After Zhang Yu had read Daoist Qing Shuo's Dao manual, he could not help but ponder it.
Celestial Xia cultivation methods had appeared within Daoist Qing Shuo's Dao arts. Following that line of reasoning, the possibility that Daoist Qing Shuo was his "Upper Self" had grown even greater.
Yet there was still a problem here.
Celestial Xia's Dao arts had emerged over the long years as cultivators battled primordial aberrations, comprehended heaven, earth, and nature, and gradually changed and evolved through exchanges among all sides. They were unique to Celestial Xia itself.
The Dao mechanism of heaven and earth differed, so the courses taken by two worlds could never be wholly identical. Just as different soil bred different grasses and trees, there would naturally be deviations.
Even in a Dao-Transformed World, the evolution of Dao arts would inevitably follow the changes of that world. There was no possibility of them suddenly becoming the methods of another world.
The "Upper Self" was himself, but because they existed beneath different heavens and earths, their respective Dao arts ought to have been different as well.
He also knew that once Dao arts reached a certain realm, external premonitions would arise. The "Upper Self" could likewise sense that he would one day contend with another "self." Though he did not know where it would come from or when it would arrive, there would certainly be an omen in his heart. This was also why Zhang Yu had previously tried his utmost not to reveal his own strength.
But knowing of another "self" did not mean knowing Celestial Xia's Dao arts, just as he could not have known what this world was like before coming here.
Thus, there was only one possibility that could have led to this situation. After considering it carefully, if matters