Chapter 699 [Observing the Passage of Time] [Unity of Heaven and Man] [Nine-Nine Transformations] [The Body is Like Heaven and Earth]
The so-called "observation of time"!
As the name suggests, it refers to a special "law vision" that cultivators gain after breaking through to the Dao Integration stage. Through the nascent Dao Fruit, they can see part of the trajectory of the natural operation of heaven and earth.
However, due to limitations in their realm and shallow understanding of the Great Dao, they can only "see" but not "touch," implying that it is something to be admired from afar but not to be trifled with.
Even just watching makes it difficult to grasp the whole picture.
There are always some physical sensations that seem real but are not quite real; we know them but don't understand them.
The realm of "Observing the Time" is so wondrous that it allows cultivators to directly see the river of time, instantly enter the Great Dao of Time, and even directly comprehend the river of time, thus increasing their understanding in this area.
Everyone knows this.
The Way of Time and Space, among the Three Thousand Great Ways, can also be called the "Emperor." While it is powerful in terms of destiny and cause and effect, due to the difficulty of comprehending it, many people are dabbling in it, but few actually cultivate it.
Since it is rare to witness the divine power of cultivators of this path, one can only feel awe and respect for the legends, and cannot directly perceive the power of these two paths.
Looking back at space and time.
The Immortal Path of the Human Race.
During the two cultivation stages of Refining Emptiness and Merging with the Dao, one can steadily enter the path, which is a unique advantage and characteristic compared to the myriad races of the universe.
According to the legend of the creation of the world.
In the beginning of chaos, the one who held up heaven and earth was called—[Ancient]. His body was in human form. After he transformed into the world, those who were more similar to him were more likely to receive the "favor of the Dao" and were easier to cultivate. This was indeed the case.
Therefore, in the eyes of other races, the human race is...
Although they are born weak, they have inherited the "form" of the ancient body, hence the saying that they are born with the Dao body, and are even called "Dao people" rather than the more general human race.
Demon cultivators who practice the path of transformation claim to transform into a form more suitable for cultivation, and human form is recognized by all races as the perfect cultivation form.
Therefore, among the myriad races of the universe, although there are beings who follow the path of aliens, most will cultivate into human form, which can accelerate cultivation and also give them a form close to the Dao, and is regarded as an honor.
This is a secret.
It was Wang Yu who obtained this from the evolved, top-grade Ice Phoenix bloodline through the inheritance of memories. After his bloodline reached the pinnacle below the Immortal level, the Ice Phoenix clan's memory inheritance was almost completely open to him.
This is how the human race appears in the eyes of the demon race.
For a moment, Wang Yu was also a little confused, not knowing whether it was because the human race was truly blessed by heaven, or because of the effect of the [Refining Spirit to Become an Immortal Path].
These are not very important.
He was far from cultivating to the point of exploring the origins of immortality and the origins of humanity, and instead began to experience the miraculous effects of [Observing the Time of the World].
His inner sanctum also contains offspring of the "Current Light Immortal Vine," which, in theory, cannot be influenced by Dao-Merging cultivators, nor even by Mahayana Heavenly Venerables.
Unless one is proficient in the Great Dao of Time and condenses the corresponding Dao Fruit prototype.
but.
Humans can achieve anything; people always have ingenuity to acquire external things.
Using the corresponding secret method, Wang Yu refined the immortal vine seed into a large emerald green net. Although he was standing in the Demon Slaughtering Hall, the world seemed to be submerged by a dazzling river with no end in sight.
He doesn't need to do anything; he just needs to throw the net and retrieve it.
This allows us to retrieve "grains of time" from the river of time, theoretically anytime and anywhere.
Its value is extremely high and cannot be measured by the standards of top-grade spirit stones.
Only the Origin Magic Crystal and Origin Yuan Crystal, which are all-purpose miracle crystals condensed from the origin of the cave, are qualified to be exchanged for the Sands of Time. Generally, it takes hundreds of them to exchange for one grain!
The sands of time can be used for refining treasures, alchemy, array formations, talisman making, cultivating supernatural powers, comprehending the Great Dao of Time... and so on, for countless other purposes.
One of the main ingredients in the "Resurrection Talisman" made by the Demon Emperor is ink ground from the sands of time. This material has even greater value for cultivators who cultivate the Great Dao of Time.
It can be said that supply cannot meet demand. Once it appears on the market, it will be swept up by big players, and they even pay exorbitant prices per unit.
This Celestial Vine plant, with its specially crafted "sand-scooping net," can only be exchanged for by demons ranked at the top of the Demon Refining Domain.
Therefore, it is quite precious to outsiders.
Each catch yields anywhere from five or six to twelve or thirteen grains, and with exceptional luck, there's a chance to obtain a True Immortal-level Time-Traveling Jade.
There is also a chance to retrieve some lost knowledge from the past, but it is impossible to retrieve actual objects from the past.
Even with an even lower probability, there is still a chance to be a chosen one destined to obtain the future immortal techniques.
so.
The River of Time is a place of opportunity shared by cultivators who have reached the Dao. The fact that the Great Demon Heaven is willing to directly provide a method of fishing is already a great reward.
At least in the short term, there's no need to worry about cultivation resources.
That point.
That's not something Wang Yu needs to consider.
On his first experience, he discovered that the weight of the sand-dredging net over time seemed to be related to the depth at which it was cast, and that it couldn't be handled by brute force alone.
Instead, it was as if they had fished out a period of time.
He has to bear the weight of everything contained within it, and it seems that no one can completely lift it up. This is where the effectiveness of the sand-scooping net comes in.
Once abandoned, they will be caught as soon as they have the thought of retrieving the net.
Then it will begin to drain away the "water" of the river of time, cleaning up the entire net except for the spiritual things like "grains of time".
Therefore, what matters is not brute force, but the duration of perseverance.
The cleaner the drainage, the easier it is to pull up. Wang Yu tried it for the first time and it took him ten days to finally lift up the entire sand-dredging net and a small handful of water from the River of Time.
The water disappeared automatically once it left the river.
Reintegrated into the river of time through unknown means, leaving behind seven or eight grains of time, which, when converted into Origin Magic Crystals, amount to at least seven or eight hundred.
This also represents the benefits he gained from his inner sanctum for more than half a month.
This is still because his cave heaven is beyond the standard. If it were an ordinary Dao Integration cultivator, wouldn't a single catch be equivalent to half a year's worth of income?
But then I thought about it again.
His situation is not universally applicable; ordinary Daoists have much lower stats in all aspects than him, just as he was about to throw out the second net.
His body swayed.
Surprisingly, the sand-dredging net failed to achieve its intended effect.
turn out to be.
To test drive the influence of time and retrieve desired treasures, the power of time is needed. Fortunately, the breakthrough to the Dao and the resulting [Observation of Time] allowed him to enter the Great Dao of Time.
A comprehension level of exactly 1%, no more, no less.
Using this as a medium, a tiny bit of time power can be converted, which is just enough to activate the sand-scooping net. The calculation is perfect. This power recovers extremely slowly, but it can be accumulated.
'In that case, it's sufficient to concentrate fishing every now and then; there's no need to use it as soon as we have the capability...'
That's what he thought to himself.
Having roughly grasped the mysteries within, the first Dao Fruit brought by the Great Dao of Time was named—[Peeling]!
It refers to the activities of cultivators in the long river of time.
It can also be used to extract a certain moment in one's life, which is a wonderful way to perfectly hide oneself. If developed to the extreme, one can completely extract the timeline of one's growth.
Therefore, they cannot be affected by other powerful beings of the time system.
It can also strip away other people's time, causing the world to forget them; it's a terrifying ability based purely on mechanics.
However.
Wang Yu is still far from achieving this. A mere 1% comprehension is difficult to even influence himself. He needs at least 5% to condense the rudimentary form of the Dao Fruit.
Only then can it have an effect on cultivators at or above the Dao Integration Realm.
Using it to easily defeat weaker opponents is a different story.
Wang Yu felt that it could be placed in the same general-purpose slot as "Sun and Moon Dragon Eyes," which might help him complete the cultivation of the time-based eye technique modification secret method more quickly.
Combining it with the [Change of Cause and Effect] obtained during the Refinement stage might produce some kind of wondrous reaction.
Suppress numerous inspirations.
Just sorting out the changes brought about by [Observing the World Through Time] took him a lot of time. This was only the initial application. He would need more time to perfectly integrate it into his combat system.
The effect of "harmony between man and nature" is quite simple.
As mentioned before.
After breaking through to the Dao Integration stage, cultivators are in a (pseudo) state of oneness with heaven and man, and their efficiency in comprehending the laws of the Great Dao increases by nearly a hundred times.
This realm of extraordinary power requires active activation.
The inspiration and foundation accumulated by cultivators in their daily lives are all fused into one furnace for a short period of concentrated enlightenment. Although the effect is not as good as the sudden enlightenment of communion with heaven and man.
However, the effect is several times better than that of ordinary enlightenment.
It can be considered an efficient method used by human cultivators who have achieved Dao integration to unify their own systems and deduce secret techniques and scriptures. It can also be applied when encountering opportunities for comprehension or when studying alchemy, artifacts, and talismans in daily life.
A problem that a cultivator at the Void Refinement stage needs to study for a hundred years.
Once a Dao-merging cultivator enters a state of oneness with heaven and man, they can deduce it in just half a day—that's the difference!
The more Wang Yu experienced the power of the Dao Integration stage, the more fortunate he became.
Fortunately, the breakthrough came early.
Otherwise, being blinded by the benefits of the Demon Refining Domain and slowing down the speed of becoming stronger would be a major problem.
His previous idea of using his cultivation level to suppress others was actually not a problem at all; it was even a rather ideal state for cultivators.
After understanding the two extraordinary realms of Dao Integration.
Next comes the extraordinary realm of awakening at the seventh level of body refinement. The first is the physical transformation technique called [Nine-Nine Transformations], which has some similarities to the Heavenly Demon Transformation.
Their directions of action are completely different.
The most suitable direction for its development is to create a corresponding "physical body law of heaven and earth," which amplifies the already powerful physical body of a body cultivator by dozens of times.
One punch can shatter a small world.
The potential of the Dharma of Heaven and Earth extends far beyond the Nascent Soul stage. Although the Body Refiner path develops its power later, its physical Dharma form is indeed far superior to the Immortal Dharma form.
It is said that...
There is a further development and advancement of the Immortal Dao Dharma Form inheritance in the True Spirit Realm, but it is not what Wang Yu needs at the moment. As for whether he will study it in the future...
That's a matter for the future!
There are definitely no plans for that in the short term.
Of the four new divine realms he had acquired, Wang Yu was somewhat familiar with the first three, but he was hearing about the last one, "Body Like Heaven and Earth," for the first time. Naturally, he was very interested in it and looked forward to it the most.
'Let me see what it is about you that makes you so charming!'
soon.
Wang Yu revealed an excited smile. The body of a body cultivator being like heaven and earth is actually a guide to the direction of cultivation, and also a great supernatural power.
It just requires cultivation to fulfill its promise.
Taking the "four limbs," also known as the "four poles," as the main body, after being refined by the law of force, and combined with the principles of space, the concepts of "reaching the heavens," "supporting the heavens," and "holding up the heavens" are refined into the four limbs.
It is a heaven-defying supernatural power involving the concept of refining.
The cultivation difficulty is extremely high.
Therefore, Wang Yu was completely unaware of this before. After all, it was already extremely difficult to cultivate to the seventh level of a Body Refiner, and it was even more difficult to achieve the "Body Like Heaven and Earth" state. Very few people had ever succeeded in this.
Naturally, it is not known to the general public.
This led the general public to believe that only the realm of the Nine-Nine Transformations was truly wondrous.
Once mastered, the effects are remarkable.
The four poles can connect to the heavens!
With a flick of the wrist, the world can be turned upside down!
He possesses terrifying divine power, capable of tearing apart the barriers of the world with his bare hands, traversing endless distances to grab people, and perfectly combining power and space, surpassing even Dao Integration cultivators by a great margin.
As a representative system that focuses on late-game power.
It was able to remain steadfast even in an era when the path of immortality was flourishing, and its abilities were commendable even in its later stages.
Moreover...
Wang Yu's inner cave contains a branch of the Jianmu tree, which inherently carries the concept of supporting the sky, making it the perfect introductory material.
Furthermore, extracting only the concept has little impact on the Jianmu tree itself, and its path of demonization is nearing its end, with all branches undergoing complete mutation. Whether it can continue to possess the concept of a pillar supporting the sky remains to be seen.
The cultivation of a seventh-order body refiner.
It is through continuous comprehension of the Great Dao of Power, deeply engraving the traces of the laws into the particles of flesh and blood, allowing the immortal and indestructible body to transform towards the level of the laws.
One can break through to the mid-stage of the seventh rank after initial condensation.
To cultivate the "Body Like Heaven and Earth" technique, one must first break through to the mid-stage and have a certain understanding of the Great Dao of Space, at least 20%, in order to meet the threshold for entering this method.
It is indeed difficult.
Integrating the Great Dao of Power into the body also requires a large amount of resources. The Five Qi and diluted True Dragon Blood provided by the Immortal Herb every day are top-tier resources for this stage.
The Dao of Power was given higher priority by Wang Yu.
The cultivation of the Dao Integration stage has already eliminated the need for energy accumulation and turned to the profound and mysterious enlightenment. In other words, the process of enlightenment allows the "True Demonic Dao Power" to rise naturally without the need for special cultivation.
To refine the initial form of the Dao Fruit and advance it towards completion.
This is one example.
The Dao traces derived from the Dao Fruit are condensed into chains of laws, which penetrate deep into the origin of the cave heaven within the body, perfectly fusing the two and allowing the cave heaven to evolve actively according to the cultivator's laws.
To leave a deeper imprint and exert a more fundamental influence.
Ultimate goal.
The challenge of transforming the "supporting object" of the grotto into the smallest mustard seed and completely integrating it into the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit is the difficulty of the middle stage of the Dao Integration Realm.
In this way...
Once a cultivator hides inside the cave, there will be nothing outside to rely on, unless they have a certain understanding of the Great Dao of Space, lock the entire cave secret realm from the void, and then drag it to the real space layer.
Otherwise, once he breaks through to the mid-stage of the Dao Integration Realm...
Without specific countermeasures, it is difficult for human immortal cultivators to truly perish, in addition to the various resurrection methods and their unclear backgrounds.
Defeating the enemy is easy, killing the enemy is difficult!
Each one is harder to kill than the last, which leads to the arrogant becoming more and more rampant, and the cunning becoming more and more deadly, because the latter will definitely seize your lifeline when they make a move.
As for the cultivation in the later stages of the Dao Integration Realm.
This relates to the different paths to breaking through Mahayana. Those who can cultivate to the late stage of Dao Integration generally have the ambition to look forward to the Mahayana stage. This is the content of this stage.
Wang Yu only knew about two or three different paths from the Ice Phoenix's memory inheritance and the minor details mentioned in the Void Heaven's Myriad Laws. The specifics depended on what methods the Immortal Palace or the Great Demon Heaven could provide.
I don't know how much time has passed.
Several years had passed by the time Wang Yu emerged from the pass.
(End of this chapter)
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