Man is in the heavens, parasites are born

Chapter 248 The Difference of Paths
"Fellow Daoist Jiangnan's path is very profound, and it already possesses the rudiments of the supreme path," Ye Fan said, looking at Jiangnan with admiration.

Jiang Nan smiled and said, "The Primordial Great Dao is the perfect Great Dao I envision. It encompasses all known, unknown, possible, and impossible Great Daos. It is the mother of all Daos, and all Great Daos are fragments of the Primordial Great Dao!"

The Primordial Great Dao—this was his proudest achievement!
"Fellow Daoists, I have a question." At this moment, Ye Lin looked at Ye Fan and said, "Whether it is Fellow Daoist Yuanshi's Primordial Great Dao or the desire to achieve the Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit, one must cultivate the existing Dao to a certain level before it is possible to leap up and launch an attack."

As he spoke, he looked at Jiangnan and said, "But as everyone knows, the process of cultivation is the process of cultivating the Dao. Whether it is Fellow Daoist Yuanshi or Fellow Daoist Ye's cultivation method, it is necessary to integrate various Daos..."

"But the Dao is infinite and boundless. No matter how it is integrated, theoretically, it is impossible to restore the original, primordial form of the Dao. Therefore, the cultivation methods of the two fellow Daoists should be a dead end, but..."

As he spoke, he stood up, bowed to Ye Fan, and said, "Please teach me, fellow Daoist!"

If theory and reality conflict, then there must be a problem with the theory, or something is wrong with it.

"Fellow Daoist, you are too kind. I came here with the purpose of exchanging ideas." With a wave of his hand, Ye Lin sat down involuntarily.

Then Ye Fan said, "Everyone has different ways and methods to expand their own Great Dao, and they cannot be used interchangeably. Fellow Daoist, just watch and see."

Ye Lin and Jiang Nan were prepared not to receive the method after hearing the first half of the sentence, but the second half of the sentence brought them joy.

Although Jiangnan had already grasped the irrefutable truth from the countless changes of the infinite Dao, that understanding one method leads to understanding all methods, who would reject the growth of their own knowledge?

"Fellow Daoist Ye, please look. This is the evolution process of the Dao Sea. Perhaps it will be beneficial to your path." Ye Fan flicked his finger, and a vast ocean radiating the brilliance of the Great Dao appeared on the tea table. He said, "As the saying goes, if you understand one method, you understand all methods. It can be one or infinite."

On the tea table, a vast ocean the size of a palm appeared, with countless Dao runes intertwined within it.

Looking at the palm-sized sea of ​​Dao, Jiang Nan and Ye Lin were astonished. In this vast ocean of Dao, they saw countless Daos: Primordial Chaos, Chaos, Cause and Effect, Primordial Spirit, Annihilation, Reincarnation... both the known and the unknown were displayed!
One moment it's the Primordial Chaos Dao Sea, the next it's the Chaotic Dao Sea, then it's the Reincarnation Dao Sea, and even the Annihilation Dao Sea, the Primordial Spirit Dao Sea...

Starting with runes and rules of order, countless Great Daos transformed into each other without hindrance. They combined, evolved, and merged together to form the magnificent and indescribable Great Dao, which eventually evolved into the nameless 'Dao'.

Within the Dao, countless universes are generated, and endless beings appear. Although they are all manifestations of the Dao, their intuition tells them that these are all real and authentic existences.

The most simple and essential mysteries about the evolution of the Great Dao were revealed to Jiang Nan and Ye Lin without reservation.

Ye Lin gazed at the palm-sized sea of ​​Dao, completely absorbed in it, as if he were truly seeing the original, supreme Dao itself.

Even Jiang Nan, who had cultivated the rudimentary form of the Primordial Great Dao and was about to reach the perfection of the Dao Lord realm, was still immersed in it.

After a long while, Jiang Nan came to his senses, sighed, and said, "Fellow Daoist Ye's cultivation is profound, far beyond my reach."

Ye Fan shook his head and said calmly, "It's just a temporary lead."

Ye Lin gazed at the sea of ​​Dao for a long time, took a deep breath, and said with joy, "I will never forget Fellow Daoist Ye's kindness in imparting the Dao!"

He gained some insights from this sea, and in a daze, he saw an achievement that was below the true end of the Great Dao, but was not afraid of the final annihilation tribulation!
That is to cultivate one's own Great Dao, to accommodate as many Great Daos as possible, and to cultivate a kind of Dao Sea.

Such an achievement is above the previously envisioned end of the Great Dao, but it does not reach the true beginning.

However, in doing so, he also gained a part of the true essence of the Dao and possessed all sorts of incredible supernatural powers.

Using this as a starting point, it is possible that in the future, one may develop towards the True Primordial Beginning or towards the Immortal Emperor of the Heavenly Emperor's homeland.

"I already told you, don't be shy." Ye Fan smiled, not caring about such things at all.

He's been through so much, and he's always willing to help in these kinds of situations.

"Fellow Daoist, you are magnanimous, I admire you." Jiang Nan cupped his hands, glanced at Ye Lin, and said, "The Dharma should not be passed on lightly. This is a great Dharma that the Heavenly Emperor passed on to His Majesty. If His Majesty comprehends anything, please do not casually pass it on to the Azure Lotus Immortal Venerable."

"If that Immortal Venerable had a magnanimity a quarter as great as this Heavenly Emperor's, perhaps this calamity of annihilation wouldn't have happened," Jiang Nan said with a cold laugh.

Ye Lin was able to comprehend the path to cultivating the Dao Sea from within it, so Jiang Nan naturally also gained some insights, and even more than Ye Lin, which is why this statement was made.

The enmity between him and the Azure Lotus Immortal Venerable was irreconcilable, so naturally he didn't want to see that person continue to achieve success. "The Primordial Heavenly Venerable is far too domineering," Ye Lin said calmly. "This method was not created by the Heavenly Venerable, so whether or not it was taught to him is none of the Heavenly Venerable's business."

After speaking, Ye Lin looked at Ye Fan and solemnly said, "Since you have already achieved the supreme realm, I earnestly request your help to quell the Annihilation Tribulation!"

"The Tribulation of Nirvana is a Tribulation of the Dao. The birth and death of the Dao is a natural phenomenon. I can suppress it in this lifetime, but I cannot suppress it forever. Letting it be released is a better choice," Ye Fan said.

"Fellow Daoist is revered as the Heavenly Emperor, how can you bear to see countless lives perish in this calamity?" Ye Lin frowned.

He felt that someone with such a magnanimous heart, who was revered as the Heavenly Emperor, should not be someone who only focused on cultivation.

"Could it be because this is not his hometown? But when he saw us come in, he didn't hesitate to impart his teachings without reservation, and he didn't object to Emperor Lin passing on the methods he had comprehended..." Jiang Nan was also puzzled.

"What I mean is, after everything has faded away and the dust has settled, if you still don't have the ability, I will reflect everything that has passed away again, and then we can start anew," Ye Fan said calmly, looking at the two of them.

Ye Lin's heart pounded as a possibility occurred to him. He looked at Ye Fan and asked incredulously:
What does it mean to reflect everything back to its original state?

"Since the waves of time have risen and since the past has reflected reality, it is not about recreating similar people, but about bringing back the past. They are all the original people and things, which can be understood as being pulled out from the past time and space." Ye Fan looked at the two of them and explained.

Upon hearing this, even Jiangnan, who was holding a teacup, trembled slightly, wondering if such force was a bit too much.

Although he guessed that the difference in their philosophies would lead to some differences in the final results, he felt that these differences were too great.

He was someone who had once attained the Primordial Dao Fruit. If the Primordial Dao Fruit had such power, he wouldn't need to abandon it and re-enter the Tribulation!
"A Celestial Emperor at the end of the road can do such a thing? Isn't there anything that can make a Celestial Emperor perish?" Ye Lin looked at Ye Fan in disbelief.

If that's the case, wouldn't that be chaos? After becoming an Immortal Emperor, wouldn't one have no worries and no power to check or restrain an Immortal Emperor?
Equally unbelievable is Jiang Nan's theory. In his deduction, the Primordial Dao Fruit is the mother of all Daos and should be no less than the Immortal Emperor. So why is there such a big difference in its performance?

“It’s not too difficult to do these things.” Ye Fan nodded, then explained, “There are methods that can cause an Immortal Emperor to perish, but they do not involve backlash from the Dao; rather, they are methods initiated by other Immortal Emperors.”

"Why is it that the Immortal Emperor can do such a thing? Theoretically speaking, the Primordial Dao Fruit and the Immortal Emperor should be on the same level." Jiang Nan looked at Ye Fan with confusion.

He then recounted how he had once attained the Primordial Dao Fruit.

Upon hearing this, Ye Lin's expression changed. Jiang Nan had mentioned this matter to him before, but he only believed it to a certain extent.

But now it seems that what happened back then was indeed true.

Ye Fan glanced at Jiang Nan, but didn't question anything. Instead, he pondered for a moment and said, "I think it lies in the fact that we are superior to the Dao. We ourselves are equivalent to another 'Dao,' so we can naturally interfere in the affairs of another 'Dao,' as long as we can withstand the backlash."

"Following the current path of your own, the Primordial Dao Fruit after the Great Dao is perfected contains the known, unknown, possible and impossible aspects of the Great Dao. It is the ancestor of all Daos, the origin of the Great Dao, and also the end of the Dao."

"The ultimate state of the Dao is when the Dao has developed to its final state, without escaping the current constraints of the Dao. In other words, the perfect primordial Dao can be equated with the 'Dao' itself," he said thoughtfully.

"This is just something I deduced from the shadow of the Primordial Dao on you, fellow Daoist. It may not be accurate. You two can take it as a reference, but don't take it to heart," Ye Fan said with a smile.

"In other words, the real reason why I couldn't interfere with the past, change the established history, or undo everything was that my power was equal to the 'Dao'." Jiang Nan shook his head, then murmured after a moment of realization, "Even if I had only cultivated all the Great Daos to their limits, the true source was still that Dao. It was because I hadn't become another 'Dao' that I was blocked by the power of the past!"

"If I had grasped this profound truth back then, I wouldn't have needed to abandon the Primordial Dao Fruit at all. I could have simply broken free from the shackles, changed my mindset, and let the Primordial become me, instead of me becoming the Primordial... In that way, I could have salvaged everything. With my Primordial realm, even if all kinds of karma were imposed upon me, it wouldn't have made me perish..." Jiang Nan sighed, feeling quite helpless.

The Primordial Beginning made me who I am, not the other way around!
This is due to different philosophies of spiritual practice; if no one had mentioned it, these things might never have come to mind.

Once you break free from the constraints and establish your own path, things become different. Even if your level of power remains the same, the things you can do will undoubtedly increase.

In a sense, they truly broke free, and the source of their power changed.

Even if it's not as powerful as the original Supreme Dao, it undoubtedly has the ability to intervene and resist.

(End of this chapter)