Wave after wave of Aura Pressure poured from the depths of the Firmament!
A tremor stirred in Chen Cuo's heart. With a turn of thought, he understood.
"This is the Aura Pressure that arises when someone touches upon or speaks of an ineffable existence beyond all common sense!"
He had visualized many beings from myth, so he recognized it at once!
"I've felt warnings when visualizing those Great Divine Ability Users, but what caused this Aura Pressure now? Did his words make me think about the War of Investiture of the Gods? But I've thought about it before..."
He had once searched through texts, hoping to compare them with the myths and history he knew from his previous life. Instead, he had found something strange: the War of Investiture of the Gods at the end of Shang seemed never to have happened.
At that thought, he could not help asking, "If the War of Investiture of the Gods was buried deep in history, shouldn't that have happened over the passage of ages? What does it have to do with this strange Mist Aura?"
The man in the mirror replied, "The war was concealed because of the contention of the Hundred Schools in Pre-Qin times and the Second Severing of Heaven and Earth! That was the work of a great Divine Ability. Later generations tried to comprehend and control such power, even to use it as a basis to establish a Path and attain it! This Mist Aura is one such attempt."
Chen Cuo felt another stir in his heart.
"There are Nine Heavenly Daos, the utmost number. Seven exist today." The man in the mirror regarded Chen Cuo with a faint, unreadable smile. "But establishing a Path and attaining it are not so simple. Opportunity is a prerequisite, yet Dao