Ancestral reversion

The Dao Bell had taken its initial shape. To forge it into the strongest possible weapon, refining it with divine patterns alone would not suffice. Some cultivators did do that, but he had never heard of a Great Emperor's Emperor Weapon being forged purely from the divine patterns within the Bitter Sea.

To make one's weapon more powerful, one generally had to add Immortal Gold Divine Materials, and the quality had to be excellent—ideally something like the source root of Xuanhuang Mother Qi, the immortal material contained within chaos stone, or one of the Nine Immortal Metals.

For those who wanted a weapon better suited to themselves and aspired to attain the Dao, it was even more important to begin refining their divine weapon early. Ideally, they would forge its embryonic form before reaching the Four Extremes Realm, when they truly needed to comprehend the Great Dao of heaven and earth, so it could undergo heavenly tribulations alongside its master.

But at the thought of immortal materials, even Li Wangxian, who had always believed he had the makings of a Great Emperor, could only scratch his head.

Those were not easy to find. Moreover, Ziwei was unlike the Big Dipper; the original novel had devoted little attention to it and had never mentioned immortal materials appearing anywhere in the Ziwei Star Domain. Or perhaps there were none at all?

"That's really hard to say. The finest immortal materials have always been treasures you can only encounter by chance, not seek out at will. If I really can't find any, I'll have to settle for the next best thing for now. There's no shortage of the nine heavens king jade varieties here."

Li Wangxian pondered for a while but could think of no solution. Such things either existed here or they did not. For now, he could only set the thought aside. Raising his cultivation was still his most important task.

Although he had said nothing and his resolve had never wavered, today's encounter had still dealt his heart a certain shock, making him truly feel the cruel side of this world.

It had shaken him deeply. Although he had mentally prepared himself upon realizing that this was the world of Shrouding the Heavens, only after today did he understand that imagining something was one thing, while some things could only truly be understood through experience.

"A precious experience. I'll remember it for the rest of my life, but I have not wavered."

He murmured to himself, not to bolster his courage or excuse himself, but because he genuinely thought so. Ever since overcoming the Calamity of Lostness in the Divine Bridge Realm, he had understood that, somewhere along the way, his heart had already gained the resolve to brave death nine times without regret to attain the Dao.

Perhaps it came from the influence of the church elders since childhood, or perhaps he had been infected by the spirit permeating this world-the willingness to sacrifice everything to attain the Dao. Who knew?

Comprehend the Dao!

Cultivate!

These became the central themes of Li Wangxian's life. Free of distracting thoughts, forgetting both himself and the outside world, he immersed himself entirely in the Dao Realm. His cultivation speed was undoubtedly terrifying.

In just three months, he cultivated to the great perfection of the Sea of Bitterness Realm, undergoing the nine transformations of the Other Shore through nine lives and nine deaths, transforming like a butterfly breaking free of its cocoon.

This was an extremely important transformation. After stepping into the Dao Palace Realm that same day, he understood why.

From that day onward, whenever he cultivated, divine potential surged within his body. Then his entire body would radiate golden light, even his hair, making him look like a Divine Spirit.

At first, Li Wangxian did not understand what it meant and thought something had gone wrong with his cultivation. But once he quickly confirmed that this change was greatly beneficial to him, he formed a conjecture.

Then he told his father about it. Upon seeing the wild delight on Father Li's face, he knew that, sure enough, his conjecture had been entirely correct.

His bloodline had undergone ancestral reversion.

Ancestral reversion of Emperor Blood was unimaginably formidable. Apart from a handful of heaven-defying supreme physiques such as the Chaos Body, no physique in the world could surpass it.

Of course, that still depended on how concentrated his bloodline became through ancestral reversion. Would it reach the level of a first-generation emperor's son, that of a grandson, or fall all the way beyond the eighth generation?

Still, Li Wangxian had a clear understanding of this. Unless signs of ancestral reversion appeared at birth, a bloodline awakened later in life almost never reverted to the level of an emperor's son.

"Still, judging by what's happening to me, I shouldn't fall beyond the eighth generation, right?"

Li Wangxian mulled it over. After all, several days had already passed, and this wave of ancestral reversion had yet to end. Clearly, his bloodline's concentration would not be low this time.

As for the cause of the ancestral reversion, Li Wangxian felt it might be thanks to the Yin and Yang Immortal Seed. After all, Taiyin and Taiyang were both among the universe's fundamental powers.

Nourished by Yin and Yang Qi for so many years, his body had already transformed many times. With the complete Sun Dao Patterns serving as a catalyst, it was only natural that the Solar Holy Emperor's Emperor Blood within him would undergo ancestral reversion!

After confirming that it was ancestral reversion, Li Wangxian immediately announced that he would enter secluded cultivation to comprehend the various profound changes within his body.

Meanwhile, the elders of the Sun Church and Father Li began selling off their assets with near-mad fervor. Anything that could be exchanged for rare treasures or spiritual medicines effective in transforming the body was sold without hesitation, even if it bought only a chance to improve Li Wangxian's transformation by the tiniest amount.

Phoenix Blood Grass, Profound Origin Pills, Heavenly Sun Flowers... Although all these so-called rare treasures combined were less effective than the Yin and Yang Immortal Seed, their small contributions accumulated and did indeed have an effect, drawing out more of his divine potential and making it burn even hotter.

Am I turning into a Sun Physique? Li Wangxian quipped inwardly.

He naturally knew that was impossible. Yet now, whenever he cultivated, a divine sun slowly rose within his body. That was Sun Saint Power flowing through him, making him seem like a small sun in human form, dazzling and scorching.

Three days later, this change reached its peak. Once his bloodline's ancestral reversion grew as powerful as it could, Sun Divine Laws actually began manifesting within his blood.

Then the profound meanings of the Sun Remnant Scripture he cultivated manifested on their own and resonated with those divine laws. The Great Dao Celestial Music resounded within his body, seemingly evolving toward something even more profound. Was it going to complete the remnant scripture by itself?

After listening and observing carefully, Li Wangxian confirmed that the remnant scripture he cultivated was indeed being sublimated through its resonance with the divine laws emerging from his bloodline, moving toward the flawless, complete scripture.

Yet throughout this process, not a single clear, specific cultivation method emerged. Only the profound meanings of the scripture turned into Dao sounds that rang through his body, expounding on the many mysteries of the Sun Scripture.

It was as though the Solar Holy Emperor were personally preaching the Dao, explaining the profound meanings of the Sun Scripture to his descendants.

This was undoubtedly an astonishing blessing. If the listener possessed sufficient comprehension and talent, they might even comprehend the complete Sun Scripture.

And if the descendant already cultivated the Sun Scripture, their understanding and insight into it would undoubtedly advance by leaps and bounds, their cultivation would soar, and even their future cultivation would benefit greatly.

Cultivating the remnant scripture was no obstacle either. It was merely that, with an incomplete scripture, the insights gained would fall short of those gained by someone cultivating the complete version.

Of course, this was not absolute. It still depended on the individual's comprehension and talent.

In this regard, Li Wangxian undoubtedly had absolute confidence. After all, when his cultivation had only been at the Divine Bridge Realm, he had already dared to use the Yin and Yang Immortal Seed to attempt to complete the Sun Remnant Scripture-and had actually begun to find a way forward!

Although he had not succeeded, how could he have dared entertain such an idea with such confidence unless his understanding of cultivation and the scripture had reached a certain depth?

That was enough to prove that he truly possessed considerable talent for cultivating the Dao.

"Perhaps today I can complete the Sea of Bitterness Realm and Dao Palace sections of the scripture." Listening to the Dao sounds, Li Wangxian glanced at the Yin and Yang Immortal Seed bobbing within the Life Spring in his Bitter Sea and smiled.

If the Sun Remnant Scripture was a math problem that had already been more than half solved, then the Lesser Yang Scripture was an outdated method for solving it, while the solar Dao Patterns within the Yin and Yang Immortal Seed were the answer.

With those three combined, perhaps only after many long years, once Li Wangxian's cultivation "education" had reached a higher level, could he derive the correct Sun Scripture.

But now that his bloodline had undergone ancestral reversion and its profound meanings were manifesting on their own as Dao sounds to preach to him, things were different. This was equivalent to the Solar Holy Emperor personally acting as his teacher and explaining how to solve the problem.

The problem's already well over half solved, I have the method, I have the answer, and there's even a teacher beside me explaining it. With all my talent on top of that, I can't think of any reason I wouldn't be able to solve it! Li Wangxian thought gleefully.