The Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor's Longevity Method was profoundly ingenious: merging his primordial spirit with a Dao weapon. Through years of continuous cultivation and refinement, he had perfected it to a considerable degree. Compared with the fragments preserved on Blood Phoenix Mountain, it was more concise and majestic, conveying profound truths in a handful of words.
The Primordial Spirit Merged with Dao Weapon, the self becoming the weapon's divine spirit.
Why was a weapon's spirit called a divine spirit? Why had the ancient sages spread their teachings and founded great sects?
In this method, the Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor explained the roles of faith power and weapon spirits in full.
"The way of heaven takes from what has a surplus to replenish what is lacking. The way of humanity is otherwise: it takes from what is lacking to serve what has a surplus."
"Fortune is no vague, intangible notion. What is determined at birth is fate; what is changed afterward is fortune. Destiny is not fixed, but constantly rises and falls."
The Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor spoke at length, recounting his experiences before attaining the Dao. When weak, he had needed to endure countless twists and trials to rise. Once he became powerful, however, the Great Universe was like a groveling admirer, delivering immortal metals and divine materials to his doorstep for free.
The reason most Dao-Attainers throughout history had risen along the Emperor Path was precisely that they had fought across the starry sky without an equal, sweeping through one ancient stellar domain after another. Their names were celebrated throughout the Myriad Realms, and as they reached the pinnacle of their lives, they also gathered the fortune belonging to a Great Emperor.
All living beings admired strength. The stronger one was, the more deeply one was engraved in their