Though the Dao Temples of the two top-tier factions had different exteriors and reception methods, the experiences were similar.
In a blink, Wu Yuan was entirely immersed in the simulation, his consciousness descending once more before that towering celestial body.
This time, it wasn’t a sword technique that appeared, but a saber technique! Countless blade rays filled the sky.
Saber! Starsunder Saber Codex. Wu Yuan was fully absorbed. Saber, my body refiner self excels in the saber, and this is indeed the saber technique.
Compared to the last time I received the Dao Temple’s inheritance, my current comprehension of the Celestial Body Dao is much deeper, and my efficiency has vastly improved. The results should be better this time. Wu Yuan was intoxicated in the experience.
The countless ambiguities he had regarding the advancement from the ninth-level Domain stage to the True Intent stage were cleared up one at a time.
…
The Dao Temple’s guidance was almost akin to the essence of the Dao. Wu Yuan felt his clarity of perception soar tenfold, a hundredfold. Countless insights into the Dao rose in his mind, filling Wu Yuan with genuine joy.
To hear of the Dao in the morning is to die content at nightfall. [1]
Finally, as the last blade ray sliced through the void, it severed the thread of Wu Yuan’s consciousness.
Crash~ Wu Yuan’s consciousness broke off, snapping back to reality. He scanned his surroundings and found himself back in his personal hall within the eldritch voidrealm.
How mystical, incomprehensible. The power of this Dao Temple is truly miraculous. Wu Yuan marveled, realizing even the Celestial Divine Body paled in comparison.
The Celestial Divine Body merely sharpened Wu Yuan’s perception, like using a telescope to see a distant mountain clearly. But the Dao Temple allowed one to step inside and touch it firsthand. They were two entirely different concepts.
However, this opportunity is incredibly rare. My master granted me just thirty chances. Wu Yuan couldn’t help but smile.
Thirty chances? Countless geniuses would kill for even one.
After experiencing this simulation of the complete Celestial Body Dao, I must quickly review my insights and remember as much as I can. Wu Yuan knew this well. Otherwise, as time passes, many insights will gradually fade.
It was like dreaming; clear as day upon waking, but without conscious effort to remember or write it down, it would soon become a blur.
Wu Yuan’s strand of consciousness left the Cang Feng Eldritch Voidrealm.
He continued to immerse himself fully in the profundities of the Celestial Body.
…
Days turned into weeks. In the blink of an eye, more than half a month had passed.
In the spherical space of the Essence Tower, Wu Yuan slowly opened his eyes.
I’ve reached my limit. Celestial Body, ninth-level Domain stage.
When I first stepped into the ninth-level, I was still confused about numerous aspects. But after visiting the Dao Temple, I’ve truly comprehended the Celestial Body Domain. Wu Yuan’s eyes sparkled. Even my comprehension of the Gravity Dao and Earth Origin Dao have reached the True Intent stage in one go.
His comprehension of the Land’s profundities had long reached the True Intent stage. However, he had to fuse the three Lesser Laws at the same stage before achieving the corresponding stage in the Celestial Body Dao.
This step was a bottleneck. It was like studying an ancient text—understanding a single character was easy, understanding a single sentence was harder, and fully comprehending and reciting the entire piece, let alone translating it to other ancient texts, was extremely difficult…
To break through the bottleneck. There are usually three paths.
The first path is persistence—continually contemplating and grinding until you break through. Wu Yuan thought silently.
The second path is to temporarily ignore it and continue comprehending the three Lesser Laws. As my understanding of the three Lesser Laws deepens, my comprehension of the Celestial Body Dao will naturally advance to the True Intent stage… but when that will happen remains uncertain.
The third path…
Time is running out. A gleam flashed in Wu Yuan’s eyes. Only three years remain until the next Heaven and Earth Tournament.
If I can break through to the True Intent stage of the Celestial Body Dao, there’s still a glimmer of hope. If I can’t break through? There won’t be any hope at all. Wu Yuan shook his head slightly.
The further one advanced through the Origin Eldritch Fields, the fiercer the competition grew due to the accumulation of geniuses. Obtaining the Heaven-tier title grew increasingly challenging.
Let’s give it a try! But before that, I need to return to the Summerpeak World. Wu Yuan stood up and flew out of the Essence Tower.
Not far from the Essence Tower was a large teleportation array.
Through this teleportation array, Wu Yuan could travel to the Origin Eldritch Continent, the Fifth Origin Eldritch Temple where Astral Monarch Hou Qu resided, and dozens of other regions… including the Summerpeak World.
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Migrating a world. To Astral Monarch Hou Qu, it was a trivial task, but to the entire Summerpeak World, it was a cataclysmic change.
Thus, Wu Yuan was originally filled with worry, but upon returning to the Summerpeak World, he realized his concerns were unfounded.
Everything was perfectly fine, and in fact, even better than before. The spiritual qi was more abundant and the world more peaceful overall. There wasn’t the slightest disturbance.
High above the ocean.
“Master,” a seductive woman in red robes flew over.
“Cen Jiang?” Wu Yuan was slightly taken aback.
“Master, this is one of my incarnations, which possesses the mana capacity of the Amethyst Cradle level.”Cen Jiang smiled and said. “It’s difficult for foreign Void Refiner cultivators to enter this worldlet, as they must suppress their mana.”
Wu Yuan nodded lightly; it was the worldlet’s essence that repelled them.
“Master, rest assured, I understand your situation and will handle everything in Summerpeak properly,” Cen Jiang smiled, “I’ll rebuild all of Summerpeak swiftly, erasing the traces of the previous large sects.”
“In the end, all beings in the Summerpeak World will come to place their faith in you.”
“Master, your family can rest assured as well,” Cen Jiang smiled.
Wu Yuan nodded lightly.
Time passed.
After traveling through the entire Summerpeak World once more, Wu Yuan had to admit that Cen Jiang was indeed impressive, and had the potential to be a High Immortal. Everything was organized with great meticulousness.
The high-ranking figures like Fang Xia and Arctic had accepted the integration of the world into the Cang Feng Eldritch World as their new reality. Fang Xia, in particular, was ecstatic.
The Fourth Eldritch Realm, which was previously on the brink of collapse, had also been repaired by Cen Jiang.
As for the Summerpeak mainland? When Summerpeak was relocated, Reverend Jing Shan was residing here, so he came along with the other inhabitants. His response to the current situation was one of delight.
Only Daoist Long was absent.
“He left the Summerpeak World after becoming an official member of the Bloodforge Devil Hall?” Wu Yuan shook his head slightly, feeling helpless.
Back then, he had made a promise to Daoist Long. But now, that promise now seemed destined to be broken.
“This is destiny,” Wu Yuan shook his head. Who could have predicted that the Eldritch Sovereign would suddenly take him as a disciple?
Compared to Daoist Long, Reverend Jing Shan had initially lost the opportunity to join the Bloodforge Devil Hall. Yet, fortune turned in his favor and he came to the Cang Feng Eldritch World.
As a fellow native of Wu Yuan’s homeland, Reverend Jing Shan would be trusted more than other outsiders, and the guidance from Cen Jiang would benefit him immensely.
After spending a day with his family in the Summerpeak World, Wu Yuan returned to the Fifth Origin Eldritch Field, his lingering worries finally dissipated.
My heart is at peace. Next, it’s time to test the third breakthrough path. With a thought, Wu Yuan entered the Cang Feng Eldritch Voidrealm and departed from his personal hall.
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The Cang Feng Eldritch Voidrealm was the highest grade voidrealm in the entire Cang Feng Eldritch World. Countless immortals from the many eldritch divine nations and eldritch continents were gathered here. Thus, many special voidrealm planes were established.
The Fifth Origin Eldritch Plane was the main gathering place of the hundred thousand plus geniuses of the Fifth Origin Eldritch Field. Though called a plane, it wasn’t too large.
After all, not too many people gathered here. Only slightly over ten thousand geniuses were active here year-round. For a peerless genius, splitting a strand to consciousness and stationing it here was a breeze.
In the very center of the entire plane was a tower bustling with activity.
“Old Devil, you’ve cleared level nineteen of the Eldritch Deity Tower? That’s not fair! I’m still stuck on level eighteen. Sigh.”
“So what? I’ve been training for over ten more years than you. Clearing level nineteen is only natural.”
“The Eldritch Deity Tower starts off easy, but from level seventeen onward, the difficulty skyrockets. Almost all of us Fifth Origin Eldritch Field disciples are stuck here.”
“Very few have passed level twenty-one.” A group of Origin Eldritch Field members with diverse appearances and auras chatted amongst themselves.
“That’s obvious. Passing level twenty-one means comprehending the Dao Field of a Lesser Law. Someone like that has the potential to become an earth-tier member.”
“Speaking of earth-tier members, has anyone ever seen that direct earth-tier disciple, Wu Yuan?”
“Nope!”
“I’ve never seen him during the Archimmortal’s lectures at the Origin Eldritch Continent.”
“Never heard of him.”
“He doesn’t seem to have entered the Cang Feng Eldritch Voidrealm either.” These Fifth Origin Eldritch Field members were deep in conversation.
Whoosh~ Suddenly, a streak of light flashed through the center of the tower, and a young man in white robes appeared out of thin air, a slight smile on his face.
Instantly, he drew the attention of everyone around him.
“Appearing directly from the center of the tower, is he a new disciple of the eldritch world?”
“No! I checked his aura. It’s Wu Yuan! That earth-tier member, Wu Yuan, it’s him!”
“Wu Yuan? That coward Wu Yuan?”
“A direct earth-tier member.”
There were over a thousand members gathered in the tower. Originally, most of them did not pay much attention to the figure in white robes. After all, new members occasionally joined the Fifth Origin Eldritch Field. It was quite normal. On average, thousands of members joined and left each year.
But when the name ‘Wu Yuan’ was mentioned, the place instantly erupted.
For the past month, Wu Yuan’s reputation had spread throughout the entire Fifth Origin Eldritch Field, with countless genius disciples branding him a coward.
“Wu Yuan, I challenge you!” a towering giant, over ten meters tall, growled.
“Haha, a challenge? Challenges are what the weak request from the strong, but is Wu Yuan strong? I don’t think so. Wu Yuan, I demand a fight with you.”
“Wu Yuan, if you’re a man, accept my challenge.” In an instant, the entire tower was in an uproar.
At least a hundred disciples shouted at Wu Yuan, most of them challenging him to a fight, inviting him to battle, or seeking a spar.
However, their voices were mostly filled with disdain.
Just as Cen Jiang said, it seems that most of the genius disciples of the Fifth Origin Eldritch Field are dissatisfied with me. Wu Yuan chuckled. Perfect.
“Everyone. I, Wu Yuan, accept all your challenges!” Wu Yuan’s voice rang out, echoing through the tower.
1. From Lao-tzu’s Taoteching, Red Pine’s Translation. ☜