"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!"
Hongmeng himself was the creator of the cultivation method of opening up universes.
Therefore, when Hongmeng read the information Locke had left within the leaf, he gained many insights. He could not help but slap his thigh and praise loudly.
"Second Brother, your talent and aptitude truly leave even Big Brother far behind."
After sighing with emotion, Hongmeng said to Locke, "After witnessing the evolution of the universe you opened up, I myself gained some insights."
"However, I never imagined that the method of opening up worlds would actually be a method of cultivation as well."
"Moreover, you actually regarded Hongmeng itself as a 'Dao,' while the method of opening up worlds can directly be cultivated to a realm surpassing the Hongmeng Great Dao. This is something I myself had never considered."
"With your guidance, Second Brother, I estimate that at most a hundred Kalpa will be enough for me to complete my cultivation of the method of opening up universes."
"A hundred Kalpa?"
"That should be about enough time."
Hearing Hongmeng say this, Locke nodded.
Although he had already sorted out the cultivation method of the Profound Yellow Great Dao, the path Locke wanted to take was not the Dao of opening up universes.
In Locke's view, using the Dao of opening up universes to master the Profound Yellow Great Dao was somewhat like how Linley had cultivated a Hongmeng Body and Hongmeng Soul by fusing the Sovereign power of the four Laws of Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire. There was an element of taking a shortcut.
Although Linley, after comprehending the mysteries of fusing the four Laws of Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire, had fused the Sovereign power of the four Laws to produce Hongmeng Spiritual Energy and tempered a Hongmeng Body and Hongmeng Soul, such a Linley was actually only an ordinary Hongmeng Being.
He had not truly mastered the "Hongmeng Great Dao."
Or rather, he had not completely mastered the Hongmeng Great Dao. He had only mastered its superficial aspects.
If Hongmeng had not taken out the Hongmeng Golden Ranking, which represented the core of the Hongmeng Great Dao, and allowed Linley to leave his name upon it, then based on Linley's comprehension of the Hongmeng Great Dao, it would have been impossible for him to successfully create a universe and master the Hongmeng Great Dao.
Locke was different.
He had mastered the Hongmeng Great Dao by opening up and evolving a complete universe. He had not personally taken the initiative to leave his name on the Hongmeng Golden Ranking. Instead, after he mastered the Hongmeng Great Dao, the Hongmeng Golden Ranking had taken the initiative to record Locke's name.
Locke felt that the Profound Yellow Great Dao cultivated through the "method of opening up universes" might not result in complete mastery of the Profound Yellow Great Dao when one broke through the Hongmeng Space and advanced into a higher-level dimension.
One might only be considered a Profound Yellow Being.
Within the Hongmeng Space, the difference between a Hongmeng Controller and a Hongmeng Being was like the difference between heaven and earth.
Therefore, Locke naturally felt that there would likewise be an enormous difference between a Profound Yellow Being and a being who controlled the Profound Yellow Great Dao.
Within the Hongmeng Space, because Hongmeng had been lonely for far too long, he had thus shared the Hongmeng Great Dao with those who could cultivate from within a universe to become Hongmeng Beings.
But Locke could not guarantee that, within a higher-level space, the existence who controlled the Profound Yellow Dao would share the Profound Yellow Great Dao in the same way Hongmeng did.
Of course, all of this might also merely be Locke's own conjecture.
Perhaps the higher-level Profound Yellow Great Dao was like the Laws within the universe Hongmeng had created. Each person had their own understanding, and what each person comprehended was their own "Dao."
But without a doubt, such a situation would make Locke even more wary of the possible "higher realm."
Because just as all the Laws within the universe Hongmeng had created were merely countless branches evolved from the Hongmeng Great Dao, this also meant that after breaking through the Hongmeng Space and entering a higher level, Locke and the others might actually discover that the "Profound Yellow Great Dao" they believed they had mastered was merely a secondary Law evolved from the true Profound Yellow Great Dao.
The method of opening up universes might perhaps continue to be perfected after entering a higher-level universe space, eventually reaching the level of truly mastering the Profound Yellow Great Dao.
But without a doubt, the amount of time and effort required for that would far exceed what Locke imagined.
This was not the path Locke wanted to take.
What Locke wanted to do now was to comprehend the deeper mysteries of "Laws" and "Edicts."
Then, from the very foundation, he wanted to control the "Dao."
Although, right now, within the Hongmeng Space, Locke could be said to have his thoughts manifest directly into reality. Whatever he wanted, he could control the Hongmeng Spiritual Energy to evolve into it.
But all of this was built upon the Hongmeng Great Dao and Hongmeng Spiritual Energy.
If he went to a higher-level space, where there was no Hongmeng Spiritual Energy, would the Hongmeng Great Dao that controlled Hongmeng Spiritual Energy still possess the same might it had within the Hongmeng Space?
Elements and Laws were two sides of the same existence.
Elements gave birth to Laws, while Laws governed the Elements.
This was a fact Locke had already comprehended when cultivating within the Magic Universe.
And this fact still existed within the Hongmeng Space.
The Hongmeng Space contained endless Hongmeng Spiritual Energy, and thus gave birth to the Hongmeng Great Dao.
The Hongmeng Great Dao governed Hongmeng Spiritual Energy. Only Hongmeng, who controlled the Hongmeng Great Dao, could use Hongmeng Spiritual Energy to create the method of opening up universes.
In other words, everything Locke possessed now was a derivative product dependent upon the Hongmeng Great Dao.
And Locke did not want to become someone whose strength would be greatly reduced the moment he lost Hongmeng Spiritual Energy.
Hongmeng was nurtured by the Hongmeng Great Dao. In other words, it would not be an exaggeration to regard Hongmeng himself as the Hongmeng Great Dao.
Even if he went to a higher-level dimension, Hongmeng's own origin could continuously produce Hongmeng Spiritual Energy to maintain the might of the Hongmeng Great Dao.
This was the difference between Locke and Hongmeng.
There were some paths Hongmeng could walk precisely because he had the confidence to do so.
Locke was merely a lifeform who had grown within a secondary universe created by Hongmeng. Even though he could now master the Hongmeng Great Dao through opening up a universe, this had not changed his essence.
What Locke wanted to do now was use his own body, soul, and will to create an elemental origin unique to himself, thereby mastering his own Origin Laws.
This path was also something Locke had comprehended from Hongmeng.
It was simply the opposite path from Hongmeng.
Hongmeng had been nurtured by the Hongmeng Great Dao and was naturally a controller of the Hongmeng Great Dao from birth.
Locke, on the other hand, needed to create Elements that were completely compatible with himself, thereby giving birth to Laws unique to himself, and then nurture those Laws into a "Dao."
At that time, the "Dao" nurtured by Locke would be Locke's Origin Great Dao.
How far Locke could advance on the path of cultivation in the future would depend on how far he could nurture his own "Dao."
After exchanging some cultivation experience with Hongmeng, Locke turned his gaze toward one of the four auxiliary universes beneath the Hongmeng Main Universe.
That was the universe Locke had transcended from.
It was also the Magic Universe, where a new Hongmeng Being was about to be born after Locke.
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