Chapter 603: Where Is the Dao Friend?

"Dao friend's talent, I the White Deer King admire." White Deer King rose, clasping his hands.

Gained much; this journey to Longshe Shan was not in vain.

"Just ordinary, only a bit stronger than ordinary people."

A bit? It's billions of points.

"Hahaha, Dao friend really loves to joke. Dao friend's talent, I can say that in the past three thousand years of this world, no one could surpass it."

In the three thousand years before, no one's talent could match Chen Chuyang; in the three thousand years after, perhaps none either.

Such talent, such comprehension truly makes a monster; this person, fortunately not a disciple of those factions, otherwise the Monster Race's future might truly be gone.

Feeling grateful, the White Deer King's thoughts shifted: forming a good relationship with Chen Chuyang would raise their plan's success rate by at least thirty percent, and the White Deer King sensed that cooperating with Chen Chuyang could let him reach that world, no longer a slave to others.

Thinking of this, the White Deer King felt a surge of heat within.

He couldn't help but begin to yearn for the future.

Chen Chuyang didn't know his thoughts; in this debate he gained much, merged his cultivated Dao, and the future path became clear, knowing what to do.

Previously he never knew which realm he was in, how to cultivate.

The White Deer King knows far too much and is willing to tell him, full of sincerity.

"Dao friend, you overpraise."

"No, this is fact." The White Deer King reiterated his conviction; he could not be mistaken.

Chen Chuyang's talent is truly a monster; before, he had underestimated Chen Chuyang.

After seeing him in person, he realized how outrageous it was; those sharing the same era as him are so tragic.

In his heart, he felt pity and sorrow for those geniuses.

Even the geniuses of Tianwai, the White Deer King wants to sympathize and pity them; once Chen Chuyang leaves this world, he will truly soar.

Golden scales are not pond creatures; when the wind and clouds arise, they turn into dragons.

That day is not far away.

"Dao friend, stop praising me; I fear I'll become arrogant." Chen Chuyang asked with a smile, "Dao friend, could you describe the True Realm specifically?"

The White Deer King pondered briefly and said, "True Realm? Actually there's not much to say."

"True Realm, also called Returning True Realm, returns to reality; what is reality, the White Deer King does not fully understand, perhaps Dao friend has already sensed it."

"True Realm is divided into three realms: True Person, True Destiny, True Sovereign."

"Each realm has nine heavens; in this respect it is no different from condensing the Golden Core. Condensing the Golden Core advancing to True Realm varies per individual. Your human cultivation differs from our Monster Race's; you need insight, whereas the Monster Race only needs to cultivate itself—once its demonic power is reached, it can advance."

Monster Race cultivation has fewer constraints; it naturally breaks through.

But don't think it's easy; for the Monster Race to reach this step is extremely hard.

It takes several thousand years to condense and complete, then take this step.

Conversely, humans can achieve this step in a few hundred, even a few dozen years; the gap is huge.

Similarly, many humans get stuck at the Golden Core pinnacle, unable to return to True.

The specifics of how to gain insight differ per person; the Dao cultivated differs, the truth sought differs.

On this point, the White Deer King cannot explain in detail; he will roughly tell Chen Chuyang.

"True Person nine heavens, True Destiny nine heavens, True Sovereign nine heavens, total twenty‑seven realms; each step is like ascending to heaven."

"In this world, cultivation cannot surpass the three heavens of True Person; treat each case individually."

"Dao friend probably is at this realm as well?"

Chen Chuyang said nothing, smiled and nodded.

In fact, it is not.

By his estimate, his own cultivation already surpasses the True Person realm.

The True Destiny realm is not much different; perhaps his method is different, omitting many things.

Similarly, the peculiarity of the Hunyuan Dao Scripture seems to have a similar subtlety with the Monster Race.

"The True Person realm, in this world, counts as the strongest person; in Tianwai, merely ordinary."

"In Tianwai, True Persons are as many as dogs."

The White Deer King does not want to disparage Chen Chuyang, but this is fact.

True Persons are as many as dogs; Golden Core practitioners everywhere.

This is Tianwai, this is the cruel Tianwai world.

If they reach that world, they will become ordinary people, constantly facing danger.

"Tianwai is very dangerous; any person you meet could kill both of us."

"Therefore, they act tyrannically in this world, not wanting to become cannon fodder of the Tianwai world."

"Entering a faction becomes their best choice, becoming a slave of the strong, at least better than death."

"Following the strong still gives a chance to fight; if successful, they can shed the slave identity and officially become a disciple of the faction."

The White Deer King gradually uncovered those secrets, why the Heavenly Heart Sect would willingly become slaves of Tianwai.

They all act for themselves; as for this world, who cares?

Those people, if they die they die, if they're ruined they're ruined.

Chen Chuyang remained silent.

"Heavenly Heart Sect, Spirit Sword Sect, Yin Gui Sect, all are like this."

"The current Yin Gui Sect has changed; I don't know if they will choose that path again, or if Yin Gui Zhenren is like us, fighting for a future."

The White Deer King gave a bitter smile, daring not to conclude.

Yin Gui Zhenren is not Chen Chuyang; the White Deer King cannot believe him.

Nonsense upon nonsense.

Indeed, that's right; Yin Gui Zhenren is unpredictable—I don't know if he… has truly made up his mind.

Naturally, it's best to unite as many people as possible; the more companions one has, the higher the chance of success.

And companions need to be selected.

The White Deer King dare not be careless; once defeated, the consequences would be unacceptable.

As for the Spirit Sword Sect side, the problem is not small either; you may need to deal with it, and it would be best to let Xinran Zhanglao stand firm there, only then can the Spirit Sword Sect be stabilized.

A Spirit Sword Sect torn by internal strife is exactly what we need; if it were like the Heavenly Heart Sect, that would be troublesome.

Heavenly Heart Sect is as solid as an iron bucket; there's no opening to attack.

We can only lure them out little by little, thereby weakening their strength.

Doing so carries considerable risk, but the weakening of the Heavenly Heart Sect would not be great.

Spirit Sword Sect, Xinran Zhanglao—she's a good teammate.

Ha ha, her words require a fellow cultivator's help; given the relationship between that fellow cultivator and her, she should be able to rest easy.

Chen Chuyang nodded: "Alright."

The White Deer King added: "Qi Ruohua is very likely also a fellow cultivator of ours; you can try to win her over."

"Oh?" Chen Chuyang raised an eyebrow.

The White Deer King naturally understood his thought and said bitterly: "She doesn't trust me, nor does she trust the Monster Race."

Between the dynasty and the Monster Race, hatred runs deep; for thousands of years, under the Heavenly Heart Sect's manipulation, our relations have been terrible, truly terrible.

Chen Chuyang naturally knows this.

Both the Monster Race and humanity are merely tools of those people.

They constantly consume each other, continually… wearing down their strength.

Truly despicable.