Chapter 95: A Point of Spiritual Rhinoceros

A Point of Spiritual Rhinoceros

"This game of Yin-Yang, do you understand it?"

Ruan Ci said sincerely, "Dao Ancestor game, how can Xiao Ci say she sees it clearly, at most she can guess a little—the Dao Ancestor is in charge of the Nirvana Dao, and is the Dao Lord who cannot be completely killed no matter what in the universe. Therefore, no one could have thought that the Yin-Yang Dao Ancestor would really borrow your death to prove the Dao and end it. Perhaps after you fall, the Yin-Yang Dao Ancestor proves the Dao and ends it, and the Dao is temporarily perfect, but with the Dao Ancestor Nirvana, his Dao will eventually reveal flaws, but before that, the Yin-Yang Dao Ancestor—"

"Then he broke the void, carried dozens of great heavens, crossed from the old universe to here, and re-created a new universe, thereby proving the eternal Dao." The Nirvana Dao Ancestor did not cross the pool, but sat leisurely by the pool. Under the white skirt, her jade legs kicked the water surface, which was quite playful and agile. But looking closely, the gauze skirt and sashes could not withstand Ruan Ci's gaze, and they shattered into pieces, turning into spiritual light, until she moved her eyes away, and then they recovered. "Among the three thousand Daos and Dao Lords, only I call the Dao City eternal, thinking that the Nirvana Dao is the most special. Although I failed to open the universe by myself, every time I go through annihilation, I immediately Nirvana and reborn, which is not far from eternal, until I fell to this point, only then did I understand that the eternal Dao Lord has his own realm, which is not what people in the lower realm can imagine."

Her speech and vocabulary were quite similar to Huangyang's. Ruan Ci listened with fascination and secretly thought, "After the Nirvana Dao Ancestor is annihilated, there must be an extremely short moment of complete non-existence, so there is heaven and earth Dao mourning, and then Nirvana is reborn, re-proving the Dao. I think, I think the Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Ancestor grasped that short moment of opportunity..."

The Nirvana Dao Ancestor seemed to see what she was thinking and nodded, "The moment is eternity. He first proved the Yin-Yang Dao, then took charge of the Five Elements, and after proving the third Dao, he already had the qualification to open a new universe. But most others have to accumulate hundreds of millions, or even before the old universe ends, to take that step. But Yin-Yang grasped the opportunity of my complete fall, proved the third Dao, and immediately opened the universe. He, he is truly worthy of being the most talented and romantic figure in the old universe, always so desperate and moving forward..."

"In this game, I lost because my vision was not enough, and I am convinced."

Her tone was calm, without any resentment. Mentioning the Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Ancestor, her tone was even more gentle and lingering, as if containing faint nostalgia. Ruan Ci knew that the joys, anger, sorrows, and joys of these Dao Ancestors were different from ordinary people. Perhaps the Nirvana Dao Ancestor did not hate the Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Ancestor, so she asked curiously, "Then what kind of existence is the Venerable now? At the time of rebirth, you have already entered the new universe, but—but you are not completely reborn. And why can't I communicate with Hengze Heaven? Is it that all cultivators who see through the truth cannot touch the things in Hengze Heaven?"

"After opening the new universe, the great heavens carried by the old universe will be washed by the Dao rhyme of the new universe, just like some passengers, getting off the old ship and getting on the new ship of this universe. This change is not only on the 'real' side you see, but in the imaginary number, there are also creation creatures washed by the Dao rhyme. But at that moment, I was nothingness, I had fallen, I was neither positive nor imaginary."

The Nirvana Dao Ancestor sighed long, "This broken Dao foundation is the remnant of the old universe. I was already gone in the old universe. Now I am a dream within a dream, nothingness within nothingness, only relying on the origin of the Dao foundation, lingering on. How can we remnants of the old universe board the ship of the new universe?"

Her words were mysterious. If it were someone else, it would be confusing, but Ruan Ci had crossed the imaginary number many times and fell into the past life to talk to Qing Jun. She couldn't help but say, "I understand a little. Dao Ancestor is a dream within a dream. The more you want to get close to someone, the further away that person is. Those cultivators who don't know who you are can take away some irrelevant things from Hengze Heaven, which is actually just the condensation of illusion. They cheated themselves. The materials obtained are nothing more than the essence condensed by the cultivators of this universe who died in Hengze Heaven."

"But the things that truly belong to Hengze Heaven, they can't touch or touch at all. Even if they think they have mastered it now and think they have improved their realm, once they return to the Langhuan Zhou Heaven, everything will dissipate like smoke, all insights will be forgotten, and the promoted realm will fall. The more you understand the truth of the Dao Ancestor, the more difficult it is to touch and communicate. Even if both sides have already met, they are strangers and cannot recognize each other—because the Dao Ancestor does not belong to this universe at all. You are... you are a ghost wandering between two universes."

Ruan Ci said this, and couldn't help but feel a burst of pity. She had always felt that death and annihilation were not the most terrible endings. Like the Nirvana Dao Ancestor, wandering between rebirth and eternal sleep for endless time, no one knew, no one saw, and even if she wanted to tell the cultivators who broke into Hengze Heaven about her existence, the more she said, the further away they were. By the time the most important sentence was spoken, the other party could no longer understand—this might be the eternal torture.

"But... but why is this?" She was a little puzzled, "Since the Yin-Yang Dao Ancestor has already proved the eternal Dao, why did he carry the Langhuan Zhou Heaven here? He has already left the old universe. Does the Venerable's Nirvana rebirth in the old universe affect the foundation of this universe?"

"He has already proved the eternal Dao, so he can naturally cross time and complete the Dao foundation. The three thousand Daos of the new universe are his Dao foundation. My changes in the old universe have nothing to do with him." The Nirvana Dao Ancestor couldn't help but have a smile on her lips, and said softly, "Yes, if I were face to face with him, I would ask him why he carried the Langhuan Zhou Heaven here, trapping me in this remnant dream forever."

She never had the slightest displeasure. Ruan Ci looked at her beautiful face and couldn't help but be fascinated. She moved her eyes away, but forgot her appearance in the blink of an eye. She couldn't help but collect her mind, secretly warning herself not to be a pawn of the Dao Ancestor unintentionally. If Qing Jun was still using her to play chess with a certain existence, and he himself was a Dao Ancestor of life, obviously not completely fallen, it was not that terrible. This Nirvana Dao Ancestor was in a game with the Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Ancestor, and the Creation Dao Lord seemed to be too terrifying. Ruan Ci also had a trace of fear and didn't want to ask too much.

"Can the Yin-Yang Dao Ancestor hear our conversation here?" She kept a warning in her heart. The Nirvana Dao Ancestor also understood and shook her head, "I have not been contaminated with Yin-Yang Dao rhyme. This place is the remnant of the Dao Ancestor, suppressed by the Nirvana Spiritual Domain. Your conversation with me will not be heard by the creatures of this universe."

Does this include the Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Ancestor? After all, Ruan Ci could be considered his creation, but the existence of this level was no longer what Ruan Ci could speculate. According to her thoughts, since the Yin-Yang Dao Ancestor deliberately carried the Langhuan Zhou Heaven here, and did not erase Hengze Heaven, and even allowed the name of Hengze to spread, perhaps he also had his own intentions. She nodded and said, "Then that is to say, I can talk about the bad things of the Dongyang Dao Ancestor here?"

The Nirvana Dao Ancestor had a smile on her lips, as beautiful as a strange flower, and she said, "It turns out that the Dao name of the Dao Ancestor who protects this place is Dongyang? This fellow Daoist is very interesting. Disciples who practice his Dao never dare to enter Hengze Heaven."

Ruan Ci said, "Correct, those merchants and peddlers never come to Hengze Heaven. Why is this?"

"He practices the Dao of Communication, in charge of the communication of all things. All things must communicate, this is his Dao, and he cannot violate it. He is afraid that disciples who practice this Dao will walk into Hengze Heaven and accidentally bring my breath out."

The Nirvana Dao Ancestor's answer was meaningful. Ruan Ci couldn't help but listen, and countless thoughts arose because of this. Because this place was not covered by the Dongyang Dao rhyme and had no Nirvana Dao rhyme, the ideas were very bold. After thinking for a long time, she tentatively asked, "Dao Ancestors also cannot violate the Dao they hold? Just like the Venerable, knowing that constant reincarnation will weaken the cultivator's will and make it more difficult to ascend to the upper realm, but also cannot change the rules in the Dao lineage?"

The Nirvana Dao Ancestor sighed, "This is the reason why I lost to Yin-Yang. Correct, Dao Ancestors cannot violate the Dao they hold. Following the Dao is the instinct of the Dao Ancestor."

No wonder! With the respect of the Dao Ancestor, how could he not see the drawbacks in his own Dao lineage? I think it is because the Dao is like this, and even if he wants to change it, he cannot. It seems that there are natural enemies among the Dao Lords, and some Daos naturally restrain many Daos. Once a cultivator joins the Dao, it will also have a profound impression on the universe pattern.

Since this is the case, why does the Dongyang Dao Ancestor block the Langhuan Zhou Heaven so tightly?

Ruan Ci had more doubts in her heart, but she also knew that the Nirvana Dao Ancestor could not answer this question. She was obviously also among the creations closed outside, at least for the Dongyang Dao Ancestor. Therefore, she asked, "Since this is the case, why do the sects of Langhuan Zhou Heaven come to collect Hengze Jade Dew? I heard that this dew can irrigate the spiritual mountain, but—since it is the remnant of the old universe, then—"

"Then if you go to irrigate, nothing will happen. Cultivators who don't know this go to irrigate, it is Hengze Jade Dew, which can bring the dead back to life and flesh and bones," the Nirvana Dao Ancestor had a smile on her lips, and said leisurely, "One of the rules of the illusion array is that low-level spiritual objects cannot simulate the role of high-level spiritual objects. Hengze Jade Dew is the Dao Ancestor spiritual liquid, the most refined energy gathering in the world, which can change into any kind of thing. Since these cultivators now firmly believe that it can irrigate some spiritual mountain, then it must have such ability."

If you think about it this way, is this Zhou Heaven true or false? Is everything just an illusion array, and the Dao Ancestor is the master of the illusion array?

Ruan Ci's thoughts flew, and she hurriedly stabilized herself, not daring to think anymore. At this time, although she was not crossing the past, in such a place where the old universe remained, the distance from the 'real' side was very far, and there were no great powers around, so she didn't dare to provoke the imaginary number to attack, and asked again, "Does the Venerable allow Langhuan cultivators to enter, is it to borrow the lives of Langhuan cultivators to absorb some origin power of this universe?"

"Probably so, but the Dongyang Dao Ancestor you

The paths and lives of millions of cultivators were merely insignificant bargaining chips in the game between two Dao Ancestors. Ruan Ci had never liked such conduct, but at this moment, she could not summon any aversion. These two forces were excessively vast, seemingly exceeding the limits of emotional perception. She felt neither aversion nor the slightest admiration, as if she were watching a play that had nothing to do with her. For cultivators of the Nirvana path, their view of life and death was likely vastly different from Ruan Ci's; the Nirvana Dao Ancestor naturally would not feel that her methods had the slightest problem.

"Is it possible to truly absorb the power of the origin?" she could not help but ask, "I fear it is just a case of drawing water with a bamboo basket—all for nothing, and the Jade Dew was taken away by the Dongyang Dao Ancestor for nothing... No!"

Ruan Ci suddenly understood, "If the Jade Dew can truly influence the objects of the Langhuan Zhou-Tian under the gaze of a Dao Ancestor, does that not also mean that Your Excellency has begun to slowly merge into this universe?"

The Nirvana Dao Ancestor revealed two dimples on her face, "Not bad, you little girl are truly clever. No wonder Qing Jun would gift you the silver hairpin—before you came, it was indeed like scooping the moon from the water. The origin left behind would gradually leak away, and the Dao rhyme gifted would never truly permeate. What remained in the world were merely mirages like flowers in a mirror or the moon in the water, but after you came, it was different."

Ruan Ci held the silver hairpin, her heart filled with an indescribable feeling. Countless tens of thousands of years ago, Qing Jun had used her hand to gift this silver hairpin at this very moment to the remnants of the old universe who had been wandering here since billions of eons ago. The ability, schemes, and calculations of a Dao Ancestor reached such a point that Ruan Ci did not even know if she could fathom the true intentions of Qing Jun, or even Nirvana, Dongyang, and the other Dao Ancestors. Even if they were to show mercy and explain their plans and layouts one by one, Ruan Ci was not certain if her sea of consciousness could withstand such ancient secrets.

But regardless, having reached this point, this silver hairpin seemed to have to be given. The Hengze Jade Dew had already been obtained by Ruan Ci, but for her to re-refine Donghua, she had to have the residual sword Qi of the Donghua Sword gifted by the Nirvana Dao Ancestor. Huang Yang had died under the branch sword intent of the Donghua Sword, and the feedback from the Phoenix Sand had already allowed her to ascend to the third layer of the Dao foundation. What the Nirvana Dao Ancestor had endured, however, was a full-force strike from the Donghua Sword. The sword intent and sword Qi she could gift to Ruan Ci were truly worth Wang True Person urging her to complete Foundation Establishment in ten years, and worth every effort to make this trip to the Hengze Heaven!

Her slender white fingers tightened in her hair, and Ruan Ci bit her lip lightly, making a move to pull it out, but then slowly lowered her hand. The Nirvana Dao Ancestor leaned against the high platform, not urging or rushing, remaining leisurely and content, as if whatever decision Ruan Ci made was within her expectations.

"Before I present the silver hairpin, I would like to ask Your Excellency one last question."

The young girl in white stood by the pool, her figure fragile and delicate, as if she might break in the wind, "I would like to ask Your Excellency: below the Dao Ancestors, all are pawns in the Dao struggle. As creations of the Dao Ancestors, born of Dao rhyme, living for the Dao struggle and dying for the Dao struggle, are we cultivators merely puppets in the battles of the Dao Ancestors?"

Ruan Ci's eyes were deep and dark, her tone cold, "Do even the thoughts in our hearts merely reflect the will of the Great Dao?"

The Nirvana Dao Ancestor could not help but look at her with new eyes, yet not knowing what she thought of, a faint smile appeared on her lips. She did not hesitate and answered readily, "That is not the case."

"You are a creation of the universe, born of the three thousand Great Daos. A Dao Ancestor can only control one Great Dao within your body. Your thoughts are the natural result of the three thousand Great Daos generating and overcoming one another to produce spiritual nature. Unless it is the Creation Dao Ancestor, other Dao Ancestors can only manipulate various means—subtly influencing, coercing, or tempting—but they can never directly determine the thoughts in your heart. Even if the Creation Dao Ancestor wanted to change your thoughts, they could not directly correct them; they could only change your thoughts at that moment by adjusting the three thousand Great Daos—however, the three thousand Great Daos are all interconnected, and such actions often lead to unexpected results. Therefore, you can think of it this way: until you become a Dao Ancestor, nothing in this universe is yours. What truly belongs entirely to you is, in fact, only your thoughts."

She looked at the young girl in white with a distant gaze, seeing her brows knit in concentration. After a moment of deep thought, she finally smiled, a smile that was peerlessly beautiful and graceful, revealing an indescribable sense of detachment and joy.

"Indeed, if a Dao Ancestor could truly manipulate thoughts, then at this moment I would not even have such doubts," she recited the words of the Nirvana Dao Ancestor, "What belongs entirely to me is only my thoughts? In such a vast universe, to possess only this little bit, it is truly pitiful to think about."

"—But in truth, to have this bit of spiritual nature is already enough."

Having said this, she no longer hesitated, pulled out the silver hairpin, and sent it toward the Nirvana Dao Ancestor. The Nirvana Dao Ancestor floated up, and in an instant, she stepped to the edge of the pool. Her jade fingers reached toward Ruan Ci, but inadvertently crossed the white jade brick edge of the pool, and her flesh immediately turned into spiritual Qi, evaporating in shreds. Although the distance between the two was infinitely close, they seemed to be moving apart at high speed. Because Ruan Ci knew the details of the Hengze Heaven, once the silver hairpin was pulled out, the speed of separation was extremely fast. Clearly, their fingertips were only a hair's breadth apart, yet countless layers of shattered space lay between them, mountains and rivers difficult to cross. They could no longer get a step closer, and with every breath, they continued to move further apart.

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Updated, sorry for the wait everyone. I will send out the red packets for the previous chapter in a moment.

I see many friends saying they didn't understand. Some parts were mentioned before, some are foreshadowing for later, and some were indeed not explained very clearly in the main text. When the Hengze Heaven chapters are completely finished, I will post on Weibo or answer questions under that chapter. I will answer carefully anything that doesn't involve spoilers~

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