Chapter 659

Returning to the mountain-climbing path, Ji Si and Zhao Xing quickly reviewed the situation.

"Grand Secretary, do you mean to say that you were sucked into an independent space and met the fourth-generation sect master of the Ten Phases Sect?"

"Yes," Zhao Xing scratched his head, "It's very strange; looking at it this way, what I encountered was a benefit, because he answered many of my questions, but before I went in, I clearly saw that I had drawn a lowest-low lot, how did it suddenly turn into a highest-high lot?"

Before going in, it was clearly a lowest-low lot, with danger at every turn.

After coming out, the lot text in his hand had turned into a highest-high lot.

"It is my problem."

"How so?"

"Grand Secretary, we actually drew lots four times."

Ji Si said thoughtfully: "It's just that I reversed it three times with spells, and the first three didn't have time to take effect."

"I originally thought I had overwritten the first three lot texts, but in reality, it wasn't completely successful."

"The Grand Secretary's experience in the lot tube can be divided into four segments."

"One, seeing Scholar Scholar Bowei on the iceberg; two, seeing Gu Luohe at home; three, the illusion on the mountaintop; four, seeing the fourth-generation sect master."

"Four experiences, corresponding to four lot texts."

"Known ones are: 【Lowest-Low Lot, danger at every turn】"

"Highest-High Lot 【Soul wandering in the mountain universe】."

"It's just that I don't know what grade the other two lots are; I cannot distinguish whether the other two segments represent danger or good fortune."

Ji Si had also been led by the lot tube to other worlds, having four experiences as well. So he immediately understood Zhao Xing's experience just now, which was actually four lots combined into one.

"Then what is the meaning of the gods' deduction I saw on the mountaintop, and who are Feng Xi and Taishi?"

Zhao Xing and Ji Si continued climbing, the two chatting as they walked on the Turtle-Pattern Ancient Road.

"Feng Xi is the first-generation Ten Phases Sect Master, and Taishi is the head of the historians of the Void Ancestor era," Ji Si said.

"The Taishi Crown worn by historians is named after this historian ancestor's Dao title."

"Then what were they doing?" Zhao Xing told Ji Si what he had heard.

Ji Si did not answer, but the mirror in his arms revealed the figure of the Hemp-Clothed Divine Physiognomist.

"That should have been a universe-level Dao experiment led by the first-generation sect master after the Void Ancestor era ended."

"The background of this Dao experiment was the sudden disappearance of the Void Ancestor and the first birth of the Desolate Domain."

"The strong ones realized one after another that the universe was not eternal; the universe extinction theory and the Great Destruction disaster were proposed for the first time."

"Feng Xi and Taishi took the lead, joining forces to correct and predict the past and future of the universe."

"An absolute future requires an absolute history."

"Universe-level historical correction and future prediction require gathering all the Daos, so the people you saw on the mountaintop were all the Dao Masters of that era."

"Only in this way could they achieve theoretical perfection. By gathering all the ultimate Daos, controlling the past, present, and future, and establishing a chaotic universe model, they could observe the trajectory of the universe, calculate the time point of the universe's Great Destruction, and seek the possibility of avoiding the Great Destruction."

Zhao Xing couldn't help but be shocked; all the Dao Masters gathering at the Ten Directions Mountain to conduct a large-scale prediction of the past and future was an action that was truly unprecedented.

"Senior, what happened later?"

"Obviously, it failed," the Hemp-Clothed Divine Physiognomist sighed, "Otherwise, my Ten Phases Sect would not have declined to this point, to the extent that even entering our own mountain gate is difficult."

Zhao Xing also felt some emotion; every era, every profession seemed to be seeking a way out in its own way, and countless methods had failed.

Then, even if another Divine Emperor were born, I fear it might not necessarily succeed.

But in an instant, Zhao Xing swept away his depressed mood.

"The Dao is long and difficult, but if one walks, one will arrive."

"The Grand Secretary is right," Ji Si nodded; he also just treated it as hearing a piece of history, which had no impact on his own Dao heart.

Climbing further along the Turtle-Pattern Ancient Road toward the main peak, Zhao Xing soon encountered someone coming down the mountain.

"Teacher, are you coming down the mountain? Where is Elder Feng Chen?"

The one coming down was none other than Divine General Lan Chuan, his brow filled with sorrow.

"He is here."

Divine General Lan Chuan held a box; Zhao Xing scanned it with his divine sense and discovered it contained a handful of soil and some fragments of Dharma robes.

Zhao Xing bowed toward the box, then raised his head: "Teacher, please accept my condolences."

Feng Chen was dead; he had burned himself out.

This Great Elder of the Academy, who succeeded after Scholar Scholar Bowei, took office during the turmoil of the Academy; at that time, Scholar Scholar Bowei had been captured, morale was low, major ancient kingdoms canceled most of their funding, the status of scholars continued to decline, and later even the Academy headquarters moved to the Primeval Hill.

Feng Chen took office against this background.

In the eleventh solar year of the Third Era of the Desolate Domain, the Dharma Assembly flourished, and Feng Chen led the Academy to appear continuously at major Dharma Assemblies, slowly rebuilding the Academy.

Upon learning the news of the Ten Directions Mountain's appearance, he resigned at the first opportunity, passed on the position of Great Elder, and volunteered to climb the mountain to sacrifice himself.

After lifting the restrictions, Feng Chen briefly reached the Divine Realm, acting as a Fate Master, and helped Divine General Lan Chuan reach the summit third, completing the Dao-seeking.

"Can Senior Lan Chuan tell us the content of the hexagram you sought?" Ji Si asked; he wanted to know what Lan Chuan had asked.

Lan Chuan did not hide it, telling Zhao Xing and Ji Si directly: "I represent the Primeval Hill; I sought the third hexagram at the main peak, and the Dao I asked about was the completion of the Extreme Land's cultivation techniques."

"What was the result?"

"Feng Chen borrowed the power of the Ten Directions Mountain to create a Dao-comprehension realm, deducing the fifth method of the Giant God Flow," Divine General Lan Chuan looked at Zhao Xing: "The Primeval Hill now has one more cultivation method with the hope of achieving Dao Master."

Zhao Xing was speechless and bowed to the urn again.

Cultivating Extreme Land techniques, theoretically every school has the hope of achieving Dao Master, but there is a huge difference between ideals and reality.

A single Dao cannot be controlled by multiple Dao Masters; according to the techniques and laws created by others, it is impossible to become a Dao Master unless the original Dao Master is already dead.

The Extreme Land is divided into the Mustard Seed Flow and the Giant God Flow; in the continuous process of development, the Giant God Flow already has four methods to become a Dao Master.

The fifth method, through the efforts of generations of sages, was constantly perfected, and now, with Feng Chen, it was finally completed.

Compared to the ancient methods, the new method is more in line with the changes of the era.

With this fifth new method, the Primeval Hill will give birth to a new Dao Master in the future, and it is very likely to be Divine General Lan Chuan.

"Elder, were the first two hexagrams obtained by Scholar Scholar Bowei and the Great Emperor?" Ji Si asked again.

"I don't know," Divine General Lan Chuan shook his head: "When I reached the summit, I only saw Scholar Scholar Bowei, I did not see the Great Emperor."

Zhao Xing noticed that when Lan Chuan spoke of Scholar Scholar Bowei, he did not hide his disgust for him.

Ji Si asked again: "Then where is Scholar Scholar Bowei?"

"How would I know?" Divine General Lan Chuan said loudly, his anger already uncontrollable: "Scholar Scholar Bowei, this person, is heartless and unrighteous; Feng Chen just wanted to say a few words to him at the end of his life, but he refused—Zhao Xing, Ji Si, you two should have less to do with him!"

Having said that, Divine General Lan Chuan flicked his sleeves and left.

Watching Divine General Lan Chuan leave in anger, Zhao Xing was speechless.

Scholar Scholar Bowei was cold; Feng Chen was his junior brother after all, and he wouldn't even say a word when he was dying.

But thinking carefully, this really seemed like something Scholar Scholar Bowei would do.

Ji Si finished casting his spell and said: "Grand Secretary, let's go, Scholar Scholar Bowei is right ahead."

Sure enough, after walking the Turtle-Pattern Ancient Road for half an hour, they saw Scholar Scholar Bowei sitting quietly under a giant rock.

Scholar Scholar Bowei no longer had the distinction of main body and clones; every Scholar Scholar Bowei seemed to be proficient in all professions, and the skills on his panel were complex and diverse, with page after page of dazzling divine skills.

Zhao Xing couldn't even be bothered to flip through them, because he couldn't finish reading them at all.

"Did True Person Scholar Scholar Bowei obtain the second hexagram? I wonder if you can tell us," Ji Si asked again.

Scholar Scholar Bowei didn't even raise his eyes.

Ji Si's sleeves moved slightly, and he cast a spell again; he had plenty of spells to make people talk.

Just now, Divine General Lan Chuan had been stirred to anger in his heart by him.

But here with Scholar Scholar Bowei, Ji Si suffered a loss.

Scholar Scholar Bowei opened his eyes and looked coldly at Ji Si's sleeves.

"Thump, thump, thump~"

Ji Si's footsteps retreated repeatedly, retreating a full nineteen steps, a trace of horror flashing in his eyes.

Between him and Scholar Scholar Bowei, there was actually a nineteen-step gap.

"Elder, please show mercy," Zhao Xing helplessly blocked in front of Ji Si.

Ji Si was still a bit impulsive; his progress was great, but Scholar Scholar Bowei's was greater.

Long before the Battle of Standing, Scholar Scholar Bowei had already completed multiple Dao-certifications, and it took both major Dragon God Kings attacking together to barely block Scholar Scholar Bowei's anger.

Ji Si was a genius, but ultimately not as strong as the monster Scholar Scholar Bowei.

"Hum~"

The divine light in Scholar Scholar Bowei's eyes converged before touching Zhao Xing.

Seeing this, Zhao Xing signaled for Ji Si to come up and not disturb Scholar Scholar Bowei.

"Wait."

Zhao Xing stopped his footsteps; he saw that Scholar Scholar Bowei had something to say.

So he signaled for Ji Si to go up the mountain first.

"I divined on the mountain and asked a question."

"What did the Elder ask?"

"I asked: Were scholars created?"

"Did the Elder get an answer?"

"Yes."

Zhao Xing's pupils shrank; were scholars created?

Scholar Scholar Bowei added: "I also made a deal with the Wuliang God King, asking him not to compete with me for the fourth hexagram."

Zhao Xing suddenly understood; no wonder Scholar Scholar Bowei came down the mountain later than Lan Chuan.

The Great Emperor's first hexagram, Scholar Scholar Bowei's second hexagram, Lan Chuan and Feng Chen's third hexagram; the fourth hexagram should have been taken by the Wuliang God King, but it had been traded away by Scholar Scholar Bowei.

Scholar Scholar Bowei used this fourth hexagram, presumably also to ask about matters, and without needing to think, Zhao Xing knew what Scholar Scholar Bowei had asked.

That was: Who exactly created scholars?

Scholar Scholar Bowei said calmly: "Feng Xi and Taishi, that ultimate Dao-gathering after the Void Ancestor era ended."

"Scholars are the product of their failure."

"Since then, in the bloodlines of all races, there will be a small probability of some anomalies being born; they are born with knowledge, have astonishing comprehension, have almost no threshold for cultivation, and can lead the development of their race."

Zhao Xing suddenly understood: "So that's how it is."

No wonder scholars are formed innately and cannot Roc Roc Roc Roc Change professions later; they can understand all professions, and cultivating multiple professions, their core power will not conflict at all.

The reason lies in the fact that scholars themselves were created; in the process of that Dao-gathering deduction, all the Dao Masters of all professions were present, making it so that the scholar profession innately has no Dao barriers.

"Elder, have there been other Scholar Gods?" Zhao Xing asked curiously.

"No more," Scholar Scholar Bowei shook his head, "I am the only one who could eliminate the shackles and not die."

Although Feng Chen became a god, that didn't count as eliminating the shackles; he only lifted the restrictions and briefly reached it, still remaining within the rules and limitations of scholars.

"Thank you, Elder, for telling me."

Seeing that Scholar Scholar Bowei had nothing more to say, Zhao Xing continued to climb upward, catching up with Ji Si.

"Grand Secretary, Scholar Scholar Bowei is too strong," Ji Si sighed, "Even at the Ten Directions Mountain, he can be this strong, completely beyond my expectations."

"You don't need to compare yourself to Scholar Scholar Bowei; he is a heretic," Zhao Xing said with a smile, comforting him.

The first Scholar God in history, he is too rare; it's normal for him to be powerful.

"Hum~"

Just as the two were chatting, the side peaks of the Ten Directions Mountain suddenly erupted with brilliant light.

A green long river spanned the nine major side peaks, then rotated and pushed toward the main peak.

Zhao Xing immediately cast the Spirit Mountain Directional Method, quickly seeing through the mist and Dao barriers, discovering that it was actually the Great Emperor and the Heavenly Master Xi Zhong appearing on the summit of the side peak at the same time.

"Worthy of being the Great Emperor."

Zhao Xing was incredibly shocked.

The combination of the Great Emperor and the Heavenly Master gained the leading position in climbing, and this advantage was further expanded.

The main peak of the Ten Directions Mountain and the nine major side peaks—the first hexagrams were all obtained by the Great Emperor and the Heavenly Master.

At this moment, at the crest of the nine rivers, there was a clone of the Great Emperor.

They slowly gathered at the summit of the main peak, merging into one.

And the Imperial Heavenly Master had actually occupied the summit again.

"Ji Si, what is this situation? Can each person only seek one hexagram per time on the main peak and side peaks of the Ten Directions Mountain?"

Heavenly Master Xi Zhong had come to the main peak to divine again, and his power seemed very strong, no weaker than the first time.

"Being first among the ten peaks grants a second opportunity," Ji Si murmured: "Xi Zhong is very likely the reincarnation of the Ten Phases God."

"Reincarnation of the Ten Phases God? Could he be the first-generation sect master?" Zhao Xing was surprised.

At the summit of the main peak, the Great Emperor and Xi Zhong radiated divine light, and the body of the Ten Directions Mountain also emitted a faint glow, echoing with them.

At this moment, the Ten Directions Mountain seemed to have a heartbeat.

Zhao Xing could clearly sense that the spirituality of the Ten Directions Mountain was skyrocketing, countless great powers rising from underground, following the patterns of the earth's veins, gathering at the summit.

Such surging power made Zhao Xing's heart beat uncontrollably.

It was as if as long as he could fully verify the Ten Directions Mountain, this power could be controlled by him.

"I don't know if the Great Emperor is asking about matters or seeking the Dao; the commotion is so big," Zhao Xing felt like he was seasick, unable to even stand steadily.

Others didn't have this situation, because Zhao Xing opened the mountain and set the image; to a certain extent, he and the Ten Directions Mountain were already one.

At this moment, the Great Emperor was seeking the Dao, the mountain shaking and the earth moving, and Zhao Xing swayed along with it, stumbling like a drunkard.

Zhao Xing and Ji Si were only one step away from the summit, but they could not move forward anymore, because the Great Emperor and Xi Zhong had not yet finished.

After a long time, a sigh came from the summit, and all kinds of divine anomalies faded away.

Zhao Xing no longer felt his divine body shaking, and the barrier between him and the summit also disappeared.

The mist thinned, and the figures of the Great Emperor and Xi Zhong gradually revealed themselves.

"Greetings, Heavenly Master; greetings, Great Emperor."

Zhao Xing and Ji Si bowed together.

The Great Emperor's figure appeared somewhat lonely; after turning around, Zhao Xing discovered that his expression was compassionate.

What had happened, why did the Great Emperor look like this, and why did he sigh just now?

Zhao Xing just wanted to open his mouth to ask, but suddenly his divine body jolted.

He sensed that the causal thread between him and Gu Luohe was fading rapidly.

Zhao Xing immediately deduced Gu Luohe's state, discovering that Gu Luohe's life thread was weakening at an astonishing speed.

At the same time, another familiar yet unfamiliar causal thread was trembling and intertwining.

An image appeared in his mind:

Primordial Realm, Taixu City.

Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Qiyu flew out from the palace.

Zhao Xing hadn't seen Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Qiyu's true body for a long time; at this moment, countless clones of Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Qiyu were rapidly gathering toward the palace entrance.

With each additional clone merged, Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Qiyu became one part stronger, and his temperament changed accordingly.

After fully merging, although Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Qiyu's face was still his original face, his temperament had completely changed.

"What? How is this possible?!" Zhao Xing lost his composure.

Because this temperament was exactly the same as the Gu Fu Fu Fu Fu Fu Tianyang he had seen in the depths of the abyss!

"Swish~"

Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Qiyu stepped out, initiating a no-distance teleportation.

The next moment, Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Qiyu arrived at the top leaf of the Primordial Divine Tree, Gu Luohe's residence.

Boom~

The palace door was pushed open by Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Qiyu, revealing Gu Luohe sitting cross-legged in the hall.

"Tap, tap, tap~"

Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Zuo Qiyu stepped forward step by step, arriving before Gu Luohe and standing still, then slowly opened his mouth: "Little brother."

Gu Luohe opened his eyes, his voice somewhat hoarse: "Elder brother, I didn't expect it to be you who came; I always thought you were dead."

"I didn't die; I have always been by your side accompanying you."

"Was it his arrangement?"

"No, it was something I actively requested," Gu Fu Fu Fu Fu Fu Tianyang's voice was gentle.

"You are too tired; this was not something you should have had to bear."

"Furthermore, it is also a wrong choice."

"Let me be the one to grant you release."

Gu Luohe was silent; a moment later, he pointed toward the ground, and a Dao-discussion platform appeared.

Gu Fu Fu Fu Fu Fu Tianyang leaped onto it and sat cross-legged; the warmth on his face gradually receded, and his eyes and voice also became cold: "Gu Luohe, I am your Dao-breaker."