Chapter 67: Eleven Ancestor Witch's bodily markings, Houtu's Holy Sovereign forehead pattern!

"A foundation value of 0.1 is just the minimum requirement to reach a breakthrough to the Great Ultimate."

"Although the success rate is not high, it already meets the hard indicator for promotion."

Fengxi browsed the Houtu Great Dao Treasury, as if gaining some insight.

The vast majority of unaffiliated cultivators in the world, relying on their own exploration, eventually managed to break through to the Great Ultimate by luck… almost all have this kind of foundation.

They are ordinary people in the Great Ultimate sequence.

Even if they succeed in breaking through to the Great Ultimate, this lifetime is basically over.

And as everyone knows, the gap between people may be even larger than that between a person and a dog.

With ordinary people, with myriad beings, in this realm there must certainly be distinctions of rank.

"0.2, is good."

"0.3, is excellent."

"0.4, is elite."

"0.5, is a remarkable person."

"0.6 and above, is Heaven's Pride!"

Heaven's Pride!

Child of Heaven's Pride!

The Heaven of Honghuang is not just an ordinary illusory void; it is another honorific for the Great Luo!

"Golden Immortal cultivation involves comprehending and evolving a Great Dao…… however, in Honghuang, the source of every Supreme Great Dao is what? It is the Great Luo!"

"Three Thousand Great Luo, Three Thousand Great Dao…… in the past, Pangu opened the heavens, slew the Three Thousand Demon Gods, consumed them completely, and thus created this vast Honghuang."

"Living beings cultivate, comprehend the Great Dao; when their understanding of the Dao reaches a certain depth, they will touch a true corner of the Great Dao, which is the corner of the ancient demon god's Dao fruit."

"Fortunately, after Pangu slew the demon gods and seized the Great Dao, he formatted it, cleansing away residual consciousness, so cultivators need not worry about being refined into avatars, becoming a backup for the demon gods' return."

"From 0.6 to 0.9, it indicates that the cultivator has received acknowledgment of this Great Dao and can definitely break through to the Great Ultimate."

Every Wu of the Wu Clan, upon breaking through to the Great Ultimate, has a foundation value above 0.6.

Why?

Nothing else, it's just the bloodline.

The Three Thousand Great Daos all have to give face to the Wu Clan.

And below that, ordinary-bloodline cultivators breaking through and proving the Dao—who knows how many have gone mad, how many obsessed—before a peerlessly brilliant few manage to break through the barrier.

From 0.1 to 0.5, breaking through depends on luck. Even if it's the 0.1 standard…… given the vastness of Honghuang and the endless living beings, how many Great Ultimates are there?

Those who can meet the 0.1 threshold are all one part of an infinite number of peerless geniuses.

Fortunately, across the ages, with endless Myriad Heavens and Myriad Origins, relying on time to accumulate, Honghuang never lacks talent.

"However, the value of 0.9 is roughly a bottleneck."

"No acknowledgment of any Great Dao can possibly reach 1…… that would mean 100%!"

"That means one must absolutely coincide in worldview with the Great Luo Supreme Emperor who created this all-encompassing Great Dao, a perfect reflection of the definition of the world…… hehe."

"If such a person truly exists, is it a Great Luo opening a Trumpet to re-cultivate?" Fengxi sighed, "And if it's not a Trumpet…… then it would be even more miserable."

"In future cultivation, cultivating and cultivating, one ends up turning oneself into someone else's avatar!"

"Therefore, the value of 0.9 is nevertheless a very suitable point."

"It fits well with a Dao leading to eternity, yet retains a hint of one's own…… those who learn from me live; those who resemble me die!"

Fengxi has arrived at this point.

His current foundation value is 0.9.

It is the level of profoundly comprehending the essence of the Great Dao of the Houtu Ancestor Witch and clearly understanding the bit of wisdom of this great divine ability person.

Having learned a lofty foresight cognition regarding the world, spacetime, and eternity, it is a perfect methodology involving all fields.

The Great Dao is simplest; myriad Daos interconnect.

The Dao of the Earth Ancestor Witch appears to merely expound Houtu…… actually, it is gazing upon Myriad Heavens and Myriad Worlds, the supreme principle whereby all mundane myriad phenomena can pass, and is the highest crystallization of a Great Luo powerhouse condensing and concentrating all wisdom!

Even if, in this world there is no cultivation, replaced by mortal mundane affairs, it can still be useful.

Engaging in business makes one a generation's great merchant.

Engaging in craftsmanship brings about supernatural craftsmanship.

Engaging in scholarship makes one a school of its own, convincing.

……

Just like the Book of Changes and the Dao De Jing.

This is the supreme wisdom of conduct, a perfect methodology, not merely a classic of cultivation.

Only thus can one be worthy of the achievements of a Great Luo, transcending above myriad beings.

Unfortunately, to avoid cultivating away the self, one cannot simply copy it, making Fengxi feel regret.

It also lets many previous obsessive-compulsive, adventurous, seeking death to break limits Supreme Heaven's Pride express regret—oh, that should be called 'sincere to the Dao'.

Indeed, it is thanks to the efforts of many adventurous cultivators, among whom there are no shortage of Great Luo powerhouses opening a Trumpet, participating in the great work of perfecting Honghuang cultivation civilization, truly finding an alternative path.

By pouring in resources, bribing the network intelligent spirit of the Houtu Great Dao Treasury, opening deeper information permissions, letting Fengxi deeply understand some secrets unknown to ordinary cultivators, this too is a path not much supported by higher-ups.

——Since depth cannot be mined further, why not expand horizontally and walk a few more paths?

——Young man, 0.91, 0.91, 0.92…… await you ahead!

Fengxi grimaced, weighing after several consumptions, his wallet had considerably deflated.

After a moment, he shivered.

"According to this calculation, two portions of resources from Golden Immortal to Great Ultimate can cultivate to 0.99; three portions, 0.999; four portions, 0.9999……"

"No wonder the Ancestor Witches don't support, setting limits on this information."

Although the four necessities of cultivation—wealth, partner, method, and land—having money is like having a dad…… but, this is just a blatant dad‑trap!

If I were to master the Three Thousand Great Daos, how many portions of resources would I need to break through to the Grand Ultimate?

The key is, spending that much money only boosts combat power by a tiny bit, and enriches combat means just a little…… it's totally not worth it!

The Houtu Great Dao encompasses all phenomena and involves every field.

Any problem that other Great Daos can solve, it can also solve.

What it cannot handle, most other Great Daos also cannot handle.

Although the more Great Daos one draws inspiration from and comprehends, the faster the early-stage realm improvements become after breaking through to the Grand Ultimate, it's like opening a cultivation accelerator.

For each additional nine after the decimal point, the speed increases by another ten percent after breakthrough…… but this is not absolute.

Some combinations of Great Daos can achieve qualitative change, like yin and yang, the Four Symbols, the Five Elements…… there are too many intricacies here.

However, there is still a big pit.

Such benefits become ineffective after a certain point…… no, it can't be said to be ineffective.

Rather, it's those ordinary Grand Ultimates; whoever can reach this step also means they've erased the gap, caught up to the other side's foundation.

Golden Immortals and Grand Ultimates are entirely different levels.

The cultivation of a Golden Immortal is individual cultivation.

The cultivation of a Grand Ultimate is world cultivation!

Since the heights one stands at differ, how can the speed and gains of comprehending the Great Dao be compared?

The ultimate purpose of cultivation is to achieve a higher realm.

No matter how deep the foundation one builds, it ultimately revolves around this purpose.

Going to the opposite extreme and completely focusing on the foundation turns into putting the cart before the horse, losing the big for the small.

My current foundation, upon achieving the Grand Ultimate, can directly gain a boost to perceptive wisdom; the speed of comprehending the Great Dao completely outpaces the present, but there is no percentage boost.

Fengxi lies prone in the secret realm, head down, painfully solving math problems.

But if I were to slow down my progress, here to lay down my foundation, sacrificing present time to gain future high cultivation speed…… when could I catch up to or even surpass the previous pattern?

Otherwise, by the time the foundation is over‑laid, any later high speed would be wasted, like the hare in the tortoise‑and‑hare race.

Key point on the diagram—meeting and catching‑up problems, the exam is coming up right away!

If the exam goes well, everyone will be happy.

If the exam goes poorly…… well, maybe in the future, due to being slightly weaker in strength, I'll get drunk and get killed again.

I've decided!

Fengxi, with a solemn and reverent expression, after writing and drawing, confirmed his future cultivation choice.

……

Time flows leisurely; in the blink of an eye, hundreds of thousands of years pass.

Fortunately, this is a time secret realm; the time ratio relative to the outside world has already been distorted a millionfold, a madly accelerated pace.

Fengxi here strives for strength, contemplating and grasping the fruition of a Dao distinct from the Houtu Great Dao.

Three thousand kinds of Great Daos—that's impossible.

Not to mention three thousand, he can barely muster the ability to produce thirty Great Luo scriptures at hand—enough to boast—but we can't guarantee there aren't omissions, or that it isn't someone else's reprint.

However, just this is already enough for Fengxi to work out dozens to hundreds of combinations.

Finally, among these combinations, he chose a package that would absolutely have no problems.

After achieving success, he stood with hands on hips, face full of smugness, forgetting the heavenly punishment he once endured.

From now on, throughout heaven and earth, no Great Luo will appear; I shall be the sole supreme!

Shaking his head, lost in self‑indulgence, Fengxi, bare‑chested, made the soaring serpent coiled at his waist unable to bear watching.

The low growl is its protest, as well as a warning.

The protest is the tattoos etched into Fengxi's body, turning a fine young man into a social person.

The warning is the feeling that he's racing madly down a self‑destructive path, and if things go badly, it will be dragged down with him.

Ahaha!

"Left hand commands time, right hand commands space; the vastness of the universe lies entirely within my heart!"

Fengxi held his head high, brimming with confidence.

On his left arm is tattooed a vivid Ancestral Witch—Zhu Jiuyin.

And on his right arm is the Di Jiang Zu Wu.

"Wind, rain, thunder, lightning—weather changes, yet it's the four seasons turning the eight wastes!"

"The Five Elements engender and destroy in endless cycles; heaven and earth arise and perish in a single thought!"

Tiānwú, Jumang, Gonggong, Zhurong…… the great figures of each Ancestral Witch, as tattoos, filled Fengxi's chest and back.

This is the result of his hundreds of thousands of years of cultivation.

Combining the Great Daos of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, I reverse‑trace back to Pangu!

Who made the All-Heaven Gods and Slaughter Grand Formation so famous?

Fengxi's choice naturally was it.

Of course, the true All-Heaven Grand Formation, he has never seen it.

One cannot say he knows nothing of its formation principles, but he only knows a little.

Even for this little, we still have to thank Fuxi the Great Sage.

The previous golden finger choice, this demon emperor was very generous, letting Fengxi pick for himself.

The Fake Slay-Immortal Sword Formation, he had seen; the Fake Heavenly Stars Grand Formation—Heavenly Stars Diagram, the Fake All-Heaven Gods and Slaughter Grand Formation—Twelve Golden Men, he had seen those as well.

Although he ultimately didn't choose it, that rough semblance of divine resonance was deeply etched into the deepest part of Fengxi's soul.

When the moment called for it, it surged forth like a spring, letting Fengxi luckily craft a downscaled version of a downscaled version—sounds unreliable.

As a result, the twelve kinds of the Great Dao are difficult to perfectly harmonize; only can the Great Dao of the eleven Ancestral Witches unite under the rule of Fengxi's cultivated Houtu Great Dao, honoring it as the master!

Therefore, on Fengxi's forehead there is also a miniature version of the Houtu Ancestral Witch, vivid and lifelike—to show that the little witch Fengxi does not forget his origins, forever remembering the grace of recreation bestowed by the Houtu Ancestral Witch.

On the eleven Ancestral Witches' bodies is inscribed the Houtu's supremely holy forehead pattern.

But perhaps it's because the forehead's position is special? Or maybe Fengxi's tattooing skill isn't up to par?

The Houtu Ancestral Witch tattoo on the forehead always carries an inexplicably lofty aura, vivid and lifelike, leaving Fengxi bewildered.

She, compared to the other eleven Ancestral Witches, is like a queen to her subjects… especially Dijiang.

Fengxi looked in the mirror, examining himself up and down, only to see the miniature Houtu, as if using a very haughty gaze, looking down toward his right arm.

And there, Dijiang raised their head to meet its gaze, half-smiling, very subtle, as if hiding amusement and sarcasm.

Fengxi, feeling pleased for a while, looking at this scene, inexplicably shivered.

When he focused his attention to observe, however, he found nothing abnormal anymore.

"Pangu blesses, ancestral gods protect…" Fengxi muttered a few sentences, "Illusion… all illusion… please don't let it be an illusion!"

"Whatever Ancestral Witch faction struggles, I know nothing…… I'm just a little witch."

"Ancestral gods bless! Ancestral gods bless!"

Having muttered a few invocations of Pangu, he gave himself psychological comfort.

Using the Ancestral Witch classic that each member of the Wu Clan possesses, he produced an inferior version of the Great Heavenly Array, evolving a half-finished shrunken Pangu form; Fengxi clearly discovered that the world before his eyes was different.

Like layers of gauze being removed to reveal the true visage, the evolution of cosmic law between heaven and earth appeared that clear before Fengxi.

Others' cultivation is guessing, experimenting, summarizing, inducting to obtain relative truth…… On this path, one knows not how many storms and hardships will be endured, repeatedly hitting walls in the wrong direction, not knowing how far the road ahead lies.

But now Fengxi has seen through and understood all this evolution; only needing to summarize and induct, it is already enough!

"Is this the level that infinitely approaches one?"

"I feel that with just a single thought now, I will ascend to the Supreme Ultimate, without even needing closed-door cultivation——"

Saying this, Fengxi fell silent, his expression very strange.

Really, just a single thought.

The tattoos of the Twelve Ancestral Witches glowed, bursting forth brilliant radiance…… Within the light, a blurry tall figure condensed and stepped out calmly, merging with Fengxi's body!

An aura of utmost divinity and holiness surged, spreading through the secret realm——Fengxi has sublimated!

The fruit of the Supreme Ultimate Dao naturally formed; in the vastness of Honghuang, from this moment on he too could have a place!

Fengxi looked left and right…… After a long while, he sighed.

"Is this breakthrough too childish? It feels like cheating, ruining my purity."

"But the problem is…… I really didn't cheat……"

PS: These two chapters are combined.

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