Yuan's Ascension

Chapter 714: Spacetime, Creation, The Singular Essence (2)

“The essence of a Great Dao? Spacetime?” Sovereign Lan Yan was even more astonished.

This vast, majestic, Dao fluctuation that descended was unfathomable and elusive. Ordinary immortal cultivators, even Archimmortals and Archdeities, could not sense it in the slightest.

This fluctuation did not manifest in the normal realm of heaven and earth. Even with the special characteristics of the Spacetime Dao Realm, it could not truly transcend heaven and earth.

But the two Sovereigns were different. They had reached incredible levels, having long mastered a Greater Law, and they too were on the path of comprehending a Great Dao.

What they sought, with utmost dedication, was to fully comprehend a Great Dao! Naturally, they could sense it clearly.

"The essence of a Great Dao descends." Sovereign Jia Lou and Sovereign Lan Yan exchanged a glance, their hearts filled with indescribable shock.

They understood well what this meant – another cultivator had embarked upon the path of comprehending a Great Dao.

"Who could it be?" Sovereign Jia Lou couldn't resist asking. "Judging by the direction, it's from the Spacetime Island, isn't it? The imprint bearers there should all still be immortal cultivators."

He lacked the authority to pry into the Spacetime Island’s situation.

Sovereign Lan Yan glanced at him but remained silent.

"Lan Yan, even if you don't say it, I can guess. The Great Dao of Spacetime is both the easiest and the hardest to comprehend. Within the Spacetime Island, very few comprehend the Law of Time, and fewer are able to reach the level of True Intent. Only Ming Jian is able to achieve that.

He's cultivated for merely a thousand years, and already he treads the path of a Great Dao?" Sovereign Jia Lou marveled.

Sovereign Lan Yan remained silent, merely continuing to observe the phenomenon through her perception.

Inwardly, she too was utterly shocked, silently lamenting. It took me hundreds of millions of years as a Sovereign, leveraging vast amounts of Faith power, to barely cross the threshold of Spacetime... Truly, comparison is the thief of joy.

Of course, what she had lacked then was only sufficient insights into the Law of Time; she had long fully comprehended the Law of Space.

Countless years had passed, and she had progressed further along the path of Spacetime, yet still saw no hope of reaching its end.

The Dao Master must be aware of this. Sovereign Lan Yan thought to herself. I wonder if Ming Jian will catch his eye.

She couldn't be certain. The step from Sovereign to the supreme was incredibly difficult. Countless Sovereigns failed to take that step.

Thus, even a true Supreme Genius might not necessarily gain the Dao Master's approval.

...

The descent of the Dao essence was formless and unfathomable. Apart from the two Sovereigns who happened to be passing by, not one of the millions of imprint bearers on Spacetime Island was aware of it.

Within the private hall.

“Master?" Star Moon whispered, her breath caught in her throat as she gazed at the scene before her. "Have you crystallized the True Intent of Time? But something feels... different."

She dared not approach.

Hum~ Wu Yuan sat in lotus position atop the jade platform. His form had blurred, enveloped by a vast and majestic aura. This immense aura did not extend beyond the confines of the hall.

Even to Star Moon's eyes and senses, Wu Yuan seemed to exist in another realm entirely. He had become somewhat unreal and dreamlike!

Time... is this the True Intent of Time? Wu Yuan's thoughts stirred.

He realized that the flow of time, which had been so difficult to sense and manipulate before, now seemed ten or even a hundred times easier to control.

After more than twenty years of secluded cultivation, Wu Yuan had finally broken through this boundary, crystallizing Time True Intent and reaching a new stage in the Law of Time.

No! Something seems... off. Wu Yuan realized. This is... Spacetime? The fusion of Time and Space?

The moment he grasped Time True Intent, Wu Yuan sensed something amiss. Countless profundities of the Law of Space and the Law of Time began to merge involuntarily. Moreover, a vast Dao essence descended, resonating faintly with Wu Yuan's soul.

In the past, his comprehension of the ‘Nine Swords of Spacetime’, ‘Moonlight Shadow’, ‘Sea Of Stars’, and other techniques had unconsciously led Wu Yuan to attempt to combine Time and Space.

However, in the past, it had merely been a combination. He had never truly fused the two Greater Laws perfectly. But when Wu Yuan comprehended the Time True Intent, everything changed.

Hiss~ Countless Dao insights converged, forming a familiar yet entirely new profundity of the Dao in Wu Yuan's mind—Spacetime!

The Great Dao of Spacetime? An Essence Great Dao? Wu Yuan had an epiphany.

Hum! As Time True Intent initially crystallized, the soul of Wu Yuan's qi refiner self unknowingly merged with this vast descending Dao essence.

Singularity! Heaven and earth are boundless, but the Great Dao is singular. Wu Yuan faintly sensed and understood this.

In a distant, vast realm, a majestic force was calling out to him, resonating with his being. Yet Wu Yuan could barely sense it. It was blurry and indistinct. To comprehend it seemed even more challenging.

Without realizing it, I've already crossed the threshold of the Great Dao of Spacetime? Comprehending the Great Dao of Spacetime’s essence? Wu Yuan was shocked. But is the threshold of the Great Dao of Spacetime really this easy to cross?

Wu Yuan was bewildered.

He hadn't been prepared for this at all. Although he had long known of the Great Dao of Spacetime, he never imagined he would cross its threshold so quickly.

This is bad! Wood, Water, Fire... Wu Yuan immediately began to attempt to perceive other Greater Laws.

Immediately, an immense wave of Dao essence enveloped him, obscuring his once-clear perception of Wood's essence, Fire's essence, Earth's essence, and others by a thousandfold or more!

Dao Assimilation! The moment he stepped onto the path of the Essence Great Dao, his soul sensed the presence of the Dao essence, leading to a similar effect as merging with it.

The effects of Dao Assimilation were instantly magnified countless times, making other Daos far more difficult to comprehend.

...

In the mysterious and unfathomable Immutable Land, within the test site of the Creation Divine Hall.

Wu Yuan's body refiner self had been undergoing the test here for over three hundred years.

In recent decades, Wu Yuan's qi refiner self made rapid progress in the Law of Time, and his body refiner self was also influenced by this. Gradually, it was able to sense an entirely new aspect of the Creation Essence Diagrams.

When part of the profundities of Space, Wood, and Earth were combined, along with the artistic conception of Life's profundities, one formed the Law of Life.

When part of the profundities of Time, Thunder, and Fire were combined, they formed a Law that seemed to share the same source as the Law of Life, yet was fundamentally opposite.

All that was missing was that artistic conception!

According to what Master Kua Chi once said, among the six special Greater Laws, the one corresponding to Life is the Law of Death. Wu Yuan's body refiner self had not stopped pondering those Creation Essence Diagrams, especially those depicting killing and combat.

Those enormous Dao pattern diagrams contained the profundities of Time, Thunder, and Fire, which Wu Yuan had found difficult to understand. But he persevered, completely immersing himself in it.

Even as his comprehension of the Law of Time progressed rapidly in recent decades, Wu Yuan repeatedly attempted to create different combat secret arts, while also studying the secret art sacred mountains.

His progress was remarkably swift. From exchanging a dozen moves with the level nine guardian of the Creation Tower, he could now withstand dozens of exchanges, up to a hundred.

It seemed he was getting closer and closer to conquering level nine of the Creation Tower.

However, Wu Yuan's combat techniques still had flaws, and each time he clashed with the guardian of the ninth floor of the Creation Tower, he would ultimately be defeated.

Every time, he was just one or two moves short! And this seemingly minute gap was like an insurmountable chasm, impossible to cross no matter how hard he tried...

Until this moment.

Time... Time True Intent... This is the true nature of Time, this is the profundity of Spacetime fusion.

When his qi refiner self comprehended Time True Intent, his body refiner self finally grasped that insight through the intangible connection between his two true selves.

Creation! There can be death only where there is life, life cannot lack the space to grow, cannot lack the nourishment of the earth...

The endpoint of death is the extinction of time... When death occurs, time no longer has meaning.

Life and death... This is the true meaning of death. A thick aura of death suddenly enveloped Wu Yuan.

It was oppressive! If an ordinary Void Refiner/Elysian Field powerhouse were standing beside him now, they would likely feel an involuntary surge of sorrow, an urge to end their own life.

This was Death, the True Intent of Death! Among the six special Greater Laws, it was an exceptionally unique law. Only by realizing the terror of death could one appreciate the preciousness of life.

Between life and death lies great terror. And between life and death lies infinite creation... Wu Yuan contemplated the 365 Creation Essence Diagrams.

At this moment, those Creation Essence Diagrams appeared as the interweaving and fusion of the Law of Life and the Law of Death in his eyes. All conundrums were resolved.

Creation True Intent. Wu Yuan gently closed his eyes.

Boom! A vast and supreme Dao essence instantly descended from an infinitely distant place upon this test site.

Even the special nature of the Immutable Land, which could isolate heaven and earth, could not prevent the descent of this Dao essence.

A Great Dao’s essence was eternal and indestructible! Transcending heaven and earth, reigning supreme over all living beings.

Hum! Wu Yuan felt his soul faintly merge with this majestic Dao essence, perceiving its vast existence beyond the infinitely distant realm.

Soul integrates with the Dao essence. The Essence is singular. Wu Yuan felt that his body refiner self's partial understanding of Space and Time's fusion seemed to be erased by an invisible force.

Only the pure comprehension of the Laws of Time and Space remained, along with the comprehension of the Great Dao of Creation.

The moment Wu Yuan grasped Creation True Intent, the essence of the vast internal shambhala within Wu Yuan's body refiner self transformed from the Law of Life to the Creation Dao.

Rumble! The entire internal shambhala began to undergo an earth-shattering change, expanding rapidly. It broke through the limits of the first-degree eldritch root.

...

Haha, excellent. After countless ages, it's finally happening. In the Creation Divine Hall, the Creation Emissary, appearing as a black-robed figure, materialized with a faint smile. Master is finally about to welcome another successor.

Apotheosis immortal root. At last, the Saint Prohibition Art can be passed on.