"Fate and void?"
Zhu Yin was slightly taken aback.
He glanced at Li Xian and, seeing how seriously he seemed to be asking, concealed nothing. "As far as I know, not one of all the ultimate methods we have obtained has mentioned that breaking through to the Ultimate Realm also requires fate...
"...or void."
"None?"
"Did you perhaps see such a description in some specious method, Your Excellency Wuxian?"
Zhu Yin smiled. "Throughout the Chaos Void today, our Reincarnation Divine Hall has spread a great many methods leading straight to the Ultimate Realm-the Overlord Secret Arts people speak of. But after failing to master an Ultimate Secret Art, many people presumptuously employ their own 'absolute wisdom' to simplify and innovate, causing many Ultimate Secret Arts to spawn all sorts of specious new methods."
A trace of mockery touched his lips. "But whether these new methods can actually succeed, and what their effects might be-the benevolent see benevolence, the wise see wisdom."
"Fate stands at the head of the Three Thousand Great Daos and coordinates them all. Void is also an extremely important component of the Three Thousand Great Daos, practically equivalent to the opposite of all 'existence'!"
Li Xian said earnestly, "A breakthrough to the Ultimate Realm that bypasses these two powers is itself abnormal."
"Perhaps precisely because the positions of fate and void among the Three Thousand Great Daos have been deified, when someone links the mysteries of the ultimate to those two Great Daos, people-even you, Your Excellency Wuxian-take it as truth."
Zhu Yin shook his head. "But the actual Ultimate Realm really has no requirement to incorporate fate and void."
"Are there any recordings or records left by those who broke through to the ultimate in the past?"
Li Xian asked.
"Although our Reincarnation Divine Hall helps