Man is in the heavens, parasites are born

Chapter 247 Encountering the Two Venerables

They were two young figures, enveloped in the radiance of the Great Dao, possessing an extraordinary aura.

He possessed a unique demeanor, with the charisma of an emperor and the gentle influence of a spring breeze, giving people an exceptionally calm and composed feeling.

The other person was even more unique. Although he looked like a scholar, he possessed immense majesty and seemed like a heavenly emperor who ruled over all ages.

They looked at the immortal gate standing amidst the starry sky with solemn expressions.

"Greetings to the Immortal Emperor!"

"Greetings, Primordial Celestial Venerable!"

Upon seeing these two appear, the numerous immortals and demons surrounding the immortal sect bowed in respect.

The two waved their hands, continuing to observe the immortal gate in the starry sky. Their eyes shimmered with the light of the Great Dao as they made continuous deductions.

However, no matter how much they deduced, they could not obtain any useful information.

Furthermore, the methods used by the immortal sects to dissolve the aura of the Annihilation Tribulation were beyond their comprehension; they were methods they could not understand.

There is no trace of the 'Great Way' as we know it!

Originally, the six Heavenly Venerables pushed the Dao Lord Palace, built in the distant era, into the prehistoric era to delay the arrival of the prehistoric annihilation calamity. Afterwards, the two of them planned to suppress the embryonic form of the final annihilation calamity together to give more people a chance to live.

As they rushed to the Demon Realm Universe, on their way to the nascent stage of the Annihilation Calamity, they saw the Immortal Gate standing deep within the Demon Realm Universe, suppressing the aura of annihilation.

"Could it be another outsider? But why would an outsider show up at a time like this?" Jiang Nan looked at the Immortal Sect and glanced at Ye Lin beside him without leaving a trace.

This person was also a stranger. It was because of this stranger, who came here in order to reach the end of the Great Dao and pass through the endless void, that he created this universe and spacetime, and thus came to exist.

"Like me and Qinglian, outsiders from other places?" Ye Lin looked at the Immortal Sect and naturally thought of this possibility as well.

"But that kind of method..." He looked at the radiance overflowing from the immortal sect, his mind overwhelmed by even more doubts.

Of course, the outsiders they referred to were not the same as the outsiders defined by Fang Ming and Ye Fan. Ye Lin and Jiang Nan were still under the same supreme Dao.

In all things considered, we are fellow villagers from a very distant place.

Ye Lin's mind raced as he looked towards Jiangnan not far away and asked, "Great Celestial Venerable, your methods are superb. Have you noticed anything amiss?"

Jiang Nan was unfazed by Ye Lin's retort and said calmly, "Your Majesty is knowledgeable and courageous. With our combined efforts, where can't we go?"

"So what if it's a foreign land? Is Your Majesty afraid?" He smiled and looked at Ye Lin.

Currently, he has reached the peak of the Dao Lord realm and is approaching the Great Perfection of the Primordial Dao Lord realm. Ye Lin has already proven the Dao with his primordial spirit, and theoretically has already surpassed the Great Perfection of the Dao Lord realm. They are not far from the ultimate Dao they want to achieve.

"Tired?" Ye Lin smiled faintly and said, "I have witnessed the true end of the Great Dao, and I don't think there is anything else that could make me show fear!"

Before they knew it, the two had arrived at the gate of immortality, only one step away from crossing it.

Having made their decision, the two hesitated no longer and instantly crossed the gate, arriving in the world beyond.

"Oh, here come two fellow Daoists."

They had barely crossed the gate of immortality when they heard this voice.

Following the sound, Jiang Nan and Ye Lin's eyes narrowed instantly, and they felt a chill run down their spines.

Two young people were sitting under a tea pavilion.

A man dressed in blue robes exuded an aura of chaos and boundless expanse. Seeing him was like seeing the true nature of chaos itself, as if chaos were his very embodiment.

As for the other person dressed in purple, he was even more terrifying to them. He was no different from an ordinary person, and the two of them could not sense any aura of the Great Dao from this young man.

This was a feeling I had never experienced before, a feeling unlike anything I had ever felt before.

Upon seeing the two young men, they almost simultaneously had the same thought: "The end of the Great Dao!?"

"I am Xuan Tian, ​​and I greet you both." Fang Ming's Chaos Avatar spoke first with a strange smile.

He looked at Ye Fan beside him and said, "This is Ye Fan, who once established heaven and earth, ruled over all ages, and was revered by the world as the Heavenly Emperor."

He knew that this Primordial Celestial Venerable had once used the name 'Xuantian', but after experiencing various events, he no longer used it.

"That's all in the past. I'm no longer the Heavenly Emperor," Ye Fan said with a wave of his hand and a smile.

"Jiangnan and Jiang Zichuan greet you both."

"Ye Lin greets both of you fellow Daoists."

Jiang Nan and Ye Lin spoke one after the other.

"Please sit down, fellow Daoists, and have a cup of tea," Ye Fan said, making an inviting gesture. He then added, "We have come from out of town, intending to find some like-minded people to exchange ideas with. Please forgive us if we disturb you."

The moment he saw the two people, he deduced their origins and knew they were not evil people, which is why he extended the invitation.

Jiang Nan and Ye Lin did not hesitate, and strode forward to sit on the stone bench.

Suppressing the nascent form of the Annihilation Tribulation wasn't urgent, but the two people they had encountered were extremely important to them, and might even be able to resolve the Annihilation Tribulation. They shouldn't be so short-tempered as to not even have time to exchange a few words; judging from their attitudes, they weren't the extremely evil beings like Emperor Lin's father.

Even if it's an evil being, there's nothing we can do; they've already arrived.

“That’s not a bother, but the timing of your arrival isn’t ideal,” Jiang Nan said, shaking his head. “Of course, it might be irrelevant to you two.”

"The timing isn't ideal, but it's not the worst-case scenario," Fang Ming said calmly.

In fact, for him, this situation is already considered good.

However, such words will naturally have different meanings in different people's minds.

"Did they cultivate to the true end of the Great Dao and achieve the Primordial Beginning?" This question arose in Jiangnan's heart.

"As expected, once I reach the pinnacle of the Great Dao, even the final annihilation tribulation will be powerless against me!" Ye Lin thought to himself after hearing Fang Ming's words.

Thinking of this, Ye Lin asked, "If I may ask, have you two fellow Daoists already reached the realm of the ultimate Dao?"

Since the other party has already stated that they came for exchange, then let's be bolder.

"The end of the Great Dao?" Fang Ming's eyes shifted as he looked at Ye Fan and said, "It's better for Emperor Ye to answer this question, since his cultivation is many levels higher than mine!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Nan and Ye Lin both looked at Ye Fan, who was sipping tea.

Ye Fan shook his head and said calmly, "I am not the end of the Great Dao, nor is Fellow Daoist Xuan Tian."

"No!?" Ye Lin looked surprised, but the method of suppressing the aura of the Annihilation Tribulation was genuine; it was a method he couldn't understand.

Moreover, the two people in front of him were unfathomable and their strength was beyond comprehension. He could still sense some clues about the one named Xuan Tian. Chaos was like his incarnation, much more terrifying than Bu Kong!
He felt that even if Bu Kong had reached the pinnacle of the Chaos Dao, he might not have the strength of this person.

Ye Lin did not hesitate and immediately asked, "I see that the cultivation levels of the two fellow Daoists are unfathomable. Even though I have already attained the Dao through my primordial spirit, I cannot sense the depth of their cultivation."

"Could it be that the realm after Dao Lord's perfection is not the end of the Great Dao, and there are other realms?" He looked at Ye Fan with surprise and doubt.

Similarly, Jiang Nan was also full of doubts. If that were the case, wouldn't their pursuit be wrong?

“I think Fellow Daoist Ye Lin has misunderstood. We come from afar.” Ye Fan shook his head and said, “In my hometown, the saying ‘the end of the Great Dao’ is not popular. Countless cultivation systems and countless cultivators ultimately do not aim to achieve this one Dao.”

"Not popular? The Dao fruit that cultivators ultimately need to attain is not the end of the Great Dao?" Jiang Nan and Ye Lin frowned at the same time, puzzled.

In their view, all paths lead to the same destination, and the ultimate goal should be the same.

Ye Lin and Qinglian Immortal Venerable also came from afar, from an immeasurably distant place. The realm they ultimately aim to reach is the end of the Great Dao, also known as the 'Primordial Beginning'.

The two men cupped their hands in greeting and said, "Please enlighten us, fellow Daoist."

Ye Fan considered for a moment, then said, “In my hometown, the end of cultivation is widely known and recognized by the world as ‘the end of the road’ or ‘Immortal Emperor.’ This realm stands on the precipice of the Dao, representing both the ultimate and transcendence.”

"The end of the road? On the precipice of the path?"

"Immortal Emperor?"

Jiang Nan and Ye Lin exchanged a glance, both seeing doubt in each other's eyes.

At this moment, Ye Fan's voice continued, "We do not pursue the ultimate perfection of the original supreme path. After we have cultivated the original countless great paths to a certain level, we will transcend the supreme path and pursue our own path to enlightenment and victory. Of course, it can also be said to be an alternative path to enlightenment."

In an instant, Jiang Nan and Ye Lin were shocked and understood the difference between these two cultivation philosophies.

If we compare the two philosophies to two circles, then the countless beings within those circles are practitioners.

One of the practitioners inside the circle strives to expand themselves, trying to fit into the circle, or even completely overlap with it.

This is their philosophy of spiritual practice in pursuit of the ultimate truth.

The beings in the other circle also expand themselves, but after expanding to a certain extent, they will jump out of the original circle and become another circle themselves.

This is the hometown of Emperor Ye Tian, ​​the cultivation philosophy of the Immortal Emperor at the end of the road.

Of course, although their philosophies are different, in theory, they are similar in terms of ultimate achievement.

Ye Lin stared at the tea on the stone table, lost in thought for a moment. Having reached this point, he naturally understood that the so-called end of the road was actually the end of the Great Dao in his understanding.

His ultimate path is not the true end of the Great Dao; it only proves the end of a certain segment of the truly unique and supreme Dao.

The so-called ultimate goal of proving the Dao is to try every means to depict the true nature of the Dao.

Now it seems that even these celestial beings are nothing more than blind men before the supreme Dao.

The phrase "blind men touching an elephant" will one day be applied to these powerful celestial beings.

Indeed, just as the Primordial Celestial Venerable said, such an end cannot be considered the true beginning. When calamity comes, one will die and one's Dao will perish!
At this moment, Jiangnan clapped his hands and exclaimed, "What a wonderful way to achieve victory through self-cultivation! It's truly marvelous!"

Having established its own path, it naturally has no fear of the so-called annihilation calamity.

Moreover, compared to all the Great Daos which originate from the Primordial Beginning, the only supreme Dao at present, or the end of the Great Dao, and other similar realms, the Immortal Emperor realm may have some other divine wonders.

(End of this chapter)