Saints Beg Me Not to Show Off

"Only the past!" Ao Chen quickly made his decision.

"The past is already settled, relatively stable."

"More importantly, my Dao began from the smallest spark yet evolved into a Star River Universe. If I can anchor the imprint at the very origin of my own Dao—"

"That single point where the first light of inspiration shone—I can forge the most perfect foundation, merging uniqueness with the source of my own Great Dao!"

What he wanted to anchor was not the moment before his transmigration, nor the moment he first condensed the Primal Star Core, but the moment when the concept of the Mythical Grand Unity Method first truly took shape in his heart—the instant when the thought of opening his own universe first sprouted!

That was the unique origin point of Ao Chen's Dao!

With the goal set, the next step was execution!

Ao Chen sank his mind completely into the vast Star River Universe within his body.

"Condense!"

He let out a low shout. His Primordial Spirit, his physical body, his divine power, and all his insights into the Great Dao Origin Scripture—even his understanding of Pangu's Will and the Creation Jade Tablet—

Everything began to converge, compress, and refine toward the core of the Star River Universe—the Primal Star Core!

This was an extremely taxing process on both mind and power. Ao Chen could feel his own origin rapidly depleting, but his gaze remained unwaveringly firm.

Gradually, atop the Primal Star Core, a point of light—brighter than any star, purer than diamond, seemingly containing all of Ao Chen's essence, energy, spirit, and Dao—began to slowly take shape!

Within this point of light, one could glimpse scenes of galaxies turning and universes being born and dying, as well as Ao Chen's myriad experiences and insights from the moment of his transmigration to the present.

It was the proof of Ao Chen's existence in this Primordial World, and the condensation of his Dao!

The rudimentary form of the Unique True Self Imprint—first coalesced!

Next came the most critical step—communicating with the fragment of the Creation Jade Tablet, locking onto the coordinates, and launching the imprint!

Ao Chen carefully split off a thread of divine sense and probed it into the azure jade tablet fragment floating quietly within the Star River Universe.

Hum!

The fragment vibrated slightly, and a vast, boundless aura of time and space instantly enveloped Ao Chen's divine sense!

Endless scenes of the River of Time and the mysteries of spatial dimensions unfolded before his eyes!

If not for his Heaven-Defying Comprehension protecting his Primordial Spirit, the sheer torrent of information would have been enough to make him lose himself!

"Lock!"

Enduring the stabbing pain in his Primordial Spirit, Ao Chen used his Heaven-Defying Comprehension as a guide, searching and positioning within the endless scenes of time and space for that unique "Dao origin moment" in his heart!

The River of Time was vast and boundless, with infinite changes in every instant—this was billions of times harder than searching for a needle in the ocean!

But Ao Chen did not give up!

With the help of the Creation Jade Tablet fragment, his divine sense continuously traced back, sifted, and locked on!

Finally!

He found it!

He found that extremely tiny, almost negligible point in time when the thought of creating the Mythical Grand Unity Method had just been born!

"Now!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Ao Chen mobilized all his strength and, through the connection established with the Creation Jade Tablet fragment, launched the Unique True Self Imprint that had already taken rudimentary form!

Whoosh!

That brilliant point of light seemed to transform into a streak of radiance that ignored the barriers of time and space, following a mysterious and unfathomable trajectory, instantly crossing endless time and space, shooting toward the past coordinate he had locked onto!

This process was extremely perilous and consumed a tremendous amount of his origin!

Ao Chen could feel his power draining away at an alarming rate!

But at this moment, he had no attention to spare for that—his entire mind was focused on that True Self Imprint crossing through time and space!

Could it... succeed in arriving?

And after arriving, could it, like a nail, anchor itself deeply into that past coordinate point, leaving behind a trace that belonged to him—eternally unique?

Ao Chen's heart was in his throat.

Success or failure—it all came down to this!

Chapter 15: Imprint Anchored, Past and Present Tremble; One Step to Heaven, Eternal Immortal!

Boom! Rumble!

The entire River of Time seemed to roar in fury at this act that defied all norms!

A correction force from the past, immensely powerful, trying to maintain the stability of history, rose like the sturdiest dam, blocking the imprint's descent!

The Unique True Self Imprint flickered wildly, even cracking, as if it would be ground to nothing by the power of the River of Time at any moment!

"Anchor... now!"

Ao Chen's eyes were nearly splitting, his Primordial Spirit on the verge of burning!

The Star River Universe within his body poured out all its power without reservation, continuously reinforcing the imprint through the mysterious connection!

The Creation Jade Tablet fragment blazed with azure light, forcibly suppressing the raging temporal turbulence around it, buying time for the imprint!

This was a contest of will against time! A confrontation between one's own Dao and the inertia of heaven and earth!

None knew how long had passed!

Just as Ao Chen felt his origin nearly exhausted to the dregs—

Pop!

A sound like a bubble bursting rang out!

That Unique True Self Imprint had finally broken through the River of Time's corrective force.

Like a red-hot branding iron pressed into ice and snow, it was deeply, irreversibly, eternally "anchored" onto the coordinate of Ao Chen's Dao origin point!

Success!

The moment the imprint successfully anchored—

Ao Chen's body jolted violently!

An unprecedented, mysterious sensation that spanned past and present, connecting three lifetimes, surged into his heart!

He could clearly sense that in the distant past, at that origin point belonging to him, there was now an eternal, indestructible version of himself!

This self, the present self, and some possible future self in the unseen—had established an unbreakable connection!

His existence was no longer an isolated point of the present moment, but had expanded across the entire dimension of time!

Boom!

The next moment, the barrier of Ao Chen's already perfected Mythical Earth Immortal realm shattered like water flowing into a channel, bursting apart!

A brand-new aura, vaster, more transcendent, more ethereal, brimming with the rhythm of time and space, erupted from within him, instantly filling the entire stone chamber!

Mythical Heavenly Immortal!

The Star River Universe within him began a frenzied expansion and evolution, thousands of times more vast than before!

Countless stars burst forth with even more dazzling radiance, and as the star rivers turned, they faintly carried the pulse of time and space!

The originally blurry rules of space and the flow of time became incomparably clear and stable, as if this inner universe had truly "come alive"!

Ao Chen could feel that with a single thought, he could now draw upon the boundless power of heaven and earth within this inner universe!

He could easily twist, fold, or even make short-distance leaps through external space!

His perception of time had also become incredibly acute, as if he could see the traces of years flowing by!

"Transcending the ages, Eternal Uniqueness, Time is My Sole Proof, none other like me!"

"Moving the power of heaven and earth, stepping into the dimension of time and space, preserving my body and my Dao!"

This was the Mythical Heavenly Immortal!

Ao Chen slowly stood up, clenched his fists, feeling the surging, roaring power within him, and that wondrous state of being both faintly connected to the entire River of Time yet independent of it. A look of immense satisfaction spread across his face!

"Hahaha! Today, I have finally achieved Mythical Heavenly Immortal; the Great Dao is not far off!"

He could sense that the current him could easily suppress his former self with a wave of his hand—it was simply effortless.

Especially with the Mythical cultivation method, where each step was a chasm. Before such a method, numbers were useless; as long as no qualitative change occurred, one opponent and countless opponents were no different.

Of course, formations or certain joint-attack techniques were a separate matter.

But regardless, Ao Chen had now ascended step by step, far surpassing the ordinary.

He raised his head, his gaze seeming to pierce through the stone chamber and the obstruction of Buzhou Mountain, looking toward the nine heavens above.

"In the Purple Cloud Palace, the first lecture is probably almost over..."

Meanwhile, deep in the chaos beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, within the Purple Cloud Palace.

The first sermon, which had lasted a full three thousand years, was indeed, as Ao Chen had thought, finally drawing to a close.

On the high platform, the true words of the Great Dao from Old Ancestor Hongjun gradually subsided, and the myriad celestial phenomena slowly dissipated.

"This sermon ends here. In ten thousand years, I will open the Purple Cloud Palace again. You may return to listen."