Doesn't Hold Grudges
In the world of Ziwei Shines Upon the World, Zhao Cheng sat quietly on a mountain, one scripture after another flowing through his mind.
The Lightning Tathagata True Scripture, the Ten Directions Turing Divine Art, the Supreme Subtle Cloud Dao Canon, the Human Way Starfire Heavenly Scripture...
These were scriptures of the Opening Heaven and Establishing the Way level. Yet aside from the Human Way Starfire Heavenly Scripture, the other three all lacked the final portion concerning Opening Heaven and Establishing the Way.
Beyond that, there were also numerous scriptures born in the era when thought evolution techniques had only just been pioneered.
Their upper limits were low due to the limitations of that age, and most of them were crude. But in Zhao Cheng's eyes, by examining them dialectically alongside those Opening Heaven and Establishing the Way-level scriptures, he could discern the trajectory of the evolution technique's development.
At present, Zhao Cheng had four Opening Heaven and Establishing the Way-level scriptures in his head, one hundred and seven fifth-tier ones, one thousand three hundred and twenty fourth-tier ones, seventeen thousand eight hundred and seventy-two third-tier ones, and a full one hundred and thirty-seven thousand eight hundred second-tier ones.
The reason there were far more scriptures than powerful individuals was, aside from one person creating several methods, that many powerful figures had died along the way. Before that, they had uploaded their inheritances online, gifting them to those fated to receive them.
As for scriptures, the earliest age had seen a hundred flowers bloom in unison. But once the three figures who had Opened Heaven and Established the Way emerged, things began to converge. Most powerful individuals cultivated the orthodox teachings of those who had Opened Heaven and Established the Way, revering them as patriarchs.
One thing