Just as Lu Yang was pondering.
Below, the clash between the twelve Dharma Body Dao Great Perfected Lords and the three mental sword formations had already concluded. All anomalies were suppressed by the [Dao-Conquering Tianhun Diagram].
After completing all this, Pan Huang, the leader, finally let out a sigh of relief. He was just about to catch up with Tianhun, but saw the latter abandon him without a word, transforming into a streak of flowing light and flying back to Lu Yang's side not far away. He even flatteringly circled him twice before obediently landing back in his hand.
Pan Huang was dumbfounded watching this.
The atmosphere stagnated for a moment. Seeing Lu Yang walking over gracefully, the other eleven Dharma Body Dao Great Perfected Lords immediately stepped back, actively yielding the position to Pan Huang.
"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Pan." Lu Yang smiled faintly.
"Greetings, Fellow Daoist."
Seeing this, Pan Huang didn't dare to be neglectful either. Although he had just awakened, he was by no means a foolish person. He could tell the clues from Tianhun's attitude and hurriedly returned the greeting:
"I must thank Fellow Daoist for lending a helping hand this time."
"It's a small matter."
Lu Yang waved his hand casually, then asked out of curiosity: "However, I saw that those three sword formations seemed to activate autonomously, rather than being manipulated by someone behind the scenes."
"Fortunately so."
Pan Huang sighed, lingering fear in his heart. "The [Dao-Conquering Tianhun Diagram] lacks the Dao of Yin, its concepts are incomplete, and its power has plummeted, not even half of its peak."
"Fortunately, it's roughly the same for the other side. The three Sword Gods are not personally controlled by the Great Sword Ancestor, nor do they possess the ability of three spirits merging into one. Only because of this were we able to suppress them. Otherwise, the array would inevitably be broken. Fellow Daoist might still be able to escape to the mortal world, but we would inevitably face the outcome of being completely slain."
Hearing this, Lu Yang became even more curious:
"The Great Sword Ancestor's true consciousness is not here, yet he happens to have three Fastings of the Mind left in this place. Why is that? What exactly happened back then?"
As soon as these words came out, Pan Huang instantly sneered:
"What else could it be? The three Dao Lords, led by the Primordial Saint, went mad. They inverted heaven and earth and violated moral principles, otherwise why would we fight a great war with them?"
"As for why the Great Sword Ancestor has no true consciousness... that's also normal, because he was already refined into the Sword Lord's personal sword. With a living being turned into a dead object, he naturally no longer has a projection in the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea. Only the three former Sword God Fastings of the Mind remain, aimlessly wreaking havoc everywhere in the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea."
Hearing this, Lu Yang looked thoughtful: "I see..."
Seeing this, Pan Huang said in surprise: "Fellow Daoist doesn't seem surprised? Back then, during the final battle, when we discovered this secret, our minds were truly thrown into chaos."
Huh? What's there to make a fuss about?
Ancient cultivators were still too rigid.
The Sword Lord's head disciple was refined into a personal sword by the Sword Lord himself? It sounded completely devoid of conscience, but thinking about it carefully, it actually fit the ethos of how people conducted themselves in the Immortal Nexus quite well.
Lu Yang shook his head and changed the subject:
"The array formation Senior just executed in coordination with the [Dao-Conquering Tianhun Diagram] contains breathtaking profoundness. Was it passed down by Senior Sisui?"
"Of course!" Pan Huang instantly smiled upon hearing this: "Master's grace to us is as heavy as a mountain. Not only the array formations, but our Daoist titles were also all given by Master."
Oh, no wonder these Daoist titles were so elegant, each grander than the last, completely incongruous with the plain and simple style of the Dharma Body Dao. This wasn't surprising then.
"I wonder if Senior could demonstrate it a few more times?"
In the next second, Lu Yang straightforwardly made a request: "This array formation is of immense use to me. I implore Senior to grant me instruction. I wish to observe and study it."
"Oh?"
Pan Huang froze upon hearing this, then seriously glanced at Lu Yang... more accurately, he glanced at the dim top of Lu Yang's head, which lacked the slightest bit of Light of Wisdom.
"Hmm... I don't mind, but with your level, Fellow Daoist, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to understand. After all, this is an array formation deduced by Master. He even consulted that bald donkey on the details before it finally took shape. Back then, I also thought about studying it, but after looking at it for three days, I couldn't see any profound wonders at all..."
Pan Huang's words made Lu Yang's gaze shift slightly.
So that's how it is. [One Mind], All-Becoming-One. I was wondering why it had this characteristic. It turns out Sisui actually consulted the World Honored One back then.
As for Pan Huang's admonition, Lu Yang didn't take it to heart at all.
What a joke, you don't understand my talent!
"Fellow Daoist, just demonstrate it."
Seeing Lu Yang so determined, Pan Huang couldn't well refuse. He immediately arranged the array formation again. At the same time, Lu Yang's main body decisively took out the Dragon-Banishment Ruler.
"Bang!"
The Light of Wisdom suddenly appeared!
In the next second, under Pan Huang's surprised gaze, a dazzlingly brilliant Light of Wisdom suddenly erupted from Lu Yang's body. At first glance, it could actually—
Rival his own.
After a moment, the array formation demonstration concluded. Lu Yang withdrew his gaze with a calm expression. After the Light of Wisdom dissipated, his eyes were full of clear, blank ignorance.
What, what, what are all these things!
"Fellow Daoist, it's best not to force yourself." Pan Huang consoled in a low voice: "Master's learning encompasses heaven and man. These things were originally not meant for us to cultivate anyway."
"And even if you learned it, it would be useless. Master said back then that this is fundamentally not an array formation at all, but a set of Dao Fruit weaving techniques. Master had grand ambitions back then, wanting to attain a [Dao Heart] Dao Fruit out of thin air, making the Dao heart and Dharma body stand in opposition, and then using Yin and Yang to balance them..."
Before his voice fell, Lu Yang abruptly raised his head: "Dao Fruit? [Dao Heart]?"
Pan Huang's words were like a bolt from the blue, instantly cleaving apart the fog in Lu Yang's heart. It also filled him with enlightenment, and fervor suddenly surfaced in the depths of his eyes.
A single leaf blocked my view.
No wonder I couldn't comprehend anything just now. The path was wrong; no matter how I tried to comprehend it, it was like scooping the moon from the water. I shouldn't have treated this thing as an array formation to comprehend!
This is a Dao Fruit!
Gathering the thoughts of all living beings, condensing them into one, and displaying mighty power... the [Seven Luminaries Heaven] Dao Fruit? That's right! The underlying principles are very similar to the Incense Divine Dao!
Lu Yang's expression became increasingly excited. His main body in reality immediately waved a large hand, summoning Empress Xiao. He first took out the [Seven Luminaries Heaven], then decisively threw her back. Immediately after, he incomparably seriously scrutinized this unorthodox Dao Fruit that he hadn't paid much attention to before.
Is this a coincidence?
Or could the mysterious mighty figure who left footprints in the Light Sea back then, causing the Dark Void Light Sea to spontaneously evolve the [Seven Luminaries Heaven], actually be Sisui?
Lu Yang pondered in his heart, then shook his head.
No, that's not right. I understand the qi aura of the Dharma Body Dao. It's different from the one of the [Seven Luminaries Heaven]. That one was more ethereal, lofty, and transcendent.
Sisui cultivated the Dharma Body Dao, and the characteristic of the Dharma Body Dao lay in its difficult-to-conceal presence. As the first Great Dao to appear among the Three Foundations, Sisui, who commanded the Dharma Body Dao, inevitably had an extremely intense presence. This was completely opposite to the mighty figure of the [Seven Luminaries Heaven].
If he had to say—
On the contrary, the qi aura of the Saint Sect's Ancestor, standing at the pinnacle of [Paramita] and capable of transcending the mortal realm at any time, is much closer to that feeling.
But no matter what.
Dao heart cultivation has never had a Dao Fruit. But if nurtured well, nurturing the [Seven Luminaries Heaven] in the direction of the Dao heart and weaving out the corresponding profound wonders...
Then it might just be the first [Dao Heart] Dao Fruit in history!
Gathering the thoughts of all living beings, converging a mental projection comparable to a Dao Lord in the Dark Aspect of the Light Sea, and then feeding it back to the mortal world... this might also be a path to becoming a Dao Lord!
So Sisui died.
However, he preserved the spark. The reason he sent away the [Dao-Conquering Tianhun Diagram], Pan Huang, and the others, probably also held the intention of leaving behind this path to becoming a Dao Lord.
This is a variable!
Forget it in this lifetime.
But in the next lifetime, I might be able to walk this path. It can even cooperate with the [Arctic Exorcism Court], two routes advancing side by side!
Thinking of this, Lu Yang was full of ambition.
[Inevitable Fate] had not completely controlled the entire Light Sea.
In the vast and boundless Dark Void Light Sea, in the buried history, there were actually many sparks. Large and small variables had been preserved through various methods to this day.
Perhaps one or two Daos were nothing, and [Inevitable Fate] could extinguish the sparks at any time.
However, with the [Book of Hundred Lifetimes], he could entirely collect these sparks lifetime after lifetime, ultimately letting them turn into a prairie fire—
Until it made [Paramita] burn!
(End of Chapter)