Jiang Yi was no dullard. As successive portions of the Dao Inheritance were unlocked, he had already begun to discern a few clues.
The overarching Qi Refining principle of "Refining the Ancestral Origin, Commanding the Myriad Truths" aimed to gather a full cycle's number of Spirit Chances of every kind, establishing a foundation of world-shaking depth.
And the Origin-Hiding Secret Art of "nourishing the Dao Embryo, condensing the Dao Body" was even more inconceivable: it could actually break free of those constraints and bring the conflicting bing and ding fires into harmony.
The methods Cat Master's former master had seemingly deduced on a whim had, in truth, always revolved around mastering [Five Phases] and unifying [Five Qi].
Having cultivated to the Sixth Level of Qi Refining, Jiang Yi's knowledge and horizons had gradually broadened, and he had begun to understand that there truly were higher and lower ranks among the various methods.
Those ranks were determined not by a Cultivation Method's grade, but by the roots of its Dharma Lineage.
Just as [Blood Qi] was constrained by [Five Phases], and [Five Phases] was in turn suppressed by [Sun].
In the present age, the Great Dao holding Yin-Yang supreme was an immutable axiom.
"You guessed right, Little Jiang... meow."
Profound Mystery True Person answered listlessly.
It had never intended to conceal this deliberately. Had the Immortal Dao Imperial Lord Ji Fuyao's radiance not been so overwhelming, making much of the inside story difficult to speak of plainly, it would long since have laid everything out for Jiang Yi.
"As for precisely which Dao it is, this True Person cannot say outright, but it is indeed a path of [Yin-Yang]."
Having received a definite answer, Jiang Yi felt no joy at all.
The reason could not have been simpler.
He had already