It's normal for so much Merit to come from Di Jun and Tai Yi, Emperor Xi, Kunpeng. But it's quite surprising that it appeared in Jiang Yuan.
This means that the changes in the Heavenly Court are all related to Jiang Yuan. Even if he didn't carry them out, he must have suggested them, otherwise he wouldn't have accumulated so much Merit.
" Di Yuan, you are truly talented!"
Coming to her senses, Hong Yun sighed.
He had witnessed all the recent changes in the Heavenly Court. Jiang Yuan's ability to orchestrate this matter was truly remarkable; calling him a man of extraordinary talent was no exaggeration.
"Not only is he highly talented, but he also has lofty ambitions!"
Zhenyuanzi sighed, "He has accumulated so much Merit, yet he doesn't choose to absorb it. It's clear he has great ambitions and doesn't care about Merit and Dao fruits. He's preparing to condense an even stronger Dao fruit."
To be honest, this is pretty outrageous.
It's normal for someone of Jiang Yuan's status to look down on Merit and Dao fruits below the Quasi-Saint Realm level. But it's a bit much for him to look down on the Quasi-Saint Realm- Quasi-Saint Realm Dao fruits.
Even powerful figures like Di Jun and Tai Yi wouldn't dare say they look down on the Merit and Dao fruits of the Quasi-Saint Realm level, so why would Jiang Yuan look down on them?
As is widely known in the Primordial World Dao Ancestor clearly defined the Quasi-Saint Realm realm, the first among those who listened to the Dao to cultivate to the Quasi-Saint Realm realm was not the Three Pure Ones, but Di Jun and Tai Yi.
Before the Dao Ancestor had finished his three sermons, having only spoken twice, they had already severed one of their physical bodies and attained the Quasi-Saint Realm realm.
What enabled them to do so? It was their merit in establishing the Heavenly Court. Because of their merit in establishing the Heavenly Court, the two of them received great Merit, which is why they were able to have their corpses severed before everyone else.
Afterwards, when they severed their second and Slashing Three Corpses Technique, Di Jun and Tai Yi were ahead of others, relying on Merit rather than Merit.
From this, we can see that the Quasi-Saint Realm attainments of Di Jun and the other two were all formed from their Merit. Not only them, but also the Quasi-Saint Realm attainments of Emperor Xi, Empress Wa, Kunpeng, Di Jiang, Hou Houtu, and others were mostly formed from their Merit.
Those who didn't rely on Merit to cultivate, but instead relied entirely on their own arduous practice, such as Zhenyuanzi, Hong Yun, and the Two Sages of the West —have only just managed to sever their two corpses, and their cultivation is far behind theirs.
The reason they don't cultivate themselves through Merit is not because they don't want to, but because they can't accumulate Merit.
This shows that although the strength of someone who has cultivated their realm through Merit is at the bottom among those of others in the same realm, no one cares about them.
Let's break through to the next realm first. So what if we're at the bottom? We can always continue our arduous training after the breakthrough. At that time, it won't be difficult to raise our strength from the bottom of the realm to invincible within it.
Given this environment, once everyone reaches the pinnacle of the Daluo Realm, as long as they can break through their current level, they don't care about Merit or Dao fruit.
But Jiang Yuan, despite possessing ample Merit, refrained from using it and continued his arduous cultivation. This perseverance is truly moving.
At the same time, this also reveals his great ambition: to condense an extremely powerful Dao Fruit in order to maintain his leading position among those in the same realm.
However, Zhenyuanzi was not optimistic about the path Jiang Yuan had chosen, because it was too difficult. If he wanted to maintain his dominant combat power along this path, he would have to consume several times or even dozens of times more resources than others.
Take Merit as an example. Others can become Quasi-Saint Realm with just one unit of Merit, but he needs ten or even dozens of units.
This sounds incredibly difficult, as it's the legendary path to enlightenment through Force-Proven Dao, a dead end that no one in the Primordial World could traverse.
Zhenyuanzi thought to himself with these feelings, but didn't say anything more.
Since Jiang Yuan was a disciple of the Lady Nuwa, neither Nuwa nor Fuxi said anything about it, and as an outsider, he shouldn't say too much.
"I have no grand ambitions whatsoever; it's nothing more than youthful arrogance. My master and senior uncle have reprimanded me for this several times, telling me not to be too greedy, for too much of anything is bad."
"However, I am stubborn by nature and will not turn back until I hit a wall. I am determined to try to Force-Proven Dao and accomplish a feat that has never been done before."
He had accumulated a great deal of Merit, yet he still did not choose to break through.
Sensing the admonition in Zhenyuanzi's words, Jiang Yuan explained to him, "Force-Proven Dao is indeed very difficult, but I still want to give it a try."
After all, there's still a chance of success if you try, but there's no hope at all if you don't try.
"Then you need to accumulate more Merit. To achieve Force-Proven Dao, you not only need extremely high comprehension, but also a vast amount of resources."
"But these resources are impossible to gather all at once; the only way is through the conversion of Merit. In that case, if one can accumulate immeasurable Merit, there is a slight possibility of success."
Upon hearing this, Hong Yun spoke very frankly.
He actually knew how to achieve Force-Proven Dao; it was quite simple. All he needed to do was accumulate enough Merit to rival the Creation Merit, which was ten times the Merit becoming a saint.
The Merit enough to create ten Sage, all concentrated in one person, would enable them to Force-Proven Dao. Doesn't that sound simple? But no one in the Primordial World could gather so much Merit.
"This is related to my journey. In the Primordial World, the greatest achievement is creating heaven and earth, followed by creating all things, and then governing the Primordial World."
"I have participated in the governance of the Primordial World, and all the Merit I have accumulated comes from this. With the merit of governing the Primordial World, let alone breaking through to a higher realm, it is not impossible for me to even cultivate into Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal."
"But to achieve enlightenment through Force-Proven Dao is far from enough. Therefore, I need more Merit."
"Through my research, I have discovered that although the Primordial World world was created by the Great God Pangu, it has been repeatedly damaged due to the rampant presence of powerful beings, and has even faced the danger of destruction at one point."
"In ancient times, the three races fought for supremacy, causing the four corners of the world to become unbalanced, the heavens and earth to become unstable, Primordial World to be in danger of collapse."
"It was the five strongest warriors of the three races who stepped forward and sacrificed themselves to eternally guard the four corners of the earth, thus averting the catastrophe of the primordial Primordial World and bringing about the prosperous age we enjoy today."
"As a result of this action, the five powerful beings all gained immeasurable Merit, and were elevated to the status of sacred beasts, on par with Sage."
"What does this mean? It means that besides these three great Merit, there is another great Merit: the Merit of Repairing Heaven and Earth."
"This merit can also create Sage."
"And now, the only place in this Primordial World that needs restoration is the Western Lands, which was destroyed by the Demon Ancestor in ancient times and became a barren wasteland."
"If this place can be governed well and restored to its former glory, the Merit gained would be enough to create at least one or two Sage."
"This is the purpose of my trip: to see for myself the situation in the Western Lands and see if I can devise a way to govern this land and thus claim the Merit of Repairing Heaven and Earth."
Following Hong Yun's words, Jiang Yuan not only gave himself a plausible reason for his journey to the west, but also explained why he had come to Longevity Mountain.
Just passing by!
If one is going to the Western Lands, it is impossible not to pass by Longevity Mountain. As a junior member of the Mystic Sect sect, it would be quite unreasonable not to pay a visit to the temple of one's predecessors.
"Um?"
"Such a Merit act, and you just tell us about it without any restraint? Aren't you afraid we'll steal your Merit?"
Zhenyuanzi asked incredulously.