After wasting a few days, Zhou Xingdou spent all his time with his parents, enjoying the warmth of their reunion and not wanting to think about anything.
Today, he sat with his father on the edge of the cliff. Zhou Qingdi was still wearing a green robe, holding an ancient scroll and reading it carefully. Occasionally, he would look up at Zhou Xingdou, who was cultivating beside him, with eyes full of gentleness and doting affection.
After Zhou Xingdou circulated the Punishment Sutra through one full cycle, he exhaled a breath of fresh air and opened his eyes. For some reason, he felt a sense of security cultivating next to his father, allowing him to focus on his cultivation without being distracted by anything outside.
"Father, did the Zhou family originate from our ancestral homeland?"
Zhou Xingdou looked at his father. He had refrained from asking the question these past few days because asking it would mean he would once again embark on that seemingly endless road.
Emperor Zhou Qingdi put down the ancient scroll in his hand and looked at his son, seemingly feeling that he should tell his son something:
"Yes, we are the bloodline of the Ziwei Emperor, the head of the Four Emperors of Heaven."
Zhou Xingdou already knew this, and then continued to ask:
"I heard that the Great Dao has gone mad, the ancestral land has been shattered, and the Heavenly Court has been destroyed. How did we survive?"
Zhou Qingdi looked at Zhou Xingdou, surprised that his son already knew so much. He couldn't help but raise his hand to stroke his son's head and slowly said:
"The Heavenly Emperor's order was that before the ancestral land was destroyed, our ancestors were ordered by the Heavenly Emperor to enter the Primordial Era and act discreetly."
Stephen Chow continued to press:
What is the purpose?
Emperor Zhou Qing sighed and said:
“I didn’t know before, but when I saw you and you said you went back to the past, I think I understood. Perhaps the purpose of our ancestors being assigned to take over the Primordial Era was for you.”
In the past few days, Zhou Xingdou had already told Zhou Qingdi and Ming Qianyue about his experiences over the years, including how he returned to the Four Heavenly Sacred Domains of the past and took Xiao Tianzuo as his disciple.
Even someone like Zhou Qingdi found this unbelievable, and Ming Qianyue was heartbroken for her son, she cried several times.
Zhou Qingdi's eyes flickered as he looked at his son with a complicated expression and said:
"The master of the unified Heavenly Way, the ancestor of the Heavenly Way, perhaps the entire heavens are waiting for the moment of your birth."
Stephen Chow's situation is equally complex:
"At first, I didn't feel that I was special or that I was being given special treatment. I even died at the hands of a mere chosen one. I was only reborn because my grandfather sacrificed the Great Unity."
Emperor Zhou Qing gently stroked his son's head, tilting his head slightly as he said:
Is it possible that your journey to the past is already a given fact, so all those deaths were corrections that allowed you to reach the timeline that led you back to the past?
Zhou Xingdou suddenly understood and quickly said:
"My two deaths were both caused by that Yun Jinzhi. The first time I was killed by the chosen one she created, and the second time she killed me herself."
"This means she might be the one who altered my future. The first time, she used Lin Fan to correct it, and the second time, she did it to send me to the future?"
Zhou Xingdou guessed to himself.
Zhou Qingdi did not refute Zhou Xingdou's idea, but instead agreed:
"It's also possible that Yun Jinzhi doesn't necessarily want to harm you, but perhaps she wants to help you, or perhaps it's related to your old lover, the Desolate Heaven Empress?"
With his father's repeated guidance, Zhou Xingdou quickly connected Yun Qingxi and Yun Jinzhi.
But if it is true that the Yun Qingxi I met back then was the Desolate Heaven Empress, then why did she tell me to be careful of Yun Jinzhi?
Or was it intentional that he let himself know all this so that he would lose heart when he was killed, thus triggering the system's protection?
You really can't say for sure!
Tianjizi said that to kill Zhou Xingdou, one must first destroy his spirit and then his body.
And isn't that exactly what Yun Qingxi and Yun Jinzhi did?
"I think I understand something."
Zhou Xingdou's expression was complicated. Where exactly was the Desolate Heaven Empress?
And where did Yun Jinzhi escape to? If I could find either of them, I could confirm my suspicions.
"Right and wrong are determined by your own heart; just follow your heart. It's not that complicated."
Emperor Zhou Qing smiled and shook his head, then picked up the ancient scroll again and began to study it.
Zhou Xingdou shrugged, no longer dwelling on those things, and lay down on the cliff with his hands supporting the back of his head.
Feeling the gentle breeze, he remained silent for a moment before speaking again:
"Father, what exactly is 'unification'?"
Grandpa sacrificed the Great Unification for his rebirth. Xiao Tianzuo is also called the Great Unification Heavenly Dao. This Great Unification sounds much more powerful than the Great Luo.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhou Qing chuckled in disbelief.
"You haven't even touched the edge of reversing your innate nature, yet you want to ask about unification? Isn't that just being overly ambitious?"
"Tell me, I just want to know."
Zhou Xingdou pouted and said.
Emperor Zhou Qingdi reluctantly put down the ancient scroll he had just picked up and said helplessly:
"Alright, I'll tell you then."
"Above the Great Luo is the Primordial Chaos, which completely transcends the River of Destiny and connects all the heavens with its own Dao. This process of connection is called the Primordial Chaos."
"And above the Primordial Chaos is the Great Unity, which means that one's own Dao completely covers all the heavens, pervades countless worlds, is omnipresent and omnipotent, and is called the Great Unity."
Zhou Xingdou frowned upon hearing this, but still asked curiously:
Is there a realm beyond unification?
Emperor Zhou Qing thought for a moment and said:
"Above that is the Great Dao of the Heavens, the level of chaos. The heavens call it the Supreme Realm, but no one has ever reached this realm. Even the Heavenly Emperor, who once used the Heavenly Court as his path and cultivated to become the most powerful and unified ruler, didn't even have a clue about it."
Zhou Xingdou was also shocked. He never expected that above the Great Luo Heaven Realm, there were Hunyuan, Great Unity, and the Tai Realm, which no one could reach except the Great Dao and Chaos.
But then Stephen Chow continued to ask:
"So, Father, what level are you at now?"
Emperor Zhou Qing smiled slightly:
"Ten years ago, I gained some insights and stepped from the Great Luo Heaven Realm into the Primordial Chaos Realm."
Zhou Xingdou gasped in surprise, not expecting his father to have reached the Hunyuan stage, but then asked curiously:
"Primordial Chaos? But why can't you leave the Heavenly Dao Sacred Domain?"
Zhou Qingdi's smile froze, then turned into a wry smile:
"The Heavenly Dao Sacred Domain is the origin world of the unified Heavenly Dao. Without its consent, even a Primordial Chaos cultivator would find it difficult to escape."
Stephen Chow's eyes lit up:
"Does the power of the Great Unification Heavenly Dao belong to the Great Unification?"
Emperor Zhou Qingdi nodded:
"Naturally, what unifies the Heavenly Dao is not only unification, but also an existence that is almost comparable to the unification of the Heavenly Emperor, and can be called the strongest existence under the Great Dao."
Zhou Xingdou lowered his eyes and remained silent for a moment before speaking again:
"Actually, there's something I haven't told you and Mother."
"What's up?"
"After I obtained the Heavenly Heart, I saw the photo that Xiao Tianzuo left for me. He said that he left his power in the Heavenly Dao Sacred Domain and that he teleported me to the Heavenly Dao Sacred Domain so that I could obtain that power."
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