Deep within the Sun Temple on the Sun Star.
Nine enormous Divine Nests, like burning stars, stood in the center of a magnificent hall.
These Divine Nests were woven entirely from the gnarled branches of the Fusang Divine Tree, an Innate Spiritual Root.
Every branch was naturally engraved with profound Sun Divine Marks, ultimately forming a vast and exquisite Spirit Gathering Array.
At this moment, the great array was operating at full force.
The nearly inexhaustible, violent Sun Divine Fire from the Sun Star's core was being madly extracted, gathered, and refined.
It transformed into nine blazing golden torrents that distorted space, continuously pouring into the cores of the Divine Nests.
Within the cores of eight of those Divine Nests floated enormous eggs wreathed in True Sun Fire, their surfaces covered in profound golden patterns.
Like eight bottomless abysses, they greedily devoured the incoming Sun Origin.
With every influx of energy, the golden patterns on the giant eggs grew brighter and deeper, while the aura they emitted became increasingly powerful and condensed.
Within the ninth Divine Nest sat Lu Jun cross-legged.
At his side stood four figures: Di Jun, Tai Yi, Xi He, and the future Lu Ya—the current Tenth Prince You Wen!
Lu Jun's expression was exceptionally grave, even carrying a trace of barely perceptible anxiety.
"Imperial Father, Uncle, Mother, this Nirvana Ability is by no means easy to obtain! Awakening it is far more difficult than you can imagine!"
"Without being driven to the brink of death, without immense determination, and without a tremendous stroke of fortune, it cannot be attained! Elder Brother Bo Huang and the others are the most direct proof!"
"If I had not happened to awaken ahead of time and exhausted everything to protect them, all ten of us brothers would have long since turned to ashes of tribulation, our souls extinguished without even a trace of True Spirit remaining!"
His burning gaze turned toward Di Jun and Tai Yi, his tone filled with stern warning.
"Especially Imperial Father and Uncle! Your cultivation has already reached the Quasi-Saint Peak, capable of reaching the heavens and penetrating the earth!"
"At such a realm, how could it be easy to truly fall into a near-death dead end?"
"There are already very few beings in heaven and earth capable of threatening you!"
"Even if you deliberately arranged matters to trigger a Nirvana Opportunity, your chance of success... would likely be less than one in ten thousand! No, perhaps only a faint hope of one in a hundred million!"
"If Nirvana fails, it will mean true Dao Annihilation and death! Body and Soul Annihilation! There will not even be a chance to reenter Reincarnation and cultivate anew in another life!"
"This path is far too dangerous! I beg Imperial Father and Uncle not to risk your lives!"
Lu Jun felt helpless.
That talk about comprehending it on his own was all an excuse.
His success had relied entirely on that mysterious "system"!
There was only one core meaning behind everything he said: Don't go looking for death on purpose! I can't control this thing myself—it all depends on a cheat!
Yet Di Jun and Tai Yi's reactions once again exceeded Lu Jun's expectations.
Di Jun stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze as deep as the starry sky. Not only did he show no fear, he instead radiated a magnificent spirit that looked down upon the Prehistoric World.
"Jun'er, you say it is perilous and that the chance of success is extremely low. But no matter how low it is, could it be lower than the chance of attaining sainthood?"
"Your father and your uncle dare to tirelessly pursue even that illusory Saint Path, which is nearly impossible to achieve through countless tribulations. We dare contend with the Heavenly Dao and battle the Earthly Dao. Why should we fear the mere danger of Nirvana?"
"If we do not even dare bear this little risk, how can we speak of reaching the Supreme Peak of the Great Dao?"
Lu Jun opened his mouth, but for a moment, he was utterly speechless.
Attaining sainthood?
That was practically a dead end!
Yet Di Jun's words left him unable to argue.
No matter how difficult Nirvana was, it did seem just the slightest bit "easier" than becoming a saint.
Though he knew perfectly well that this "ease" was entirely an illusion brought about by the system.
Tai Yi laughed heartily, his laughter filled with absolute confidence and unparalleled sharpness.
"Ha ha ha! Nephew Lu Jun, we understand your concerns! But do not underestimate your uncle and your Imperial Father!"
"No matter how difficult Nirvana may be, could it truly stump us?"
"You and Bo Huang and the others could succeed in a dead end. The two of us are stronger, our Dao Hearts firmer, and our comprehension of the Great Dao deeper. How could we possibly fail?"
"This Nirvana Path is precisely the smooth path by which our Golden Crow clan can break through its Bloodline Shackles and reach an even stronger realm!"
"Jun'er, since you have already succeeded, there is no need for concern. Simply tell us the key points of Nirvana that you know!"
At the side, Xi He watched the worry in her son's eyes and the lofty spirit of her husband and his brother. Though she too was concerned, she placed even greater trust in Di Jun and Tai Yi.
Lu Jun smiled bitterly inwardly, knowing that further persuasion would be futile.
He steadied himself and began to explain the "principles" he had inferred from observing the system's operation, combined with theories of Stellar Evolution from his previous life.
"So be it. From what I have comprehended, Golden Crow Nirvana hinges on three points!"
"Three points?" Tai Yi listened intently.
Lu Jun continued, "That's right, precisely three points!"
"First, the core!"
"One must condense an exceptionally stable core within the body in advance, one that possesses a terrifying inward collapsing force!"
"This core must be able to withstand the full impact of all the power that erupts at the brink of death and become the ultimate gravitational focal point!"
"Second, soul convergence!"
"At the instant true death descends and the True Spirit is about to disperse, all remaining soul fragments and True Spirit imprints must be forcibly gathered and anchored within this core! Not a single trace can be allowed to escape!"
"Third, collapse!"
"At the moment of death, the core must activate and generate an irresistible inward collapsing force, forcibly compressing all remaining energy, essence blood, and even fragments of Dao Principles around the core with a compression force multiplied by hundreds of millions!"
"In the end, using the core as the foundation, energy as the shell, and the soul as the guide, a Nirvana Egg will be formed!"
After Lu Jun finished speaking, his gaze swept over Di Jun and Tai Yi.
This was the conclusion Lu Jun had drawn from the process of the system's evolution.
The requirements of these three points were incomparably harsh. In particular, the strength of the core and the terror of its collapsing force were nearly beyond what manpower could achieve.
Surely they would back down now that they knew how difficult it was?
However, he had clearly underestimated the comprehension of Innate Divine Beings and the mysteries of a Companion Supreme Treasure!
After hearing him out, Tai Yi showed no difficulty at all. Instead, his face revealed sudden realization, even a trace of wild delight!
Without a moment's hesitation, he flipped his right hand!
Dong!
A resonant bell chime, as though it had come from the dawn of Chaos, rang throughout the divine hall!
An ancient, dark-yellow giant bell appeared out of thin air. The sun, moon, and stars, along with Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, encircled it; mountains and lands lay within it, while the Myriad Races of the Prehistoric World faintly appeared inside.
It hovered above Tai Yi's palm, emanating a terrifying aura capable of suppressing the heavens and worlds, of stabilizing Earth, Water, Fire, Wind!
"Ha ha ha, so that's how it is. I understand now!" A look of realization appeared on Tai Yi's face.
"I had wondered why the Chaos Bell was my Companion Supreme Treasure! So the true meaning of 'companion' lies here!"
Lu Jun's mind and spirit trembled beneath this sudden turn of events and the vast, boundless pressure of the Chaos Bell. He asked instinctively, "Uncle, what do you mean?"
Tai Yi stroked the Chaos Bell, his tone filled with incomparable certainty and excitement.
"Look, Jun'er! You said I need a core that can withstand everything and possesses unparalleled inward collapsing force! What could be more suitable as a core than the Chaos Bell, an Innate Supreme Treasure?"
"Its mysteries are limitless, its transformative power infinite! It can suppress Chaos and primordial mist, imprison time and space, and overturn heaven and earth, Yin and Yang!"
"The mighty power of 'suppression' and 'confinement' contained within it is itself the strongest inward collapsing, imprisoning, and converging force!"
"If I use it as my foundation and merge it into my body, making it my Nirvana core!"
"At the brink of death, it will not only be able to withstand the destructive force of my Quasi-Saint Peak realm, but it will also suppress my dispersing True Spirit on its own and forcibly gather it within the bell!"
"At the same time, its ability to overturn time and space and refine Yin and Yang will be enough to generate a terrifying collapsing force beyond your imagination, forcibly gathering all my essence around the bell and forming a Nirvana Egg!"
"This is a match made by heaven!"
Lu Jun: "!!!"
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