Taiyin Sun

Within the Taiyin Sun True Martial Dao Repository.

Manor Head Azure Lord's furious rebukes echoed without end.

The other four young Taoist acolytes had gone pale, their faces filled with fear.

For all this time, Azure Lord had been strict with them, but he had never truly gotten angry, much less berated them.

Even when they had failed to grasp either Taiyin Limitless or Sun Limitless, Azure Lord had merely said a few words, offering more encouragement than criticism.

"Zhang Shanfeng, you were chosen by the True Martial Sword. You were uniquely blessed."

"Even I was not confident in teaching you, so I had you study the insights and realizations left behind on the stone wall by the Celestial Masters of every generation."

Azure Lord spoke slowly. "None of those insights and realizations told you to cultivate both Taiyin Limitless and Sun Limitless, did they?"

"Indeed, they did not." Lin Yuan nodded.

All the Celestial Master insights within the Dao Repository explained either Taiyin Limitless or Sun Limitless from only one side.

As for mentioning both at once, there truly had been none.

Because the Celestial Masters of the Celestial Master Manor throughout the generations had likewise only followed one of the two paths: Taiyin Limitless or Sun Limitless.

"Since there were none, why did you make such a decision on your own?"

"The path of cultivation demands caution at every step. These were paths purchased with the lives of the predecessors who came before you. You changed them just because you felt like it?"

Azure Lord looked at Lin Yuan with disappointment. "Shanfeng, you gained the recognition of the True Martial Sword. You only needed to proceed step by step. Whether you chose Taiyin Limitless or Sun Limitless, in as little as fifty years or as many as eighty, you were guaranteed to become a Celestial Master."

"You are the hope of our Celestial Master Manor, the hope of the world. We all placed such expectations upon you, yet what did you do?"

Countless emotions surged through Azure Lord's heart: fury, disbelief, anguish, and more.

The young Taoist acolyte Qingping trembled beside them.

They had also realized that Lin Yuan might have taken a wrong turn in cultivation. Otherwise, Azure Lord would not have become so furious.

Lin Yuan was a Celestial Master Seed.

His taking the wrong path hurt Azure Lord even more than suffering cultivation deviation himself.

"Taiyin Limitless and Sun Limitless are two utterly opposing paths. After cultivating them together, your very foundation has already been affected. Even if you realize something is wrong in the future, do you think you can still turn back and start over?"

Regret welled up in Azure Lord's heart.

He should have told Lin Yuan this common sense at the very beginning of his cultivation.

In truth, this was not really an oversight.

After all, for the overwhelming majority of people, merely getting started in one of Taiyin Limitless or Sun Limitless was already unimaginably difficult.

Even a genius like the young Taoist acolyte Qingping, who possessed the talent to enter the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, had spent nearly a year before seeing any gains.

To comprehend the entirely opposite Sun Limitless after first gaining entry into Taiyin Limitless—

The difficulty would undoubtedly soar tenfold, even a hundredfold.

Thus, Azure Lord had never even considered that Lin Yuan might cultivate both Taiyin Limitless and Sun Limitless at once.

Furthermore, the guidance left in the insights of the Celestial Masters on the stone wall had never mentioned cultivating Taiyin and Sun together.

Azure Lord truly could not understand.

How Lin Yuan had managed to bring Taiyin Limitless and Sun Limitless together.

"I know." Lin Yuan frowned slightly. "But I believe cultivating Taiyin Limitless and Sun Limitless together is the correct path."

Heaven-Defying Comprehension would not deceive him.

Since Lin Yuan could use Heaven-Defying Comprehension to understand Sun Limitless and Taiyin Limitless—

Then the road ahead could not possibly be a dead end.

"You believe?" Azure Lord laughed in anger.

Even ordinary people knew to learn from history.

The Celestial Master Manor had stood for six thousand eight hundred years. Thirty-six Celestial Masters, invincible beneath heaven, had chosen a path for their descendants.

Yet Lin Yuan dismissed it so lightly? Perhaps, taking ten thousand steps back—

Combining Taiyin and Sun truly was a Heavenly Avenue superior to Taiyin Limitless and Sun Limitless.

But to fully open up that path, no one knew how many generations of effort it would require or how many sacrifices would have to be made.

For example, after the Third Generation Celestial Master became a Celestial Master, he had attempted to balance yin and yang, only to end in an explosion that killed him.

Sacrifices were inevitable when exploring a new path. Not even Celestial Masters could avoid them.

But Lin Yuan had gained the recognition of the True Martial Sword. His becoming a Celestial Master was practically set in stone, so there was no need whatsoever for him to take such a risk.

A bird in the hand was worth ten in the woods.

Why give up becoming a Celestial Master invincible beneath heaven just to choose a path with an uncertain future?

That was why Azure Lord was so furious.

"From today onward, Shanfeng, you will remain at my side. Every day, I will temper your body with True Qi and erase the influence of the Taiyin Sun Power as much as possible. Within ten years, your foundation will be rebuilt. Then you can cultivate anew."

Azure Lord fell silent for a long time before speaking again.

"Hm?"

The plump Taoist beside him stared at Azure Lord in surprise.

Even a Peak Celestial Phenomenon Realm expert would have to pay an immense price to temper another person's body with True Qi every day.

Let alone maintain it for ten years.

It could be said that if Azure Lord dared to do this, he would essentially ruin himself. Even if his cultivation did not fall to the Early Celestial Phenomenon Realm, he would at least lose twenty years of his lifespan.

"Senior Brother, you..."

Pingyang Taoist Priest, dressed in a shabby Taoist robe, let out a sigh.

Azure Lord might have been rigid and severe by nature, but he truly considered matters from the perspective of the Celestial Master Manor.

Lin Yuan was the first person in five hundred years to be chosen by the True Martial Sword.

Even though he had already taken the wrong path, Azure Lord had not given up on him and wanted to pull him back as much as possible.

"Manor Head." Lin Yuan glanced at Azure Lord and shook his head. "I still believe balancing Taiyin and Sun is not a dead end. If the Manor Head insists on choosing for me, I fear I will lose interest in my future cultivation."

Lin Yuan directly refused Azure Lord's proposal.

The main reason was that if he allowed Azure Lord to temper his body, Lin Yuan's own secrets would certainly not remain hidden.

Secondly, Lin Yuan did not believe that cultivating Taiyin and Sun together was a mistake.

The constant feedback of insight from Heaven-Defying Comprehension confirmed to Lin Yuan that this was a path beyond those of the Celestial Masters of past generations.

It was simply something Lin Yuan could not explain openly to Azure Lord.

"Fine."

"This is your choice."

"Do not regret it in the future."

Azure Lord shook his head.

No matter how unwilling he was, he could only give up on Lin Yuan.

Cultivation was an intensely personal matter, especially since Lin Yuan had gained the recognition of the True Martial Sword.

He could not force Lin Yuan to do anything.

Very soon.

Azure Lord and the other three Celestial Phenomenon Realm experts left the True Martial Dao Repository.

Lin Yuan returned to the Celestial Master Stone Wall and began to ponder.

He had not been frightened by Azure Lord's words. At present, this was merely his Consciousness Descent body. Even if cultivating both Taiyin and Sun caused him to explode and die, it would not harm his true body in the Main World.

Simply put, Lin Yuan had countless chances to start over.

Besides, Lin Yuan did not believe he would repeat the Third Generation Celestial Master's path.

The Third Generation Celestial Master had used his body as a Celestial Master to forcibly draw in Taiyin Power, seeking to merge it with the Taiyang Power within him.

Yet the Taiyang Power was strength the Third Generation Celestial Master had cultivated for nearly a century. It was incomparably immense. Rashly introducing Taiyin Power with no foundation at all—

The resulting imbalance of yin and yang made an exploding body the only natural outcome.