Chapter 1747 : Reflecting the Myriad Heavens
If 1 were blessed with truly heaven-defying luck, and among the descendants cultivating his own Daoist arts, a single Great Luo Golden Immortal were to emerge, then as the guide who ushered this Great Luo Golden Immortal into the path of cultivation, he might very well soar to unparalleled heights in the future.
Of course, Great Luo Golden Immortals were exceedingly rare. The vast majority of Heavenly Immortal mighty figures, even those who had illuminated countless realms across the cosmos, established cultivation paths for over a million greater worlds across hundreds of millions of years, might never witness the emergence of a single Heavenly Immortal mighty figure—let alone a Great Luo Golden Immortal.
On this occasion, while cultivating in seclusion, Lyra (Person Name) used the Method of Reflecting the Myriad Heavens to spread her legacy across infinite dimensions and the cosmic universe, instantly seizing this opportunity to accumulate virtue and destiny.
"Having broken through to the Celestial Immortal realm, I've yet to test the wonder of illuminating all realms."
"Perhaps it is time I attempt to mirror the heavens."
Eldrin (Person Name) could not help but murmur softly, then slowly lowered his gaze.
As his eyes lowered, a divine ring of violet and gold bloomed behind his head, casting the radiance of boundless fortune and merit across the heavens, instantly illuminating infinite dimensions, starry skies, and immeasurable worlds.
At the same moment, deep within the boundless starry skies and across the immeasurable dimensional ancient realms, an ethereal figure clad in white simultaneously manifested.
Immortal mist enveloped his form, while above him stretched a violet auspicious cloud spanning billions of miles, accompanied by the radiant golden light of virtue illuminating all heavens.
"A miracle, has an ancient immortal descended to the mortal realm?"
Across tens of thousands of major realms, countless mortals prostrated themselves upon the ground, gazing upon that figure with mingled awe and reverence.
Eldrin sensed the presence of these 1,000,000 great realms, his brow slightly furrowing. Among these 10,000-odd realms, most had been established for tens of thousands of years, each having developed their own legacy and traditions.
At this point, even if Eldrin were to pass down his legacy, he would likely have lost the advantage and might instead have it taken away by the disciples of other Celestial Immortals.
"To seek a world where chaos first stirs, and the path of cultivation has only just begun."
Eldrin's thoughts wavered, and the light illuminating all heavens instantly swept across tens of thousands of ancient realms. He discovered that nearly all bore inherited legacies, with only a rare few being newly-formed primordial worlds.
However, Eldrin was well aware that the location he had projected into was the shallow layer of the Endless Dimensional Void—the very plane most easily reflected across the heavens, long since occupied by mighty figures from all factions.
In the deeper layers of the endless dimensions, where the projections of early and middle-stage Celestial Immortals cannot reach, there exist even more ancient realms that have left no legacies behind.
With this thought, Eldrin once again activated his cultivation base, projecting the Light of Reflection deep into the dimensional void.
Thus, they traversed the endless void and finally discovered a nascent primordial realm amidst the dimensional sea of ancient worlds, where chaos had just begun to part.
3 1000 primordial realms were born.
Eldrin murmured, a faint smile gracing his lips.
These 3 1000 ancient realms have all existed since the dawn of chaos, their creation dating back no more than 100,000 years.
Within these ancient realms, though other Celestial Immortals had also left behind legacies, none of these inheritances exceeded 10,000 years in age.
In less than 10 1000 years, the cosmic order had yet to fully settle. These realms were still dominated by primordial ferocious beasts and celestial deities, with neither the human race nor the demon tribes having risen to prominence.
Seeing this, Eldrin passed down his own lineage.
He split his divine consciousness into 3 1000 strands, descending into 3 1000 ancient realms. There, he manifested a Celestial Stele of Inheritance and imparted 9 scrolls of profound techniques.
Chaos Heavenly Scripture, 5 Elements, Pure Yang, Profound Darkness, Life, Primordial Chaos, Earthly Loam, Ethereal Cosmos, Indestructible.
These 9 scrolls of profound art represented 9 paths of cultivation, with the Primordial Chaos Heavenly Scripture at their core. The other 8 paths had all branched out from the Primordial Chaos Heavenly Scripture.
Any individual who masters 1 of these paths to its ultimate extent and ascends to immortality through it may become a disciple of the Abyssal Sanctuary.
Whoever could master any 1 of the Pure Yang Heavenly Flame, the Profound Abyssal True Water, the Seed of Life, the Primordial Chaos Gold, the Primordial Earth of All Things, or the Indestructible Body of Primordial Chaos would even stand a chance to become a direct disciple of the Abyssal Return Grotto-Heaven.
After leaving behind the stone monument of inheritance, Eldrin's divine consciousness traversed 3 1000 primordial realms in their nascent stages. He discovered that many celestial immortal legacies were preserved within these ancient worlds, including those belonging to numerous acquaintances of his.
Pure Void Master of the Pure Yang Grotto-Heaven, the Celestial Deity of Western Qi, the Divine Abyss Ancestor, and the Heavenly Immortal mighty ones of the White Tiger Grotto-Heaven.
"It appears this dimensional void is relatively close to the 6 Heavenly Domains."
Eldrin (Person Name) murmured inwardly, then traversed the heavens and earth with his divine sense, exploring the customs and culture of this realm.
However, before long, Eldrin's brow furrowed slightly.
It was likely due to the primordial chaos of heaven and earth that Eldrin discovered this realm was teeming with all manner of savage primordial beasts, among which numbered even the most ferocious creatures like Qiongqi and Taotie.
In this realm, humanity had only just set foot upon the path of cultivation, utterly incapable of confronting these primordial calamities of heaven and earth.
Most crucially, cultivation required spiritual roots, yet in these nascent lands, due to the frail human bloodline, those among the human race who possessed spiritual roots were exceedingly rare.
In the former Violet Realm, the Chen Immortal Clan saw roughly 1 spiritual root seedling emerge per 1000 mortals. Yet in this world, less than 1 in a million humans possessed a spiritual root.
This was because they lacked the bloodline of a cultivator, and those born with a spiritual root were exceptionally rare anomalies in nature.
"Without a spiritual root, 1 cannot set foot upon the path of cultivation."
"Yet the chance of a mortal bloodline producing a spiritual root is vanishingly small. No wonder that across all major realms, the first several 100 1000 years after the world's inception were always the most wretched era for humankind."
In the eyes of ferocious beasts and the demon race, humanity was merely reserve blood sustenance, utterly incapable of posing any threat.
Only after hundreds of thousands of years of bloody struggle did humans gradually develop spiritual roots in greater numbers. With the emergence of high-level cultivators, they finally gained the power to contend with the divine and demonic races, along with the primordial ferocious beasts.
In the primordial chaos of the nascent world, the human race struggled against overwhelming adversity.
"It seems that across countless worlds, the initial rise of the human race has always been a tragic elegy of blood and sorrow."
Eldrin sighed inwardly, yet he did not intervene to aid these humans. He understood all too well that across the boundless realms, humanity must endure this most dreadful era of darkness.
Taking action to suppress and slay these primordial behemoths, demonic tribes, and even divine beings is merely addressing the symptoms rather than the root cause—it holds little significance.
"Since the path of immortality cultivation is barred, might there be another road to tread?"
Eldrin murmured as he continued to explore these ancient realms.
To his astonishment, he discovered that these primitive humans, practicing slash-and-burn agriculture and traversing the primordial wilderness, had each independently forged an identical path.
They learned from the ways of heaven and earth, emulating primordial behemoths and even celestial deities, ultimately forging a distinct cultivation path that converged toward the same profound truth.
Martial Path!
Eldrin murmured softly, a flicker of delight gleaming in his eyes, only to be tinged with disappointment moments later.
These ancient humans emulated the ways of heaven and earth, pioneering the path of martial cultivation. Yet the martial arts developed by nearly all of them ultimately stagnated at the second or third realm.
To emulate the ancient behemoths in tempering the body through martial arts is ultimately a path that leads nowhere.
Because the Primordial Beasts possessed innate talents, born with supreme physical forms and bodies, while the human race had frail physiques yet insisted on emulating the Primordial Beasts—this in itself was twice the effort for half the result.
A century of arduous cultivation cannot compare to a single year of natural growth for a primordial behemoth.
Eldrin (Person Name) murmured softly, able to sense the despair emanating from these ancient sages of the primordial human race.
Among these ancient human sages, many possessed extraordinarily brilliant talents. Eldrin believed their comprehension and perseverance were in no way inferior to many immortals. Yet, regrettably, the mere absence of a spiritual root completely severed their path of cultivation.
At this thought, Eldrin felt a pang of regret for such wasted talent, yet also seemed to gain sudden clarity: "To emulate the ways of heaven and earth may appear to grant 1 the indomitable physique of primordial behemoths, yet little do they realize—this very path treads in the footsteps of others, ill-suited for humankind."
"Those who learn from me shall thrive; those who merely imitate me shall perish!"
"True martial arts should be a continuous transcendence of self, enabling 1's being to ascend and transform, ultimately cultivating an ultimate martial arts true body."
Finally, Eldrin took a slow, deep breath. "Perhaps... I could do something."
(End of Chapter)