Just as Lu Tian was examining the sand table, Styx suddenly clapped in admiration. "Wonderful! Truly wonderful!" With a light tap of his fingertip, the mountain-and-river formation diagram before him immediately shifted shape. Zhenyuanzi smiled as though he had expected this. "Fellow Daoist, your insight is as sharp as a torch. I am impressed."
After Styx finished his demonstration, Zhenyuanzi spoke with a smile. "If everyone can comprehend the terrain changes in this diagram, the formation can evolve even more intricate landscapes for you to study."
"My aptitude is **, and I have only comprehended a little over 129,000 terrain diagrams." He spoke humbly. "Today, I dare to make a fool of myself and offer this as a humble beginning, inviting everyone to study it together in pursuit of progress on the Great Dao."
"I obtained this formation by chance and do not know where its limits lie. If you are interested, feel free to give it a try."
As soon as he said this, all the great powers present grew interested. Opportunities to comprehend the Earthly Dao were rare!
A sly glint flashed through Zhenyuanzi's eyes. "In my opinion, why not seal your cultivation realms before attempting comprehension?" His intentions were obvious—he wished to eliminate the gap between them, preventing an Earthly Sage like Styx from monopolizing the advantage, while also stopping the other Sages from relying on their realms to take shortcuts.
Lu Tian laughed at this. Was this not simply asking all these powerhouses to compete in comprehension? Zhenyuanzi's move was truly brilliant. Discussing the Dao would be too vague, while fighting would be inappropriate. Only by setting the contest in his own area of expertise could he ultimately decide where things would go.
Sure enough, the competitive spirits of the powerhouses were immediately stirred. They might