Within this Great Universe, two states were especially unusual: the self-severing slash and ultimate sublimation.
Self-severing slash: Fellow Daoist, harmony is precious in all things. Let us journey down the Immortal Path together.
Ultimate sublimation: I'll smash your head to pieces. If you can fight, quit running your mouth.
What changed, what was severed, was the Great Dao, but also a Dao Heart-the reluctant compromise Great Emperors and Ancient Emperors made with the Dharma-Ending Era and the River of Time.
At the end of the Chaotic Ancient Era, heaven's will dealt itself a severing slash. It cut the Undying Immortal Medicine until it wailed, reducing its quality to divine medicine; it cut Supreme Beings whose lifespans had reached a million years down to a mere ten thousand; it cut until no immortals remained in the mortal world, nor even a trace of longevity substance.
Heaven's Will Slash had not even spared cultivators or the body-as-seed system, leaving behind a realm-Immortal Three Severing the Dao!
Mediocre talents could never break through, but the stronger a person was, the greater the resistance they might encounter. Their so-called natural gifts could become a heavenly chasm barring the road ahead.
What was called Immortal Three Severing the Dao was, in fact, severing a cultivator's path!
To continue forward, they had to take a slash at themselves. Only by ceasing to be a flawless Dao seed could they accord with the true meaning of "the Great Dao numbers fifty, while the Heavenly Dao uses forty-nine."
Yet, turning the question around, if one was flawed from the outset, how could one become an immortal, attain true great perfection, or stand shoulder to shoulder with the Great Universe?
Lin Xian pondered deeply. He spoke with several people who had severed their Dao, discussed the Dao with the