What was the Nine-Realm Treasure Tree's greatest use?
In Lingxu's words, the innate Dao resonance of this Xiantian spiritual root accommodated three thousand Great Dao, reducing the difficulty of "fusing Great Dao" on an epic scale.
But in Li Xian's eyes, this treasure tree's greatest use was broadening his horizons.
It had exposed him to several Great Dao at once.
And his understanding of each Great Dao was so profound, so complete.
Understanding one opened the way to others.
Like the human body's essence, qi, and spirit, Great Dao never existed in isolation.
Three Great Daos could lead to Nine Great Daos.
And Nine Great Daos could lead to at least twenty-seven Great Daos, giving rise to eighty-one kinds of Dao profundities.
Over these three years, he seemed to have scattered his attention among various Great Dao, cultivating in disarray, seemingly unable to find his mainstay or see his future direction clearly. Yet wasn't this also a process of tempering his heart through external power, external objects, and external paths, seeking his own Dao?
Back on Blue Star, what had caused him the greatest anguish?
There was no path.
There was no path ahead.
The road had ended.
So even though he had weathered countless perils to become a martial arts grandmaster, a single bullet had casually taken his life.
This world had no such problem.
There were fifty Great Dao!
Heaven's Derivation of Forty-Nine!
A full forty-nine Great Dao, each capable of proving immortality and producing a Great Dao Golden Immortal, lay clearly before him, his to choose.
But too many outside paths, too many temptations, made cultivators lose themselves without realizing it, trapped in the predicament of seeking external Dao while abandoning their own. After all...
With a clearly marked road right before them, what was the point