The sounds of the Dao rumbled without cease. At this moment, Li Wangxian's body and mind were united with the Dao, attuned as never before. His Primordial Spirit seemed to have merged with the Heavenly Dao itself. Nothing in heaven and earth could hide from his eyes; all its secrets lay bare.
Completely immersed in the enlightenment state, he felt as though he had become one with the universe, the embodiment of its ten thousand Daos. He understood every order governing the cosmos and could wield the mighty power of the Great Dao with a mere gesture.
Unbidden, visions appeared in his eyes: the cosmos collapsing, heaven and earth opening anew, and the Great Dao crying in anguish.
It was as though he had already comprehended the laws and order of the ten thousand Daos. Then, involuntarily, the desire to command the laws of the ten thousand Daos arose within him.
And so Li Wangxian tried to do just that. Astonishingly, he soon succeeded in "capturing" the laws of the ten thousand Daos and began trying to refine them into his Primordial Spirit.
But in the real world outside, a fist-sized Primordial Spirit Form shone through his brow. Draped in Dao patterns, the tiny figure radiated boundless golden light. That light was fire-the figure was actually burning itself. Uncle Jiang's expression changed. This was Dao transformation!
"Divine Son, wake up!" Uncle Jiang's heart burned with anxiety as he repeatedly unleashed Dao shouts, but they were useless. Li Wangxian could see only countless Dao patterns. In his Primordial Spirit's perception, he was already on the verge of mastering the ten thousand Daos. He felt better than ever before, as though he himself were the Great Dao. With every gesture, the universe's ten thousand Daos cried out, seemingly unable to endure his divine might.
But outside, Uncle Jiang saw something entirely different. It was no longer only Li Wangxian's Primordial Spirit that glowed; his body did too. His entire being was dissolving into the Dao.
"Awaken!"
Uncle Jiang unleashed his strongest Dao shout. This was no longer the time to fear injuring the Divine Son. Waking him as quickly as possible was the only sensible choice.
But it was useless. The Dao fire would not go out, and Li Wangxian could not hear his Dao shouts. Despair appeared on Uncle Jiang's face. A moment later, his gaze hardened, and he prepared to seal Li Wangxian with his mighty power. Even if he brought the flames upon himself, he could no longer afford to care.
Fortunately, before he could act, Li Wangxian, who was incomparably "powerful" at that moment, involuntarily recalled the sensation akin to dimensional ascension that he had experienced during his transmigration. He wanted to unravel that mystery.
At that very moment, relying on this godlike state, he actually reproduced, as never before, the perspective of standing above dimensions and looking down upon the cosmos. Then he abruptly came to his senses. The instant he awoke, a strange fluctuation spread outward, and the power of Dao transformation vanished like smoke.
"To think I nearly dissolved into the Dao."
Lingering fear showed on Li Wangxian's face. He had grasped a Dao beyond the limits of his understanding, provoking a backlash from the order of heaven and earth.
The Great Dao of heaven and earth had merged with him, but his Primordial Spirit's perception of the Dao had not yet reached that level. His realm could not fully control it, so it naturally leaked out, triggering the power of Dao transformation and clouding his Primordial Spirit. Had he not spent years repeatedly reliving that day's journey of "dimensional ascension," causing him to instinctively attempt to reproduce it and unravel the mystery of his transmigration, he would most likely have fallen this time.
Outside, Uncle Jiang, who had been about to act, rejoiced. He saw that Li Wangxian's Primordial Spirit was no longer burning, and the flames within his flesh were gradually going out as well. The Dao transformation had been undone.
Just then, after a strange fluctuation spread outward, the world's vital essence and divine energy surged toward him like a boundless tide. The immense divine essence actually liquefied and submerged Li Wangxian, nourishing him. It was not only his flesh-even his Primordial Spirit Form underwent astonishing changes. The tiny figure, which had withered and shrunk considerably under the flames of Dao transformation, now shone all over with Dao light. Nourished by inexplicable Dao patterns, his Primordial Spirit recovered in moments, then transformed, becoming considerably larger, stronger, and more substantial.
"This feeling... am I standing above dimensions?"
Li Wangxian was in a wondrous state. His Primordial Spirit seemed to stand at an infinitely lofty height, its perspective surpassing even that of a god as it looked down upon the entire cosmos. He pondered for a moment, then sighed.
"It's far too early for that. This is merely the brand left in my Primordial Spirit that day. Though it also possesses unfathomable, miraculous power, the distance between it and that state is greater than the distance to the ends of the earth!
"But right now, am I standing above the ten thousand Daos?"
It was an exceedingly strange experience. Although it manifested within the sea of his Primordial Spirit's consciousness, Li Wangxian truly felt as though the ten thousand Daos lay beneath his feet. At this moment, he stood above them all. Dimly, he even seemed to see an imprint bearing the universe's ten thousand Daos.
"Is that the Heavenly Heart Imprint?" A peculiar expression appeared on Li Wangxian's face. The lifelong pursuit of those on the verge of attaining the Dao, the crucial thing that allowed a Great Emperor to remain invincible for a lifetime, was now beneath his "feet"?
Wasn't this far too outrageous?
His expression turned strange. If the Great Emperors throughout history learned that a little cultivator of the Dao Palace Realm was standing atop their Dao patterns, wouldn't they feel so aggrieved that they wanted to destroy the world?
But who could ever have imagined that something so fantastical would happen?
This was a miracle unique throughout the ages. It had never happened in the past and likely would never happen in the future, for it required far too many coincidences and conditions.
First, one had to be a "near-Dao" individual who rivaled or even surpassed a Dao embryo, merging with the Dao to the utmost degree before triggering the power of Dao transformation. At that point, one's realm would rise without limit, almost matching a Great Emperor's. Though illusory, this was also real. During the Primordial Spirit's transformation into the Dao, it had already become one with the Great Dao. The Great Dao's realm had effectively been "borrowed." But the price of borrowing heaven and earth's realm was terrifyingly high. If one could not pay the fee, then within moments, one would fall completely into the Great Dao's "embrace"-in other words, perish through Dao transformation to repay both principal and interest.
Only by doing what Li Wangxian had done-using that "borrowed" realm to activate and borrow the strange, unfathomable power of "dimensional ascension," escaping heaven and earth's "claim for compensation," then continuing to freeload-could this miracle of the ages be created.
Who else could possibly meet so many conditions?
Li Wangxian was utterly confident. There was no need to reverse time and investigate. He was absolutely certain that he was the only person throughout the ages to have reached this point with Dao Palace cultivation.
"So this unfathomable, miraculous power I gained during transmigration is the reason I'm so close to the Dao, even surpassing a Dao embryo! It's also why I can merge with the Dao to the point of nearly dissolving into it. Otherwise, even a Dao embryo would probably have to reach Severing the Dao, or even become a Saint, to merge with the Dao like this, wouldn't they?"
At this moment, Li Wangxian's realm had risen without limit, almost surpassing the gods, and many things naturally began to become clear to him.
"The Yin and Yang Immortal Seed isn't my greatest fortune. This power, which might transcend 'dimensions,' is my greatest cheat!"
Li Wangxian sighed. Though he had vaguely sensed it before, his realm had been too low for him to understand it at all. Only now, after using the power of Dao transformation to truly activate this strange power, did he comprehend everything.
"Hmm? There isn't much time left!" Li Wangxian sensed that this state would soon fade. Without forgetting why he had come, he looked into the void.
"Human Emperor!"
The hazy sounds of the Dao were no longer mysterious or elusive to him. He was now like a god, transcending the ten thousand Daos. Even though this realm was extremely, extremely insubstantial, it was enough to leave this stretch of heaven and earth without secrets in his eyes. With a single glance, the scripture within the Dao sounds revealed itself, and its profound mysteries became clear.
As the Dao sounds resounded and the profound mysteries unfolded, Li Wangxian saw a majestic, heroic man from countless tens of thousands of years ago sitting cross-legged in a cave abode, demonstrating methods and creating his Dao as he deduced the ultimate mysteries of taiyin gives birth to the sun.
During this process, heaven and earth cried out, the Great Dao trembled, and the cosmos's ten thousand Daos collapsed. Chaos surged as though the world were being destroyed.
Li Wangxian understood. This was a reappearance of a scene from ages past, not a teaching the Human Emperor had concealed within the Dao sounds. Rather, the Human Emperor had been so powerful that the scene of him demonstrating his methods had left an indelible impact upon the Great Dao of heaven and earth. Heaven and earth had engraved this Dao Fruit of their own accord. Only after evolving for countless tens of thousands of years had it become a strand of Dao sound that rang out through millions of years.
"The Human Emperor probably chose not to erase these Dao sounds!" Li Wangxian knew that none of this could have escaped the Human Emperor's notice. But the Human Emperor possessed great magnanimity. If a later generation could display enough brilliance to obtain this blessing from Dao sounds separated from them by countless ages, that would be their own fortune.
And this fortune was far more precious than the Taiyin True Scripture alone.
The Dao sounds contained all of a Human Emperor's understanding of Taiyin, with the scripture born within it. They also held the Human Emperor's insights and explorations into yang born from yin's extremity and yin and yang harmonization. These were the most precious things of all.
I feel like I made the cheat a little too powerful in this chapter, but as I kept writing, I started to feel it was still quite reasonable. After all, the established reason for his closeness to the Dao was that he had experienced dimensional ascension. A power that transcends dimensions would have to be at least at the level of sacrificial Dao, so it should still be fairly reasonable, right?
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