That's right! It can only be [Paramita].
The four Great Daos of Alchemy, Artifacts, Dual Cultivation, and Beast Taming were attained out of thin air by the Saint Sect's Ancestor, perfected by the first-generation Peak Masters, and ultimately became the building materials for [Paramita]!
I knew it!
To be honest, after listening to Tianhun's narration just now, Lu Yang once had the thought: Is it possible that the Primordial Saint was actually a good person in the past?
It was so naive it was laughable.
Alchemy, Artifacts, Dual Cultivation, Beast Taming... From the very beginning, the Saint Sect's Ancestorwas building his credibility. He had been planning the layout for [Paramita] since his time as a Perfected Lord!
The attainments of the four first-generation Peak Masters in these four Great Daos had likely all been assimilated and unified by the Saint Sect's Ancestor. The Dao of Alchemy and the Dao of Artifacts both rested on the word "Refine"; he used these two Great Daos to concoct the Ancestral Dragon. Meanwhile, Dual Cultivation and the copulation of heaven and earth were perfectly used to build [Paramita] on top of the Light Sea.
As for Beast Taming...
"Hiss!"
Lu Yang instantly sucked in a breath of cold air. The Saint Sect's Beast Taming Peak was essentially about enslaving demonic beasts. If this was substituted onto [Paramita]—
Enslaving Dao Lords.
If the Dao of Beast Taming also took effect, wouldn't all the Dao Lords who ascended to [Paramita] consequently become the slaves of the Saint Sect's Ancestor?
With this thought, Lu Yang only felt a deep chill well up in his heart.
Did the Saint Sect's Ancestor succeed?
No, he definitely didn't succeed. It was impossible for him to succeed! If he had succeeded, why would he need to kill Sisui? How could the World Honored One and the other Dao Lords stand in fierce opposition against him?
Something went wrong. Perhaps the first three were fine, but in the Dao of Beast Taming, the Saint Sect's Ancestor's arrangements went awry. That makes sense. Enslaving Dao Lords has the highest difficulty, so he sought out the first-generation Master of Beast Taming Peak, who possessed the highest talent and brilliance. However, the other party ended up becoming a variable in his plan...
Lu Yang's eyes were tightly shut.
Boundless thoughts and speculations surged in his heart. Only after a long time did they gradually subside. Opening his eyes, he saw Tianhun looking at him with great interest.
"What is Fellow Daoist thinking about?"
"...Some trivial matters." Lu Yang spoke slowly, attempting to verify his conjecture. "Those Dao Fruits that the Primordial Saint attained out of thin air, where did they end up?"
"I don't know."
Tianhun shook his head. "I might have known before, but Master deleted my memories. I only know that it's best for some things to remain taboos forever."
"...I understand."
Hearing this, Lu Yang lowered his head, a judgment already forming in his heart: Seventy percent. My conjecture is at least seventy percent likely to be correct! Otherwise, it wouldn't be a taboo!
How high was Tianhun's stature?
As the spiritual intelligence of a supreme treasure, his stature and foundation were unmatched by ordinary Great Perfected Lords. What kind of forbidden knowledge could there be that even he couldn't record?
It can only be [Paramita]!
Lu Yang took a deep breath and recovered his calm. Looking at Tianhun, he changed the subject: "Fellow Daoist still hasn't explained why you cannot enter the world to lend me a helping hand."
Hearing this, Tianhun froze for a moment, then slapped his forehead:
"Oh right, the reason lies right here."
He pointed at the portrait paintings hanging on the wall and said:
"Back then, there were a total of twelve Great Perfected Lords who followed Master. In the past, they were all great masters who cultivated the Dharma Body Dao. These are their portraits."
"They are people in the paintings, in a state of being on the verge of death but not yet dead."
"And Master left behind a rule back then. To take away the [Dao-Conquering Tianhun Diagram], one must revive these twelve people, bringing them back from the dead."
"The person who can accomplish this will be the Master of the Painting."
"And only the Master of the Painting can command the [Dao-Conquering Tianhun Diagram] and utilize the Yin-Yang Great Dao within it... However, now only the Dao of Yang remains."
Resurrection from the dead?
Lu Yang furrowed his brows. "The first-generation Master of Heaven-Mending Peak also accomplished this back then?"
"He didn't."
Speaking up to here, Tianhun seemed to recall his unbearable past again, gnashing his teeth as he said, "He didn't become the Master of the Painting. He used a completely different method."
"What method?" Lu Yang asked out of curiosity.
"...Resonance."
Although highly reluctant, Tianhun ultimately sighed helplessly. "Although different from Master, he was truly proficient in [Yin and Yang]."
"He didn't challenge the [Dao-Conquering Tianhun Diagram]. Instead, he comprehended the various notes Master left outside. Ultimately, using resonance between Great Daos, he forcefully resonated with the Yin-Yang origin within the diagram, causing the Dao of Yin to spontaneously leave and follow him. Under those circumstances, I had no way to stop it."
"I see..."
Can I do it?
Although it was a bit boastful, Lu Yang believed his attainments in Dual Cultivation weren't much inferior to the first-generation Master of Heaven-Mending Peak. Whatever the other party knew, he basically knew as well.
But quickly, Lu Yang gave up.
Bu Tianque... that guy was able to resonate with the Dao of Yin most likely because his main body at the time was male. Yin and yang complement each other, which is why he succeeded.
Now, only the Yang origin remained. Unless he was a woman, there might be a chance to resonate with it. But he was also a man, so there was pretty much no hope.
What a pity.
Lu Yang shook his head, putting away his stray thoughts, and continued, "Resurrection from the dead….Since Senior Sisui could make such a demand, he must have left behind a contingency plan, right?"
"That is only natural."
Tianhun nodded slightly. "Fellow Daoist also knows that Master used his dharma body to command Yin and Yang in the past... But does Fellow Daoist know what kind of Great Dao [Yin and Yang] actually is?"
What is [Yin and Yang]?
This question made Lu Yang freeze for a moment. Five Elements, Yin-Yang, Three Foundations, Five Heavenly Destinies—the other Great Daos basically all had corresponding outlines in his eyes.
It was Yin-Yang, on the contrary, that he truly hadn't researched before. After all, Yin-Yang wasn't as obvious as the Five Elements. However, after pondering for a moment, he still answered: "The two poles of things. For example, strong and weak, motion and stillness, large and small... These are all manifestations of [Yin and Yang]; they are the authority of this Great Dao."
Hearing this, Tianhun praised, "Very precise!"
"Just as the Five Elements fill all things in heaven and earth, Yin and Yang also exist among all things in heaven and earth. In fact, everything has an aspect of yin and yang variation."
"The Light Sea follows the same principle."
"If the current Light Sea is the [Yang Aspect], then it still has a [Yin Aspect], or it could be called the [Dark Aspect]."
"The so-called Dark Aspect of the Light Sea is exactly like the shadow cast by the Light Sea itself into the Dark Void. It is a realm completely different from the mortal world, the Sea of Bitterness, and Paramita. Everything about it is the opposite of the mortal world. Therefore, unlike the orderly [Yang Aspect], the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea is absolute disorder."
"Unlike the substance of the [Yang Aspect]."
"The Dark Aspect of the Light Sea is an ocean of consciousness."
"For all existences that possess thought, the shadows cast by their minds is the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea. The two are one body, two sides of the same coin. This is exactly the concept of [Yin and Yang]!"
Tianhun's voice gradually became massive.
In a daze, Lu Yang saw the portrait paintings in front of him change. They seemed to come alive all at once, with countless emotions flashing across their faces.
Greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance, or doubt.
At the same time, the surrounding environment was also changing. Even though his feet were planted on solid ground, Lu Yang felt an out-of-thin-air sensation that he was plummeting from a high altitude.
"This is the method Master left behind."
"The twelve Great Perfected Lords who followed Master in the past, their minds were stabilized in the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea by Master using a great divine ability, and have not dissipated to this day."
"As long as you can awaken their slumbering minds in the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea, causing yang to be born from extreme yin, they will be able to live another lifetime in the mortal world."
Hearing this, Lu Yang froze for a moment: "How do I awaken them?"
Speaking up to here, Tianhun's expression suddenly became somewhat strange: "There's one point I have to admit, the Dharma Body Dao truly deserves to be called the easiest Great Dao to cultivate."
"Or rather, Master is special."
"The reason Master cultivated the Dharma Body Dao was simply because he came into contact with the dharma body first. Even if he switched to another Dao, Master could still reach the peak."
"However, Master's subordinates are different."
"They cultivate the Dharma Body Dao mainly because they aren't smart enough..."
As his voice fell, Tianhun sighed: "Just beating them up will do. As long as you can beat them all into the ground, they will naturally wake up."
(End of Chapter)