0p0 Chapter 166 Road
Chapter 166 Road
With the formation of three strands of Immortal Qi, Fang Ming was considered to have truly become a renowned young Supreme.
If he were to promote himself and participate in a few Dao Discussion conventions, he would gain some fame, and then he could truly participate in some high-level Dao Discussion conventions.
This also meant that he had become a core seed of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, entering the sights of the upper-level Great Experts.
Even a Great Sect like the Five Elements Immortal Palace had only cultivated one younger generation with three strands of Immortal Qi in this era, which was him.
In the Immortal Ancient era, which was such a prosperous age, there weren't many people who cultivated three strands of Immortal Qi; they were considered rare.
Fang Ming had no intention of going out to participate in the so-called Dao Discussion conventions; he became a true ascetic, completely immersed in cultivation.
He didn't care about fame at all; no one knew when the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths would be breached, and he just wanted to grow quickly during this time.
He only focused on cultivating diligently, completely leaving everything else behind.
The other Elders of the Immortal Palace had no objections to this, and their support for him did not diminish in the slightest, with resources flowing in continuously.
Another year later, at the age of nineteen, Fang Ming reached the Perfected stage of the True One realm and entered the special realm of Sacred Offering.
“Rumble…”
Thunder rolled, chaotic energy spread, and the Yin-Yang Five Elements Divine Lightning descended from the sky; this was one of the strongest Heavenly Tribulations.
At the age of twenty, Fang Ming triggered the Heavenly God Tribulation.
Under the Great Tribulation, vast stretches of mountains and rivers turned to ashes, chaotic energy spread boundlessly, and the Heavenly Tribulation manifested the Heavenly Talents of the past, turning into humanoid lightning wielding their former magical artifacts to attack him.
A great battle thus erupted; Fang Ming and one humanoid lightning after another fought into the tribulation clouds, shaking the tribulation clouds apart.
These humanoid lightning figures were all Dao Attainers from the past; some of them are still alive today.
Many people in the Five Elements Immortal Palace showed surprise after observing this scene.
“This kid’s Cave Heaven seems especially powerful, a bit different from other people’s Cave Heavens, it seems to have exceeded the scope of a Cave Heaven…” The Three Elder looked at Fang Ming, who was fighting in the Heavenly Tribulation, and showed a surprised expression.
Within the Heavenly Tribulation, Fang Ming’s ten Cave Heavens were boundless, forming ten huge balls of light, extremely brilliant, emitting astonishing fluctuations, more than ten times larger than the average person’s Cave Heaven!
“Could it be that his path is related to the Cave Heaven?” He thought to himself.
“As expected of someone suspected of being a reincarnated person, he is simply a born warrior, possessing unparalleled talent in combat!” Observing the battle, an Elder of the Immortal Palace exclaimed in admiration.
Within the lightning tribulation, although Fang Ming was fighting against multiple opponents and was at a complete disadvantage, he did not fall into a desperate situation.
This situation was different from Ye Fan, whose Heavenly Tribulation manifested nine opponents of the same level, making it impossible to fight!
His opponents were not of the same level, some were strong and some were weak, so he could still fight.
This Heavenly Tribulation lasted for an exceptionally long time, a full half a day. After half a day, when Fang Ming was charred all over and nearly exhausted, the Heavenly Tribulation finally receded.
At this point, he became a true Heavenly God.
After taking a divine pill radiating five-colored light, cracking sounds came from his body, and his injuries completely recovered with each breath.
According to his plan, for him, what followed was the most important part, the core and key area.
Whether he could forge a path that could be popularized, that was the key!
Fang Ming thought for a long time. Since it was difficult to reasonably increase the realms within his main body's system, he would first cultivate the current system, and then at a suitable cultivation level, transition to the Cave Heaven World system.
This suitable realm was, of course, the Heavenly God realm.
“Next, I need to consider how to evolve the Dao Realm Cave Heaven into a True Cave Heaven…” After the tribulation, Fang Ming sat cross-legged on the ground, lost in thought.
The reason his Ci Shen was able to evolve the Dao Realm Cave Heaven into a True Cave Heaven and upgrade it into a world was because the Immortal Medicine he consumed was the World Immortal Tree fruit, which was formerly the kun wood and possessed the characteristics of a world tree.
The Dao fruit condensed from the Immortal Medicine's fruit carried this ability, an ability that small cultivators could not achieve.
Now Fang Ming had to consider how he should do this, and it was possible that other cultivators would also need to do this.
Furthermore, after achieving this, the Dao Realm Cave Heaven, after evolving into a True Cave Heaven, must still possess infinite potential and not stop there, lest it lead people down a dead end.
Of course, making other cultivators also achieve this is not mandatory; one can emulate Shi Hao's method after perfecting the Secret Realm method, directly leaving a Dao seed in the hearts of all living beings.
Seeing him lost in thought, the people around did not come forward to disturb him.
Ten huge Cave Heavens appeared, with essence energy falling down like ten massive divine waterfalls, extremely vast.
Fang Ming sat cross-legged on a piece of scorched earth. The essence energy flowing down from the Cave Heavens spread, and tender shoots sprouted on this scorched earth.
In just a few breaths, the area turned lush green, completely restoring its vitality.
The ten huge Cave Heavens rotated continuously, and from time to time, runes spread out. These were Yin-Yang Five Elements Great Dao runes. These runes intertwined, evolving the Yin-Yang Five Elements Great Dao, and merged into the ten Cave Heavens.
With a ‘buzz’, the ten huge Cave Heavens trembled, the Yin-Yang Five Elements Origin Runes shattered, and reassembled outside.
Fang Ming frowned and muttered to himself, “Not enough, not enough! Yin-Yang Five Elements are the foundation of heaven and earth, but having a foundation is not enough; heaven and earth are not only Yin-Yang Five Elements…”
A large system, just Yin-Yang Five Elements, cannot be supported.
His previous life’s Dao fruit was shielded by the power of reincarnation, and with only memories, it was naturally difficult to reproduce his original Dao practice.
If he could reproduce his original Dao practice, he could naturally evolve the Dao Realm Cave Heaven into a True Cave Heaven, thus connecting the current system to his Great System.
Unfortunately, it could not be reproduced.
“It’s a pity that my Ci Shen became an Immortal using Immortal Medicine, knowing the result but not the reason, and wasn’t able to understand the profound mystery of how the Dao Realm Cave Heaven evolved into a True Cave Heaven.” Fang Ming secretly lamented.
The Ci Shen’s enlightenment on becoming an Immortal was also like this; he couldn't comprehend the fundamental reason, only knowing that he became an Immortal like this, but he didn't understand the specific process of evolution.
“Without the innate closeness to the Dao and environmental dependence characteristics, it’s a bit difficult to recreate a Great Dao similar to the ‘World’ Great Dao…” Fang Ming felt troubled.
Evolving the Dao Realm Cave Heaven into a True Cave Heaven is the best method.
Of course, a true World Great Dao similar to that of the Ci Shen is also acceptable; there won't be any problems in the short term.
As for the long term, problems could indeed arise.
Although the lifespan of a world is very long, it is not eternal. If one cultivates a system based on this Dao, even if one achieves the Immortal Dao in the future, they may not necessarily be true Eternals.
Even Immortal Kings cannot attain eternity, and the Great Thousand World will also perish.
Of course, this view, limited by the current perspective and realm, may not be correct.
“As for the Original Great Dao Runes of the Original True Understanding, the evolved Cave Heavens are one-time solidified and lack the potential for continued growth…”
He had not failed to consider the Original True Understanding, but the Original True Understanding also could not truly solve the problem.
What he wanted was for the growth of the world to drive the increase in cultivation and Dao practice, rather than the increase in Dao practice to drive the growth of the world; there was a distinction between the primary and secondary.
The result of evolving the Original Great Dao Runes of the Original True Understanding was the latter.
Just as Fang Ming was struggling, a five-colored immortal light descended from the sky, landing beside Fang Ming.
The person who arrived was the Vice Palace Master of the Five Elements Immortal Palace, the Five Extremes True Immortal.
He was enveloped in five-colored immortal light. Looking at Fang Ming, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, frowning and deep in thought, he spoke, “Xuan Ming, I once heard the Three Elder and the Four Elder say that you have the ambition to forge a path. Have you encountered any difficulties now?”
Fang Ming looked at the arrival and said, “I want to evolve my own Cave Heaven into a world seed and thus forge a path. Does the Palace Master have any suggestions?”
The Vice Palace Master of the Immortal Palace stiffened, showing a solemn expression. This matter was truly not something he could accomplish.
With his Dao practice, even opening up a Small Thousand World in the chaos and creating a divine domain pure land would not be a problem.
However, wanting to evolve a cultivator's Dao Realm Cave Heaven into a world seed was a bit beyond his ability.
He understood Fang Ming's meaning. Fang Ming intended to use the Cave Heaven as a foundation and continue to evolve it, thus breaking free from the current system and the shackles of the Dao seed.
He could make the Dao Realm Cave Heaven a true Cave Heaven, but that kind of crude evolution was completely useless.
It was already finalized and lacked the nature of growth, just like the Small Thousand World he opened up in the chaos.
It was a one-time creation, and there was no potential for future growth.
What Fang Ming wanted to do was to evolve the Dao Realm Cave Heaven into a special kind of ‘Dao seed’, a Dao seed that could grow normally and possess infinite potential for evolution, similar to a nascent universe or a world tree sapling.
The difference is that a nascent universe and a world tree sapling are tools and mediums used by cultivators in the current system to merge with the Dao, comprehend the Dao, and come into contact with the Great Dao, while Fang Ming's Dao seed is the realm itself.
“If this path can be successfully forged, its potential is infinite, and furthermore, because of the ability to use a large amount of external resources, the growth rate might be extremely astonishing…” The Five Extremes True Immortal's eyes flowed with immortal light, constantly deducing.
“However, if that’s the case, perhaps a world tree sapling or a nascent universe would be of considerable help to him…” A thought arose in the Five Extremes True Immortal’s mind.
Subsequently, he sighed in his heart. Although the Immortal Palace was extraordinary, it did not have a world tree sapling or a nascent universe. These two types of Dao seeds were perfect Dao seeds among perfect Dao seeds, even surpassing the Five Elements Dao seed and the Yin-Yang Dao seed.
World tree saplings are extremely rare, generally conceived by world trees or formed through the Nirvana of innate spiritual roots in the chaos.
The formation of nascent universes is mysterious; only some Heavenly Talents can obtain them through chance encounters, and it is not yet known how they are formed, making them difficult to cultivate.
“Alright, I’ll take him to sit under the kun wood for a period of time. The kun wood has the ability to reopen a Great Chiliocosm Universe, and cultivating under it might yield some results!” Thinking of this, the Five Extremes True Immortal spoke, saying, “Your path is astonishing, and I have nothing much to say.”
“However, I can take you to the kun wood and let you sit under the kun wood tree for a period of time. Whether you can gain any insights depends on yourself.” He continued.
The Five Extremes True Immortal believed that the young man named Xuan Ming would understand his meaning.
“Thank you, Palace Master.” Fang Ming immediately thanked him solemnly.
Originally, he had wanted to comprehend the mysteries of the world tree and the profound mysteries of the Great Dao.
Now that a True Immortal had spoken, it was naturally different, saving a lot of trouble and allowing him to have a better position to better comprehend the mysteries of the world tree.
“Cultivate well. If you can truly forge this path, that would be the best.” The Five Extremes True Immortal encouraged him.
A five-colored immortal light shot into the sky, and Fang Ming and the Five Extremes True Immortal disappeared simultaneously.
A disciple of the Immortal Palace watched the place where the five-colored immortal light disappeared with deep eyes. His expression was normal, and no abnormality could be seen from his expression.
This person looked at the place where the immortal light disappeared, his thoughts churning in his mind, and he secretly thought, “Even the Vice Palace Master personally came forward, it seems the Five Elements Immortal Palace does not attach ordinary importance to this person. It seems my level of importance to this person is not enough; I should pay more attention to this person in the future, perhaps he will be one of the core seeds of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.”
“I originally thought he was just an ordinary Heavenly Talent. After all, there are not many people who cultivate three strands of Immortal Qi, but also not few. To think that even the Five Extremes came out…” This person’s thoughts turned as he walked towards his residence.
Entering his cultivation residence, he stepped into the depths of the heavily restricted core Cave Mansion.