Perfect World: Dark King

Chapter 8 Preaching and Answering Questions
On the ancient island, under the huge dark ancient tree, a man in white was sitting cross-legged casually on the ground.

"I wonder if you have your own understanding of cultivation."

The man in white asked Jiang Jue

"The source of all great powers is within oneself. Cultivation is only a way to make one's own power and origin stronger through certain means. Then, one can break the shackles and fetters that bind all living things in the world, complete transformations again and again, and get closer to the Tao."

"Yes, the great Dao is very simple. This is how cultivation works. Use all things in the world to sharpen your Dao foundation and pursue the true nature of Dao. I have a few friends who are from the same lineage as you. I have studied a lot of their methods, and I think they can still provide you with a lot of reference value."

When the man in white thought of his good friends, a hint of unwillingness flashed in his eyes.

"Before this, I have many doubts, and I hope Brother Dao can tell me the truth."

Jiang Jue spoke up. This time the grace of passing on the Dharma was like imparting knowledge. He didn't want to say "apprentice", but it was no longer appropriate to call the other party "fellow Taoist".

"Fellow Daoist, please ask."

The man in white smiled slightly, probably knowing that Jiang Jue would ask the question.

"Brother Dao, why do you care so much about me that you are willing to come here again despite your broken body?"

Jiang Jue still asked the question that was in his mind.

"I'm passing by again. This is the first reason. The second reason is that you were born here and you are ignorant. If you are born again, I want to lead you into my world. The third reason is to see how far you can go. Is darkness the final destination of all spirits?"

The man in white did not hide his purpose and told Jiang Jue directly what he was thinking. Honesty is the most basic thing to recruit people into a gang.

Jiang Jue was surprised, even shocked. Darkness was the ominous thing that all living things wanted to avoid, but the man was bold enough to touch the darkness. This elegant and easy-going god in white was not as conservative as he seemed. He was actually a daring beast. Or did the other party have the idea of ​​touching the darkness when he was about to die?
"This is a very dangerous and strange power."

"I know, but darkness seems to involve another system, which can be said to be a path of evolution. Throughout the sea, fallen creatures even devour each other to make themselves stronger. Although my world has never extradited darkness, some large worlds have conducted experiments. We have received some information that dark blood also has different levels. Some dark true blood is amazingly powerful, like a treasure of the immortal way. After obtaining it, those dark creatures can indeed devour it and evolve further. However, unfortunately, so far no dark creatures that can surpass the king realm have been found. In other words, darkness can indeed make people evolve, but it is not without end."

The man in white said that the war between the major realms has never stopped since the fall of the emperor, and the information between them is not blocked, or in other words, everyone knows Infernal Affairs.

Coming from the future, Jiang Jue was not surprised. If he wanted to break into the king realm, it would be impossible to rely on other paths. He needed to open up a new path himself and become the master of that path.

Moreover, even those who were closest to the original substance in the Dark Ancient Land could not let them truly step into another realm. Although the latecomers made rapid progress, they could not surpass the shackles of the limit after all.

"Where are you from, brother?"

Jiang Jue continued to ask.

"The original ancient world."

Primitive ancient world! Is it such a coincidence?

Jiang Jue was shocked. The man in front of him actually came from the primitive ancient world. Such a title has great significance. It is the original name of the great world before the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths appeared.

"What stage is the world in today?"

This time, Jiang Jue felt a little nervous.

"The Dark Abyss Era is about to end. According to the deduction, the next era will be the Immortal Ancient Era."

"This... the Immortal Ancient Era...?"

Although he seemed silent, Jiang Jue was actually shocked in his heart at this moment. He was stunned. He really came to an extraordinary era.

"Do you have any questions, fellow Daoist?"

The man in white spoke up. "Brother Dao, do you trust me so much? I come from the darkness that you are talking about."

"The primitive ancient world is not inferior to humans, and I believe that fellow Taoists have a bright heart."

The man in white spoke calmly, not caring whether Jiang Jue could understand him or not.

I don't know when it started, but the heavenly music of the Tao that comes from the ancient island in the lake from time to time makes people feel relaxed and intoxicated. The simple and unpretentious true patterns flow in the void of heaven and earth, ripples of many Tao rules appear, and immortal music, Taoist melody, and immortal spirits evolved from the laws shuttle in the field.

These true patterns seemed to have life, infinite mystery, extraordinary, and the power to turn decay into magic. They matched the pulse of all things, allowing the power to be rearranged in the form of array patterns and evolve into different methods. Moreover, Jiang Jue felt a kind of power of time stirring his mind in the dark, and that kind of power of time seemed to be able to plan the signs of birth and death of all things in the world.

The power of time and reincarnation, this is a way that is difficult to comprehend, and it is also a peerless scripture created by the man in white. Combined with other heavenly skills similar to Jiang Jue's, it has been passed down and has the great power to seize the fortune of heaven and earth.

This shows the man's sincerity in leading Jiang Jue into the primitive ancient world.

Not until the golden true patterns in the sky slowly subsided did everything begin to return to calm.

In the next few years, Jiang Jue and the man in white slowly analyzed the mysteries and characteristics of various realms through question and answer, and thoroughly dissected the concepts of cultivation and the key points to pay attention to layer by layer. This made Jiang Jue's originally hazy heart suddenly enlightened, and he had a certain understanding of cultivation.

Moreover, Jiang Jue found that some of the scriptures were really in line with him. In one law, two completely opposite forces were contained. Not only were they integrated very well, but they even transcended the boundary between the two. The evolution of birth and death cycled in one thought. This gave him some ideas. In the extreme, he peeked into the changes of yin and yang, the cycle of birth and death, and the boundaries between light and darkness might not be so clear. If he could breed light in darkness, he would definitely be able to reach an astonishing height.

Putting aside other things about the man in white, he is absolutely qualified as a mentor.

He is well-versed in history and the present, and he is a scholar of heaven and man. In the process of teaching Jiang Jue, he takes the essence of Tao as the basis, the evolution of Fa as the root, the form of art as the proof, the arrangement and construction of the true pattern, the polishing of the flesh, the tempering of the primordial spirit, etc., and gives corresponding examples to Jiang Jue to solve his doubts. Although he is friends with Jiang Jue, Jiang Jue treats him as a teacher. Moreover, he has his own unique views on his own cultivation path, the elements of various cultivation systems in various circles, and the advantages and disadvantages of each other. He combines many ancient scriptures to teach Jiang Jue the most suitable true pattern secrets. He is simply a walking encyclopedia in the cultivation world.

Jiang Jue couldn't help but feel sorry when he thought that such a peerless genius was about to die.

Feeling the white-clothed man's primordial spirit and soul light becoming increasingly weak, Jiang Jue knew that the day of his departure would not be far away.

"Fellow Daoist was born in darkness. He is gifted with extraordinary talents and has the foundation and advantage to surpass all living things. However, if you want to surpass the limit and step into another realm, it is best to cut off your own body and trace back to the foundation of Taoism. Only in this way can you go further. Darkness has made you successful, but it has also restricted you. The transcendent foundation is also a kind of bondage. Over-reliance is not a good thing."

Suddenly, the man in white spoke calmly.

Darkness is the cause of its success and darkness is also its cause of its failure. As a world tree, it is already against the will of heaven that it can absorb darkness and grow in this sea of ​​​​boundaries where no laws exist, but it is also bound. However, there is nothing that can be done about it. This is the sea of ​​​​boundaries, and Jiang Jue’s existence is somewhat special.

Although Jiang Jue was protected by the black tripod and it was difficult to see clearly, the man in white could still feel the terrifying power contained in Jiang Jue's huge body. The pure power in his every move could surpass everything. However, based on Jiang Jue's words and cognition, he could still infer that this new dark spirit was still very vague about the realm of immortals. Then, thinking that this was a world tree without spiritual consciousness in its previous life, the man was not too surprised.

"Is it Xiandao?"

Jiang Jue still didn't have a clear understanding of his own strength.

"Yes, it is a terrifying realm that is superior to all living things. It is the realm after the peak sublimation of the human realm. At that time, the immortal divinity of the Great Dao will be nurtured in the soul, just like the Dao, and the will will connect the heaven and earth. It can make the law follow the words, and everything rises and falls when the will moves. It is an extraordinary transformation of the soul, spirit and body of living beings. Once you step into that realm, you will not be afraid of the knife of time in the mortal world. You are an immortal, an immortal existence recognized by heaven and earth."

The man in white said, "It is really too difficult to become an immortal, the immortal realm that countless creatures in all worlds and races pursue. In one lifetime, there are countless ancient worlds and billions of creatures, but few can become immortals. Even as an immortal king, he may not know that such creatures have been born. Even if he has entered the king realm, he has never looked down on immortals. It can even be said that it is precisely because of the experience of becoming an immortal that the immortal king knows better than anyone how difficult it is to become an immortal.

"Perhaps it will be much easier for me to become an immortal than for other creatures. The difficulty lies in how to break free from the shackles of darkness."

Jiang Jue spoke, his body was huge enough to crush the stars, comparable to a fairy. This was an advantage, but also a constraint. However, since he had merged with the ancient tree, he only needed to survive the catastrophe of transformation to be born. However, if he wanted to get rid of the dark shackles that fed him, he might need to think of other ways.

The more you take, the deeper you fall. Balance always exists between all things.

"Yin and Yang are orderly, yet ever-changing. Even darkness is not absolute. Within the Tao, all forces ultimately have two sides."

The man in white is more optimistic than Jiang Jue.

(End of this chapter)