Man is in the heavens, parasites are born

Chapter 260 'Existence or Non-existence' Spiral Cycle

It must be said that re-enacting the heretical path and rebuilding the Immortal Emperor's Dao Fruit using the original system is very fast, especially for a system like Fang Ming's that is already very fast, it is even faster.

In just 500,000 years, Fang Ming's four incarnations successively became Immortal Emperors.

Of course, the so-called 500,000 years refers to 500,000 years of accelerated time; normal time is only 5,000 years.

Over the course of ten thousand years, he successively opened five gates to the heavens and obtained information about the five major heretical sects. This time, he did not open any more familiar places.

As the number of Immortal Emperor Dao Fruits increases, the speed at which the clones cultivate into Immortal Emperors will likely become faster and faster in the future.

After successfully cultivating the other four Immortal Emperor Dao Fruits, Fang Ming did not intend to push the Immortal Emperor Dao Fruits to their limits independently like Chu Feng. Instead, he merged the four separate Dao Fruits with his main body's Dao Fruit, making his own Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit an incomparably powerful one.

Their own myriad worlds were clearly divided, just like the real myriad worlds.

As expected, after successfully fusing the Dao Fruits of the five Immortal Emperors, Fang Ming had that wonderful feeling; he felt that he was ready to break through the barrier.

It was a mysterious feeling, and he was certain it wasn't an illusion!

He must perform a Dao sacrifice, otherwise he will not be able to bear a greater number of Immortal Emperor Dao Fruits. Not only will he have to perform a Dao sacrifice once, but he will also have to perform a second, third, and many more Dao sacrifices in the future, until he can bear an unimaginable number of Immortal Emperor Dao Fruits.

Beyond limits, above the world, beyond eternity, amidst the endless sacrificial fire that obliterates cause and effect, Fang Ming unleashed his incomparably powerful Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit, its perfect radiance illuminating the void.

The endless flames ignited his Dao Fruit with a 'boom,' causing it to continuously crumble until everything disappeared. His traces in the world were wiped out, and even the heavens and the worlds became 'nothingness.'

The stronger the Dao Fruit, the more intense the ritual of sacrificing to the Dao.

Whether one can successfully perform the ritual depends not only on one's own inherent qualities but also on a bit of luck. If one doesn't have that feeling, forcibly performing the ritual will only lead to one's true and complete eternal annihilation.

Unless one's environment, beliefs, and inner strength are all perfectly suited to the conditions for performing a ritual, it is possible to forcefully perform such a ritual, as the original ruthless person did.

Fortunately, the opportunity that Fang Ming seized was not fake; it was genuine.

After all things withered, a glimmer of light appeared and spread infinitely. Fang Ming's myriad worlds reappeared, and he successfully performed the Dao sacrifice!

Fang Ming stretched and nodded, saying, "Is this the Dao of Sacrifice? It certainly gives one the feeling of being omnipotent!"

After the ritual was successfully completed, he became especially powerful, particularly someone like him who had fused with the Dao Fruits of the Five Immortal Emperors.

Of course, it is impossible to be omnipotent without any restrictions.

In fact, it wasn't just him; Wushi had already successfully performed the ritual.

He had just successfully completed the ritual when Ye Fan, Shi Hao, and the ruthless man appeared not far away, looking solemnly towards the plateau.

They have already performed the Dao Sacrifice four times, but in terms of strength, Fang Ming is still inferior to these three.

However, they were still on the same level. Fang Ming looked towards the direction of the high plateau and saw that the place was shrouded in mist, with endless primordial matter boiling and one after another, ferocious and terrifying figures appeared, numbering more than ten!

Those figures are clearly the strange progenitors of the past. Now they bear the great power of the highland and radiate a power that surpasses all before!
Centered on the high plateau and the countless figures, indescribable and ineffable patterns spread outwards, extending towards the endless past and future.

“Just now, the instant you performed the ritual, we were exposed, and then the will of that eerie plateau awakened.” Shi Hao gazed at the plateau, his expression extremely solemn.

It wasn't that Fang Ming didn't want to enter other realms of sacrificial rituals, but rather that he couldn't, because once he did, the gates to the realms would close.

Not only him, but Ye Fan and the ruthless man were also preparing for their final battle.

Ye Fan looked at Fang Ming and solemnly said, "Fellow Daoist, be prepared. If there is a great battle later, leave immediately to verify our method of transcendence. If you succeed, come back to avenge us."

Fang Ming gazed at the figures that carried the will and strength of the high plateau and said, "Don't worry, they may not be able to find us."

The highland of E'tu does indeed have its own will, but it may not necessarily truly bear the power of the three generations of bronze coffin masters.

It only carries the power of the three generations of bronze coffin masters after they sealed themselves.

Admittedly, after the Three Generations Copper Coffin Master sealed himself, he became an ordinary person, and his own strength inevitably increased endlessly. However, that power may not have reached the level of a true sacrificial path.

Moreover, Fang Ming was quite confident in his attribute panel.

Upon hearing this, Shi Hao, Ye Fan, and the ruthless man showed surprise in their eyes, but did not lower their guard.

As expected, even with the awakening of the will of the high plateau, it was indeed unable to truly find the location of Fang Ming's myriad worlds.

Shi Hao and Ye Fan exchanged a glance and said, "However, this doesn't mean we're safe now. We must break free of the 'boundary' and come outside the Dao to prevent it from destroying the entire primordial land within the Dao!"

Back when they entered another space-time and merged with another version of themselves, they sensed the boundaries of the 'Tao'.

Therefore, with their strength greatly increased at this time, they were able to do such a thing.

Without any hesitation, the two of them, along with Fang Ming, decisively took action, leaping out of the endless space-time and beyond the infinite universe.

They leaped out of nothingness, out of chaos, and even the concept of 'existence'. In this 'nothingness' beyond the Dao, the endless space-time and infinite universe they leaped out of, chaos and 'existence' were reduced to a point in the original state, also known as the primordial land.

Looking out from here, countless primordial lands of the same level appear one after another!

Shi Hao and Ye Fan's gazes shifted, looking at one primordial land after another, where they saw reflections of themselves and countless eerie plateaus. Seeing this, they fell silent, their minds filled with only one thought: they must transcend, they must become true beings beyond the Dao of Sacrifice.

Just then, as they leaped out of the realm within the Dao, they saw that within the primordial land, infinite spacetime, infinite universes, infinite chaos, and even 'existence' itself had been utterly annihilated by an indescribable force.

Only the eerie plateau remains, still standing in its original place.

In the future, chaos will restart, spacetime will be regenerated, and living beings will reappear beneath the immortal path.

Seeing this, Fang Ming was filled with emotion, thinking to himself, "That's some incredible strength to flip a table!"

Fang Ming looked at the two people beside him: "What level of power is that?"

“At least they are all genuine sacrificial rituals.” Shi Hao said solemnly, “As for how many times, or whether they have surpassed the sacrificial rituals, we cannot be certain.”

The "sacrifice to the Way" he spoke of was not the current sacrificial ceremony, but rather the ceremony performed after one has truly attained the essence of the "Way".

The current sacrificial rites are flawed. The true sacrificial rites are like those of the three masters of the bronze coffin, which cycle endlessly, spiral upwards, and constantly restart the 'Tao' of the entire world.

It is precisely because Shi Hao and Ye Fan were not complete that they entered that special space and underwent extreme transformation.

The Immortal Emperor attained enlightenment, but that does not mean he was equivalent to the Supreme Dao; otherwise, there would be no so-called backlash.

It's not complete yet; it still has flaws.

The perfection of the Immortal Emperor realm does not equate to one's own 'Dao' being comparable to the complete Supreme Dao; it merely means that one's realm is at its perfection.

Judging from the way the Immortal Emperor attained enlightenment, if one cannot fully comprehend the Dao before attaining enlightenment and then establish one's own Dao, then one can never be equal to the supreme Dao.

Of course, there is also a way to make up for it, which is to use different 'Dao' to cultivate different Immortal Emperor Dao Fruits, and then continuously sacrifice to the Dao, constantly expanding one's scope of indifference.

After the ritual is successfully performed, all the rules, the Heavenly Way, and all order within the Dao lose their meaning to beings at this level. This is itself a form of 'ignoring' and a manifestation of 'omnipotence'.

As the number of Immortal Emperor Dao Fruits cultivated by sacrificing different 'Dao' increases, the scope of what can be ignored expands, and their level will naturally move closer and closer to the true sacrificial Dao, eventually becoming the true sacrificial Dao.

“It’s alright, we will soon reach the true realm of sacrificial cultivation,” Fang Ming said.

With a thought, the myriad worlds unfolded, radiating a shimmering light, becoming an insignificant point within this 'nothingness'.

The next step is simple: after becoming a true Daoist, reopen the gates of the myriad realms and open up different foreign lands. That means obtaining all of the Dao and then establishing your own Dao.

Time flies, and a million years of normal life pass in the blink of an eye.

During this period, Fang Ming opened thousands of gates to the heavens, connecting thousands of different heavens.

During this period, they have been continuously sacrificing their Immortal Emperor Dao Fruits, moving closer to the true path of sacrificial Dao.

When Ye Fan, Shi Hao, and Ruthless Ren successfully performed the 999th and 998th sacrificial rites, a qualitative change occurred.

After the success of the 999th sacrificial ceremony, an incredible qualitative change occurred, and they completely transformed into beings on another level.

It cannot be thought of, discussed, or spoken; it cannot be imagined, measured, or observed.

The figures of the three appeared, spontaneously withdrawing all their supernatural powers.

Their gazes swept across the boundaries of the myriad worlds, looking toward one primordial land after another.

Shi Hao said, "There are indeed remnants in that place that exceed the level of true sacrificial power, and we still cannot deal with them."

Clearly, they are not yet in the true realm of ritual.

Those present showed no sign of urgency; the path had been thoroughly tested, and now it was their turn to have the advantage.

Soon after Shi Hao, Ye Fan, and Ruthless Man stepped into the true realm of sacrificial arts, Fang Ming and Wu Shi also followed suit.

As for the others, apart from the Primordial Immortal Emperor who fused with his Dark Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit and successfully stepped into the original Sacrifice Dao Domain and has already embarked on the path, the others are still accumulating experience and searching for that feeling.

On the contrary, Chu Feng, who was brought from the future by Ye Fan, has surpassed him and has already gone far in the field of sacrificial arts. Compared with his predecessors, he is only lacking in accumulation.

In addition, there is the originator of pollen road, who also traveled a very long way.

Sometimes, things are just so helpless. Although Luo Tianxian and Meng Hai, who came from the heavens, cultivated to the second or even third Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit, the opportunity for that kind of sacrificial ceremony just didn't appear, and there was nothing they could do.

After stepping into the true path of sacrifice, obtaining all that is 'the Way' and then forming one's own Way is not too difficult for them.

On the contrary, becoming an Immortal Emperor seems easier than before, and it takes less time.

It is indeed easier to prove non-existence first and then prove existence.

This is a spiraling, cyclical process of going from something to nothing, from nothing to something, and then from something to nothing again.

(End of this chapter)