By now, Gu Yuanqing was increasingly certain that the Rule Divine Artifacts above the Nine Heavens had been formed from the Dao Principle Imprints of great predecessors.
When his cultivation had been low, cultivating the Rule Divine Artifact Dao would have meant using another's Dao to build his own Dao Foundation.
Although this would have taken him farther, faster than comprehending the Great Dao himself, it also had its drawbacks.
Those who learn from me live; those who merely resemble me die.
Walking another's road meant being limited by the attainments of those who had come before.
They rose through Rule Divine Artifacts and fell through Rule Divine Artifacts. The God King level was almost inevitably their pinnacle.
As their attainments increased, their foundations, Divine Souls, and Divine Sparks became ever more deeply integrated with their Rule Divine Artifacts. To take another step forward and break through those barriers, they would have to overturn everything they had built, starting from the very roots.
For those who had always followed their predecessors' paths, how terribly difficult that would be.
This must also be why God Lords are almost nothing more than legends in the worlds of Rule Divine Artifacts!
But Gu Yuanqing was now entirely different.
He had first walked the Immortal Path, attaining his cultivation by comprehending Heaven and Earth and verifying the Great Dao.
Now that he had become a Celestial Immortal, his Dao Foundation was established. His realm, insight, and understanding were all far beyond what they had once been.
When verifying his understanding against Rule Divine Artifacts and comprehending them, he was no longer so easily swayed by them. Naturally, he had fewer of his former reservations.
Besides the Primordial Creation Heaven Wheel, there were also the Heaven Measuring Ruler, Town Abyss Underworld Edict, Sky Transformation Command