Chapter 444: The Secret of the 3,000 Great Ways, an Insight
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
“Wow! You’re so powerful, amazing, and great! Everything that you said is true! You f.u.c.king know all about me! But it won’t work! Now that you know me so well, you should know that what you asked me to do is far beyond my capability. I can’t do that at all. What you said is of no use!”
“I didn’t ask you to do it now. I want you to do it after you’ve seized the Azure Secret Area!” He cast his eyes at Zhou Bao as he said, “Don’t overrate the Sea Emperor. Well, it doesn’t matter. He is also overrating himself now, so he would never think that anyone in the world would dare to grab the Ranking of Demons and Immortals. That is your first advantage. And the second one is your Fiery Eyes. It’s what the Emperor of the Moon Temple asked his necromancers to study. It is one of the strongest bloodlines imitating the Bloodline Power of the Innate Deity and can control the Wheel of Fate and affect the Ranking of Demons and Immortals and the Golden Book of Fate. At this point, even the Sea Emperor can’t compare with you! Besides, you have a third advantage: if you really can master Azure Heaven and capture the projection of the Golden Book of Fate, then you will naturally know some of the mysteries of the Ranking of Demons and Immortals. After all, the Golden Book of Fate and the Ranking of Demons and Immortals come from the same source. Fully grasp the projection of the Golden Book of Fate, and you’ll have succeeded more than halfway!”
“Don’t say those unfounded things. It’s too hard. I won’t do it!”
“You can neither beat me nor run away from me. You have no power to refuse me. I know so much about you, and you should know that if I want to, I can instantly make you have no shelter in the world. So, honestly cooperate with me!”
“Did all of you ask for help like this in antiquity times?”
“No, so much talking was not required in antiquity times!” The man shook his head. “If you promise me that you’ll do this, I’ll give you a lot of benefits. Don’t you want to save your companions? “I can send you to the Dragon Abyss Prison with the Great Way of Heavens and Realms right now and show you a way to ensure that you leave safely!”
“You might as well impart the Great Way of Heavens and Realms to me and let me go and leave there by myself!”
“You’re really greedy! It’s okay to impart it to you, but you seem to have some misunderstandings about it!”
“Misunderstandings?”
“Yes. There are 3,000 kinds of methods to the Great Ways in this world. Attaining mastery of anyone can gain one insight into a Great Way, which is pa.s.sed down from primitive times, so that all people take it for granted that the 3,000 Great Ways are the best ways in the world!”
“Aren’t they?”
“You can’t say that it’s wrong, but it’s neither clear nor practical. It’s true that if you can realize, understand, and comprehend one of these Great Ways, you can indeed attain enlightenment. But from primordial times through primitive times to the present, how many people have really comprehended one of the 3,000 Great Ways? None, not one. Thus, no one has ever achieved enlightenment!”
“It doesn’t work?”
“It works, of course it works, but what’s the difference?” The man produced a forced smile. “Therefore, the energy of a person and a creature is limited. The 3,000 Great Ways are the general principle of Dharma, and it is impossible to study them thoroughly for hundreds of thousands of years or even millions of years! It’s better to patiently practice the thousands of cultivation methods that evolved from the 3,000 Great Ways. It’s the most practical method of practice. I think your Nine Heaven Yuan Yang Technique has reached the Basic level. Have you already condensed the Nine Heavens Primordial Yang Instrument?”
“Yes, I’ve already condensed the Nine Heavens Primordial Yang Instrument!”
“Then, how do you feel about it? Don’t you think it has an undeserved reputation? As one of the 3,000 Great Ways, it is no more powerful than the other methods that you’ve practiced. Sometimes, it is not even as convenient as some Pure Yang Celestial Devices!”
“Yeah!” His words had struck a responsive chord in Zhou Bao’s heart. He did have that feeling. The Nine Heaven Yuan Yang Technique was known as the nemesis of all great evils in the world, but both its attacking force and defensive power were not outstanding. It could only work by relying on his Internal Qi and Real Essence that were innumerably more energetic than others’, which had puzzled him. Since he did not know much about the abstruse methods of the 3,000 Great Ways at that time, he thought it was because he had not attained the proper degree. Now after hearing this man’s words, he realized that it was not that he had not attained the proper degree, but that the proper degree did not exist at all, so he could not help feeling dejected.
“The greatest function of the 3,000 Great Ways is not to cultivate, but to comprehend, to contrast. As for the degree you can finally obtain, it doesn’t matter! For example, I used the Heavens Division to move you from the bottom of the sea to this Netherworld Heaven. And the Heavens Division can’t affect your Three Realms Division. However, I have a profound comprehension of the Great Way of Heavens and Realms, so I disturbed the time and s.p.a.ce as I displayed the Heavens Division, which made your Three Realms Division useless. That’s the most practical effect of the 3,000 Great Ways!”
“You don’t have to spend too much time trying to practice it, but can just use it for comprehension, contrast, and evolution?”
Zhou Bao was inspired. In contrast to this sentence, thinking of everything he had done since he had practiced the Nine Heaven Yuan Yang Technique, he froze and was in a state of mystery. He felt his Demonic Qi flowing without his control, as if he had been born with it. His incarnation was the body of the Primitive Dragon Chimera, which was bred by the Primitive Dragon Chimera Fire. Although he had gotten the Dragon Chimera Fire, he did not know the Dragon Chimera’s way of practice. However, he spent so much time with Green Spirit that he knew very well about the Demon’s way of practice. Hence, for this incarnation, Zhou Bao had always been practicing the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique, which was most suitable for this body. As for how the Primitive Dragon Chimera practiced, Zhou Bao did not inherit the method.
What was most suitable was the best. It was not necessary to find the most superior Great Ways. This mysterious man’s words opened up a new door for Zhou Bao, or rather, corrected his former wrong path.
With the circulation of the demonic spirit, nine Fire Dragons made up of black flames appeared around Zhou Bao. At first, these nine Fire Dragons emitted a fiery spirit with a hint of creepy spirit, but as the demonic spirit continued circulating, the creepy spirit disappeared and was replaced by a mild, peaceful spirit. At that moment, the Primitive Dragon Chimera Fire was purified. It seemed to be reborn and was no longer creepy and vicious, but instead, revealed a spirit of magnificence and arrogance.
“What the h.e.l.l is this guy doing? Is he undergoing insight right here? In my Netherworld Heaven?”
Seeing the strange condition of Zhou Bao, the mysterious man was a little shocked and his eyes were filled with surprise. However, because of his status, he had seen a variety of talented people, including people like Zhou Bao, who comprehended something after hearing his words, so he was only slightly surprised.
But Zhou Bao was quite different. Because of this mysterious man’s words, now all the Demonic Fire on his body had changed and rose thousands of feet. Nine golden Heavenly Dragons split from his Demonic Fire and circled around him.
“Woohoo, woohoo…!”
The nine giant dragons lingering around Zhou Bao suddenly gave thunderous roars at the same time. Their roars went straight down like something substantial and rolled up great wind and waves that were thrown dozens of kilometers away.
The mysterious man did not even blink as he just quietly watched Zhou Bao standing there.
“Funny guy, I’d like to see what can you comprehend right under my nose. The ancestor of the Primitive Dragon Chimera was born from one of the nine Heavenly Fires, the Ancient Black Flame. Can you figure out the Ancient Black Flame from the Nine Heaven Yuan Yang Technique? Eh?”
As he was thinking, the fire light around Zhou Bao underwent another change. The nine golden Heavenly Dragons seemed to get free from Zhou Bao and rise into the air. At that moment, a tremendous engulfing force was suddenly produced in the midst of the flames, which had become magnificent and arrogant, and turned into a b.l.o.o.d.y mouth that swallowed up the nine Heavenly Dragons.
The nine golden Heavenly Dragons were once again integrated into the black flames.
This time, after being engulfed by the flames, the nine golden Heavenly Dragons did not even make a move.
The black flames rolled over the top of Zhou Bao, forming a huge cloud of fire, whirling and burning. The color of the flames was getting darker and darker. The faint gold, which was produced by the effect of the Nine Heaven Yuan Yang Technique, had vanished and was replaced by a color of extreme darkness.
It was completely dark with no other colors. It looked like an endless abyss that was trying to engulf all the light and all of existence.
Gradually, the flames on his body began to gather on top of his head. Their fiery spirit was gone. In Netherworld Heaven, the agitation caused by Zhou Bao had subsided. No longer wild and galloping, the black flames were gentle and as warm and moistening as jade.
The mysterious man’s appearance finally changed because he saw that the rolling fire cloud over Zhou Bao’s head had gradually formed into a strange shape. The shape was like a huge placenta composed of black jade, and inside the placenta, a faint pulse was moving excitedly as if it was breeding something.
“The Ancient Black Flame! He could breed the rudiment of the Ancient Black Flame through an insight! And it is in my Netherworld Heaven!” His mind went blank, as if he had witnessed the biggest joke in the world. “I don’t believe that he can really get that thing out!” He thought fiercely in his heart. His eyes were fixed on Zhou Bao as if they could almost shoot out a fire.
Not knowing how long it had been, Zhou Bao slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was the mysterious man in front of him looking at him with bitter hatred. He felt a surge of shock. The fantastic feeling that he just felt receded like a tide and the flames all returned to his body. However, this time, he sensed that his Demonic Fire seemed to have undergone a strange change again.
Seeing that the Demonic Fire over Zhou Bao’s head had returned to his body without any other strange changes, the mysterious man breathed a sigh of relief.