Comprehension Ability: Creating and teaching the Dao in various worlds

Nie Yun and Shan Yang were filled with confusion and doubt.

"Li, after so many years, you haven't changed a bit." Lin Yuan smiled faintly as he looked toward Li Qing and spoke.

Upon hearing these words,

Li Qing's eyes immediately began to redden, nearly unable to control her emotions, she subconsciously uttered two words, "Master."

It had been tens of thousands of years; only the once Lin Yuan had ever called her that.

Li Qing had almost forgotten that she even had such a 'nickname.'

"Go on."

"Tell me about what has happened over the years."

Lin Yuan casually found a place to sit down; over the past hundred years, he had been mostly cultivating, although he had obtained a lot of information about the Spirit Realm and the Daode Immortal Sect through the Martial Temple.

But certainly, none of it was as detailed as what Li Qing, a Seventh Stage Martial Tao at its peak, knew.

"Ah?"

The minds of Nie Yun and Shan Yang beside him were once again thrown into chaos.

What happened?

Why would Li Zu call Lin Yuan 'Master'?

Master... The idea that struck both Seventh Stage Martial Taoists was unbelievable.

Li Qing's master was the legendary Martial Ancestor.

Could it be that this young man before them was the Martial Ancestor, the Opener of Martial Tao?

But how was that possible?

Wasn't it said that the Martial Ancestor had vanished long ago?

"No need to stand, have a seat." Lin Yuan glanced at Li Qing, Nie Yun, and Shan Yang as he spoke nonchalantly.

Instantly,

An invisible force emerged.

Nie Yun and Shan Yang subconsciously sat down.

Li Qing too gently took her seat.

"This power?" Nie Yun and Shan Yang's scalps tingled.

In face of this invisible force, they had absolutely no ability to resist; their pride in their Martial Tao vitalities seemed as if rendered ineffective.

"Martial Ancestor."

"That is the Martial Ancestor."

Nie Yun and Shan Yang were shaken to the core; Lin Yuan at this moment gave off a feeling far stronger than Cangqing Immortal, from Daode Immortal Sect, who was only half a step away from becoming a Tribulation-Transcending Celestial King.

"Master."

"You... You've finally returned…." Li Qing's eyes were moist, for hundreds of thousands of years, she never stopped searching for traces of Lin Yuan.

The Daode Immortal Sect claimed that Lin Yuan never ascended to the Spirit Realm from the Ascension Platform. He may well have broken through the barriers of the Lower Realms, entering the Spirit Realm amid the chaos of the void.

However, this method of entering the Spirit Realm was highly uncertain, and one wouldn't typically arrive in Dongyun Tao Province, let alone anywhere within the region of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.

The Spirit Realm is vast and boundless, with the Three Thousand Dao Provinces being just a part of it. The rest are mostly desolate areas.

"Master?"

"Li Zu's address is 'Master'?"

The respectfully standing Supreme Elders were caught in a storm of shock.

Even though they had already highly estimated Lin Yuan, they had not foreseen that he would be Li Zu's master.

How could this be?

"The Martial Ancestor, Chang Er is the Martial Ancestor."

The Great Supreme Elder's mind trembled.

Even though the scene was incredibly unbelievable and Lin Chang's connection to the Martial Ancestor was incomprehensible, Li Zu certainly would not deceive them.

As the direct disciple of the legendary Martial Ancestor, Li Qing would surely be well-versed about the Martial Ancestor and would not recognize the wrong person.

"That I would come to think that Chang Er was born for Martial Tao?"

The Great Supreme Elder's scalp numbed with this evaluation. For any Martial Dao Cultivator, it was an inner affirmation and acknowledgment.

Even hinting at pushing Martial Tao to new heights,

But if the person was the Martial Ancestor, it was not flattery; it was profanity.

Born for Martial Tao?

Utterly wrong.

The entire Martial Tao arose because of the Martial Ancestor.

...

"I encountered some issues, which is why I arrived only now," Lin Yuan offered only a few words to explain experiences spanning hundreds of thousands of years.

Li Qing and the two others didn't harbor much suspicion; the Spirit Realm was vast, containing countless mysteries,

even a Tribulation Stage Celestial King could be trapped for tens or hundreds of thousands of years if they fell into certain traps.

As for why Martial Ancestor returned in the guise of Lin Chang... Li Qing didn't question it much, either. Unity Realm True Immortals had the means to dissolve their physical form and reincarnate, which was also one of the most powerful life-saving methods for True Immortals.

Of course, no matter how many times one reincarnates, the lifespan of the soul doesn't increase. True Immortals live leisurely for hundreds of thousands of years, but once the limit of a soul's lifespan is reached, reincarnating any number of times is useless.

The only way to extend one's lifespan is to attempt the Tribulation, to become an Immortal King.

"It's good that Master could come back."

"Nothing else matters," Li Qing said joyfully. Through this brief exchange, she was fully convinced that the Lin Yuan in front of her was her master, the Ancestor of Martial Arts from the Central Divine China World.

She could tell from his way of speaking and tone. Li Qing rarely divulged anything about Lin Yuan to outsiders, and many habits and ways were known only to her.

...

"Master, six thousand years after you disappeared, I reached the Sixth Stage Martial Tao following the guidance you left behind," she said.

"Not long after, I ascended to the Spirit Realm through the Ascension Platform of the Daode Immortal Sect..."

Li Qing began to recount her experiences over the years.

"After ascending to the Spirit Realm, Cangqing Immortal kept his promise, even designating a city specifically for the propagation of Martial Tao," Li Qing said, her tone still reflecting some gratitude.

Without Cangqing Immortal, without the early protection of the Daode Immortal Sect, she, a mere Sixth Stage Martial Taoist on par with the Refining Void Period, would have had to join some power and serve for thousands of years just to stabilize her footing in the Spirit Realm.

It was out of gratitude to Cangqing Immortal that Li Qing volunteered to join the ranks of Daode Immortal Sect to fight its battles.

Of course, the Daode Immortal Sect provided ample compensation, and during the wars between the Xuanwang Domain and other Great Realms, Li Qing grew rapidly.

Eventually, using one of the twelve pathways to the Seventh Rank left by Lin Yuan, she chose one to advance to the Seventh Rank.

After stepping into the Seventh Rank, Li Qing had the right to advance or retreat. As a being on par with a True Immortal, she belonged to the absolute upper echelons even within the Daode Immortal Sect.

In this way, Li Qing led the Martial Temple of Xianyao City in an almost cooperative manner with the Daode Immortal Sect, continuing to this day.

Li Qing fought for the Daode Immortal Sect while the Sect, in return, protected Xianyao City and provided ample compensation. That she could cultivate to the Seventh-Rank Peak had much to do with the Daode Immortal Sect.

"Were you the only disciple to step into the Seventh Rank?"

Lin Yuan asked.

He remembered taking in hundreds of Direct Disciples.

Several among them had the potential to enter the Seventh Rank.

"Just me. Those junior brothers and sisters all fell during their attempts to break through to the Seventh Rank," Li Qing said, her expression tinged with sorrow.

Breaking through to the Seventh Rank was anything but smooth sailing, especially since Lin Yuan hadn't fully perfected it at the time and had only left behind a conjecture.

Lin Yuan himself managed to break through relying on his formidable foundation and his Against-Heaven's Understanding, as easily as eating and drinking.

But the others?

Li Qing was relatively fortunate.

With the support of the Daode Immortal Sect, she ultimately had the luck to step into the Seventh Rank.

The others... weren't so lucky.

In fact, even in the Main World, Evolvers practicing other Evolutionary Paths faced tremendous risks moving from the Sixth to Seventh Rank.

And that was with a complete Evolutionary Path and guidance from Higher-Rank Evolvers.

It was even more so in other Worlds.

"These two are my valued disciples in the Spirit Realm, who later successfully stepped into the Seventh Rank," Li Qing immediately introduced Nie Yun and Shan Yang.

"We pay respect to Martial Ancestor."

"We pay respect to Martial Ancestor."

Shan Yang and Nie Yun were a bit restrained. They had heard too many legends about Martial Ancestor from Li Qing since childhood.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

To them, Martial Ancestor was nearly mythological, someone who single-handedly opened the Martial Path Evolutionary Path, made Daode Immortal Sect yield, and even had Cangqing Immortal personally negotiate...

But now, the Martial Ancestor that they revered and admired in their hearts had actually appeared before them, naturally stirring up a multitude of feelings.

Especially Shan Yang, who had almost come to blows with Martial Ancestor just a short while ago, felt somewhat fearful inside.

"Hmm,"

Lin Yuan nodded slightly.

He didn't differentiate much between these two juniors of Martial Dao; as long as they practiced Martial Dao, they could all be considered his disciples.

"My elder brother and second sister, and our parents, where are they now?"

Lin Yuan looked at Li Qing again and asked.

Having a high position within the Daode Immortal Sect, Li Qing would surely know the whereabouts of Jun Dongjin, Mu Lian'er, and others even if she wasn't from the Sect's main lineage.

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