Chapter 736: Leveling Up While Sitting Still

"Leveling up while sitting still? Is this the superiority of the Void Path?"

Li Heng spoke up.

"This is quite easy to see, isn't it? Why can the Dao Lord suppress those of Infinite Transcendence so easily? Naturally, it is by relying on the Great Void; otherwise, what virtue or ability would they have?"

The old man sneered, then appeared dejected, his expression dim and lusterless.

"Is the status of the Great Void truly so transcendent?"

Li Heng continued to speak.

He had many questions regarding this point; for other living beings, the Great Void was inviolable, incomparably Sacred and supreme, but to him, it was not particularly special, and he felt no awe toward the Great Void.

"That is only natural."

"As the known continent, the Great Void stands against this boundless Unknown Sea; even the word 'transcendent' is insufficient to describe it. The Great Void is as vast as the scope of the known. And as a Dao Lord capable of occupying a portion of the Great Void's authority, one's strength rises with the tide—it can truly be called leveling up while sitting still!"

Speaking of this, the old man became agitated.

"A group of lucky ones occupied this position, making it impossible for countless successors to surpass them. No matter how much they Transcend, no matter how much of the Unknown they explore, it is to no avail; they even help them bolster their strength!"

"What a sorrowful fact, how ironic?"

The old man was extremely disdainful of these Dao Lords, but the sorrow in his expression also indicated that he could not resist this situation.

"Helping them bolster their strength?"

Li Heng frowned, suddenly thinking of a possibility.

"Correct, your thinking is correct. Practitioners of the Transcendence Path constantly Transcend, exploring the infinite Unknown; this is actually the process of converting the Unknown into the known. But as long as it is a known thing, it falls within the scope of the Great Void."

The old man responded.

"Think about it, we practitioners of the Transcendence Path risk various dangers hidden in the Unknown to constantly Transcend and explore, yet in the end, that group of Dao Lords can instead step on our heads and be stronger than us!"

"Don't you find this ridiculous?"

Li Heng pondered for a moment upon hearing this, then shook his head.

"That is too extreme a statement; I can only agree with you in part. Perhaps the Dao Lord really does become stronger by stepping on the heads of those who Transcend, but it shouldn't be that simple."

"Moreover, since such a phenomenon exists, it can only mean from the root that the Unknown which the Transcendent has explored is not enough, and they have not completely broken free from the containment of the Great Void. Such 'Unknown' is far from being the true Unknown; it can only be called the known that has not yet been recognized by others. Regarding such matters, one just needs to explore further."

Upon hearing Li Heng's words, the old man appeared somewhat melancholy.

"As expected of a young person of the new generation, you certainly have drive. I thought the same way back then, so I Transcended, Infinite Transcendence, exploring the Unknown..."

Speaking to this point, the old man suddenly fell silent for a moment.

"But you failed?"

Li Heng spoke up.

"It is not just that I failed; countless practitioners of the Transcendence Path have failed. I have lost count of how many sages or juniors of the Transcendence Path I have seen die on this road."

"And now, I am dead too."

"This is not strange; this road is one that only a very small number of people can walk to the very front and reach the end. After all, exploring the Unknown and Infinite Transcendence are inherently extremely dangerous acts."

Li Heng expressed understanding and composure regarding this.

Exploring the Unknown is not just stepping out of one's comfort zone; it is truly placing oneself into the Unknown that one cannot control at all, which transcends the circle of one's own known.

"Heh, I guessed you would say that."

"Then how far do you think I went after I Transcended the Great Void?"

The old man asked back with a smile.

"Presumably very far. Here, I cannot even sense the aura of the Great Void; I must have gone deep into the depths of the Wuqiong Weizhi. If I hadn't borrowed the opportunity of just breaking through to the Hongdao Realm to seek the connection in the dark, I wouldn't have been able to reach this place."

"I can even feel that everything here is so supreme; even the most basic thing would be enough to crush me to death. Is my being alive now thanks to the reflection of this campfire? Or perhaps the reason for this Great Dao Road?"

"Although even so, according to your words, it can be seen that this place is still within the sphere of influence of the Great Void."

Li Heng responded.

For practitioners of the Transcendence Path, this is like a novice village player suddenly running into a high-level map; it would not be strange to die suddenly right now. Of course, for practitioners of the Void Path, this situation is not very significant, as they still have the Great Void as a backer.

For him, Li, this situation was average. He had Source Power to protect his body and could mobilize Great Void Power, so there was no possibility of dying suddenly at all.

"Correct, you are very smart."

"But you may lack a true impression of how far I went. You should be aware of the incident where an Infinite Transcendent returned to the Great Void back then, only to be suppressed by a Dao Lord, right?"

The old man asked.

"I know of this." Li Heng nodded.

"But the Unknown path that that Transcendent reached does not even amount to one-infinitesimal of mine, old man. In other words, if that Transcendent were still alive and standing before me, I could destroy them at will."

"They would have no meaning before me."

The old man said.

"If we speak in terms of realms, I have likely transcended them by countless realms—truly countless, truly infinite. If described using the arithmetic of some mortals, it would be far above that ultimate infinity that is capable of containing all infinite sets."

"But even so, I still failed, understand?"

"I can imagine that much, but I am more interested in why someone as powerful as you died here. Did you die from the dangers hidden in the Wuqiong Weizhi? A higher-order infinity?"

Li Heng nodded, showing no frustration, but rather keen interest.

This suddenly piqued the old man's interest as well.

He spoke with a smile.

"Since you, a young person, have asked this, I would also like to ask: in your mind, what exactly is Transcendence?"

Li Heng shook his head.

"I cannot give an answer to this. Transcendence is exploring the Unknown, and when it involves the Unknown, one cannot use one's own known theories as the solution; otherwise, one can only arrive at a one-sided answer."

The old man was somewhat surprised.

"Can I consider this an answer as well?"

"You may, if you wish."

Li Heng did not want to argue about this point.

"Forget it, forget it, let me just state my view."

"Transcendence is the act of stepping out of one's own realm."

"In other words, if everything can be easily accomplished within one's own realm, such as creating countless Upper Realms stacked upward, and then achieving Infinite Transcendence, being Omniscient and Omnipotent in a single thought, then such transcendence can only be a false transcendence, blinded by one's own realm."

The old man said slowly.

"Therefore, to me, when I have accomplished things I could not originally do, known the Unknown that I once did not know, and when every step I take is arduous, or even when I am in a Life and Death crisis, having left the comfort zone of my own realm, that is truly taking a step forward toward Transcendence."

"Otherwise, it is nothing more than marking time in place that only looks like progress!"