188: Thousands of avenues!

In the ancient palace on Mars.

Lin Chen was digesting the information spoken by the mysterious old man.

Each piece of information was incredibly shocking.

Lin Chen himself was constantly pondering and planning his future path in his mind.

This trip to Mars gave him a whole new understanding of the peak powers of this world.

The Emperor Realm was incredibly distant for him now, let alone the ethereal Ancestor Realm.

“One step at a time. Back then, the Dao Realm also seemed unattainable to me…”

Lin Chen withdrew his thoughts, then looked at the mysterious old man and respectfully said:

“Senior, may I ask your name?”

The old man in a purple long gown was very friendly towards Lin Chen; he smiled and spoke.

“My venerable title is Emperor Lei. You can just call me Old Lei.”

Emperor Lei?

Was this old man an Emperor Realm Expert? Or one of the Great Emperor Realm Experts he mentioned earlier?

Lin Chen couldn't help but be curious. This old man’s pressure was much stronger than Yu Wanxing’s, and it was only naturally emanating. Lin Chen estimated that even if he wasn't a Great Emperor Realm Expert, he was at least a peak expert within the Emperor Realm.

The old man had shown no malice so far and had patiently explained many issues to him.

Lin Chen suspected that Old Lei’s attitude was likely related to his identity as a Seed.

Afterward, Lin Chen once again consulted Old Lei about some of the questions in his heart.

Old Lei explained each one patiently.

It turned out that Old Lei was a Grand Elder of a super Dao lineage in the Primordial World.

Thirty thousand epochs ago, the Source of the Ancestor Realm descended upon the Primordial World, opening ten thousand dimensional passages, and selecting ten thousand Protectors for ten thousand Seeds respectively!

Old Lei was one of the ten thousand Protectors.

The Protector's mission was to assist the Seed in completing the ultimate trial, which was the life-and-death trial of the ten thousand Seeds in the Primordial World!

And not just anyone could be a Protector. Various Dao lineages had to compete to secure a spot. Once one became a Protector, they would receive numerous benefits granted by the Abyss.

Finally, at the time of the life-and-death trial, after the sole Seed was determined, his Protector would even have the opportunity to glimpse a higher realm… As for Lin Chen, he couldn't sense the Source Great Dao before, but he could still wield the power of the Great Dao.

That was because the Source Great Dao of the Primordial World was very different from that of the Endless Realm!

This required a period of adaptation. Only after compensating for these differences could he sense the Source Great Dao of the Primordial World.

The biggest difference between the two four-dimensional worlds was that the Endless Realm only had eleven Source Great Daos.

Whereas the Primordial World had over a thousand!

The disparity in the number of Great Daos was too vast, which also meant that the Great Daos in the Endless Realm had significant limitations.

Therefore, the Endless Realm could at most give birth to Great Emperor Realm Experts, and even then, they would be very weak Great Emperors.

Lin Chen was greatly shocked upon learning that there were so many Source Great Daos.

For example, the Great Dao of Creation, the Great Dao of Matter, the Great Dao of World, etc., which did not exist in the Endless Realm… There were also some laws that were originally branches of Great Daos in the Endless Realm but became Source Great Daos in the Primordial World.

For instance, Wind, Fate, Light, Darkness, Karma, Reincarnation, Life, Death, Destruction, Power… Upon learning of these Great Daos, Lin Chen’s Dao Heart fluctuated violently, directly overturning his previous understanding.

Later, under Old Lei’s explanation, he realized that the heavenly dao will in the Endless Realm was too weak compared to the Primordial World.

It could only evolve these Source Great Daos into branches of basic Great Daos.

Therefore, the Primordial World was overwhelmingly superior to the Endless Realm in terms of power!

Lin Chen was actually quite bewildered at this moment. If this was the case, his proudest and strongest foundation seemed incredibly laughable in the eyes of countless beings in the Primordial World… “Old Lei, I am following the strongest path of the Endless Realm. Is there still a need to continue down this path?”

Lin Chen asked doubtfully, feeling very anxious now… Old Lei laughed upon hearing this, saying:

“Little fellow, your current path is not only not wrong, but it is very correct!”

Lin Chen’s previously worried expression immediately relaxed.

There was still hope… “You don’t need to care how many Great Daos you have mastered, because in the later stages, you will all have to create your own Great Daos!”

“So, there are actually countless Great Daos in this world.”

“Creating a Great Dao can only begin in the Emperor Realm. Before the Emperor Realm, it is right to master as many Great Daos as possible. When you create your own Great Dao, you will also have some references and insights.”

Creating a Great Dao?

Lin Chen immediately became interested and then inquired in detail.

Old Lei, like an elder, explained to him with great patience, which made him very grateful.

And he also gained many insights into cultivation, and his martial arts path became even clearer!

All Great Daos in this world are divided into three levels: Upper, Middle, and Lower.

Upper-level Great Daos include Chaos, Time, Space, Fate, Karma, Creation, Reincarnation, Destruction… Middle-level Great Daos include Yin, Yang, Life, Death, Power, Light, Darkness… Lower-level ones include Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind… Half-Step Emperor Realm and Quasi-Emperor Realm Experts have already mastered a complete Source Great Dao. After breaking through to the Emperor Realm, they must create their own Great Dao.

This is like creating a battle skill; only by creating a Great Dao suitable for oneself can its power be greater!

And this point is also very difficult, equivalent to fumbling in the dark.

Many Emperor Realm Experts, even if they create a new Great Dao, it will only be a lower-level one, and they may never hope to break through to Great Emperor Realm!

Seeing so many Great Daos in the Primordial World, Lin Chen was immediately moved.

He had the System, and he believed that after the System upgraded, it would definitely have a function related to creating Great Daos, just like deducing battle skills.

Old Lei had also said before that if one could master a large number of Source Great Daos before the Emperor Realm, it would be easier when creating a Great Dao.

Should he comprehend a thousand Great Daos through the System?

But in that case, the energy points required would also be an astronomical figure… Or he could choose some Upper and Middle-level Great Daos.

Suddenly, he thought of something and humbly asked Old Lei:

“Old Lei, if I comprehend Great Daos like Fate and Karma in the Primordial World, will I still be able to use them when I return to the Endless Realm?”

The two Great Daos Lin Chen mentioned belonged to the Upper-level Great Daos here, but in the Endless Realm, they were merely branches of Great Daos… Old Lei smiled faintly upon hearing this and asked in return:

“Then tell me, if I created a Great Dao that originally didn’t exist in the Primordial World, could I use it in the Primordial World?”

As soon as these words came out, Lin Chen instantly understood, as if a light bulb had gone off in his head.

He could use it!

At this moment, Lin Chen understood even more intuitively the saying that high-dimensional crushes low-dimensional. The Endless Realm was also like this compared to the Primordial World… Beings in the Endless Realm might never be able to comprehend Great Daos such as Karma, Fate, Matter, etc., throughout their lives, while the heavenly dao will in the Primordial World could evolve them independently!

“Since that’s the case, my strongest path still has a lot of room for improvement!”

“The Great Daos of Time and Space in the Endless Realm also have certain flaws, and their power is far inferior to the Chaos Great Dao.”

“In the Primordial World, these Great Daos are all of the Upper-level, so their Great Dao power should logically be the same.”

“If these flaws are corrected, then the power of my Great Dao Combat Skill will definitely see a terrifying increase!”

Lin Chen looked at the System panel with a feeling of realization.

Sure enough, the System had successfully upgraded again!