"No problem, no problem," Gold Tooth waved his hand and said.
Jiang Lingxuan then asked, "By the way, you just said we're country bumpkins from the Sub-Realm, what's that all about?"
"As expected of a country bumpkin, he doesn't even know about the Sub-Realm."
Tian Guang Jin Ya Jing pursed his lips, seemingly uninterested in answering the question.
But seeing Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan looking at him expectantly, Jin Ya finally said, "In the beginning of chaos, the boundless void condensed the Primordial Dao Seed, which grew in the chaos and eventually became the Primordial Dao Tree."
"The Primordial Dao Tree has spread its branches and leaves. Each Primordial Dao Leaf is a world in itself. The closer the leaf is to the roots of the Dao Tree, the larger and thicker it is, the more complete its Dao techniques are, and the more abundant its Primordial Qi is. The farther away the leaf is from the roots of the Dao Tree, the smaller and thinner it is, the more incomplete its Dao techniques are, and the less abundant its Primordial Qi is."
"The thirty-three leaves of the Primordial Dao Tree that are closest to its roots are the thirty-three heavens."
"The middle part consists of three hundred and sixty leaves of the Primordial Dao, which transformed into three hundred and sixty Immortal Realms."
"The crown of the tree contains the most leaves of the Primordial Dao, totaling 36,000 leaves, which is equivalent to 36,000 sub-realms."
"And this Five Elements World is one of the thirty-six thousand sub-worlds."
The words of Tianguang Jinyajing greatly shocked Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan!
In the beginning of chaos, a seed condensed in the infinite void. The seed grew into a great tree, and each leaf on the tree became a world.
How is that possible!
Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan felt like their worldviews were about to be turned upside down!
"Impossible! Our original world was a planet, and outside the planet was the universe. Whether it's a planet or the universe, it should be a sphere. How could it be a leaf? If it really is a leaf, then wouldn't it be a flat surface?" Sun Muqing exclaimed, her eyes wide.
"What planet? What universe? What are you talking about?" Gold Tooth asked Sun Muqing, looking at him with suspicion.
"You might not understand this, it's from a scientific perspective..."
Before Sun Muqing could finish speaking, Jin Ya's eyes lit up: "What? Science? You mean science?"
"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan asked in unison.
"It seems you are not from the Five Elements World. Are you from the 33,333rd piece of the Primordial Dao Leaf?" Gold Tooth asked again.
“I don’t know which leaf our original world was… uh, the Primordial Dao Leaf.” Sun Muqing shook his head.
"It's almost certainly true! Haha!"
Gold Tooth looked very happy, his two little hands were clenched into fists, and he had a beaming expression on his face when he spoke.
Unfortunately, his entire body was made of golden light, so he didn't experience the phenomenon of his face turning red with excitement.
"The world formed from the 33,333rd Primordial Dao Leaf was originally called the Divine Transcendence World. However, three years ago, the Misty Heavenly Lord went to the Divine Transcendence World for some unknown reason, and has not appeared since then."
"The Celestial Venerable of the Misty Path possesses an artifact called the Divine Diagram of Myriad Methods of Heretical Paths, which can create a false world and simulate various heretical paths, causing those who fall into it to be confused and unaware, naturally embarking on the path of pursuing heretical paths. The most commonly used heretical path in the Divine Diagram of Myriad Methods of Heretical Paths is the heretical path of science!"
Jin Ya clenched his fist and stared unblinkingly at Jiang Lingxuan and Sun Muqing with his golden eyes.
"Scientific heresy?"
Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan were shocked!
A heretical view of science?
Is science actually a heretical path?
"Instead of cultivating oneself, one studies external things and relies on their power. What is that if not heresy?" Gold Tooth sneered.
After a pause, Gold Tooth continued, "The heretical path of science is a simulation of the myriad divine methods of the heretical path. Although it cannot be called fake, it is indeed a heretical path. The deeper one delves into scientific research, the more mortals become obsessed. However, although science seems to be endless and limitless, it actually has its limitations, which is mortals themselves!"
"Because the study of unorthodox scientific paths, no matter how advanced, reveals the inherent fragility of mortals. A single catastrophe could wipe out the entire mortal race!"
"At the same time, the more one studies unorthodox scientific methods, the less one can discover one's own mysteries and the less one can embark on the righteous path of cultivation! Thus, mortals will never have a day of cultivation, never a day of advancement! They will never be able to escape the control of the unorthodox Myriad Laws Divine Diagram!"
"The Myriad Divine Diagrams of the Ethereal Heavenly Lord's Heretical Path has destroyed countless worlds; its power is beyond description!"
"My lord, Immortal Lord Qingyue, reached a bottleneck in his cultivation and wanted to explore a higher realm. So he took me through the void to the 33,333rd Sub-realm to see the Myriad Laws Divine Diagram of the Misty Heavenly Lord. However, we encountered a Void Beast King in the void and unfortunately perished."
"I was shattered because of this, and am no longer whole."
"I never expected to meet someone from the 33,333 Sub-realms today. It's truly a pleasant surprise!"
Jin Ya walked around Jiang Lingxuan and Sun Muqing, constantly scrutinizing them, as if trying to see how these two people from the Divine Transcendence World differed from those from the Five Elements World.
Sun Muqing and Jiang Lingxuan were already feeling dizzy and disoriented.
The two of them received too much unbelievable information from Gold Tooth, and it was the kind that overturned their worldview, which was too much for them to bear!
"Could it be that the world we live in has always been a lie?" Sun Muqing murmured to herself.
"It can't be said to be completely false. The Myriad Divine Diagrams of the Heretical Paths must have made some subtle changes to the original world, thus altering your perceptions and causing you to become trapped in the heretical path of science from which you cannot extricate yourself. So it should be a mixture of truth and falsehood, reality and illusion," Gold Tooth said.
Jiang Lingxuan patted Sun Muqing on the shoulder and said seriously, "Don't worry about whether it's true or not, as long as we're real. Besides, we've already cultivated to the True Essence Realm, and we can even come to the Five Elements World with Ye Feng. At worst, we can just settle down in another world in the future!"
Jiang Lingxuan's words were a comfort, and Sun Muqing felt much better.
Then Jiang Lingxuan looked at Jin Ya expectantly and asked, "You just mentioned the Misty Heavenly Lord and your master, the Qingyue Immortal Lord, as well as the Dao artifact, the Outer Dao Myriad Laws Divine Diagram."
"Then, what is a Heavenly Lord? What is an Immortal Lord? And what is a Dao Artifact?"
This time, Jin Ya didn't answer, but simply said, "You're still a hundred thousand miles away from the level of Immortal Lord, so I won't explain it to you for now. As for Heavenly Lord, there's even less to mention. And Dao Artifacts are naturally a higher level than Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasures; I can only look up to them..."
By the end, Gold Tooth's face was full of longing, and his tone sounded like he was sighing with emotion.
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