cultivation?

The old Taoist priest looked pitying, but Mu Zili had already guessed it immediately.

"The Yama Palace needs souls, and the Heavenly Dao Sect needs life force. There is no one more suitable to provide these than cultivators."

After Mu Zili finished speaking in one breath, he slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

So, do both sides treat the cultivators of the Central Continent like cattle and sheep?

Han Yu felt a surge of pent-up anger rising in his chest, something he desperately wanted to vent, but he couldn't get it out.

He still has problems.

"What exactly are the Milky Way and the millstone for?"

Since both sides were expelled with these two items in the first place, it must be quite remarkable that they are now trying every means to bring them back.

The old Taoist priest shook his head at this.

"This is a secret between two supreme experts, and almost no one knows it, not even his disciple."

"But both of these originated from the Heavenly Dao, so they are definitely very useful, and may even be things that can completely counterbalance the Heavenly Dao." (End of Chapter)