Chapter 248: Chapter 233: The 9th Great Tao, Life and Death Tao!
"Junior Chen Zhixing, I’ve long heard that Qianyang Academy is the Ten Thousand Tao Sect, so I have come specifically to learn the Tao."
Chen Zhixing clasped his hands and said.
"Ten Thousand Tao Sect... that’s still an exaggeration."
The elder Tian Qianzi smiled and said, "It’s just that I’ve lived a bit longer, so with the accumulation of years, I understand a bit more than ordinary people."
The words fell to the ground.
Tian Qianzi glanced at Chen Zhixing, then shifted the topic and asked, "Have you cultivated the Nine Gods Technique?"
"Yes." Chen Zhixing nodded.
"Unexpectedly, someone indeed managed to cultivate this technique."
Tian Qianzi shook his head, feeling a bit sentimental said, "If the Nine Gods Master had awareness from the underworld, seeing someone actually cultivate his technique in the future generations, I suppose he could rest with a smile beneath the earth."
"Oh? Senior Tian Qianzi knew the founder of this technique?" Chen Zhixing raised his eyebrow and asked with some curiosity.
"Hmm, he was my student back then."
Tian Qianzi slightly smiled and said, "He innovated this technique back then, blazing a trail that had never existed through the ages, in the True Self First Realm."
"It’s just a pity that his talent was far inferior to yours."
"He spent his whole life only cultivating three Great Tao Seeds, and then his time ran out, dying of old age seated at the academy."
Tian Qianzi shook his head, feeling a bit sentimental said, "My student was too stubborn. If he had cultivated according to the usual rules, Nirvana might not have been hopeless. He might have been able to live until now."
"But he insisted on cultivating this technique, which ultimately burdened him, leading to his regrettable demise."
At this point, Tian Qianzi couldn’t help but sigh softly.
Chen Zhixing nodded in agreement.
The Nine Gods Technique is indeed a heaven-defying method!
In cultivating this technique, one carries multiple Great Taos within, easily sweeping the same realm undefeated!
Chen Zhixing, at the True Self Seventh Layer, could even counterattack the Nirvana Realm Great Power, Lei Huatian!
However, in this world, everything has trade-offs.
Each minor breakthrough in this technique requires comprehending a Great Tao to the True Self Realm, and consolidating a Great Tao Seed!
The difficulty is akin to re-cultivating the True Self nine times!
If Chen Zhixing didn’t possess Heaven-defying Comprehension, his fate might not have been better than the Nine Gods Master.
"Third Young Master, to cultivate the Nine Gods Technique to such an extent in a few youthful years is truly astonishing, even old folks like us who’ve lived for so many years have never heard of anyone this exceptionally brilliant."
Tian Qianzi stroked his beard and smiled, then turned serious:
"However, the biggest challenge in cultivating the Nine Gods Technique is not actually the consolidation of the nine Great Tao Seeds!"
"It’s the life and death tribulation in breaking through the Nirvana Realm!"
"Life and death tribulation in the Nirvana Realm?" Chen Zhixing’s eyes gradually narrowed.
"Young friend, do you know why there are thousands in the True Self Realm, but Nirvana Realm Great Powers are so scarce?"
"Do you know why, despite the fact that the Nirvana Realm and True Self Realm only differ by one realm, there are True Self cultivators under thirty, yet Nirvana Realm cultivators are exceedingly old?"
Chen Zhixing’s expression subtly flickered upon hearing this.
Indeed.
There are many True Self Realm cultivators, and quite a number of them are extremely young.
Such as the celestial prodigies on the Longevity Celestial Pride Rankings, all in the True Self Realm!
Yet...
The youngest Nirvana cultivator Chen Zhixing encountered was his master Moo Yuemei, who was already three hundred years old!
Between True Self and Nirvana, there seems to be a barrier that stretches age to extreme length!
Tian Qianzi glanced at Chen Zhixing and smiled as he spoke: "That’s because breaking through to the Nirvana Realm requires overcoming the life and death tribulation!"
"Just this single tribulation has scared away countless True Self cultivators, never daring to step into the Nirvana Realm for life!"
"The so-called life and death tribulation is a process of revival after being placed in a deadlock!"
"Slight carelessness can truly lead to death within the life and death tribulation!"
"Hence, often True Self cultivators, when considering a breakthrough, prepare painstakingly, even until the last moment of their lifespan, before daring to risk it all, wagering their life to try for Nirvana, rising from the dead!"
"And after overcoming the Nirvana Great Tribulation, a rebirth process emerges."
"Among those I’ve seen, the fastest to complete this took a full ten years."
Chen Zhixing nodded in acknowledgment upon hearing.
In his past life playing the game ’Great Cultivation’, he never reached the breakthrough to the Nirvana Realm, hence his understanding is rather limited.
"The Nirvana Realm is still too distant for the junior, so the junior is not in a hurry to contemplate it. This time I came to Qianyang Academy just to complete the ninth Great Tao and step into the True Self Ninth Realm."
"Not so, not so."
Tian Qianzi waved his hand and said, "The ninth Great Tao you chose is actually critical for your future breakthrough to the Nirvana Realm!"
"The so-called life and death tribulation is related to the Great Tao cultivated in the True Self Realm, the stronger the Tao, the stronger the tribulation!"
"You cultivate the Nine Gods Technique, containing nine Great Taos so when the tribulation arrives it will be unprecedented, unimaginable!"
"If you’re not cautious in choosing the ninth Great Tao, I’m afraid your life and death tribulation... survival would be bleak."
Chen Zhixing was shaken upon hearing this.
The next moment.
Chen Zhixing took a deep breath, his face showing unprecedented seriousness, bowed deeply and said:
"Please instruct me, senior!"
Tian Qianzi nodded and began to speak slowly:
"In my opinion, you now only have one Great Tao to choose."
"And that is..."
In the midst of Tian Qianzi’s murky gaze, a glimmer flickered by as he uttered four words:
"Life and Death Tao!"
"Life and Death Tao?" Chen Zhixing’s narrow eyes gradually narrowed.
"Indeed."
Tian Qianzi nodded, his expression solemn: "Only by comprehending the Life and Death Tao can you transform life and death during the life and death tribulation, and emerge towards life.
In the vast and desperate encirclement, find a path to life that belongs to you."
"Dare I ask, senior, how can I cultivate this Life and Death Tao?" Chen Zhixing asked with a frown.
In this world, the Three Thousand Taos, most have traces to follow.
For example, Innate Five Elements, wind, rain, thunder, lightning, as well as swords, blades, and axes.
One only needs to find a cultivation technique, and practice diligently to a deep level.
This is not difficult for Chen Zhixing.
But as for the Tao of Life and Death...
He has never heard of any technique to cultivate the Life and Death Tao.
"Each person’s understanding of life and death is different. You ask how to cultivate, but I don’t know how to answer."
Tian Qianzi smiled, then after pondering for a moment, began speaking contemplatively:
"However, I do have something that should aid your understanding of life and death."
With these words.
Tian Qianzi flipped his right hand, revealing a fully dark pill in his palm.
"This item is called a Death Spirit Pill. Once you consume it, you will enter a state of false death."
"However, although termed ’false death,’ it will be close to actual death; at that time, all your life’s vitality will be extinguished, leaving only a trace of Chaos Spirit."
"If you can rely on that trace of Chaos Spirit to awaken your body’s vitality, you can naturally comprehend some aspects of life and death."
"But if not, you may completely succumb to chaos and slumber, turning false death into true death."
Removing his speech at this juncture.
Tian Qianzi paused and smiled at Chen Zhixing: "Between life and death lies great fear; whether you wish to attempt or not, depends on you."