Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 1540 - 64: Holy Spirit Almsgiving
Or perhaps, behind every two Origin Element Spaces, there will be such a place?
Zhou Yan had doubts, had thoughts, yet could not judge for now.
This Heavenly Pool Thunder Marsh is not truly the Heavenly Pool Thunder Marsh, but rather resembles the ancient Tianhe.
And this space also lacks any stratification, it is deeply original.
Therefore, within this Tianhe, Zhou Yan feels no Origin Element.
This is an unfamiliar Origin to Zhou Yan, he cannot absorb nor train here.
However, here, Zhou Yan saw a Dragon Turtle within the Tianhe.
Xuanwu Dragon Turtle.
The Xuanwu Dragon Turtle is in the depths of the Tianhe, and his body is wrapped in a map forming a unique space.
This map keeps rotating, forming a distinct Eight Diagrams shape.
"Is that... River Map Luo Shu?"
Zhou Yan gazes at the outer space for a moment and immediately recognizes that map, it turns out to be the River Map Luo Shu!
Moreover, on that River Map Luo Shu, there is evidently the purest Original Holy Spirit Soul Energy.
"Could this place possibly be the Soul Origin?"
"Unfortunately, not to mention that my Life Soul is missing a part, even if it were complete, this place is not suitable for me."
"I feel neither rejection nor attraction here, no sensations at all."
"It seems that the Land of Original Holy Spirit is vast and expansive, some Origins are so far beyond my capability that I lack the qualification even to comprehend them or create Dao here."
"The previously effective experiences now feel like a burden here, yielding no effect."
"Due to the unknown, even with transformation in mind and shape, I can’t grasp the truth of this place."
"Enough, retreat."
Zhou Yan takes one last deep look at the Xuanwu Dragon Turtle, slightly bows in respect, then transforms into a stream of light and leaves.
Zhou Yan returns once more to the Primordial Magnetic Pole Light Land of Original Holy Spirit.
This time, Zhou Yan has almost no gains.
But Zhou Yan is not regretful.
On the other side, it becomes evident that upon reaching the third Holy Spirit Land, there is no path forward.
Zhou Yan chooses another direction, and subconsciously steps forward.
The Eternal Nine Rules Early Fifth Realm is already quite remarkable, yet Zhou Yan still hopes for further evolution and transformation, because after leaving this place, the chance for improvement approaches zero, as nowhere could surpass this place for transformation.
Zhou Yan sighs, and the space before him changes once more. This time, as Zhou Yan enters, the space immediately starts to ripple.
Like waves, Zhou Yan is almost swept away the instant he enters, carried to the ninth layer of the space.
In the depths of the ninth layer, Zhou Yan realizes that this land is indeed the Tao Element Land.
Yes, the Origin of Tao.
The Origin of Enlightenment is also a kind of Origin.
Just like an exception itself is an exception.
This ninth layer has a river, has a tree.
This place brought forth Shakyamuni and once fulfilled Zhou Yan.
Once, Zhou Yan obtained the Bodhi Seed in such a place, revitalizing the Life Ancient Tree.
Now, Zhou Yan has arrived at the Enlightenment River, arrived beneath the Enlightenment Tree.
Zhou Yan is here, and while beneath the tree, faint golden Life Energy Origin flows from his brow, forming a world of Life Holy Spirit.
This time, Zhou Yan did not create by himself, but the guardian energy of the Ancient Life Clan left by Zhou Lingyi and Feng Zishuang autonomously helped Zhou Yan create such a world, acting with evident protective effect, like a unique small world.
Within this small world, endless power of enlightenment permeates Zhou Yan’s brow, and Zhou Yan’s Sword-shaped King Seal also begins to condense the sixth King’s Mark – Tao Origin Mark.
In this mark, Zhou Yan gradually settles his heart, and enlightenment energy between Heaven and Earth rushes in like a flood.
This time, Zhou Yan’s advancement is extremely fast.
In less than half a day, Zhou Yan’s combat power is significantly elevated, ascending to the realm of Eternal Nine Rules Fifth Great Perfection.
In this world, Zhou Yan’s Eternal Pseudo Saint Spirit finally undergoes fundamental transformation.
When Zhou Yan’s realm advances further, entering the Early Sixth Layer of Eternal Nine Rules, Zhou Yan’s Pseudo Saint Spirit finally transforms into Half-Sacred Spirit.
Half-Sacred Spirit is also known as Half-step Monarch.
Now, Zhou Yan can truly be considered in the realm of Half-step Monarch.
He has truly entered the doorway of the King Realm, and with sufficient Eternal Holy Spirit Energy, completing the last transformation, he can become a King.
Just one step away from being a King.
Though this step away remains very distant, Zhou Yan has already crossed the hardest step.
"Finally, finally transformed the Eternal Spirit into a Half-Sacred Spirit. This feeling is unprecedentedly good."
In Zhou Yan’s eyes, the Holy Spirit Land also became more vivid and real.
And some things that couldn’t be sensed before were now revealed.
Earlier, under the Bodhi Tree, Zhou Yan couldn’t see other Holy Spirits. For the Holy Spirit Land, there must be other Holy Spirits present, but Zhou Yan didn’t sense them.
But after Zhou Yan stepped into the state of a Half-Sacred Spirit, he now saw many colorful, bubble-like entities under the Bodhi Tree.
And within each colorful bubble, is there a unique world?
An Illusory World?
Three Thousand Great Thousand Worlds?
Zhou Yan murmured to himself.
Inside one of the large, beautiful bubbles, there was a unique Holy Spirit Land.
The Holy Spirit Land also had a Bodhi Tree, and an Enlightenment River.
And underneath that Bodhi Tree sat a Supreme Buddha, who radiated an endless light wheel of Merit Power. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
Zhou Yan had never seen this Buddha.
But upon seeing this Buddha for the first time, he could be certain that the Buddha must be Shakyamuni.
However, in the unique Holy Spirit Land of that Great Thousand World that belonged to Shakyamuni, the Holy Spirits there were no longer just one, but two.
When Zhou Yan looked over, that Supreme Buddha clearly sensed him but didn’t care, nor did he divert attention to Zhou Yan’s gaze; instead, he continued to speak of an Ancient Tao.
Beside him, an Immortal Phoenix Peacock was flying, its whole body magnificent and highly haughty.
The Buddha continuously spoke various Ancient Scriptures, discussing Tao with the Immortal Phoenix Peacock.
This scene, Zhou Yan seemed to understand yet not understand, although many words were extremely clear to him, he understood the meaning of each word, and could remember, but when these came together, Zhou Yan thought of nothing, his mind blank.
This situation clearly showed he was not yet qualified to correspondingly discuss Tao.
Even if Zhou Yan forcibly tried to remember, he still couldn’t grasp the key points of this Tao discussion.
Therefore, Zhou Yan helplessly pulled back his attention from there.
And the Tao discussion there continued, clearly the progress of both the Supreme Buddha and the Immortal Phoenix Peacock was rapid, beyond Zhou Yan’s imagination.
"Buddha aids those with affinity... seems this saying is true. Those scriptures, those Supreme Dao clearly aren’t profound when individually presented, I can also remember and understand them, but when combined, my mind goes blank. Looks like I don’t have the opportunity for Buddha Path, no wonder the Soul Suppressing Stele chose Hua Qiudao over completely ignoring me. In this aspect, I truly don’t have the Buddha affinity like Hua Qiudao."
"Moreover, my current ability and realm aren’t worse than an average King, right? I don’t even qualify to comprehend, seems Shakyamuni and the Immortal Phoenix Peacock are stronger than I thought. Possibly, even comparable to the Combat Power level of the Evil Spirit Master."
"It seems the road I have to travel is still long."
Zhou Yan murmured to himself, then again carefully looked at the other bubble worlds.
This time, when Zhou Yan looked at each bubble world, there was a Buddha and an Immortal Phoenix Peacock present.
And in those bubbles where this scene hadn’t appeared, such a projection began to manifest.
"Is this a donation? Three Thousand Great Thousand Worlds? Spreading Tao to the Three Thousand Great Thousand Worlds? What a terrifying Tao!"
With a sober heart, Zhou Yan already noticed a clue.
Because of this, his heart was even more shaken, more shocked.
However, Zhou Yan himself had now crossed into the realm of the Eternal Nine Rules Sixth Level, so he didn’t continue to stay here.
The opportunity here Zhou Yan had already grasped, unable to advance further, he must change location again.
And without knowing how many such unique spaces there are.
But as long as there are at least three, Zhou Yan can reach the realm of Nine Rules and Nine Great Perfection.
At that time, the King Realm will be almost within reach.
And once becoming a King, many things will come to a kind of conclusion.
At least, Zhou Yan already saw the road ahead becoming less obscure, less illusory and distant.
After retreating to the Original Holy Spirit Land by the previous method, Zhou Yan refreshed the time spent in the Holy Spirit Land, then recalled and consolidated the insights gained from arduous training along the way. After a round of consolidation, Zhou Yan proceeded on, through the Land of Enlightenment, crossing this region, and entering the next peculiar space.
This space is particularly powerful and extremely furious.
As soon as Zhou Yan entered, he sensed intense space fluctuations, endless dominating Battle Intent Origin shaking the Heavenly Vault, inducing awe in Zhou Yan’s heart.
"This is... this is Combat Origin?"
"Is there actually a Holy Spirit Land with Combat Origin in this world? Can combat itself be a standalone origin element?"
Upon entering this space, Zhou Yan couldn’t help but be greatly astonished.
However, Zhou Yan quickly collected his thoughts and began to transform his Soul Body, departing from his Eternal Half-Sacred Spirit.
Afterward, Zhou Yan’s Half-Sacred Spirit changed shape and meaning, becoming endless battle aura, merging into Heaven and Earth, moving with the combat origin elements between heaven and earth.
In this state, Zhou Yan also began his first step of arduous cultivation.