Golden Core is a Star, and You Call This Cultivation?

Deputy Leader Divine Mechanism pondered for a long time before speaking.

"You're still so young, yet you're already so deeply afflicted. Could it be that the path of cultivation has been wrong from the very beginning?"

Qi Yuan shook his head at this. "As long as one's strength increases, no path is wrong. It's just that the path you all walk may not be suitable for me."

Deputy Leader Divine Mechanism's eyelids turned pale, as if deep in thought. After about ten breaths, he sighed. "You have a great chance of reaching the fifth layer of Yang God."

In his eyes, Qi Yuan was currently forging his own path. If this continued, he would undoubtedly become a Dao Lord in the future, shaking the cosmos.

However... when it came to this, Deputy Leader Divine Mechanism still felt a sense of despair.

Although the fifth layer of Yang God was ten thousand, even a hundred million times better than the fourth layer—at least it didn't involve the annihilation of the true spirit—the universe entering a cycle, becoming an alternative omniscient and omnipotent being... was that truly good?

Perhaps everyone had their own answer to this question.

At that moment, a mysterious voice echoed in the hearts of Qi Yuan and Deputy Leader Divine Mechanism.

"If possible, delay entering the Dao Lord realm as long as you can."

In the void ahead, a five-colored "巫" (Wu) character appeared.

It was a symbol, representing the uniqueness of the heavens.

In this "巫" character, Qi Yuan seemed to see a vast cultivation system.

Wu Scholars, Great Wu.

"Greetings, Dao Lord of the Wu Path!" Deputy Leader Divine Mechanism immediately bowed, his attitude extremely humble.

This "巫" character represented the will of the Dao Lord of the Wu Path.

Qi Yuan's expression also shifted slightly. This was the first time he had encountered a being of the fifth layer of Yang God.

Such beings were the ultimate existence on the path of cultivation, the highest beings in the myriad universes.

"Greetings, Dao Lord," Qi Yuan also spoke with a bit more seriousness.

The "巫" character transmitted a voice devoid of joy or sorrow.

"The various Dao Lords established the Myriad Transformations Society to seek change, to find a trace of variability.

If you step into the fifth layer, variability will cease to exist."

In a fixed, unchanging world, a cyclical spacetime, even a trace of variability could bring hope of breaking the cycle.

However, within the Dao Lords' systems, there might be small variables, but they couldn't change the overall situation.

The end of the cultivation path was the fifth layer of Yang God, an unchanging cycle.

Thus, all Dao Lords believed that beyond the fifth layer of Yang God lay variability.

Hence, the Myriad Transformations Society was created.

"The fifth layer of Yang God is too difficult; I'm still far from it," Qi Yuan replied earnestly.

He was currently only an Yin God cultivator.

"What do you need?" The Dao Lord of the Wu Path was straightforward, wasting no words.

"I need cultivation techniques, the more the better," Qi Yuan said, looking expectantly at the "巫" character.

"All techniques of the Wu Path are contained within this '巫' character. I now bestow it upon you."

With that, the "巫" character floated down like a leaf and landed in Qi Yuan's hand.

The voice of the Dao Lord of the Wu Path abruptly ceased, as if it had vanished.

Qi Yuan took the "巫" character, his eyes filled with surprise. "The Dao Lord of the Wu Path is so generous. Ah, if only my white moonlights were as generous as him, they wouldn't have struggled so much."

Within the "巫" character were a hundred volumes of the Dao Lord's true scriptures, along with countless other Wu Path techniques.

There were more techniques here than Qi Yuan had encountered in his entire life.

If he still needed Ning Tao and Canary to condense stellar Golden Cores, these techniques would likely allow him to condense billions.

"Isn't he afraid that I'll comprehend all the Wu Path techniques and devour him?" Qi Yuan muttered softly.

Deputy Leader Divine Mechanism's mouth twitched, feeling that Qi Yuan was being audacious.

"In this world, there has never been a case of a Dao Lord falling in battle."

The Wu Path revered the Dao Lord of the Wu Path as supreme. Even if later generations comprehended all the Wu Path techniques, they could never surpass the Dao Lord of the Wu Path.

In the Wu Path, He was the supreme, the only eternal existence.

Hearing this, Qi Yuan thought of the Dao Lord from the Immortal Realm.

"Have any Dao Lords fallen?" he asked.

In the Myriad Transformations Society, Qi Yuan had read many books but had never seen any records of such events.

Deputy Leader Divine Mechanism pondered for a moment. "Perhaps there have been, but I do not know.

For example, the Dao Lord of the Nanke Universe disappeared, becoming an eternal mystery.

There are rumors that this Dao Lord chose to enter nirvana."

"Is that so?" Qi Yuan also pondered.

...

After concluding his conversation with Deputy Leader Divine Mechanism, Qi Yuan headed alone to the final few opportunity zones.

With the White Profound Palace Master fleeing and the Black Profound Palace Master dead, he encountered almost no resistance as he entered the opportunity zones.

His true spirit became purer and more unified, and his strength increased rapidly.

"How strong am I now?"

Qi Yuan murmured.

He felt his strength swelling immensely.

If he were to encounter Black Heaven now, he could probably easily subdue him.

"How far is this strength from that of a Dao Lord?"

Qi Yuan muttered to himself, then shook his head.

He had never fought a Dao Lord and didn't know how strong they truly were.

Although he had seen the "巫" character, that was only the tip of the iceberg.

"Now, I've completed all thirty-six opportunity zones."

Qi Yuan thought of the message bottle in the Cosmic Spirit Sea.

After completing all thirty-six opportunity zones, he could receive the inheritance of a mysterious great being.

He was very curious about this mysterious being.

After all, in Qi Yuan's current view, these thirty-six opportunity zones represented thirty-six beings at the second stage of the fourth layer of Yang God.

Even now, Qi Yuan only wielded the Gate of Myriad Principles treasure.

Yet, this mysterious existence had created thirty-six opportunity zones, and... their attributes were all similar.

This meant that the thirty-six opportunity zones represented thirty-six similar fourth-layer Yang Gods.

This similarity was like that between Qi Yuan and Black Heaven in the Divine Wood Universe.

This made Qi Yuan deeply astonished.

This method was terrifying, horrifying.

Qi Yuan's figure flashed, and he reappeared in the Cosmic Spirit Sea.

This time, the Cosmic Spirit Sea was unusually quiet.

In the flowing fiery liquid, the shadows of fish leaped.

He looked over and saw that on a boat made of water, there seemed to be a shadow.

The shadow was facing away from Qi Yuan, as if fishing.

"You've come."

The shadow spoke, its voice lacking focus, as if speaking to no one in particular.

[Shadow of the Dao Lord of Nanke.]

Qi Yuan's eyes also received this piece of information.

Indeed, the fewer the words, the greater the matter.

The shadow before him was none other than the shadow of a Dao Lord!

Regarding the Dao Lord of Nanke, Qi Yuan didn't know much, only that Dragon Turtle Supreme's disciple, Red Fortune, came from the Nanke Universe.

"Indeed," Qi Yuan replied.

At that moment, deep within the Cosmic Spirit Sea, several small boats slowly emerged.

On these boats were shadows, or rather, figures.

"You've come."

"You've come."

"You've come."

Nine figures appeared simultaneously, their voices mysterious, echoing in Qi Yuan's ears like the sounds of the Great Dao.

Qi Yuan's eyes widened slightly.

Because the information his eyes received was... astonishing.

[Shadow of the Dao Lord of the Void Path.]

[Shadow of the Dao Lord of the Heavy Origin Path.]

...

[Shadow of the Dao Lord of the Immortal Path.]

Including the shadow of the Dao Lord of Nanke, there were ten Dao Lord shadows!

Among them was even the shadow of the Dao Lord of the Immortal Path.

This meant there were ten Dao Lords!

It was important to know that the Cosmic Sea connected tens of thousands of universes.

Yet, the Dao Lords behind the Myriad Transformations Society numbered only in the single digits.

Here, however, he saw ten Dao Lord shadows at once. How could he not be shocked?

More importantly, these ten Dao Lords... seemed to have all fallen.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be seeing these shadows.

"You... no... you are all the same person."

Qi Yuan's voice carried a hint of surprise.

These ten Dao Lords were, in fact, the same person.

The ten Dao Lords turned around, their faces myriad, and looked at Qi Yuan, speaking slowly, "The fifth layer of Yang God is the end, the ultimate limit. What I sought in my life was to break through the boundaries of the fifth layer of Yang God and step into the sixth layer, or beyond."

Qi Yuan looked at this terrifying being, listening intently.

"I was exceptionally talented. At sixteen, I could shatter stars with a single punch, deserving the title of a heavenly god.

In just three hundred thousand years, I opened the heavens and created worlds, stepping into the third layer of Yang God.

At this layer, I sat in meditation for a hundred thousand epochs, and finally... stepped into the fifth layer of Yang God."

The Dao Lord's voice was filled with melancholy.

Qi Yuan seemed to see a peerless genius, despairing over the path of cultivation.

It wasn't that it took him a hundred thousand epochs to reach the Dao Lord realm; it was that he didn't want to.

The path of cultivation had confined him.

"Unfortunately, once you reach the fifth layer of Yang God, you enter a cycle."

The Dao Lord sighed deeply.

The cycle meant different things to different Dao Lords.

With his terrifying talent, this Dao Lord was unwilling to accept the cycle, unwilling to accept an alternative omniscience and omnipotence.

If an alternative omniscience and omnipotence existed, then true omniscience and omnipotence must also exist.

"Variability... has appeared."

The Dao Lord's voice carried a glimmer of hope.

"A little guy entered the Heavy Origin Universe. I observed him for a billion years, watching him fall.

I... obtained his physique, the Dream Origin Body!"

"Dream Origin Body?" Qi Yuan asked in surprise.

"That little guy was special, born as an Yin God.

I also obtained a portion of his memories, and in them, I saw hope."

Hearing this, Qi Yuan couldn't help but think of the ruins in the Mortal Heart realm.

There were also races born as Yin Gods, and without reaching the Great Venerable level, they would suffer from malnutrition and need to drink nutrient solutions.

"There are ten supreme physiques in the world. It is said that obtaining one of them can break through the fifth layer of Yang God and shatter the cycle."

"Unfortunately, the Dream Origin Body I obtained was ultimately just an imitation."

The Dao Lord sighed.

A true Dream Origin Body could not be grafted.

He had merely simulated and reconstructed a Dream Origin Body.

"However, even with this imitation Dream Origin Body, I still... gained immensely."

"In my dreams, I created the Nanke Universe, the Immortal Realm, and the Meteor Universe, among tens of thousands of others.

In these universes, I became a Dao Lord nine times and reached the fourth layer of Yang God thirty-six times."

As he spoke, the Dao Lord's face showed a mix of pride and despair.

Ten times a Dao Lord, thirty-six times at the fourth layer of Yang God.

The Dream Origin Body was indeed terrifying.

Because reaching the fourth layer of Yang God meant the annihilation of the true spirit.

But the Dream Origin Body created illusory worlds, or dream worlds, allowing him to continue forging new paths.

"Unfortunately, even so... I still failed."

"I am already the strongest Dao Lord, with ten paths combined in one body, yet I still cannot break through to the sixth layer of Yang God, or beyond."

The Dao Lord's voice was filled with desolation and despair.

"Finally, I chose another path, one where... the strong sever the future. Perhaps... this can break the cycle."

The Dao Lord continued.

In the end, despairing and immensely powerful, he chose to enter nirvana.

By having a being at the fourth layer of Yang God, at the moment of breakthrough, reach the pinnacle and sever the future, giving the universe a chance.

"Unfortunately, I cannot see the future path."

"Later generations, can you... see the scenery beyond Yang God for me?"

Hearing this, Qi Yuan's thoughts were calm, but he felt a sense of melancholy. "Alright."

He also wanted to see the scenery of the sixth layer of Yang God, or beyond.

However, he felt it would be difficult.

Because he was only an Yin God now.

And currently, the loading of new games in the jade slip was becoming slower and slower.

He didn't know when the next game would come.

"My gift to you is... the Dream Origin Body," the Dao Lord said, his voice mysterious. "The reason I could become a Dao Lord of ten paths and reach the fourth layer of Yang God thirty-six times was all due to this physique, as well as my pitifully weak talent and effort."

His voice carried a hint of helplessness and unwillingness.

It was as if he believed in the "theory of bloodline."

At their level, they didn't believe in physiques, bloodlines, or talent.

The self was the strongest.

But this Dao Lord had struggled for so long, only to find that a physique brought him more power than his efforts.

How could he accept this?

"I hope you can achieve the true Dream Origin Body."

After the Dao Lord finished speaking.

The ten shadows on the boat all turned to look at Qi Yuan.

Ten gazes, some filled with expectation, some with despair, some emotionless, all focused on Qi Yuan.

In that instant, the ten shadows vanished.

As if they had never existed.

At that moment, Qi Yuan realized that his physique had changed.

"So... I now have the Dream Origin Body?"

"A fake Dream Origin Body?"

Of course, this physique wasn't the pure Dream Origin Body, but a reduced, imitated version.

"What is the relationship between the Dream Origin Body and the Devouring Origin Body?"

Qi Yuan pondered.

He thought of the Foodless Holy Mother, who possessed two powerful origin bodies.

Later, the Foodless Holy Mother gave him the Devouring Origin Body.

This terrifying physique had helped Qi Yuan greatly.

In the Mortal Heart Realm, without the Devouring Origin Body, even with the Great Forgetfulness Heart Sutra and all the Nascent Souls, he might not have been able to defeat those two Yang Gods.

"So... the Immortal Realm and the Nanke Universe were dream universes created by the Dao Lord using the Dream Origin Body?"

Qi Yuan pondered.

At this moment, he understood many things.

These universes were illusory.

Of course, at their level, the distinction between illusion and reality was unimportant.

Illusory beings were still beings.

Dream creatures were still creatures.

The only difference was...

"No wonder the beings of the Immortal Realm cannot leave for other worlds.

The Dao Lord of the Immortal Realm has fallen. If the beings went to other worlds and discovered the truth, they would easily perish."

"Moreover, these worlds were created by the Dao Lord and exist within his dreams."

"The Dao Lord has fallen. Where does the dream exist?"

"If these beings were to realize this, these universes would likely collapse instantly."