Chapter 348: The Inner World Ascends, the Taiyi True Immortal is Formed

Let us speak of Fang Longye stepping into the "Dragon Gate," only to see a vast and boundless space, filled with purple and cyan, stretching out to the horizon, with nothing else to be seen in the hazy expanse.

Yet, the world opened up within the Dragon Gate is not constant; it is ever-changing, capable of evolving according to one's will.

Much like that great treasure of Wa Huang, the Map of Mountains and Rivers.

Of this, Fang Longye was naturally aware.

With a single thought, specks of golden light suddenly appeared, drawing the purple and cyan to crisscross; high air condensed into platforms, curved edges became stairs, suspended colors congealed into pavilions, and blooming flowers formed towers.

In an instant, they outlined patterns, interweaving with one another to evolve into a truly real pavilion and tower.

Thereafter, the surrounding purple and cyan rose and shifted incessantly, and in the blink of an eye, using this pavilion and tower as the core, it evolved into a pure land of scenic beauty.

The entire process was light and effortless; it was truly just a single thought, costing no effort at all.

Fang Longye gazed at this pure land, neither large nor small, nodded, then lifted his feet to move, finding one of the palaces at random to enter and sit in peace.

He closed his eyes slightly, his spirit reflecting upon his own body, observing the changes in his Inner World—he saw his Inner World currently undergoing wild transformations, swallowing and refining the power obtained from the fragments of the Honghu Realm, surging, sinking, and merging.

Various unfamiliar Dao laws resonated with the Inner World in the dark, merging with it, causing the Inner World to undergo changes that seemed subtle yet were earth-shattering.

He could feel that the essence of his Inner World was rising continuously.

Cognitions that had previously been non-existent became instantly clear in his mind, like a furnace melting snow.

"The fruits of that Honghu's lifelong cultivation—"

Wherever Fang Longye's thoughts reached, power rolled within the Inner World, and unfamiliar Dao laws emerged, thin and wispy, yet extraordinary and indestructible.

Digesting and absorbing everything from the Honghu Realm was not something that could be achieved in one go; it required time and energy.

What had previously fallen into his mind was only a portion fed back after digestion and absorption.

This was also the reason he needed to go into seclusion.

It was to assist the Inner World in accelerating the digestion and absorption of the fortune obtained from devouring the Honghu Realm.

"The two Daos of Wind and Water, and the Dao of Freedom extended from them?"

It was just that the Honghu was proficient in the Daos of Wind and Water, but did not take these as the core of its own Great Dao.

Instead, it used them as vessels, with the vessel carrying the Dao, borrowing the real existence of the vessel to observe the heavens and earth and learn from them, metaphysical in nature, sensing the Dao of Freedom between the wind and water.

And then, using that to grant form to the vessel, returning it to itself.

There was nothing unusual about this; most people who cultivate to this stage do the same.

Regarding a Great Dao, one does not accept it in its entirety, but rather extracts a certain quality from it, sublimating it and incorporating it into one's own Great Dao.

It was just that he had not expected,

that this Honghu was actually following the path of the Innate Dao Lord, which had long since been discarded.

What is an "Innate Dao Lord"? Speaking of it, this path of the Innate Dao Lord originates from the primordial era at the beginning of the creation of the world.

Unlike the Honghuang of today, where Taiyi cultivators extract profound and perfect qualities that fit themselves from many laws, melting them together to sublimate and transform into a Great Dao unique to themselves.

In the ancient times of the past, most of the Innate Great Beings who emerged were largely derived directly from Pangu or the Chaos Demon Gods.

The current Three Pure Ones, Xihuang, Wa Huang, Jieyin, and Zhun Ti... are all juniors among juniors compared to these Innate Great Beings! Each of these Innate Great Beings possessed the authority of a Great Dao, born as Daluo Golden Immortals, mastering an entire Innate Great Dao.

Dao Lord, Dao Lord, as the name implies, is the master who occupies an Innate Great Dao. Therefore, at that time, Daluo Golden Immortals were also called Innate Dao Lords.

Or rather, it is uncertain whether the concept of Daluo Golden Immortal even existed at that time.

These Innate Dao Lords, born powerful, only needed to continuously evolve and advance the Great Dao they occupied to keep progressing.

At that time, Honghuang was still in a state of ignorance, and there were not many ways to cultivate, so all living beings naturally followed these Innate Great Beings, continuing along their paths.

At first, the people in Honghuang did not discover the shortcomings of this path.

It was not until later, when someone wanted to ascend to Daluo, that they discovered that only one person could step into the supreme realm of Daluo and become a Dao Lord mastering the Great Dao laws among those who comprehended the same Great Dao—unless the Innate Dao Lord granted permission, it was impossible for latecomers to ascend to Daluo, and even if they attained the Daluo Dao, they would be under the jurisdiction of the Innate Dao Lord.

Although the "three thousand Great Daos" is only a vague term, it is impossible for them to be truly infinite.

Even as Honghuang developed, besides the Great Daos that existed in the world since birth, new Great Daos were constantly being generated.

But that was also limited; whether it was concepts that appeared later or new things, they all required a long time to evolve.

For example, the Dao of Freedom pursued by the Honghu; at the beginning of Honghuang, how many people understood the concept of "freedom"?

"More monks than gruel," and thus, there naturally arose the so-called struggle for the Great Dao.

A life-and-death struggle for the Great Dao—after all, the beings who emerged at the beginning of Honghuang were at worst Innate Beings, each one proud and arrogant, unwilling to be behind others.

Who would be willing to become someone else's vassal?

And this method of cultivation, even after the long passage of ancient times and the end of the three clans, had never been resolved.

For instance, the current big figures such as the Three Pure Ones, Wa Huang, Jieyin, Zhun Ti, Kunpeng, and so on, all hold the status of Innate Dao Lords.

It was not until the Ancestor Hongjun attained the Hunyuan Dao and opened his palace gates to preach to Honghuang that all living beings had a new path to follow, no longer confined to the path of the Innate Dao Lord.

Only then did the three thousand Great Daos truly have a trend of continuous derivation, with infinite possibilities.

From this point of view, no matter what schemes Ancestor Hongjun might have, the title of "Dao Ancestor of Honghuang" is, after all, well-deserved.

"I wonder what that Honghu was thinking, to actually walk such a path that has been discarded by others?"

Fang Longye shook his head in confusion.

This path of the Innate Dao Lord had been abandoned by most people long after the beginning of the ancient era.

Even those stubborn fellows of the Witch Clan gave it up after persisting for a period of time.

Clearly, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the path prevalent in this world has a much brighter future than the ancient Dharma.

Even if the two supreme goddesses in Honghuang—Wa Huang and Houtu—are famous for the Daos of Creation and Reincarnation, these two goddesses do not only walk the path of the Innate Dao Lord.

"Regardless, I can accept the Dao of Freedom in its entirety. As for the Daos of Wind and Water, I can also compare them with my own to broaden my horizons."

Fang Longye stopped worrying about it and instead carefully extracted the insights of the Honghu in this regard, especially the Dao of Freedom, which resonated very well with his own thoughts.

Before he knew it, a brilliant phantom of wings appeared behind him, with fine, dense patterns crisscrossing in circles and layers.

The indescribable patterns were crystal clear.

The moment it appeared, it gave one the feeling of wanting to break through all shackles, strike across the long sky, and roam freely in the universe.

"Reaching the pinnacle~"

In the process of gaining insight, Fang Longye was filled with admiration; this Honghu's understanding and application of the Great Dao of Freedom was truly inconceivable.

The freedom of wind, the freedom of water... the various divine effects formed by bestowing the Great Dao of Freedom, sublimated from these, onto his own attacks, defenses, and movement techniques truly opened Fang Longye's eyes.

It was just like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden. "The predecessors plant the trees, and the descendants enjoy the shade."

Fang Longye exhaled a breath of Turbid Qi and smiled; influenced by the Great Dao of Freedom, his entire spirit was incomparably high-spirited, and he could not help but let out a dragon roar.

The sound of the dragon roar spread far and wide, heading in all directions, containing a unique rhythm, and then, faint echoes emerged, from where he knew not, in wisps and strands.

"This Great Dao of Freedom is quite similar to the Great Dao of Carefree-ness upheld by that avatar from Beiming."

Fang Longye compared the two and evaluated them.

Of course, there were still differences.

Compared to the Great Dao of Carefree-ness, the Great Dao of Freedom possessed more resistance, a fighting spirit that desired to break all shackles and oppression, and a determination of "give me freedom or give me death."

This was also normal; no matter what, that person from Beiming was a Great Divine Ability user whom even a Hunyuan Saint could not ignore, always high and above.

His avatar Zhuang Zhou relied on the original body, naturally possessing a sense of detachment and tranquility, and the Great Dao of Carefree-ness he upheld naturally became stained with this quality.

But that Honghu was different.

Even if born into the Phoenix Clan, it was merely one of the common masses, with all sorts of shackles and fetters above its head, so the Great Dao of Freedom naturally fit its spirit.

Likewise, Fang Longye, who had always felt that he had heavy shackles, also found this Great Dao of Freedom, with its color of resistance, very agreeable.

However, as for the understanding~

There were some differences.

"Freedom~"

Fang Longye's tone was inexplicable, but his eyes were bright to the extreme, filled inside with a yearning for true freedom, free from any constraints.

Yes, who doesn't want to be free and unfettered?

After all, without freedom, how can one be high and above? However, wanting true freedom is not that easy. Fang Longye did not think at all that this Honghu could achieve the Daluo realm with the Great Dao of Freedom.

Even if it had not fallen and cultivated with single-minded devotion.

It is only because, if you are not high and above, how can you obtain true freedom? And if you yourself have not obtained freedom, how can you possibly obtain the recognition of the Great Dao of Freedom? In this way, achieving Daluo with the pure Great Dao of Freedom is nothing but a flower in a mirror or the moon in the water, visible but unattainable!

Only by achieving the supreme can one be free from all constraints and do whatever one wants; only then is it true Great Freedom!

After a bout of reverie, Fang Longye returned to his senses and continued to assist his Inner World in digesting and absorbing all the various fortunes obtained from the Honghu Realm.

In order to promote his Inner World as soon as possible~...

Time flowed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, a thousand years had passed; fortunately, this thousand years was only the time inside the Dragon Gate, and in the outside world, it was but half a day's time.

One could see Fang Longye sitting high on a Cloud Platform, his eyes slightly closed, his back glowing with colorful clouds, mixed with bursts of dragon roars, possessing a kind of joy.

This signaled his mood at this moment.

At this time, his divine sense was like a mirror, bright and shining, brilliant and colorful, clear enough to reflect shadows, illuminating the Inner World he had just re-derived from Chaos and newly opened up.

One could see the sky round like a canopy and the earth square like a chessboard.

Compared to the previous Small Thousand World, the current Inner World had grown immeasurably larger; the oceans were vast and boundless, and the earth was vast and immense.

Yes, at this moment, Fang Longye's Inner World had successfully promoted to a Middle Thousand World.

The entire Inner World, not counting anything else, just in terms of land, was already as large as Beiju Luzhou.

The Heavenly Realm and Youming had already been evolved. Compared to those in the Honghuang, they were naturally not worth mentioning, but they were already solid Small Thousand Worlds.

That's right, the current Inner World was truly taking shape and had embarked on the right track.

Not only was the structure of the Three Realms established, but in the dark, there were thousands of Small Thousand Worlds hanging on the periphery of the world, looking like colorful gemstones embedded on the World Membrane.

Although the entire world was still in the primitive, ancient stage of the beginning of heaven and earth.

But the sun, moon, stars, wind, rain, thunder, mountains, rivers, earth, and all kinds of plants... and so on, had all been gestated and were fully equipped.

Some resided in the sky, moving ceaselessly, while others covered the ground, bright and colorful.

Compared to the previous Small Thousand World, whether it was the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, earth, or other things, they were far too much stronger.

Even if one looked closely, one could see that in various places in this world, where the spiritual energy was deep, there were Divine Embryos of various sizes gestating.

Those were the "Innate Spirits" gestated by this world, just like the previous Honghu Realm.

"The prototype of the Great Dao is already formed; the realm of Taiyi True Immortal is, for me, but a single thought away!"

Fang Longye's divine sense permeated his Inner World, and his joy was obvious.

He could sense,

Something inexplicable circulating in the Inner World, profound and obscure, encompassing all existence, filling every corner, yet difficult to see its form or hear its sound.

If one really had to force a name upon it, one could only call it the "Dao".

More accurately, it should be the "Yuanlong Dao", high and above, obscure and inexplicable, and everything within the world was stained by it.

Indescribable, upholding the formless, invisible to the naked eye, yet truly existing, completely setting the base color of the world, the "Yuanlong Dao" was high and above, coordinating everything.

"My own Great Dao~"

Although currently, only a prototype had been condensed.

As mentioned before,

The greatest benefit of the Inner World to a cultivator is not providing how much power, but helping the cultivator reflect their own Great Dao, deduce, explore, and improve...

Therefore,

Originally, this step of condensing the Great Dao prototype should have been completed when entering the Dao Source Sea to prepare for a breakthrough, but it allowed him to step into it ahead of time~ and now, he only needed to verify the Great Dao prototype condensed in his Inner World with the Dao Source Sea to complete the breakthrough!

After a long sigh, Fang Longye did not hesitate; as his thought arose, his True Spirit communicated with the mysterious place.

The mark originally entrusted in the Dao Source Sea was baptized by the Great Dao prototype he had condensed, and it immediately bloomed with brilliant divine light, taking on a new look~ wonderful sounds arose one after another, continuous and unending, telling of the "Yuanlong Dao" that Fang Longye had condensed himself.

Around the mark, which was originally very calm, it now inexplicably became restless; for a time, waves arose, and all kinds of Great Dao laws surged over like tides.

Slapping, squeezing, scouring, colliding...

The endless baptism of water light, time and time again, with every scouring, brought new changes.

It is unknown how much time passed, but the Great Dao tide receded, and the mark Fang Longye had branded into the Dao Source Sea wandered within it, shining brilliantly.

Faintly, one could see complex patterns upon it, with bizarre and kaleidoscopic scenes arising and perishing, impossible to describe.

Only at this moment could the embryonic form of the Great Dao that Fang Longye had condensed be considered completely formed~

It was precisely the "Yuanlong Dao," reflecting profound mysteries.

Taiyi True Immortal achieved! (End of this chapter)