A Display of Strength: The Silver System and the Four High-Tier Paths
"You can rest assured, it's absolutely impossible for someone to attack you and then escape the Academy Star System."
Wang An naturally understood what he was talking about. A faint smile appeared on his face as he took out a bronze mask from his storage bag. The nine-headed hydra demon depicted on it was extremely ferocious.
"Thank you for your concern, Fellow Shui Bai. However, there are still madmen who will attack me later, and they probably won't be able to leave here alive."
Shui Bai's pupils contracted as she looked at the hideous bronze mask.
He naturally understood that this was the iconic natal sacrificial artifact of the Bronze Human Race's Path of Illusion Sacrifice. This matter had recently caused quite a stir in the circles of the three types of human race academies. He had naturally seen the information about Cancong Baixiang's natal sacrificial artifact as well.
Now that it has fallen into the hands of this Perfected Heavenly River, the outcome is self-evident.
Moreover, it is said that Cancong Baixiang has already pledged allegiance to a powerful figure of the Quetzalcoatlus Clan possesses two profound laws. Perfected Heavenly River is here An Ran, and the warship is also undamaged, which shows that the difference in combat strength between the two sides is extremely large.
Shui Bai took a deep breath and looked at this Dao Lord-level genius who had created a Transcendent System with awe.
"The true skill of a master is indeed beyond the comprehension of an ordinary Middle Tier cultivator like myself. Today, you have defeated two experts who have condensed the profound mysteries of the laws. It won't be long before your name becomes known throughout the three races of humans and Beast Clan Alliance. Shui Bai is truly impressed."
Afterwards, the senior professor of the academy very politely introduced Wang An to the situation of the Silver Academy Planetary System.
"Our Silver Academy Planetary System is mainly divided into four rocky planets: Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire, as well as some special companion star systems. Because in our mortal era, awakening extraordinary powers required the assistance of natural rituals, the four academies have been specially modified to maintain diverse ecological environments and natural landscapes as much as possible."
"Just like some of our mainstream rituals, such as the full moon tides, the overlapping of star trails, the aurora borealis, the midnight dew, the return of snow and wind, and the alternation of dawn and dusk, these natural celestial and terrestrial rhythms are all opportunities for the awakening of the Silver Ritual."
"Only by finding a path that resonates with oneself within the Way of Heaven and Earth, and by inscribing an eternal ritual pattern within one's soul, bloodline, and meridians, can one refine the natural energy of Heaven and Earth and transform it into the essence of all things [Silver Law Primordial Breath]."
Wang An also knew some of these things, but not in as much detail as Shui Bai now.
Listening to his explanation, the two are vastly different from the ancient, decaying spiritual aura of the Bronze Human Race.
One focuses on artifacts and human activities, while the other embraces the changes of heaven and earth and the laws of nature, emphasizing the exploration of rules.
This is why, even though the three types of human races are extremely similar in appearance, they did not settle next to each other, and instead developed into a unified and powerful civilization.
The three differ greatly in culture, worldview, and Transcendent System. Unless Transcendent Tier- powerful being emerges who can integrate the three Transcendent System into one, it will be impossible for them to truly be unified into a unified civilization.
Of course, the probability of this is extremely small. Just like the Dinosaur Civilization, which has developed for hundreds of millions of years, the four branches lived independently and there was never a unified government. It would be difficult for human civilization to achieve the same.
Then Shui Bai recounted their path with extreme pride.
"We now have four complete paths within our academy: the Full Moon Tide Ritual—[Path of Lunar Law and Order], the Star Orbit Alignment Ritual—[Path of Stellar Order and Radiance], the Dawn and Dusk Alternation Ritual—[Path of Yin-Yang Balance], and the Wind and Dew Returning to Stillness Ritual—[Clear Law Still Dao]."
"These are all paths that have produced High Tier masters, and they already have clear advancement ceremonies. At the same time, we also welcome fellow Daoists to exchange ideas with us about your Transcendent System, so we can learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses."
"The four major paths demonstrate the profound foundation of the nobility, producing at least four High Tier beings. The Bronze Human Race is far inferior!"
"Of course, we have a history of tens of millions of years..."
During their conversation, the two warships quickly arrived at the central area surrounded by two stars. This place was the true headquarters of the Silver Academy, a super-large artificial planet hidden from ordinary view.
Wang An scanned the warship's radar and saw that the geography and continents were essentially an enlarged version of Blue Star, with only minor differences in some areas, possibly reflecting the continents' appearance millions of years ago.
The two stopped at the spaceport outside the planet, boarded a sightseeing spaceship to enter the planet's interior, passed through a planetary Formation Domain, and his Yin Spirit sensed a pure and natural atmosphere.
"The energy concentration distribution is even more uneven, with many natural energy branches."
Along the way, Wang An discovered many kinds of extraordinary energy, so he asked about them out of curiosity.
"Shui Bai, is there no mainstream extraordinary energy in the academy? I sensed at least 12 different types of Second Tier energy distributions."
Shui Bai, dressed in a white robe with water patterns, chuckled and asked in return.
"Your Excellency Heavenly River uses the name Heavenly River, so you must have achieved great success in the laws of water. I wonder how much extraordinary water-attribute energy you have sensed?"
Wang An Yin Spirit's thoughts had been covering the world outside the spaceship. Only after being reminded did he realize that these 12 types of Second Tier energy seemed to be divided into four categories: earth, wind, water, and fire.
They got along extremely well with each other, and he even observed that they naturally transformed into each other. Of course, collisions were inevitable, but these collisions resulted in the elimination of some and the creation of extraordinary energies with new attributes.
Under his keen observation, fueled by a pure Yang thought, extremely subtle laws were born.
This is a pure Yang thought achieved after five years of refining away the Yin impurities in the Yin Spirit's thoughts by using the power of its position and laws after obtaining the true Heavenly River Water Golden Nature. It has an extremely keen observation of the laws of heaven and earth and has already reached some of the perception refinement of Golden Core True Lord.
That's how we discovered the secret of this place.
"The noble way is indeed magnanimous, allowing Second Tier energy to interact with heaven and earth and drive the evolution of extraordinary energy laws. However, they are not afraid that these extraordinary laws will be stripped away by the greater universe, thus losing the possibility of proving High Tier in this direction."
Normally, a newly established Transcendent System of laws will be completely controlled by the person who has attained it.
This is a natural authority that even the vast universe cannot take away; it can only be taken away when that High Tier life form dies or enters the deeper cosmic space and relinquishes this authority.
Only when the universe is without a master can it gradually erode control and eventually become the resources for its evolution into the deeper cosmic space.
In most cases, the universe will not expend resources to drive the evolution of the laws within Transcendent System.
From a cosmic perspective, these life forms would vanish in an instant, and one only needs to wait to continuously receive their fruits; naturally, they cannot personally participate.
The unconscious universe itself has no such motivation to do so; it simply follows instinct to evolve into a more perfect universe.