"Empress Nuwa, you don't seem concerned about the Human Race's affairs, yet you're curious about me coming here?"
"I'm just an ordinary little cultivator of the Human Race!"
Hearing this, Nuwa couldn't help bursting into laughter.
"Wudao, do you take this palace for a fool? Would the future self of an ordinary cultivator be that terrifying? Besides, it's not that this palace doesn't care about the Human Race. Your future self crushed Yuanshi and Taiqing into pulp, and Lao...!"
Nuwa originally wanted to call out Teacher Hongjun, but thinking of the other party's recent actions, she paused involuntarily.
A moment later, she continued, "Hongjun has been sealed inside Zixiao Palace by your future self, and Jieyin and Zhunti were scared out of their wits, so naturally they won't dare to trouble the Human Race anytime soon."
"Since they won't be troubling the Human Race for a while, this palace naturally has time to be interested in your affairs!"
Hearing this, Ling Wudao immediately wore a helpless expression.
"Fine! Since you're curious, I won't keep it from you anymore."
"I am of the next generation nurtured by the humans you created, it's just that my encounters have been somewhat different!"
*Trying to pry information out of me? Let's see how I spin you a yarn. Anyway, you can't deduce anything about me, so I can make up whatever I want. Still, it's safer to make it somewhat logical so it's easier to move around in the future.*
"Ever since I was born, I loved drawing things, until one time...!"
After listening to the narrative, Nuwa and Tongtian couldn't help showing looks of utter shock.
This was simply a monstrosity! He had comprehended the Dao of Talismans through drawing patterns, and even inadvertently summoned his own future self, which was why he knew so many secrets of the Primordial World.
Yet Tongtian still didn't understand one thing: Ling Wudao was only at Mid Refining Essence into Qi, yet he could instantly obliterate a DaLuo-level cultivator in a split second. No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure that out!
After all, Refining Essence into Qi was merely the starting point for a cultivator; achieving a second-long annihilation of a DaLuo was simply impossible.
"Wudao, there's one thing I don't understand. How did you manage to instantly obliterate a DaLuo? With your strength at Mid Refining Essence into Qi, that should be fundamentally impossible."
*To think Tongtian is quite clever, actually asking me this question. But telling him does no harm; even if I tell him, he can't cultivate it anyway, since the method of Mythic DaLuo isn't something just anyone can practice.*
*Besides, since I'm going to win Tongtian over anyway, letting him know a few things isn't out of the question. As for the system, that definitely cannot be exposed.*
"Sage Tongtian, the reason I can instantly obliterate DaLuo Golden Immortals is actually due to the gap in our cultivation methods."
"Let me put it this way!"
"What you all cultivate now is the lowest grade of the Heavenly Dao. Your Primordial Spirits are entrusted to the Heavenly Dao Void, thereby gaining the ability of immortality. This Dao is the lowest stratum."
"Entrusting your Primordial Spirit to the Heavenly Dao is equivalent to placing your life in the hands of the Heavenly Dao. If the Heavenly Dao collapses, then you too will utterly perish."
"And the most important point is that you cannot leave the Primordial World. If you leave the Primordial World, you will be unable to receive the augmentation of Heavenly Dao power, and you will lose the ability to be immortal."
Hearing this, Nuwa and Tongtian fell into deep thought.
What Ling Wudao said was correct. Entrusting their Primordial Spirits to the Heavenly Dao Void granted them immortality, but it was restricted strictly within the Primordial World. Once they stepped outside the Primordial World, they would perish all the same.
However, they still couldn't understand why he claimed the Dao they cultivated was of the lowest grade.
Nuwa asked, "Wudao, although we have entrusted our Primordial Spirits to the Heavenly Dao Void, we have still reached the peak of cultivators. No matter how one looks at it, it cannot possibly be the lowest grade of Dao, right?"
Ling Wudao smiled faintly. "If I say your Dao is of a very low grade, naturally I have my reasons."
"It is simply because the Dao you practice is the Heavenly Dao, not the Great Dao, nor is it your own Dao."
"No matter how you cultivate, you can ultimately never transcend the Heavenly Dao. Given this, do you still think your Dao is high?"
"A portion of your Primordial Spirit is in the hands of the Heavenly Dao, meaning you can never comprehend the complete Dao of Laws."
"Therefore, your upper limit can only be the Ninth Heavenly Layer of Saint of the Heavenly Dao."
"But I am different. What I began by comprehending is the Dao itself."
"The Dao I speak of is neither the Heavenly Dao nor the Great Dao, but the true Dao!"
"The Dao is formless, imageless, uninvestigatable, unprobed, and immeasurable."
"The cultivation method I practice is called the [Mythic DaLuo Cultivation Method]!"
"Mythic DaLuo transcends the long river of time, remains eternally undying, unifies the past, present, and future into a single body, transcends beyond earth, water, fire, wind, and the five elements of yin and yang, commands all myriad phenomena of the universe, creates something out of nothing, makes the body the beginning and end of the Dao, moves the heavens with a thought, births universes with a single idea, keeps consciousness uncorrupted and true spirits undying, holds hundreds of millions of great chiliocosm worlds within the palm of one's hand, and attains eternal, carefree freedom."
"This cultivation method has four major realms: Refining Essence into Qi, Refining Qi into Spirit, Refining Spirit to Return to Void, and Refining Void to Integrate with Dao."
"These four major realms are further divided into three minor realms: early, middle, and late."
"Early Refining Essence into Qi is equivalent to a DaLuo Golden Immortal of the Primordial World; the middle stage is Peak Hunyuan Golden Immortal, which is my current realm; and the late stage is the realm of Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal. Ascending step by step in this manner, upon reaching the late stage of Refining Void to Integrate with Dao, one can attain the Dao and reach the realm of Mythic DaLuo."
Hearing Ling Wudao's explanation, Nuwa and Tongtian were so shocked their jaws nearly dropped.
The Mythic DaLuo Cultivation Method was simply too terrifying. Once one attained the Mythic DaLuo, that was truly becoming the Dao itself—it was utterly unimaginable.
The two of them remained in shock for a long time before slowly regaining their wits.
Nuwa looked at Ling Wudao. "This cultivation method defies the heavens too much. Although this palace shouldn't ask about the origins of your technique, I can't help feeling a bit curious about how you obtained this method."
Ling Wudao glanced at Nuwa, as if he had long guessed she would ask this question.
"How this cultivation method was obtained is actually very simple. Didn't I summon my future self? He was the one who gave me the cultivation method, so I started practicing it."
"However, cultivating this is extremely difficult. If my future self hadn't helped me condense a body of Primordial Pneuma, I wouldn't have been able to cultivate it at all."
"This method requires condensing a wisp of Primordial Pneuma."
"In the Mythic Method, Primordial Pneuma is also called Innate Breath; it is the primordial breath that gives birth to heaven, earth, humans, and all things, and it is the fundamental element that constitutes everything in heaven and earth."
"Simply put, Primordial Pneuma is the origin of all things!"
"Only by cultivating a wisp of Primordial Pneuma can one truly begin practicing the Mythic DaLuo Method."
"Alright, I've told you what you wanted to know. Next, it's time to talk about your affairs."
"Empress Nuwa, I know you created the Human Race, and they are essentially your children, but you are also revered by the Monster Clan as their Monster Emperor."
"You cannot waver back and forth. You must make a choice now: do you choose the Human Race, or do you choose the Monster Clan?"
"If you choose the Monster Clan, then the Human Race will forsake you."