Chapter 508 - 447: New Fruit Position!

"My Dao is a mirror, reflecting the Ten Thousand Laws; my heart is a furnace, refining myriad Daos.

"It is not bogged down by material things, nor constrained by rigid methods. It adapts to all changes, seeking only the ’truth.’

"This ’truth’ is ’my’ choice in this very moment. It is the Dao of the Self—the path I continue to firmly believe in and practice after enduring countless tribulations and witnessing the Daoist Skills of all heavens!"

"Freedom? Transcendence? The Dao of the Self?" the Daluo avatar’s tone was completely flat. "Does that not fall into ’ego attachment’?

"Compared to the state of ’selflessness,’ which is superior and which is inferior?"

"’Selflessness’ is merely a corner of the Dao Realm. It is worthy of respect and contemplation, but it is not the ultimate goal of my path." Qi Yun shook his head, his tone growing ever firmer.

"Our generation of cultivators defies the heavens to fight for our destiny. What we seek is the grand transcendence where our fate is dictated by ourselves, not the heavens!

"With a finite self, I seek the infinite Dao.

"With a self-centric heart, I encompass the state of selflessness!"

At this point, their discourse on the Dao had touched upon the most core conflict of Dao Thoughts. They spoke faster and faster, delving deeper into questions regarding space and time, life and death, karma, reality and illusion, Creation, and destruction. It covered almost every proposition one could encounter on the path of cultivation.

As the two debated, the entire ruined Daluo Heaven began to undergo a marvelous transformation. The roar of battle and the apocalyptic visions of destruction vanished. In their place, endless, magnificently profound manifestations of Dao Rhymes appeared!

At times, lotuses bloomed in the void—golden lotuses expounding on karma, cyan lotuses illustrating vitality, Black Lotuses symbolizing destruction, and White Lotuses representing purification.

At times, golden springs surged from the ground, their waters reflecting fragmented glimpses of the past and future.

At other times, phantoms of the sun, moon, and stars materialized out of thin air, orbiting in arcane trajectories to demonstrate the marvels of the Circulation of the stars.

There were even vast tapestries depicting the genesis of the universe, the rise and fall of civilizations, and the joys and sorrows of all living beings, flickering in and out of existence amidst chaotic air currents.

The entirety of Daluo Heaven seemed to transform into a living, ongoing encyclopedia of the Great Dao, materializing every principle and phenomenon touched upon during the debate between Qi Yun and the avatar. The grandeur of the spectacle and the pure vastness of the Dao Rhymes far surpassed any previous anomaly!

The discourse lasted for an unknown period of time.

Once Qi Yun had poured out every thought in his heart, myriad colors surged forth, and all paths submitted in an instant. The Daluo avatar slowly lifted his eyelids and gave Qi Yun a profound look. Then, the corners of his mouth curled up into a smile identical to the one Qi Yun usually wore.

"Excellent," he breathed out a single word.

The next moment, SWISH!

The Daluo avatar, who had been sitting cross-legged for who knew how long, abruptly stood up! He bowed slightly toward Qi Yun’s true body, who remained seated but had already come to comprehend everything.

BUZZ!

A Chaos Color divine light erupted explosively around the Daluo avatar, reaching the pinnacle of radiance! Amidst this divine light, his entire figure suddenly shrank and condensed, transforming into an indescribably concentrated Chaos Color Flowing Light!

WHOOSH!

This Chaos Color Flowing Light tore through the sky. Under Qi Yun’s calm yet expectant gaze, it sank effortlessly into his glabella.

RUMBLE!

The very instant the Chaos Color Flowing Light entered his glabella, a flurry of sounds echoed out!

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Within the void of Daluo Heaven, the origin Dao Rhymes left behind by the dissipation of the other eleven Venerable avatars—which Qi Yun had previously defeated and absorbed—shot out simultaneously from all directions! They transformed into eleven streaks of Venerable Flowing Light, each a different hue but equally pure and boundless!

The bright yellow of the Grand Emperor, the nine colors of the Imperial Ultimate, the black and white of the Limitless, the chaos of the Primordial Hongmeng, the red-gold of Pure Yang, the earthen yellow of the Profound Yellow, the pale cyan of the Profound Origin, the deep blue of the Great Void, the pitch-black of the Heavenly One Xuanming, the gilded gold of the Orthodox One, and the brilliant purple of the Purple Ultimate!

Like stars rallying around the moon, the eleven streaks of Venerable Flowing Light orbited and chased the primary Chaos Color Flowing Light that had entered first. Following closely behind, they crashed in unison into the Purple Mansion between Qi Yun’s brows!

BOOM!

At this exact moment, the twelve Venerable origins fully returned to their rightful place and perfectly fused together! Qi Yun’s body trembled violently as his eyes snapped shut involuntarily! An indescribable, majestic power—akin to the creation of the universe and the convergence of myriad paths—detonated from the deepest depths of his Purple Mansion. It surged through his meridians, washing over his limbs and bones, and assimilating into every inch of his flesh and blood, every strand of his Divine Soul!

His aura began to frantically climb, transform, and sublimate at a terrifying speed!

At the precise second this ultimate metamorphosis took place within Qi Yun’s body, the infinitely high and profoundly detached All Marvelous Heaven began to tremble with incomparable violence once again, without any warning!

BUZZ!

The ferocity of this tremor far exceeded the one that had awakened all the True Monarchs!

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

One by one, the figures of True Monarchs—whether they had been in secluded cultivation, discussing the Dao, or observing the heavens—were instantly alarmed.

"This vibration... this resonance..."

"Look over there!" a True Monarch suddenly pointed toward the depths of the void in the All Marvelous Heaven.

There, the previously calm chaotic air currents were now frantically rotating and condensing at an unprecedented speed! A blurry phantom—one that emanated an aura terrifying enough to make every True Monarch palpitate—was slowly taking shape at the center of the vortex! Inside the cocoon of light, a Supreme Daoist Intent that encompassed all things, evolved the Ten Thousand Laws, and reigned over everything was faintly flowing and rumbling!

"Is this... a new Fruit Position?!"