Chapter 286: Mount Bianyan
Xiao Yuansi laughed heartily, shaking his head repeatedly as he heard this. "Everyone says that the spiritual energy which connects the heavens and the earth exists in the sky as various spiritual qi, and in the earth as the earth veins and fiery abysses. How could fighting in the sky solve this problem? The spiritual energy is intertwined with the earth veins, and any disturbance would undoubtedly affect the whole system. If you studied the path of formations, you would know that it is not that simple."
Xiao Yuansi paused briefly before continuing, "Years ago, when the three sects and seven gates besieged Li Jiangqun, they fought for three days and nights. Li Jiangqun was merely a Purple Mansion Realm cultivator who wielded a sword with unparalleled skill. Despite facing numerous foes, he managed to sever the earth veins and spiritual energy of the northern shores of Moongaze Lake. It took nearly a hundred years for the area to recover… This shows the formidable power of Li Jiangqun. Imagine, then, the impact if the Golden Core Realm cultivators were to get involved—would it not shake the heavens and the earth?"
Li Tongya nodded in realization and could not help but sigh. "Golden Core Realm... who knows how many people, how many corpses, and how many years it takes to achieve it…"
Xiao Yuansi laughed sarcastically, seeming to want to say something, but he swallowed his words and merely replied, "Golden Core Realm is beyond our reach. As for the Dao Embryo Realm above it… it exists only in imagination."
"Dao Embryo...?"
Li Tongya was slightly puzzled. His cultivation method, the Supreme Yin Breathing Meridian Nourishment Sutra, mentioned only six realms—Embryonic Breathing, Qi Cultivation, Foundation Establishment, Purple Mansion, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul. There was no mention of the Dao Embryo Realm, so he was naturally confused.
Xiao Yuansi nodded and explained, "It is the realm above the Golden Core. It has been so long since anyone has been able to reach it that the current cultivation world rarely mentions it. Not only in Jiangnan but also in Mobei, Lingbei, and Jizhong… there has been no talk of the Dao Embryo Realm at all. According to the ancestor, no cultivators has been seen attaining this realm in this world for five hundred years."
Hearing this, Li Tongya thought to himself,
Perhaps the Nascent Soul Realm is the ancient term for Dao Embryo Realm... The Supreme Yin Breathing Meridian Nourishment Sutra must be very old, so the discrepancies in names are understandable.