Chapter 1316

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Flowers Bloom in an Instant!

One gaze makes withered wood meet spring; one finger snap makes a hundred flowers bloom simultaneously.

Compressing the spring that should have taken a season into a single instant.

No need to wait.

No need to accumulate.

No need for a long cycle.

As long as Xu Zhangqing is willing, in a split second, spring fills the mortal world.

This move is both a divine ability and a gift from the Wan Dao Tree.

In the divine ability system, it belongs to the "Creation" lineage; in essence, it is not manipulating plants, but altering the time sequence.

Liberating spring from the shackles of time, allowing it to descend at any single moment.

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The Wan Dao Tree's light began to dissipate, the green light pillar gradually retracting.

Myriad flower petals, all vanished.

As if the scene just now was merely an illusion.

Xu Zhangqing looked at his own right palm; there was a flower pattern there, like an unopened flower bud.

At this moment it vanished in a flash, hiding beneath the skin.

The world became clear.

Noisy human voices.

Fellow disciples' footsteps.

The breathing sounds of nearby people.

Even everyone's thoughts could be sensed entirely.

Xu Zhangqing's Divine Sense swept once, discovering the surrounding situation was somewhat strange.

The Dao Gate disciples, at this moment, had formed a huge circle.

But everyone tacitly stood at a considerably far distance away; no one approached the Wan Dao Tree, not even stepping into the range covered by the tree crown.

Their gazes were all concentrated on his own body.

Those gazes contained complex emotions: astonishment, curiosity, envy, scrutiny, and so on.

Of course, there was also a trace of reverence for an "Enlightened One".

After all, since the founding of the Dao Gate until now.

Those able to go straight from Hearing the Dao to Enlightening to the Dao number only three.

And this third one was just born.

People standing nearby, only two.

One is the Dao Ancestor.

One is Zhang Daoxuan.

The Dao Ancestor stood with hands behind his back, expression composed.

His gaze looking at Xu Zhangqing was no different from usual, appearing calm and unruffled.

As if Xu Zhangqing's enlightenment was both unexpected and yet reasonable.

But Zhang Daoxuan was different.

This fellow's expression was extremely colorful.

He stood beside the Dao Ancestor, sizing Xu Zhangqing up and down, his gaze sweeping back and forth, his lips opening and closing, closing and opening, finally squeezing out a sentence from his throat: "You... enlightened to the Dao?"

His tone contained shock, joy, and a trace of disbelief.

Hearing this sentence, Xu Zhangqing himself also froze for a moment.

He subconsciously looked inward, his expression immediately becoming thoughtful.

Although this era has no Spiritual Roots, it has Dao Rhyme and Dao Heart.

The Dao cannot be concretely described.

Like a spring wind blowing across the earth, like a carp swimming through a stream.

Naturally so, profound beyond profundity.

In the Dao Ancestor's Five Paths system.

Hearing the Dao is sensing the heaven and earth's Qi.

Entering the Dao is drawing Dao Rhyme into the body to temper the flesh body.

And Enlightening to the Dao is selecting one among the Myriad Daos to comprehend, condensing a Dao Heart.

Once the Dao Heart is formed, techniques naturally carry Dao intent; their power compared to Entering the Dao is a complete qualitative leap.

Right now, Xu Zhangqing not only successfully absorbed the Dao Rhyme, but even condensed a Dao Heart.

Using later generations' realms for analogy.

Hearing the Dao is equivalent to Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment.

Entering the Dao is equivalent to Golden Core to Nascent Soul.

While comprehending the Dao is comparable to Spirit Transformation to Void Refinement.

In other words, this single step of his directly saved at least several thousand years of bitter cultivation.

The Dao Ancestor waited until everyone quieted down before opening his mouth to ask: "Your Dao can resonate with the Wan Dao Tree, indicating its grade is not low."

He looked at Xu Changqing, his gaze containing inquiry, and also a trace of expectation: "The Daos of the present are constantly being born.

Currently there are seventeen Great Daos, eight hundred Minor Daos.

Your Dao contains the charm of 'Life and Creation'; what exactly is it?

The Wood Great Dao?

The Life and Death Great Dao?

Or some other Dao?"

Xu Changqing heard this, but did not answer immediately.

He lowered his head, looking at those patterns that had already hidden inside his skin, carefully savoring every trace of feeling left over from the state of comprehending the Dao.

All of this pointed not to "Wood", not to "Life", not to "Spring", and not even to "Life and Death".

"My Dao is called……"

Xu Changqing raised his head, looked at the Dao Ancestor, then looked at Zhang Daoxuan, and finally his gaze landed on the Wan Dao Tree, a slight smile appearing: "Beginning."

Origin is the beginning of all things, and also the destination of all things.

In later generations, my own Origin Dao contained the Wood Great Dao, Creation Dao, and so on.

Therefore, it is impossible to comprehend it again; rather, it extends from the Origin Dao.

Thus, Beginning arises in response to the times, both born from Origin yet not conflicting.

The Dao Ancestor heard this, his eyes first condensing, then he nodded: "Beginning, the inception of all things.

The instant all Dao charms enter existence from non-existence."

Zhang Daoxuan heard this word "Beginning", his brow furrowing slightly.

At this moment, someone in the crowd couldn't help but speak up.

"That's not right."

The speaker was still that white-haired old Disciple: "If a new Dao were truly born, the Wan Dao Tree shouldn't have only this much reaction.

Just now the flowers bloomed, the light pillar also rushed to the heavens.

But you all look, the Wan Dao Tree itself did not take this new Dao into itself."

Since the founding of the Dao Gate until now.

Every time a new Dao is born, the Wan Dao Tree gains one more layer of change.

Great Daos give birth to branches, Minor Daos give birth to leaves.

Just now the Wan Dao Tree hummed for a while, but in the end nothing grew out.

The old Disciple spoke again: "In my view, Junior Brother Jiang's comprehended Dao is certainly not low, but to say it is a new Dao, I'm afraid……"

He paused, swallowing the second half of his sentence back down, but the meaning was self-evident.

The surrounding Disciples nodded one after another.

It wasn't deliberately targeting Xu Changqing, but everyone understands the Wan Dao Tree's rules.

It is the source of all Daos; the birth of every single law leaves a trace on the tree.

Although the commotion just now was great, looking afterwards, the tree was still that tree, not one more branch, not one new leaf grown, even the patterns didn't change.

Then this new Dao, does it count as new or not?

The Dao Ancestor looked at that old Disciple, the corner of his mouth curving up slightly: "You observed very carefully. The reason the Wan Dao Tree didn't change is not because it isn't new.

It is because his Dao…… is not within the Dao!"

As these words came out, the expressions of all Disciples present solidified.

Not within the Dao?

The Dao Ancestor's gaze swept across the crowd: "Jiang Yuan's Beginning is the inception of all things.

It is the instant before all Daos begin, whether Dao Heart or Dao Charm.

The reason the Wan Dao Tree had no reaction is because it itself was also born from within 'Beginning'."

Speaking to here, he turned his head to look at Xu Changqing: "Not within its rules, but above its source."

The crowd thoroughly quieted down.

Those Disciples who were just doubting, at this moment looked at each other one by one.

The old Disciple opened his mouth, but in the end said nothing.

Xu Changqing couldn't help but nod.

He had to admit, the Dao Ancestor is indeed the Dao Ancestor.

What he had just comprehended was still in a hazy state of "knowing but unable to explain clearly", yet the Dao Ancestor had already sorted out the ins and outs clearly and plainly.

Not within the Dao, but outside the Dao.

When achieving the Origin Dao in later generations, one had actually already transcended the category of Great Daos, encompassing all yet forming a complete system of its own.

Now comprehending "Beginning" in the Primordial Era is not starting from scratch, but taking one more step forward on the foundation of the Origin Dao.

Origin is the destination, Beginning is the inception.

One looks backward, one walks forward.

Mutually extending, yet not conflicting with each other.

"You two, no need to stay here anymore."

At this time, the Dao Ancestor changed the subject: "What should be taught, I have all taught.

The rest cannot be learned just by sitting under the Wan Dao Tree listening to lectures.

You should go out and take a look, to see what the world under the rule of Gods and Demons is really like.

Xu Zhangqing and Zhang Daoxuan, hearing this, couldn't help but exchange a glance.

They had waited ten years for these words.

For ten years, they had always guarded this Wan Dao Tree, listening to the Dao Ancestor lecture on the Dao and lecture on Fa Shu.

From two clueless greenhorns who understood nothing, they had made their way all the way to now.

One comprehended the Dao, one entered the Dao.

Although the days under the Wan Dao Tree were stable, both knew clearly in their hearts that cultivation could not achieve anything just by sitting at home meditating.

Opportunities are outside, Encounters are outside.

The things that truly transform a person are all in those places they have not yet been.

What's more, in this era where Gods and Demons dominate everything, stepping out of the protection of the Door itself requires courage.

But Xu Zhangqing was not afraid, and Zhang Daoxuan was not afraid either.

The two faced the Dao Ancestor and bowed with clasped hands in unison: "Yes!"