Approaching the Dao

The Ziwei Ancient Star, the Eastern Divine Continent.

The Solar Ancient Sect was the oldest sect of the human race and one of the origins of cultivation, flowing with the bloodline of the Solar Holy Emperor within their veins.

This had once been an extremely glorious heritage, serving as the number-one holy land of the Primordial Era. However, since the loss of the Sun Scripture in some unknowable, distant past, this heritage had plummeted and withered day by day.

By now, it had declined to the absolute extreme, and the entire heritage was teetering on the verge of collapse...

In fact, the current sect master had harbored lingering anxieties ever since taking office, fearing that the Saint Emperor's dao lineage would perish in his hands, and even more afraid that the Saint Emperor's bloodline would meet with an unspeakable fate like the Lunar Lineage...

Yet it seemed as though the "heavens and earth" could not bear to see the Human Emperor's dao lineage fade away like this, for today they had birthed an "immortal sprout" for the Sun God Sect.

Within a slightly dilapidated palace in the divine sect, a man bent down to scoop up a newly born male infant, examining him closely. The baby's eyes were spirited, and his skin and bones contained an inner divine radiance-and this was no mere figure of speech.

One could clearly see wisps of Yin and Yang Qi roaming and ascending within the infant's body, nurturing his internal organs, limbs, and bones. Even more, unfathomable "dao" and "principles" intertwined and evolved within him, connecting and linking with the external Great Dao as the quintessential Qi of heaven and earth poured in endlessly.

This was astonishing. To say nothing of connecting with quintessential Qi and cultivating every single moment, the most terrifying thing was that he was born connected to the Great Dao, baptized by it. This was tantamount to enhancing the infant's foundational "dao nature," bringing boundless benefits to the child's future cultivation.

Born close to the Dao, and born embracing the Yin and Yang Qi-what kind of constitution is this exactly?

Inside the palace, several white-bearded elders wore expressions of shock. Among them were sect elders and old servants, representing the few remaining experts of the Sun Church, and at that moment they were earnestly pondering and discussing.

"Could it be the legendary Supreme Immortal Physique?"

Hiss-

At these words, all the elders shivered. This was a supreme constitution that had only ever appeared in legends, belonging to the very pinnacle of mythical supreme physiques!

"No, although my son's aptitude is astonishing, his fleshly body's foundational power lacks that supreme fluctuation."

The man holding the infant possessed a sturdy physique and a heroic visage; he was the sect master of the current Solar Divine Dynasty.

The male infant had been in his hands all along, allowing him to perceive that while the baby's aptitude for approaching the Dao was heaven-defying and almost rivaled the Innate Dao Embryo, the foundational power of his flesh was not particularly vast.

"Hark, that is indeed true. The fleshly body's foundation lacks the fluctuations of a King Body or Divine Body, and is more like that of a mortal, only slightly more robust than that of ordinary geniuses."

"You call this a mortal physique? Which mortal physique is born embracing Yin and Yang?"

"You could say it's an Innate Dao Embryo, but it doesn't quite seem like it either!"

The infant was passed around among several elders, yet not a single one could determine what kind of constitution the little boy possessed. They ultimately handed him back to the baby's mother, who had rushed over hurriedly, and went off to consult ancient texts.

The woman in white possessed a delicate visage, and as she held her child she found him more delightful the longer she looked. She felt that every little detail-from his tiny eyes to his tiny nose-was utterly adorable, and the sight of him melted her heart.

Yet as she watched him, she remembered that their little darling's name was still undecided, so she looked toward her own man and asked, "Brother Lan, have we settled on our child's name?"

The man looked at his wife and child before him, this warm scene filling the corners of his eyes and brows with smiles. After a moment of rumination, he spoke: "I originally had a name in mind, but seeing this child's phenomenon of being born close to the Dao and embracing the Yin and Yang Qi, appearing like a Banished Immortal descending to the mortal realm, my previous choice is no longer quite suitable. Why don't we name him Wangxian?"

One month later.

Li Wangxian lay within a small wooden crib, lost in thought.

The Ziwei Star Domain, the Sun God Sect, the Bitter Sea, the Immortal Platform-it seems the world I transmigrated into is indeed Shrouding the Heavens. But come to think of it, the Solar Holy Emperor doesn't surname himself Ye, nor Jiang! This truly solves an age-old mystery!

He was a transmigrator, and his method of crossing over involved a suspected encounter with a cosmic spectacle known as "Dimensional Ascension."

On that day, he had been exercising in his hometown, running before dawn, when suddenly the red sun rose at first light, its dao blazing with brilliance. Then, amid that alternation of light and dark and the cyclical turning of Yin and Yang, he was cast out of the world-or perhaps cast out of this dimension?

In that split second, he beheld countless bizarre and kaleidoscopic sights. Countless stars were being born and perishing, black holes blotted out the sun and severed river-galaxies, and even the cosmos was being remade while star systems derived anew.

In the span of a mere instant, he "surveyed" the entire universe. He looked down upon the birth and death of the entire cosmos like a creator god, that "grandeur" beyond description, that shock beyond expression, and a visual spectacle that no human language could ever describe even one-billionth of.

A myriad of years in an instant-surely this was it.

Yet he was not that creator god after all. How could a mortal permanently sustain such a grand vision standing above dimensions?

To experience even a single fraction of a second was already the utmost fortune bestowed by the heavens, and subsequently, he was hurled into this vast world of ascending heavenly paths, singing strides, and snapping fingers to shroud the heavens.

The future Heavenly Emperor Ye had the Nine-Dragon-drawn cosmic divine hearse traversing the starry skies to reach Beidou and embark on the path of cultivation.

I likewise had a Dimension train crossing the chaos to descend upon Ziwei. Speaking of which, don't I also possess the endowments of a heavenly emperor?

That seemed to hold up just fine. Li Wangxian, feeling slightly playful, introspected to look at an immortal seed wreathed in Yin and Yang Qi resting within the Bitter Sea in his body.

One of the invincible immortal seeds of the Immortal Ancient Era, a supreme treasure that even True Immortals struggle to seek and Immortal Kings would covet, was actually "bumped into" by me in the chaos during my transmigration.

My transmigration even came bundled with an invincible immortal seed-I truly am blessed with great fortune!

This was the truth behind being born embracing Yin and Yang: an Yin and Yang Immortal Seed from the Immortal Ancient Era, one that had caused the elders of the Solar Ancient Sect to comb through ancient texts and rack their brains without ever guessing the cause.

As for being born close to the Dao and rivaling a Dao Embryo, Li Wangxian had initially thought it came from the immortal seed.

However, after a month of study, he discovered that the immortal seed was only part of the reason. The greater effect stemmed from a certain foundational sublimation brought about by his brief experience of lingering above the dimensions during the moment of transmigration.

He could not comprehend the specific changes, but he had repeatedly meditated upon the scenes of that day, attempting to capture and reenact the feeling of looking down upon the cosmos like a creator god.

Naturally, he could not accomplish such a feat, but every time he meditated and reminisced upon the grandiose vision and experience that had lingered in his mind's heart that day, his integration with the Great Dao grew tighter, almost as if he were about to merge with the Dao as one.

This manifestation completely rivaled the Innate Dao Embryo, and perhaps even surpassed it.

Moreover, following a month of this meditation, Li Wangxian could clearly sense that his spirit seemed as though it had been baptized, becoming fuller and more robust, while his spiritual perception and five senses grew increasingly acute.

Aren't I cheating a bit too hard? Will I get struck by lightning one of these days? Ah, well, I'm bound to get struck by lightning for sure-the Shrouding the Heavens World has heavenly tribulations, after all.

At this thought, a suspicious smile appeared on the infant Li Wangxian's small face: Let the thunder strike even more fiercely.