Everything completely contradicted Zhou Yuan's understanding.
It had been one thing when he had not known before.
But now that he had heard the old man's words,
Zhou Yuan felt that everything he had believed in had been utterly overturned.
The shock was too great.
Thus, faced with the old man's question, Zhou Yuan could not speak for a long while.
"Zhou Yuan, do you have any questions?"
The old man asked a second time.
"Teacher, I once heard..."
Zhou Yuan laid out what he knew, then asked:
"Why is the situation as you described it now? And what exactly happened in those repeated wars back then?"
Hearing Zhou Yuan's question, the old man shook his head and chuckled.
"It seems you have paid attention to the outside world. Unfortunately, your understanding is far too absurd and laughable!"
Grand Unity: Undying and Imperishable, Unworn by Myriad Tribulations!
The old man's conclusion regarding what Zhou Yuan had said was four words.
Absurd.
Laughable.
But then he considered that Zhou Yuan was merely a young human.
He had not even left Divine Capital Luoyang since his birth.
For him to understand the outside world to this extent was already quite impressive.
So the old man quickly suppressed the speechlessness born from finding it all too ridiculous.
"Very well. Since you are earnest, I shall explain it carefully to you today."
"So that you will not be misled by the rumors spread outside."
The old man spoke.
Then he fell silent in thought.
He was clearly organizing his thoughts.
After a while, he slowly began.
"The Primordial World is boundless. To be considered a great power within it, one must at least be a Grand Unity Golden Immortal."
"And what kind of existence is a Grand Unity?"
The old man looked at Zhou Yuan and the others as though posing a question.
But naturally, he was not truly asking them.
After all, Zhou Yuan and the others clearly could not answer such a question.
So at this moment, the old man was merely using this tone to draw everyone's attention.
"Unknowable, unquestionable, unheard, unspeakable, untold, inexpressible—standing above all things, transcending all things, becoming a Dao and a rule in itself."
"It transcends spacetime and the River of Destiny, breaks free from the Heavenly Dao's fate, controls the past, future, and present, and unites the three bodies as one."
"With a single thought, myriad worlds are created. With a single thought, all heavens shatter."
"This is a Grand Unity Golden Immortal!"
The old man's voice was not loud.
It was merely loud enough for everyone to hear clearly.
Yet what he described, especially to Zhou Yuan, sounded like thunder. It blew his former way of thinking and understanding into fragments.
Transcending spacetime and the River of Destiny?
Breaking free from the Heavenly Dao's fate?
Controlling the past, future, and present?
This was a Grand Unity Golden Immortal?
How did it seem even Saints were not this formidable?
"Wait!"
Zhou Yuan suddenly realized something.
He had never actually seen a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
What he called knowledge was merely scattered legends passed down through a long history.
Vague and impossible to verify.
Now that he had come to the real Primordial World and obtained clearer, more accurate knowledge, it did not seem so surprising after all.
"Grand Unity beings are eternally indestructible. What can a mere tribulation possibly do to them?"
"Only if the legendary Immeasurable Tribulation truly descended, extinguishing all living beings and returning the Heavenly Dao to ruin, could a Grand Unity possibly fall."
"And the current existences—every one of them is a mighty expert who has explored above the Grand Unity realm for endless ages. Those called Quasi-Saints, Half-step Primordial Chaos, and the like are even less comparable to ordinary Grand Unity beings."
"How could they perish in ordinary conflicts?"
The old man continued speaking slowly.
Only then did Zhou Yuan finally recover from his shock.
At this moment, he could not help but curse inwardly.
He had originally thought this was a world after Journey to the West—
After all, the Tang Dynasty had already lasted twelve hundred years.
Who would have thought it was such a High-end Primordial World, tens of thousands of times more outrageous than the legends?
Gods and demons were everywhere.
Grand Unity beings were eternal.
Wouldn't the chaos of this Primordial World be even more turbulent and terrifying than the world of legend, which had been reshuffled by tribulations time and again?
After all, the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Races strode across the land.
The Witch and Demon Races fought without end.
The Dao and Demon factions were even more irreconcilable.
And there were also the grudges, loves, and hatreds among the Myriad Races and Spirits.
In an instant, Zhou Yuan thought of many things.
And in that same instant,
aside from silently cursing, Zhou Yuan truly did not know what else he should say.
But no matter how overwhelming the shock, it would eventually subside.
And the first thought that flashed through Zhou Yuan's mind once he calmed down was only one thing.
Strive to cultivate!
He had to strive to cultivate.
This Primordial World was far too dangerous.
If he lacked strength, he might not even know how he died.
There would be no need for anyone to target or assassinate him.
Just walking down the road, if he was unfortunate enough to encounter great powers fighting and got swept up in the aftermath, then without even a shred of strength to protect himself, he might be reduced to ashes.
Who would he reason with then?
For Zhou Yuan at this moment, cultivation was not difficult to access.
Just look at where he was now.
A school!
So many youths had gathered in the school.
They were not here specifically to listen to the big shot before them recount ancient tales.
They were here to hear him impart cultivation methods.
Sure enough, the old man had merely spent some time carefully explaining the power of Grand Unity beings to them...
Though it had not actually been all that detailed.
After all, while the old man before them was no ordinary person, he was clearly still a long way from Grand Unity.
A distance so vast that he might never cross it in his lifetime.
Naturally, he could not truly understand the power involved.
Thus, his descriptions carried a somewhat mysterious and abstruse air.
But none of that was important.
In any case, after speaking for a while and seeing every face filled with longing for the Dao Fruit of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, he was satisfied.
"Even if the entire human race joins forces and spends immeasurable time, it may not necessarily produce another Grand Unity. But hope must always be passed down."
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