novelden Chapter 715: Heaven And Earth Has An Endpoint, The Authority Of The Great Dao (1)
Chapter 715: Heaven And Earth Has An Endpoint, The Authority Of The Great Dao (1)
Chapter 715: Heaven And Earth Has An Endpoint, The Authority Of The Great Dao (1)
Within the Creation Divine Hall, the black-robed elderly man revealed a smile.
"Black Robes, why did you release us?" A soft, feminine voice suddenly rang out. "Didn't you say you'd silence us for a hundred million years?"
"That's right! That's right!"
"Old Black Robes must have gotten lonely again and wanted to chat with us," another hearty voice chimed in. "But his patience has waned considerably this time. Last time he silenced us for over eight million years, yet this time it's been less than four hundred."
"You two, keep talking and I'll really silence you for a hundred million years," the black-robed elderly man said coldly. "Me, lonely? I can manifest numerous incarnations and traverse the realms of the Immutable Land. Can you?
I was afraid you'd go mad from loneliness."
The two bantering voices fell suddenly silent.
After a moment, the soft voice spoke up again, "Black Robes, you only locked us away for a few hundred years this time. That's not like you. Is there something you want to show off to us?"
"It must be," the hearty voice laughed. "I reckon that little fellow Hou Feng has done well."
"What was that word we learned before? Ah yes, 'flexing'! Black Robes wants to flex on us."
The two voices completed each other’s sentences like a duet, causing the black-robed elderly man's eyes to bulge with anger.
"Hmph! You two short-sighted fools, you don't know anything," the black-robed elderly man snorted. "Do you know what Hou Feng has accomplished?"
"What did he do? Probably just cleared level nine of the Creation Tower," the hearty voice chuckled. "Don't tell me he actually comprehended the True Intent of a Great Dao?"
"Correct!" The black-robed elderly man revealed a hint of a smug smile. "And it just happens to be the True Intent of Creation."
"What?"
"True Intent of Creation?" Both voices were suddenly shocked. "How is that possible? He's been cultivating for less than a thousand years, hasn't he?"
"I'd believe you if you said he cultivated a Greater Law to the Dao Field stage, but Great Dao True Intent?" The soft voice was particularly incredulous.
"Why would I lie?" The black-robed elderly man snorted, then smiled again. "The day I’m set free is not far off."
"Old Black, don't get too cocky. You said the same about the previous two, but they both died," the hearty voice cautioned.
"That's right, those two little ones showed promise too, but alas..." The soft voice began to speak.
"Silence!" The black-robed elderly man waved his hand forcefully, and the hall fell quiet once more. That’s enough bragging. Time to silence them again.
Hmm? A flash of surprise crossed the black-robed elderly man's eyes. His Apotheosis root...why does it contain a trace of Spacetime’s profundities?
Could it be that he's also comprehended the Great Dao of Spacetime?
...
In the test location, Wu Yuan sat in lotus position, his aura surging and spreading in all directions.
The grand Dao fluctuations previously enveloping him had now completely receded and vanished. However, his soul essence had undergone a fundamental transformation.
Within his upper dantian lobe, Wu Yuan's body refiner self’s soul had split into nine Yuan Souls. Influenced by the Great Dao’s essence, his soul had progressed from the peak of the Yuan Soul level to the Divided Soul Will level.
The path of comprehending an Essence Great Dao wasn't an easy one to walk. The power it granted wasn’t necessarily stronger than that of Greater Laws and might even have many limitations. The best path was one that suited oneself.
Regardless, I've already set foot on this path. I can only continue forward. Wu Yuan's eyes flashed with determination.
The path was set and couldn't be changed. Moreover, the True Intent of Creation was indeed powerful beyond imagination.
Previously, when my understanding of Life advanced to the fifth-level True Intent stage and I deeply comprehended the Law of Death, the saber technique I could unleash by combining the two barely reached the Astral Lord level, comparable to a seventh or eighth-stage Archimmortal. Wu Yuan reflected.
But now? Waves of concentrated Dao fluctuations enveloped his body, perfect and flawless. They brimmed with vitality, as well as death that awaited at the end of life. An aura of death shrouded him.
Life and death, perfectly fused and complementary to each other. This also caused the power of this trace of True Intent to reach an unimaginable level.
Great Dao True Intent, transcending heaven and earth. The Great Daos are truly eternal Daos, truly flawless Daos. Wu Yuan thought to himself. The gap between them and Greater Laws is too vast.
Once a Great Dao’s True Intent was crystallized, its power could rival that of a complete Intermediate Law, equivalent to the Dao comprehension of a newly advanced Astral Monarch.
A single transformation brought me from the level of a seventh-stage Archimmortal to that of an early-stage Astral Monarch? Wu Yuan marveled inwardly at this inconceivable transformation.
However, he didn't dwell on it further. This transformation had brought great progress, but the cultivation path ahead would be much more difficult, as his perception of the Creation Dao’s essence was too vague. It was a thousand times vaguer than his perception of the Life Dao’s essence or Death Dao’s essence.
Without the guidance of the Dao’s essence, he could only continue comprehending the Law of Life and Law of Death, then slowly explore ways to fuse them on his own.
I just hope it hasn't affected my qi refiner self. Wu Yuan furrowed his brow again.
When Wu Yuan’s soul fused into the Creation Dao’s essence, the parts of his spirit and consciousness concerning the Law of Time and Law of Space remained unaffected. Yet, all his insights about the fusion of the two Greater Laws of Space and Time seemed to be extracted and erased by an invisible force. Even when Wu Yuan tried to comprehend them again, he found himself unable to do so.
Is this the singularity of Essence? Wu Yuan's body refiner self shook his head slightly, only able to patiently continue the transformation of his internal shambhala.
The internal shambhala was fundamental and could not be compromised.
With about twenty years left until the four-hundred-year deadline, Wu Yuan wasn't in a rush.
...
His body refiner self broke through and transformed.
Meanwhile, on the Spacetime Island, inside his private hall.
Spacetime True Intent. Wu Yuan sat in lotus position on the jade platform, grasping this Essence Great Dao's True Intent. With a single thought, a powerful Dao fluctuation descended. Countless Spacetime profundities merged.
The perfect union of Time and Space. Spacetime is the foundation of all Daos, and Spacetime True Intent is the perfect fusion of the True Intent of the two Greater Laws. In Wu Yuan's eyes.
There wasn’t any distinction between time and space when it came to all things in heaven and earth; the two were inherently one. In his perception, all matter existed perpetually in Space, while some objects around him—like the divine hall, the jade platform, and Star Moon standing in the distance—were also enveloped by inseparable fluctuations of Time.
Everything could be attributed to Spacetime.
With a thought, I can manipulate the flow of time, speeding it up tenfold or a hundredfold? Wu Yuan gave a mental command, and the flow of time around him began to change.
Fivefold...tenfold...twentyfold! Wu Yuan gradually felt the strain. The greater the change, the heavier the burden on his mana and mental strength.
Yet he continued to accelerate time: thirtyfold...fortyfold...sixtyfold... When it reached eightyfold, the space around him began to tremble subtly. The impact on his surroundings was too intense.
Star Moon, standing in the distance, was already dumbfounded, watching this scene in disbelief. In her vision, Wu Yuan's form had become completely blurred. He seemed to have entered an entirely different dimension of existence.