Lord Taisu did not know that Gu Changqing was fundamentally different from the Elder of Chaos.
In the past, when he had imparted his teachings to the Elder of Chaos, the latter had done nothing but memorize and contemplate them.
Hungrily and thirstily, he had carved every word and sentence of the Taisu True Exposition into the origin of his Dao Foundation, cherishing it as a priceless treasure. Yet he had always circled its outer edges, never truly touching the core of the Way of Taisu.
To put it plainly, what the Elder of Chaos had gained was merely the "form" of the Taisu True Exposition.
Gu Changqing, however, was different.
What he cultivated was the Dao of Hunyuan.
Ten thousand laws coexisted; ten thousand Daos returned to one.
Those words were the foundation of Gu Changqing's pursuit of the Dao.
The Dao of Hunyuan was inherently all-encompassing, embracing and accommodating everything.
In Gu Changqing's eyes, no law of the Great Dao, no power of origin between heaven and earth, existed in isolation. Each was a piece of a puzzle that could be integrated into his own Great Dao.
Thus, when he listened to the teachings, what he did was never contemplation.
It was integration.
Every word Lord Taisu spoke, every profound truth he uttered, was drawn into Gu Changqing's Sea of Consciousness through his divine ability, Illuminating the Heavens.
Then they continually collided, verified one another, and blended with his own Dao of Hunyuan, ultimately becoming part of his Great Dao.
Like a hundred rivers entering the sea, like ten thousand streams returning to the abyss.
This was what made Gu Changqing truly terrifying.
It was also why Lord Taisu was so profoundly shaken at that moment.
He had lived for endless ages. He had witnessed Taiyi stir, Taichu