Chapter 997: Rapid Advancement!!

With a flick of a finger, two hundred years of time rushed by in a blur.

Deep within the Zhang Clan Ancestral Secret Realm, moonlight lay shrouded all year round, Dao Patterns of Sun and Moon interweaving and circulating, the flow of time here forming its own rhythm.

After a long while, Chen Sheng, who sat upright upon the lotus platform of the Secret Realm, slowly opened his eyes.

Within his gaze, the clear radiance of Taiyin and the dusky golden glow of the [Void Sun] intertwined and coiled, myriad shattered lights of Dao Principles rising and sinking in the depths of his eyes.

The Dao Techniques recorded upon the Celestial Radiance Immortal Scripture surfaced in his heart:

“The Dao of All Wonders lies in transforming the one into the myriad, ruling the auxiliary by the main…”

The next instant.

That Innate Taiyin Dao Seed, long since perfected and flawless, suddenly erupted with boundless Great Dao radiance.

Layer upon layer of brand-new phenomena emerged unceasingly upon the surface of the Dao Seed.

Yin Yang revolving, time flowing backward, void and nothingness, myriad phenomena concealed and ferried, light and shadow dividing…

One after another, derivative Great Dao veins took root in succession, all the myriad subtleties returning to the one, winding around the Life-Bound Dao Seed as it slowly turned.

Ten thousand Daos assisting, a thousand wonders coexisting.

Boom!!

A soft sound.

The aura around Chen Sheng climbed layer by layer, smoothly crossing the threshold, without the slightest obstruction; his Cultivation formally stepped into the Mahayana Second Step.

“Realm of All Wonders! It’s done!!”

Feeling the ever vaster Dao Domain within his body, Chen Sheng had only one thought in his heart:

“Too fast!”

“With this span of time, an ordinary Mahayana Cultivator would likely find it insufficient even to stabilize their Realm! Yet my Cultivation has climbed another story higher!!”

Such terrifying speed of Cultivation, even as its creator, left Chen Sheng with a trace of shock.

But moments later, his emotions calmed, and his mind cleared:

“The empowerment of the Golden Position is too immense!”

“Even if the Golden Position has many drawbacks, for a Cultivator it is, in the end, a fortune of ascending in a single step.”

“Taking charge of the [Void Sun] Main Position was the most correct decision.”

As his Realm rose ceaselessly, the resonance of his dual-body Great Dao grew ever more tight.

Chen Sheng now possessed a far more thorough understanding of the hierarchical division of authority, pollution rules, and combat power disparities of that other-dimensional Star Constellation Golden Position.

In the depths of his heart, he silently sorted out the comparative structure of the two sides.

“Now that I’ve stepped into the Realm of All Wonders, if we speak purely of the weight and breadth of Great Dao authority, I still fall short of the ‘I’ who holds the [Void Sun].”

“The [Void Sun] Main Position’s authority is vast beyond measure; rooted in the Lesser Yang Great Sun, it unites void, time, concealment and ferrying… ten thousand subsidiary Great Daos gathered into one vein, its creation reaching the Profound Realm.”

“If we strip away the negative weakening brought by Golden Position pollution, judging only by pure authority foundation, the ‘I’ seated upon the Main Position is enough to rival a Great Power of Mahayana Third Layer Profound Realm.”

“Breaking down the remaining Tier Four ranks of the [Void Sun] further, their corresponding Realms become immediately apparent.”

“The [Void Sun] Secondary Position and Guest Position possess lesser authority; with pollution removed, they correspond to Mahayana Second Layer Realm of All Wonders.”

“The [Void Sun] Sequential Position and Intercalary Position have the weakest authority; with pollution removed, they merely correspond to Mahayana First Layer Realm of Induction.”

“Of course, this classification of mine is purely determined by the subtle level of the Star Constellation authority itself and the Great Dao foundation behind it.”

“Yet within that dimension, the actual combat power gap among the True Monarchs of Gold is far from so extreme.”

“The root lies in the omnipresent source pollution of the Golden Positions.”

“Aside from a handful of special Golden Positions that have birthed Dao Embryos, all other Star Constellation ranks follow an iron law: the more majestic the authority held, the higher the rank, the more violent and deadly the Golden Position pollution one must endure.”

“A Main Position True Monarch grasps supreme authority and suffers the heaviest pollution, their combat power greatly weakened; that of a Secondary Position is weakened to a lesser degree…”

“And so on down the line to the final Intercalary Position, which suffers the least weakening and, in a sense, is the most free.”

“This is also why, throughout history, Intercalary Position True Monarchs have been able to slip away to other Dao lineages!!”

Chen Sheng’s gaze grew deep as he pondered the combat logic of the Golden Position world:

“In sum, the terrifying Golden Position pollution forcibly smooths out the immense foundational differences between the five ranks, drawing the actual combat power of all True Monarchs of Gold infinitely close.”

“Only within the same Golden Position does the Main Position possess an innate authority of dominance over the other four ranks, able to absolutely crush and command those below.”

“But if the struggle crosses Dao lineages—for example, when the Sun Residence lineage clashes with the Water Residence lineage—then no matter how vastly different their fruits of attainment, the higher one can at most suppress, and absolutely cannot complete a thorough crushing.”

Having understood all these hidden rules, Chen Sheng’s eyes suddenly lit up:

“As my Realm continues to advance and my Dao Heart grows ever more firm… the ability of my other-self incarnation to resist pollution will likewise rise in tandem.”

“Given time, I may be able to completely offset this Golden Position backlash, allowing that other self to fully wield all the combat power of the Main Position!”

Once his emotions settled, Chen Sheng put away stray thoughts and set down his subsequent Cultivation plan in his heart.

“First, let the incarnation head to the Immortal Mountain’s core—to the Wan Dao Gui Xu Abyss.”

…

In the heartland of the Celestial Brilliance Immortal Mountain.

Chen Sheng’s incarnation restrained all edges, revealing only the aura of a standard Mahayana Realm of All Wonders, and arrived at the most central location of the entire Immortal Mountain.

Ahead, an abyss spanned heaven and earth, black mist rolling with ten thousand streams of Dao radiance without ceasing.

Upon the walls of the abyss countless independent Enlightenment caves had been carved; one after another, thick and vast Mahayana auras rose and fell from within those caves, crossing and intertwining.

Chen Sheng halted at the abyss’s edge:

“This is the place—the Wan Dao Gui Xu Abyss.”

“All Mahayana Cultivators of this dimension are gathered here to seek Enlightenment.”

The Inner Sect information he had perused in the past now surfaced in his mind.

“Ever since the Celestial Brilliance Immortal Mountain descended, this dimension began its journey of dimensional elevation…”

“The upper limit of heaven and earth was ceaselessly raised, and the threshold for the world to bear the strong continually heightened.”

“The originally fixed Ascension channels were thus closed, imprisoning all Mahayana Cultivators of this dimension; none can Ascend to the Eternal Immortal Domain.”

“Ascension being obstructed seems like a shackle, yet in truth it is an opportunity.”

“On the path of dimensional elevation, even if one Ascends to the Eternal Immortal Domain, one may not necessarily encounter such a fortune.”

And the core of this dimensional elevation opportunity lay precisely within the Wan Dao Gui Xu Abyss at his feet.

Chen Sheng looked down into the vast abyss below, where countless mighty torrents of Laws rolled and collided at the abyss’s bottom.

The origin Laws of the myriad Grand Thousand Worlds of this dimension were all gathered here, and, riding the trend of the world’s dimensional elevation, they collided, disassembled, merged, and returned to one without cease.

“If one wishes to walk the Mahayana path to its end, establishing one’s own Dao route, forging a complete, exclusive system of Laws, and knocking upon the gate of True Immortality…”

“Then this place is an incomparably excellent Holy Land of Enlightenment!!”

Chen Sheng’s heart stirred; he entered an unoccupied independent cave within the abyss, sealed the cave’s Restrictions, and sat in Calm Heart to comprehend the origins of the ten thousand Daos.

Within the abyss.

Yet in just a short moment, Chen Sheng gently shook his head, murmuring inwardly:

“This is indeed a blessed environment for Enlightenment, with Cultivation efficiency multiplied.”

“But compared to the Golden Position’s kind of exceedingly lofty rank, overlooking the origin, there is still a vast disparity.”

“Of course, the opportunity of an entire dimension’s elevation cannot possibly compare to that special heaven and earth!!”

He recalled how, earlier, he had looked down from above the dimension and seen that scene of countless dimensions superimposed!

“Though I have never seen the Eternal Immortal Domain, I imagine it is not much different!!”

“That dimension is where the true opportunity lies!!”