"It worked!"
The mysterious cultivator put away the Dao Register, a satisfied smile on his face. He then bowed to Lu Yang once more. "This Lower Cultivator, Lu Xian, greets Mysterious Virtue Dao Ancestor."
Lu Yang gave a slight nod.
Compared to those Dao Lords on the Other Shore who had merely risen in rank, he, having undergone a transformation of essence, was actually more like a cultivator of the Ancient Era.
The title Dao Ancestor was well deserved.
Of course, this did not mean cultivation of essence was inherently superior to cultivation of rank. The two simply emphasized different things. In the Ancient Era, cultivation of essence had been the more orthodox path.
'Ten thousand paths may diverge, but the Great Dao returns to the same destination.'
'Once one reaches the Dao Lord level, even if their inheritances differ, they will ultimately still forge similar paths. Si Sui is the most typical example.'
Si Sui had not obtained any crucial inheritance from the Ancient Era, yet in the end, at Golden Core perfection, he had forged a path of False Transcendence. Without a teacher, he had comprehended the transformation of essence himself. And if not for Si Sui's painstaking guidance, Lu Yang could not have broken through so quickly in this life either.
Chu Sheng was the complete opposite.
As the inheritor of Name Cult and Form Cult, he had practically inherited the full essence of Ancient Era cultivation, yet he had ultimately abandoned the path of cultivation of essence altogether.
Instead, he had taken the Other Shore as his foundation.
Strictly speaking, this also counted as forging his own path. After all, under the Light Sea's conventional system of ranks, Golden Core perfection was already the ultimate limit of cultivation.
Gathering his thoughts, Lu Yang asked gently, "May