Regarding the legends of the Dao Ancestor, Chu Huaixu was all too familiar.
It was said that on Ask-Dao Peak there once stood an ordinary Daoist temple with a strange na—it was actually called Gentleman Temple.
The Dao Ancestor was just a little Daoist boy from that temple.
By chance, he obtained an unnad First Realm cultivation thod and began cultivating.
So said his later thods were patchworks gathered from all over, while others claid they were entirely his own creations.
In any case, this little Daoist went from being just a Daoist, to a Dao Lord, and finally beca the Dao Ancestor.
The na 《Dao Canon》was given by later generations, or rather, it was an honorific.
The Dao Ancestor himself had never nad his own cultivation thod. The most update n0vels are published on novel(ꜰ)ire
“《Dao Canon》is divided into nine volus, corresponding to the First through Ninth Realms,” Chu Huaixu thought.
The cultivation system of the Xuanhuang Realm was rather peculiar.
The thods of each realm were not actually linked together, for the cultivation models of every realm were different.
The First Realm had its own thods, and the Second Realm had different ones.
Cultivation, in essence, was the continuous developnt of the 【Spirit Embryo Secret Store】. By developing it, one could store more spiritual energy within, strengthen the divine sense of the Sea of Consciousness, and obtain one’s own divine abilities.
The nine realms were actually nine stages of opening the 【Spirit Embryo Secret Store】—a gradual process.
Cultivation thods were simply the ways and ans of opening the 【Spirit Embryo Secret Store】.
Upon reaching the next realm, the “place” to be developed was already different, entirely unrelated to the previous realm. It was not strictly an unbroken lineage.
For example, the 《Six Sovereigns Canon》that Han Shuangjiang chose also had three volus, corresponding to the First through Third Realms.
But amusingly, 《Six Sovereigns Canon 2》was only Earth-rank, while 《3》was rely Profound-rank.
They were all created by the sa person, hence sharing the sa na, though in fact, they were not closely related.
Of course, the creator could have chosen to na them differently—entirely up to personal choice.
So, realizing their later works grew increasingly poor, would even rena them to avoid tarnishing the reputation of their earlier ones.
According to the Xuanhuang Realm’s cultivation system, once Han Shuangjiang reached the Second Realm, she could entirely skip 《Six Sovereigns Canon 2》and instead cultivate another Heaven-rank Second Realm thod.
For the first three realms, it didn’t matter much. As players would say: “Just train however the hell you want!”
But by the Fourth Realm, one had to pay attention to the 【system】. Each thod chosen had to be considered in advance for compatibility with the next, lest the system beco overly chaotic—or even conflicting!
At such tis, guidance from elders was best.
This was why the Dao Gate divided disciples into outer and inner sects.
With sufficient strength, one could enter the inner sect and formally take a master.
In this world, successful independent cultivators were rare, and soone like the Dao Ancestor was an exception among exceptions.
Yet the 《Dao Canon》that the Dao Ancestor cultivated was sowhat strange.
Logically speaking, if one could master all nine volus of 《Dao Canon》, they should be able to perfectly replicate the Dao Ancestor’s path of cultivation and beco an unmatched powerhouse like him.
“But bizarrely, not a single person in history has ever reached the level of a Major Cultivator through 《Dao Canon》! Not even a broken-through Fifth Realm!” Chu Huaixu thought.
“Back then, the Dao Ancestor accepted ten true disciples, and not one of them was made to cultivate 《Dao Canon》.”
“Later generations revered the Dao Ancestor, so even blindly worshiping him. Given the chance to cultivate 《Dao Canon》, they would do so without hesitation.”
“But the result was always the sa—lifelong regret. No one could ever break through the Fifth Realm using volus one through four of 《Dao Canon》. Once you reached the peak of the Fourth Realm, you could never practice the Fifth volu. Try to switch to another thod? You’d find yourself unable to learn it.”
“This gave rise to two sayings in the Xuanhuang Realm.”
“The first: to reach the Fifth Realm through 《Dao Canon》, one must be a peerless genius like the Dao Ancestor himself. People speculate that once the Fifth Realm is reached, the true uniqueness of 《Dao Canon》would finally be revealed!”
Indeed, volus one through four of 《Dao Canon》were all perfectly aligned with the principles of ‘Balance and Harmony’. They had nothing special about them.
The Dao Gate had existed for a thousand years now, and everyone tacitly agreed: volus one through four of 《Dao Canon》were rely ordinary among Heaven-rank thods—at best Earth-rank.
Amusingly, in those long thousand years, so Dao Gate disciples experinted—practicing volus one through three of 《Dao Canon》, then skipping the fourth volu and cultivating sothing else. The result? They actually managed to break into the Fifth Realm!
“Hence, the second saying, sowhat ridiculous yet not without credibility: when writing the fourth volu of 《Dao Canon》, the Dao Ancestor made a mistake.”
That was why anyone who cultivated the fourth volu would forever be barred from the Fifth Realm, dood never to beco a Major Cultivator.
Know that in these thousand years, many top-grade Spirit Embryo holders refused to believe this curse and stubbornly cultivated 《Dao Canon》all the way through. Even two supre Spirit Embryo holders tried, one of them also a Pure Yang Body like the Dao Ancestor himself.
As for volus five through nine of 《Dao Canon》, no one in the entire Xuanhuang Realm had ever mastered them.
Many tried cultivating other thods for the first through fourth realms, then switching to 《Dao Canon 5》at the Fifth Realm, but they couldn’t even begin to practice it.
The sa held true for the later volus.
No matter what—no one could learn them!
People began to suspect that the Dao Ancestor had already written sothing wrong in volu four, and from volu five onward, it was nothing but nonsense.
But because the Dao Ancestor’s prestige was too high, many still stubbornly believed the fault lay not in 《Dao Canon》but in themselves.
——How could the Dao Ancestor be wrong? It must be who is wrong.
This led many academic factions within the Dao Gate to dedicate themselves to studying 《Dao Canon》.
And so, generation after generation, they researched for a thousand years, yet ca up with nothing.
By rights, Chu Huaixu should not have paid 《Dao Canon》much attention.
But unfortunately, he was a cheater.
In his mory, there had been players who cultivated 《Dao Canon》all the way to level 49.
The only reason they hadn’t entered the Fifth Realm was because the current version’s level cap was 49!
This had been ntioned before: even Chu Huaixu’s own main account, before transmigrating, had been stuck at 49, awaiting the next patch update.
More importantly, those players who cultivated 《Dao Canon》had character panels showing the sa note as everyone else—【After the version update, you may level up】.
This ant that players were not bound by that limitation!
For Chu Huaixu, who possessed the system, it was impossible not to notice 《Dao Canon》.
Besides, even though he had transmigrated, he still retained a player’s ntality, daring and reckless.
“Damn, I kinda want to learn it!” he thought.
“Instead of picking different thods for each realm and worrying about compatibility from the Fourth Realm onward, why not just replicate the Dao Ancestor’s path, pushing straight through with 《Dao Canon》?”
If he could truly do this, before him would lie a heavenly path—one leading straight to the Dao Ancestor’s very realm!
After the Dao Ancestor’s passing, none knew what awaited at the end. To beco a Major Cultivator through 《Dao Canon》—what an unimaginable sight that would be.
Ti passed, and Chu Huaixu still hesitated.
At last, he gritted his teeth and reached for the jade slip of 《Dao Canon》’s first volu.
But his arm was suddenly caught by a slightly cold little hand.
“You’re sure you want to choose 《Dao Canon》?” Han Shuangjiang asked.
Legends of the Dao Ancestor were always widely spread.
《Dao Canon》was no exception.
“I’m sure,” Chu Huaixu replied. Once he made up his mind, he never changed it.
He was never one to dither, hesitate, or be swayed by others.
Before he decided, others could offer advice. But once he had decided, any further advice was asking him to second-guess himself.
Han Shuangjiang frowned and stared at him for a long ti, but in the end, she said nothing more.
“Anyway, the first three volus can still be cultivated. The one to avoid is the fourth,” she thought.
Yet the cold-faced girl still couldn’t understand—why did Chu Huaixu insist on choosing 《Dao Canon》?
The Big Ice Block finally spoke: “Since your mind is made up, I won’t say more.”
Chu Huaixu regained his usual deanor, glancing at the 《Six Sovereigns Canon》in her hand with a smile: “And you—you really chose that one, huh?”
Han Shuangjiang’s pretty face remained stern as she answered solemnly: “I intended to choose it from the start. It has nothing to do with you.”
“Really? That so? Fine, fine.” Chu Huaixu replied with three dismissive phrases in a row.
The Big Ice Block’s delicate brows furrowed again. Sohow, those casual words piled together sounded rather grating to her ears.
“Since we’ve both chosen, let’s go.” Her voice was cold again. She was starting to find him sowhat annoying.
Chu Huaixu only smiled at her and asked, “Are you sure? Leaving now?”
“What, are you reconsidering? Fine, I’ll wait for you. No need to rush,” Han Shuangjiang quickly said.
She still felt 《Dao Canon》was a poor choice.
“No, I an—are you sure you don’t want to go upstairs? Just heading straight ho?” Chu Huaixu raised a finger and pointed upstairs.
The Big Ice Block followed his gesture, glancing up at the stairs.
She said: “Upstairs are Second and Third Realm thods. What use do we have for those?”
“The fourth floor is for techniques. But without Spirit Plates to exchange for Sect Contribution Points, we can’t redeem any.” she added.
Chu Huaixu looked into her eyes and replied, “Did you forget sothing?”
He continued without waiting: “Do you know the Dao Ancestor once created a Heaven-rank technique that shook the world? Instead of hoarding it, he made it public, allowing all cultivators to study it. Yet after a thousand years, few have ever mastered it.”
Hearing this, Han Shuangjiang’s eyes lit up. Her cool, frosty face seed to thaw, showing a rare spark of vitality.
“You an—” she looked at Chu Huaixu.
Chu Huaixu nodded, speaking each word clearly: “That’s right. On the fourth floor lies 《Myriad Swords Converge》!”
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