“Cai Yun, how is your junior brother? Has he been killed by my Master’s Master?!” Sensing her disciple’s arrival on Golden鰲 Island, Shi Ji immediately summoned her.
Shi Ji should have faced Laozi’s Master together with Shi Hao, but her master was unwilling for her to bear that karmic burden, so she had been very concerned about Shi Hao’s safety.
She had allowed Cai Yun to leave Golden鰲 Island precisely for this reason, hoping Cai Yun would help look after Shi Hao.
“Master, Junior brother is doing well.” Cai Yun smiled.
“Of course, a Saint’s blink is equivalent to a millennium. It hasn’t even been half a year since Qing Niu was killed. By the time Laozi’s Master realizes something is amiss, countless years might have passed. Sadly, the Saint’s karmic involvement is unavoidable, and I can’t do anything about it.”
Shi Ji sighed. Although there was no immediate danger, a sword of Damocles hung over their heads, waiting for an unknown moment to strike.
“Ahem, actually, it's no big deal to have eaten a Saint’s mere mount. My Junior brother, you see, even wants to marry the Nüwa Saint!” Seeing her master’s worried expression, Cai Yun’s face turned strange, finding it quite amusing. She then dropped a bombshell.
“What?!” As expected, Shi Ji was startled, almost splitting apart: “How did it involve the Nüwa Saint?!”
What in the world did Shi Hao want to do? Did he think that getting involved with a Saint was not enough, and he wanted to die faster?
Looking at Cai Yun, who was trying to suppress a smile, Shi Ji immediately put on a stern face and asked: “Tell me, what exactly happened?!”
“Master, it’s all fine now. Junior brother’s karma with Laozi Saint has already been resolved.”
Cai Yun no longer concealed anything, revealing all she knew to her Master.
It turned out that Laozi Saint had gone to trouble Shi Hao some time ago. To Shi Ji’s astonishment, Shi Hao had actually won in a debate with Laozi Saint, settling their grievances.
The treasure that suppressed the River of Humanity’s destiny a few days ago was actually crafted by Shi Hao, using the Three Sovereigns to forge a treasure for the human race.
Even more shocking to Shi Ji was the fact that the River of Destiny, which stretched across the entire Great Desolate, was also summoned by Shi Hao.
“So, the Nüwa Saint was drawn by the River of Destiny and met Shi Hao.”
The junior brother she had adopted was truly unfathomable, constantly exceeding Shi Ji’s expectations.
“Junior brother didn’t tell me the specifics of how they met. But their relationship is quite deep, and it’s clear he likes the Nüwa Saint very much.”
As Cai Yun excitedly recounted today’s events, including how Shi Hao and Nüwa pretended to be a couple in front of King Zhou and others, Shi Ji gasped.
Was she joking? Shi Hao actually made the Nüwa Saint pretend to be his partner? Most importantly, the Nüwa Saint agreed?
How come, why?
Although they pretended, by acknowledging their relationship as a couple in front of so many people, what would people think when they heard about it?
Saints value their face more than anything else, and it can be said that their relationship was practically indistinguishable from reality.
Shi Ji felt like she was living in a dream. How could Shi Hao, in the blink of an eye, reach the level of Saints?
She was worried about his safety for nothing.
“Does Shi Hao know the Nüwa Saint’s true identity?”
“It’s strange, they seem to be interacting with Junior brother under different identities.”
But Cai Yun felt that with Junior brother’s abilities, he should be able to see through their true identities.
Finally, upon learning that Shi Hao had discussed the three methods of becoming a Saint, and had detailed the cultivation method of the Way of Force, Shi Ji abruptly stood up, her eyes fixed on Cai Yun.
Although she had reached the level of Quasi-Saint by severing the Three Corpses, she had also discussed the drawbacks of this method with Shi Hao.
Shi Ji didn’t possess three innate spiritual treasures of the same origin. Achieving Sainthood through severing the Three Corpses was practically impossible for her. Therefore, she had stopped cultivating and instead tried to comprehend the Way of Force.
Perhaps due to her limited talent, Shi Ji made no progress.
Now, hearing about the cultivation method of the Way of Force, how could Shi Ji not be excited? She greatly regretted not being present to hear Shi Hao’s teachings.
“Shi Hao, he truly knows the detailed cultivation method.”
After hearing everything, Shi Ji was greatly shocked. No wonder he had won the debate with the Laozi Saint.
Unlike the simplified comprehension of the Dao in the Three Corpses method, the cultivation method Shi Hao described was incredibly profound. The more she comprehended it, the more miraculous it seemed.
“Capturing” the Dao, using the primordial spirit to visualize the Dao韵 and the fluctuations of the rules. When the primordial spirit is assimilated by the Dao, it eventually merges with the Dao, thus achieving the Mixed-元 Great-罗 Golden Immortal.
Furthermore, it could even deduce how to cultivate at the next level. After merging with the Dao, one could transcend the Dao itself, breaking through to the legendary realm of the Mixed-元 Infinite Great-罗 Golden Immortal, becoming the supreme existence that truly controls an entire Dao. Hong Jun, who united his body with the Dao, was powerful, but he couldn’t transcend the Heavenly Dao, making him unable to compare to a Mixed-元 Infinite Great-罗 Golden Immortal.
If this method had been taught before Dao祖 Hong Jun’s three preachings, Shi Ji even believed that Dao祖’s name should have been changed to Shi Hao.
“Unfortunately, the Way of Destiny that Shi Hao controls is also not suitable for me.”
However, besides the Way of Destiny controlled by Shi Hao, it was very difficult to comprehend other Dao laws in the Great Desolate.
“Master, don’t be disheartened, perhaps Junior brother has a solution. He can control the most mysterious Way of Destiny, and he may have clues to other Dao.” Cai Yun comforted her.
Shi Ji nodded. The power of the Destiny law could indeed lead to clues to other Dao.
So, the requirements to cultivate the Way of Force were very strict, but it was also her last hope of achieving Sainthood.
“But the method of achieving Sainthood that I heard from Shi Hao is just an outline. We need to figure out many details ourselves.” The general direction was understood, but the specific details of cultivation had to be refined by them.
“Master, can I discuss and refine it with you?”
Cai Yun had many ideas herself. After all, she was already a Great-罗 Golden Immortal, and it was time for her to come into contact with the Way of Force. Whether she could succeed was one thing, but she had to try anyway.
Moreover, having the opportunity to deduce and refine the subsequent cultivation methods would be of great help to her future cultivation.
“Of course.”
Shi Ji readily agreed. Thus, the two of them entered seclusion in Shi Ji’s cave dwelling, refining the Way of Force.
Even everything else was thrown to the back of Shi Ji’s mind.
The most important thing right now was her own path to the Dao.
The more she came into contact with it, the more profound it seemed. However, Shi Ji suddenly felt that with her talent, achieving Sainthood through the Way of Force would be incredibly difficult.
She could understand it when she heard it, but it was a different matter entirely to cultivate it.
Although she was also an ancient being who survived from the past, her foundation was still far behind those great figures who had attended the lectures at Zi Xiao Palace when it came to achieving Mixed-元 Sainthood.