Inside the cave, the giant blue python raised its head to the sky. As Chen Qian followed the huge snake eye upwards, he saw a scene that even he found astonishing.

Above the cave is not a mountain wall, nor is it the sky that leads directly to the outside world, but rather... a solidified "sea" hanging down.

The surging waves remained in their menacing state, hanging above the giant python as if they were about to devour it completely.

But this sea is so beautiful that even though I had seen what "it" looked like before it sank, I still couldn't help but feel my heart flutter when I looked at it up close now.

The waves were filled with tiny stars inside, and upon closer inspection, those shimmering stars seemed to encompass all things in the world.

There is boiling ice, frigid fire, and knives formed from clouds and mist, swords formed from thick earth...

Dao Hai!

This is actually Dao Hai.

It's not that there's anything surprising about the "Dao Sea". As a man who may have stepped into the Dao Sea before the mountains and seas throughout history, Shen Qian was certainly not surprised by this.

To his shock, Dao Hai... shouldn't be here.

First, there's this strange state.

How could the Dao Sea solidify?

Even though the Dao Sea before us is actually only a part of the broader Dao Sea, it cannot be solidified.

It should be eternal, immortal, and all-powerful.

Even if it stagnates for some reason, it shouldn't, and you could even say it can't, be here!

The reason is simple.

The gods probably possess a "Tao".

Since they are able to suppress all races and dominate all living beings, their own strength alone is clearly insufficient.

Shen Qian also clearly sensed a trace of Daoist charm in "Qi Shen".

Shen Qian was not entirely sure how the "Dao" of the gods was formed, but he felt that Yue Jun's account was basically consistent with ancient historical records, that the gods were born and nurtured by the earth, and were born in a way that was extremely powerful.

That would mean that their "Tao" is also innate.

Only in this way can they be born different from other species and rise above other species.

Other races, taking martial artists as an example, although they are not born with the "Dao," they can touch the "Dao" through acquired cultivation methods and thus "attain the Dao and ascend to immortality."

There is only one exception.

That's a demon beast.

The power of mythical beasts has always relied on their innate bloodline. Why are the mythical beasts in the Classic of Mountains and Seas so special?

It is because they represent the most powerful bloodlines of demonic beasts in the world.

Their growth potential far exceeds that of ordinary monsters.

Monsters cannot cultivate, nor can they learn the fancy techniques that human warriors can learn.

This is why the Great Sage stands out among all the demon beasts. Even though its current strength is weak compared to Shen Qian's, Shen Qian is very optimistic about its future.

Not long ago, the Great Sage even broke through the bloodline limitations of the "Emperor Monkey" type of demon beast through his own efforts and entered a higher level.

Although it may seem insignificant to Chen Qian, it is an absolute miracle, one in ten thousand, among the demon beast race.

Therefore, given that the idea of ​​a demon beast being able to cultivate is already absurd, if a demon beast could also "comprehend the Dao," it would be an absolute fantasy.

Not to mention, the condition of this giant python far exceeds the so-called "enlightenment".

Because the other party has actually affected Dao Hai!

This shows that the giant python was just one step away from truly "attaining enlightenment".

How outrageous is this?

If you still don't understand, here's another example.

In the era before the sinking, the ancestors of the human race already knew about the method of opening the orifices, and countless people followed one after another, all for the sake of possessing the legendary body with ten orifices.

This is a forbidden path that breaks the laws of life, and it is also the inevitable choice of the Way of Heaven for the balance of all things.

So... no one has ever succeeded.

Until it appears before sinking.

What the giant python did was no easier than what Shen Qian, who now possessed a body with ten orifices, had accomplished.

Because this is also a limitation of the law.

Heaven endowed demon beasts with bodies stronger than any other race, lifespans of unparalleled length, and a strange bloodline that allows them to grow stronger without cultivation.

Then it would deprive the demon beast of its right to comprehend the Dao.

This is also a taboo that violates the rules!

But clearly, the giant python in front of them almost succeeded, accomplishing something unprecedented, just like Shen Qian.

The reason it was so close was because the giant python in front of them had completely lost its life force, indicating that the opponent had failed.

But it doesn't seem like a complete failure.

Because the Dao Sea it drew had already descended, but at the last moment something went wrong, perhaps the mysterious order finally arrived, causing it to fail at the last hurdle.

Everything froze in that moment, resulting in the wondrous sight that Chen Qian is witnessing now.

While Shen Qian was lost in thought, Yue Jun couldn't comprehend all of this. She simply stared at the scene in disbelief, momentarily forgetting to jump off Shen Qian.

"Is this the Serpent God?" Shen Qian temporarily put aside his thoughts and asked the Moon Falcon on his shoulder.

Moonhawk finally came to her senses. She struggled to jump down, but quickly shrank back behind Shenqian, and said in a respectful and cautious tone, "It's exactly the same as the tribe's totem, it's the snake god... Is it still alive?"

Shen Qian shook his head and sighed, "There is almost no trace of aura left in this space. It seems that... it has been extinct for a long time. If the time your clan leader mentioned is correct, then it should be exactly seventeen years."

Shen Qian said this with a hint of regret.

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