Feeling indebted to him, Zhao Xing gave the second divination to Qing Yuzi.
The Gourd Immortal cast the divination, creating a divinatory space akin to an enlightenment realm.
Qing Yuzi entered it to comprehend the Dao and develop techniques, but he did not choose to comprehend the great Dao of time or create a Celestial Timing Art.
It was not that Lao Qing thought himself incompetent. He knew there was a restriction.
He was a Time God too. Without an understanding of the Dao to support him, he could not create techniques.
If he could create a Divine King Secret Technique of the Time Faction, he could advance to become a God King of that faction.
Gu Xiao alone controlled the great Dao of time. Qing Yuzi could not possibly comprehend a God King's Dao or create a God King technique atop this mountain.
Instead, he chose to comprehend the Dao of the soul and create a Soul Secret Technique, hoping to bring his soul into the God King realm first.
Zhao Xing was an example of precisely that. In a sense, he was using Zhao Xing's footsteps to find his way across the river.
"The divination's power is weakening, but Qing Yuzi still hasn't succeeded," Ji Si observed, watching the divinatory space the Gourd Immortal had created. Qing Yuzi's soul kept leaving his body and dispersing, looking rather like a headless fly as it blundered in every direction.
"His talent falls far short of the Grand Minister of Agriculture's. I'm afraid this attempt will fail too."
Zhao Xing nodded. Without his fortuitous encounters, Qing Yuzi would have struggled even to reach the Divine Realm through ordinary cultivation. He might never have qualified as a candidate god selected by the Profound Spirit high levels.
"Qing Yuzi's comprehension is probably about