"The Dao cultivated by Tribulation Deliverance Patriarch?"
Chu Mo fell silent for a moment, countless thoughts flashing through his mind. Tribulation Deliverance's Four Lineages were Upper Mound, Harmony Truth, Extinction Life, and Immortal Garden, each occupying one aspect of the Great Dao. If the Patriarch's Dao was connected to one of them, none seemed quite right.
He thought of the means Tribulation Deliverance had truly used to restrain its disciples since he joined, and a faint understanding stirred within him. Taking in disciples far and wide, disregarding their origins, placing no restrictive seals upon them...
At that moment, Heavenly Pivot glanced at Chu Mo, then suddenly scoffed and shook his head.
"Your Tribulation Deliverance really doesn't act like a sect. Any information with even a little value has to be bought at a price. Not even an exalted Sect Master is exempt."
"Oh." Chu Mo was not offended. "Do you know, then?"
"I don't know much, but I once heard the Sword Ancestor mention a little of it while expounding the Dao."
Heavenly Pivot's voice grew distant, as though he were recalling the past. "The Heavenly Venerable Realm isn't a realm cultivators can reach. At least, not through cultivation alone."
Chu Mo's brow furrowed slightly.
Heavenly Pivot continued, "At Spirit Transformation, one ascends to heaven; at Dao Integration, one establishes a Dao. One passes through calamities and endures tribulations, then brings the Dao Fruit to Mahayana. As for Heavenly Venerables... a Heavenly Venerable is a [symbol]."
"A symbol?" Chu Mo repeated the word.
"Correct, a [symbol]." Heavenly Pivot nodded and looked at Chu Mo. "A grand symbol representing a certain essence. Cultivation, attainment in the Dao, divine abilities, the Great Dao... all these are merely bricks used to knock upon the door of the Heavenly Venerable Realm. What we call