What the Ancients Dared Not Do, the Descendants Cannot

What the Ancients Dared Not Do, the Descendants Cannot

"Senior Brother Shanfeng, are you all right?"

Just as Lin Yuan was gathering his thoughts, little Taoist acolyte Qingping cautiously approached him.

The other three little Taoist acolytes stood some distance away, not daring to come closer.

"I'm fine."

Lin Yuan shook his head.

Compared to the deceit and scheming outside, Dragon Tiger Mountain was much purer.

The four little Taoist acolytes in the True Martial Dao Repository usually got along well with Lin Yuan.

Now that Lin Yuan had been scolded by Azure Lord, they did not mock him. Instead, they were quite concerned about him.

Even Azure Lord, upon discovering that Lin Yuan had "strayed down the wrong path," had not immediately given up on him. Instead, he had wanted to pull him back through body tempering.

Even though that method would cause irreversible harm to Azure Lord himself.

"The Manor Head must have made a mistake."

"I find it so, so difficult just to comprehend either Taiyin Limitless or Sun Limitless."

"Senior Brother Shanfeng comprehended both at once. How amazing is that?"

Little Taoist acolyte Qingping spoke softly.

He truly was not lying. After barely getting started with Sun Limitless, little Taoist acolyte Qingping had tried to comprehend Taiyin Limitless.

He found that the difficulty had soared.

Before either of them had been initiated, he could still barely sense Taiyin Power and Taiyang Power through the Fire Pearl and Ice Pearl.

But after Sun Limitless had been initiated, he could no longer sense Taiyin Power at all.

If he could not even sense Taiyin Power, how could he possibly comprehend Taiyin Limitless?

Thus, in little Taoist acolyte Qingping's eyes, cultivating both Taiyin Limitless and Sun Limitless was an extraordinarily remarkable feat.

"Is that so?"

Lin Yuan smiled faintly.

After chatting with the little Taoist acolytes for a while,

Lin Yuan immersed himself in cultivation once more.

More precisely, with his Heaven-Defying Comprehension, Lin Yuan gained new flashes of insight at every moment.

Especially after reading the insights left on the stone walls by the Celestial Masters of past generations.

Though the Celestial Masters of Celestial Master Manor had not cultivated both the yin and yang paths like Lin Yuan,

each Celestial Master's understanding of one of those paths often stirred Lin Yuan deeply.

"Wonderful."

"So Taiyang Power can be used like this."

Lin Yuan sat before the First Generation Celestial Master's stone wall, his eyes shining.

After spending so long studying the stone walls, Lin Yuan had divided the Celestial Masters of Celestial Master Manor into three ranks in his mind.

The first rank was the First Generation Celestial Master.

Without question, the First Generation Celestial Master was the strongest of all Celestial Masters, standing head and shoulders above the rest.

Especially on the path of Sun Limitless, the First Generation Celestial Master had explored it to incredible depths.

After the First Generation Celestial Master

came the Second Generation Celestial Master, Third Generation Celestial Master, Fifteenth Generation Celestial Master, and Twenty-Eighth Generation Celestial Master.

Though these four Celestial Masters were inferior to the First Generation Celestial Master, they were clearly stronger than the remaining Celestial Masters.

They had all achieved considerable accomplishments on their respective paths of Taiyin Limitless and Sun Limitless.

As for the remaining Celestial Masters, compared with those in the first two ranks, they seemed somewhat "unremarkable."

Yet even the weakest Celestial Master possessed strength that far surpassed the Celestial Phenomenon Realm and could sweep through the world.

"My path should not be limited by the Celestial Masters of past generations. I will surpass every Celestial Master."

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, his resolve incomparably firm.

Just then,

Lin Yuan's heart stirred slightly, and he looked toward the entrance.

Not long after,

a Zhenren of Celestial Master Manor hurried inside.

"Junior Brother Zhang, someone is here to see you."

Even though Azure Lord did not think highly of him and had even given up on him, Lin Yuan's status within Celestial Master Manor remained supreme.

As a disciple recognized by the True Martial Sword, once he became a Celestial Master, he would be able to take charge of the entire Celestial Master Manor. Even if he failed to become a Celestial Master, no one could order him about, including the current Manor Head.

"Uncle Changqing?"

When Lin Yuan walked out of the Dao Repository, he saw Changqing Daoist.

Lin Yuan still held Changqing Daoist in high regard. After all, if not for him back then, Lin Yuan certainly would not have survived. If he had not frozen to death, he would have starved to death.

Heaven-Defying Comprehension could allow Lin Yuan to constantly break through his limits and comprehend all kinds of secret arts, but it too had its limits.

As an infant, without food, even if he truly "hibernated," he could not have held out for long.

Moreover, Changqing Daoist had been close to his father. Though he had not arrived in time back then, he had indeed treated Lin Yuan well over the years.

"Shanfeng, I heard you angered the Manor Head quite badly?"

Changqing Daoist looked at Lin Yuan with gratification and spoke casually.

"I have indeed failed to live up to the Manor Head's expectations."

Lin Yuan nodded.

Azure Lord's expectation for Lin Yuan was that he would become a Celestial Master.

But Lin Yuan's own goal was to surpass the Celestial Masters.

"Hahahaha."

"The Manor Head usually never lets his emotions show. It is rather interesting that you angered him to that extent."

Changqing Daoist laughed.

Then Changqing Daoist's expression turned serious. "Shanfeng, do you know why I came today?"

"Did the Manor Head send you to persuade me?" Lin Yuan guessed.

"That is correct." Changqing Daoist nodded. "The Manor Head asked me to persuade you, hoping that you would accept body tempering and then, like all the Celestial Masters of past generations, walk the path of a Celestial Master."

"But now, it seems there is no need for me to persuade you."

"As long as you live happily, that is enough. Do not take matters like becoming a Celestial Master too seriously."

As Changqing Daoist spoke, he seemed to recall something and fell into a daze.

"Back when I was close with your father, when your mother was pregnant, I once wrote to your father and asked what achievements he hoped his son would attain in the future."

Changqing Daoist said softly, "I had assumed your father would say that he wanted his son to become a great hero renowned throughout the world, or at the very least inherit Zhang Family Fortress."

"But in the end, your father only hoped that you could live happily."

"A person can spend a lifetime happily, or spend it under pressure. The Celestial Masters of Celestial Master Manor were invincible throughout the world, yet have they not all still died completely?"

"As for one's posthumous reputation, once a person is dead, why care about it?"

Changqing Daoist finally sighed. "I only hope that you will not regret the path you choose in the future."

Changqing Daoist's words left Lin Yuan slightly stunned.

He had originally thought that Changqing Daoist would act as Azure Lord's advocate.

Instead, Changqing Daoist had directly spoken from Lin Yuan's perspective.

After Changqing Daoist left,

Lin Yuan once again immersed himself in cultivation and Sudden Enlightenment.

With the insights and comprehension left by the Celestial Masters of past generations on the stone walls,

and with Heaven-Defying Comprehension to deduce from them, Lin Yuan's cultivation speed was much faster.

By Lin Yuan's estimate, at most ten years would be enough for him to push both Taiyin Limitless and Sun Limitless beyond the Celestial Phenomenon Realm at the same time.

That day,

Lin Yuan was cultivating.

A Taoist wearing a shabby Taoist robe silently appeared behind him.

"Martial Uncle Pingyang."

A look of surprise promptly appeared on Lin Yuan's face as he immediately greeted him.

Compared to Azure Lord, Lin Yuan was much more familiar with Pingyang Daoist.

Before the journey to the Sword Graveyard, Pingyang Daoist had often chatted enthusiastically with the Taoist acolytes at the mountainside Taoist Academy, without the bearing one would expect from someone in the Celestial Phenomenon Realm.

"Remarkable."

"Cultivating both Taiyin Limitless and Sun Limitless is something none of the Celestial Masters of past generations accomplished."

Pingyang Zhenren nodded slightly in praise.

Among the thirty-six Celestial Masters of Celestial Master Manor, only the Third Generation Celestial Master had ever considered cultivating both the yin and yang paths.

However, the Third Generation Celestial Master had only tried to introduce Taiyin Power after becoming a Celestial Master.

And the result had not been very good.

Before even becoming a Celestial Master, Lin Yuan was already considering such matters and putting them into practice. He truly lived up to the True Martial Sword's recognition.

"Thank you for your praise, Martial Uncle."

Lin Yuan's expression remained calm.

"But have you considered the path ahead?"

"Cultivating both Taiyin Limitless and Sun Limitless may allow you to reach the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, but if you wish to enter the Celestial Master level and surpass the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, you must transform your own True Qi. Since you are balancing yin and yang, once you begin that transformation, yin and yang power will repel each other. You should know what the consequences will be."

Pingyang Zhenren warned him.

The consequence would be the Third Generation Celestial Master.

His body would explode, and he would die.

"Martial Uncle."

"I have already considered that."

"The reason yin and yang power repel each other during the transformation of True Qi is because they are not one."

"As long as I fuse yin and yang power beforehand and form an entirely new power, then break through the Celestial Phenomenon Realm once more—"

Lin Yuan explained his idea.

This was also the path he had derived over these past days through constant deductions with Heaven-Defying Comprehension.

"Fuse yin and yang power?"

"You mean fusing Taiyin Limitless and Sun Limitless together?"

"Have you gone mad? Two utterly opposite powers cannot even be cultivated together, and you want to fuse them?"

Pingyang Daoist swallowed hard. Lin Yuan's idea had truly frightened him.

It was like fusing fire and water.

In the end, either the fire would be extinguished and some of the water evaporated,

or the water would completely evaporate while the fire suffered grave damage.

More likely, both water and fire would collapse at once. There was no other possibility.

"Mad. You really are mad."

"Fusing Taiyin Limitless and Sun Limitless, what utter absurdity. No one has ever dared to do such a thing since ancient times."

"Even the First Generation Celestial Master could not accomplish it."

"Nor could anyone in all the countless generations to come possibly conceive of such an idea."

Pingyang Daoist muttered to himself, his gaze upon Lin Yuan filled with disbelief.

Two extreme powers could perhaps be cultivated together through the human body's mediation, with the faintest of possibilities. But fusion? That was courting death.

The ancients did not dare do it, and descendants could not accomplish it.

Pingyang Zhenren opened his mouth, wanting to say something more, but in the end he swallowed his words.

He could see that Lin Yuan's will was firm. He truly intended to fuse the two paths of yin and yang.

"Ah."

Pingyang Zhenren sighed and turned to leave.

Lin Yuan watched Pingyang Zhenren's departing figure.

Then he walked out of the Dao Repository and came outside. Standing high above, he looked down at the foot of the mountain.

"What the ancients dared not do, the descendants cannot."

Lin Yuan raised his head slightly. Deep within his eyes, Taiyin Power and Taiyang Power continuously intertwined and collided.

"I will do it."