Three Thousand Years of Struggle for the Future; Striving for the Great Dao Above the River of Time
The three calamities of Void Refinement were essence, energy, and spirit; the five tribulations of Integration were five great barriers.
Having gained immortality, one sought agelessness; being deathless and imperishable, one possessed all dharmas.
The liver wood meant longevity; the heart fire meant agelessness.
All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, the primordial cosmos—who could remain unmoved by immortality and agelessness?
After proving Azure Emperor's longevity, Jiang Sheng was not in a hurry, but the decline of his lifespan was already before his eyes. He had also deduced the heart-fire barrier and tried using liver wood to evolve heart fire.
Previously, he had been hindered by having broken through the realm too recently, leaving his cultivation unstable. With the great battle imminent, Jiang Sheng could not peacefully break through the second tribulation. Thus, within the realm of the second tribulation, a layer of shackles had always remained.
These shackles had to be comprehended through the Dao Heart, tempered by the passing years, and supported by Dao practice as their foundation. Only then could they be shattered through repeated assaults, allowing him to cross the decline of his lifespan.
But now, this Dao struggle between Pure Yang great beings of the Dao-Wielding Realm had given Jiang Sheng sufficient insight. By observing Pure Yangs display their techniques and comprehending his own barrier, Jiang Sheng was able to shatter the shackles directly.
What Jiang Sheng had lacked had never been comprehension or Dao Heart.
The only thing Jiang Sheng had always lacked was time.
Whether viewed from his Void Refinement cultivation or his Integration cultivation, Jiang Sheng was far too young.
He was not yet eighteen hundred years old. Ordinary lifeforms were still lingering at the threshold of Spirit Transformation, while Jiang Sheng had already leaped past Spirit Transformation, Dharma Image, and Void Refinement to