"Another two Calamities' worth of mana."
Lu Yang thought to himself.
The Primordial World was constantly growing, and as part of this world, the Sun Star was naturally growing stronger as well.
For Lu Yang, his Body Cultivation increased naturally, so he could not cultivate it himself.
The Sun, Moon, and Stars existed in balance. Once the Sun Star cultivated, it could not drive the Moon Star and the others along with it, and the balance of the Cosmic Stars would be broken.
Once the Cosmic Stars fell into disorder, the consequences would be grave.
Thus, Lu Yang could only cultivate his Primordial Spirit and have his avatars cultivate.
At the Sun Star's current rate of growth, gaining three million Calamities' worth of mana was within reach.
At this moment, Lu Yang was cultivating his Primordial Spirit.
His Primordial Spirit Cultivation was at the Grand Unity level, yet he possessed less than one Calamity's worth of mana.
Thus, his body and Primordial Spirit were quite uncoordinated.
He had been continuously working to harmonize them.
Drawing inspiration from the incomplete Nine Revolutions Primordial Technique, the Golden Crow Primordial Technique Lu Yang had created had become more complete.
At first, it had been the Nine Revolutions Golden Crow Art, but now it had been divided into the Golden Crow Profound Technique and the Golden Crow Primordial Technique.
Only avatars could cultivate the Golden Crow Profound Technique.
Theoretically, cultivating the Golden Crow Profound Technique to completion would allow one to transform into a sun.
But theory was merely theory. It had never been verified, though it could be deduced based on the Grand Unity Dao Fruit.
Lu Yang had an idea.
In the future, once he had many Golden Crow avatars, one Golden Crow transforming into a sun could not replace his true body—but what about multiple Golden Crows transforming into suns?
Ten suns rising together was not impossible.
It was somewhat far-fetched to consider it now, but there was no harm in thinking about it.
To realize this idea, he would need to create more Golden Crows with exceptional foundations.
If their foundations were good enough, they could still transform into suns even with low cultivation.
Lu Ya, for example, possessed Grand Unity level cultivation, yet because his foundations were not good enough, he had failed to cultivate the Golden Crow Profound Technique to completion.
As he cultivated the Golden Crow Primordial Technique, Lu Yang's Primordial Spirit Cultivation also steadily improved.
Suddenly, Lu Yang stopped cultivating. An uninvited guest had arrived on the Sun Star.
Once Lu Yang released his Divine Sense, not the slightest disturbance on the Sun Star could escape him.
The Sun Star was practically covered in seas of fire.
Yet some flowers, grasses, and trees could still be seen.
Naturally, plants capable of growing on the Sun Star were anything but ordinary.
Moreover, the magma on the Sun Star was terrifying as well.
The one who had set foot on the Sun Star was an old Daoist in gray robes.
He held a green jade whisk, with white hair and a youthful face, though his eyebrows were exceptionally long.
An unfathomable Dao rhythm circulated around the old Daoist.
As the old Daoist arrived on the Sun Star, a powerful force of the Law of Space also emerged.
There were countless laws, yet they had ranks among them. Space was known as one of the Ten Great Laws.
As the saying went, space was king, time was supreme, fate remained hidden, and karma was emperor.
Strength shattered all laws and was likewise listed among the Ten Great Laws.
It was difficult to say which of the Ten Great Laws was stronger.
The key still depended on the one who wielded them.
As one's comprehension of laws deepened, the laws would eventually merge perfectly with the Dao Fruit and evolve into a Great Dao.
Once one grasped a Great Dao, mastery of one law meant understanding all laws, and all manner of laws could be wielded at will.
For instance, Pangu had mastered the Great Dao of Strength.
As for mastering multiple Great Daos, that was far more difficult.
All this was still too distant for Lu Yang.
Lu Yang had comprehended multiple laws, but even the Law of Fire, which he understood most deeply, remained far from evolving into a Great Dao.
Furthermore, evolving laws into a Great Dao required a Dao Fruit. At the very least, one needed a Grand Unity Dao Fruit, while a Hunyuan Dao Fruit was naturally best.
Yet Lu Yang only possessed a Grand Unity Dao Fruit at present.
Therefore, there was no need to think about evolving laws into a Great Dao for now.
As for comprehending a few more laws, that would allow him to draw inferences from one instance to another.
One could never have too many laws.
Judging by the appearance of the person who had come to the Sun Star, Lu Yang guessed his identity.
Great Immortal Yang Mei.
A mysterious and powerful existence.
Unlike the "Dao" pursued by the likes of Hongjun, Yang Mei walked the Path of Chaos Demon God.
By now, Chaos Divine Charm had already appeared upon Yang Mei.
As for Yang Mei's cultivation, Lu Yang could not see through it.
Yang Mei was likely also a Quasi-Saint now, though Lu Yang had no idea how many Calamities' worth of mana he possessed.
When Yang Mei proved the Hunyuan Dao Fruit, it would likely be the day he became a Chaos Demon God. At that time, he could only leave the Primordial World and might open a small world in the Outer Chaos.
As for why Yang Mei had come to the Sun Star this time, he had likely come to investigate.
Ancestor Cang Tian's death on the Sun Star had attracted quite a few great powers there.
"Fellow Daoist Shi Chen, please show yourself." Yang Mei spoke. His voice was not loud, but through the Power of Space, it spread across the entire Sun Star.
Lu Yang was stunned. Shi Chen?
During the Primordial Chaos Era, there had been three thousand Chaos Demon Gods, and Pangu had been the strongest among them.
The demon god who had mastered the Great Dao of Time was Shi Chen.
However, when Pangu created the world, many demon gods had tried to stop him, including Shi Chen.
Afterward, Shi Chen had been slain by Pangu, and his Great Dao of Time had merged into the Primordial World.
Pangu's Creation had been for the sake of proving the Dao, and the demon gods blocking his path had surely been within Pangu's expectations. By slaying the demon gods and using their Great Dao of Law to perfect the Primordial World, Pangu had also increased his chances of attaining the Great Dao.
Crisis meant both danger and opportunity. Whether one could seize that opportunity was what mattered.
Judging from the outcome, Pangu had clearly failed.
Yang Mei had once been a demon god who mastered the Great Dao of Space, and he too had died beneath the Pangu Axe.
Yet Yang Mei's Primordial Spirit had fortunately escaped. He had reincarnated in the Primordial World, taking the top-tier Innate Spiritual Root, the Hollow Willow Tree, as his body.
After rebuilding his cultivation through one Cosmic Epoch after another, Yang Mei had become what he was today.
Yang Mei had come to the Sun Star in search of Shi Chen. Did he believe Shi Chen had killed Cang Tian?
Had the demon god who mastered the Great Dao of Time also reincarnated in the Primordial World?
Oh, it was worth mentioning that the Chaos Demon Gods of the Primordial Chaos Era had not truly numbered three thousand.
Three thousand was a symbolic number, representing a great many.
There were Three Thousand Great Daos, but in truth, there were far more than three thousand Great Daos of Law.
The number of Great Daos of Law was endless.
Even if one mastered hundreds of millions of Great Daos of Law, it would amount to nothing beneath the Great Dao.
"An old friend is unwilling to meet me?" Yang Mei said again.
Yang Mei believed that the great power hidden on the Sun Star was his old friend, Shi Chen.
Suddenly, a ball of Golden Flame appeared before Yang Mei.
Di Jun's figure emerged from the Great Sun Golden Flame.
"Senior, my master is in secluded cultivation and cannot appear."
Before Yang Mei, Di Jun gave a Daoist salute without being servile or overbearing.
Yang Mei's Dharma eyes examined Di Jun.
In an instant, all of Di Jun's secrets seemed exposed before Yang Mei's eyes.
In truth, Yang Mei had only seen through part of Di Jun. There was another part he could not see through, which secretly surprised him.
"Are you Shi Chen's disciple?" Yang Mei asked.
"This junior is Di Jun. My master is in seclusion comprehending the Dao and wishes to reconstruct the Great Dao of Time. Since Senior has come to visit, my master asked this junior to speak on his behalf."
"Oh? What did your master ask you to say?"
"The past has become the past. One should look to the future."
"The past? The future?"
Yang Mei's expression shifted slightly as he fell into thought.
Di Jun remained expressionless, though he was somewhat nervous inside. He did not know whether he could deceive Yang Mei.
After quite some time, Yang Mei looked around, then sighed. "Hiding within the Sun Star and wishing to reconstruct the Great Dao of Time within this Primordial World created by Pangu—Fellow Daoist Shi Chen's aspirations are lofty, beyond my reach."
Di Jun: ???
Lu Yang: ???
Lu Ya, somewhere on the Primordial Great Earth: ???
However, since Yang Mei had decided Shi Chen was hidden on the Sun Star, he must have had some basis for it.
At this moment, Yang Mei's heart was anything but calm.
If the Primordial Heavenly Dao had not emerged, evolving the Great Dao of Time in the Primordial World would not have been too difficult. But the Heavenly Dao had already emerged and was constantly perfecting itself. Evolving a Great Dao of Law within the Primordial World was incomparably difficult, let alone the Great Dao of Time.
If a Saint whose Primordial Spirit was Entrusted to Heavenly Dao were to evolve a Great Dao of Law within the Primordial World, it would be much easier.
Even before Cang Tian's death, Yang Mei had noticed that something was amiss with the Sun Star. After carefully calculating and observing it repeatedly, he discovered that the Sun Star's spacetime was somewhat chaotic.
Thus, Yang Mei had guessed that Shi Chen was hidden on the Sun Star.
When Cang Tian died on the Sun Star, Yang Mei became certain.
However, because his cultivation had reached a crucial point, Yang Mei had been unable to visit the Sun Star sooner and had delayed until now.
Having traveled all this way to the Sun Star without seeing his old friend, Yang Mei was rather disappointed.
Shi Chen was the only old friend remaining from the Primordial Chaos Era.
So be it. Everyone had their own "path."
Yang Mei let it go.
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