Chapter 288: The Supreme Preaches the Dao

Chen Mo sat cross-legged below the palace, his gaze surveying his surroundings.

Today was the day of the Supreme's sermon; besides him, many other Martial Artists had also come to this place.

These Martial Artists varied in strength, but even the weakest among them had to have reached the Zhen Yi Realm Third Layer, just like him.

As for those who were stronger, they were inevitably existences at the In-Charge Realm.

Of course, these more powerful Martial Artists had not yet perfected their cultivation in the In-Charge Realm and had not yet encountered their own bottlenecks.

Precisely because of this, they could still listen to the Supreme's sermon and, from the Heavenly Dao described by the Supreme, absorb nourishment to strengthen themselves.

And if one day they too encountered a bottleneck in their cultivation, they would have to set out to solve this problem and could no longer rely solely on the sermon for cultivation.

Among the Martial Artists who had come, many were like him, wearing cloaks to conceal their faces.

Without a doubt, they were unwilling to have their identities easily exposed, because once exposed, it meant risk.

Therefore, concealing themselves was the best choice.

The Supreme's sermon used the simplest way to break down and dissect the Heavenly Dao, so that they, these Martial Artists, could comprehend and understand it in the fastest time, and thereby improve their own cultivation.

Moreover, before reaching the In-Charge Realm and breaking through the bottleneck of the Great Ability realm, the effect of the sermon would always exist.

Inside the palace, the avatar of Taichu Daojun had long since vanished, and the many Martial Artists left one by one, preparing to head to the next place of sermon.

This step was one the Martial Artist had to take themselves; no one could help them.

In the process of the sermon, there were naturally Martial Artists who made breakthroughs.

Sometimes, only a certain opportunity was needed to help them improve their cultivation.

Now that they could make a breakthrough by listening to the sermon, they would naturally want to use a more economical method.

Chen Mo roughly estimated that there were at least three hundred Martial Artists gathered below the palace.

If things continued in this manner, it would not be long before he could make a direct breakthrough.

There is no concept of time in cultivation; a month passed in a trance, and Chen Mo had already sensed the opportunity for his own breakthrough.

The effect of the Supreme's sermon was excellent, not to mention that the Martial Artists who could come here already possessed top-tier talent and comprehension before listening to the sermon.

Chen Mo combined these laws to enhance his own cultivation; he could feel that in this process, his cultivation, which had already been approaching a bottleneck, began to loosen gradually.

Precisely because of this, there were now many Martial Artists at the In-Charge Realm within Xuanhuang Heaven.

Instead, it was to display these Great Dao laws directly before the Martial Artists and transform them into relatively easy-to-understand Dao techniques, allowing the Martial Artists to cultivate and comprehend them.

Continuing to refine these laws, they could enhance their own cultivation in the shortest amount of time.

Furthermore, if a Martial Artist's strength reached the In-Charge Realm, they did not need to conceal themselves too much.

These three hundred people, even if their aptitude and comprehension were not top-tier, had to be of first-class standard; otherwise, they would have no chance to come here.

Chen Mo seized the opportunity, focused his mind, and began to cultivate.

It was just that the Heaven and Earth Power he could mobilize was not as great as the main body of Taichu Daozun, so he could only preach to three hundred or so Martial Artists.

Many Martial Artists who knew each other and had good relationships called upon friends and companions, walking in groups of three or five, and could also exchange the gains they had obtained from the previous sermon along the way.

Breaking through from the In-Charge Realm to the Great Ability realm was not something that could be achieved by relying on Heavenly Law, but required the Martial Artist to have their own insights.

The opportunity to listen to the Supreme's sermon was precious; even spending many Contribution Points would be hard to exchange for it. To obtain this opportunity, one could only be specially cultivated by the force they belonged to.

The avatar of Taichu Supreme slowly swept across all the Martial Artists present, and then a ripple arose.

As for Martial Artists like Chen Mo who concealed their faces, they naturally traveled alone.

If it were not for this, the number of Martial Artists who came here today would not be just three hundred or so; eighty percent of all Martial Artists who could improve their strength by listening to the sermon would likely come here.

In an instant, Chen Mo felt as if the world before his eyes had come alive; thousands of laws flowed and changed, displaying themselves before him in the simplest and most unadorned way, allowing him to comprehend and absorb them.

Chen Mo naturally did not intend to undergo Mortal Transformation; the opportunity for Mortal Transformation was rare and had to be used at the most critical moment.

Thousands of Yin and Yang laws seemed to be controlled by a large hand, continuously pouring into his body.

This was one of the incarnations of Taichu Daozun; although it was only an incarnation, its understanding of the Heavenly Dao was by no means weaker than the main body.

The many Martial Artists arrived quickly, and after only a moment, they were all gathered.

As all the Martial Artists arrived one after another, a phantom appeared at the main seat on the high platform of the palace.

Many Martial Artists entered the palace one after another, all like Chen Mo, sitting cross-legged below the palace to calm their minds, waiting for the Supreme's sermon.

It was precisely because of this that the number of Martial Artists who could listen to the sermon each time could not be too large.

But those who could break through to become a Great Ability were very few and far between.

The Dao described by the Supreme could naturally not be discussed purely through language and text; the sound emitted by the Heavenly Dao was naturally the Heavenly Sound.

Next, as long as he used the Transformation Pearl to undergo a rebirth, or listened to the sermon one more time, he would be able to break through.

As the sermon ended, the many Martial Artists who had been immersed in the Dao techniques gradually came to their senses.

Not only that, but the Heavenly Dao now displayed before each Martial Artist was different; whatever type of Dao technique a Martial Artist cultivated, that was the type of law they perceived now.

The Supreme's incarnation preaching to the Martial Artists was not a simple discussion of the principles of Heaven and Earth.

This was clearly not an easy task; even for the Supreme's avatar, it required mobilizing a great deal of power.

Following this, the phantom solidified, turning into an old man with white hair and beard, and a kind and benevolent face.

Far away from the palace where Taichu Daojun had preached, Chen Mo did not rush to head to another place of sermon, but instead took out the Underworld Token that Fengdu Niangniang had once given him.

Within the Token was the aura she had left behind, and it also possessed the profoundness of the Law of Reincarnation.

Chen Mo was now going to try to sense a roughly identical aura within this checkpoint.

This process was no different from finding a needle in a haystack; fortunately, as a Martial Artist of the Zhen Yi Realm, his speed was fast enough.

Even if it were finding a needle in a haystack, he could turn the entire ocean over in a very short time.

The only difficulty was hoping that Fengdu Niangniang had not completely concealed her own aura; otherwise, he might not be able to sense it.

After all, even an avatar of a Great Ability possessed some of the strength of a Great Ability.

Not to mention that it was an avatar of Fengdu Niangniang, a Great Ability of the Ancient Heaven and Earth; her strength would only be greater.

If she were to conceal herself and not expose her aura, it would be nothing short of a fantasy for Chen Mo to sense her existence.

Therefore, he had to take out this Token and carry it with him, in case the avatar of Fengdu Niangniang sensed his presence while he was traveling.

Then the goal would be considered achieved.

Chen Mo transformed into a stream of light, traveling through the vast Refuse Sea Pass.

Fortunately, there were many Martial Artists here walking just like him, moving between various Array Eyes to inspect, repair, or stand guard within them.

Chen Mo did not need to worry that his unusual actions would be noticed by others.

Walking within Juhaiguan, time continued to pass.

Juhaiguan was vast, exceeding Chen Mo's imagination; he employed the Rainbow Transformation Technique, capable of traveling hundreds of thousands of miles in an instant.

Although Chen Mo did not travel at full speed in order to carefully sense the Mirage Sea Breath of Fengdu Niangniang, even so, he could travel tens of millions of miles in a single day.

Yet at this speed, after traveling westward for more than ten days, Chen Mo finally managed to see the end of Juhaiguan.

This was only the end in one direction; he now had to head east and turn back to reach the other end.

From this, one could infer the vastness of Juhaiguan, which must stretch for at least hundreds of millions of miles.

Chen Mo had previously only known that the Ancient Heaven and Earth was vast, but at this moment, he had a new level of understanding of the Ancient Heaven and Earth's vastness.

Juhaiguan, or rather the Xuanhuang Heaven protected by Juhaiguan, was merely a corner of the Ancient Heaven and Earth.

Its scale could at most be considered one of the three thousand Great Worlds.

And during the era of the Ancient Heaven and Earth, there were as many as three thousand worlds of this size.

The "three thousand" here was merely an indefinite number; the total would only be more, never less.

Not to mention those countless Small Worlds, as well as the vast Ancient Heaven and Earth.

Its vastness and expanse were absolutely beyond his own imagination.

Walking to the end and finding nothing, Chen Mo immediately changed direction.

This time the speed was much faster; after only a moment, he arrived back at the previous starting point.

Changing direction and slowing down, he headed toward the east.

He walked for another seven or eight days in succession when Chen Mo sensed a relatively familiar aura; the power was not concealed, and it should have passed through here not long ago.

He immediately locked onto the aura, quickened his pace, and walked for another ten million miles.

Chen Mo finally determined the location of this wisp of aura.

The place where this aura resided was not a palace complex, but a large area of Floating Mountains.

Of course, on these Floating Mountains, there were also many palaces that served as individual Array Eyes, connected to the surrounding Arrays.

And in the very center of this Floating Mountain range, there was a Dead Mountain with a peculiar style.

This Dead Mountain was like a secret land of longevity; one half was covered in exuberant, undying vitality, while the other half was deathly silent.

But it was even more different; the life and death changes of this divine mountain were not just shifting.

Moreover, every transformation was like experiencing a reincarnation; as the meaning of reincarnation deepened, a profound power washed outward.

Chen Mo felt the difference in this power; it was calm and thick, yet carried a refreshing emptiness.

As this power spread, the surrounding Mirage Sea Breath was completely eliminated, and this power was still steadily spreading outward.

Although the affected area was not vast, only a few million miles in radius.

But the mere fact that it could stably clear away the Mirage Sea Breath made it extremely rare.

Chen Mo had pursued it all the way here, and she could now roughly determine that the avatar of Fengdu Niangniang was most likely here.

Not only that, as he arrived at this place, the avatar of Fengdu Niangniang also appeared.

The Token Chen Mo carried had the aura of its original body, a point it naturally sensed far more clearly than Chen Mo.

She stood at the peak of the divine mountain, casting her gaze toward Chen Mo from afar.

His figure flashed, and he quietly arrived behind the divine mountain.

There were indeed many True One Martial Artists in Juhaiguan, but this "many" was relative.

In this vast, boundless pass, several thousand True One Martial Artists were like scattering a handful of sand into the sea; they were truly not worth mentioning.

Arriving at the peak of the divine mountain, in an instant, a palace emerged and completely enveloped Chen Mo.

Immediately following, the Array within the palace began to operate, the palace doors closed tightly, and thousands of profound precious lights shone in harmony, isolating all external interference and influence.

"You are Chen Mo!" Although it was a questioning sentence, the avatar of Fengdu Niangniang sounded quite certain.

"That is correct, this junior greets the senior." Chen Mo immediately bowed.

"You must have gone back to see the original body, right?" Fengdu Niangniang asked, her tone slightly hurried.

Although she was an avatar of Fengdu Niangniang, between the time she separated from the original body, she also possessed all the experience, memories, and vision of the original body.

Even upon arriving in Ju Hai City, what she had seen and heard might be even more than the original body.

Yet even so, one could see the anxiety and unease in her eyes at this moment.

"I have been back; your original body asked me to hand this Jade Slip and the Reincarnation Stone to you, senior." Chen Mo immediately took out the items he had obtained earlier.

Seeing this, the Fengdu avatar took them directly; he did not look at the Jade Slip first, but instead observed the Reincarnation Stone.

She examined it extremely carefully; even Chen Mo could feel the powerful fluctuations emanating from her from time to time.

In order to examine a Reincarnation Stone, she used her full strength, and even some Secret Skills to burst forth with power.

"Not bad, these are indeed the things I need. Before you came, I believe the original body has already told you some things, so I will not repeat them.

There may be a major change within Juhaiguan, but I cannot determine how long this time will be; it could be decades or a hundred years, or it could be hundreds of years, or even longer." The Fengdu avatar said.

As a Great Ability, people of their level viewed time differently from the vast majority of Martial Artists, and even more so from Martial Artists like Chen Mo who had not been cultivating for long.

Even a hundred years was but a snap of the fingers to them; they had already experienced countless decades and centuries.

And the years Chen Mo had spent cultivating, when added together, were not even that long.

"This junior understands, but I do not know specifically when it will be, or what the crisis is." Chen Mo's expression remained puzzled as he asked.

He actually had his own thoughts as well; no matter what happened next, he had to stay within Juhaiguan.

Even if he were to leave, he would have to wait until he broke through to the Mastery Realm before doing so.

But whether he would leave after the breakthrough would depend on the specific situation of this matter, and whether the Talisman in his hand would allow him to leave.

"This matter is complicated to explain; the main body did not tell you before, and I cannot tell you now either.

I cannot say whether the specific situation is dangerous or not, but I can tell you a little about it.

Although I have now obtained the Reincarnation Stone, the situation is only slightly better than before.

Once this matter begins, Juhaiguan may fall within ten years at most.

And within a hundred years, Xuanhuang Heaven will cease to exist entirely. As for what happens after that, I cannot judge."

The tone of the Fengdu clone was somewhat calm and unhurried.

In fact, it was not that she could not make a deduction about what would happen after the extinction of Xuanhuang Heaven, but rather that she was unwilling to expend the energy to do so.

Because when that time truly came, regardless of the outcome, she would inevitably have long since ceased to exist, so why waste energy doing something so completely meaningless.

"This junior understands!" Chen Mo realized this in his heart and immediately bowed to salute.

Since Juhaiguan could hold out for a period of time even if this matter truly occurred.

Then, looking at the situation, he could still cultivate for a while longer; when the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up, and it is not his turn to deal with it.

For now, the most important thing for him was still cultivation.

"This junior still needs to go and listen to the Supreme preach the Dao, so I will no longer disturb you, senior." Chen Mo saluted again.

The palace gates opened accordingly, and he strode away from this place.

(End of this chapter)