Xiao Fei listened intently to the experiences and advice of the two individuals who had broken through to the Supreme realm.
While Xuan Tian Dao Zun's experience was of limited reference, Shi Xue's provided him with significant inspiration. This was because Shi Xue's breakthrough method bore a resemblance to the method created by San Yang Mo Zun, hinting at a lineage of sorts.
The breakthrough method created by San Yang Mo Zun involved a Golden Immortal gradually devouring the Great Dao of another Golden Immortal through dual cultivation. By continuously strengthening his own Dao foundation through this method, he aimed to reach the realm of a Supreme expert.
Unfortunately, after creating this technique, San Yang Mo Zun only passed it down to his son, An Ye. An Ye used this method to absorb the Great Dao of many female cultivators from the Demon God clan. By the time Xiao Fei killed him, although An Ye had not yet broken through to the Supreme realm, he was already a prominent figure among Golden Immortals. It was a pity that he died a little too early, before the breakthrough method created by San Yang Mo Zun could be verified for its effectiveness.
Furthermore, the specific cultivation technique created by San Yang Mo Zun was completely lost. Whether this technique could truly lead to a breakthrough to the Supreme realm remained unverified and was currently only at the level of speculation.
Now, Xiao Fei could only reverse-engineer the general principles to deduce the broad outline of this cultivation technique. However, the cultivation method itself, which required dual cultivation with many Golden Immortals to absorb their Great Dao, was not suitable for Xiao Fei. He only had a few dozen Golden Immortals under his command, and not many of them were female cultivators. The few female cultivators he had were all close to him, and he could not bring himself to act against them.
As for male cultivators? Xiao Fei's mind conjured images of Zhu Yu and Ji Wu Di. Tsk, tsk, tsk… such thoughts were too perverse, too dangerous! Xiao Fei violently shook his head, casting away these thoughts that were detrimental to his physical and mental well-being. This path was a dead end. Fortunately, he had other options.
He had previously refined San Yang Mo Zun's son using the Yellow Gourd. Besides adding a fist-sized Enlightenment Fruit to the crystal tree, he also obtained over a dozen shriveled, small fruits. Later, he refined San Yang Mo Zun himself with the Yellow Gourd. Although San Yang Mo Zun eventually escaped, Xiao Fei still obtained over a dozen shriveled fruits.
According to his deductions, these shriveled small fruits were likely the Great Dao absorbed from others. Absorbing the Great Dao from others was not an easy feat. As far as Xiao Fei knew, only his Yellow Gourd possessed such an ability. It seemed Gui Yi Da Di also had similar methods, but they were inferior to his Yellow Gourd. San Yang Mo Zun was indeed a talent, having created a technique that allowed him to absorb a portion of others' Great Dao through dual cultivation. With this alone, he could be proud even in death.
Xiao Fei planned to start by devouring and refining these shriveled fruits, pondering them slowly, perhaps finding a path to the Supreme realm for himself. He entered seclusion in his space for 3,000 years, tirelessly deducing and comprehending the cultivation technique created by San Yang Mo Zun. Gradually, he began to see some clarity and gained confidence. He walked to the crystal tree, plucked a shriveled fruit, swallowed it in one gulp, and then sat down cross-legged beneath the crystal tree…
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After the psychological ordeal of mixed joy and sorrow experienced in the previous period, Gui Yi Da Di's state of mind finally became resolute. He had made up his mind to diligently nurture his unborn son and provide him with the most paternal love possible, allowing his son to fully enjoy being enveloped in paternal love while still in the womb. Once his son was born, he would seize his son's body. He intended to possess his own biological son!
Although this idea was insane and absurd, it was the optimal outcome he had contemplated over the past several million years. He had obtained fragments of the Creation Jade Disk millions of years earlier than Xiao Fei, and his understanding of these fragments was more profound, making him more aware of the risks involved. Like Xiao Fei, his primordial spirit had long since merged with the Creation Jade Disk, becoming its artifact spirit.
Back then, as soon as he broke through to the Supreme realm, he sensed a powerful force subtly guiding him. He could vaguely feel a powerful hand behind him, capable of easily manipulating him. His strength as a Supreme expert was like a joke in front of that powerful hand, utterly useless. As the artifact spirit of the Creation Jade Disk, he was inherently subject to the control of others.
What everyone pursued in cultivation was, after all, longevity, strength, and freedom. However, if one was controlled by others, manipulated at their whim, and lost their freedom, longevity and strength would become meaningless. Ever since breaking through to the Supreme realm, Gui Yi Da Di had been contemplating how to escape the Creation Jade Disk. His divine soul had long since merged with the Creation Jade Disk, making it extremely difficult to extricate himself. Even if he managed to break free with all his might, the result might be that only a wisp of his residual soul remained, and the Creation Jade Disk would also shatter. In the state of a wisp of residual soul, he could only reincarnate and cultivate anew, losing his original memories, everything he possessed, and starting over.
This path was too arduous. Without the assistance of the Creation Jade Disk, the chance of an ordinary person cultivating to immortality was extremely low. Gui Yi Da Di had already established a vast empire and was naturally unwilling to give up everything he possessed. After much deliberation, he finally conceived a "disgraceful" plan. He would have a child with his own bloodline, then create a clone to possess this descendant. Afterward, he would sever all connections between the clone and the main body, cultivating this clone into a completely different individual. He would focus on nurturing this new entity, inheriting all his power, wealth, and strength, and then he could abandon the Creation Jade Disk.
However, cultivating a clone into an independent entity was not easy. Ordinary possession would ultimately result in another clone. Clones would always be subject to the constraints of the main soul. As long as the mastermind controlled the artifact spirit within the Creation Jade Disk, they would, in effect, control all his clones. Therefore, he had to use his own biological son, who carried his bloodline, to increase the success rate.
Unfortunately, influenced by the fragments of the Creation Jade Disk, his body lacked the vitality to procreate. After toiling for 3 million years, he was so exhausted that his back ached and his hands were calloused, yet he was still unable to have a single child. Thus, having children had become his obsession for the past 3 million years. When he learned that he finally had a descendant, he was naturally overjoyed.
However, even a tiger does not eat its cubs. When the moment of truth arrived, he faltered and hesitated. He couldn't bring himself to act, unable to make a decision. Therefore, in recent years, he had been in a state of mixed emotions, oscillating between joy and sorrow, as if he had gone mad.
A small heart is not that of a true man; without ruthlessness, one cannot be a hero! It was only recently that he finally made up his mind.