Within the Pure Profound Dao Palace, as the chime of the stone bell faded, Zhang Yu emerged from his meditation, having concluded another Origin Void Inquiry.
After reaching the upper realm, cultivators needed only to inquire into the Origin Void and the Great Chaos to cultivate.
Yet he had not forgotten that the Six Seals were the foundation of his own being, as well as the tendrils of the Great Dao. By the principles of the Profound Method, following this path upward, one could climb toward the Great Dao even without relying on the Origin Void or the Great Chaos.
But relying purely on the Six Seals of the Great Dao was in truth very difficult. The higher the Dao rose, the vaster it became, requiring constant unraveling. To unravel the Great Dao Seal required even deeper cultivation, so one still had to seize the Dao and conduct inquiries within the Origin Void or the Great Chaos.
It was like traveling through an empty, boundless void. You knew where you could ultimately seek to reach, but as for precisely how to walk the road between, you still had to discern your direction and know where you stood. Inquiry was precisely this.
And this happened to show that fundamental Dao methods were merely the ground on which one stood. To obtain supreme power, one still had to cling outward and draw sustenance from without before ascending further. The key here lay in exchange.
Of course, slaying upper-realm mighty figures was likewise a form of "exchange," but one could not attain the Great Dao merely by relying on that for now.
Now, as he inquired into the Origin Void and the Great Chaos, he felt his cultivation deepen with every passing moment. Truthfully, only during the initial stage after a cultivator crossed