"The Tao Te Ching? Can this thing be used for cultivation?" Ye Chen looked at the book in his hand with great doubt.
This book was a household name in his previous life, and Ye Chen himself could even recite a few lines. But when he actually took the book out, he didn't know whether it was useful or not.
The Tao Te Ching can be considered the classic and core of Taoism. Some say that one can cultivate Tao through it, while others say that it is just an ordinary Taoist classic. In my previous life on Earth, I have never heard of anyone successfully cultivating Tao through the Tao Te Ching.
However, in the myths of the prehistoric era, this was a book that Lao Tzu passed down to humankind to establish a religion. Its contents were full of classical allusions and served as an enlightenment for humankind in the cultivation of Tao.
"Forget it, let's just let the human race take a look! Whether it succeeds or not doesn't really matter!" Ye Chen thought for a moment and then threw the book directly into the Scripture Pavilion. Human race experts have the authority to enter the Scripture Pavilion and can freely browse the books inside.
Otherwise, people like Xuandu would never have been able to cultivate to the sixth level of strength.
However, their cultivation methods are not perfect. Firstly, they cannot be popularized among humans, and secondly, much of their content is actually the cultivation methods of other races, which are not truly compatible with humans, thus limiting their potential for growth.
Therefore, whether it was Xuandu or Fuxi, these powerful beings who had cultivated the methods of other races and grown to the fifth or sixth level were all working tirelessly for the human race, striving to create cultivation methods unique to the human race.
Ye Chen was also very puzzled. If it was just that the cultivation methods of the demon race were ineffective, then so be it. The Primordial Myriad Laws in the Scripture Pavilion were also ineffective for the human race. Not only that, but they also could not use other human cultivation methods. It seemed that this was a human race that was independent of all the heavens and myriad worlds.
He even went to ask Hua Xiyu and Grandpa Jian for help, but unfortunately, the two of them were still working hard to find the bloodline crystal of the Creator God and create little people on their territory. They had no way of answering Ye Chen's question.
"Perhaps it really is a hindrance to the advancement of territory?" Ye Chen could only think helplessly.
However, after another hundred years, he suddenly felt a disturbance in the rules of his territory. He was startled and got up to look at the Primordial Star. He was surprised to find that Xuandu had reached the seventh level!
Thunderbolts gathered in the clouds, and bolt after bolt of lightning struck Xuandu. Ye Chen had no idea where these lightning bolts came from, and he had no control over them whatsoever!
This scene shocked Ye Chen. The lord could no longer control his own territory? What was going on? Was my territory still mine?
Moreover, Xuan Du was currently using various miraculous methods to clash with the thunder in the sky, completely disregarding the heavenly might that was enough to make even a demigod tremble. The methods he used were remarkably similar to those of Ye Xi and the others.
"This is... Daoist magic?" Ye Chen was slightly taken aback. He sensed the aura of Dao from Xuandu's magic, but he couldn't explain it; it was just a subconscious thought.
"Could he have actually succeeded? Has he found a cultivation method unique to the human race?" Ye Chen murmured.
At this moment, the thunder in the sky became increasingly terrifying. Ye Chen even worried whether his Primordial Star could withstand it. He had already seen the earth crack and the entire territory tremble slightly. It seemed that the future of the entire Primordial Star rested on Xuan Du's shoulders.
"This is a calamity for humanity, and also a calamity for the Primordial Star!" A flash of inspiration struck Ye Chen, and he finally understood in an instant.
Xuandu originated from the human race. He was searching for a method of cultivation for the human race, but this method had never appeared in the myriad realms before. Therefore, there would be a calamity in the world. This calamity was not only aimed at Xuandu, but also at the human race and the Primordial Star.
If one successfully overcomes the obstacle, this method can be passed on to the human race, becoming the cultivation method for the entire human race and even the entire primordial planet. If one fails, the method will be annihilated along with Xuandu in the heavenly tribulation, vanishing into nothingness.
Who knows when someone will create another method of cultivation again...
As for the Primordial Star, the human race is related to its advancement, so the Primordial Star must provide sufficient energy and environment for the growth of the human race. Therefore, this is also a test for the Primordial Star.
If the Primordial Star is destroyed by thunder before Xuandu has survived the Heavenly Tribulation, then whether Xuandu has survived the Heavenly Tribulation or not will be irrelevant.
"Ye Xi, you personally go and keep an eye on the energy furnace. Make sure the energy supply on the Primordial Star is sufficient!"
"Kunpeng, go and keep an eye on the protective array of the Primordial Star. Make all the demon race stars submit to it, activate the Zhou Tian Star Array, and stabilize the entire territory!"
"Ye Jun and Ye Chang, patrol the heavens to prevent the great wilderness from being ravaged by death!"
"..."
Ye Chen issued a series of instructions, and the entire Primordial Star began to operate at high speed. Even Ding Siyin and others were mobilized to adjust the climate and environment of the Primordial Star.
Centered on the place where Xuandu underwent his tribulation, cracks appeared on the earth and rapidly spread to surrounding areas over a thousand miles, and this area is still expanding.
Fortunately, Xuandu only survived a demigod tribulation this time, which was far from threatening the Primordial Star. When the cracks spread to a distance of about three thousand miles, Xuandu's heavenly tribulation was almost over.
As the last bolt of lightning struck, Xuan Du, covered in blood, rushed forward. At this moment, both his spirit and magical power were on the verge of exhaustion, and he could only rely on his last bit of willpower to endure it.
Terrifying lightning instantly pierced through their bodies, and many creatures even saw a silver skeleton in mid-air, with countless drops of blood scattering everywhere, even carrying a burnt smell.
As the lightning subsided, a pitch-black figure fell to the ground; it was Xuan Du's physical body, now carbonized by the lightning.
Ye Chen felt a pang in his heart. If it weren't for the faint trace of life remaining in his body, he would have thought he had already perished, just like everyone else.
After a long while, the charred "corpse" finally moved, then opened its bright eyes, looked at the gradually dissipating clouds in the sky, and smiled slightly.
"I did it!" Xuan Du murmured.
As soon as he finished speaking, golden light suddenly poured down from the dispersed clouds, illuminating Xuan Du's body. His charred skin quickly peeled off, revealing skin as white and tender as a newborn baby.
Not only that, Xuan Du's aura also grew rapidly under the illumination of this golden light, and soon he passed the early stage of the seventh rank, and stopped at the peak of the middle stage of the seventh rank, only one step away from the late stage.
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