"Huh? You don't plan to come back temporarily?"

Zhang Ze looked curiously at the small gap in front of him, surrounded by gold, with starlight emerging from within.

"There's no rush for now, I plan to stay here a little longer."

The Sect Leader's voice came from the other side, sounding distant and fuzzy.

"Why?"

Zhang Ze was somewhat puzzled. From the Sect Leader's tone, it seemed that even if the passage was repaired, he wouldn't return immediately.

He had just seemed so eager to return, how strange...

However, from Lu Yuzhou's tone, he immediately understood the hint in Chen Qianhu's words.

"Are you planning to make a breakthrough over there?"

"Yes, that's right," Chen Qianhu cheerfully admitted.

Lu Yuzhou, "Are you confident?"

"I don't know," Chen Qianhu replied.

Regarding the breakthrough after reaching Mahayana, although Lily proposed a hypothesis to adapt to the Earth Sea, there remains a barrier blocking the cultivators.

That is the Acquired Dao Body, which currently doesn't align well with the Mahayana stage.

This Dharma Method, after Zhang Ze and others adopted a 'learn what you can for free' attitude, is no longer a secret among the Six Sects.

As long as one passes the test and review, one can obtain this Dharma Method from the exchange hall and rent a Postnatal Dao Pill crafted by Zhang Ze and Shi Xiu to learn it.

However, during practice, Zhang Ze and the others found that this method seems to have certain requirements on one's stage.

Too early won't work, too late won't work either.

Under the Golden Core, practicing the Acquired Dao Body results in a fast initial progress.

But upon mastering one part, one hits a bottleneck; if there's no breakthrough in one's cultivation, there will be no further progress in the Acquired Dao Body practice.

It's the same at the Mahayana stage, just one part.

Even the Daoist Leaders of the Six Sects can at most achieve what Master Konghai and Old Sect Leader Li of the Beast Taming Sect have, just a neck and head, becoming an Old Ascender-brand space elevator.

The most suitable time for cultivation, unless one is special like Zhang Ze and Shi Xiu, is before transitioning from Divinity Transformation to Tribulation Crossing.

Once initiated, the practice is smooth and effortless.

However, after completing it, several Tribulation Crossing Cultivators found another issue.

It seemed like the threshold to Mahayana grew even further away.

Yet, they aren't worried; they've been stuck at this threshold for at least a century, a few more decades make no difference.

Thanks to Zhang Ze, they're quite optimistic, feeling secure as if someone is backing them up, ready to wait for success.

They have a mysterious confidence that even if they don't understand themselves, Zhang Ze will figure it out.

When that time comes, they'll just shamelessly follow along in practice.

Though jokes aside, the elders aren't idle; they seriously study and analyze where the issue lies.

The problems below the Golden Core aren't hard to identify, simply due to the lack of understanding among the young ones.

Their comprehension and perception of the world haven't reached that level, it's inexplicable.

It's like trying to have new disciples practice Divinity Transformation stage methods, reading the first page is an achievement, not falling into mental disorder marks them as geniuses.

Knowing too much would only harm them.

But the issues encountered after Tribulation Crossing are quite uncanny.

According to Master Konghai and Old Mr. Li, when trying to further cultivate the Acquired Dao Body, they always felt like someone was watching them, as if the next moment lightning would strike.

And that feeling was more dangerous than when they occasionally attempted breakthroughs.

This so-called gaze of the Heavenly Dao, is likely just so.

Zhang Ze also has a theoretical explanation for it, though it sounds quite unnerving.

[The Four Continents is like a loli mother; when you Mahayana Cultivators try to break through, it's like trying to jump out of kindergarten.

[The loli mother thinks there are bad guys outside, so she'd rather beat you to death at home than let you out, hence the heavenly barrier and bottleneck after Mahayana.

[As for cultivating the Acquired Dao Body... In the 'eyes' of the Four Continents, a cultivator who've accomplished the Acquired Dao Body and broke through Mahayana might not differ much from it, hence it instinctively 'fears'.

[It's like hair; when you're still a mortal, you always have some thick and curly strands, most of these get plucked out, but sometimes they're forgotten.

[But if one day, that thick and curly strand suddenly talks to you while you're reading, 'Hey, turn the page slower, I haven't finished.'

[Honestly, anyone would feel scared encountering this, let alone our loli mother.

[So, preparing to mess with you is reasonable enough.

—— "Old Leader's Rational Theory Record"]

Thinking of this, Zhang Ze realized.

The place where Sect Leader is, is too far away, he's already left the embrace of the mother.

The ties, or rather the protection, is no longer there.

Now the Sect Leader only faces the vast, dangerous, dark sea.

And the Acquired Dao Body might be the ship to reach the other shore.

"So you have some thoughts?" Zhang Ze asked excitedly.

Chen Qianhu, "Perhaps, lately I've indeed had some insights, although every day I forget about the past due to the Earth Sea, it feels like I'm getting closer to the other shore.

"I want to try, try once more.

"Moreover, even if something goes wrong and I become something strange, it won't affect you all here."

Zhang Ze, "This..."

"Xiaoqin doesn't know." Chen Qianhu replied, "There's no need for you to tell her."

Zhang Ze scratched his head, realizing he couldn't persuade him, and remained silent for a moment.