Chapter 1293: Longevity: My Farming-Style Cultivation Is Too Steady Chapter 1293: Comprehension of the Origin!

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Eighteen years later, the situation in the Endless Star Domain improved bit by bit.

During this period, the Supreme Sage and Venerable Dawn came to Yu Heng Xing once every three years, and each time they brought the Mirror of Lucidity.

What Xu Zhangqing had to do was refill it, then have it taken away again.

Then it would be used up, and they would return again.

It cycled endlessly.

At first, the two took the mirror and left.

Later, they began sitting down to drink wine and chat.

The Supreme Sage was very interested in those Sword Intent Grass in the Fifth-Grade Spirit Field, studying them every time he came, and once even stuffed a hand-copied "Heart Method of Non-Action" to Xu Zhangqing.

Saying it was a gift for Ji Chen, but he could also read through it.

This cultivation method was suspected to be a lost fragmented edition of an already extinct Sword Sect somewhere in the Endless Star Domain.

Because he was not a Sword Cultivator, Xu Zhangqing glanced at it and then stopped paying attention.

When Ji Chen returned, he would give it to him then.

As for Venerable Dawn, she was clearly more practical.

She never came empty-handed; the first time she brought Nine Revolutions Star Origin Pills specially supplied by the Wanxiang Chamber of Commerce, the second time she tossed a Storage Ring containing a full two hundred Star Core Fragments.

What she gave the third time shocked Xu Zhangqing even more.

She actually produced a complete volume of "Complete Record of the Dao of Creation."

Logically speaking, besides the Creation Heavenly Scripture, everything else should have been erased by the Sovereign of the Great Dao.

But never expected, Venerable Dawn discovered it in some ancient ruins in the Endless Star Domain, and it even had handwritten annotations by the Lord of the Creation Dao.

It was not a cultivation method, but the insights and comprehensions left behind by the Lord of the Creation Dao before his fall.

Inside there were no divine abilities or techniques, only recording a seeker's most fundamental thoughts on the two characters "Creation."

"The confusion of my life lies not in Creation, but in what the 'Dao' is!"

"The Origin of Creation and the Origin of Time are fundamentally two opposing poles!"

"The Origin of Creation is not a product spontaneously conceived by the Zhutian Wan Jie, but comes from the Great Non-Heaven..."

The content afterward was not written out.

Unknown whether it could not be written, or must not be written.

Xu Zhangqing wondered in his heart: "What is the Great Non-Heaven?"

Later, the Lord of the Myriad Worlds also handed over a similar item through the Supreme Sage.

It was a thin booklet of only ten or so pages, with no words on the cover, and not a single character Xu Zhangqing could recognize after opening it.

But every page, under the touch of Divine Sense, reflected a comprehension about the Origins.

And this was the Lord of the Myriad Worlds' own original understanding of the Eleven Origins.

He believed that space was not an empty container, but the skeleton supporting all things.

Time was the shadow of space; the River of Time was essentially just a reflection of space.

The Origin of the Five Elements was not five powers, but the way space existed under different conditions.

The Origin of Cause and Effect was essentially the attraction between all things.

The Origin of Life and Death was merely a conversion of forms of existence.

Space did not collapse because of the stability brought by the Origin of Order.

As for the Origin of Creation, the Lord of the Myriad Worlds' understanding differed; he believed Creation was not creation, but a kind of awakening.

This actually contradicted the Lord of the Creation Dao.

The Creation he believed in was a glimmer of spiritual light at the birth of the Zhutian Wan Jie.

Xu Zhangqing's understanding was also different from theirs; the Creation he referred to meant bringing forth life.

Or, farming.

Creation was the seed of all things; once planted in soil, watered, fertilized, and basked in the Sun, it would sprout, ear, fill grain, and mature.

Oneself, namely the one who mastered the Creation Dao, was the spiritual farmer who harvested.

Of course, these were all just their respective understandings and theories, nothing more.

Such things did not improve cultivation or increase combat power.

But Xu Zhangqing was very clear about how heavy its weight was.

It was equivalent to the Lord of the Myriad Worlds personally teaching and imparting the Dao.

Only that, since he created the Origin Dao, he no longer needed it.

And Xu Zhangqing always felt that the things these people gave were not "goodwill," but somewhat deliberate.

The preceding cultivation methods, pills, and fragments could actually be understood.

They belonged to gift exchanges, a means of winning over.

But the later Complete Record of the Dao of Creation and Origin Comprehensions had already made it clear that they knew everything.

Knowing that Xu Zhangqing had inherited the Creation Dao.

Knowing Xu Zhangqing's current predicament.

To put it plainly.

Without the power of Creation, the Supreme Saints would not be so eager, Venerable Dawn would not bestow gifts, and the True Lord of Myriad Worlds would not entrust his own comprehension of the Origin to another for delivery.

Xu Zhangqing was no newborn babe; he would not be naive enough to think these people were trying to befriend him.

So he accepted every gift with complete composure.

Here, power of Creation was paid; there, resources were paid.

A fair trade—no one owed anyone anything.

The days passed just like that, one day at a time.

Until a streak of sword light tore a crack through the cloud layer.

Xu Zhangqing exclaimed in surprise: "Senior Brother Ji, you're finally back!"

This sword intent—I was far too familiar with it.

In the entire Beidou Xianfu, only one person could wield this kind of sword intent.

The sword light landed outside the bamboo hut; as the radiance faded, Ji Chen stood with his hands behind his back.

His face bore the marks of wind and frost, his eyes were sharp, and his expression was somewhat solemn.

"I have something to tell you."

"Alright, come inside!"

"What… what do you mean… Eldest Senior Brother is missing?"

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"Exactly what it means—missing in the literal sense."

Ji Chen leaned against the back of his chair; the spirit wine in his cup was already at the bottom, yet he was more sober than when he had not drunk: "When Eldest Senior Brother was guarding the Chaos Sea, he suddenly disappeared."

No traces of battle.

No remnants of law.

No distress signal.

The Venerable acted personally, backtracking the timeline of that time.

But after tracing back into the past, there was only a blank void.

"Hiss!"

After hearing this, Xu Zhangqing couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath.

Who was the Venerable?

The Great Dao Venerable who drove the River of Time!

Even He could not trace him down—this was too terrifying.

Zhen Yuanzi.

First Personal Disciple of the Beidou Xianfu.

It was said that as early as twenty thousand years ago, he had already been an existence at the consummation of the Transcendence realm.

A powerhouse capable of suppressing the Chaos Sea, yet even the Great Dao Venerable could not find his whereabouts.

What that meant went without saying.

Ji Chen said seriously: "This secret is known to only a few people.

Once it leaks, you should know what will happen."

Xu Zhangqing was stunned for a moment, then suddenly thought of something and said in realization: "No wonder Ping'an, after leaving the front line of the Endless Star Domain, returned to the Chaos Sea."

Nowadays, none of the Eight Direct Disciples were acting right.

First Direct Disciple, Zhen Yuanzi, was missing.

Second Direct Disciple, Jun Wu Huo, had been erased.

Third Direct Disciple, Baili Hong, was in seclusion.

Fourth Direct Disciple, Yin Wuji, had vanished.

Fifth Direct Disciple, Feng Buhui, was in seclusion.

Sixth Direct Disciple, Ji Chen, had only just returned.

Seventh Direct Disciple, Xun Shan, was not skilled in combat.

Eighth Direct Disciple, Xu Zhangqing, had been imprisoned.

Just as the Red Tide of the Endless Star Domain was about to be suppressed, this sort of thing happened.

Looking at it now, returning to the previous peace was probably impossible.

At this moment, Ji Chen put down the wine cup in his hand and said in a low voice: "In these two hundred years outside, I was not without gains.

Regarding Senior Brother Yin's matter, I have made an astonishing discovery!"