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Chapter 477: I, the Founder of the Martial Way
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Hundreds of years ago, Lin Yuan had already tasked his Tai Yin primordial spirit with spreading the Martial Way.
Of course, this was done in secret, with Tai Yin subtly guiding events from the shadows.
However, with the overwhelming dominance of the cultivation system of the Immortal Path, the spread of the Martial Way's evolutionary path had little impact.
After all, with the existence of the Founder of the Immortal Path, creatures with the right conditions would naturally prioritize the Immortal Path.
As for the Martial Way?
Hidden in the shadows, Lin Yuan knew that without a sufficient number of powerful beings at the upper echelons of the Martial Way's cultivation system, it would never be the first choice, despite its limitless potential.
"The spread of the Martial Way is too slow with just a few hundred years of accumulation," Lin Yuan thought to himself.
Being invincible himself did not automatically mean that his cultivation system would spread far and wide.
Unless Lin Yuan could permanently reside in the Immortal Realm, constantly keeping an eye on its developments, the growth of the Martial Way could be stifled at any time once he left.
In the boundless void, the rapid spread of the Martial Way was entirely due to the hundreds of thousands of years of accumulation in the Tian Qing world.
As for the Immortal Realm? Its vastness far surpassed that of the void.
Before Lin Yuan's arrival, the Immortal Realm had no knowledge of the Martial Way, and to develop it from scratch would not only require effort but also a considerable amount of time for it to take root.
After all, not every cultivator of the Martial Way would be like Lin Yuan, and even the most dazzling geniuses would need generations to hope to reach the peak of the Martial Way.
"Actually, the Immortal Realm is not completely devoid of Martial Way influence," Lin Yuan's heart stirred, and his gaze shifted to a particular direction.
There, beneath the Immortal Realm, lay one of the three thousand three hundred and thirty-three lower realms—the Spirit Realm.
By the end of Lin Yuan's eighth shuttle journey, the Martial Way had already taken root and begun to sprout in the Spirit Realm, and the many backup plans he had left behind ensured its smooth development.
The foundation of the Martial Way in the Spirit Realm could be traced back to the Zhong Tu Shenzhou world in the lower realm, where the Dao De Xian Zong had agreed to protect the Martial Way during its vulnerable early stages.
From then on, cultivators of the Martial Way from the Zhong Tu Shenzhou world entered the Spirit Realm through the Dao De Xian Zong's ascension platform, joining their ranks.
It was only during Lin Yuan's eighth shuttle journey, when he descended upon the Spirit Realm, that these cultivators had already formed a force known as the 'Wu Miao'.
According to the time flow ratio between the Spirit Realm and the main universe, a million years had passed in the Spirit Realm since Lin Yuan's eighth shuttle journey ended.
"The Martial Way has developed quite well in the Spirit Realm," Lin Yuan said as his gaze pierced through the layers of space and time, 'observing' the Spirit Realm in its entirety.
In fact, even without relying on his insights from the Sevenfold Heaven of Time and Space, Lin Yuan could sense the thriving growth of the Martial Way's evolutionary path in the Spirit Realm.
As the Founder of the Martial Way, Lin Yuan could sense the 'twinkling starlight' of its cultivators, no matter how far away he was.
In the Spirit Realm, this 'twinkling starlight' could be found in over half of its regions.
In other words, the Martial Way's cultivation system had grown into a formidable force in the Spirit Realm, even capable of rivaling the cultivation system of the Immortal Path.
"It seems that Li Qing and the others have done a remarkable job," Lin Yuan nodded slightly.
Even though he had forcibly cultivated Li Qing, his disciple, to the eighth stage of the Martial Way before the end of his eighth shuttle journey, that was still equivalent to the Tribulation Passing stage.
There were quite a few cultivators at the Tribulation Passing stage in the Spirit Realm, and while Lin Yuan's influence still lingered, he had been away for a long time, and it was up to Li Qing and the others to maintain order.
"If I bring the cultivators of the Martial Way from the Spirit Realm up to the Immortal Realm, it might reduce the difficulty of spreading the Martial Way here," Lin Yuan thought to himself.
Starting from scratch was always the most challenging part of any endeavor.
Tai Yin, Lin Yuan's primordial spirit, had been secretly promoting the Martial Way's cultivation system for hundreds of years, and yet there were only a few hundred thousand practitioners, with the strongest among them only reaching the sixth stage of the Martial Way.
In contrast, after a million years of development in the Spirit Realm, there were over a thousand cultivators at the eighth stage of the Martial Way, and an uncountable number at the seventh and sixth stages.
"With my current mastery over space and time, this shouldn't be a problem," Lin Yuan observed carefully, nodding slightly.
In fact, there was a way to travel from the Spirit Realm to the Immortal Realm.
One would need to ascend to the ninth heaven of the Spirit Realm and then continue flying upward; with luck, they would enter the Immortal Realm.
However, due to Lin Yuan's presence, the strongest lifeforms in the Spirit Realm were unprecedentedly powerful, and all subsequent lifeforms, whether cultivators of the Immortal Path or the Martial Way, could only reach the eighth layer at most.
Facing Lin Yuan, who sat firmly in the ninth layer, they were utterly crushed.
This had resulted in not a single lifeform from the Spirit Realm reaching the Immortal Realm in the past million years.
"Let's begin," Lin Yuan's heart stirred, and he divided a strand of his spiritual will, detaching it from the Immortal Realm and descending into the Spirit Realm.
A cultivator at the Dao Ancestor level could roam beyond the Immortal Realm, and the cultivation systems of the Immortal Path in both the Spirit Realm and the Zhong Tu Shenzhou world originated from the teachings of a Dao Ancestor.
Although Lin Yuan had not reached the Dao Ancestor level, his insights into the Sevenfold Heaven of Time and Space allowed him to achieve similar effects and even surpass Dao Ancestors in certain aspects.
Spirit Realm.
Eighth Heaven.
Li Qing sat at the entrance to the Ninth Heaven, gazing toward it.
"Even after a million years, I am still far inferior to my teacher back then," Li Qing said, her eyes fixed on the entrance.
A million years was more than enough for her to reach the pinnacle of the eighth stage of the Martial Way, and she had already perfected the many secret arts left behind by Lin Yuan.
But when facing the ninth layer, the imprint left by 'Lin Yuan', she still felt utterly crushed.
"I wonder how my teacher is doing now? How is he faring in the Immortal Realm?" Li Qing couldn't help but feel a sense of longing for Lin Yuan.
She was a disciple he had taken in during his time in the Zhong Tu Shenzhou world, and her admiration for him ran deep.
"Hmm?"
Just as Li Qing's thoughts were wandering...
A ripple of spacetime fluctuations spread like waves, and a majestic figure seemed to traverse infinite spacetime, descending upon the Eighth Heaven.
A sense of awe rose instinctively in Li Qing's heart. She stared blankly at the majestic figure, and her eyes couldn't help but moisten. "Teacher," she whispered.
"There's actually some resistance to my arrival." A wisp of Lin Yuan's spiritual will descended upon the Spirit Realm, and he faintly sensed the 'terror' of the entire world.
But it was only 'terror'.
Even a wisp of his spiritual will was enough to easily destroy the entire Spirit Realm if Lin Yuan wished it. Merely by manipulating spacetime, he could unleash an unprecedented spacetime storm within the Spirit Realm.
This could cause the entire world to prematurely enter a state of collapse and approach its end.
The current Spirit Realm was too fragile in the face of Lin Yuan's current power.
Perhaps sensing Lin Yuan's level, the Spirit Realm's instinctive consciousness could only feel terror.
"What's wrong? Don't you recognize me?" Lin Yuan's gaze shifted to the trembling figure of Li Qing, and he smiled faintly.
"Teacher, you've really come back?" Li Qing exclaimed, suddenly snapping out of her daze. She had almost thought she was dreaming just now.
Throughout history, the Spirit Realm had gone through the rise and fall of countless epochs. Aside from the Dao Ancestor of the Immortal Realm during the world's birth, no cultivator who had entered the Ninth Heaven had ever returned to the Spirit Realm.
After a moment, Li Qing finally managed to accept the fact that the majestic figure before her was indeed her teacher.
"You've worked hard over the years," Lin Yuan said, looking at Li Qing with a hint of approval.
The development of the Martial Way in the Spirit Realm must have been due to Li Qing's immense efforts.
"Teacher, what brings you here this time?" Li Qing calmed herself and asked, unable to contain her curiosity.
Reuniting with Lin Yuan filled her with excitement, and she wanted to serve her teacher once again.
"No particular reason," Lin Yuan replied with a slight smile. "I plan to bring all of you to the Immortal Realm."
This was his purpose for returning to the Spirit Realm—to use the numerous Martial Way cultivators to spread and develop the Martial Way in the Immortal Realm.
"To the Immortal Realm?"
"All of us?"
Li Qing was stunned.
Throughout history, she had never heard of anyone being 'brought' to the Immortal Realm. According to her understanding, the only way to reach the Immortal Realm was to ascend to the Ninth Heaven. That had been the case since the birth of the Spirit Realm, and even the ancient Tribulation Passing cultivators had followed this path.
Now, Lin Yuan was saying that he would bring her and others up there?
"You go and prepare first. Within the Spirit Realm, all Martial Way cultivators at the sixth stage and above can enter the Immortal Realm," Lin Yuan said.
The cultivation environment in the Immortal Realm far surpassed that of the Spirit Realm, and the upper limit for Martial Way cultivators would be even higher there.
"All Martial Way cultivators at the sixth stage?" Li Qing was shocked. There were countless cultivators at that level in the prosperous Martial Way of the Spirit Realm, and they could all enter the Immortal Realm?
Deep within the Demon Abyss...
The Demon Abyss Ancestor ordered all the demons to retreat back into the abyss, but he did not give up on observing the Immortal Realm. Due to Lin Yuan's presence, the Demon Abyss Ancestor had almost regained full consciousness.
He constantly observed the Immortal Realm, especially every minute change in the Xuantian Fairy Domain.
"Hmm?"
"Spacetime passage fluctuations? Has that existence opened a spacetime passage between the Immortal Realm and the lower realm?"
The Demon Abyss Ancestor's heart stirred, and he was sensitive to spacetime fluctuations. Although he couldn't pinpoint Lin Yuan's exact location, he sensed the disturbance.
"Such a stable spacetime passage..."
The Demon Abyss Ancestor was astonished.
With his Dao Ancestor-level strength, he could project his soul into the lower realm and even forcefully bring beings from the lower realm into the Immortal Realm.
But to create a stable spacetime passage that thoroughly connected the lower realm and the Immortal Realm, one would need to counter the 'healing' power of the entire Immortal Realm. It required an unfathomable understanding of spacetime.
"Which lower realm does this spacetime passage lead to?"
The Demon Abyss Ancestor carefully observed and began to investigate, and the invisible power of the Demon Abyss slowly gathered.
Suddenly...
At that moment...
The Demon Abyss Ancestor's expression changed.
Not far from him, spacetime power condensed, forming the figure of a young man.
This young man easily bypassed the Demon Abyss's numerous obstacles and manifested an incarnation here. Smiling, he looked at the Demon Abyss Ancestor and said, "Demon Abyss Ancestor?"
"Who are you?" The Demon Abyss Ancestor asked, his expression solemn and guarded. He knew that the young man before him was the existence he had been observing.
The young man smiled and said, "I am the Martial Way Ancestor."
(End of Chapter)
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