Chapter 188: Dao Integration Is Difficult, Attend the Banquet
“Of the Five Great Sects, only three remain. Of the Eight Great Clans, only four remain. Only the Three Great Academies were left untouched.”
These past days, through the Heavenly Blade Sect’s intelligence network, you learned that the entire Purple Firmament Immortal Dynasty had fallen into great turmoil!
Of the powers on the surface, those that managed to survive had essentially already pledged allegiance to the Imperial Family, openly or in secret!
“If not for my maneuvering behind the scenes, I fear the Heavenly Blade Sect would have followed in their footsteps!” You felt fortunate for your choice.
Seven days later, while you were cultivating, you received another message from Princess Anle.
“One month from now, please come to the Imperial City, Sect Master Ye. There are important matters to discuss!” After leaving a single sentence, Princess Anle vanished.
“Go to the Imperial City?” You pondered for a moment, then decided not to go.
The Imperial City, huh. That’s their territory. With my current cultivation, going there is just throwing my life away.
Though you wanted to do something for the Heavenly Blade Sect, you would never gamble with your own life.
You knew full well that the Wilderness Clan cultivators were all in the Imperial City, and you had killed so many of them. If anything went wrong, your little life would be over!
“Well done!” The long-absent Ancestor Yunyi suddenly appeared, looking at you with a smile.
“As the Sect Master, this is only proper.” You waved your hand dismissively.
“By the way, Ancestor, how did you originally break through to the Dao Integration realm?”
“What, stuck at a bottleneck?”
You explained your current predicament to Ancestor Yunyi one by one, hoping this Old Monster who had lived for ten thousand years could help you.
“Dao Integration, Dao Integration — it is the fusion of oneself with the Great Dao. I am the Great Dao; the Great Dao is me!”
“Bring your will, your cultivation, your physical body close to the Great Dao. Try to make yourself a part of the Great Dao.”
You began to relax your mind, opening your heart, letting the Power of Law flow through your body.
You followed the Great Dao, adhered to the Great Dao, gradually making yourself a part of it.
“Not bad, teachable indeed!” Ancestor Yunyi watched you with a smile, personally guarding your cultivation.
You entered a mysterious and profound state. In that moment, you felt as though you were the Great Dao itself.
“How does it feel?” Ancestor Yunyi sat not far away, asking you with a smile.
You withdrew from that state, your consciousness returning to your body. Somewhat dazed, you said, “I feel like I had a dream, an incredibly real dream.”
“In the dream, I seemed to have become a kind of Great Dao…”
“Heh, then that dream of yours lasted quite a while. A whole month has passed.” Ancestor Yunyi glanced at you and laughed.
“Good thing you woke up in time. Otherwise, I would have had to personally wake you myself.”
“What happened?” you asked.
“Nothing much. The Imperial Family sent you an invitation. It’s for today.” Ancestor Yunyi said casually, and a gold-embossed invitation appeared in your hand.
You opened it, and a towering aura surged forth, but was quickly suppressed.
Reading the invitation, you learned it was exactly what Princess Anle had invited you for that day.
“This… do I really have to go?” you hesitated.
“What, scared?”
“Of course I’m scared!” You nodded firmly. “I’ve killed quite a few Wilderness Clan cultivators. Right now, they probably wish they could kill me as fast as possible!”
Ancestor Yunyi glanced at you, somewhat surprised, and said dismissively, “No matter. I will go with you. I will naturally keep you safe.”
“Really? Ancestor, could you reveal your cultivation?” you hesitated.
“Hm?” Ancestor Yunyi said with some displeasure. “Just rest assured. I keep my word!”
Things had come to this point. You knew that this time, you had to go whether you wanted to or not!
“Alright, go back and prepare. We leave in a quarter hour!” Ancestor Yunyi waved his hand, and you rose to leave.
On the road to the Purple Firmament Immortal Dynasty’s Imperial City, there were only you and Ancestor Yunyi.
“Ancestor, really not bringing a couple more people?”
“You think we’re going for a stroll? The more people, the more danger!”
You gave an embarrassed laugh. You had originally thought of digging out a few more Ancestors, but Ancestor Yunyi wouldn’t agree.
“By the way, Ancestor, why was my Dao Integration so smooth this time?”
“That heart palpitation from before actually vanished completely!”
“That’s because I was there!” Ancestor Yunyi explained. “You brat, the Power of Law you cultivate is too much and too varied. When you underwent Dao Integration, without your restraint, the Power of Law ran rampant inside your body.”
“Wouldn’t that mean death?”
Realization struck you. Truly, the involved party is blind while the bystander sees clearly.
“Then, Ancestor, my subsequent Dao Integration…”
“I can suppress it for a time, but I cannot help you forever. The rest of the path, you can only walk yourself.”
“Do you know of the one once hailed as the number one in the Return-to-Void realm?” Ancestor Yunyi asked.
“I’ve heard of him.” You nodded. It was precisely because of this person that your Power of Law had indirectly surged to ninety-nine strands.
“This person had peerless talent, yet was ultimately trapped in the Return-to-Void realm his entire life, unable to achieve Dao Integration!”
“In the end, his lifespan was exhausted, and he died!”
You felt numb. After hesitating for a moment, you asked, “Ancestor, can I start over?”
Ancestor Yunyi immediately laughed. “Sure. Go kill yourself and reincarnate to cultivate again.”
“Kill myself?” You shook your head. Suicide was useless to you!
“We’re here!” You saw the city gate into the Imperial City, where a long queue had already formed.
“With the situation so turbulent now, even entering the city requires queuing.” You sighed.
“Mm.” Ancestor Yunyi nodded in agreement, then seized your arm, and your figures vanished.
The scene shifted. You successfully entered the Imperial City…
“This…” For a time, you didn’t know what to say.
“What’s wrong? Something the matter?” Ancestor Yunyi glanced at you in confusion and asked.
You shook your head. “Nothing. Having high cultivation really is nice!”
“Then work hard at cultivating, little one.”
You arrived outside the Imperial Palace. Looking at the guarding soldiers, you glanced at Ancestor Yunyi.
“What are you looking at? Take out the invitation.” Ancestor Yunyi urged.
“What, you want me to take you and force our way into the Imperial Palace?”
Hearing this, your brow raised. That didn’t seem entirely impossible?
“Sect Master Ye, long time no see.”