get-shopping Chapter 188 Two Paths
Chapter 188 Two Paths
"The 'Former' character secret that I had been unable to comprehend suddenly cultivated successfully." As soon as Ye Fan woke up, a profound meaning naturally surfaced in his mind.
He had been trying to comprehend the 'Former' character secret for a long time without much progress, but just now, he suddenly cultivated it successfully.
"Could it be that what I saw just now was truly a corner of the future?" In an instant, Ye Fan was startled.
Thinking of that incredibly bleak future, Ye Fan's heart felt immensely heavy; he couldn't see a shred of hope.
Although his cultivation had surged, allowing him to enter the fourth great step of the Immortal Platform at any time, and not just at a preliminary level, he felt no joy at all.
Especially in the final battle, the enemies were not only powerful but also astonishingly numerous; he couldn't think of anything to defeat them with.
"Is the future truly already set?" Ye Fan murmured, feeling cold all over and somewhat suffocated.
After a while, Ye Fan's eyes flickered, and he saw the carvings on the stone wall ahead.
It was a hexagonal divine disk, inscribed with intricate innate patterns, with Dao texts written around the edges.
Looking at those Dao texts, Ye Fan's mood grew heavier.
The Dao texts stated that this was the Great Dao imprint of the Dao-achieving artifact of a great figure from the Immortal Ancient Era, named Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King.
That Immortal King researched Reincarnation, achieved Dao through Reincarnation, and walked extremely far on the Great Dao of Reincarnation, unmatched by anyone.
"Researching Reincarnation to achieve Dao..." Looking at the Dao texts, Ye Fan thought to himself, "So Reincarnation is also shrouded in mist in the Immortal Dao domain? An Immortal King doesn't seem to be an ordinary Immortal, yet they couldn't control Reincarnation.
It seems the waters of Reincarnation are deeper than I imagined..."
Looking at the Dao texts, he already understood what had just happened.
Normal cultivators who come here and approach the imprint can enter a illusory Reincarnation world to temper their primordial spirit consciousness, which is considered a significant reward.
However, for those who possess Time-type secret arts, or future-predicting secret arts, or both, coming here and activating the Reincarnation Disk's Great Dao imprint has a certain possibility of forming a space-time Reincarnation, potentially returning to the past or traveling to the future.
As for the manner in which one returns to the past or future, and how far back or forward one can go, it depends on the type and upper limit of the secret art.
If it were an Immortal King's secret art, perhaps exhausting the power of the Reincarnation Disk imprint could cover a range of millions, or even millions of years.
"In other words, there really isn't much Time left..." Ye Fan sighed.
The Nine Secrets were secret arts created by ancient Heavenly Venerates.
Perhaps the corner of the future he saw, optimistically and with good luck, was at most hundreds of thousands of years away; pessimistically and with bad luck, it could be thousands, or even tens of thousands of years away.
"Perhaps it's even shorter than I imagined!" Ye Fan composed himself and continued to step upward.
With a 'swish', he disappeared.
When he appeared again, he was teleported in front of a magnificent and grand city wall.
The city wall was tall, and every short distance there was an ancient and weathered stone gate, inscribed with ferocious beasts, deities, and Immortal spirits, as if they were alive.
The carvings were lifelike, almost leaping out, giving people an unspeakable sense of ferocity.
At the very top of the city wall, a line of Dao texts was written, which anyone who had achieved success in cultivation, regardless of the era, could understand the true meaning of.
"Original Wall, break through one hundred and eight gates, and you can obtain the Divine Guidance Chapter of the Original True Understanding!"
Looking at that line of Dao texts, Ye Fan rubbed his chin, revealing a thoughtful expression.
Currently, although he did not lack scriptures and the ones he cultivated were the strongest known, he was also preparing to create his own scripture, and already had a vague outline.
However, he was quite curious about the so-called 'Original True Understanding' on the city wall.
In the path of cultivation, Original is not Primordial Beginning; there is some connection, but they cannot be confused and treated as the same.
"Original True Understanding, does it refer to the explanation and understanding of the Dao in its Original state?" Ye Fan nodded slightly, gaining some insight in his heart.
He then walked towards the first stone gate, gently pushed it, opened it, and stepped inside.
The Original Wall, something Fang Ming obtained by making rubbings of the Original carvings on the original gate, was similar to the Divine Demon Wall.
There was not just one such Original Wall, but many, and naturally, Ye Fan was not the only one to encounter it; many people would encounter them.
The Divine Guidance Chapter of the Original True Understanding was not something too extraordinary; over in the Perfect World, many people possessed the Divine Guidance Chapter.
The difficulty set by Fang Ming would naturally not be overly difficult; people who truly possessed Great Emperor potential could barely break through.
"Rumble..."
This was an intense battle; his opponent was a Gluttonous beast, whose wide-open mouth could swallow the sun, moon, and stars, and melt everything, no different from a black hole in the starry sky.
Golden vital energy permeated the sky, the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist was swung, the invincible fist intent shocked the world, the black hole shattered, and the Gluttonous beast turned into specks of light and scattered.
Gate after gate, Ye Fan continued without stopping.
Later on, he felt that the strength of the enemies was in no way inferior to that of a Gu Huangzi.
Golden sacred blood splattered.
Ye Fan was, after all, a fierce person who could fight against the Great Dao, pushing through all one hundred and eight gates.
Finally, a crystalline jade book appeared out of thin air, landing in front of him, surrounded by Immortal energy and diffusing Great Dao aura.
Opening the jade book, he had originally intended to just glance at what an Immortal scripture looked like, but with just one look, Ye Fan became completely engrossed.
On the jade book, the most unadorned Great Dao symbols were used to describe the rules of the origin, and the most complex Great Dao mysteries were explained in the simplest way.
The profound mysteries of the Great Dao between heaven and earth, the various mysteries within the human body, and the profound mysteries contained within various races throughout the heavens were explained very clearly, and were described vividly by the writer through the means of combat.
When the Original True Understanding was first created, the creator must have considered those who would come after, which is why this scripture could span multiple systems and be universally applicable.
One must know that from the creation of this scripture until the Immortal Ancient and Chaotic Ancient eras, countless epochs had passed, and five Quasi-Immortal Emperors were born!
The cultivation system had changed repeatedly long ago, yet this scripture was still applicable.
Therefore, even in the current Secret Realm system, one could still cultivate with it.
For several days in a row, Ye Fan was immersed in the profound mysteries of this chapter of the Original True Understanding.
The explanations of the various Great Daos within it made him exclaim, 'So that's how it is'.
"What a truly remarkable scripture, worthy of being an Immortal Dao scripture.
It must have been written by a great figure in the Immortal Dao."
Ye Fan carefully put away this scripture, planning to take it back to Tian Zhi Village for his friends to study together.
Half a month later, Ye Fan ascended to the summit of this mountain, which glowed with seven-colored Immortal radiance.
In an instant, he was stunned.
The summit of the mountain was not too large.
A golden cliff hundreds of feet high stood there.
Below the golden cliff, a young man stood with his hands behind his back, his expression calm, as if he was comprehending something.
The young man had a tall and straight physique, with black hair cascading down.
His entire being exuded a transcendent aura, giving people a feeling of being as handsome as jade, with a unique charm.
He alone could suppress the universe, like an Immortal King walking in the world.
Looking at the young man, Ye Fan's eyelids twitched, feeling exceptionally familiar.
He said somewhat uncertainly, "Senior Gai Jiuyou?"
In an instant, the young man opened his eyes.
Upon seeing Ye Fan, his heroic face revealed a smile and he said, "It's me.
I obtained a divine fruit, extended my lifespan for one lifetime, and made some breakthroughs."
Hearing Gai Jiuyou's words, Ye Fan was overjoyed and quickly asked, "Senior has achieved Dao and become a Great Emperor?"
If Gai Jiuyou achieved Dao and became a Great Emperor, there would be no further hidden worries; all problems would be resolved.
The so-called ancient myriad races would not be worth worrying about; he could suppress the myriad races with a single finger.
Of course, even if he hadn't achieved Dao and become a Great Emperor, it didn't matter.
With his realm of being about to achieve Dao, he was undoubtedly one of the strongest under the starry sky.
"I am not a Great Emperor; I can only be called an Extreme Dao Supreme."
Gai Jiuyou shook his head and said, "Although I have broken through my original realm and stand on the same level as former Great Emperors, compared to Great Emperors and ancient emperors, I am still lacking something; there is still some difference."
"Extreme Dao Supreme?" Ye Fan was a little puzzled, then asked, "Senior, what are you lacking compared to ancient Great Emperors?"
"Heaven's Heart Imprint."
Gai Jiuyou explained, saying, "When ancient Great Emperors achieved Dao, their bodies merged with the Heaven's Heart, one Dao suppressed myriad Daos, their own Dao imprinted the great universe, and they ruled the great universe."
He looked up at the sky and spoke faintly, "In this world, there is no Heaven's Heart Imprint.
Achieving Dao here, although merging with myriad Daos, one cannot suppress myriad Daos like ancient Great Emperors.
They are merely parallel, hence I can only be considered an Extreme Dao Supreme."
"So that's how it is."
Ye Fan suddenly understood, then asked, "Senior, since you have already recovered to your peak, why not return to your original great world and then achieve Dao?"
"Could it be that achieving Dao in this world has some benefits?" Ye Fan speculated thoughtfully.
"There are indeed benefits, and not small ones, related to cultivation in the Immortal Dao domain."
Gai Jiuyou smiled and said, "However, this matter is still far from you; it's not yet time for you to make a choice, so there's no need to rush."
"It seems to be two paths?" Ye Fan guessed.
"Yes, there are two paths."
Gai Jiuyou nodded and said, "One of them does not purely rely on oneself, while the other purely relies on oneself."
"The latter has a higher upper limit and is a path leading to the peak, while the former's upper limit is relatively not as high."
Gai Jiuyou looked at Ye Fan and said, "You don't need to dwell on the details; walk your own path."
"Then Senior..."
Ye Fan's heart sank, thinking of the future he had seen, and he instantly realized something.
Due to some very urgent reason, Gai Jiuyou chose a path whose upper limit was not as high.
Gai Jiuyou smiled freely and said, "Nothing is absolute; it may not be impossible to change paths in the future.
The urgent matter now is to improve ourselves as much as possible.
This is true for you, and it is also true for me."
"Furthermore, the so-called not-so-high upper limit is relative; that upper limit is still terrifyingly high."
He said with a smile.
Recalling the various secrets he had learned, Gai Jiuyou still felt lingering fear.
Although he had confidence, he did not believe he surpassed the former Immortal Kings.
Thinking of the secrets recorded in ancient books, he felt it was necessary to take precautions and become as strong as possible, otherwise their world would sooner or later end up like the Immortal Domain.
Ye Fan nodded, then opened his mouth and said, "Senior, I had a wondrous encounter earlier and saw a corner of the future.
The matter is like this..."
He described the corner of the future he had seen!
In an instant, Gai Jiuyou's expression became extremely solemn.
After a while, he patted Ye Fan's shoulder and said seriously, "Cultivate well.
The future is not already set; that was just a possibility.
Don't take it as definite."
"Senior, please rest assured, I naturally understand the reasoning behind it."
Ye Fan nodded, very calmly.
He spoke of this matter because Gai Jiuyou was currently the person with the highest cultivation, an invincible figure under the starry sky, and would definitely be one of the key figures in the future.
"There are many opportunities in this world.
This peak is called the Immortal Peak, and it records a supreme grand method.
You can go and try it.
I was just a little short and only reached the incomplete chapter."
Gai Jiuyou looked at Ye Fan and said, "The opportunities on the Starry Sky Ancient Road are not as good as here, so you probably don't need to go there."
"After a while, I will reopen the ancient road and connect our Human Clan's ancient road to this world."
He said with a serious expression.
Ye Fan nodded, then walked towards the golden mountain peak.
A day later, Ye Fan, heavily injured and on the verge of death, appeared out of thin air with a joyful expression, following Gai Jiuyou as they left this Immortal mountain and headed towards the outside world.
Besides the two of them, no one else was able to ascend to the summit of the Immortal mountain.
Not long after the two left, Fang Ming's slightly illusory figure appeared.
His deep gaze watched their retreating backs, looking somewhat surprised.