"call......"
Zhang Yan breathed a long sigh of relief and came out of the state of cultivation. After a little calculation in my mind, I realized that hundreds of years had passed.
The passage of time has left no trace on Zhang Yan, and he has become accustomed to this situation of opening and closing his eyes for hundreds or even thousands of years.
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Otherwise, how can we say that immortals have existed forever in the eyes of ordinary creatures? The time it takes for an immortal to take a nap is enough for an ordinary living being with a lifespan of a hundred years to reincarnate several times or even a dozen times. Therefore, in their eyes, immortals exist forever.
But in fact, under the great Luo, the immortal is just a candle, and there will be a time when it burns out.
And when he entered the realm of Daluo Jinxian and transcended life and death, Zhang Yan found that he seemed to have become "slow". Everything was done subconsciously, not in a hurry, and even the words "time-consuming" seemed to have been forgotten from his mind.
It's just that although I gradually lose the concept of time, it doesn't mean that I often fall asleep with nothing to do. On the contrary, he has not slept for many, many years, and even the time of daze does not exist. Although the word "busy" is not appropriate, it is quite appropriate to use "not idle all the time".
Stepping into the realm of Daluo Jinxian, Zhang Yan's practice also shifted from "condensing one's own strength and means" to "comprehending and exploring the deeper context behind the strength and means."
This transformation is what Zhang Yan has been following from the beginning, and it is also unknown to those ancient immortals in the void world who have been pursuing but unable to get it.
Stepping into the realm of Daluo Jinxian is like getting a bow and arrow. Ancient immortals like Mu Zhen in the void world are pursuing the continuous improvement of bows and arrows to make them more powerful and have a longer range. But it was found that no qualitative change had occurred. No matter how powerful a bow and arrow is, it is just a bow and arrow.
After Zhang Yan entered the Da Luo Jinxian realm and obtained the "Bow and Arrow", what he pursued was not to improve the bow and arrow, but to find ways to evolve the bow and arrow in the direction of firearms.
The difference between the two is obvious. The former has an obvious ceiling, and the road ahead almost ends at a glance. This is also the reason why those ancient immortals feel despair. The latter is to start from scratch, to stand at a new starting point and embark on a new path instead of staying still or going around in circles.
Therefore, even if Zhang Yan is just a newly promoted Daluo, he is stronger than those so-called sect master-level Daluo Golden Immortals, and is stronger than ancient immortals like Mu Xing. This is not caused by talent or skills, but by the essential difference brought about by path selection.
In other words, Zhang Yan is stronger because he has clear "guidance" that is not available in the void world. There is no need to take detours, and there is no need to explore and search. You can just stride forward along the path that has been paved by predecessors. This speed of advancement is naturally not comparable to that of Mu Zong and others.
But although Zhang Yan has the "guidance" of his predecessors, he still has to think twice if he wants to successfully aim at the next level and make rapid progress.
After Daluo comes the saint. To become a saint, the difficulty cannot be explained in words.
Let’s compare it with the legends in the great world. Except for the great ancestor of Hedao, there are only eleven saints, among whom only a handful have become saints through practice. The rest of sanctification is achieved through merit and deliberation.
It's not that saints who use merit and deeds can't do it. It is indeed a shortcut, and there is nothing wrong with it. But in terms of strength, it is also true that the status of saint obtained through trickery is much lower.
Zhang Yan has no idea of becoming a saint through meritorious deeds, and even if it were possible, he would not have the conditions. So I can only work hard to achieve the more difficult task of practicing, enlightening and becoming a saint.
Of course, in addition to the two paths of meritorious deeds and practice and enlightenment, there is also a way to become a saint. But according to legend, one person is half the battle. That person is the leader of the Chaos Demon God, Pangu. He is taking the path of becoming a saint through strength. It's a pity that the success fell short in the end.
Zhang Yan doesn't think he has the ability to compare with the great god Pangu. Therefore, although the path to becoming a saint through force is said to be equal to the great road once successful, it is also called the path to enlightenment through force. It is the most noble path on the road to sanctification. But it is also the most difficult.
I have never seen a figure like Hongzu back then who did not choose to become a saint through his strength but chose to follow the Way. This shows that even Hongzu doesn't think he can do better than the Great God Pangu. Even if Pangu, the great god, failed to become a saint with his power, he would not be able to survive either.
During the first thousand years of meditation and retreat, Zhang Yan still felt that he was "walking as fast as flying". Following the practice guidance of Daluo Golden Immortal Realm, he could be said to be flying forward all the way.
Based on Zhang Yan's own feelings at the time, and after a thousand years of seclusion, he was confident that when he met the four suzerain-level Daluo in Mu Zong again, he would directly suppress the four of them, without even using the Immortal Killing Sword Domain. It can prevent the opponent from running away. With such an increase in strength, one can imagine how much Zhang Yan changed in the first thousand years.
But a thousand years later, Zhang Yan gradually discovered that "strength" and "power" could only be equated superficially. For example, in the monk stage, before entering the realm of Daluo Jinxian, the stronger the power, the stronger the strength. But if you simply pursue power, you will follow the same path of death as ancient immortals like Mu Zong.
It was after the shift from the pursuit of power to a deeper spiritual path that Zhang Yan discovered a new world, and the new world was so vast that it far exceeded his imagination.
"Spells... rules... deconstruction and reshaping, even the field of oneself... are all bullshit! No, they are not even bullshit!" Zhang Yan took a first look. This is how I felt when I saw the true face of Daluo Jinxian.
But at the beginning, Zhang Yan couldn't explain why the things he had devoted so much effort to practice now "don't count". He couldn't explain clearly, because the new path he came into contact with was too mysterious, and he couldn't find it at all. Use words to describe detailed feelings and reasons.
It was not until more than two thousand years later that Zhang Yan suddenly realized what his new path would be.
Speaking of which, I am still enlightening.
It's just that the "Tao" here is no longer the principle of heaven, but the mystery of the great road!
It is also the "great road" that the legendary god Pangu hopes to be equal to with his strength!
In the past, there was only one concept of "Tao", which was engraved in Zhang Yan's mind when he first came into contact with spiritual practice. It’s the way of heaven! Whether it is magic, the power of rules, or even the understanding of one's own immortal body, they are all realized and operated through the way of heaven.
But now for the realm of Daluo Jinxian, the way of heaven is too small.
The things derived from the way of heaven are no longer enough to support Daluo Jinxian's climb after his cultivation. And what about above heaven?
That's the road!
After Zhang Yan also understood the relationship between "Heavenly Way" and "Dao", he suddenly understood why the power of rules that is well used in the world becomes less useful or even unusable in the void or unknown realm. .
This is like fish and shrimp in rivers and lakes, which eventually flow into the sea. Not every fish and shrimp can adapt to the sea.
