Literary Root, Literary Altar, Literary Mountain, Literary Heart—there were cultivation blueprints for all of these. One only needed to follow the requirements step by step.
But once one reached the Literary Path realm, there were no cultivation rules left. He was truly at a loss.
The opening of a Literary Path grew harder the further one went—everyone had already thought of whatever could be thought of, leaving ever less room for innovation. For a long stretch of time, not a single person in the world had been able to Open Literary Path...
The consequences of that were somewhat grave. What did it signify?
It signified that there was something wrong with the great path of the Literary Way!
The Literary Way had to have steps leading upward. If, after entering Literary Heart, no one could open a Literary Path, did that not mean Literary Heart was the peak of the Literary Way? Once one reached the Literary Heart Realm, there would be no way to advance any further.
Martial cultivators would enter the Peeking Void Realm, and you, a "Literary Heart Master," would not be able to stop them.
You could not stop the Demon Emperor.
You still could not stop the Demon Empress.
You could not stop the Dao Fruit of the Sixth Realm either.
Then, as The Foremost of the Five Ways, who could you possibly stand above?
Yes, you could say, if I opened a Literary Path, why would I fear the Demon Emperor?
The problem was that you could not open one!
Faced with the survival of the great path, the Holy Hall compromised.
It began recognizing new ways of opening a Literary Path. Reinterpreting the classics of the sages counted, so long as one's interpretation received the Holy Hall's approval. Creating a new script counted