Becoming a Deity from Planting the Bodhi Tree-Chapter 1080 - 386: If Not Me as Dao Ancestor, Then Who? (Part 2)

"If it's truly transcendence, why hide? Even if openly 'nurturing' all saints, what harm is there?"

Nine Mountains Saint mused to himself. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

The crowd remained silent, their expressions somewhat grim, but the reasoning was exactly that.

"It's begun." Kong Xuan suddenly spoke, his figure transforming into a Five-Colored Divine Light, vanishing instantly from the spot.

The Saint King was absent, and even with the array still intact, it couldn't stop him from roaming freely with his Five-Colored Divine Light.

The other saints were also trying different methods, attempting to leave without harm.

"Will you act, Taoist Friend?" Yin Yang True Saint looked at Shouzhen.

Shouzhen shook his head, "With three pillars joining forces, if they still can't win, it makes no difference whether I'm there or not. I'm more interested in this side."

Yin Yang True Saint followed his gaze to where Ji Jingqiu stood.

With the Nether Sea's counterattack past, Ji Jingqiu managed to get through a great calamity unscathed.

And the second calamity was intercepted by the joint efforts of several pillars.

"Today, there will likely be no shortage of opportunists." Yin Yang True Saint sighed softly, "With this child's actions today, Taoist Friend, did you see clearly? With what he's done, who else but him could hold the title of Dao Ancestor?"

"He has great courage, daring to think and do, and most importantly, he is willing to act," Shouzhen softly said. "The Three Realms are not at peace, filled with suffering. Delivering others to self-deliverance isn't my desire, but if someone truly treads this path... I would also be willing to yield a bit of the Dao."

Yin Yang True Saint smiled gently, "Well said."

On the other side.

Nine Mountains shook his head, advising Moon God, "This is not the right moment to act. Bi Hai and others haven't acted yet, and with his temperament, he will surely protect this young person establishing the world. Moreover..."

He paused, his expression indifferent:

"Don't be fooled that he just passed a great calamity. For opening the world, everything is just beginning. The real challenge lies in facing resistance from all paths and the trials from heaven and earth."

"Not to mention him; even Heavenly Venerables with slightly lower Dao Power might not withstand it."

...

The sound of water splashed, resonating throughout the heavens and earth, lacking normal texture yet full of an illusory flavor.

An indescribable, vast and grand will permeated the Great Universe, sweeping across all realms, as if awakening from a long slumber.

Accompanying its birth was the sacred Dao Light illuminating the Star Sea, where Dao Rhyme and Dharma circulated and converged, linking the beginning and end of heaven and earth, ancient and future!

Within heaven and earth, the sparkling waves appeared, and two long rivers flashed into existence.

In the eyes of countless beings, a radiantly extreme light mass appeared, suspending a figure high up. A single glance illuminated the boundless universe, piercing through the ancient and future!

Under this gaze, countless beings' minds went blank, their thoughts stagnated, losing memory of this immediate moment.

That figure stood tall and majestic, calmly extending a hand, spanning across eternity, as if standing at the source of the Time River, traveling in Reverse Flow, reaching for Ji Jingqiu within the Great Universe!

Until a fist light shattered the starry sky.

The Saint King raised his fist directly to strike, his fist's momentum like the sun traversing the sky, grand and unmatched, straightforwardly and directly, suppressing everything!

It was only a few exchanges.

Mists surged between heaven and earth, the two long rivers that flickered into existence quietly flowed, glistening with water light, supporting the heavens and earth, becoming the battlefield between the two sides.

And just a few breaths ago.

The "gaze" from the Nether Sea silently withdrew.

Ji Jingqiu could feel the heavy pressure completely dissipate.

He began preparing for the next step.

The truly critical step to opening the world.

At that moment.

An infinite, boundless, and supreme will descended upon this location.

Time, destiny, all froze at this moment.

The Heavenly Will of the Great Universe had arrived.

As if a light and shadow turned human form, stood within the flowing misty long river, gazing at Ji Jingqiu.

This was Ji Jingqiu's first time witnessing such a [complete] great universe's Heavenly Will.

When it appeared, the Dharma Realm also descended.

Before Ji Jingqiu could step into the Dharma Realm, it actively landed beneath his feet.

Ji Jingqiu was stunned.

What does this mean?

In theory, opening the world should mean using heaven and earth as a furnace, myriad paths as fire, hindering his Enlightenment?

Under the gaze of the Great Universe's Heavenly Will, Ji Jingqiu tentatively moved deeper into the Dharma Realm.

The originally boiling and surging Dharma Realm now laid out a calm and smooth path, while on either side, the unseen Dao Undercurrent surged like waves, rolling in.

[Just keep moving forward]

Whether it was an illusion or not.

With Ji Jingqiu's current spiritual cultivation, he felt a vaguely murmuring voice, origin unknown.

Ji Jingqiu thoughtfully looked toward that blurred glow.

He stepped onto the path beneath his feet, unimpeded, reaching deep into the Dharma Realm, arriving at the Dao Sea's depths.

The Dao Sea stretches endlessly.

For a moment, Ji Jingqiu also fell into the "tide," as if traversing through time's reversing journey, witnessing a universe returning to Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water, eventually transforming into Chaos, an expanse of darkness.

In this darkness, without the before and after of time, without the above and below of space, this place nurtured the embryonic forms of heaven and earth's myriad paths, the beginning of everything.

Here, Ji Jingqiu beheld the True Form of his own Dao!

Without hesitation, Ji Jingqiu engraved the entire true meaning of Defend Void Silence deep into the Dao Sea.

The smoothness of the process.

The lack of obstacles along the way.

Beyond common sense, unimaginable.

For Ji Jingqiu, who had prepared for twenty years, even contacted any sacred he could, and sought out the Five Pillars...

Speechless.

Could this be seen as, for what is relinquished, something is gained?

He stood within the Dao Sea, quietly waiting for the true meaning of Defend Void Silence to thoroughly merge into the Dao Sea, inscribing itself into this Great Universe's foundational rules.