Beast Taming Ascension

Chapter 316 Tao

Regarding the ghost bride, Lin Jing and Thunder Dragon Ancestor remained silent for only a moment before regaining their composure, demonstrating their exceptional inner strength.

It's just a love affair between two female cultivators, nothing more.

After all, compared to the intermarriage between the ancient demon race and the human race, and compared to the love between Ouyang Hao, the sect leader and senior brother of the Beast Taming Sect, and a beast-shaped demon, at least their races are the same.

"Thank you for bringing the marriage certificate."

The ghost bride emerged from the river of memories: "I will be sealed by him for a year according to the contract, lending him my power for his use."

"However, our strengths are vastly different. Even if I cooperate, I doubt he could control my power."

"After all, even I couldn't perfectly control my power at the beginning."

The reason why the Ghost Bride is so powerful now is not because she was very powerful in life, but because of her special constitution in life, coupled with her death on an ancient battlefield. This ghost body was formed over a long period of time by absorbing the power of many battlefield dead souls.

This power, which she did not cultivate herself, is also the reason why the Ghost Bride is in poor condition.

Although he has regained some memories through his possessions from his previous life and his consciousness has taken over the ghost's body, it will probably take some time to fully consolidate his power.

The Ghost Bride could not guarantee that Lin Jing could perfectly control the power she lent.

"There's still time."

The old ancestor Lei Long, who resembled a coachman, said, "There are still six months left. During this time, let His Highness the Holy Son learn your Dao and become familiar with your power."

"My path..." the ghost bride wondered.

As the ancestor of his clan, the Thunder Dragon Ancestor was knowledgeable and experienced, and he explained to the Ghost Bride.

"You were born by chance, and you probably don't know much about the path of cultivation. In that case, let me tell you!"

"Let's leave aside the early stages of the cultivation path and just talk about the Nascent Soul, Void Profound, and Dao Inquiry stages..."

"The path to becoming a deity is the process of becoming a god of heaven and earth. By cultivating the power of heaven and earth, one can overturn the world in the blink of an eye."

"The transformation from Nascent Soul to Void Profound is based on this foundation, mastering the power of space and creating a space within one's own body."

"The Void Profound cultivator, through the power of heaven and earth cultivated during the Nascent Soul stage, transforms the space within his body into a form that best suits him, simulating the creation of the world by the Heavenly Dao. This is the Void Profound Path."

"The life-or-death battle of the Void Profound Realm is a contest where cultivators transform their inner world into a Void Profound Realm and compete to see whose spatial domain is stronger!"

"However, this is only the path to the early and middle stages of the Void Profound Realm. In the later stages, as the Void Profound Realm gradually improves, cultivators will pursue a higher goal: to find their own Dao. This Dao is equivalent to the soul and will of a world, giving the Void Profound Realm within the body a set of rules."

"The consciousness of a Void Profound cultivator transforms into the Dao, becoming the Heavenly Dao of their own inner world. Only when all this is accomplished can one be considered to have reached the Great Perfection of Void Profound."

"This process is also called Dao Fusion. Therefore, the Void Profound Realm can be roughly divided into two stages: Refining the Void and Dao Fusion." "The Refining the Void stage is the process of opening up the internal space, refining the void, and perfecting the internal space domain."

"The stage of fusion with the Dao is the process by which one's own consciousness transforms into the will of the Dao, merges into the Void and Profound World, and simulates the Dao of Heaven."

"Your aptitude is excellent. You have already developed the rudiments of the Dao simply by regaining your memories. Just now, you suppressed the remaining consciousness within you that wanted to take over your body's sovereignty through the Dao of Obsession."

"Your obsession with finding your husband, uh, wife, uh, whatever, has transformed you from a human into a ghost, and from an incomplete form into a complete ghost cultivator who dominates a body. Therefore, this path is the foundation of everything you have now."

"When you successfully merge with the Dao in the future and completely control this Dao of obsession, then as long as your obsession remains, you will be an unsolvable existence. Even if only a wisp of your soul remains, you will be immortal."

"This is the Way."

"As for the Dao Inquiry Realm, it's too early for you. But in the end, it's about using your own Dao to contend against the Dao of others and the Heavenly Dao. If your own Dao doesn't collapse in this process and you defeat the other Daos, then your own power will become stronger and stronger. The so-called Dao Inquiry is the process of testing whether your own Dao is strong enough."

"When one's cultivation reaches perfection and breaks through the limitations of the Heavenly Dao rules of the lower realm, one reaches the so-called Ascension Realm."

The ghost bride pondered, "So my path is the path of obsession?"

“That’s right, the path of obsession with love! Some people enter the path of love, some people enter the path of ruthlessness. The word 'love' is a relatively common way to enter the path.” Ancestor Leilong nodded.

"So, senior, you mean I should also try to learn her Dao? But how should I learn it? And the Dao of Obsession may not be the same as my Dao. If I learn it, will it affect my subsequent cultivation?" Lin Jing asked, voicing his doubts.

Ancestor Leilong said, "For every cultivator, the process of cultivation involves countless choices. Each choice has the potential to become a path. There is no rule that every cultivator can only have one path."

"For example, I have merged with the Dao three times and chosen three different Daos. Unfortunately, none of these three Daos allowed me to break through the shackles and enter the realm of seeking the Dao."

"In the end, it is because my Dao is not strong enough or in harmony enough that I cannot even take the first step in seeking the Dao."

"Therefore, gaining a deeper understanding of the Way of Obsession will not affect His Highness's future. It's like temporarily learning a spell. Currently, His Highness's cultivation is still low, and he has not yet found his own Way. But when His Highness enters the Void Profound Realm, he will have countless Ways to choose from along the way. At that time, the most crucial thing will be which Way His Highness believes best suits him and which Way he chooses to merge with."

"After all, if you choose the wrong path, it's like taking the wrong road. You'll waste countless years trying to find the way to enlightenment. Those who fail to break through to the enlightenment realm simply chose a path that didn't suit them well enough."

"In short, having comprehended the Way of Obsession now does not mean that I will need to merge with the Way of Obsession in the future. It is only for the purpose of better merging with the power of the Ghost Bride at present."

Lin Jing nodded, realizing that the Void Profound fusion was indeed still too far from his reach.

Having only cultivated to the Golden Core stage, he had no concept of his own "Dao".

This "path" does not refer to the paths of swordsmanship, imperial control, illusion, or other magical techniques, but rather to the cultivator's inner self—what sustains them on their journey to the highest realm.

Lin Jing thought about it and realized that he was probably still in the "seeking the Dao" stage and had not yet found his own Dao. If he hadn't found it by the time he reached the Void Profound stage, he might be stuck at the bottleneck of the early to mid-stage of the Void Profound stage and unable to advance any further.

"What will my path be?"

(End of this chapter)