After hearing Cao Ya's words, Guo Songyang suddenly understood and laughed:

"No wonder you said you didn't follow the path of the Primordial Heavenly Demon. It turns out you're forging your own path, aiming to create a great road that no one else can occupy."

"Junior brother, you have such great ambition!"

Guo Songyang gave a thumbs-up.

"If not, how can I attain the Dao-integrated Primordial Spirit and the Imperishable Demon Soul? Most of the Great Daos pointed to by the Seventy-Two Paths of True Transmission have been occupied by the Twenty-Seven Ancestors. The few vacant ones are not suitable for me and are being coveted by others."

"The same situation applies to the various paths of the Demonic Sect."

"So... sigh, senior brother, there's nothing we can do about it."

Cao Ya sighed.

[Immortal Gourd] The problem with cultivation in the universe is that the number of the Three Thousand Great Daos is limited, which in turn leads to a limited number of beings at the Dao Integration level.

Xuanmen, Momen, Buddhism, unorthodox sects, and magical treasures—different people, even different beings, divided them up again. Now, how many of the missing Great Daos in the universe are left?

It should be noted that the universe is vast, filled with countless stars, and special realms similar to the Seven Phoenix Realms are not uncommon within the universe.

The Seven Phoenix Realm alone has produced a number of beings at the Dao Integration level, occupying a considerable number of positions.

As for the Pure Yang Primordial Spirit and the Immortal Primordial Spirit above the Dao-Merging Primordial Spirit, they are even rarer and their numbers are quite limited.

"Senior brother, you don't have the same ability as junior brother. You've identified the Great Dao, created your own method, and directly reached the level of Dao Integration. The Dao method I created can at most lead to the Nascent Soul stage," Guo Songyang said with a click of his tongue, while also taking the stream of light.

Instantly, a flood of information rushed into his mind.

Cao Ya's eyes suddenly flashed as he sensed a peculiar aura emerging, intercepting the information flow contained in his finger, and Guo Songyang, his senior brother, did not stop him.

Because that is the primordial spirit of the Mountain and River Cauldron!

To elaborate, Guo Songyang and she were also Daoist partners, mutually in love, and committed to each other for life.

Furthermore, the Mountain and River Cauldron is the treasure of the Heavenly River Sword Sect, holding a lofty position. It is well-versed in various Daoist arts of the Heavenly River Sword Sect, such as the "Heavenly River Orthodox Method." The primordial spirits within the sect would not prevent the Mountain and River Cauldron's primordial spirit from learning the sect's Daoist arts; in fact, they would welcome it.

Cao Ya stroked his chin, sighing inwardly.

I regret that I couldn't subdue these pure Yang treasures back then.

Of the nine women in the Mountain and River Cauldron, four have fallen in love with cultivators from the Heavenly River Sword Sect and are being refined by them. As for the remaining five women, Cao Ya thought that if he were to show his face, he probably wouldn't even be able to see them.

"Hmm, this technique is quite peculiar; it feels strangely familiar." A woman's voice echoed in Guo Songyang's mind.

Guo Songyang knew that it was the spirit of the Mountain and River Cauldron, who was in love with him, speaking. She was a woman with fair skin and a beautiful face, with a curvaceous figure, but she also had a melancholy air about her.

"The Unchanging Law of Consciousness, and... the Unchanging Law of Matter?! Which two paths do these two methods point to?" Guo Songyang asked, puzzled.

He wouldn't dare claim to know all the three thousand great principles of the universe.

"You know the top nine of the forty-eight innate pure yang treasures, the four gates and five mirrors, right?" the spirit of the Mountain and River Cauldron asked.

"You mean... wait, consciousness, matter, could it be..." Guo Songyang's heart suddenly trembled.

“I observe that one of these two methods guides to the Great Dao of Consciousness, symbolized by the Gate of Mysterious Female, while the other guides to the Great Dao of Matter, symbolized by the Gate of Primordial Beginning. Your junior brother has quite the ambition, actually setting his sights on these two Great Daos.” The Yuanling woman laughed, flipping through the two methods created by Cao Ya, marveling at them.

"It actually points directly to these two major roads?!" Guo Songyang gasped, quite shocked.

The Gate of the Mysterious Female and the Gate of the Primordial Beginning hold an extraordinary position in the universe.

"It's clear that your junior brother has lofty ambitions. He's not only aiming for the Dao Integration and Pure Yang, but also eyeing Immortality and Creation," the female voice said with a smile.

The forty-eight innate pure yang treasures were quite familiar with each other because they came from the same source.

In particular, they have existed for countless years, and with their pure Yang energy, their footprints have covered the universe and the starry sea. What haven't they seen?

Among the forty-eight innate pure yang treasures, the top nine, the Four Gates and Five Mirrors, are the most special.

The four gates are related to the evolution of the universe and give birth to everything. If they are missing, the universe will not be perfect, and the primordial spirit of creation attained by the beings within the universe will not be perfect. The universe must be re-established and the four gates must be re-evolved.

The Five Great Mirrors are related to the stability of the universe, enabling it to operate on its most perfect trajectory and preventing destruction.

If the five great mirrors are missing, the universe will begin to reverse its course toward destruction, and this will be unavoidable.

The four gates are ranked first, namely the Gate of All Wonders, the Gate of Mysterious Female, the Gate of Great Void, and the Gate of Primordial Beginning.

The Five Great Mirrors are divided into nine positions: the fifth is the Great Thousand World Mirror, the sixth is the Thirty-Three Heavens Mirror, the seventh is the Twenty-Four Heavens Mirror, the eighth is the Nine Heavens Mirror, and the ninth is the Heavenly Phoenix Mirror.

The Heavenly Phoenix, the leader of the Seven Phoenixes, was originally the Heavenly Phoenix Mirror, the ninth of the forty-eight innate pure yang treasures!

One of the most unique of the four gates and five mirrors among the pure Yang magic treasures in the universe!

Compared to these nine supreme treasures of pure Yang, the Mountain and River Cauldron, ranked thirty-third, is indeed somewhat inferior.

Although the Mountain and River Cauldron is not weak, it has nine divine cauldrons, and each of the Mountain and River Cauldrons has four innate divine restrictions. If the nine cauldrons are combined into one, its combat power will be close to the peak of the Pure Yang realm!

At the Pure Yang level, one cultivates the Innate Divine Restrictions; eighteen Innate Divine Restrictions constitute the peak of Pure Yang.

The four innate divine restrictions of the Nine Women of the Mountain and River Cauldron were completely identical. Although their power increased and their strength surged after fusion, the number of innate divine restrictions remained unchanged.

However, this was not something Cao Ya could handle.

The remaining power of Cao Ya is still stored in the system space and has not yet been retrieved.

With the power of his own [Immortal Gourd] universe system, relying on his self-created method, he has already reached the level of primordial spirit and dharma body. He is only one step away from merging with the Dao. Even in the vast universe, he can be worthy of the title of a sect leader.

The number of primordial spirit incarnations and primordial spirit dharma bodies is infinite.

The Dao-Merging Primordial Spirit has only three thousand fixed positions. These need to be further divided into innate pure Yang magic treasures, acquired pure Yang magic treasures, and numerous magic treasures at the Illusion God level. Therefore, the number of positions is even smaller.

Of course, some pure yang magic treasures are quite special. Their primordial spirits are reincarnated, cultivate the Creation Primordial Spirit, step out of the primordial universe, and create their own new universe.

Or perhaps they followed some powerful being to a new universe, no longer in the primordial universe.

In order to maintain the existence of the primordial universe, they would deliberately leave behind such pure Yang magic treasures before leaving, so as to prevent the Great Dao from being lost and the primordial universe from collapsing.

Because it lacks the primordial spirit and the innate divine restrictions are incomplete, this pure yang magic treasure no longer occupies a part of the Great Dao. Later generations may have the opportunity to prove this Dao.

What Cao Ya has his eye on is the Great Dao of Consciousness represented by the Gate of Mysterious Female, and the Great Dao of Matter symbolized by the Gate of Primordial Beginning!