686: Shushan

Within the vast and boundless Beidou Star Sea.

Besides Fengyun Holy Land, there are six other Seven Great Holy Lands standing together, spanning across the starry sky.

The Seven Great Holy Lands are all immortal orthodoxies, passed down for over ten eras, with incredibly ancient foundations and powerful overall strength!

Even now, they are still the overlords of the starry sky, possessing ancient Great Emperor inheritances, with supreme emperor weapons suppressing their orthodoxies, making them untouchable.

Within Jietian Holy Land, one of the Seven Great Holy Lands.

“Achoo!”

A peerless woman, whose perfect figure was enveloped in a luxurious black silk dress, raised her delicate brows: “Who is secretly plotting against me, hmm?”

The peerless woman in the black dress exuded a captivating and cold allure, as noble as an immortal.

She was clearly filled with a seductive charm, like a peerless enchantress from a mortal dynasty who could bewitch an emperor into skipping morning court, yet she also possessed an incredibly noble and cold temperament.

The contrast between her allure and coldness was incredibly striking; every gesture and smile of such a peerless woman was captivating and breathtaking.

“Source Beginning Divine Mine… tsk, surely no one would try to plot against me there, right?”

The woman’s lips curved into a strange smile; she was the demonic maiden of Jietian Holy Land!

She always plotted against others; no one ever plotted against her!

Hmph, if it was a man plotting against her, she would chop him up and feed him to the dogs; if it was a woman plotting… then she would snatch her to be her concubine!

As the woman thought this, a smug smile appeared on her enchantingly beautiful face.

Upon this trip to the Source Beginning Divine Mine, she would surely break through to the Void God Realm!

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Other immortal orthodoxies in this star sea were making big moves, dispatching a certain number of cultivators to the location of the Source Beginning Divine Mine.

Besides immortal orthodoxies like the Seven Great Holy Lands, there were also ancient era great sects passed down from the ancient era, such as Xiaoyao Shenjiao (Xiaoyao Divine Sect)!

In fact, the history of the Seven Great Holy Lands can also be traced back to the ancient era.

After all, to be called an immortal orthodoxy, it must have survived for over ten eras, and ten eras is 1.29 million years, nearly 1.3 million years!

A million years ago was the ancient era!

However, an ancient era great sect is not necessarily an immortal orthodoxy, as the ancient era spanned a very long time, and the Primordial Era is sometimes categorized as the early ancient era.

Many ancient era great sects were established during the Dharma-ending Age of the ancient era, so their existence has not yet exceeded ten eras, and thus they can only call themselves ancient era great sects, not immortal orthodoxies.

With the anomaly at the Source Beginning Divine Mine, the ancient era great sects in the Beidou Star Sea emerged one after another.

Among them, one particularly prominent Sword Dao giant must be mentioned—Shu Mountain!

The Shu Mountain orthodoxy was established in the late ancient era and was renowned throughout the All Heavens and Myriad Realms because it was once the leader of the entire starry sky’s Sword Dao in the All Heavens and Myriad Realms!

Unfortunately, it eventually declined and fell apart.

There is Shu Mountain deeper in the starry sky, Shu Mountain on Burial Emperor Star, and Shu Mountain in the Beidou Star Sea.

There is contemporary Shu Mountain, ancient Shu Mountain, primeval Shu Mountain, and ancient era Shu Mountain!

Of course, the inheritance of Shu Mountain has always originated from its establishment in the late ancient era, so no matter how much it split, it can still call itself an ancient era great sect.

And even when separated, each branch is incredibly powerful.

For example, the Shu Mountain of the Beidou Star Sea possesses Sword Dao peerless monarch-level experts!

But what others don't know is that the Shu Mountain of the Beidou Star Sea also controls a portion of the Sword Dao Profundity power!

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Shu Mountain.

“I sensed the heavenly secrets of the Sword Dao Profundity; a new Sword Dao Profundity has emerged.”

The monarch of Shu Mountain walked out of the main hall, his eyes, as a Seven Tribulation Quasi-Emperor, were ethereal and profound, seemingly gazing into the boundless regions of the starry sky.

His ability to cultivate to his current realm was, in fact, inseparable from the assistance of the Sword Dao Profundity.

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In the past, Shu Mountain, as the leader and dominant force of the Sword Dao in the All Heavens and Myriad Realms, commanded the reverence and admiration of all Sword Dao cultivators across the heavens.

Shu Mountain controlled one percent of the Sword Dao Profundity of the All Heavens and Myriad Realms!

What does one percent of the Core of a Great Dao signify? It means that on this Dao, one is infinitely close to the level of a dominator.

Becoming a true Emperor of a Dao!

That is, one can rival a Great Emperor! Even if one is not a Great Emperor, if one masters one percent of a Great Dao Core, one will be crowned the Emperor of that Dao!

A Great Emperor cultivator is one whose cultivation realm has reached the Emperor level.

But it does not mean that the Dao cultivated by a Great Emperor has reached an extremely high level.

One percent of a Great Dao Core represents one percent of a Great Dao! How vast is a Great Dao? How endless is it?

Even a Great Emperor has only just proven the Dao they cultivate, having only just taken their first steps on this Dao.

Forget one percent, even one ten-thousandth is considered the absolute peak.

Therefore, Great Dao Core is something that even Great Emperors covet; mastering a certain amount can directly grant power comparable to a Great Emperor, allowing one to rival a Great Emperor!

One can imagine how glorious Shu Mountain once was; Shu Mountain not only had Great Emperors of the Sword Dao but also one percent of the Sword Dao Profundity.

However, ever since a certain earth-shattering battle, the All Heavens and Myriad Realms began to decline, eras changed, and Shu Mountain's one percent of the Sword Dao Profundity was scattered, its whereabouts unknown.

The remaining portions were then divided among the four fragmented Shu Mountains, and now, the Shu Mountain in the Beidou Star Sea only possesses seven ten-thousandths of it.

If one masters one ten-thousandth of a Great Dao Core, one can be called a Great Dao Star Envoy!

Within the All Heavens and Myriad Realms, they can traverse the starry sky, possessing extremely strong suppressive power against cultivators of the same Great Dao, and with the boost of one ten-thousandth of a Great Dao Core, their combat power can even allow them to fight across realms.

If one masters one thousandth, then one is called a Great Dao Myth, meaning they are basically invincible below the Emperor Realm. The so-called myth refers to “mortal myth,” while a Great Emperor has actually surpassed the mortal realm.

One percent, of course, is a Great Dao Emperor, and if one masters one-tenth… then one is already the master of that Great Dao!

After all, Great Daos exist between heaven and earth, and the vast majority of Great Dao Cores are essentially not mastered by living beings; they are either sealed away or hidden.

This is because if a living being could master the complete Great Dao Core, then they could sit on equal footing with the Heavenly Dao! The Heavenly Dao naturally would not want to see such a thing happen.

Let alone complete, even mastering more than half of the total Great Dao Core can directly contend with the Heavenly Dao.

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Returning to the topic, the monarch of Shu Mountain mastering seven ten-thousandths of the Sword Dao Profundity made him almost unrivaled at his realm; among monarchs of the same realm in the Beidou Star Sea, there were virtually none who could defeat him.

However, the monarch of Shu Mountain also took out two ten-thousandths of the Sword Dao Profundity and gave it to his son, to help him gain insights into the Sword Dao.

Besides mastering the power of the Great Dao and boosting combat power, the main function of the Great Dao Core is to help cultivators gain enlightenment!

The Core is the core of the Great Dao, or rather, its origin, the sum of all its essence.

This is like an exam where you are given the answers and the complete solution process directly; how could you not understand it?

Comprehending the Great Dao Core is precisely like this.