Chapter 1535: Chapter 59: Enlightenment and Creating Tao

The Enlightenment Seeker and the Creator inherently have very distinct gaps and differences.

All Creators are Enlightenment Seekers, but not all Enlightenment Seekers are Creators.

Zhou Yan originally existed as an Enlightenment Seeker, feeling the Holy Spirit Rules of the Ice Origin in the Land of Cold Ice and condensing the Ice King’s Imprint. This process was unimaginably difficult, so much so that Zhou Yan had to interrupt it and instead start considering the essence of the King’s Imprint as a Creator.

Nevertheless, even if Zhou Yan does not grasp the process of forming the King’s Imprint now, he will inevitably do so in the future.

However, Zhou Yan feels that understanding the essence of the King’s Imprint now seems premature because he is not yet a true king, and even the King’s Imprint originates from the Inheritance Mark, thus understanding its formation process is akin to learning to run before learning to walk—a bit far-fetched.

But the reality he faced left him no choice.

He had no choice.

In fact, when Zhou Yan thinks as an Enlightenment Seeker, the rules of this realm exist in another form within his heart, allowing Zhou Yan to open up another dimension of cognition.

This dimension is familiar to Zhou Yan and he has encountered it before.

In the Reincarnation Ancient Land, when Zhou Yan first faced the pillar-like Light Source Stones, the foundation of the Emperor Pattern was precisely this situation.

Now, this situation is just more complex.

Contrary to Zhou Yan’s expectations, the Ice Imprint here, once Zhou Yan sensed its essence, revealed a fundamental combination of Ice Element from the Ice Origin Mark.

It’s like the combination of physical methods and chemical changes; if the changes of Original Rules and basic evolution are chemical changes, then the imprint is more akin to structural changes in physics, though its essence remains unchanged.

Zhou Yan analyzed it this way, gradually mastering more. Finally, his realm, which couldn’t transform, began to accelerate in transformation.

Just as understanding the basic rule changes of the Emperor Pattern, Zhou Yan began constructing a fundamental combination imprint based on Ice Power rules, simulating the changes of this realm, and in such changes, Zhou Yan again underwent self-realm transformation.

This is akin to not directly absorbing the forces of this realm but using the energy of Ice Power within it, continuously merging self-energy, applying self-energy, accumulating within the created space and imprint, completing energy absorption and imprint sedimentation.

This equals transformation.

Zhou Yan cannot directly absorb and condense the Ice Imprint, but he can create a similar scenario and environment, then absorb and condense the Ice Imprint within such a scenario and environment, transforming his realm.

Since the energy created and used is still the Ice Origin Energy of this realm, and Zhou Yan’s created environment is highly compatible with himself, with energy originating from Ice Origin Energy, once absorbed, it’s equivalent to absorbing the Ice Origin Energy of heaven and earth.

If something can’t be completed, it’s like circumventing the unfinished area and directly achieving the same result.

Like a blocked path, the important thing is not passing through it but reaching its end; thus, changing the path along the blockage, as long as the result reaches that end, the gap doesn’t matter.

Initially, Zhou Yan thought of the process instead of the result. So, after failing to transform, he tried breaking through the shackles, unaware it wasn’t due to himself but the reason of heavenly space.

The Holy Spirit Land of Ice Immortal Origin doesn’t exist because of Zhou Yan; how could it ever perfectly fit him?

Without perfect fit, many rules can’t be applied, exhibited, or comprehended to obtain the corresponding Tao.

This is an evident truth, but those unaware will never understand it.

Those within a situation are often befuddled by it.

Zhou Yan changed his perspective, equivalent to changing his identity; stepping out of the situation, he could clearly see where he was confused.

After a long time, completing the construction of the Ice Power Space, Zhou Yan gained deeper insights. He again gazed at Mu Qingyan afar, and his eyes slightly tensed—wasn’t the space Mu Qingyan encompassed also an independent space?

She occupied a space, uniquely guarded by energy, distancing herself from Zhou Yan, evidently constructing her unique cultivation space!

Seeing this scene, Zhou Yan couldn’t help but smile bitterly!

In fact, whether it was the previous Yanyan or now Mu Qingyan, they had set examples in this matter, yet before, Zhou Yan had witnessed such scenes without understanding, nor even considered them. Until he himself faced an opportunity forcing him to create a highly compatible Ice Origin Domain Space that perfectly fits him for cultivation, Zhou Yan realized others had already done so; he simply ignored it due to not being observant or meticulous enough.

Zhou Yan sighed lightly, thinking to himself how muddled he was, having obsessively wasted two days.

While two days might not seem like much, in this space, two days could potentially rival many years of ardent cultivation.

Zhou Yan felt a slight regret, yet he was also content because, without this state, he might not delve deeply into thought, considering, analyzing, and addressing this true challenge from the standpoint of a Dao creator.

Zhou Yan settled his mind once again, using his Fake Saint Spirit to continually condense corresponding Original Rules. Now, the mark of Cold Ice Power has converged with the mark of Thunder Flame Sword Shape, achieving an extremely perfected state, making the condensation of Zhou Yan’s Cold Ice Origin Element very smooth and swift.

Soon, a space of Cold Ice Land appeared, and with a thought, Zhou Yan immediately transformed this Cold Ice World into a peculiar world like ice crystals. This world, carved vast and beautifully of ice crystal, was conjured by Zhou Yan seemingly without thought.

After the world was conjured, Zhou Yan contemplated for a moment.

The Ice Crystal World before him dovetailed with a certain world deep in his memory.

Once within the Purple Flame Void, a Bitter Sea World transformed into an Ice Glacier World, a most beautiful endless azure ice crystal, akin to a peerlessly exquisite glacial palace, like Hao Yu, an ethereal palace of magnificence.

And now, the Ice Glacier World that Zhou Yan conceived was such a world.

Such a world evidently had existed and manifested again due to its familiarity in his heart.

Zhou Yan recognized that this was certainly related to a lost memory of the Thunder Flame Monarch.

That lost piece of memory proved far more intricate than Zhou Yan envisioned, containing more secrets.

Upon thinking of that, Zhou Yan also felt a layer of concern for Gu Xi, who left with the Original Life Soul.

Regarding Gu Xi’s situation, Zhou Yan still had no news, while Bai Ying’s worries seemed ever-present, and Zhou Yan firmly remembered Bai Ying’s instructions upon her arrival.

Distracting thoughts suddenly surfaced in his mind, but Zhou Yan quickly blocked these worries and distractions, concentrating wholeheartedly on cultivation.

Because the world created perfectly resonated with Zhou Yan, his Fake Saint Spirit operated like a True Holy Spirit in such a world. Hence, the effects of Cold Ice Imprint condensation were enhanced exponentially, with remarkably good results.

Zhou Yan’s transformation-hindered Realm began advancing further, and this time the advancement pace quickened slightly.

Wholly immersed, devoid of distracting thoughts, void of notions, the Holy Spirit became one.

In this state, Zhou Yan’s Realm progressed more swiftly and stably.

Previously, cultivation was arduous, fraught with difficulties, leaving imperfections despite forward transformations. Yet this time, not only were those flaws fixed, but Zhou Yan’s Realm also evolved towards Great Perfection of the Second Layer of Eternal Nine Rules.

The process was not slow.

After half a day, the Cold Ice World Zhou Yan derived disappeared.

Zhou Yan absorbed all the forces of Original Rules, with his brow’s Cold Ice Imprint possessing supreme majestic will, akin to Mu Qingyan’s Cold Ice Imprint.

Under such circumstances, Zhou Yan, amidst True Void Heavenly Prohibition convergence, enhanced his Realm to the Early Stage of the Third Level of Eternal Nine Rules.

This was already the ultimate; after crossing such a major Realm gap, this realm held no further effect.

Then, Zhou Yan looked deeply at Mu Qingyan in the distance, somewhat reluctant to part, yet did not speak to disrupt her arduous cultivation. The two clearly existed in different space-times, potentially not even within the same Plane Void.

Thus, Zhou Yan’s goodwill might be perceived by her as either prying eyes or a Heart Demon.

Zhou Yan took a deep breath, sighed lightly, turned, and departed from the Void of this Cold Ice Land, re-entering the pure white light source.

Endless Primordial Magnetic Pole Light remained gentle and cordial, continuously granting strength and confidence.

However, Zhou Yan pondered there for a long time, silently Harmonizing Dao through cultivation for half a day, before advancing again.

This Primordial Magnetic Aurora Land, this Endless Holy Spirit Land, seemingly knew no bounds and offered no exit.