There was a lull in the world as though time itself had come to a stop. There was nothing and yet everything at the same time, like one was experiencing the birth of the universe itself.
Somehow, though there was nothing at all to observe, many found tears coming to their eyes.
They quickly wiped their tears, not understanding where this feeling was coming from. It felt like something hidden deep within their souls was stirred and shaken awake.
BOOM!
The explosion carried the same emotional depths, the same kernel of hidden truth.
White flames surged out in all directions, White Phoenix Heavenly Patterns painting the skies like jagged lines across glass.
CHING. CHING. CHING.
They forcefully condensed the Spark of Life Flame until it condensed into a new set of Immortal Rings.
But…
BANG!The Immortal Rings exploded once again, only to slowly reform.
BANG!
Once again, shattering into a rain of flames that fell to the ground below, spreading love and affection through the world like a mother embracing their child soon after the ache of birth.
The First Extinction.
The Second Extinction.
The Third Extinction.
The Fourth…
Ryu continued as though shattering his own Dao Heart was nothing more than a casual affair for him.
It was only after the Sixth Extinction that the sharp eyes of those who truly understood the secrets of the world were able to grasp what they were seeing.
Every time Ryu shattered his Dao Heart, a toxic energy would take form, a bundle of Karma that was bad and suffocating, bearing down with the world of a world.
But every time Ryu burst through that curtain, it was like he was embodying the Artistic Conception of Life itself.
The Seventh Extinction…
The Eighth Extinction…
The Ninth…
Ryu's aura continued to climb, so much so that there was no doubt in anyone's mind that even a genius of the Fragmented Sky Gods would find themselves crushed beneath his momentum alone. ⱤåꞐö₿Ęṧ
And yet, despite having reached the final Extinction, his momentum within the Path Extinction Realm only continued to grow continuously and endlessly, relentlessly pushing the pace forward until.
CRACK.
BANG!
The Immortal Rings shattered once again.
By this point, they were so solid that they couldn't be looked at like illusory projections of will at all. It looked as though solid wheels of white flames were circulating through the skies.
Every circulation sent a pulse of power, lines of White Phoenix Heavenly Patterns jetting out in a torrent and solidifying in the world before slowly fading away.
Every time this happened, there was another upsurge, and yet the calmness that returned soon afterward grew calmer and calmer almost as though Ryu was taming the world itself.
But it was then that the Tenth Extinction began.
The path of shattering one's comprehensions and building them back up wasn't completely groundless. In fact, Ryu could understand where it came from.
Inheritances were named as such because they were either shared wills across many people, or passed down directly from one existence.
You were carrying on the Dao Heart of a Path, so to speak. Which was why it worked as a replacement for the true path of cultivation.
By using them as a stand-in, you could use it as a proxy to strengthen your Dao Heart because constantly shattering that connection and reforming it placed a great deal of pressure on your spirit as well…
It just wasn't as good as the real way.
And this method of Ryu's obviously came with far more than just power alone, because when it manifested itself…
Ryu's 13 Immortal Rings quickly reformed, but this time…
The illusion of a mountain had formed in its midst.
The Shrine Mountain.
Maybe in the future, if anyone dared to follow Ryu's Path, they would call this a Martial Soul. However, to the world of now… it was known as a Natural Enlightenment, one of the two types of Inheritances.
In the past, Ryu was told by a Heavenly Warrior that he wouldn't be able to complete a perfect breakthrough into the Sky God Realm unless he was about to reach the State of Natural Breath.
The State of Listening… the State of Feeling… The State of Immersion… The State of Control… The State of Heart… the State of Soul… The State of Natural Breath…
These were the seven tiers of Natural Enlightenments and taking even a single step forward was a nightmare of a lifetime. Ryu had thought that things would change after coming to this world, but the number of people he had seen with a Natural Enlightenment of even the lowest level could be counted on a single hand…
Starlight and Sarriel.
That was the end of the list.
It was clear that even in this wider world, the value of a Natural Enlightenment was not only not lesser, it was even larger.
But now, Ryu was raising it to an entirely different level, a level that most would never fathom in their lifetimes.
Until now, he had only been able to raise his Shrine Mountain Natural Enlightenment to the State of Immersion. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't raise it to the State of Control.
But now he understood that what he was missing had been right in him the entire time.
A Natural Enlightenment was formed by observing the world, forming a connection with it and experiencing its wonders…
The State of Control was taking a step beyond just understanding and observing…
It was about making this Natural Enlightenment your own.
BANG!
Ryu broke into the State of Control and his Shrine Mountain and Immortal Rings shattered once again.
The Eleventh Extinction.
Ryu's aura continued to surge as he entered the State of Heart.
This was the state where one's Dao Heart and one's Natural Enlightenment became inseparable, a state where they were one in the same.
BANG!
They shattered again and Ryu tore into the State of Soul.
The Shrine Mountain overlaid with his body, surpassing the external state of the Spiritual Foundation and Dao Heart, to truly become a new Soul Nature.
And that opened the door for the final stage.
BANG!
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