The Three Realms' Current State and Future Path
Zhou Zheng talked with Ji Ning for a while and quickly gained an understanding of the current situation in the Three Realms.
Since Ji Ning broke through to the Dao Lord realm, he has brought back a large number of ancient texts to the Three Realms and established the "Three Realms Secret Pavilion". Previously, the masters of Three Realms had no guidance and had to cultivate in hardship, but after the establishment of the Three Realms Secret Pavilion, the masters of the Three Realms made rapid progress.
Several World God and Chaos Immortal have emerged.
For example, Patriarch Bodhi, Hou Yi, the Sanqing Daoist, Tathagata Buddha, Fuxi clan Suirenshi, Wind Demon, Master Huan Mu, and so on—these people, who already had profound knowledge, have all broken through to new heights.
"Master, you helped Fuxi clan regain his memories back then. After he woke up, he was freed from the enslavement of the Old Man Yuan. The Three Human Emperors have always wanted to thank you, Master!" Ji Ning said with a smile.
"They will be very happy to know that you have returned, Master."
"It's good that it can recover."
A smile appeared on Zhou Zheng's face. He had put in a lot of effort for Fuxi clan back then, but Fuxi clan was still asleep when he left the Three Realms. Now that he knew that the other party had returned to normal, he was naturally quite gratified.
"However, Patriarch Bodhi is no longer in the Three Realms. After breaking through to the World Realm, he went out to train with the Three Pure Ones and a few others!" Ji Ning added.
"I never expected that I would miss my master!"
Zhou Zheng shook his head slightly. Patriarch Bodhi was born from Chaos God-Demon, so naturally he was not like Ji Ning, who possessed Second Primordial Spirit. Therefore, he would definitely not be able to see Patriarch Bodhi this time he returned.
However, he had no regrets, as there would be plenty of opportunities to meet again in the future.
After Zhou Zheng spoke with Ji Ning, Ji Ning then informed the gods and demons of the Three Realms of Zhou Zheng's return.
Back in the Three Realms, Zhou Zheng killed the Old Man Yuan and the Heart Demon, saving countless people and earning immense prestige. Now, in the entire Three Realms, only Ji Ning, who established the "Three Realms Secret Pavilion Three Realms," can rival him.
Of course, as Ji Ning's master, Zhou Zheng would automatically gain a portion of Ji Ning's reputation, which made his status even more special. Therefore, Zhou Zheng's return was quite a sensation in the entire Three Realms.
Although Zhou Zheng was unable to enter the Three Realms at this moment, many gods and demons came to visit him in the Chaos after learning of his return.
Zhou Zheng personally disliked this kind of thing, so even though the gods and demons of the Three Realms were very enthusiastic, he didn't make a big fuss. Apart from catching up with some gods and demons he used to be on good terms with, he didn't see anyone else.
Before he knew it, a month Past, and the number of visitors had finally dwindled. Zhou Zheng then temporarily settled down on a Chaos Star near the Three Realms.
According to Zhou Zheng's plan, he originally intended to visit the Three Realms and then travel to the Endless Territory to comprehend the Ultimate Dao as soon as possible.
However, plans can't keep up with changes. Ji Ning established the Three Realms Secret Pavilion in the Three Realms, which contains many Space-Time Dharma Gate. Zhou Zheng decided to stay there for the time being and study these Space-Time Dharma Gate first.
The Three Realms Secret Pavilion is not open to everyone; to obtain secret techniques and supernatural powers, one generally needs to make contributions.
However, setting aside the fact that Zhou Zheng Ji Ning's master, his contributions to the Three Realms alone are unparalleled, so viewing the methods within him would naturally not be a problem.
Of course, he couldn't enter the Three Realms, so these methods were personally delivered to him by Ji Ning.
Time flies like water, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten years Past.
Techniques related to time and space are inherently precious. Furthermore, the Three Realms Secret Pavilion Ji Ning primarily draws its texts from the "Heavenly Cang Palace." However, the Heavenly Cang Palace is not particularly powerful within the entire Endless Territory, so its accumulated knowledge is naturally limited.
In addition, Zhou Zheng relied on his accumulation from another world, so he was able to read many different methods very quickly. Therefore, in just over ten years, he had read all of them.
"I once observed a large number of Space-Time Dharma Gate in Taixu Valley and created the ' Five Scrolls of Space-Time.' Now, when I re-examine the ' Five Scrolls of Space-Time,' I still find that it has its merits!" Zhou Zheng pondered silently.
The original "Five Scrolls of Space-Time" was divided into five parts: the Space-Time Domain, the Space-Time Birth and Death and space, Space-Time Shuttle, Reverse Space-Time, and the Formless and Faceless.
In Zhou Zheng's current understanding, the Space-Time Origin of this Chaos Universe should also have five directions: destruction, rebirth, traversal, transformation, and infinity.
The original "Five Scrolls of Space-Time," while not a one-to-one correspondence, already encompassed most of the five paths.
"Each of the five paths leads to the Strongest Dao, then the five Strongest Dao merge, and then take another step forward—that is the Ultimate Space-Time Dao!" Zhou Zheng pondered silently. His initial goal was the "Ultimate Dao," so naturally he was now heading in that direction.
Of course, Zhou Zheng's idea may not be correct. The complete Space-Time Origin may have six or even seven paths.
But there's no need to dwell on whether it's right or wrong for now. At least we have to keep going. If it's wrong, as long as he hasn't broken through to the Dao Lord, there's still a chance to make up for it.
After Zhou Zheng finished reading all the books, he returned them all. However, not long after, Ji Ning returned with another pile of books.
"Are these all Sword Dao manuals?" Zhou Zheng asked Ji Ning.
"Master, you were skilled in Sword Dao and time travel. The Three Realms Secret Pavilion doesn't have many time travel texts, but it has plenty of Sword Dao texts!" Ji Ning smiled, then solemnly took out a bamboo tube and said:
"Master, this is my path, please guide me."
"With your level of skill, it seems you're the one who should be guiding me now!" Zhou Zheng smiled and accepted the jade tube that Ji Ning had taken out without any pretense.
It is a pleasure to benefit from the disciple's "Dao" and with a Zhou Zheng mind, one would not feel ashamed because of it.
"Master, you've been trapped all these years. If not, you would probably have broken through to the Dao Lord level by now!" Ji Ning said with some emotion.
Ji Ning knew a bit about Zhou Zheng's Past, and given Zhou Zheng's cultivation speed back then, this statement wasn't entirely wrong.
Moreover, Ji Ning could also see that Zhou Zheng had already reached the World Realm Perfection.
Being trapped and cultivating alone, yet still able to reach the World Realm Perfection in a short time, is itself a manifestation of terrifying talent.
It should be understood that some World Realm, even with guidance, may not be able to reach the World Realm Perfection even after spending hundreds or thousands of Chaos Epoch.
With Zhou Zheng's terrifying talent, even if he doesn't comprehend the Ultimate Dao due to insufficient opportunities, there is hope that he can fuse with the Strongest Dao, and the chance of him achieving the Strongest Dao is very high. Breaking through to the Dao Lord level is not a big problem at all.
That's why Ji Ning had this feeling.
Zhou Zheng didn't say much about this. If he really wanted to break through quickly, with his accumulated experience, he could Dao Merge within a thousand years!
But does it make sense? Absolutely not!
If he's going to leave, he'll take the strongest, Ultimate Dao. If he succeeds in Dao Merge through the Ultimate Dao, that's true power!
PS: Third update.