Zhang Yu looked at the figure of the Daoist. Perhaps because the spiritual Qi of the lotus was too strong, he could not sense any trace of vitality from the Daoist.
However, there was another possibility.
A cloud of ganoderma appeared under his feet. His body floated up slowly. Soon, he arrived at the other side of the lotus platform. At this moment, he raised his head to look. When he saw the Daoist's face, his gaze could not help but waver slightly. This Daoist did not have any facial features. His body was not made of flesh and blood. There was no spirit in his body.
Overall, this should be the body of a creation that had not been completely created. However, the level of its power was not low. Furthermore, there was a bit of spiritual Qi residing in the divine aperture. This was something that all creations with spiritual power would have. Without this spiritual Qi, there was no way to control the spiritual power in the body.
It was precisely because of this spiritual Qi that it would instinctively protect itself. It would not allow the outside world to destroy it. This was also why it could take the initiative to block attacks from the outside world even though it did not have a consciousness or spirit. If it did not do so, it would still be injured.
He looked at the Daoist deeply. This body should be the "Creation of Ultimate Benevolence".
However, the objects here did not seem to be "Creation". Instead, there were many traces that were related to cultivators. For example, the lotus in front of him, the twelve Solar Stars of Creation that were shaped like a formation, and the Daoist himself. This was very normal. The Creation of Ultimate Benevolence should have some kind of reference in the beginning. It should not have been created out of thin air.
It was difficult to create something from nothing. However, if there was a reference, it could avoid many crooked paths.
For example, Tianxia's Creation had borrowed the refining methods of Tianxia's Daoist cultivators at the very beginning. It referred to the Daoist cultivators' method of progressing through the Dao and gradually walked its own path.
The old scrolls of the Vast Race had clearly recorded that the rise of the Vast Race and the prosperity of this world's creations had the participation of many junior cultivators. Meanwhile, the "Creation of Ultimate Benevolence" was an attempt to reach a height that the Vast Race had never reached before. Thus, using the methods of the cultivators who were a step ahead in terms of mystical power, it seemed very reasonable.
However, according to the Vast Clan's thought process, they wanted to create a creation that could deal with all the cultivation sects once and for all. This creation should be unrivaled by any cultivator, and it could suppress all the sects on its own. Then, according to the current method of creation, there should at least be a reference, a reference that truly reached the upper level of power.
Then where is this item or person?
Thinking of this, he used his eye seal to observe the inside and outside of the cocoon.
Not long after, he discovered something.
Inside the lotus seat in front of him, there was an ancient scroll floating with golden light. It could be seen that the image of a faceless Taoist was drawn on it. Whether it was the attire or the appearance, it was very similar to the body of the Taoist sitting on top of it.
Moreover, that was not all. This was indeed a painting, and it was the portrait of a cultivator in the upper realm.
Normally, cultivators who had reached the upper realm would not be able to land on a painting, because what the painter had to depict was not only the person, but also the Dao. Once it involved the Dao, some things were very difficult to explain with a brush. It even needed to be depicted with a method that could be understood by the people of the world. It was extremely difficult.
However, this painting just so happened to be drawn, and the Dao was demonstrated in detail in front of the person. Moreover, it was in a way that the person could gradually understand. This was not a simple guide, but a deliberate teaching and guidance. The painter's understanding of the Dao was extremely profound.
It was no wonder that the Creation of Ultimate Benevolence was also in the image of a Taoist. It was completely molded according to this.
He thought for a moment. If he was the one to draw, he could also do this. However, this was under the premise that he had grasped the fruit of the coexistence of the real and the void. Did that mean that the painter had also reached this realm?
Up until now, he had never seen such a person among the cultivators in this world. Jin Zhixing was in the Suming Sect, but he had also never seen such a person among the six sects.
Combined with the literature that he saw in the secret chamber, this was very likely the portrait of the "Saint".
In the history of the Vast Race, it was not that they did not encounter any setbacks in the art of creation, but every time, they passed smoothly. This was because they had the scale of the "Saint".
Especially in the early and middle stages, there were a few key breakthroughs in the art, and the shadow of this "Saint" was behind them.
Looking at the situation now, those Vast Race creators might not have directly communicated with the Saint, but rather with this painting. Not only were they creating things, but they were also copying the Dao on it, and then obtaining the inspiration to create things from this painting. As the art accumulated step by step from shallow to deep, their understanding of the Dao would naturally become more and more profound.
However, this was not without its flaws. According to his opinion, at this moment, this body had almost gradually restored the Dao displayed in the painting, but it still lacked a relatively more crucial thing, and that was the "Spirit"!
A "painting" was a painting in the end. No matter how it was displayed, it was still a living thing that did not possess vitality. If it was completely copied, it was naturally impossible to expect it to break through that layer of boundary by itself, unless it could innovate and continue to advance on this foundation.
However, the Vast Race had obviously not reached this level at the moment. Judging from the Dao, the golden armor that he saw in the Place of Spirit previously had a very high degree of similarity to this body. It should be the product of an attempt at creation. The standard of this golden armor could not be said to be low, but from the original intention of creating this object, it was still a failed product.
Then, what was the aim of the painter, or rather, the "Saint" to pay all this? Was it purely to guide the Vast Race to walk down the path of creation?
If it was a normal person, perhaps they would not be able to see through the profundities within, but looking at his current cultivation realm, he deduced a possibility.
Looking at the situation of the various sects in this world, the cultivators in charge of the affairs of the sects were not those with the highest cultivation realms. Those with aptitude and the heart to pursue the Dao were all in seclusion, and when problems occurred during their seclusion, they either did not come out from seclusion, or they simply disappeared.
This seemed to be very puzzling, but as his understanding of this world deepened, he believed that if the changes in the Dao were also considered, it was actually not difficult to understand.
The changes in the Dao blocked the path of cultivators' ascension, and that meant that it was very difficult for the world to accommodate people of the higher realms. Then, on the other hand, if someone attempted to ascend to a higher realm, then their divine aura would be far away, and their mortal body would be dissolved. They would definitely be blocked out from the world, and it was even possible that they would fall into the Place of Spirit, and from then on, there would be no possibility of them returning to the world.
However, this kind of problem had occurred to so many people who had comprehended the Dao, so it was impossible to say that the cultivators of the higher realms of the various sects did not know about this. However, they were all still in seclusion, comprehending the Dao. Then, were they really helpless about this? Or were they just going to give up and return?
He felt that this was not the case. Combined with the long scroll that Daoist Wei had entrusted to him, and the Golden Armor of Creation that Wang Zhidao had entrusted to him, someone was intending to transfer their own profound principles to the lower realms, so that the lower realms would climb up to them, and borrow the hands of others to drag them back to the world, and from there, reconstruct their mortal body!
Looking at it this way, the cultivators of Tianxia used the method of cultivation to ascend, and the cultivation method of the void. However, because of the changes in the Dao, the people here took another path, intending to return to the world after leaving the world.
However, this path was not something that could be taken just because one wanted to. The long scroll in the Place of Spirit should be the product of trying this path, and the Golden Armor of Creation should also have such a use. However, these should not have been successful, or else the cultivators of the higher realms would have returned long ago.
Turning to this "Creation of Ultimate Benevolence", it was very likely that a certain cultivator of the higher realms knew that the destruction of their mortal body was inevitable before they left the world, so they borrowed the hands of the Hao Clan to create a mortal body that belonged to them alone!
Whether or not this was the case, he was not completely sure, but it was indeed a reasonable judgment. In fact, it was very likely that this was the case.
If this was true, then the rise of the Hao Clan could be explained.
This was simply a chess piece that some cultivators of the higher realms had buried in advance in order to be able to return after sensing danger! This was also in line with the cultivators' way of doing things, not for the moment, but for the long term.
According to the method of the Hao Clan, once the "Creation of Ultimate Benevolence" was successfully created, the one who benefited the most was not the Hao Clan themselves, but the cultivator behind it. Perhaps there might be more than one. This was because the greatest benefit of creation was that it could be replicated. As long as one was successful, then there could be many more.
In this way, the cultivators who went to the Land of the Godly Void could return, and the cultivation sects could prosper again because of this.
On the contrary, if the current confrontation between the cultivation sects and the Hao Clan caused a huge blow to the Hao Clan, it might instead prevent this matter from happening. This was very ironic.
However, this was not strange, because the interests of the cultivators and the cultivators who had left the world were not necessarily the same. Once the "Creation of Ultimate Benevolence" was completed, the first to bear the brunt would be those cultivation sects in the world. These sects and cultivators were very likely to be destroyed first, so how could they be willing to accept this?
Although the upper echelons of the Six Sects might not know about this matter, there were existences like the Everlasting Life Sect among the Six Sects. They would most likely be able to catch a glimpse of some profound principles from the unseen world. As for this "Celestial" that the Everlasting Life Sect repeatedly expressed their goodwill, it was understandable.
When he thought of this, he took another look at that portrait. He could feel that this portrait seemed to be faintly related to him. This feeling was very weak, but it was also very real. Therefore, he felt that there was most likely the "Upper Self" involved in this.
If this was the case, then the "Upper Self" had either achieved something before the Dao mechanism changed, or he had also left the world and was preparing to return from the outside world.
If it was the former, then this person was not in the Hao Clan. Right now, he should be among the Six Sects. If it was the latter, not only could he not stop him, he would even have to let him return. After all, only by destroying the "Upper Self" could he complete his Dao.
But no matter what, he had finally found a clue regarding the "Upper Self". From now on, he could target his actions.
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