Chapter 654: Opening the Mountain

The meeting ended, and after leaving the Origin Realm, the Dharma Assembly proceeded immediately.

Because the time and location of the Ten Directions Mountain were not fixed, this Dharma Assembly took the form of a wandering assembly, meaning they would talk while walking, and the venue was not fixed.

The number of people was seventy-six, among whom forty-nine were from the Desolate Domain camp, including the Red Star Great Emperor, Divine General Lan Chuan, Divine General Wu Zhao, Hall Master Tu Ning, Divine General Fang Jie Luo, and Di Jun of the Demon race.

Many were unfamiliar faces, whom Zhao Xing was seeing for the first time; less than one-third were those he had met before.

Among the forty-nine, there were only six Fate Masters, with only three divine levels, all from the Samsara Divine Palace; the other three were demigods, and even the Empire Heaven Master was still a demigod.

But there were six sacrificial gods, specializing in the Dao of Destiny, who could also serve as Fate Masters.

Among the guests Zhao Xing invited: Cang Xi, the Lord of Five Realms Island, God King Ye Hai, and Chi Ji, the Lord of the Nation, all brought Fate Masters; the Boundless God King also brought Dao-followers, and only Bo Wei was alone, totaling fourteen spots.

The remaining thirteen were Zhao Xing's own Dao-followers: Earth Master, Kuang Chuan, General Long Hai, General Teng Shan,

General Yuan Hong, and others.

As well as Ji Si, Ji Che, Liu Liu Tianning, and Wang Wang Tianzhi of the Great Zhou.

Qing Yu Zi, Du Yun, and Lv Ming were also among them.

The venue was mobile, with flying boats replacing the Dao-debating platform; the people participating in the Dharma Assembly all followed on a flying boat, totaling forty-one boats.

They followed behind Zhao Xing's flying boat, listening to Zhao Xing's preaching.

"The perfected Ten Directions Mountain Opening Method has a total of four parts."

"'Pulse Calculation', 'Ten Directions Ten Tables', 'Spiritual Mountain Fixing Image', 'Ten Directions Mountain Opening Method'."

"Among them, 'Ten Directions Ten Tables' is a major event chronology, recording the multiple fluctuations of the Ten Directions Mountain when it manifests, from the Chen Xuan Ling Star Domain down to the ancient nation's earth veins, mountain ranges, earth palaces, and the earth's core."

"This part is for the reference of Dharma theory data. It originates from the records in the Academy and the Nine Classics Pavilion of the Taigu Mound."

In the Void Dao-Manifestation Layer, Zhao Xing sat at the bow of the boat; the two flying boats in the first row directly in front of him were the Earth-Traveling Divine Boats of the Taigu Mound.

On the Earth-Traveling Divine Boat, Divine General Kuang Chuan and the Great Elder of the Academy, Feng Chen, stood together.

Since the end of the Second Epoch of the Desolate Domain, the headquarters of the Academy, including the Myriad Dao Tree and the Nine Classics Pavilion, had moved to the Taigu Mound, which Zhao Xing had personally escorted.

At this moment, Feng Chen had no intention of listening to the lecture, because this part was a boring data citation part that had long been in his mind.

Most of his attention was on another flying boat, on which stood an unfamiliar figure.

Although his face and temperament had been specially changed, Feng Chen knew that it was Bo Wei.

"Elder." Feng Chen transmitted his voice to Bo Wei, "Have you been well lately?"

"Feng Chen, I am no longer the Great Elder of the Academy."

"Then you are still my Senior Brother." Feng Chen said. "Can I come to see you?"

Bo Wei was silent; among the seventeen senior and junior brothers that Great Elder Zhi Xin had taken in back then.

Feng Chen wasn't actually very conspicuous, and they didn't have much of a relationship until he took office, when this junior brother revealed his talent and also became a Six-Realm Scholar.

Later, he was captured, and Feng Chen became the Great Elder of the Academy, experiencing the time chaos at the end of the Second Epoch and the beginning of the Third Epoch of the Desolate Domain, where a large number of scholars died.

Among the same batch of senior and junior brothers, only Feng Chen remained alive.

Now, Feng Chen had also stepped down as Great Elder, passing the position to another Pavilion Master.

He had taken the initiative to ask to climb the Ten Directions Mountain and was willing to lift the restrictions at a critical moment.

One was because he had a thirst for knowledge about the Ten Directions Mountain itself, and the other was because he heard that Bo Wei had also returned and wanted to meet him.

"No need." Bo Wei replied coldly, then walked into the cabin.

Beside him, Divine General Lan Chuan sighed inwardly; this trip, he was Feng Chen's Dao-friend. And Feng Chen just wanted to talk to his Senior Brother before he died.

However, Feng Chen did not show too much disappointment, and Divine General Lan Chuan's attention was soon refocused on Zhao Xing's preaching.

Because Zhao Xing had already reached the Pulse Calculation.

This part of the content was quite complex, because Zhao Xing had integrated "Boundary Theory" into Pulse Calculation and compared the earth veins of the Spirit Domain Era, Desolate Domain Era, Luo Huang Era, and Yu Huang Era.

At the same time, he combined the Great Theory of the Stacked Boundary Mountain from "Origin Theory of the Dao-Manifestation Universe," using the Boundary Mountain as an anchor point to perform point-fixing calculations on the Unknowable Mountain.

With Zhao Xing's narration, the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands Map and the Desolate Domain Map appeared in Divine General Lan Chuan's mind.

But soon these maps all turned into pure lines.

The lines were intricate and complex, each representing the earth veins of different regions, and they were fluctuating and evolving.

There were countless nodes in the middle, in five colors, corresponding to the five veins of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.

Divine General Lan Chuan was no stranger to this scene, because such Dharma theory had been studied by more than just Zhao Xing.

The Three Realms and Twelve Mountains of the Taigu Mound all had capable people who had tried it.

In the entire space-time, excluding the observable earth vein fluctuations, those blank, black sunken space-times were the Unknowable Mountains.

However, this method could not find the Ten Directions Mountain, and even the orientation of the Ming Gu Mountain could not be determined.

This was mainly because in the past, the Stacked Boundary Mountain could not be added to the Boundary Theory; it kept transforming space-time and disturbing the matter in space-time. This chaotic factor led to the pulse calculation method that included the Stacked Boundary Mountain failing to become an effective methodology.

Zhao Xing had solved the problem of the Stacked Boundary Mountain, and the Boundary Theory model had been perfected, but it still couldn't be considered perfect.

From Divine General Lan Chuan's perspective, there were still many black spots and Dao obstacles that could not be observed or pondered. The Dao obstacles were close at hand, but they could never be pierced; listening to it, Divine General Lan Chuan even felt a bit irritable in his heart.

His divine soul was operating frantically, consuming a massive amount of divine origin.

There were even faint signs of Qi deviation.

"Clang~"

On the main Dao boat, Zhao Xing struck the clock.

This was the Calm Heart Clock gifted by the Boundless God King.

The sound of the clock enveloped Divine General Lan Chuan and the boats of his own Dao-followers, returning their minds to their places and returning their space-time to before they listened to the lecture.

Those who understood completely would be fine, such as Bo Wei, such as the Divine Lord far away in the Taigu Mound.

Those who didn't understand at all would also be fine; the vast majority of the guests understood based on the Dao they cultivated, only understanding a very small part.

However, gods like Divine General Lan Chuan, Earth Master, and General Long Hai, who could understand a large part but couldn't understand it thoroughly, would instead suffer Qi deviation.

"Phew~"

Divine General Lan Chuan let out a long breath, and the soul power storm in his eyes rapidly calmed down.

At this moment, Zhao Xing had stopped preaching, giving the guests time to rest.

Divine General Lan Chuan couldn't help but feel some emotion.

"Ten thousand years ago, I could still teach Zhao Xing; ten thousand years later, listening to Zhao Xing preach actually causes me Qi deviation."

An unstable Dao heart was very rare at the level of Divine General Lan Chuan.

But now, he actually felt like a floating duck seeing the blue sky.

But now, he unexpectedly felt like a mayfly catching a glimpse of the blue sky.

Feng Chen's voice sounded from the side.

Divine General Lan Chuan was stunned: "Elder Feng understood?"

Feng Chen nodded lightly: "Listening to Zhao Xing preach, being able to understand the logic of the fusion of the Dao-Manifestation Universe Origin Theory and Boundary Theory is the first layer, and one can enter the Realm of Dao Realization."

"Brother Dao seeing the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, the fluctuations of all earth veins in the Desolate Domain star map, and perceiving the Great Dao rhyme of earth vein fluctuations to deduce the Unknowable Mountain, is the second layer."

"The third layer is integrating the Earth-Change Theory, which requires adding the Yin-Yang Five Elements operation of earth Qi, and also adding the Space-Time Theory, then reverse-deducing the Boundary Theory of the first layer."

"Only in this way can one see the shadow of the Ten Directions Mountain of the past."

Divine General Lan Chuan smiled bitterly.

"Even reaching the third layer only allows one to see the space-time shadow of the Ten Directions Mountain's manifestation in the past?"

"We are still a long way from finding the real Ten Directions Mountain."

Feng Chen also sighed with emotion: "Si Nong Zhao is indeed a Si Nong genius rarely seen in ages."

Feng Chen, as the former Great Elder of the Academy, was already an Eight-Realm Scholar when he stepped down, reaching the realm Bo Wei was at before becoming a god.

Even so, listening to Zhao Xing preach, he could only understand the logic but not the method.

Even if he lifted the restrictions, he couldn't comprehend the spell part of the Dharma theory.

The only one who could understand completely was probably Bo Wei.

He possessed the true General Knowledge Divine Art, and as a super force, the Academy could only be considered worthy of the name by possessing Bo Wei.

On the flying boat, seeing several Dao-followers and Divine General Lan Chuan injured, Zhao Xing was also somewhat helpless.

Using the wandering assembly method to expound the Ten Directions Mountain Scripture to the gods was also a process of his practice.

Because all the gods of the Desolate Domain Era were here, the Ten Directions Mountain could appear in someone's spiritual consciousness, or even inside their body.

With so many great gods around him, the origin gathered in an extremely small area, which could almost be said to be the center of the universe.

Then, the success rate of the subsequent Ten Directions Mountain Opening Method and Spiritual Mountain Fixing Image Method would also be greater.

It was very likely that he would directly capture the Ten Directions Mountain to his side, and fix it, extending the time it manifested.

The Ten Directions Mountain was an object with the highest degree of divine concealment; its manifestation and concealment followed a certain theorem, and using this theorem could open the mountain in advance, and influencing this theorem could extend the time the mountain was open.

The purpose of the Ten Directions Mountain Opening Method and the Spiritual Mountain Fixing Image Method was precisely this.

A high-level Dharma Assembly allowed the preacher to receive feedback from the listeners, which was a process of mutual achievement.

"The Dharma Assembly has been open for three years, and the Great Emperor and the Boundless God King cannot give me feedback."

"Divine General Lan Chuan, Divine General Kuang Chuan, General Long Hai, Earth Master—these gods of the Taigu Mound have only just entered the door and have not grasped the true meaning."

Zhao Xing felt a faint sense of loneliness.

"Fortunately, there is one and a half people who understand me."

The Ten Directions Mountain Scripture spoke of mountains, but in reality, it contained many Great Daos.

The one and a half Zhao Xing spoke of were the two successive Elders of the Academy, Bo Wei and Feng Chen.

Bo Wei understood both the Dharma and the logic, while Feng Chen understood the logic part.

Zhao Xing confirmed that those who were not followers of this Dao could not understand the Ten Directions Mountain Scripture, because even the Dragon Ancestor had seen the Ten Directions Mountain Scripture and did not understand its logic at all.

Perhaps the Gui Lord of the Taigu Mound could understand, but he wasn't here.

"Elder, please come aboard for a chat."

Zhao Xing didn't intend to wait for the others to understand and named Bo Wei, the top student, to come aboard.

The gods of the Taigu Mound felt ashamed upon hearing this.

The true scripture was placed in front of them, but they couldn't listen to it.

What Zhao Xing was preaching was the Mountain Scripture!

The Taigu Mound boasted of having the strongest Earth Advantage Dao sect, yet they were surpassed by an outsider.

In their hearts, a sense of inferiority—"I am a poor student," "I am so bad"—couldn't help but arise.

"It's not shameful to be inferior to Bo Wei," General Long Hai, Earth Master, and other Si Nong of the Earth Advantage school could only comfort themselves like this.

Bo Wei boarded the boat and sat opposite Zhao Xing.

He acted as the "Questioner of the Dao," and not long after Zhao Xing began to preach the "Ten Directions Mountain Opening Method," Bo Wei raised a question.

"Mountains have Yin and Yang, fixing the location of the years; the Ten Directions Mountain is a mountain formed by the Great Dao, and you use the Twelve Hour Epochs to fix the Dao, and the connection between the Dao and space-time lies in the three layers of Image Manifestation, Dao Manifestation, and Dao Ancient."

"The gods revolve around you, like the Great Dao origin revolving around you; your mountain opening method, in reality, is not to open a material mountain, but to open an invisible Dao?"

Zhao Xing nodded: "Yes, the Ten Directions Mountain is not a material mountain, but a Dao Mountain."

"It encompasses all Daos; both mind and matter can become mountains."

"The Mountain Method is just a Dao guide."

Bo Wei looked up at the Giant Yang Star of the Chen Xuan Ling Star Domain: "This is the Early Yang Season, the 'Yan Feng' method is not used, the Qi moves to 'Shang Zhang', the three lights are not heavy; is this the time epoch you want?"

Zhao Xing pondered: "No, I used the Pulse Calculation Method to deduce its pulse logic; the Ten Directions Mountain should manifest in the Middle Yang Season."

"Or 'Kun Dun' in the Dao, 'Zhi Xu' and walk."

"Or 'Da Huang Luo', 'Xian Yuan' becomes a mountain."

"Dan Yan Xie Qia, sandwiched between two Yin Yi Fire————"

Zhao Xing was talking about the time period of the Middle Yang Season, the possible locations and strange phenomena where the Ten Directions Mountain might appear.

But he wanted to open the mountain in advance, and believed that opening the mountain in advance could increase the power of this Dao Mountain.

Bo Wei asked for the reason, and Zhao Xing replied: "Since it is a Dao Mountain, it is also influenced by the operation of the four boundaries of the universe."

"The Dao of Extinction will also influence the Ten Directions Mountain."

Bo Wei was thoughtful and shook his head: "Extinction is formless, the world is everywhere; I'm afraid it's hard to get what you want."

A flash of inspiration suddenly crossed Zhao Xing's mind: "World?"

He thought of Liu Liu Tianning's Straw Man Universe Theory.

"Hum~"

Zhao Xing immediately spread his hands and cast the World Art.

Bo Wei didn't know what had touched Zhao Xing, just watching quietly from the side.

"Judging from past examples, the Ten Directions Mountain has different forms, and its power will produce changes in strength," Ling Ji said on the Space-Time Boat of the Lord of Five Realms Island, looking in Zhao Xing's direction.

"The Ten Directions Mountain in material form has the strongest power and lasts the longest."

"The Ten Directions Mountain in mental form has the weakest power, and it is almost impossible for anyone to climb the mountain, because it simply cannot be grasped."

"The Ten Directions Mountain Scripture created by Zhao Xing, as long as it can accurately predict the time and location, is already a scripture passed down through the ages."

"If it is really as legendary as it is said, able to summon the Ten Directions Mountain in advance, this scripture is the number one Mountain Scripture of all time."

"Even if Si Nong Zhao gives up Heaven's Time and True Self and only cultivates the Mountain Method, he can become a Dao Lord."

"And the greatest Si Nong Dao Lord."

Ling Ji rarely boasted about anyone, but at this moment, he praised Zhao Xing highly, his words full of praise.

This was mainly because since the Dharma Assembly began, he had had a vague premonition.

Zhao Xing's Mountain Scripture theory would be verified in this practice! And as time passed, all the premonitions pointed to success.

Regardless of whether the Mountain Scripture could be understood or not, the intuition of a Fate Master could tell Ling Ji that the Ten Directions Mountain Scripture created by Zhao Xing was truly very powerful.

"This time, although there are few people, the hope of obtaining the first divination is slim." The Lord of Five Realms Island looked to the southeast.

There stood the Red Star Great Emperor on one flying boat, and the Boundless God King on another.

"Big Brother, don't worry; among the Fate Masters present, only the successor of the Ten Phases Gate is slightly better than me." Ling Ji was confident in himself.

Beside the Great Emperor stood the Empire Heaven Master "Xi Zhong."

Suddenly, Ling Ji stopped talking, because he felt as if the other party had glanced at him, as if he had heard the conversation just now.

Time passed, and the Ten Directions Wandering Assembly had lasted for eighty-five years.

During this period, besides the one conversation between Bo Wei and Zhao Xing, for thirty-seven years, Zhao Xing had neither preached nor cast spells.

He just let the flying boat drift with the current.

The gods didn't dare to disturb him, following Zhao Xing's flying boat and drifting along.

In the ninety-third year, the calm atmosphere of the Dharma Assembly was broken.

A heart-palpitating fluctuation suddenly came from Zhao Xing's flying boat.

All the Great Dao origins condensed toward the flying boat, forming a storm, and even a portion of the Divine Generals had their divine power sucked away.

This storm came violently and intensely, catching everyone off guard.

"Wind? This is the forty-third layer of the Dao Ancient, where does the wind come from?"

"Hiss, my divine power origin has lost fifty percent!"

"Could it be that the mountain is opening?"

"Look."

The cyan storm stabilized rapidly, and within the storm, a phantom of a massive mountain appeared.

"It's the Ten Directions Mountain!"

"The Ten Directions Mountain has descended!"

"Yin and Yang circle to create all things, the origin image manifests to gather the ten directions————Heavens, it's actually the Ten Directions Mountain in material form?!"

Third Epoch of the Desolate Domain, eleventh solar year, Early Yang Season.

Amidst the exclamations of the gods, the Ten Directions Mountain descended. ===== CHAPTER 655 =====

"The Ten Directions Mountain has descended!"

"Yin and Yang surround and give birth to all things, the origin manifests and gathers in the ten directions—Heavens, is it actually the Ten Directions Mountain in physical form?!"

The Third Era of the Desolate Domain, the eleventh solar year, Early Yang Season.

Amidst the exclamations of the gods, the Ten Directions Mountain descended.