"Influenced by the Primordial Era genre novels I read in my previous life, I was always thinking about mythical systems, high-end Primordial World cultivation, and the cultivation paths of the Innate Five Supreme Origins, falling into a mental blind spot. I nearly forgot that my Dao actually... lay right in front of me!"
Tang Xuan sighed softly. Thinking of what he had gained from these hundreds of thousands of years in seclusion, his eyes gradually grew brighter.
Yes, right in front of him!
His Dao had been right in front of him from beginning to end!
It was precisely... himself!
What was his goal? The River of Time! That was his Dao!
What was the River of Time? It carried all timelines, contained all Great Daos, and represented the source of everything—the source of reality, the source of matter, the source of concepts, and the true essence of existence.
Whether it was mythology or the Innate Five Supreme Origins, did any so-called powerful cultivation system not exist within the coverage and radiation of the River of Time?
After all, every system required living beings to cultivate. As long as they cultivated, they would certainly exist in reality. And as long as they existed in reality, they would likewise exist under the coverage of the River of Time.
As for the so-called powerful experts who transcended space-time and stood above the River of Time, were they not still restricted by a River of Time on an even higher level?
As long as his own level of existence was high enough—that was, as long as Tang Xuan's range of accommodation and capacity were high enough—they could be infinitely high!
"My Dao is the Dao of the River of Time—the Dao of accommodating everything, embracing everything, and carrying everything."
"In theory, this path's potential is infinite."
"If I gather and unify the Immortal Dao, I will become the source of the Immortal Dao, and my body will carry the Dao of Immortality."
"If I gather and unify the Dao of mythology, I will become the source of mythology, with both the Immortal Dao and the Dao of mythology carried by me."
"The more paths carried beneath my radiation and gathered beneath my unification, the stronger I will become!"
Tang Xuan muttered to himself, speaking one word at a time.
In fact, he had already embarked upon this path. It was simply that Tang Xuan had not realized it.
Wasn't the reason he had given the Novel Collection to Hongjun and the others to let each of them walk out onto their own paths?
If Hongjun walked the path of mythology, Luohu walked the path of destruction and finality, and Ancestor Qiankun and the others walked the path of the Innate Five Supreme Origins...
Then, if the Primordial World's powerful experts and great adepts each walked different paths, how strong would Tang Xuan be—the one who represented the source of the Daos and carried everything?
It was impossible to imagine!
Was the mythical system impressive? Then how impressive would he be, the one who represented all paths and all systems?
Cultivating the mythical system was merely for fun. If one truly wanted to talk about power, one had to become the ancestor of all paths and gather them all!
Moreover, this path was the one that suited Tang Xuan best and matched him most perfectly!
His true body was destined to walk the River of Time, and he also possessed the Origin of Wishes, which could evolve everything.
No matter what path the Primordial World's living beings wanted to walk, he could provide assistance. Not to mention, the strength of the Primordial World's powerful experts was beyond question.
If he supported and nurtured those experts until they reached the level of the mythical figures Tang Xuan had seen in his previous life—
For example, the level of the Primordial Heavenly King, Dao De Tianzun, or Fu Xi with One Stroke Opens the Heavens—what would the outcome be?
Even just thinking about it made Tang Xuan somewhat unable to wait.
This sense of accomplishment was far more exciting than flying solo!
"If this can be accomplished, the Primordial World will embark upon an unimaginable path. It will rise above the so-called mythical Primordial World and surpass everything, becoming a true... mythical world! A grand and supreme world!"
Tang Xuan's heart surged with emotion as he spoke, one word at a time.
A broad and open avenue, a path reaching the heavens, seemed to slowly unfold before Tang Xuan. And Tang Xuan truly possessed the ability—and the opportunity—to accomplish it!
His current strength, prestige, and the Origin of Wishes were Tang Xuan's greatest source of confidence!
"I know what I should do next."
The smile on Tang Xuan's face grew increasingly brilliant and pronounced.
"Hongjun and Luohu preaching the Dao, as well as Yang Mei's arrival, are all opportunities. Perhaps I... can preach the Dao once as well?"
His eyes narrowed slightly as countless thoughts flashed through Tang Xuan's mind.
"If you can't find the novel's title by searching for the book, try searching for the author. Perhaps it was simply renamed!"
"It's also time to popularize the Novel Collection in the Primordial World and make it appear throughout the Primordial World..."
Casting aside his distracting thoughts, Tang Xuan's expression turned solemn as he recalled his comprehension of the Origin of Wishes over these hundreds of thousands of years.
Clarifying his own path naturally had not taken hundreds of thousands of years.
After all, his Dao did not require him to deduce a complete cultivation system or anything of the sort. From here on, he only needed to raise the level of his true body and comprehend and cultivate according to the normal path of the Primordial Unity.
Creating cultivation systems and the like was something his workers needed to do. He only needed to follow each cultivation system step by step and gather them.
The reason it had taken so long was that Tang Xuan had spent the remaining time comprehending the composition of the Origin of Wishes at the core of the system.
"As I thought, the core composition of the system is the combination of this Dao of Wishes itself. The fragment of the Great Dao of Water only represents the system's designation."
"For example, if it were the Great Dao of Fire, it could become the strongest Fire God system."
"In essence, the core is still this Dao of Wishes, and what grants the system limitless growth is also the Dao of Wishes."
"Besides, it's impossible for every system to be like this. Otherwise, everyone with a system would be omnipotent."
"The Dao of Wishes among the Three Thousand Great Daos isn't as exaggerated or absurd as this Dao of Wishes."
"What it represents in itself is fantasy becoming reality and the miraculous—much like a higher dimension or a higher level rewriting lower dimensions and modifying and editing the underlying logic."
"It's somewhat similar to Manipulate Creation among the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Techniques, but even more exaggerated. It's also very similar to the omnipotence of Mythical Daluo."
"The Origin of Wishes... the Origin of Wishes..."
His thoughts surged, and Tang Xuan felt a faint stirring in his heart.
As the saying went, the more one explored, the more unfathomable something seemed. The Origin of Wishes was the same.
This power simply did not seem like something that could exist in reality!
Tang Xuan had also made some guesses. Perhaps, as in certain novels, Earth had a very high level of existence, so everyone who came from Earth was powerful. Or perhaps it was the reversal of cause and effect, and after becoming Omniscient and Omnipotent, he had sent this system back, and so on.
There might even be some conspiracy or scheme behind it.
In the end, however, Tang Xuan gave up on those ideas. None of those possibilities was very likely.
As for the truth, Tang Xuan could not determine it either.
However...
After comprehending it for so long, Tang Xuan clearly could not have gained nothing!
Looking ahead, Tang Xuan raised a finger, and a profound power surged.
In an instant, the spiritual energy in the void recombined and rearranged itself, as though it were being reshaped at the atomic level—or even the fundamental level.
In the blink of an eye, a sphere appeared before Tang Xuan as if it had been born from nothing.
With another point of his finger, the Great Dao of Water permeating Tang Xuan's surroundings began to reorganize. In an instant, it transformed from the Great Dao of Water into the Great Dao of Fire, radiating scorching heat.
It was precisely... Manipulate Creation!
The foremost of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Techniques and the thirty-six supreme divine abilities—Manipulate Creation!
It could create something from nothing and derive it from a point of origin, just as the Dao, beginning from One, evolved the myriad things. It possessed the supreme divine ability to overturn existing laws, redefine the material reality, transform the essence of things, and reorganize the structure of the world!
An unexpected gain?
An unexpected gain!
He had originally only wanted to comprehend the Origin of Wishes a little. Wasn't this an unexpected gain?
With this divine ability, Tang Xuan could completely accomplish his objective to a certain extent without using the Origin of Wishes!
"The essence of the Origin of Wishes involves a level that is far too high. For now, I can only comprehend this superficial layer. I'll continue comprehending the rest once my cultivation is higher."
Tang Xuan exhaled, temporarily cast the matter of the Origin of Wishes to the back of his mind, and recalled the important business.
"The expansion of the chaos must continue. I already have enough stored Origin of Wishes, so I can continue raising my level of existence."
Tang Xuan's eyes flickered.
As for the direction in which he would raise his level of existence next, Tang Xuan had naturally already decided.
With a thought, a projection appeared before Tang Xuan.
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