Lu Jun's voice truly trembled at this moment.
Everything he knew from his previous life had been overturned!
The conflict between Rahula and Hongjun had not simply been a Dao-Demon Conflict, a struggle for sainthood?
It had been a fundamental battle concerning the survival of the Great Desolation World?
Most of the Prehistoric World novels he had read in his previous life said that Rahula and Hongjun had fought over sainthood, with Yang Mei, Ancestor Qiankun, and Ancestor Yin Yang involved as well.
That great battle had essentially been about who would become a Saint and who would rule the Prehistoric World afterward.
In the end, Hongjun had won and become the strongest figure in the Prehistoric World.
But now, he was being told that Rahula had actually been the destroyer of the Great Desolation World.
Did that not mean Hongjun, Yang Mei, and the others had instead been its protectors?
If that was true, then did all the knowledge he possessed about the Great Desolation World conceal other truths behind it?
If that was truly the case, then his advantage as a transmigrator would vanish completely.
That meant he would still be in great danger.
Even if he survived the fatal calamity of Da Yi Shoots the Suns, there might be even more tribulations awaiting him afterward.
That was what made Lu Jun feel most endangered.
Seeing Lu Jun's disbelief, Tai Yi spoke with absolute certainty. "Of course!"
"If not, why do you think the three clans of Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin ultimately erupted into the world-destroying Dragon-Han Calamity?"
"Back then, the leaders of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin clans had long established a pact—those of water belonged to the Dragon clan, birds belonged to the Phoenix clan, and beasts belonged to the Kirin clan! The three clans had already divided their territories and shared the Prehistoric World!"
"Yet in the end, provoked by Demon Ancestor Luohu, they still unleashed a monstrous Slaughter Calamity, leaving countless living beings to suffer!"
"And near the end of the Cataclysmic Tribulation, Demon Ancestor Luohu secretly drove them into a colossal conflict that nearly shook the foundations of the Prehistoric World, dealing the world itself another grievous blow!"
"One could say that the devastation caused by the Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin clans' internal strife was, at its root, merely damage among living beings."
"But Demon Ancestor Luohu alone directly targeted the origin of the Prehistoric World. He was truly pulling the rug out from under the cauldron! What he damaged were the very foundations of heaven and earth!"
"If Dao Ancestor Hongjun had not turned the tide and defeated Rahula in the end..."
Tai Yi drew a deep breath, lingering fear in his eyes.
"Had Rahula become a Saint and gained Heavenly Dao Authority, then with his fundamental will to destroy the Prehistoric World, this Great Desolation World might already have completely collapsed and returned to Chaos!"
"A Saint harboring the intent of destruction possessed enough power to shatter this already unstable Great Desolation World entirely!"
Tai Yi's voice carried an unquestionable gravity.
Hearing this, Lu Jun's heart shook violently, and he instantly thought of the ending of the War of the Investiture of the Gods.
The might of Saints overturned heaven and earth!
In later generations, Sect Master Tongtian had shattered the Prehistoric World by himself, remaking Fire, Water, Earth, and Wind!
The boundless Prehistoric World had ultimately been left with only the four continents of Eastern Victory Continent, Southern Continent, Western Ox Continent, and Northern Kuru Continent.
Compared to the land of today, the difference was greater than countless times over.
If Demon Ancestor Luohu had won back then, then once he became a Saint, the Prehistoric World truly would have faced irredeemable ruin!
"Then..." Lu Jun suppressed the raging waves in his heart and pulled his thoughts back to the present.
"When Empress Nuwa and the others traveled back up the River of Time to the beginning of Creation of Heaven, apart from taking a look at that glorious scene and comprehending the Great Dao, what was their true purpose?"
He vaguely sensed that it was far more than simple "comprehension."
Tai Yi's gaze became profound and distant, as though it had pierced through time and space.
"As Saints, they crossed the ages and returned to that instant when Chaos was about to open, when Pangu swung his axe... One of their core purposes was to gain Pangu's acknowledgment!"
"Pangu's acknowledgment?" Lu Jun cried out, his eyes nearly bulging from their sockets!
This answer was even more inconceivable than he had imagined!
"You find it unbelievable?" Tai Yi seemed to have expected his reaction. "But that is the truth."
"Whenever a powerful being, whether from the past or the 'future,' travels against the River of Time and reaches the battlefield of Creation of Heaven, they all seek Pangu's acknowledgment."
"But why?" Lu Jun had a suspicion, yet he found it far too unbelievable.
He had to hear the real answer from Tai Yi himself!
Tai Yi looked at Lu Jun. Rather than explain, he posed another question. "Do you know that Taiyi Immortals and Grand Unity Golden Immortals have two Methods of Cultivation?"
At these words, Lu Jun frowned slightly. "Two methods?"
Could it really be as I suspected?
Tai Yi withdrew his gaze, fixed it on Lu Jun, and slowly began. "The first is the path currently followed by the mainstream of the Prehistoric World!"
"At the Taiyi Immortal realm, one cultivates the Five Qi in the Chest, harmonizes the five elements, and perfects one's own Small Heaven and Earth."
"At the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, one condenses the Three Flowers on the Crown, achieves personal perfection, and allows essence, qi, and spirit to eternally abide within one's small world, becoming the god of a world."
He paused, a trace of nearly imperceptible complexity in his voice. "This path appears orthodox, and it can indeed grant longevity and great divine abilities."
"However, its foundation is unstable. Once the Three Flowers on the Crown are scattered and the Five Qi in the Chest are sealed, one's realm will fall."
Lu Jun's eyes flickered ceaselessly.
He had sensed the problem with this Method of Cultivation from the very beginning of his own cultivation.
He even recalled how, during the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect had their Three Flowers on the Crown severed and their Five Qi in the Chest sealed by the Primordial Golden Dou within the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation of the Three Xiao Sisters.
Those mighty Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect had fallen in realm because of it.
He had been wondering whether he could find a way to resolve this hidden danger. He had not expected Tai Yi and the others to have known about it all along!
Lu Jun took a deep breath. Understanding flickered in his eyes as he seemed to ask while already holding the answer. "Then... what about the other method?"
Tai Yi's eyes abruptly became incomparably profound, as though they contained Infinite Worlds and endless time and space.
"The other... is an older and more perilous path, yet one that points directly toward the true origin of transcendence!"
His voice became low and powerful.
"At the Taiyi Immortal realm, one no longer shut oneself away to bitterly cultivate the Five Qi! Instead, with supreme will, one divided one's True Spirit and manifested billions of avatars!"
"These billions of avatars were no ordinary clone technique. They were differentiated projections of the True Spirit's origin!"
"They would cross endless barriers of time and space and enter All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, Countless Worlds like Ganges Sands."
"They would even... travel upstream and downstream, stepping into the past and future within the River of Time!"
Tai Yi's words crashed through Lu Jun's sea of consciousness like thunder!
Though he had suspected it, hearing Tai Yi personally describe this Method of Cultivation—using avatars to traverse the Heavens and span past, present, and future—still sent a violent tremor through his mind and spirit and made his scalp go numb!
This was simply an unimaginable feat!
"Each avatar would live, undergo trials, and comprehend the Great Dao as an independent individual within its own world and era!"
"Every joy and sorrow, every meeting and parting, every cycle of life and death they experienced, and every trace of the laws' profound mysteries they grasped would ultimately converge into the main body!"
"This was the method of using the Taiyi realm to travel throughout the Heavens and comprehend the myriad Daos!"
"The depth of its accumulation and the breadth of its Dao foundation far surpassed what could be achieved through secluded cultivation of the Five Qi!"
So it was true!
The other path really was this one!
Taiyi—Manifesting Billions of Avatars!
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