Chapter 1196: Eternal Life: My Steady Farming-Style Cultivation Chapter 1196 — Divine Path Legacy!

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

His personal space merged with the Divine Kingdom, granting Xu Zhangqing late-stage methods in the early stage.

No one expected that the casual effort back then would yield a return at this very moment.

As time passed, he withdrew the last wisp of overflowing world power back into the Divine Kingdom.

Then, without any hesitation, he decisively soared into the sky and cast Shrink Ground to Inches to depart.

But the moment he left this secret realm, a voice rang out in his mind.

And it rang out without any warning whatsoever.

As if this voice had existed all along, merely waiting for a specific time to be triggered.

"Changqing~"

"After you return, come see me at Tian Shu Xing!"

The voice came from the Great Dao Venerable.

Xu Zhangqing was slightly stunned.

Ever since joining the Beidou Xianfu, this was the first time his Master had actively summoned him.

He had just finished crossing the Refining Void Tribulation, and the voice transmission appeared.

From this it could be seen that the other party had been monitoring him all along.

"Disciple obeys."

Xu Zhangqing replied with a sentence, then flew toward the Beidou Xianfu.

From the Starfall Secret Realm to the Floating World Four Domains, then to the Beidou Star Domain, it was calm all the way.

Liu Qiancui had seven thousand years of lifespan shaved off by Eldest Senior Brother across star domains, and was warned "next time it won't be just seven thousand years".

One reckons this fellow won't dare show his face again for a short time.

As for other troubles, those don't amount to anything.

The whole trip was uneventful.

After entering the Beidou Star Domain, Xu Zhangqing flew straight for Tian Shu Xing.

Tian Shu Xing is where the Beidou Xianfu's hub lies; the Great Dao Heavenly Seat sits here.

The entire Tian Shu Xing, viewed from afar, is a massive golden planet.

Its surface is only veiled by a single layer of golden law light halo; inside lies boundless faith.

When Xu Zhangqing arrived, the law light halo parted to both sides, yielding a straight passage.

He flew inside along the passage, then landed before the grand hall.

And with every step forward, a ripple would rise beneath his feet.

It looked as if time itself had been activated.

After Xu Zhangqing entered the interior, he discovered to his surprise.

Besides the Great Dao Venerable, the Nine Extremes Heavenly King was also there.

This person's status in the Beidou Xianfu is second only to the Great Dao Venerable.

The last time the two met was still when he first entered the Beidou Xianfu.

"Greetings, Master!"

"Greetings, Heavenly King!"

Facing these two, Xu Zhangqing bowed in salute.

The Nine Extremes Heavenly King raised a hand slightly, signaling he need not be so formal: "Since you joined the Xianfu until now, it's been a mere ten-odd years.

For you to break through from Spirit Severing to Refining Void in such a short time, you couldn't find a few others in the entire Floating World Four Domains.

You, this Creation Dao inheritor, are truly worthy of the name."

Xu Zhangqing answered honestly: "Disciple also owes it to Eldest Senior Brother's blessing; earlier in the depths of the Chaos Sea, Eldest Senior Brother slew a Chaos Royal Clan member and tore open a time gap, sending us several people into the gap to cultivate together."

The Nine Extremes Heavenly King nodded slightly: "Time gaps only appear briefly as cracks in the Chaos Sea when the universe's tides reach their peak.

To encounter one is itself tremendous luck.

You cultivate the Creation Dao; luck has always been part of creation."

A moment later, the Great Dao Venerable spoke: "After Refining Void comes Unity; the Unity road is very long, but there are a few things you must obtain before Unity.

You've gained most of the Creation Dao's opportunities, but not all.

The remaining part is in the Eternal Night Ruins."

Eternal Night Ruins?

Xu Zhangqing raised an eyebrow.

He had nearly forgotten it himself; didn't expect Master to bring it up again.

The Great Dao Venerable continued: "In seven hundred-odd years, the Eternal Night Ruins will open once.

At that time, you must enter and retrieve the last thing left by the Creation Dao.

Only by gathering all the opportunities will the Creation Dao be truly complete."

Xu Zhangqing smiled: "Even without the Creation Dao's opportunity, Disciple would still make a trip.

Back when leaving the Tianyuan Realm, I had an appointment battle with Demon God Kong Fang.

Regardless, we must settle the victory in the Eternal Night Ruins."

"The Heavenly King knows of this matter as well."

The Nine Extremes Heavenly King gave his affirmation: "Not bad."

Since that was the case, the Great Dao Venerable did not linger on the topic, speaking lightly: "Since you joined the Northern Dipper Xianfu, Teacher has taught you nothing."

Since you have free time today, if there is anything you do not understand, you may ask."

Hearing this, Xu Zhangqing fell silent for a moment.

He did indeed have a question, one that had weighed on his heart for a very long time.

Since the Tianyuan Realm, this doubt had accompanied his entire path of cultivation.

It was just that before, he had never found the right time or the right person to ask.

"Master, Disciple does indeed have one thing I do not understand."

"What is it?"

"When I was in the Tianyuan Realm, Disciple awakened divine abilities upon breaking through to the Golden Core Stage, and possessed a Dharma Aspect upon breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage; after breaking through to the Spirit Severing Stage, my Dharma Aspect transformed into a deity!"

"Now, upon breaking through to the Void Refinement Stage, I have even opened up a Shen Guo within my sea of consciousness!"

"But Disciple has read many ancient classics, and the cultivation systems described in them... seem not to be like this?"

Saying this, Xu Zhangqing raised his eyes to look at the Great Dao Venerable: "Logically speaking, the Golden Core is merely a qualitative transformation of mana, the Nascent Soul is merely the condensation of the divine soul into a physical entity, Spirit Severing is merely the embodiment of laws, and Void Refinement is merely the opening of pure space."

"But now, the Golden Core has divine abilities, the Nascent Soul has a Dharma Aspect, Spirit Severing has a deity, and Void Refinement can even become the master of a Shen Guo."

"This is not merely becoming stronger, but the very essence has changed."

"It is as if... what we cultivate is not immortals, but..."

Before he finished speaking, the great hall was deathly silent.

For this question, neither the Nine Extremes Heavenly King nor the Great Dao Venerable was surprised in the slightest.

After a moment, the Great Dao Venerable spoke: "Tens of thousands of years ago, cultivation was indeed not like this."

Back then, the Zhutian Wan Jie had not yet separated; demons, gods, immortals, humans, and demons lived mixed together among the various races.

Later, a Great War occurred."

His voice echoed through the great hall:

"In that Great War, demons were exterminated, gods died, and immortals departed."

The God Path should have gathered itself back together, reforming into a complete Divine Authority, awaiting the next successor.

But in that war, countless divine spirits fell in an extremely short time, and the God Path Laws had no time to gather before being shattered into billions of fragments, drifting to every corner of the Zhutian Wan Jie.

The Tianyuan Realm was especially so; the fragment density there was higher than anywhere else."

Hearing this, Xu Zhangqing could not help but stare wide-eyed.

No wonder the cultivators of the Tianyuan Realm were different in the eyes of others.

It was not that their cultivation direction was wrong, but that they had unknowingly received the legacy of the God Path.

The Great Dao Venerable spoke in a deep voice: "Since then, although there is no longer a complete inheritance of the God Path, the scattered God Path Fragments have already merged into heaven and earth."

In the generations that followed, especially you all, the cultivation systems began to change.

The Golden Core awakening divine abilities is because the God Path Fragments grant you mastery over a certain Authority.

And the reason the Nascent Soul can transform into a Dharma Aspect, and Spirit Severing can transform into a deity, is because while you cultivate, the God Path Fragments accumulated within your Ti Nei become more and more."

Upon reaching Void Refinement, the deity becomes the master of a Shen Guo, able to open up an independent space within the sea of consciousness."

"This is not a result created by the human cultivation system, but the divine duty being replicated."

"A god who presides over the operation of a world naturally needs an exclusive Shen Guo!"