Three towering figures stood amidst the flow of time. They were the shadows left within the Dao's resonance by Dao Venerables who had already merged with the Dao in ages past—or rather, their shadows themselves had become the Dao.
In the past, merely comprehending the Dao resonances contained within these majestic figures would have required An Jing an immense amount of time. It was not that his comprehension was lacking, but that some things could not even be seen, let alone understood.
But now, after An Jing had truly become a True Person and cultivated the Grotto-Heaven Method and Eternal Battle Body, his capacity for comprehension had soared alongside the elevation of his life essence. Even these Dao resonances—which, in theory, ordinary cultivators could spend their entire lives unable to decipher in the slightest—had become clear and lucid to him.
"Talisman Crafting is sharing and exchange—the first sacrifice and ritual."
"Alchemy Path is awakening and fulfillment—the first withering and flourishing."
"Array Formation is unity and the gathering of strength—the first multitude and one."
An Jing slightly closed his eyes. He could now fully understand the essence of the Three Emperor Method... The Five Emperors, the Five Emperors—this did not merely mean "the cultivation methods of five Emperor Lords," but "the five methods, Great Daos, convictions, awakenings, and sources of action represented by the five Emperor Lords."
It could even be said that the Five Emperors Method was by no means limited to the insights of the five Emperor Lords themselves. It was the aggregate of all those who cultivated the Five Emperors' methods—all cultivators who created entirely new talismans and Supernatural Abilities for the Flame Emperor, all cultivators who joined the Azure Emperor in adding brick upon brick to the Alchemy Path, all cultivators who joined the Yellow Emperor in