Chapter 691: Chapter 657 Unity-Path Divided into Four Realms
“Fellow Daoist, to what extent can the force of Reversed Spear Sword rebound?” Feeling his counterattack almost doubled, Li Fan’s expression slightly changed. With a wave of his big hand, he suppressed the Water Sword and turned his gaze to Shuo Feng.
Shuo Feng also seemed to be reflecting on the self-protection he had just shown with his Wood Sword. After a while, he recollected himself.
“The Reversed Spear Sword…” he shook his head, “in my view, it’s more the Sword of Peace, the Peace Sword.”
Without further explanation, Shuo Feng continued: “Under normal circumstances, it can easily rebound the force of a Nascent Soul Cave Heaven. If a full strike is made by a God Transformation, it would be somewhat forced. As for Integration Cultivator and above…”
“If you, being only at the Foundation Establishment Stage now, can achieve such a shocking step, doesn’t that mean you can fight equally with Integration Cultivators after you advance to God Transformation?” expressed Li Fan in a very surprised manner.
“It’s not as simple as that. Integration Cultivators cannot be lumped together. The Essence of Heaven and Earth is divided into…”
Shuo Feng seemed to be muttering something, but Li Fan was unable to hear a single sound.
Realizing this, Shuo Feng simply closed his mouth and said no more.
Feeling duped, Li Fan wisely did not probe any further.
“In any case, despite my possession of Heaven’s Oddities, there is still a long way to go to defeat my mother.” Shuo Feng said with a wry smile.
“Moreover, as strong as the foundation built from Heaven’s Oddities is, it also has its drawbacks. For example, advancing in stages is much harder and slower than for ordinary cultivators. Even enough resources and the blessing of the new law can’t change this.”
“Why is that?” Li Fan asked after hearing this for the first time.
Shuo Feng answered directly, “Heaven’s Oddities are actually Heaven’s Law. Once building your foundation with Heaven’s Oddities, it becomes even harder to accommodate anything else.”
“Ordinary cultivators need to peep into the Law of Heaven and Earth, seize its essence, extract its pith, and sacrifice its spirit to advance step by step. But it’s not the same for cultivators with Heaven’s Oddities. They employ Heaven’s Oddities as the law, as the Cave Heaven, as the Heavenly and Earthly Changes, and as the Essence of Heaven and Earth.”
“All they need to do is to keep comprehending their personal Heaven’s Oddities to the extreme, and there will be no obstructions all the way to the Realm of Unification.”
Upon hearing this, Li Fan couldn’t help but ask, “But isn’t this a good thing? Why did you say it actually makes cultivation more difficult?”
Shuo Feng counter-questioned, “Don’t you think, compared with seizing external things, the method of relying only on personal comprehension to cultivate is much slower?”
“That seems to be…” Li Fan seemed to understand something and suddenly stopped speaking.
“Brother Shuo, what you mean is that after building the foundation with Heaven’s Oddities, it’s more like cultivating with the Ancient Method?” Li Fan unintentionally changed the form of address and hurriedly asked.
“To be precise, it’s cultivating with the Ancient Method but with shackles.” Shuo Feng released a soft sigh. “That’s where the pros and cons lie. Still, I have no regrets. Although it’s harder, the limit is much higher!”
As if he thought of something, Li Fan suddenly spoke: “If a Unity-Path is achieved with Heaven’s Oddities, would the next step be to reverse the principles of Heaven’s Oddities?”
A glint of admiration flashed in Shuo Feng’s eyes, “Correct! What is the difficulty of the Immortal Realm? The Principle of Heaven and Earth is ethereal, an abstract concept that is difficult to perceive for ordinary people. How can it be easily reversed?”
“To find the Principle of Heaven and Earth, familiarize with the Principle of Heaven and Earth, control the Principle of Heaven and Earth, reverse the Principle of Heaven and Earth…”
“All these need to be completed in the Unity Realm. Although Integration Cultivators live a long life, each step requires an extremely heavy price. Throughout history, how many talented individuals have stumbled at the last step?”
“However, those who build their foundation with Heaven’s Oddities will directly skip the first step. Starting from the establishment of their foundation, they are already practising the second and third steps. It’s more or less like they save half of their energy.”
Shuo Feng tried to explain to Li Fan as simply and understandably as possible.
It seemed that Li Fan was gradually getting it.
“Finding, familiarizing, controlling, reversing – each could correspond to a specific realm in the Unity-Path.”
Li Fan suddenly remembered that Ji Hongdao, when facing Sister Zhao, once said after fixing the theory of heaven, they should not partake in worldly disputes which brought Li Fan another revelation.
“Fixing the theory means reversing the Principle of Heaven and Earth, ultimately replacing it and transforming oneself into a part of heaven and earth. That is entering the true Immortal Realm.”
“Before that, Integration Cultivators still have four steps to go.”
Seeing that Li Fan had fallen into deep thought, Shuo Feng couldn’t help but advise: “What we talked about today is but a repayment of your guidance. Fellow Daoist, don’t lose your heart by being overzealous. If you do so, it would be counterproductive.”
Li Fan came to his senses, and he replied with a smile: “No need to worry, Brother Shuo. I know where I stand. I used to think that there were just a few realms between us cultivators and immortality. I might be able to reach it.”
“Now it seems that there are actually several chasms blocking the way, each of them big enough to despair.”
“There should always be hope, shouldn’t there?” Shuo Feng agreed, adding an odd remark out of nowhere.
“By the way, I still don’t know your name. Judging by your personality and talent, you must not be an unknown person.” said Shuo Feng, a bit curious.
Li Fan clasped his hands and replied: “I am Li Fan!”
Shuo Feng squinted and started scrutinizing Li Fan closely.
“It’s just a coincidence of names! I have been misunderstood many times before.” explained Li Fan.
Shuo Feng slowly nodded.
“I have the ability to observe qi fluctuations, and as I was passing by, I sensed something unusual in this place and decided to explore further. Who knew that I would almost lose my life because of you, fellow Daoist.” Li Fan began to explain the situation voluntarily.
“So that’s why. I also felt something was wrong around here.” Shuo Feng suddenly realized and looked at a distance.
In the direction of his gaze was where Han Yi’s Stone Statue was placed.
Although it seemed he did not notice the existence of the stone statue, he had simply realized the anomaly there by instinct.
“This is interesting…”
“Why don’t you come with me to take a look?” suggested Li Fan.
“I was thinking the same.” Shuo Feng was obviously a person who didn’t fear trouble and immediately agreed.
Just when they were about to forge ahead, the sky suddenly turned pink.
The change in color made Shuo Feng’s expression take a sudden turn.
Crimson snowflakes slowly drifted down.
A woman’s pleasant voice echoed: “Feng, you’ve been away from home for a while. It’s time you came back.”
Shuo Feng’s face stiffened a little.
However, he dared not defy his mother’s will. He could only show Li Fan an apologetic look.
“Understood, mother.” he responded.
As he gripped a snowflake, the crimson color melted into Shuo Feng’s palm.
A moment later, his figure started to blur.
Slowly disappearing into the air.
Unexpectedly, a Communication Talisman dropped from the sky and flew towards Li Fan.
“If you need help in the future, Brother Li, feel free to contact me.”
The voice of Shuo Feng faintly resounded.