Jian Shang had now reached the True Immortal realm, and had learned something of the Upper Realm's secrets. Naturally, his perspective had changed.
In Jian Shang's estimation, the Violet Star River Record was probably not a martial arts canon in the purest sense. Rather, it had been created from the essential mysteries of the Ten Thousand Emperors World-Suppressing Canon, one of Immortal Venerable Pangu's five true inheritances. Its conception was audacious enough to defy heaven, and its cultivation path was immensely powerful, but the chances of realizing it were slim. This heaven-defying canon was probably still a theoretical, half-finished work, and its full name should have been the Celestial Cycle Star River Record.
According to the Violet Star River Record's vision of commanding the celestial star officials and ruling the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, the Violet Star was merely one of many star officials, not even the highest among them. Moreover, cultivation in the Mortal Realm could, at most, reach the level of the North Pole Violet Star Great Emperor, one of the Four Sovereigns. Perhaps that was the main reason it was called the Violet Star River Record!
Nevertheless, the principles advocated within the Violet Star River Record-the Great Dao of the celestial cycle, the relationship between sovereign and subject, and methods of restraint and governance-truly had their brilliant points. Its creator had indeed possessed astonishing talent, defied heaven, and been a lawless "madman." Still, its compatibility with the Myriad Emperors Dao within Jian Shang's own lawless Imperial Dao had given him a tremendous surprise.
My cultivation realm has already reached its limit. Even arduous cultivation would be useless. All I can do is strengthen my methods and deepen my foundations as much as possible, so that I can counter every method under heaven without being countered myself...
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