The ancient giant bear hiding in the world of immortal cultivation

Chapter 583 The Observer and the Great Way
Wang Wu couldn't answer any of the three questions. In fact, he knew how to define the One Great Dao, and it was the standard answer that everyone knew. However, after hearing the first two questions, he hesitated.

"Please give me some pointers, senior."

"I dare not be your senior, and there is no connection between us. You are a living being, and I am a ghost. We are completely incompatible. In fact, I am not myself, and the God of Cold is not the God of Cold. Do you understand?"

"don't know!"

Wang Wu shook his head.

"Tch, you'd be a fool to think you understand! You should know that the Cold God used to awaken and then fall into slumber every fifty years. During his slumber, his consciousness would transform into a large number of Cangming Clan members?"

"In reality, there has never been a consciousness of the Cold God in this world, and naturally there is no Cold God, because the origin has no consciousness. The Cangming people you see are just special forms of consciousness formed after the death of countless living beings. The lower-level ones are called False Primordial Spirits, and the higher-level ones are called Ghost Great Luo."

"In reality, the five elements—cold, fire, wind, thunder, and wood—are all origins. The remaining consciousness of all living beings after death is carried away by the twenty-four solar terms and brought to the five elements. Therefore, these five elements are truly, genuinely real, and undeniably divine tombs!"

"And I am a former Great Luo Immortal who has died. Haha, you didn't expect that a Great Luo Immortal could die. The reason you haven't seen a deceased Great Luo Immortal is simply because your lifespans are too short. The average lifespan of a true Great Luo Immortal starts at 10 billion years. Of course, those trashy Great Luo Immortals usually only have a lifespan of 100 million years."

"For example, eight out of those twelve are like that. Their level is about the same as yours. You lost because you didn't have enough resources. Otherwise, you should have been able to barely succeed in proving the Great Luo last time."

"The reason I'm willing to come out and see you, and to ramble on and on like this, is because I truly have no other choice. If things continue like this, I won't even be able to remain a Ghost Great Luo. You descendants are getting worse with each generation!"

"Hmm, where was I? Oh, the Dao Fire Realm. The Dao Fire Realm has an origin, a very large one. If you could just cut back a piece, it would be easy for you to attain the Great Luo Dao. But you don't have the chance yet. The Dao Fire Realm has truly terrifying and dreadful old taboos, so even the twelve Great Luo Daoists who went on expeditions together could only try slowly. When it will be effective is anyone's guess!"

"In short, don't even think about trying to get the Cold Marrow, and don't even think about getting all five calamities. You can only get four at most. Besides, three calamities are actually enough. For the One Great Dao, the evolution of three calamities is the most perfect. Too much is as bad as too little. If you really want to get all five calamities, that will only lead you down a darker and more desperate path."

"Of course, if you don't believe in superstition, that's fine too. Go look for the origin elsewhere, but don't look here. The origin of the five realms here is really only enough to maintain the operation of the One Great Dao."

After listening to these words, Wang Wu pondered for a long time before asking, "Can't the One Great Dao evolve into the Origin?"

"Yes, but evolution cannot occur out of thin air, nor can it be infinite. You need sufficient origin and enough time to evolve even a little bit."

"Then what is the significance of the existence of the One Great Dao?" Wang Wu asked again, feeling that the One Great Dao had lost all its prestige.

"Hehe, does it feel disillusioning? Actually, I asked this question before. The answer is simple: the sole purpose of the Great Dao is to give you, me, or any other living being the right to ask this question."

"Or, before you ask this question, why don't you ask yourself, what is the meaning of your existence?"

"Do not over-mystify the One Great Dao, but do not belittle it either."

"If you are a mortal, you can have a field to fill your stomach, a house to shelter you from the wind, sun and rain, a wife to have children, a sky to give you sunshine, rain and snow, a piece of land to stand on and exist on, and the changing seasons, you can have words to think, eyes, nose and ears, and a mouth to feel, taste, listen and understand the world. All of this is your only path, for you, a mortal."

"By analogy, if you are a cultivator, you aspire to immortality, you aspire to power, you aspire to be able to move mountains and seas, you aspire to be able to traverse the sun, moon and stars with a single thought, then the only path that can provide you with these things and help you achieve your goals is your only path."

"This is also the meaning of the existence of the One Great Dao! It is its definition."

"It's not a cure-all, but for you right now, it is."

"Perhaps one day you will become powerful and leave, just like those twelve Great Luo Immortals who went on expeditions to the Dao Fire Realm. This is a common and ordinary thing. Do you think this is the first time such a thing has happened? No, in my memory alone, it has happened three times. Great Luo Immortals can also die, and the One Great Dao can also perish."

"Although it wouldn't actually happen, it's like—if there weren't ordinary people working on the land, if there weren't them as observers and experiencers, what would be the meaning of sunrise and sunset, the changing seasons?"

"If there are no cultivators, no Taiyi True Immortals, and no Daluo in the cultivation world, then what is the point of the One Great Dao?"

"So, rather than saying that you and I are both cultivators, it's more accurate to say that we are both observers."

"It exists only if you observe it; it will not exist if you do not observe it. The interaction of Yin and Yang energies is actually this meaning." "Because there are countless beings in this world existing in their respective dimensional worlds, they are the observers in their worlds, and naturally, their own unique Great Dao, which has been observed, will exist."

"There is no unnecessary or mysterious connection between these Great Daos, nor is there any situation where one is superior to the other. It all depends on the observer's level. The more detailed your observation, the more new patterns you discover, the more perfectly you can interpret and deduce your unique Great Dao."

"Conversely, if you can only observe a few patterns, then I'm sorry, you can only be a weakling."

"Whether you cultivate immortality or demonic cultivation, even if you use distorted imagination to worship ancient evil gods, it is still all based on the same principle. Sometimes, the combination of imagination and depravity is also a kind of observation. What you see in your eyes and what exists in reality will be randomly combined, resulting in thousands of variations, and naturally, there will be thousands of unique paths."

"And remember this: observation is the only way for living beings to evolve and transcend."

"Whether you observe your own unique path or observe the unique path of others, the nature is the same."

"I bet you're going to ask next whether it's possible to observe levels above the Great Luo realm. Because theoretically, it's possible if you can observe them!"

"Yes, theoretically that's true. We've observed details beyond the Great Luo realm more than once, but they're all partial and can't be integrated to form effective patterns, so we can't go any further. So, we've come full circle. We need more origins; we need to plunder, to observe the unique Dao of other worlds, to steal their origins, to learn their unique Dao, and to make up for ourselves. This is also a higher-level essential phenomenon."

"For example, our unique path actually plundered four worlds and seized four kinds of origins over the past tens of billions of years, and eventually gradually evolved into the unique path we have today."

"So do you understand now? The One Way will not perish or age. Only the depletion of the origin and the lack of observers will cause the One Way to go unobserved."

"Alright, that's all for now. You are now the only observer in the Great Cultivation World, and also the only guardian of the Great Dao. So I need to make it clear to you that your next task is very simple: wait, observe, and finally, protect."

"Waiting requires you to stay here for at least three million years, until the One Great Dao can evolve enough origin and a new Great Luo proves the Dao, only then can you leave."

“Observation requires you to constantly observe the changes of the One Great Dao and record them. This is like the knowledge curse of the Dao Fire Realm.”

"As for protection, it's even simpler. Not only will we be going on expeditions to other worlds, but other worlds will also be going on expeditions to us. The structure of this world is no different from the great voyages between mortals."

"However, sometimes, wandering Great Luo from other worlds will ask to stay here temporarily, to trade with them, and to exchange information. This is also a very important matter. For example, the reason we know the coordinates of the Dao Fire Realm is because we made a deal with a wandering Great Luo."

"Of course, the number of wandering Great Luo Immortals is very small. You might not encounter one even once every million years. Our Great Immortal Cultivation World, our One Great Dao, is actually relatively weak and remote."

"Also, if possible, next time a wandering Luo Da Luo comes, remember to call a few of us old guys to give you a look."

"Now, do you have any questions?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Wu thought for a moment and then asked a seemingly unrelated question, "Excuse me, are the Ghost Great Luo and the False Primordial Spirit essentially the same?"

"Yes, there is actually no essential difference. The false primordial spirit refers to the special energy body formed when the soul of all cultivators below the Taiyi True Immortal realm is effectively preserved after death."

"The same is true for Ghost Luo. It is a special energy body that was cultivated through certain methods after the death of Luo.

"The false primordial spirit and the ghost great Luo both possess endless lifespan. As long as the one true path they cultivated in their previous lives remains, they can live forever. Therefore, the degree of concern we have for the one true path is beyond your comprehension."

Wang Wu nodded. "As you said, I actually have to stay here for at least three million years."

“That’s right, this is your responsibility. Before, the kids you knew, Yin Yuan and Shan Hai, were vying to give up the positions of observer and guardian. Now, you’re not going to go back on your word, are you?”

"Of course not. The One Great Dao is also the foundation of my cultivation. In short, please rest assured, senior, I will hold on to it for at least three hundred years." Wang Wu said calmly. There was no need to say such a thing. Unless forced to, who would self-destruct? Who would give up their cultivation foundation?
Just as the tiny thumb-shaped figure was about to say something, it suddenly beckoned to Wang Wu and exclaimed with delight:

"You're lucky, kid. You've only just become an observer, and a wandering Grand Luo has already visited. It's been over ten million years since the last time a wandering Grand Luo visited. Quick, quick, prepare for battle, but don't attack first. A wandering Grand Luo might bring us very important resource exchanges, or even more valuable intelligence. Of course, he might have already betrayed us."

(End of this chapter)