Chapter 2291: Sitting and Discussing the Dao

Ye Yuan and the Saint Ancestor High Priest sat and discussed the Dao, while the disciples listened, half-understanding.

Among them, some were already supreme experts of the Heavenly Human Realm, having also reached the Great Perfection of the Ancestral Realm in the Dao of Alchemy.

But without taking that step into the Dao Pill, they could never participate in the discussion between the two.

They found that the topics their master and Ye Yuan discussed had completely surpassed their understanding, reaching another level.

Alchemy differs from other cultivation; it is a Dao rooted in spiritual herbs, needing to be expressed through concrete substances.

Moreover, the properties of heavenly spiritual herbs vary widely, encompassing all things.

For most alchemists, their pill refinement remains at the material level.

This Dao, ascending from the physical to the metaphysical, reaching the level of the Dao, is especially difficult.

At this level, understanding spiritual herbs from the perspective of the Dao is a completely different angle.

The understanding of the eleven disciples was from the bottom up.

But Ye Yuan and the Saint Ancestor High Priest's understanding was from the top down.

When you stand at the summit, you see all mountains small—that is the principle.

Although the two were not truly at the summit, it was a height ordinary people could not reach.

Gradually, atop Feather Mountain, the sound of the Dao lingered, circling without end.

The entire Feather Mountain echoed with the charm of the Dao.

Although the eleven disciples could not fully comprehend, their strength stood at the peak of the mortal realm, and this level of Dao discussion naturally benefited them greatly.

"Hahaha... Marvelous! Truly marvelous! Ye Yuan, your insights have really opened my eyes!" Yi laughed.

Ye Yuan smiled: "Likewise, the Saint Ancestor's profound views have given me a feeling of being enlightened."

Suddenly, Yi's expression turned serious: "Ye Yuan, your Dao, though still immature, already shows its edge! If you keep going down this path, you may go further than me and the Medicine Ancestor!"

After this round of discussion, the shock in Yi's heart was beyond measure.

Ye Yuan's depth of understanding of the Dao of Alchemy and his incisive insights were not like those of a novice but rather like a master with profound accumulation.

Although this was reasonable, he found he had still underestimated Ye Yuan.

Especially when Ye Yuan spoke of his sixty years of enlightenment, gathering the essence of myriad alchemy Daos, which had transformed him completely.

Often, some insights Ye Yuan mentioned were things Yi had never even thought of.

At such a young age, to possess such profound insights was simply incredible.

Ye Yuan smiled: "One must eat bite by bite. Since comprehending the origin of the Dao of Alchemy, my progress in the Dao of Alchemy has noticeably slowed."

At these words, the disciples' faces showed strange expressions.

This was too pretentious!

Others cultivating the Dao of Alchemy all measured time in tens of thousands of years.

Your two thousand years of enlightenment have already surpassed others' tens of millions of years of understanding, and you're still not satisfied?

The hardest part of the Dao of Alchemy is the step of comprehending the power of origin.

This kid has already opened the door, yet he complains it's too slow!

Yi laughed heartily: "You kid, saying this on Feather Mountain is fine. If you said it outside, you'd probably be drowned in spit!"

Ye Yuan smiled: "This time I came precisely to spar with the top experts of the Tongtian Realm. I just wonder if that one will lower himself to fight with a junior like me."

Yi smiled: "That depends on your own skill, whether you can force him out! But don't underestimate the heroes of the world. The Tongtian Realm is not just one Medicine Ancestor and one Saint Ancestor High Priest. Those who comprehend the origin of the Dao of Alchemy are few, but they exist."

Ye Yuan nodded: "Senior, rest assured, I know what I'm doing."

Yi nodded: "Mm, I am naturally at ease with you. If you were rash and reckless, you wouldn't be where you are today."

The two's discussion came to a pause, both benefiting greatly.

Ye Yuan had only a vague understanding of the Dao Pill before, but Yi's discussion opened another door for him.

These things would take him some time to digest.

After finishing this topic, Ye Yuan curiously asked: "Senior, may I dare ask what your realm is?"

Ye Yuan was unclear about the realm divisions above the Heavenly Human Realm.

Meeting Yi this time, he naturally wanted to clear up his doubts.

Yi smiled: "I have passed four decline tribulations, thus at the Heavenly Human Four Declines realm."

Ye Yuan was surprised: "With your strength, Senior, you are only at Heavenly Human Four Declines?"

Yi laughed: "The Heavenly Human Decline Tribulation is not as simple as you imagine; the later stages are even more terrifying! Heavenly Human Realm experts gain immortality, which defies the Heavenly Dao, so the Heavenly Dao sends down decline tribulations to kill martial artists. Therefore, many can pass the first and second decline tribulations, but after the third, very few remain. Even the Medicine Ancestor is only at the Four Declines realm."

Ye Yuan's mind trembled; so the purpose of the decline tribulations was this!

He had always thought Yi and the Medicine Ancestor were supreme experts at Heavenly Human Five Declines, but they were only at Four Declines.

"Then... how strong are experts at Heavenly Human Five Declines? Can they match Dao Ancestors?" Ye Yuan asked.

Yi shook his head: "Dao Ancestors control the rules of one domain, granted by the Heavenly Dao! Even if one passes Heavenly Human Five Declines, they cannot be their opponents. Of course, among those at Heavenly Human Five Declines, there are some extremely fearsome existences. Their strength may be only a hair's breadth away from Dao Ancestors."

Ye Yuan was shocked: "There are such experts! Senior, can you tell me which experts in the Tongtian Realm have such strength?"

Yi smiled: "I know you have a good relationship with the Jian family. The Jian family's ancestor, Xuanji Heavenly Emperor, is one such fearsome existence! Most of the current Heavenly Human Four and Five Declines experts emerged after the Cataclysm War. But I've heard that Xuanji Heavenly Emperor is an old monster who survived from the previous era, with unfathomable strength. Of course, no one has seen him fight, so whether he can truly rival a Dao Ancestor is unknown."

Ye Yuan gasped!

In his understanding, Xuanji Heavenly Emperor was on the same level as the Medicine Ancestor and the Saint Ancestor High Priest.

Who would have thought he was so terrifying.

Ye Yuan's heart stirred: "Then... does Senior know of the existence of the Divine Race?"

Yi nodded: "I have heard of them, but I don't know the details."

Ye Yuan sighed: "Then does Senior know that a new Cataclysm War is coming soon?"

The ever-calm Saint Ancestor High Priest finally changed color, startled: "There is such a thing? How do you know?"

Ye Yuan recounted the matters of the Abyss World and the Divine Race, leaving everyone present with grim faces.

An invisible pressure echoed through the hall.

"Senior, the Divine Race has been brewing for an era; this time they will surely come fiercely! The Sacrificial Temple must be on guard early!" Ye Yuan said.

Yi sighed deeply: "The Cataclysm War, another cycle? No wonder I've been feeling uneasy lately; the root is here!"