klisemfg Chapter 1832
Chapter 1832
When Chen Xuan heard the little tower's question, he was first stunned. Then, his fingertips unconsciously rubbed the Chaos Dao Fruit in his palm, his brows furrowed, and he carefully sorted out his understanding of the "Ultimate Dao".
He looked up at the small tower, his eyes filled with certainty, and slowly spoke:
"The ultimate path, in my opinion, is to cultivate all one's resources to the extreme—whether it is the power of magical treasures, the depth of cultivation, the purity of immortal energy, or the stability of the primordial spirit, one must strive to reach the pinnacle that can be reached in this world."
As soon as he finished speaking, the small tower floating in mid-air began to sway gently, and the runes flowing on its surface dimmed slightly, clearly indicating that it did not agree with the answer: "You have only seen the appearance of 'extreme', but have not touched the essence of 'Tao'."
Seeing the doubt on Chen Xuan's face, the small tower paused, and the runes on its body lit up with a soft light again, as if it were organizing its words, slowly revealing the origin of the ultimate path:
"In fact, in the early days of the Immortal Ancient Era, there was no such thing as 'Supreme Emperor Weapon'. All of this started with that extraordinary emperor who was so talented. When he reached the realm of the Great Emperor, he single-handedly withstood the siege of three supreme beings from the strange race and protected most of the territory of half of the cultivator civilization."
"And the first thing he did after attaining enlightenment was to selflessly pass on the 'Supreme Emperor's Art of War,' which he had spent hundreds of millions of years creating, to the civilization of cultivators."
"Because of this inheritance, the overall strength of our human race's top combatants has increased by 30%, from Eternal Emperors and Peak Great Emperors to beings above Great Emperors. In the subsequent decisive battle at the Imperial Pass, countless top combatants were spared."
"The Ultimate Imperial Art of War?" Chen Xuan's pupils contracted sharply, his body involuntarily leaning forward, his breathing unconsciously becoming shallow. Then he suddenly realized what he meant, looking at the small tower with surprise, his voice trembling uncontrollably:
"You mean... the 'Ultimate Cultivation System' in my hand and this 'Ultimate Emperor's Art of War' are from the same lineage?"
"Yes, and no." The little tower's tone instantly became extremely solemn, and the runes on its surface flickered even more rapidly.
"If you hadn't shown me the complete 'Ultimate Cultivation System' back then, I wouldn't have been able to comprehend its profound mysteries."
"Boy, do you know how long those powerful figures who were stuck at the Eternal Realm for their entire lives studied the 'Supreme Emperor's Art of War' after they obtained it?"
This question struck Chen Xuan like a stone, leaving him with no answer. He could only purse his lips, silently gaze at the small tower, and wait for the answer.
"When those powerful beings saw that the 'Supreme Dao Emperor Weapon Technique' could transform ordinary eternal divine weapons and great emperor divine weapons step by step into supreme emperor weapons that could suppress the fortune of a region, or even world-destroying extreme Dao emperor weapons, a crazy idea popped into their minds."
Xiaota's voice lowered, tinged with a hint of wistfulness for the past, "They thought: Since the ultimate methods can transform inanimate magical artifacts, can they be used on living cultivators? Using themselves as 'tools', could they cultivate their own 'ultimate methods' that belong to all races?"
"Thus, countless eternal beings followed one after another. Some exhausted their own essence to deduce the methods, some personally captured monsters from all races for experiments, and some even went so far as to use themselves as a catalyst to try to fuse with the power of the ultimate path..."
Xiao Ta continued,
"But what happened in the end? Not only did it fail, but a large number of top geniuses died, and even several supreme beings who were expected to break through to the Great Emperor realm perished in it."
Xiao Ta's voice carried a hint of heaviness.
"Upon learning of this matter, the Great Emperor who created the Law immediately ordered the sealing of the 'Supreme Dao Emperor's Art of War,' strictly forbidding anyone from using it on cultivators of all races for experiments. From then on, no one dared to mention this matter again, and the idea of 'using one's own body as a tool to cultivate the ultimate Dao' was gradually shelved in history."
At this point, the little tower suddenly stopped, its suspended height seeming to decrease slightly, as if weighed down by the weight of that era, its tone filled with disbelief:
"I never expected that such an extreme cultivation method, which couldn't even appear in the Immortal Ancient Era, would appear so casually before me in this world—right in the hands of a Void Returning Realm cultivator like you."