Chapter 312: Chapter 173: 100 Years Later, the 5th Transversal
Wang Xiao looked slightly surprised.
’To think something so miraculous exists in this corner of the starry sky.’
’It can allow people to directly gain insights into the Great Dao?!’
’After all, he had always had to fumble his way forward to gain insights into the Great Dao before.’
’He had to sense the faint traces of the Great Dao, bit by bit, before slowly capturing them.’
’Now, from Gu Tiandu’s tone, it seemed the creatures here were naturally able to help people achieve Enlightenment.’
’It was like being handed an open-book exam.’
Wang Xiao’s Divine Thought swept out rapidly, and his eyes suddenly shifted.
He discovered that the mountain ranges here seemed to form massive, concentric circles.
The closer to the center, the denser the aura of the Great Dao became.
Moreover, he noticed many humans scattered across the outer perimeter—tens of thousands of them.
They were bare-handed, their Divine Thoughts flowing as they battled strange creatures that emanated a faint halo of light.
These creatures were bizarre and varied in form.
Some were chaotic and distorted, with only blurry eyes and noses.
Others were tree-like, but their trunks were made of stone or various gases, shimmering with a myriad of colors.
Still others had the shape of beasts but bore no actual beastly features, looking as if they were pieced together from the various parts of countless animals.
It seemed the closer one got to the center, the more distinct the features of these strange creatures became.
They were not as abstract and chaotic as the ones on the periphery.
However, without exception, all these creatures were extraordinarily powerful.
Wang Xiao had already discovered that among the tens of thousands of humans battling these creatures, nearly ninety percent were at the eleventh level of Limit Breaking, the realm of One Thought Reaches Heaven.
The remaining portion had even reached the level of Tier Six Life!
However, these strange creatures could fight the humans on equal footing.
Some creatures could even pose a direct threat to the humans.
The closer to the center, the stronger these creatures seemed to be.
Gu Tiandu smiled faintly.
"It seems you’ve noticed. The humans in the mountains are all Evolvers from Earth who have either reached the realm of One Thought Reaches Heaven or have gained insight into at least one Great Dao."
"Every three months, we select a batch of Evolvers at the One Thought Reaches Heaven level to come here and battle these Great Dao Creatures. They will stay here for about a hundred years."
"Of course, the flow of time here is slightly different from Earth. Roughly one year here is equivalent to only one day on Earth."
"In fact, most Cosmic Relics have an extraordinarily fast time flow. In some places, a hundred years might pass while only about ten days go by on Earth. This is the key to how we Evolvers can break through to become Tier Nine Life-forms in just a short century!"
"However, subsequent cultivation and evolution don’t have much to do with time. If you can’t break through, then even if you were given thousands or tens of thousands of years, it would be no different from serving a prison sentence in a different location."
"Just like the Evolvers here—even if they were given a hundred years, I’m afraid less than ten percent of them would be able to break through to become Tier Six Life-forms."
"Killing Great Dao Creatures only allows one to gain a certain degree of Great Dao Insights. Whether one can ultimately achieve Enlightenment still depends on their own aptitude. It’s not something that can be accomplished in a single leap."
"Furthermore, although the Great Dao Rules between planets are largely similar, after they grasp the Great Dao Rules here and return to Earth, they have to grasp them all over again. Of course, the time it takes to do so will be much faster."
Hearing this, Wang Xiao nodded slightly.
He had indeed noticed this point about grasping the Great Dao.
Although the Great Dao of each planet was largely similar, to grasp it anew, one truly needed to capture the planet’s Great Dao traces again.
For instance, Wang Xiao had already grasped the Destiny Great Dao and the Cause and Effect Great Dao in the Cultivation Immortality Realm.
After returning to Earth, it still took him nearly a month to grasp the Destiny Great Dao and the Cause and Effect Great Dao again.
However, these were minor issues.
As long as one had already grasped a particular Great Dao, they could grasp it again on a different planet.
It was like driving a car. As long as you know how to drive, it doesn’t really matter which car you switch to.
You just need some time to get used to it.
Gu Tiandu said,
"Within these Great Dao Relics, the deeper you go, the denser the aura of the Great Dao becomes. The center should be where the Origin Great Dao lies. However, you must be extremely careful. The power of these Great Dao Creatures is not to be underestimated."
"Every time we send Evolvers of the One Thought Reaches Heaven level here, a portion of them perish."
"So, you can first get a feel for things on the outskirts before slowly heading deeper toward the center!"
Wang Xiao nodded slightly.
"Alright, I understand."
He scanned the area with his Divine Thought and found that there was currently no one at the center.
Most people were milling about the outer perimeter, while a smaller number were in the middle region.
The Evolvers in the middle region were basically all Tier Six Life-forms who had grasped a Great Dao.
Wang Xiao thought for a moment, then couldn’t help but ask,
"Elder Gu, were the creatures in these relics born naturally, or did you construct them using some special items?"
Gu Tiandu:
"They’re natural. This is how the relics looked when I first discovered them. Moreover, these Great Dao Creatures are virtually endless. Even if you kill a batch, another will soon grow back."
"It is precisely because of this that we humans have been able to gradually surpass the Mutant Beasts in strength after achieving Limit Breaking!"
"This is also why we tirelessly search for and explore Cosmic Relics."
"In truth, in our corner of the starry sky, most life-forms are not carbon-based like us on Earth. Besides these Great Dao Creatures before us, I’ve also seen silicon-based life, ammonia-based life, and even plasma-based life, and so on."
