“Could it be that your master was a disciple of the Divine Wood Sect from back then?” Chen Tianhai seed to have thought of sothing, his expression filled with surprise and uncertainty.
“Mountain Sitting Art?” Upon hearing these three words, Sun Erlang’s heart stirred slightly. Moreover, a vague sense of familiarity arose from the depths of his being.
“No, no.” However, before Sun Erlang could answer, Chen Tianhai shook his head and denied it himself.
“It is rely that the aura is sowhat similar.”
“Moreover, it is said that the ‘Mountain Sitting Art’ is the cultivation thod practiced by that divine tree of the Divine Wood Sect in the past, exchanging years for cultivation progress. For ordinary cultivators, practicing it is extrely arduous and the advancent is extrely slow. Young master, at such a tender age, you have already achieved great completion in Nascent Soul. It clearly does not match.” Chen Tianhai smiled self-deprecatingly, looking at Sun Erlang with even greater curiosity in his heart.
“Indeed, what this junior cultivates is not the ‘Mountain Sitting Art’ at all, but a profound technique personally transmitted by my master. The reason my cultivation has progressed so quickly is mostly due to this profound technique.” Sun Erlang said in a deep voice.
“Very well, then perhaps I was indeed mistaken.” Chen Tianhai did not argue further with him and glossed over the topic.
“Senior, was the Divine Wood Sect one of the Ten Great Immortal Sects from those days?” Although he had clarified the origin of his cultivation thod, Sun Erlang still felt a trace of curiosity toward that Mountain Sitting Art. Thus, he asked directly.
Sun Erlang discovered that this Taiyan Sect was quite different from the ancient immortal sects in his impression, which enforced strict rules and hierarchy.
There was almost no distinction between superior and inferior. They addressed him, this extrely young outsider, affectionately as “young master” in every sentence.
Although he did not know what had created such an atmosphere, it was undoubtedly a good thing for Sun Erlang, so he simply followed the local customs.
Chen Tianhai answered without holding anything back. After inviting Sun Erlang to sit down, he said: “The Divine Wood Sect is even older than our Ten Great Immortal Sects.”
“The ones from the sa era as the Divine Wood Sect are the Desolate God Sect, the Samsara Sect, and other ancient immortal gates that were destroyed long ago.”
“Before the Immortal Path was severed, so of them had already vanished completely for various reasons.”
“It is said that the Divine Wood Sect got its na from a divine tree from beyond the realm within the sect. This divine tree was supposedly bestowed by the Immortal Realm. After taking root in the Xuanhuang Realm, it displayed all kinds of inconceivable divine abilities.
“Yet it was precisely because of this divine tree that it provoked the displeasure of ‘Gen-Huan-Huan-Heng-Yuan’. In the end, it led to the sect’s downfall.”
“Those five characters — Gen, Huan, Huan, Heng, Yuan (亘洹桓恒垣) — carry the aning: ‘Existing since ti immorial, and destined to endure for eternity. Standing above the River of Life, like a wall that upholds the heavens.’
It is a primordial ancient tree that has existed alongside Heaven and Earth since the birth of the Xuanhuang Realm itself. It even holds the authority over longevity.
“As the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. The increasingly powerful growth of this divine tree from beyond the realm would inevitably threaten it. Thus ca the destruction of the Divine Wood Sect…”
Chen Tianhai casually recounted one ancient anecdote after another in detail.
Since stepping onto the path of cultivation, Sun Erlang had only known cultivation and killing. This was the first ti he had the honor of learning these ancient secrets, and he listened with great interest.
“These sects—the Desolate God Sect and the Divine Wood Sect—just judging from their nas alone, they already seem quite different from ordinary sects,” Sun Erlang remarked with a sigh.
Chen Tianhai smiled faintly. “That is only natural. These are all sects born since the opening of the Xuanhuang Realm, with countless ties to the Immortal Realm. When the Immortal Realm existed, their status was naturally unshakable. However, if the Immortal Realm encountered great changes and the immortal path was severed, their prosperity would naturally cease.”
Sun Erlang nodded repeatedly.
“Young master, do you know the origins of our Taiyan Sect?” Chen Tianhai suddenly changed the topic and asked.
“This junior does not know.” Sun Erlang answered honestly.
“Our Taiyan Sect is the direct lineage of a True Immortal. We received the Nine Volus of Derivation of Heavens from the Grand Mage of Heavenly Capital, allowing us to glimpse all possible changes that may occur over the next thousand years,” Chen Tianhai said proudly.
“Unlike the Heavenly chanism Sect, which is a second-rate sect that pretends to be mysterious, we do not rely on so abstruse qi sensing. Instead, we use powerful derivation and calculation abilities to conduct real simulations of the future.”
Sun Erlang suddenly recalled the word “simulation” he had heard from Yi Shu previously.
“Young master, please look!” Chen Tianhai waved his hand, and a blue azure orb instantly appeared before Sun Erlang.
Sun Erlang looked closely. Inside the blue orb, it seed as if countless overlapping shadows were presented simultaneously. The scenes were all of himself and Chen Tianhai conversing here.
However, Sun Erlang keenly noticed that in each scene, his own expression and movents were not entirely the sa. So even showed him suddenly making a move here, only to be easily slain by Chen Tianhai.
“These are all possible futures we derived after your arrival, young master. However, during this ti of interacting with you, we have gained a clearer understanding of your temperant and strength. Thus, so of these futures lost their aning before even reaching their conclusion.”
As Chen Tianhai spoke, about four-fifths of the scenes in the blue orb suddenly dimd.
The remaining ones presented scenes identical to what Sun Erlang was experiencing at that mont.
Sun Erlang watched this and seed to understand sothing.
But upon deeper thought, he suddenly felt confused and unable to comprehend it.
Chen Tianhai continued: “Even as we speak, based on the content of our conversation, the number of derivation results that match the future direction is growing fewer.”
“Ultimately, after the young master leaves, our derivation of this matter will conclude and rge with reality.”
“New derivations will then begin anew.”
The blue orb completely dimd.
After a mont of silence, it erupted with a dazzling blue light once more.
The orb vanished, transforming into blue mist that floated before Sun Erlang.
The blue mist demonstrated countless possible futures for the entire Xuanhuang Realm.
“Calculating the Xuanhuang Realm is essentially the sa as calculating this minor matter of eting you. As long as we have sufficient information and promptly correct deviations in the derivation results, we can simulate a future Xuanhuang Realm.”
“Thus, we can see farther along the long river of ti than outsiders.”
Chen Tianhai waved his hand, and the blue mist that had manifested various future scenes instantly retracted into his body.
The originally imposing Chen Tianhai suddenly transford into a dreamlike existence entirely composed of blue crystals.
This scene left Sun Erlang slightly stunned.
“Our Taiyan Sect has been calculating the future trajectory of the Xuanhuang Realm for over a thousand years with no major errors.”
“But now…”
Chen Tianhai stared directly at Sun Erlang.
“Just like how, in this room where we are eting, a mysterious person suddenly appeared out of thin air, slew you, and then fled far away.”
“This is sothing completely outside common sense, sothing that would normally never happen…”
“We call it Beyond Variables.”
The blue light on Chen Tianhai gradually subsided, and he returned to his original human appearance.
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