Top enlightenment at 100 years old-Chapter 560 - 559: Ten Years of Change

Ji Haoyuan felt a slight sense of alarm in his heart.

This monster is indeed somewhat terrifying.

If it truly targets someone, with its speed and strange abilities, those weaker than it would find it incredibly difficult to escape.

At that moment, his figure transformed into bubbles.

With a "bang", he instantly disappeared from the scene.

On the other side.

Saint Monarch Fenglie stared in the direction Ji Haoyuan had vanished, his expression somewhat grim.

Honestly, encountering such a monster halfway was something he absolutely didn’t expect.

If not for this, he would have definitely ensured the capture of Nanhua this time, even at some cost.

Unfortunately...

Some days later.

Ji Haoyuan finally returned to the Ten Thousand Laws Sacred Land.

Immediately, he relayed the incident of encountering the octopus-like monster to his mentor Taixu Bai and the Saint Master Luo Changsheng through messaging.

Afterwards, he entered his own cave dwelling to begin further seclusion.

Honestly, this fall in cultivation level seemed on the surface to be an extraordinarily severe loss.

But actually, from another perspective, it might not be such a bad thing.

It essentially granted Ji Haoyuan the opportunity to thoroughly examine himself from another layer.

This is particularly important for the path he must tread in the future.

At this moment, he first meticulously reviewed everything he had cultivated and learned over the years from head to toe.

In this process, he indeed discovered some issues that he had not noticed before.

Firstly, it was his main cultivation, the True Scripture of Formless Thousand Changes.

In the current world, this classic absolutely counts as a first-rate cultivation technique.

It emphasizes transformation and the path of illusion and reality.

In the past.

He did not feel there were any major problems with this central cultivation method.

But now, after revisiting it and scrutinizing carefully, he did discover some discordant elements.

In normal times, and even for a long time in the future, this might pose no issues.

But if the broader environment changes, or should there be any alterations in the rules of the Lower Realm, his primary cultivation method might cause him to lose track between illusion and true self.

This is a deeply serious issue.

Ji Haoyuan did not know before because his understanding of the world was relatively limited.

But now, as he encounters more secrets.

Gradually, he understands that basing oneself on a specific technique is absolutely inadvisable.

At least for him, it is incredibly unwise.

This includes techniques he obtained later, like the Pure Yang Golden Body Formula from the golden bamboo slip, and the Three Heart Years Secret Manual he acquired during his latest excursion.

In the future, he shall no longer treat them as his foundational cultivation techniques.

He must forge, or create, a fundamental technique belonging to his own realm.

As for those techniques, they can serve as references for him, or be cultivated as arts or Divine Techniques.

But the true foundation must come from his understanding.

Time flows and years fly by.

In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed.

During these ten years, Ji Haoyuan has truly forged his path.

And this path, he names the Path of Harmonization, or the Path of Integration.

Indeed.

Literally as stated.

Now, he has already integrated all he knows and learned into himself.

He no longer depends on any single technique alone.

In other words, any technique can become part of him.

Moreover, the more techniques he integrates in the future, the broader and wider his path becomes, even limitless.

Simultaneously.

After this experience, his cultivation, and realm no longer bound by the stages of beginning, middle, or late.

Whenever he feels his accumulation and foundation are ample, he can step out at any moment.

Similarly.

He can continue to accumulate in this realm.

Until perfection.

At this moment, he himself is unsure of his true strength level.

But according to his own estimate, it should be slightly stronger than when his cultivation level hadn’t fallen.

When Ji Haoyuan emerged from his secluded cave dwelling, he quickly learned from Jiang Miaoran, Miao Zixi, and Master Lei Xia about events from the past ten years.

Firstly.

This relates to the octopus monster he encountered with Saint Monarch Fenglie ten years ago.

Over these ten years, several other such monsters appeared.

They were named Devouring Sky Beast by various sects.

A creature dedicated to devouring space.

Thanks to timely discovery.

Numerous Mahayana joined forces, and even employed the greatest weapons from their sects and Immortal Treasures, finally wiping out all those appeared Devouring Sky Beasts.

Secondly, concerning developments in the Divine Ruins.

Numerous clashes occurred with various sacred lands and the Star Sky Strong Race.

Not only causing the fall of several Harmonization Celestial Monarchs, but even several Mahayana fell.

Within these, everyone noticed.

As time progresses, the number of projections of Immortals from within the Divine Ruins seem to increase.

Even once.

It barely missed allowing them to successfully bring a real Immortal to this Lower Realm ahead of time.

This greatly unnerved all sacred lands and the Star Sky Strong Race.

If this succeeded.

While it might not completely rewrite the Lower Realm’s order, it would undeniably pose a substantial threat to the sacred lands and the Star Sky Strong Race.

Regarding this, Ji Haoyuan was equally alarmed.

No one knew better than he the extraordinary methods they concealed.

Ten years ago, if not for his chance encounter with those three Immortals from the Lower Realm, the Lower Realm’s configuration might have already changed.

Of course.

He cannot deny whether there truly was success in bringing an actual Immortal from the Divine Ruins within those ten years.

But regardless, Ji Haoyuan believes, preparing for the worst in such matters is essential.

Finally. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

The most important aspect, myriad secret lands inexplicably appeared throughout the Lower Realm.

These secret lands weren’t part of the original Lower Realm, but sources from mysterious spaces and dimensions.

Even some speculate that a portion of these secret lands might derive from the Upper Realm.

Which is quite astounding.

Why would secret lands from the Upper Realm appear in the Lower Realm?

This fundamentally makes no sense.

But indeed, someone discovered treasures beyond the eighth tier within those secret lands.

No exaggeration.

Just within these ten years, the changes are more monumental than changes over hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years.

This made Ji Haoyuan, and many others, faintly perceive an impending grand force in the shadows.

They just don’t know whether this force will bring good or bad.