Chapter 6: The Great Dao's Choice, The Great Dao True Talisman

In a flash of thought.

Chen Daoxuan's magical power manifested, and in an instant he condensed three thousand Heavenly Source Forbidden Seals, branding them into Lu Lingwei's body.

Immediately.

In Chen Daoxuan's Dharma Eyes, a wondrously profound black-and-white radiance emanated from her body.

At the same time, with his Black Tortoise Spiritual Sense, he faintly perceived a ripple of Heavenly Heart Consciousness emerging from Lu Lingwei.

At this, a flash of understanding arose in Chen Daoxuan's heart.

"Mm, could it be that she is the Heavenly Fate Person, Fortune's Daughter, brought forth by the world's Heavenly Heart Consciousness?"

"Then if I had not come, how would she have risen to prominence within this Tianji Blessed Land?"

Chen Daoxuan fell into deep thought, pondering the Cause and Effect within all this.

A moment later.

He sensed the black-and-white radiance emanating from Lu Lingwei gradually expanding.

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within the Tianji Blessed Land began to converge toward her, and Chen Daoxuan knew this was the sign of the Yin-Yang Dao Body beginning to awaken.

In an instant, Chen Daoxuan withdrew the three thousand Heavenly Source Forbidden Seals he had condensed with his magical power.

The expanding black-and-white radiance converged once more, and the Yin-Yang Dao Body that had been on the verge of awakening fell silent again.

Three days later.

After carefully understanding the detailed circumstances of this woman, Lu Lingwei, Chen Daoxuan returned to the Great Universe according to his original plan.

……

Silently returning to the interior of that Ten Zhang tall Ju Xing Gui Lei.

Chen Daoxuan immediately sensed that his perception of the Great Dao had become blurred by a thousandfold compared to when he was in that demonized world of the Yuanling Realm.

Even the Water Dao contained within his Shui Xing Dao Ti had become blurred by a hundredfold.

At this, Chen Daoxuan's heart showed no emotional change.

Circulating the Black Tortoise True Scripture, the wisp of Law Imprint between the brows of his nine-inch Nascent Soul radiated a profound black light.

Chen Daoxuan began to sense the Water Dao of the Great Universe, using it to mend and correct that wisp of Water Dao Law Imprint, which was weaker than what the sect's records described.

……

Half a year later.

Just as the mending and correction of that wisp of Law Imprint was about to be completed.

Chen Daoxuan fell into hesitation.

He discovered that the Water Dao Laws he had comprehended from the two spacetime domains were, overall, only seventy percent identical.

The remaining thirty percent held subtle differences in their finer details.

And among those differences, some were complementary and mutually reinforcing, but many were also contradictory.

……

At this moment, Chen Daoxuan faced two choices.

The first was to honestly cultivate according to the Dao Laws of the Great Universe.

Completely abandoning the Dao of the other domain, treating it merely as a springboard.

The second was to learn from each domain's strengths, comprehending the Dao of both domains, condensing a Dao Imprint that held subtle distinctions and differences from both.

……

If he made the first choice, merely using the Dao Laws of the domain without the interference of the Chang Sheng Tian Gui as a springboard.

Then at least before achieving the Tribulation Crossing Stage, Chen Daoxuan would encounter no obstacles in his comprehension of the Great Dao.

But doing so would make him no different from the successive Combined Body Heavenly Lords of the Shanhai Immortal Sect throughout history.

And over these countless eons, the vast majority of the successive Combined Body Heavenly Lords of the Shanhai Immortal Sect throughout history had been trapped and perished at the Combined Body Stage.

Only a few could draw forth an Immortal Tribulation and step into the Tribulation Crossing Stage.

But among those who successfully stepped into the Tribulation Crossing Stage, the majority either perished at that stage or were fortunate enough to switch to cultivating as a Loose Immortal, barely clinging to life.

And those who could ultimately break through the Tribulation Crossing Stage, achieve the Great Vehicle Stage, and thereby ascend to the Ascension Realm.

Over the countless eons of the Shanhai Immortal Sect, there had only been eight.

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But if Chen Daoxuan made the second choice.

Although it might broaden his path to immortality.

It was very likely that at this Nascent Soul Stage, he would have to begin forging ahead entirely on his own.

A deviation of a single hair's breadth could lead to an error of a thousand miles.

Even the slightest subtle difference in Great Dao cultivation could cause the path ahead to be completely blocked.

……

In his hesitation, a Black Tortoise True Form manifested around Chen Daoxuan's body.

He began to employ a heart-refinement secret art from the Black Tortoise True Scripture, the "Black Tortoise Heart Inquiry."

To temper his spirit and interrogate his true heart.

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Nine days later.

Upon completing one session of Black Tortoise Heart Inquiry, Chen Daoxuan made his decision.

To make the second choice.

In a flash of thought, the Law Imprint, which had been only a hair's breadth away from being fully mended and corrected, began to undergo a change.

The subtle contradictions within the Water Dao Laws of the two domains that Chen Daoxuan had comprehended all began to be removed by him.

In just an hour, the removal was complete. That wisp of Water-Element Great Dao Law Imprint had already shrunk a full circle compared to when it had just been condensed.

Then, Chen Daoxuan gritted his teeth.

He also removed those mutually complementary and reinforcing parts between the two domains' Great Daos.

Another hour passed.

By now, that wisp of dark-black Water-Element Great Dao Law Imprint was only half of what it had been when first condensed.

And it was only one-third of the Water-Element Great Dao Law Imprint recorded in the sect's archives.

……

But as Chen Daoxuan thoroughly removed the very last trace of difference between the two domains' Great Daos upon that wisp of Law Imprint—

In a flash of lightning, that wisp of Law Imprint transformed into a dark-black talisman shaped like a tadpole.

"Great Dao True Talisman!"

Staring at this rice-grain-sized, tadpole-shaped dark-black talisman, sensing the mysterious connection between it and himself, Chen Daoxuan froze, his face full of disbelief.

In a blink, the hiltless, edgeless Black Tortoise Sword with its rounded tip appeared in his hand, and he thrust it toward his heart.

Piercing straight through the heart.

At once, a mouthful of essence blood spurted out.

It also connected with the Kunlun Mirror.

After a long while, seeing the dark-black talisman remain utterly unchanged, Chen Daoxuan broke into a smile, dancing about like a madman.

"Haha, it's not an illusion, not a heart demon."

"My Immortal Achievement is within reach, haha…"

He was ten thousand times more thrilled than when he had learned Lu Lingwei possessed a Yin-Yang Dao Body.

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No wonder Chen Daoxuan was so overjoyed.

The Great Dao True Talisman is also known as the Immortal Dao Foundation.

A Combined Body Heavenly Lord merges with at least one complete Great Dao Law.

The Crossing Tribulation Stage, on the other hand, is about undergoing the test of Immortal Tribulation.

Thereby transcending the Great Dao Law merged with during Heavenly Dao Harmony, and sublimating it into an Immortal Dao Law belonging solely to oneself.

And when sublimating into an Immortal Dao Law, only by condensing an Immortal Dao Edict is there any chance of success.

Every Immortal Dao Edict represents one Great Dao, and each is condensed from 129,600—one cycle's number—of Great Dao True Talismans.

Now, by a stroke of fortune, Chen Daoxuan had successfully condensed one Great Dao True Talisman, which meant he was walking the most correct path.

Before reaching the Crossing Tribulation Stage, his cultivation on the Great Dao alone would be smooth sailing all the way.

……

"So that's how it is!"

"No wonder it's called the Great Dao True Talisman."

"Whether due to the changes of heaven and earth, the evolution of the universe, or the countless Combined Body Heavenly Lords merging with the Three Thousand Great Daos over the ages, causing errors to appear even within the Great Daos themselves—"

"Only by comprehending the Great Dao Law that contains not a single error, the most authentic essence of the Dao, can one manifest and condense a Great Dao True Talisman."

Countless thoughts and ideas surfaced in Chen Daoxuan's mind.

……

It was not until three days later.

That Chen Daoxuan finally fully calmed his emotions.

Sensing that rice-grain-sized, tadpole-shaped Water-Element Great Dao True Talisman, constantly shifting and changing.

With a thought, Chen Daoxuan merged it into his Nascent Soul.

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