Chapter 558

Chapter 558: The Dao Domain of the God of Poverty

“The shackles born from the Holy Path explain why I sense a problem. How could the Azure Sky create such divine abilities like True Essence for mortals? It seems plans need to be changed…”

After learning the laws of the Holy Path, Yun Ye immediately understood the reason.

In the Nine Lives Classics, the difference between the Royal Path and the Holy Path is the order that spans the three heavens and ultimately where it leads.

The Royal Path begins in Mystic Heaven, traverses through Azure Sky and Red Heaven, breaks out into the outer universe, and transforms into the Fourth Heaven of the Royal Path, suppressing everything in the world.

The Holy Path, on the other hand, starts in Red Heaven, flows through Azure Sky and Mystic Heaven, descends upon the earth, and becomes the boundless Holy Path, blessing all things in the world.

From the perspective of the three heavens, the Royal Path connects from high to low, and it should ultimately descend to earth, but the actual result is quite the opposite.

The reason for this contradiction is rather subtle. The method to become a Monarch, created in Red Heaven, is actually a shortcut to enhance strength. It requires the fusion of powers from multiple dimensions into the power of the Royal Path, somewhat similar to multiple Spiritual Laws.

This method of becoming a Monarch is extremely dangerous, with a probability of nine out of ten leading to failure. However, the rewards for success are immense, almost equivalent to achieving the strongest rank in one leap.

The Royal Path Heaven covering the Red Heaven realm can suppress all opponents, allowing a clan’s fortune to flourish, comparable to obtaining the Status of the land’s protagonist.

When there is a Monarch, the human race experiences explosive growth in all aspects; talented individuals emerge when power is needed, and countless wise individuals arise when wisdom is essential. In desperate situations, latent potential bursts forth, and internal conflicts within a clan dissolve without a trace. While it may not cover all aspects perfectly, it is indeed far superior to times without a Monarch.

During the era of Red Heaven, there were no three heavens. The so-called break into the outer universe merely manifested in the Red Heaven realm, shrouding the world in the power of the Royal Path, turning it into the Royal Path Heaven. This allowed the human race to receive the blessings of the Sovereign Heaven and develop rapidly.

Everything began to distort after the three heavens took shape.

The three heavens form three layers of dimensions that envelop Red Heaven with a special suppressive effect. All other dimensions struggle to manifest under the suppression of the three heavens. If the power of the Royal Path does not break out into the outer universe, it is akin to relinquishing the power of the Sovereign Heaven.

As time passes, the Fourth Heaven of the Royal Path will rapidly exhaust itself, being ground down into nothing by the three heavens. Only by breaking out into the outer universe and escaping the impact of the three heavens can the Fourth Heaven of the Royal Path be sustained, ensuring that the Monarch’s power is sufficient to suppress everything.

However, the cost of breaking out into the outer universe is the disappearance of the blessing effect; the Royal Path can no longer grant the human race immense benefits. After all, there are three heavens in between, and even the strongest power will be progressively diminished. It can only be said to be stronger compared to times without a Monarch, but it cannot be compared to the past.

This is the treachery of the Immortal Path’s three heavens.

As each layer of world-class shackles increases, achieving the Royal Path becomes more difficult, while achieving the Holy Path becomes ten times harder than the Royal Path.

“The Holy Path can quickly change the rules of heaven and earth after accomplishment, its speed far surpassing that of the Royal Path…”

“The only problem is, rules must be predetermined, spread throughout the world, and obtain the consensus of all living beings. This undoubtedly exposes oneself to the eyes of True Immortals. Even if the World Gods descend to share in the potential, True Immortals might still take action.”

The Holy Path is too difficult.

Cultivating the Holy Path requires gathering the will of all beings, starting from Red Heaven, using the power of all beings to cover the Red Heaven realm, thereby forming the Red Heaven Resonance Ceremony.

With this ceremony as a foundation, one can immediately modify the rules upon achieving the path, theoretically allowing True Immortals only a brief window to take action against him.

During that time, one can be constrained by the World Gods, providing a glimmer of hope to complete the modification of the rules of heaven and earth, completely prohibiting True Immortals from descending.

But the biggest problem is, how to avoid death before achieving the Holy Path?

“Showing the enemy a weakness?”

“Starting from Red Heaven is because it is closest to the earth, minimizing the loss of the source of power, and requiring the lowest consensus from living beings.”

“In other words, if you are unafraid of this loss, starting from Mystic Heaven is also fine. You only need to finally transform into the Holy Path. True Immortals are not all-knowing; perhaps you can deceive them and buy some time.”

Tomorrow offered a suggestion.

The Holy Path and Royal Path can be cultivated simultaneously.

The Water Emperor once achieved Half of the Holy Path, with a foundation built on the major powers of humanity rather than the civilian populace.

In Yun Ye’s view, the Holy Path is akin to an alternative Dao device. With both working together, they can set up the Red Heaven Resonance Ceremony and achieve the path at the fastest speed.

“To switch to cultivating the Holy Path at the end, we must establish a consensus to block True Immortals from descending before that. We can proceed slowly, burying our intentions beneath the turbulent undercurrents of Red Heaven. With so many philosophies in play, we do not lack for one.”

“Once successful, we can avoid tremendous risks and give it a try.”

Yun Ye deemed this plan feasible.

He began to refine it.

The dragon ship drifted through Yun Ye’s thoughts, and although it had no helmsman, it still followed the correct route toward the Four Sun Continent.

This dragon ship also possessed some Tomorrow Society technology, allowing it to operate completely autonomously. If people inside suddenly vanished, it would not affect its duties.

……

Along the endless Boundary Sea, everything felt eerily silent. The more one approached the edge, the more resources and energy became scarce.

The Four Sun Continent was no exception; the coast of the Boundary Sea appeared extremely desolate. If not for the many cultivators passing through, this would undoubtedly be an overlooked wasteland.

However, unlike the Border Continent, although all continents’ peripheries are somewhat barren, the extent of desolation really depends on each continent’s foundation.

The Border Continent’s Boundary Sea has the "Ancient Spirit City" created by the Heavy Origin Heavenly Sect and the Great Li Dynasty, which, though not far from the Boundary Sea, is rich in spirit energy. The Four Sun Continent is far superior; just walking a few hundred miles leads to abundant spirit energy, with patches of blazing land appearing.

At that moment, if one looked up, they would see a red veil without any aura falling from the sky, blocking the view and covering the horizon endlessly, illuminating the darkened sky.

It seemed that even though the Fourth Heaven of the Royal Path plunged the world into eternal darkness, different regions showed varying performances. Whether it was the Nine Star Heavenly Sect or the Celestial Heart Sect, they each had ways to brighten the sky again, and their methods differed in levels.

This veil is vastly different from the Nine Star Heavenly Sect’s; one is artificially created, while the other resembles a natural wonder.

The area shrouded by this veil is known as the Dao Domain of the God of Poverty and falls under the jurisdiction of the Celestial Heart Sect.

“This place is quite unusual!”

Yun Ye stood atop a mountain, gazing out. He had initially felt disappointed not to see the Four Sun Continent in the sky, but he unexpectedly discovered an even more incredible sight.

“It is said that part of the God of Poverty’s power fell here, and a True Immortal cast down this veil to seal it. Therefore, after countless years, the Dao Domain of the God of Poverty formed. It seems this is not baseless rumor; this veil indeed exceeds earthly understanding, obscuring time and space, not touching the world. Even a Monarch could not achieve such a feat.”

Tomorrow hovered nearby, unable to perceive anything, as if the veil did not exist at all.

One could see Dao devices that grasped the rules of heaven and earth in the distance, yet the veil was not visible. This was similar to a World God, suggesting some high-level existence.

In this world, only True Immortals could be considered equal to World Gods; this power either belonged to a World God or a True Immortal.

Yun Ye quietly nodded and watched for a moment, noticing many cultivators and flying artifacts traversing the area.

“The cultivators here are indeed stronger. They have returned to normalcy in just two hundred years, with almost no residual Aura of Death. I wonder what kind of power the strongest here possesses.”

He opened the Rebirth Book, gently wiping away the words "Border Continent" and replacing them with "Four Sun Continent."

At the same time, the evaluation of strength shifted.