What Is the True Self Realm?

What Is the True Self Realm? Under the gaze of countless eyes.

Chen Zhaosheng walked over step by step. Beside him, Lu Ying held her head high and her chest out, chin slightly lifted, like a proud king inspecting his own domain.

At this moment, in the entire Mountain Gate Square, dozens of Chen Family branch disciples did not even dare breathe loudly, their expressions respectful to the extreme.

If their previous respect toward Chen Zhixing had merely come from family rules—

Then their respect toward Chen Zhaosheng came from the heart, born of Chen Zhaosheng's strength.

Among the crowd.

Only Chen Chou'er, wearing twin blades at his waist and an iron mask over his face, slowly clenched his fists.

All of this should have had a share for him! "Fourth Uncle."

Chen Zhaosheng greeted Chen Tianchen indifferently.

"Mm. Zhaosheng's bearing surpasses even the past," Chen Tianchen said with a smile and a nod.

Then.

Chen Tianchen's gaze swept across everyone's faces, and he said, "Since everyone is here, let's set off."

As his words fell.

Chen Tianchen flipped his right hand, and a small black boat instantly appeared in his palm.

"Go."

Chen Tianchen silently recited an incantation and tossed the small boat into the air.

In an instant, the small boat swelled with the wind, and in the blink of an eye, it had transformed into a Giant Ship Flying Boat a hundred zhang long!

The entire Giant Ship was pitch-black, its hull carved with mysterious and exquisite formation patterns. It pressed across the void, emanating a brilliant, majestic authority that could not be looked upon directly!

On the deck, a black banner unfurled in the wind. Upon its surface was written a huge gilded character: "Chen"!

"Set off."

Chen Tianchen stepped forward, flew up first, and stood on the ship.

Afterward, the Chen Family disciples and Clan Elder each displayed their methods and entered the Flying Boat.

Once all the Chen Family disciples had boarded the ship.

Rumble, rumble, rumble~~~!

This Giant Ship let out a muffled sound like thunder.

The next moment.

Boom—!!! A long tail of flame shot from the rear of the Giant Ship, and the entire Giant Ship suddenly soared into the sky, breaking through layer upon layer of clouds.

In but an instant.

The entire Flying Boat Giant Ship had turned into a small black dot at the edge of the sky, gradually disappearing at the far end of the horizon.

Above the sea of clouds.

A Giant Ship pressed across the void, surging forward at a speed both incomparably fast and steady.

Some of the Chen Family disciples gathered together, chattering as they discussed the sights above the sea of clouds, their young faces full of excitement.

Some paired off in twos, speaking in low voices about this Southern Border Trial.

Others silently found an empty, deserted space, closed their eyes, and nurtured their spirits, making preparations for the coming trial.

Chen Zhixing sat alone at the rear of the deck. Strand after strand of Nine Heavens Astral Wind was dissolved by the formations carved on the Flying Boat, turning into a gentle breeze that softly stirred the hem of his clothes and his hair.

In his hand, he held a scroll that gave a detailed introduction to the True Self Realm.

He was lowering his head, reading it intently.

A moment later.

"True Self Realm..."

Chen Zhixing put down the book and repeatedly mulled over these three words.

The True Self Realm placed importance on seeing the true self, the yin spirit and fleshly body uniting as one, and condensing a Great Dao Seed.

He could not help but ponder.

If he stepped into the True Self Realm, what Great Dao Seed should he condense? "At present, for me, both the Great Dao of Strength and the Great Dao of Divine Sense can condense a Great Dao Seed."

"The Great Dao Seed of the path of strength can transform into the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form of Ox Demon Shattering the Heavens."

"The Great Dao Seed of the path of divine sense, meanwhile, can transform into the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form of Hundred Weapons Suspended Together."

Chen Zhixing spoke silently in his heart, beginning his first rough conception of the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form after the Great Dao Seed.

Great Dao Seed.

Heaven and Earth Dharma Form Diagram.

These were the two most crucial points within the True Self Realm. Not only did they determine a person's strength in the True Self Realm, they also laid the foundation for the direction of one's future Great Dao!

Among them, the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form was the greatest Great Divine Power method that distinguished True Self Realm cultivators from those in previous realms.

The construction of the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form Diagram depended on one's own imagination to outline it.

For example, in today's Cultivation World, there was a cultivator of the Great Dao of Fire whose Heaven and Earth Dharma Form took the shape of a Nine-legged Golden Crow with the power to scorch the sky and boil the sea! After he unleashed the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form Diagram of the Nine-legged Golden Crow, he once evaporated an entire Yunmeng Great Swamp in an instant, leaving it dried up and turned into a thousand li of parched land! Another example was a Thunder Great Dao cultivator in the Cultivation World who was said to be invincible in the True Self Realm. The Heaven and Earth Dharma Form he outlined was actually a World-Ending Lightning Tribulation! Once this Dharma Manifestation opened, it could force enemy cultivators to undergo a World-Ending Lightning Tribulation! Under his Lightning Tribulation Dharma Manifestation, countless cultivators had lost their lives.

There were also people who outlined Mountain-Top Giants, possessing the power to seize a hundred mountains by force. Some imagined and outlined Azure Dragons, bodies like craggy mountains, azure horns propping up the heavens.

There were even people who outrageously outlined the Ten Peerless Beauties as their Heaven and Earth Dharma Form Diagram, able to make enemies fall into an alluring illusion of a land of tender pleasures, never to free themselves for all eternity.

In short.

The construction of Heaven and Earth Dharma Form Diagrams came in every strange shape and form, motley and bizarre.

For something closer to home.

Take Chen Zhixing's father, Chen Tianliang. The Heaven and Earth Dharma Form he had outlined was Corpse Mountain Blood Sea, which likewise had a great reputation in the Cultivation World. Countless people called it the Boundless Blood Realm.

Of course.

This did not mean that the wilder one's imagination was, the stronger one's Heaven and Earth Dharma Form would be.

Otherwise, if one simply outlined the Three Pure Ones Saints, or Pangu Creating the World, would that not make one directly invincible in the present age?

The source of power for a Heaven and Earth Dharma Form came from the Great Dao Seed one had condensed.

The grade of the Great Dao Seed, in turn, was determined by one's comprehension of the Great Dao.

For example.

Even with the same Sword Dao, the Great Dao Seeds condensed could very likely be as different as heaven and earth! Because the depth of one's understanding and comprehension of the Sword Dao differed, that decided the difference in grade! And the might of the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form was determined by the grade of the Great Dao Seed!

Apart from that, the functions of a Heaven and Earth Dharma Form were enhanced by the divine abilities and arts one cultivated.

To put it simply.

The Great Dao Seed determined the strength of the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form.

The divine abilities and arts determined the functions of the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form.

For instance, that Great Dao of Fire cultivator who condensed the Nine-legged Golden Crow not only had extremely deep comprehension of the Great Dao of Fire, he had also once cultivated divine abilities and arts related to the Golden Crow.

Otherwise, if it were another Great Dao of Fire cultivator, the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form they condensed might only be a few big fireballs, for all anyone knew.

"No wonder the world always says that the True Self Realm holds so many mysteries."

Chen Zhixing sighed softly.

The number of things involved in the True Self Realm and its complexity far surpassed any previous realm! That Heaven and Earth Dharma Form Diagram was even a grand fusion of the cultivation methods one had once practiced, the Great Dao one had comprehended, and the divine abilities one had learned! "The Cultivation World always says that when one wants to break through the True Self Realm, no one can help. And once one breaks through, it becomes completely different from every previous realm."

"The True Self Realm is a watershed on the path of cultivation, and also the realm where strength varies the most within the same level."

"Looks like these sayings really aren't baseless rumors."

Shaking his head, Chen Zhixing raised his head and looked toward the distant sea of clouds. His thoughts, originally turbid from receiving too much information, became somewhat clearer.

"With the Great Dao of Strength and the Great Dao of Divine Sense, I believe my understanding is deep enough for both to condense into Great Dao Seeds."

"But if this time in the Southern Frontier I fail to obtain that 'Nine Gods Method,' then which Great Dao should I choose to condense a Great Dao Seed and outline my Heaven and Earth Dharma Form Diagram?"

Chen Zhixing's brows furrowed slightly.

The Southern Frontier had a total of Ten Thousand Mountains, and its territory was incomparably vast.

He only knew that the Tomb of Nine Wind Daoist was located in a Black Forest in the central region of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

But as for its exact location, he had no way to know precisely.

Therefore, he actually had no confidence in whether he could obtain that Nine Gods Method this time.

All of this would depend on Fortune!

"I hope my Fortune value, now raised to 37%, can make my luck a little better and let me obtain this method."

Chen Zhixing sighed softly.

A new week has begun, asking for data support~~ If follow-up reads, recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, and other stats are good, then this author won't care about the new-book period anymore and will add extra chapters first. O(∩_∩)O