At sea.
Xu Xuan had no time to concern himself with the other scriptures. First, he examined the Hanging Heaven Mixed Thunder Book.
A brief look through it revealed that, besides [Dao-Mixed Mystery], it also recorded the [Self-Reflection] Luo An had mentioned.
[Dao-Mixed Mystery]: cleave open Primordial Chaos, seek mystery for the Dao.
This Divine Ability was described by only that single, brief line. The remaining text was obscured by Chaos Qi and still could not be seen, whereas the other Divine Ability recorded within, [Self-Reflection], was perfectly legible.
[Self-Reflection]: cultivate oneself and reflect, unsullied by past karma. This Divine Ability washed away past karma and severed past transgressions through self-cultivation, perfectly embodying thunder's virtue of freedom from karma and allowing one to evade the Three Calamities.
If [Ride Without Blame] warded off Tribulation Punishment at the Life Foundation, preventing Altar Thunder from descending, then [Self-Reflection] brought perfection at the Nature Root, leaving one unburdened by karma and untouched by calamity or tribulation.
Even this cursory reading stirred a strange feeling in his heart.
Cultivating these two Divine Abilities would likely take one rather too far from the destructive intent of Altar Thunder and Tribulation Punishment.
If I cultivate this path, can I really seek Interflowing Union simply by harmonizing [Thunderfall Marsh]?
His understanding of this Golden Rank was profound, and he now perceived the strangeness of these cultivation methods. Interflowing Union involved death and life, descent and ascent; thus, the two natures of Shock-Altar had to be connected.
Yet once [Ride Without Blame] and [Self-Reflection] were mastered, calamities and tribulations would likely be unable to touch him, and Heavenly Punishment would not descend. How, then, could he receive Altar Thunder?
Luo An had no idea what Xu Xuan was thinking and continued explaining.
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