"That was true. Only with life and death was there Dao."
San Sheng murmured.
The world was boundless, divided into the three realms of yin, yang, and rebirth.
All things in the world cycled endlessly, living and dying.
Some Realm Lords created living beings, bringing something into existence from nothing.
There were also beings of Return to Nothingness, seemingly ceaselessly reducing the three realms of yin and yang to zero.
This was the ultimate truth, the law, the Great Dao.
And for Yang Sixth Layer beings like the Heavenly Emperor, there seemed to be nothing in the world capable of stumping them.
Resolving Return to Nothingness became their path.
Hearing San Sheng's murmur, the Heavenly Emperor fell into thought.
Those words had given him many insights.
Though he might have heard similar words from others before.
San Sheng was different. His words seemed to carry a special kind of magic that brought enlightenment in an instant.
"San Sheng, thank you for the grace of imparting the Dao," the Heavenly Emperor said.
San Sheng smiled, unconcerned. He seemed still to be considering how to enter a higher realm, or perhaps how to deal with Return to Nothingness.
"As it happens, Origin Mountain is opening. I'll give you a slot," the Heavenly Emperor said. "There is an existence on Origin Mountain that may interest you. It is somewhat similar to the whale's fall you spoke of just now, where all things are born."
Origin Mountain was the beginning of all things, the Dao that gave birth to One.
On Origin Mountain were traces left behind by several existences Above Yang Five.
Any living being seeking to break through to Above Yang Five would go to Origin Mountain to contemplate those traces and seek the method of breakthrough.
But when Origin Mountain opened,