The Way of the Nightmare Immortal
Just over a month after Nuwa, the second Golden Core Stage cultivator in the Spirit Realm was born!
Its name is Taiqing!
He cultivated more Divine Ability than Nuwa, a total of twenty-four!
However, he was still able to combine these twenty-four Divine Ability to form a Supreme Dao Arts: the Taiqing Immortal Dao!
After April, the third Supreme Dao Arts was born.
Yuqing Immortal Dao!
On the same day, the fourth Supreme Dao Arts was born.
The Shangqing Immortal Dao!
The Taiqing Immortal Dao takes non-action as its soul, alchemy as its foundation, and is proficient in Thunder Method and Fire Technique.
The Yuqing Immortal Dao takes moral education as its core, weapon crafting as its foundation, and is proficient in Thunder Method and Law Technique.
The Shangqing Immortal Dao centers on the struggle for survival, with formations as its framework, and is proficient in Thunder Method and Swordsmanship.
With the experience of these great masters, later generations learned from them, visited and admired them, and then combined their own memories to create methods that suited them.
For example: Hongjun's Immortal Path.
The White-Robed Empress: The Way of Flying Immortals.
Ye Fan - the Way of Battle
Fuxi's Formations and the Way of Music.
Di Jun and Taiyi · Blazing Sun Heavenly Dao.
Rahu - The Demonic Path
Guidance Attaining Dao in Dreams.
The Way of the Golden Body (or a Perfected Body)
Styx - the Way of the Sea of Blood
Yang Ning had no idea that the hundreds of Peerless Divine Abilities inherited from the Tai Heng Star alone could be combined to create so many Supreme Dao Arts.
The key is that the logic of each sect is self-consistent, and the Golden Core is extremely stable, with no risk of collapse.
Before Yang Ning even began learning Buddhist Cultivation Method, Jieyin and Zhunti had already developed Great Buddhist Divine Abilities based on existing Peerless Divine Abilities!
This further proves the necessity for Yang Ning to overthrow Taiheng, because it was the major sects, led by Taiheng, that blocked knowledge and kept their Peerless Divine Abilities secret, which prevented the owners of these Divine Ability abilities from exchanging and learning from each other.
So much so that there were only a few Peerless Divine Abilities in the world 300,000 years ago, and there are still only a few 300,000 years later!
As he watched his subordinates grow in number and the number of Supreme Dao Arts increase, Yang Ning was both surprised and delighted. At the same time, he couldn't help but begin to ponder: What is my Dao?
Among these powerful figures, the one most worthy of emulation is undoubtedly Hongjun. He cultivated a total of 171 peerless Peerless Divine Abilities, practically mastering Peerless Divine Abilities related to the upper and middle grades of Spiritual Qi that Yang Ning possessed!
Then, he combined these Divine Ability in a way that resembled those of immortals.
After all, no matter what Divine Ability one cultivates, the ultimate goal is to become an immortal.
The golden core formed by the 171 Divine Ability was indeed extraordinary. The quality of the Golden Core Method that Hongjun cultivated was so high that it was unbelievable. If Yang Ning hadn't asked Hengming to let him see the true Immortal Qi, he probably would have thought that Hongjun had already become an immortal!
Even without becoming an immortal, his combat power was already incredibly high. He could easily defeat a Golden Core cultivator at the tenth level, and he only failed to fight a Spiritual Law Realm cultivator at the first or second level.
"But I not only possess 171 immortal supernatural Divine Ability, but also 108 Demonic Dao Divine Abilities, 86 Buddhist Divine Ability, and 42 other kinds."
Looking at the Divine Ability he had cultivated, Yang Ning realized that Rahu had fused together the demonic, ghostly, blood, and Curse Dao Divine Abilities- related supernatural powers of low-grade spiritual Spiritual Qi to create the Demonic Path, leaving the Styx with nothing to cultivate. So, he could only fuse together the Blood Dao- related Divine Ability of rivers and oceans to create the Way of the Sea of Blood.
In other words, the 409 Divine Ability he possesses are divided into four categories: immortal, demonic, Buddhist, and miscellaneous.
So, what concept can encompass all four concepts: immortal, demon, Buddha, and miscellaneous?
Such a concept actually exists!
Strength!
Road!
Whether it's the power of immortals, the power of demons, the power of Buddhism, or any other miscellaneous power, it all ultimately belongs to the Dao!
Secondly, they all belong to the realm of power!
If he chooses to encompass all his Divine Ability using the concept of the Dao, then his future path is clear: Dao Ancestor!
If he chooses the second path, the path of power.
His path was clear: death!
There's no way around it; human strength has its limits, while the power of heaven and earth has no limits. When the path of power reaches the limit of humanity, in order to surpass oneself, one can only challenge heaven and earth.
This was a doomed outcome.
Because if they can't win, they'll die.
If you win the battle, and there's nothing beyond that world, and you become one with it, you'll die!
If there are worlds beyond worlds, then we must challenge even greater worlds.
This cycle repeats endlessly.
You can't avoid challenges; your path is power, and without pursuing power, your path risks collapse!
Proving Dao with Power is a dead end; this is not just empty talk.
So, should we choose the first option?
The moment Yang Ning had this thought, he felt an immense power looming over his head!
"Holy crap!" Yang Ning quickly suppressed his ambition.
It's very simple. Since the concept of "Tao" exists in this world, then the Dao Ancestor must also exist.
Since he is the Dao Ancestor, he must be among the very top, if not the strongest in the world.
You dare to challenge him for the right of way? How do you want to die?
Ordinary immortals cannot descend from the Immortal Realm, so could the Dao Ancestor?
Maybe this rule was even made by someone else!
"If I cannot become the Dao Ancestor, Proving Dao with Power is a dead end, then what should I do? Should I pursue the Way of Natural Science?"
This approach is indeed feasible, because science is a method of studying the world, and these Peerless Divine Abilities naturally exist in this world, thus being part of science and subject to study.
Even science and Tao are synonyms; what's the difference between seeking Tao and conducting scientific research?
In Yang Ning's view, there is no difference.
Scientists could easily say they were a group of Daoist priests, since they were all pursuing the Great Dao!
But.
Yang Ning shook his head again.
The path of science is indeed powerful, but some people have already left.
It wasn't some big shot from the celestial realm, but rather some scientists under his command.
Vegapunk, Orochimaru, Chu Xuan, Chen Ang, Dr. X, Ding Yi, and the Three-Body Scientists.
At his cultivation speed, he might not be able to surpass Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones, but he is destined to be faster than these scientists. If he takes the path of science, these scientists will only be able to take the branches of that path.
Does this count as stealing the Dao Path of one's own subordinates?
Yang Ning didn't have such moral fastidiousness; he just felt there should be better options!
For example, Nightmare Energy?
"Since the Lawful Nightmare Power can corrode any object, and I Lawful Nightmare Power to corrode all the Supernatural Power Seed, then don't they also have one thing in common?"
"Is this plan feasible?" Yang Ning first rolled up a small amount of talisman. He had absorbed the insights of several powerful figures who had broken through to the Golden Core Stage, so his skills were naturally quite proficient.
It wasn't exactly simple, but it didn't take much effort either; the three Peerless Divine Abilities were linked together.
These three Divine Ability are: Fate Reversal Heavenly Star Technique, Heavenly Sea Divine Art, and Great Fate Curse Kill Technique.
These three supernatural Divine Ability belong to the realms of immortals and demons, involve upper, middle, and lower grades of Spiritual Qi, and none of the powerful figures who have broken through to the Golden Core stage have ever combined them together.
These three seemingly unrelated Divine Ability have strangely become connected after being corrupted by the Lawful Nightmare Power!
"It really works!" Yang Ning exclaimed in astonishment.
It's important to understand that this connection is not simply a matter of linking things together.
Once the Supernatural Power Seed are connected, they become a kind of Daoist technique, a part of the Dao Path.
For example, in the Shangqing Immortal Dao, the 24 peerless Peerless Divine Abilities are connected together, and what is formed is no longer twenty-four kinds of Divine Ability Power, but one power: Shangqing Mana!
Just like a molecule, when two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom are connected together, it is no longer two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, but a water molecule!
This is something entirely new!
Yang Ning tentatively derived this new power and then contemplated its meaning.
It can reverse fate, control water flow, and even Curse people!
Furthermore, it retains the properties of Nightmare Energy Corrosion.
It is the Nightmare Energy, the Heavenly Sea Divine Power, the Fate Reversal Star Power, and the Great Fate Curse Kill Power!
"I understand my path!" Yang Ning exclaimed after a long silence, suddenly realizing the truth!
He possesses two Divine Ability that cannot be taught to others.
Deep Blue Contract.
The Lawful Nightmare Power.
The former is Innate Divine Ability, while the latter requires the Nightmare Dragon Pearl.
People from the Spirit Realm can use the Lawful Nightmare Power, but they cannot create it.
If you want to create a great path, you must integrate these two forces into it.
It now seems that using Nightmare Energy to corrupt all the Supernatural Power Seed, along with the Deep Blue Contract, is the only way.
Moreover, the power obtained in this way seems to be quite strong.
"That's it!" Yang Ning finally made up his mind and decided on the name of his own Dao Path:
The Way of the Nightmare Immortal!