Chapter 2076: The Miracles and Fortunes of the Dream Dao

"You?"

"A once-in-ages peerless prodigy?"

Jiang Ding looked at this woman and laughed in spite of himself.

This was the first time he had ever met a creature so thick-skinned as to proclaim herself a prodigy born of countless eons.

"It's just…"

Gong Gong Caiyu grew a little embarrassed under his gaze.

"Since that's the case, then do your best."

"I will help you."

"The path to Sovereign is not an easy one. Personal talent and gifts must account for more than eighty percent; even the best outside help can amount to at most twenty percent, and without a cultivator's personal talent and gifts meeting the standard at the front, those latter twenty percent wouldn't even exist."

"Sovereign cannot be artificially elevated—at least, as I see things now, that is so."

Jiang Ding sighed softly and handed over a scripture: "This is the scripture you and your companions originated. After my many corrections and revisions, it has the potential to reach the limit of Sovereign within the rules branch. There is no problem with this path."

"If you can ascend to Sovereign through it, that would be a great blessing."

"If not, then after ascending to Heaven-Human, live a few more years. I will give you an opportunity to extend your lifespan."

Jiang Ding held feelings for this woman and was unwilling to see her die.

But alas, there were too many helplessnesses in this world.

Even a true immortal maiden had many things she could not do, and could only endure them, grow used to them.

"Young Master, I will succeed."

"I will always stay by your side!"

Gong Gong Caiyu declared firmly.

She reached out and took the jade slip the youth had given, her heart stirring with curiosity at the 'companions' he had spoken of.

Her divine sense probed into it, and her body instantly trembled.

"Supreme Great Sun Attendant Scripture"—Gong Gong Caiyu, the First through Twelfth Generation Fallen Maidens.

"This… is the scripture I originated…"

Gong Gong Caiyu murmured as if in a dream.

Yes, the source of this path was she herself who had originated it.

This ordinary, utterly unremarkable woman had actually originated a unique path—the Attendant Scripture—a path no one had ever conceived of, or even if some had, it had vanished into the river of time.

Because the matter itself was extraordinarily bizarre.

Cultivators capable of originating a path single-handedly were without exception powerful prodigies, outstanding figures—how could they ever be willing to become attendants? How could that be the heartfelt ideal of such beings?

Conversely, how could an attendant possibly be a prodigy who originated a path?

An attendant should not possess such gifts.

The strong are strong not only in magic power, divine sense, and physique, but also in resolute will. Without such a core, one cannot become strong. The profession of attendant is, by nature, one that depends on others—soft, and ill-suited to birthing beings of mighty will.

Yes,

The Holy Maidens of Zhenjun He Huan, the Holy Maidens of Qingfeng Qingfeng Beidou, and others always positioned themselves as subordinates or attendants before the Supreme Great Sun Sword Immortal Maiden, and did not find it shameful—but that was not their main profession, only a side role.

Their most important identity was as the inheritors of the Zhenjun He Huan Holy Land and the Qingfeng Qingfeng Beidou Holy Land.

They were never attendants.

Nor would they be attendants when weak and attendants when strong, unchanged by shifts in strength or time—that was impossible.

"The Great Dao…"

Gong Gong Caiyu held her breath, turning page after page through this entirely new Attendant Scripture.

This scripture had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Compared with the scripture she had originally created, the present one was like the gulf between dust and the stars. Every character, every passage of scripture brimmed with profound wonder, as if the mysteries of the Heavenly Dao were condensed within, recounting the secrets of the entire Heavenly Dao.

Yet the scripture's core concept and essence had not changed.

Namely, the cultivators of the Great Sun Attendant Scripture attached themselves to the Great Sun Sword Child, like the Sword Child's shadow, like the lingering light upon the Sword Child's body—a branch within the Great Sun Sword Dao.

The potential and strength of the Great Sun Attendant Scripture were directly tied to the strength of the Great Sun Sword Child—a bond like destiny itself.

This was the true meaning of this path.

"Fallen Maiden…"

"Second Generation Fallen Maiden… Third Generation Fallen Maiden… and the attendants of the Master Tushan Attendant Corps spread across the endless starry skies…"

Gong Gong Caiyu unconsciously traced the characters on the scripture with gentle fingers, as if seeing the blood, tears, unwillingness, and the lives of battle and final death of each and every attendant upon the path of the Great Sun Sword Dao.

The wisdom of their entire lives had condensed into a single scripture.

This was the "Supreme Great Sun Attendant Scripture."

This was their path.

In a daze, Gong Gong Caiyu seemed to see those exceptional attendants, one after another, who came from the endless starry skies. Among them were born a Sixth-Step Dao Child, and even a Seventh-Step Dao Child, pushing this tender path toward brilliance—only for it to become regret, become illusion, within the river of time.

That must have been an epic and sorrowful span of years.

"The Seventh-Step Dao Child is surely not our limit…"

These were the final words written by the Twelfth Generation Fallen Maiden at the moment the temporal fault collapsed.

Gong Gong Caiyu stared blankly.

Amid countless visions—countless attendants battling, waging war, administering affairs, purging rebels—she fell into enlightenment of the Dao.

She stood motionless like a statue, every trace of aura about her faint beyond measure, as subtle as rotten wood, stone, or wild grass.

"Do your best,"

"Originator of the Supreme Great Sun Attendant Dao… good luck to you."

Jiang Ding gazed at the woman within the Great Sun Enlightenment Ground and said lightly.

Great Sun Dao Comprehension Ground.

This was an art created by the Great Sun Sword Son in the past, capable of aiding one in comprehending the Dao. It was one of the Immortal Sect's top-tier educational spells, and now, displayed in the hands of a True Immortal, it was an earth-shaking opportunity.

This was the grace of a True Immortal — grace enough to make almost everyone in the entire Boundless Starry Sky envious.

Jiang Ding no longer paid attention here. His true body slowly dissipated, leaving behind only a clone.

Behind him, a dreamlike, beautiful woman followed closely. This was Dream Maiden, a humanoid Dream-Dao magic treasure of boundless potential, the core of the Great Dream Sword World.

……

Immortal Sect.

Dream Maiden stepped out of the planar passage, arriving within the Gods and Buddhas Great Thousand World, and took up residence within the Supreme Great Sun Heavenly Palace.

In an instant, the entire Supreme Great Sun Heavenly Palace, the entire Great Dream Sword World spanning the Seven Great Star Domains, hummed and trembled, and only stopped after a long while.

Many things underwent great changes!

The communication and message transmission speed within the Great Dream Sword World became faster, the latency lower, as if connected to the Six Paths of Reincarnation of Heaven and Earth, allowing information to be transmitted at high speed.

Within the Great Dream Sword World, the speed of thought for living beings below the Eighth-Step Dao Son nearly doubled, and the speed of thought for Eighth-Step Dao Sons increased by twenty percent.

"This is…"

Many cultivators experienced this profound mystery, their hearts jolting, revealing expressions of wild joy.

What does it mean for one's speed of thought to double?

It means that one's life is, in effect, extended twofold!

Comprehending the Dao, deducing Gong Fa and spells, and researching various Immortal Dao topics within the Great Dream Sword World — efficiency increased by a large margin, almost instantly enhancing the potential of the human race's prodigies across the Seven Great Star Domains.

This was an earth-shattering opportunity!

An earth-shattering opportunity benefiting the entire human race of the Seven Great Star Domains!

"This is?!!"

"Your Majesty, did you slay a Dream-Dao True Immortal?"

The Fusang Holy Woman's clone said, somewhat uncertain and uneasy.

She was truly too sharp, immediately discerning something from this near-miraculous phenomenon. The heritage of the Fusang Holy Land was far too profound.

"No."

"I merely seized his major opportunity, very likely causing his True Immortal metamorphosis to fail to complete. I did not truly defeat or slay a True Immortal."

Jiang Ding said with great regret.