NOVPUBGuan Xingxiu spoke confidently within the Flying Boat, initially a bit unsure, but his conviction grew as he talked. It was as if the enlightenment he had experienced was a natural principle of the Star Sea.
"Star Sea Law can be seen as a superior replacement for the Xuanhuang Law. Therefore, the key to our breakthrough is to find our corresponding Path of Star Sea in this Dead Silent Star Sea. I believe all of you who have achieved Unity-Path must have decent qualifications. As long as you can cast aside the fear of the Star Sea and approach it with the same calm mind as you had in Xuanhuang World, quietly comprehending, I trust it won’t be too difficult."
Guan Xingxiu then went into detail about how he sensed his own Path of Star Sea. But just when he was getting passionate about his story, an extremely anxious voice suddenly interrupted him.
It was Zimu, amongst the gathered survivors, "Old Guan, what if... I mean, what if the path I cultivate no longer exists within the Star Sea? What then?"
Zimu stared intently at Guan Xingxiu, "Does it mean that my path forward is severed and that I can go no further?"
Guan Xingxiu was silent.
The rest of the Unity-Paths present reacted differently upon hearing this.
Some were ashen-faced, while others were relieved.
It was because they realized, perhaps due to the cataclysms that ravaged the Immortal World in the past, the Star Sea Law was shattered and incomplete.
It wasn’t that their qualifications weren’t enough to sense their respective Paths of the Star Sea.
Rather, their paths no longer existed within the Star Sea.
"Maybe we could try to sense other laws instead. After all, all paths lead to the same destination," Guan Xingxiu proposed, noticing the despair spreading among them, after pondering for a moment.
But this was mercilessly refuted, "That might be plausible for those below the Unity-Path or cultivators from other worlds. But we, the Unity-Paths of Xuanhuang, have already consumed the Essence of Heaven and Earth and fused with its laws. Hmph, changing to another path is not so simple."
"It seems then that among us, the one likely to reach the highest achievement is none other than brother Lan Yu," Qing Shuang, another Unity-Path, suddenly said cryptically.
A hush fell over the Flying Boat as everyone’s gaze settled on Lan Yu.
Lan Yu himself did not dispute this.
Because among all present Unity-Paths, or perhaps even in the whole Xuanhuang World, only he was the most special.
He was the sole practitioner of the Ancient Method.
Not being bound to the laws of the Xuan Huang Heavenly Earth meant that he could use any of the laws in the desolate Star Sea to seek a breakthrough in his Dao.
"Hey, brother Lan Yu, you haven’t shown any signs of a breakthrough yet, could it be that there are too many choices, and you’re spoiled for choice?"
"Hearty congratulations to Lan Yu in advance!"
"Ah! The New Method! Ah! The Heavenly Sovereign!"
There were varied reactions from the crowd.
Lan Yu was grave, responding casually to the others, but he was actually quite puzzled in his heart.
Because he had not sensed the Path of Star Sea in the Void.
"Could it be that my qualifications are indeed so poor? Or is it that I’m simply too old and have lost all my spirituality?"
For a moment, Lan Yu felt dazed.
"Oh, I think I remember now."
"I, Wu Fuqiu, indeed don’t have great qualifications."
Lan Yu zoned out slightly, his thoughts traveling back to his younger days.
Back then, the Immortal Way was thriving, and the Ten Sects stood tall. He was just one among the countless ordinary cultivators under the Ten Sects. His talent was mediocre, with no remarkable encounters. Originally, the Golden Core Realm should have been his limit.
But one day, a bout of curiosity completely changed his destiny.
"What’s going on up ahead with such a big arrangement?" Wu Fuqiu, seeing the air route ahead blocked and the Flying Boats of various shapes and sizes, comparable to cities, passing overhead, couldn’t help but inquire out of curiosity.
"Hush, keep it down. Disturbing the Teacher’s Day ceremony of the Ten Sects, be careful or you won’t even know how you died."
The shushed tones and awe-filled eyes of the others sparked Wu Fuqiu’s curiosity even more.
It took nearly half a day for the grand procession of the Ten Sects to pass, and the air route resumed normal traffic.
Yet Wu Fuqiu stood still, gazing in the direction where the Ten Sects had departed, unwilling to leave for a long time.
After inquiring, he learned that this so-called Teacher’s Day ceremony was a grand celebration held once every hundred years by the Immortal Dao Ten Clans to express gratitude to the Tiandu Grand Master for his benevolence in bestowing laws. Key figures from the Ten Clans would all attend.
Wu Fuqiu did not know who the Tiandu Grand Master was.
But the illustrious reputation of the Immortal Dao Ten Clans, even he, Wu Fuqiu, a Wilderness Practitioner, had heard of their thunderous names.
"The Ten Sects are already so extraordinary, just how formidable must the Grand Master who bestows laws upon them be?"
"If only I could be fortunate enough to catch his eye…"
Wu Fuqiu’s heart was stirred. At the same time, an unprecedented ambition swiftly arose within him.
After pondering it over and over, he ultimately could not free himself from the Demonic Thoughts that entwined his heart.
He set out toward the legendary Tiandu.
After enduring innumerable hardships, he arrived outside Tiandu, only to see his hopes burst like bubbles.
There was no sign of Tiandu, only a Dao Yuan Palace standing amongst the mountains, shrouded and intermittently visible through the clouds.
And at the foot of the mountain, crowded with young cultivators like him, who had harbored a faint fantasy and journeyed through mountains and rivers to this place seeking a miraculous encounter.
Wu Fuqiu was suddenly confused.
Tiandu, he knew, was the roaming palace of the Grand Master. What, then, was this Dao Yuan Palace?
"You don’t know what Dao Yuan Palace is? Where is this bumpkin from! The Origin of all laws, the leader of all paths. Even direct disciples of the Immortal Dao Ten Clans must line up obediently here!"
