Comprehension Ability: I Forge a Villainous Longevity Family

Chapter 560: Chapter 442: Evergreen Wood_2

"No, you only choose to follow the paths paved by those before you when there is a road ahead, and you won’t choose to blaze a new trail on your own if given a choice."

"That’s because they were successful."

"Hmm, that’s why the Human Race has developed to its current state."

"Are you saying you’ve seen many other civilizations?"

"Yes."

"Tell me about them."

"Alright, I once encountered a civilization of peculiar celestial beings. They had no gender, born naturally from the heavens and earth. From birth, they never walked the paths of others. Once they progressed a certain distance on their path of cultivation and saw others of their kind on it, they would decisively change direction, pioneering other unknown paths... They were a brilliant and powerful life form, achieving greater feats than humans."

"What happens when those ahead die?"

"When they find out someone has died, the successors continue their path."

"Even if it’s a dead end?"

"To them, there’s no such thing as a dead end in this world. Every path is just a part of a continuous process, some proceeding faster, others slower."

Chen Zhixing pondered briefly, seemingly envisioning such a race in his mind.

Each playing their parts, one following another, flourishing in multiple directions, unfamiliar with the concept of giving up.

After a moment, he laughed.

"Why are you laughing?"

"Nothing, just that they truly are a wonderful race, to a degree that surpasses my understanding."

"..."

"Did I say something wrong?"

"No, it’s just that the race I was talking about is your Human Race from a previous era, the primordial generation, the ancestors of your Human Race from the last epoch."

"..."

A long pause.

"Why are you silent?"

"No, I just realized what you were talking about." Chen Zhixing reflected.

He visualized each member of that beautiful race embarking on the path of cultivation.

Undaunted by life or death, aligning with all paths.

Through generations of effort, they eventually evolved to an immensely powerful state, having traversed every possible way to its absolute limit, worthy of being called masters of the universe.

But why did they end up in their current state?

"Hmm."

"..."

"Don’t overthink it; there’s no right or wrong in racial propagation. What continues on is good, and no matter how glorious what was buried in the past was, it remains just the past."

"Are you... comforting me?"

"No, I just mean that when you enter the starry sky in the future, you might still encounter that group, but you may not be able to accept their current form, nor recognize them."

"Hmm."

"..."

"Wait, are you saying they’re still alive today?"

"Of course, they’re still alive, only they’ve transformed into a different species from you."

"..."

...

Chen Zhixing couldn’t imagine what form they would have evolved into if such an ancient Human Race as Divine Liu described truly existed today.

Incomprehensible.

If such a group existed, how did they degrade to a state where the Celestial Profound Realm’s Human Race couldn’t even imagine things they hadn’t witnessed?

However, there is one thing Chen Zhixing could ascertain.

If such a group really existed, any surviving individual today would undeniably be incredibly powerful, perhaps viewing the Longevity Realm of the Celestial Profound Realm as no different from their newborn infants.

But if the primordial Human Race truly traversed all paths to their utmost limits, what should their descendants do when all paths have been claimed?

"Truly baffling, never mind, just treat it as a story."

After pondering all night, Chen Zhixing finally chose to consign the notion of this group to the corners of his memory, dwelling on it no longer.

He began to project some thoughts outward again, continuing his cultivation.

There are still seven years until the space rift leading to the Cosmic Realm opens, during which he must elevate himself to the Longevity Realm.

...

Central Domain.

Emperor’s Foot Mountain.

After the Celestial Saint Palace of the Longevity Emperor deployed, all of the Daluo Taoist Lands fell silent.

More than ten Longevity True Monarchs and nearly a hundred Peak Realm powerhouses ventured out, starting to quell the chaos stirred by Chen Zhixing’s Thought Incarnation.

It must be said that when a Longevity Sacred Lands truly deploys its foundation to pacify turmoil, the power it can unleash is terrifying.

In the mountain ranges formed by volcanic eruptions, an elder emerging from the depths of the Daluo Taoist Lands planted two crystalline saplings. The saplings absorbed volcanic heat as energy and grew visibly, rapidly towering above the clouds and then absorbing volcanic ash from the high air.

Once the volcanic eruption forces solidified, and the volcanic ash filling the sky over three states was absorbed, the two towering trees bore two fruits, and with a breeze, their trunks transformed into countless Evergreen forces nourishing the land along with the wind.

Seeing this, the elder smiled and departed from the world.

The scene was reminiscent of the sages from mythical legends.

After confirming his passing,

True Monarch Yimiao and Black Bodhi descended from the clouds, walking to the elder’s remains.

They slightly furrowed their brows.

"Do they really refuse to waste even a moment in the Mortal World?"

"Holy Master, what should be done with Evergreen Taoist Master’s corporeal remains? Should they be brought back to Emperor’s Foot Mountain for burial?"

"No need, those old things don’t care about such matters, just bury them on the spot."

As he spoke, True Monarch Yimiao had already collected the two fruits floating in mid-air.

The gigantic trees produced fruits only the size of a fingertip.

If no one mentioned it, few might guess these things were actually energy supplies for the Celestial Saint Palace of the Longevity Emperor!

Black Bodhi naturally lacked the qualification to know this.

Seeing Yimiao collect the fruits without concern, after attending to the elder’s remains, he addressed True Monarch Yimiao again:

"Taoist Master Kuzhu awoke for a day, Evergreen Taoist Master for three; Holy Master, doesn’t this make us living in the world seem incapable?"

"Incapable?"

Taoist Monarch Yimiao glanced at him and then chuckled softly: "If we truly were incapable, always calling them out to handle matters would be exactly what those old things wish to see."

"Holy Master...."

"There’s nothing unspeakable, one day in the Mortal World allows them to devour a Peak Realm spirit, a supplement spirit aligning with their cultivation path. Do you think they genuinely dislike it as they pretend? They’re quite pleased, just unwilling to show their predatory side before us. Otherwise, why did Kuzhu come, followed by Evergreen?

It’s merely to add another Peak Realm offering for the Sacred Lands to them!"

Black Bodhi: "..."

Though it’s how things indeed are, it shouldn’t seem as though they come from the mouth of the Yimiao before him.

"What truly annoys me more than those old things’ greedy faces is that this time, Celestial Saint Palace used that Emperor’s Weapon."

Thinking of the Celestial Saint Palace of the Longevity Emperor, True Monarch Yimiao couldn’t help but reveal a chill in his eyes.

Every time the Celestial Saint Palace of the Longevity Emperor appears, it demands an immense amount of resources from the other two parties, reaffirming its position as the leader among the Three Great Sacred Lands.

It can be said that just the previous suppression of the Celestial Fox erased the efforts made by True Monarch Yimiao over the past five thousand years to bolster the reputation of the Daluo Taoist Lands.

If unnecessary, True Monarch Yimiao genuinely did not wish to let the people of Celestial Saint Palace use that Longevity Emperor’s Weapon.

Compared to the greedy faces in the Spirit Realm, the Emperor’s Weapon of Celestial Saint Palace is Yimiao’s least desirable encounter.

Seemingly unaware of the underlying matters, Black Bodhi still inquired after the burial.

"I wonder if they suppressed that Celestial Fox."

"They did."

"They actually did, Holy Master..."

"Once this is done, you take these two Evergreen Tree Fruits to Celestial Saint Palace."

"Alright, and... Holy Master, about Chen Zhixing..."

"Shut up, talk more nonsense, and I’ll throw you into Celestial Saint Palace!"