It was not a question of which was better. Neither path stood above the other; seeking within oneself and seeking from the world simply differed in difficulty.
That was why Jiang Yun's cultivation speed had always been astonishing. Even while cultivating myriad Daos, he was scarcely slower than anyone else.
His own potential truly was growing without end. By completing other bloodlines, he could also gain "nourishment" unavailable to those rooted solely in this world.
Complete Immortal King Bloodlines and complete Ten Fierce Bloodlines, for instance. In this broken universe, so-called perfection had long since vanished.
"I am the 'seed,' then. Is the Source World the 'branch' I grew, or perhaps the 'fruit' I bore?"
With that thought clear, Jiang Yun examined the changes in the Source World again, and more ideas gradually surfaced in his mind.
He had "put down roots" in the world of Shrouding the Heavens, drawing in "nourishment" without cease and using it to make the Source World ever stronger.
What had begun as a tiny twig—the Source Space—had grown into a realm that could now be called the Origin Small World.
As a branch grown from the seed of his own body, could the Source World draw on the energy within that branch and feed it back to the seed, to his very foundation?
Years ago, Jiang Yun had slaughtered the entire Golden Crow Clan on Ziwei Star. The Golden Crow Bloodline he had forged by chance afterward was still displayed on his panel.
[Golden Crow Bloodline (36.06%)]
"Can the branch really draw nourishment to sustain the seed? One small test will tell me!"
At a thought, an invisible mass of Jiang Yun's divine sense looked down upon the First City of the present-day universe like an incarnation of the Grand Dao.
Magnificent