Golden Heavenly Void Steps

Golden Heavenly Void Steps

As the figure of the Golden Ancient Emperor preaching the Dao manifested within the White Tiger Divine Medicine, Zhou Tong cast aside almost everything and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the Golden Ancient Emperor's life experiences. He worked hard to learn the language of the Golden Clan, hoping to translate the Golden Ancient Emperor's scripture as soon as possible.

This was no incomplete ancient scripture, but an incomparably complete Ancient Emperor Scripture. It even contained forbidden secret arts. Even though Zhou Tong could not cultivate this Ancient Emperor Scripture due to their differing races, it still represented the Golden Ancient Emperor's great Dao and immortal path.

The inheritance of an Ancient Emperor, the path of an Ancient Emperor—this was no joke.

Even if he could not cultivate it due to bloodline factors, it would still have an immensely profound impact on Zhou Tong and become part of his foundation.

More importantly, while the scripture itself could not be cultivated, some of the various secret arts and secret methods created by the Golden Ancient Emperor could be cultivated.

Although Zhou Tong, who possessed the Ten Evils Treasure Art, did not particularly care about such things, having them was still better than not having them.

Although the Ten Evils Treasure Art is powerful, it is ultimately a method from the Cultivation System of the previous era. In the end, it must be left to my Ten Cave Heaven Divine Rings Dao Fruit... Since I cultivate the Sky Shrouding Method, I still need to learn some Divine Abilities and Secret Techniques from the Sky Shrouding Method... Zhou Tong silently thought. I also cannot rely entirely on the Ten Evils Treasure Art in the future.

With that thought, Zhou Tong searched through the Golden Ancient Emperor's life experiences even more diligently.

Unfortunately, by the time the Golden Ancient Emperor obtained the White Tiger Divine Medicine, he was already at the seventh level of the Great Sage realm. Thus, Zhou Tong was unable to see his earlier experiences.

At present, Zhou Tong could only see what happened after the Golden Ancient Emperor reached the seventh level of the Great Sage realm.

By that point, the Golden Ancient Emperor was essentially fighting and competing against other races. He mostly used the common language of the ancient era and rarely used his own race's language.

Zhou Tong quickly skipped through that portion of his experiences.

He focused on the affairs the Golden Ancient Emperor handled within his own Golden Clan after attaining the Dao.

Once a person attained the Dao, aside from spending vast amounts of time comprehending the Heavenly Heart Imprint and perfecting his own great Dao, he would also devote considerable effort to his own race, nurturing many clansmen of exceptional talent.

In that era, the entire universe and starry sky were awash in gold.

The Golden Clan was brilliant beyond measure. Powerful cultivators emerged one after another, and countless cultivators suppressed every corner of the universe. The geniuses of other races either sealed themselves away or retreated, ultimately withdrawing in gloom.

Zhou Tong spent an entire month continuously activating the Reincarnation Mirror and watching scenes from that era.

Finally, he completely mastered the language of the Golden Clan.

At the same time, the complete Golden Ancient Scripture was fully revealed before Zhou Tong's eyes.

As the scripture unfolded before him, the words of the Golden Ancient Scripture immediately transformed into divine radiance and continuously branded themselves upon his mind, like glittering stars.

Buzz!!

At the same time, a brilliant divine ring unfolded around Zhou Tong. Within it, the Bodhi Seed emitted wisps of Pure Qi, while the White Tiger Divine Medicine also released faint divine radiance. The Pure Qi and divine radiance swiftly poured into Zhou Tong's body, aiding his enlightenment.

At that instant, Zhou Tong felt golden clouds descend from the heavens and Golden Lotus flowers spring from the earth. It was as if heaven and earth had turned entirely golden. Golden lotuses bloomed one after another, golden light filled the sky, and wondrous truths emerged in abundance.

Countless wondrous manifestations and endless methods appeared one after another, profound and mysterious. They were like divine sounds of heaven and sacred songs of the great Dao, constantly echoing through Zhou Tong's heart.

His expression was somewhat dazed, yet he was utterly entranced, like a land parched by drought receiving sweet rain. It was also as if an inexplicable window had opened before him, with countless rays of golden light shooting toward him. Zhou Tong tried his best to grasp them, but the golden light transformed into golden clouds and slipped through his fingers, leaving only a faint impression in his heart.

This was not cultivation, but a most primordial grand momentum—the grand momentum belonging to the Golden Ancient Emperor's great Dao.

The Golden Ancient Scripture was like the sun rising in the east, its resplendent heavenly light sweeping across the world. Everything beneath heaven turned pale as golden clouds scattered everywhere, its momentum vast and majestic. Although Zhou Tong could not understand its meaning at once, that awe-inspiring majesty deeply imprinted the Golden Ancient Emperor's bearing upon his heart.

Zhou Tong comprehended this grand momentum over and over again, while endless profound truths surfaced in his heart.

They were the profound truths of the Golden Ancient Scripture, and he gradually came to understand the cultivation path of this Ancient Emperor Scripture.

"As expected, the Golden Ancient Scripture is not particularly suitable for me to cultivate!" Zhou Tong shook his head. This was an inheritance belonging to the Golden Clan. If humans cultivated it rashly, there would certainly be many aspects in which its power could not be fully displayed.

Only within the Golden Clan could this scripture be considered an Emperor Scripture. If humans cultivated it, its effects would actually be comparable to a Great Sage Scripture.

Of course, that only referred to its cultivation effects. If the Golden Ancient Scripture were used as a reference for one's great Dao, then anyone would certainly gain tremendously from it.

In truth, aside from its most fundamental scripture, many secret methods within the Golden Ancient Scripture required the Golden Clan's bloodline to cultivate successfully. Zhou Tong did not possess the "Travel" Secret, so naturally, he could not use that secret to evolve the Golden Clan's inheritance.

"What a pity... The move I most wanted to learn requires the Golden Clan's bloodline!" Zhou Tong shook his head helplessly.

Among the Golden Ancient Scripture, the technique Zhou Tong valued most was—the Golden Eyes.

The Golden Ancient Emperor had created many secret arts related to the Golden Eyes. It could be said that they were a series of secret arts extended from the Golden Eyes, such as the Golden Divine Wheel, the Golden Sword, and other such techniques...

Although I cannot cultivate the scripture, and most of its secret arts cannot be cultivated either, there are still several secret methods that humans can cultivate, Zhou Tong silently thought.

What he had set his sights on was the Golden Heavenly Void Steps, one of the few secret arts in the Golden Ancient Scripture that could be cultivated without the Golden Clan's bloodline.

The Golden Heavenly Void Steps were a movement technique formed from unique Dao patterns. Zhou Tong silently contemplated the Dao patterns within the technique.

As his comprehension deepened, Zhou Tong gradually began moving through the valley. He was clumsy at first, but as he grew increasingly familiar with it, his speed became faster and faster.

He was as nimble as the wind, leaving an afterimage with every step and making one dizzy.

Yet this strange footwork also possessed a flowing, natural quality, as if he had not walked there at all, but had been standing there from the beginning.

By the end, he flickered in and out with every step, as though he had not moved his feet at all but had instead teleported through the void.

The Golden Heavenly Void Steps were a peerless escape art created by the Golden Ancient Emperor. Once cultivated to the extreme, one would seem to be walking through the River of Time itself. It was exceedingly strange and impossible to guard against.

This art was very similar to the "Travel" Secret among the Nine Secrets. Once cultivated to the extreme, both would touch upon the domain of time. Compared to the "Travel" Secret, the Golden Heavenly Void Steps were somewhat inferior in speed, but far stranger and more covert.

The more Zhou Tong cultivated it, the more he suspected that the Golden Ancient Emperor had likely obtained the "Travel" Secret, or at the very least, a fragment of it. Otherwise, the Golden Heavenly Void Steps could not possibly be so similar to the "Travel" Secret.

For the entire following month, aside from occasionally going out to forage for food and drink, Zhou Tong remained immersed in the secret art of the Golden Heavenly Void Steps.

It was not until something happened that his arduous cultivation was interrupted.

A piece of news was spreading throughout the world—the Azure Emperor's Tomb had opened!