67: Chapter 67 The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the Tao of Heaven resonates!

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

The Dao Lecture Assembly arrived as scheduled.

On this day, the entire Taixuan Sect was a sea of people, a grand occasion without precedent.

Centered around the Main Peak Square, within a hundred-mile radius, every spot where a person could stand was packed with Cultivators who had rushed from all over the Eastern Desolation.

On mountain peaks, treetops, in mid-air... they were densely packed, a black mass of people; by a rough estimate, there were at least several hundred thousand!

Among them were many Nascent Soul Stage Old Ancestors, and even a few Soul Transformation Stage old monsters with extremely obscure auras that even Ji Wushuang found alarming, hidden within the crowd.

Almost all the prominent figures of the entire Eastern Desolation had come.

This was no longer just a Dao Lecture Assembly; it was more like a pilgrimage for the entire cultivation world of the Eastern Desolation!

At the very front of the Main Peak Square, a nine-story White Jade Lecture Platform had been temporarily constructed.

Auspicious clouds swirled around the lecture platform, and thousands of rays of divine light radiated from it; it was clearly no ordinary object.

Sect Master, Ye Qingyao, Ji Wushuang, and the Elders of the Taixuan Sect all stood solemnly below the platform, waiting for that god-like figure to appear.

“He's here!”

Someone let out an excited whisper.

From the distant Changge Peak, a white figure stepped into the Void Realm, walking slowly towards the lecture platform step by step.

He walked very slowly, but with every step he took, a golden lotus would bloom out of thin air beneath his feet to support him.

Lotus Blossoming with Every Step!

Wherever he passed, purple qi gathered in the sky, coming from the east in a majestic flow, stretching for thirty thousand miles!

Purple Qi Coming from the East for Thirty Thousand Miles!

Profound and ethereal immortal music echoed between heaven and earth, as if the Great Dao were playing for him. A refreshing fragrance filled the air; just one breath made one's mind clear and brought a slight improvement to their cultivation.

【Ding! Full set of top-tier lecture special effects activated: [Lotus Blossoming with Every Step], [purple qi from the east], [Heavenly Dao Immortal Music], [Fragrant Aroma]... emotion points are being continuously consumed...】

Su Changge felt the speed at which his emotion points were plummeting and felt a pang of heartache.

“Damn, this display is way too expensive! I hope I can make it back later...”

He was nervous to death, his palms drenched in sweat, but on the surface, he maintained an expression of neither joy nor sorrow, as calm as a deep well.

Under the gaze of hundreds of thousands of fanatical, respectful, and expectant eyes, he slowly landed on the highest point of the nine-story White Jade Lecture Platform and sat cross-legged.

He didn't speak immediately.

He simply closed his eyes, as if communicating with heaven and earth, resonating with the Great Dao.

The entire world instantly fell silent.

Not one of the hundreds of thousands of Cultivators dared to make a sound; they all held their breath, waiting for the impending heavenly words.

Time passed, second by second.

Su Changge felt the atmosphere was sufficiently built up; if he didn't speak soon, the money for the special effects would be all gone.

He took a deep breath and went over the opening of the tao te ching, which he had memorized by rote over the past month, in his mind.

Then, he slowly opened his eyes.

His voice was not loud, but through the System's amplification effect, it rang clearly in the depths of everyone's Soul.

“Dao...”

He said only one word and then paused.

However, that single word seemed to contain an indescribable magic.

“Boom!”

Heaven and earth shook violently!

All the Cultivators felt their heads buzz, as if they had been struck by an invisible great bell.

The Cultivation Techniques in their Sea of Consciousness and the spiritual energy in their bodies actually began to circulate on their own, uncontrollably, at this moment!

“This... is this... the True Words of the Great Dao?!”

In the crowd, a Soul Transformation Stage old monster cried out in shock.

A single word could trigger the resonance of all laws! What... what a terrifying Realm this was!

On the platform, Su Changge had no idea how much of a stir his one word had caused; he was just building up his emotions.

He continued to speak, his voice ethereal and distant, as if coming from high above the Nine Heavens.

“The Dao that can be told is not the eternal Dao.”

“The name that can be named is not the eternal name.”

“The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth; the named is the mother of all things.”

...

He had begun.

He began to recite that ancient and extraordinary text that he himself only half-understood.

These words, containing simple philosophical thoughts that had never appeared in this world, were spoken from his mouth and then rendered by the System's “Great Dao Charm” effect.

A miracle occurred.

As he spoke, the thirty thousand miles of purple qi in the sky began to evolve into various phenomena.

Sometimes a green ox went west, with purple qi surging.

Sometimes a Saint was fishing, letting those who were willing take the bait.

Sometimes Immortals were playing chess, with galaxies swirling around.

On the ground, around the lecture platform, even the ordinary stones began to emit a faint glow, as if nodding and listening to the Great Dao. Some withered plants and trees actually regained their vitality at a visible rate, sprouting new branches and blooming with brilliant flowers.

Stones Nodding, Withered Wood Meeting Spring!

From the sky, crystal-clear Sweet Rain containing pure life energy began to fall.

Countless Cultivators were drenched by the Sweet Rain and felt that the hidden injuries and Bottlenecks in their bodies actually showed signs of healing and loosening!

“A miracle! This is absolutely a miracle!”

“Hearing the Dao for one day is better than a hundred years of bitter cultivation! I... I feel like I'm about to break through!”

“It's too profound! Although I don't understand it, I feel my Soul is being sublimated!”

The hundreds of thousands of Cultivators below the platform had gone completely mad.

One by one, they were intoxicated, completely immersed in the mysterious and profound world of the Great Dao depicted by Su Changge.

Some, hearing “The highest good is like water, which benefits all things without contention,” instantly understood the true meaning of overcoming hardness with softness, achieving Major Achievement in Sword Intent on the spot.

Some, hearing “Heaven and earth are not benevolent, they treat all things as straw dogs,” saw through their inner obsessions, their Heart Demons vanished, and their Dao Hearts became clear.

Some, hearing “Governing a large state is like cooking a small fish,” realized the cultivation method of balancing tension and relaxation, finding the opportunity to break through their Bottlenecks.

Su Changge himself was dazed.

“No way? This effect is too good, isn't it? I'm just reading from a script! You guys can actually have an Epiphany from this?”

He felt like he wasn't lecturing on the Dao, but hosting a massive collective cheating session.

What he didn't know was that the tao te ching he was reciting contained the supreme understanding of the “Dao” itself. In this cultivation world that had never had similar thoughts, it was like injecting the first spring of water into a parched desert.

It directly touched the Origin of this world's “Heavenly Dao,” triggering an unprecedentedly intense resonance!

As Su Changge's narration went deeper.

“Man follows the Earth, the Earth follows Heaven, Heaven follows the Dao, and the Dao follows Nature...”

The Heavenly Dao resonance reached its peak!

“Rumble—”

An indescribable, vast pressure descended from the Nine Heavens, enveloping the entire Taixuan Sect.

All Cultivators, regardless of their cultivation level, felt as small as a grain of dust under this pressure.

They knew this wasn't Su Changge's pressure.

This was... the Heavenly Dao!

It was the Heavenly Dao, drawn by Senior's lecture, descending in person to listen to these supreme true words!