Chapter 1671: An Academy of Formula Dao
The realm monster was eliminated and Qinglin was dead. Peace once more returned to the world.
The Sea Lord was very conflicted. Someone at his cultivation level no longer pandered to faith. There was no such thing as a higher power and his only faith was himself. However, Mazu was a divine spirit wors.h.i.+ped by all cultivators of the sea.
After witnessing her demise with his own eyes, complicated emotions rose in the aftermath. Mazu had lied to him to lure him to this world, then tried to strip his great dao from him. However, he didn’t blame her in the slightest.
“What kind of ent.i.ty was this realm monster that even Mazu had to sacrifice herself to bring it down?” The Sea Lord fixed his gaze on the Soldier King. The latter surely knew the truth of the situation and what the realm monster was.
With Lu Yun’s new control of Myriadsea World and jurisdiction over the kingdom of Ruina, the kingdom stirred back to life. It wouldn’t be long before this specific spot became the new final resting place of the sea, its start, and the h.e.l.l of the sea.
All Myriadsea denizens would swear allegiance to the waters. Ruina was now the Ruina of the immortal dao. That left only two paths available to the dao beholders—die, or submit to the immortal dao.
The Sea Lord nursed no thoughts of resistance. He just wanted to know why Mazu had sacrificed herself and sea dao to eliminate the realm monster. What kind of being was it? One born from an ordinary world didn’t require this level of gravity or effort.
Mazu was stronger than even sequence. She was a divine spirit of unimaginable proportions. The strongest heavyweight in the Boundless Planes was the emperor of the original Hongmeng. He’d accessed eighteen levels of sequence and hadn’t known if there was another realm beyond sequence.
Meanwhile, the Sea Lord hailed from the unknown expanses. He didn’t know the answer to that question either. But when he saw Mazu’s true form, he knew immediately that she’d exceeded sequence.
The Soldier King was one of G.o.d’s creations. The latter was incomparably mysterious and no one knew of his origins. But now, it would appear that G.o.d didn’t belong to their plane of existence either. Thus, the Sea Lord looked intently at the Soldier King.
“I do indeed know this realm monster’s background,” the Soldier King answered softly. “But I cannot tell you. Its existence has to do with the greatest secret of this world, so why should I tell you?”
The Sea Lord glared angrily at the king and left in a huff.
“Does it have something to do with the endless reincarnation loops?” Lu Yun looked at the Soldier King. He wasn’t concerned with other people overhearing them. The Soldier King was unequivocally stronger than the Sea Lord—only Lu Yun and the Soldier King could hear their conversation.
“Yes,” the king nodded. “To those in the outside world, the Boundless Planes are called the Discarded Land, the Disintegrated Land, or the Land of Reincarnation.”
Lu Yun silently waited for him to continue.
“Many experts of this Land of Reincarnation have raised the theory of paper and holes. There’s nothing inherently wrong about it, but they’ve all been misled. The Boundless Planes are the paper, the land of darkness is the hole. Do you know why this place is also called the Disintegrated Land?”
Lu Yun shook his head.
“Do you know why a major cycle is three hundred and sixty-five days? Or what a major cycle is?”
Lu Yun shook his head again.
“The major cycle is the collection of three hundred and sixty-five major worlds that support the Boundless Planes. Their strength entangled forms the sequence of the major cycle and defines the fourth realm, its time, and years.”
One year was three hundred and sixty-five days, and one major revolution of the sun was one complete orbit around the three hundred and sixty-five worlds.
“These three hundred and sixty-five are also called the Major Cycle Worlds. With the disintegration of the fourth realm and erosion by darkness, the major worlds supporting it have cracked one by one and exist no more,” the Soldier King stopped here.
If Lu Yun still couldn’t guess the truth of the matter at this point, he could end himself right here and save his enemies the trouble.
“I see… so the realm monster is one of the major worlds,” he murmured.
The Soldier King nodded. “Ask no more about other matters, I won’t answer if you do. There is much that I don’t know.”
“Mazu is from outside the fourth realm, isn’t she?” Lu Yun suddenly changed the topic.
The Soldier King blinked, then nodded.
“I see.” That was his last question. Perhaps the Soldier King really didn’t know anything else, but Lu Yun could make an educated guess about a lot of things.
There was an even vaster realm outside the fourth—perhaps that was the real world. Realm monsters had invaded the real world and being a powerhouse of that realm, Mazu attacked in response. Unfortunately, she was no match for them.
And thus everything else had happened after that.
Now that Lu Yun controlled Ruina, he incorporated it into h.e.l.l dao and immortal dao. His actions were the equivalent of opening a crack to the outside world. Ruina was the pa.s.sageway. At the same time, immortal dao now possessed the key to truly open the door to the Discarded Land.
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Lu Yun sat above the swirling vortex, having brought the tattered ruins of the kingdom of Ruina here. An enormous door slowly appeared—the Gates of the Abyss that connected to his kingdom of h.e.l.l.
He wanted to take Ruina into h.e.l.l and reform its kingdom there. Once that kingdom became one with his own kingdom, his h.e.l.l dao would become even stronger.
Immortal dao s.h.i.+mmered over the world that the realm monster had become. The various great daos—demonic, monster spirit, martial, shamanic, curse dao, and others—slowly melded into immortal dao. They were subservient to it, but still retained their independent nature.
While the immortal dao in the world of immortals had long since absorbed these daos, those versions only scratched the surface. Anyone with the right to create a great dao in a world of sequence was the most elite of their kind. The great daos they came with were strictly the essence. When they became part of immortal dao, those versions immediately melted into the foundations and made immortal dao stronger.
Neither were the dao beholders too disgruntled about the situation. Immortal dao was different from the other great daos, they were able to maintain their individuality and not be fully a.s.similated.
“The realm monster has been eliminated and this place is becoming a new world. Why don’t I create a Dao Academy here and use it for the foundation of formula dao?” Sudden inspiration struck Lu Yun.
He’d once wanted to create a mental Dao Academy so fourth realm denizens could enter and cultivate with their minds, but that’d also been because he was too weak to subdue the fourth realm. If anyone made trouble for a physical academy, the school would be instantly destroyed.
However, there were many sequence expert dao beholders in this world. With them in residence, no one would dare cause trouble in the fourth realm. Thus, there was no need for a mental Dao Academy.
Lu Yun suddenly recalled the Dao King. His attempt to create a world of the mind with eleven creation seeds… probably hadn’t worked?
Shelving the thought, the young man disseminated formula dao throughout the world and incorporated it into the various great daos. Some of the dao beholders had some grumbles about the circ.u.mstances, but those immediately evaporated when they saw formula dao. This dao was what they wanted.
etvolare"s Thoughts
Phew, I thought he was going to go into a religion + xianxia mashup for a second.