Chapter 300 - 279: Art - Law - Dao

Chapter 300: Chapter 279: Art - Law - Dao

He could already alter the effects and power of his Magic based on his own understanding. In other words, he was attempting to modify Magic and even create new ones.

However, over the years, he’d always felt that something was holding him back. He felt his pursuit of Magic had fallen into a misconception.

But as for what this misconception was, Sun Long could never figure it out.

Now, hearing Jiang Xu’s words, Sun Long felt like he was on the verge of understanding something, but the truth was like an ethereal wind, always just out of his grasp.

A mystery that had once been completely impenetrable was now right before his eyes, just one step away from being solved. Sun Long was now both expectant and excited, anxiously awaiting Jiang Xu’s explanation.

But just then, Jiang Xu’s words came to an abrupt halt.

This left Sun Long unable to bear being left hanging, and he quickly spoke up.

"Stop keeping me in suspense. Don’t worry, I’ll agree to your request, as long as your method is actually viable."

Hearing this, Jiang Xu knew that Sun Long had taken the bait.

When it came to other Magic, Jiang Xu might not be Sun Long’s equal. But for Magic like the Spiritual Eye Technique and the Concealing Breath Spell, which he had mastered to a perfect level, Jiang Xu’s understanding absolutely surpassed Sun Long’s.

"Your understanding of Magic is still stuck at the ’Technique’ stage."

"If you only delve in this direction, your potential is limited. The Spiritual Eye Technique is, after all, just a Magic of the Qi Cultivation Realm. No matter how much you improve it, its power will be stuck at the Qi Cultivation Stage, unable to compare to Foundation Establishment."

Sun Long’s breath hitched.

’The ’Technique’ stage?’

’Does that mean... there are even deeper stages?’

"The next stage after Technique is—Law."

"Law, as in fundamental Law."

"The Laws in Heaven and Earth are innumerable. You must see through to the essence of a Magic and peer into the Law it represents. Use your own spiritual will to leverage the power of the Heaven and Earth Laws to support you. Only then can the upper limit of a Magic be raised to a terrifying level."

Sun Long stood frozen to the spot.

—Law.

—Law.

—The Laws of Heaven and Earth.

’So that’s how it is.’

’It was actually like that!’

’The direction of my research has been completely wrong all along.’

’Even if it seemed like I’d made some short-term improvements...’

’In the end, I could never break through the original limitations. I was just struggling in vain within a confined space.’

’It seems I really was wrong!’

Just as Sun Long was about to sincerely admit his mistake, Jiang Xu’s voice rang out again.

"After Technique comes Law, but Law is not the final stage."

"After Law comes—the Dao!"

Atop the auspicious cloud.

Everyone was silent.

Technique.

Law.

Dao.

Everyone below Foundation Establishment, with the exception of Sun Fan, was completely bewildered.

As for those at Foundation Establishment and above...

They were all struck speechless with astonishment.

Especially the Third Elder.

The other Foundation Establishment Cultivators had not reached that level.

They only had a preliminary, vague understanding of Jiang Xu’s words.

But they already knew the weight of their meaning.

As for the Third Elder.

Her Cultivation had now reached the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and she frequently interacted with Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivators. Through this exposure, she had gained some understanding of the path to the Golden Core.

On the path of cultivation, crossing every Great Realm brings a qualitative change.

From Qi Cultivation to Foundation Establishment, the qualitative change is the generation of Divine Sense.

And from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core, the qualitative change is being able to sense the Power of Law through the Golden Core.

After the Golden Core Realm, what Cultivators pursue is not powerful Magic, but Divine Powers that are more suited to their own Law.

The next stage after Technique is Law. In her opinion, there was nothing wrong with that statement.

As for the stage after Law, the Third Elder had no idea what it was.

She was also unclear on the specific meaning of the ’Dao’ that Jiang Xu had mentioned.

However, just as the Third Elder saw that Sun Long was about to apologize to Jiang Xu, a thought suddenly flashed through her mind. She stepped forward to interrupt the words Sun Long was about to speak.

"Sun Long, don’t be so quick to apologize. I think there’s an obvious flaw in Sun Fan’s words."

’A flaw?’

’What flaw?’

Sun Long and everyone else were taken aback.

Including Jiang Xu, all eyes turned to the Third Elder.

"You said the stage after Technique is Law, and I have no issue with that. But to say that Sun Long’s direction with his Magic is wrong—I don’t agree."

Hearing the Third Elder say that his direction with Magic wasn’t wrong, yet also that she had no issue with ’Law’ coming after ’Technique’, left Sun Long feeling a bit confused.

’Isn’t that a contradiction?’

"Only Golden Core Zhenrens can comprehend the Laws. One only reaches the ’Law’ level after reaching the Golden Core Realm."

"Sun Long is only in the Qi Cultivation Realm. Where is he supposed to go to comprehend the Laws?"

"If he really followed your advice, I’m afraid Sun Long would waste his entire life, unable to make an inch of progress, and eventually die full of regret!"

The Third Elder’s words struck Sun Long’s mind like a bolt from the blue.

’That’s right!’

’He was just a mere Qi Cultivation Late Stage Cultivator.’

’And because of the abnormality in his Dantian, even reaching the Qi Cultivation Great Perfection level of Cultivation had always been an extravagant hope.’

’Yet this Sun Fan was actually telling him to pursue a direction of research into the Laws, something only Golden Core Cultivators could comprehend?’

’Isn’t that just deliberately trying to screw me over?!’

But just as Sun Long was about to fly into a rage at Jiang Xu, Jiang Xu spoke a single, light sentence.

"Why do you think you can only utilize the Laws after reaching the Golden Core Realm?"

"The Laws exist throughout Heaven and Earth. Even if you’re not a Golden Core Cultivator and can’t control the Laws, you can still comprehend them and thereby use them to strengthen your Magic."

"That’s impossible!" the Third Elder denied instantly, without a second thought.

"Did you arrive at this denial after decades or even centuries of dedicated research, or are you simply making a judgment based on your past experience and conjecture?"