Beneath the ancient tree, Xiao Yun listened to First Elder expound the Dao. From time to time, he joined the discussion as well, benefiting immensely and gaining many insights.
First Elder had existed for far too long. In the Eternal Ruins, he had debated the Dao with other powerhouses, so he had dabbled in the cultivation systems of the previous nine Chaos Epochs. In terms of breadth of vision, absolutely no one could compare to him.
Perhaps First Elder had not gone as far as Xiao Yun on the path of the Eternal Dao, but he had certainly traveled far more broadly.
Xiao Yun and the others had to focus their efforts and could not involve themselves too deeply in other paths. The powerhouses of the Eternal Ruins, however, were different. They no longer had any chance to attain the Eternal Dao, so naturally, they did not mind setting foot on other paths.
The collision of ideas from many paths also brought countless insights.
Xiao Yun and First Elder talked for several hundred years before finally ending their discussion.
"The path of uniting the myriad Daos into one is not wrong. That has already been proven through several Chaos Epochs. We merely speculate that the unification of myriad Daos is only the first half of the path to eternity," First Elder said with a sigh.
Xiao Yun nodded. After debating the Dao with First Elder, he became even more convinced that uniting the myriad Daos into one was correct. But the path to eternity was not merely about uniting the myriad Daos into one; he had yet to reach the end.
"A powerhouse of our era believes that uniting the myriad Daos into one means completely merging into that 'one,' without distinguishing between self and other," Xiao Yun said. This