Chapter 316: Dao

Regarding the Ghost Bride’s situation, Lin Jing and the Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor were silent for only a moment before returning to calmness, their inner hearts particularly strong.

It was just love between two female Cultivators; it was nothing special.

After all, compared to the marriage between the ancient Yao Race and the Human Race, or the Beast Taming Sect Sect Master and Senior Brother Ouyang Hao having love with a beast-form Yao Beast, at least they were of the same race.

“Thank you for bringing the marriage Contract.”

The Ghost Bride stepped out from the River of Memories: “I will follow the Contract, be Sealed by him for one year, and lend my power for him to use.”

“However, the disparity in our power is vast. Even if I actively cooperate, given his strength, I estimate it will be difficult for him to wield my power.”

“After all, even I could not perfectly control my power at the beginning.”

The reason the Ghost Bride was so powerful now was not because she was very strong during her lifetime, but because of her special Physique and the fact that she died on an ancient battlefield. This ghost body was formed after a long passage of time by absorbing the power of many souls from the battlefield.

This power, which was not cultivated by herself, was also the reason for the Ghost Bride’s poor state.

Although she had now regained certain memories through items from her lifetime and taken control of the consciousness of the ghost body, it would likely take some time to completely consolidate her power.

The Ghost Bride could not guarantee that Lin Jing would be able to perfectly wield the power she lent him.

“There is still time.”

The Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor, who looked like a coachman, spoke: “There is still half a year. During this time, let Saint Your Highness learn your Dao and get familiar with your power.”

“My Dao?” The Ghost Bride was puzzled.

The Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor, as an Old Ancestor of a race, was knowledgeable and began to explain to the Ghost Bride.

“You were born by chance, so I fear you do not know much about the path of cultivation. Since that is the case, let me inform you!”

“I will skip the Early Stages of the path of cultivation and just talk about Soul Transformation, Void Profound, and Asking Dao.”

“The path of Soul Transformation is the process of becoming a divine spirit of heaven and earth. One Cultivates the power of heaven and earth, and with a single thought, can turn the world upside down.”

“And the progression from Soul Transformation to Void Profound is based on this, mastering the power of space and opening up a space within one’s own body.”

“A Void Profound Cultivator then uses the power of heaven and earth cultivated during the Soul Transformation Stage to reshape the internal space into the form most suited to themselves, simulating the creation of the world by the Heavenly Dao. This is the path of Void Profound.”

“A life-and-death battle in the Void Profound Stage is when a Cultivator turns their internal world into a Void Profound Domain, competing to see whose spatial Domain is stronger!”

“However, this is only the path of the Early Stage and Middle Stage of Void Profound. When reaching the Late Stage, the Void Profound Domain gradually perfects, and the Cultivator must pursue a higher result, which is to find their own Dao. This Dao is equivalent to the soul and will of a world, endowing the internal Void Profound Domain with a rule.”

“The consciousness of the Void Profound Cultivator turns into the Dao, becoming the Heavenly Dao of their internal world. Only after completing all of this can it be considered the Great Perfection of Void Profound.”

“This process is also called Fusion of Dao. Therefore, the Kong Xuan Realm can be roughly divided into two stages: Void Refining and Fusion of Dao.”

“The Void Refining stage is the process of opening up the internal space, refining the Void Realm, and perfecting the internal spatial Domain.”

“The Fusion of Dao stage is the process where one’s own consciousness turns into the will of the Dao, merging into the Void Profound world, and simulating the Heavenly Dao.”

“Your Aptitude is very good. Just by regaining your memories, you have already produced the prototype of a Dao. Just now, you used the Path of Obsession to suppress the residual consciousness in your body that wanted to seize control.”

“Whether you were searching for your husband, your wife, or whatever, this obsession allowed you to transform from human to ghost, and from an incomplete form to a complete ghost Cultivator dominating a body. Therefore, this Dao is the Foundation of everything you are now.”

“And when you succeed in Fusion of Dao in the future and completely control this Path of Obsession, then as long as your obsession does not fade, you will be an unsolvable existence. Even if only a wisp of remnant soul remains, you will be immortal.”

“This is the Dao.”

“As for the Asking Dao Realm, it is still too early for you. But in the end, it is the process of using your own Dao to resist the Dao of others and the Heavenly Dao. If in this process, your own Dao does not collapse and defeats the other Daos, then your own power will become stronger and stronger. The so-called Asking Dao is the process of testing whether your own Dao is strong enough.”

“When the Dao is honed to Perfection and breaks through the restrictions of the Heavenly Dao rules of the Lower Realm, one reaches the so-called Ascension Realm.”

The Ghost Bride was thoughtful: “So my Dao is the Path of Obsession.”

“That’s right, the Path of Obsession of entering the Dao through emotion! Some enter the Dao through emotion, some enter the Dao by severing emotion. The word ’emotion’ is a relatively common way to enter the Dao.” The Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor nodded.

“So Senior, you mean for me to try to learn her Dao? But how should I learn it? And the Path of Obsession may not necessarily be the Dao that fits me. If I learn it, will it affect my subsequent cultivation?” Lin Jing asked his doubts.

The Thunder Dragon Old Ancestor said: “For every immortal Cultivator, in the process of cultivation, they must face countless choices. Each choice may become a Dao, and there is no rule stating that every immortal Cultivator can only have one Dao.”

“For example, I have gone through Fusion of Dao three times and chosen three different Daos. But unfortunately, none of these three Daos allowed me to break through the Bottleneck and enter the Asking Dao Realm.”

“In the end, it is because my Dao is not strong or compatible enough, and I cannot even take the first step of Asking Dao.”

“Therefore, deeply understanding the Path of Obsession will not affect Saint Your Highness’s future. It is equivalent to temporarily learning a Spell. Currently, Saint Your Highness’s cultivation is still low and you have not yet found your own Dao. But when Saint Your Highness steps into the Void Profound, having walked this path, there will certainly be countless Daos to choose from. At that time, choosing the Dao that Saint Your Highness thinks is most compatible for Fusion of Dao is the most critical thing.”

“After all, if you choose wrong, it is equivalent to taking the wrong path, and you will waste countless years unable to reach Asking Dao. Those who fail to break through the Asking Dao Realm are simply because the chosen Dao is not compatible enough with themselves.”

“In short, understanding the Path of Obsession now does not mean that you need to use obsession to fuse the Dao in the future; it is just for better Fusion of the Ghost Bride’s power at the moment.”

Lin Jing nodded. For the Kong Xuan Realm, Fusion of Dao was indeed too far away from him.

Merely having cultivated to the Golden Core Stage, he had no concept of his own “Dao” at all.

This Dao does not refer to routes like the Sword Dao, Dao of Beast Taming, or Illusion Dao, but rather the original heart of the immortal Cultivator—what supports him to Cultivate to the highest Realm.

Lin Jing thought for a moment. At present, he was probably only at the stage of “Seeking Dao” and had not yet found his own Dao. If he had not found it by the time he reached the Void Profound Realm, then perhaps he would be stuck in the Bottleneck of the early or Middle Stages of Void Profound forever and unable to go further.

“What will my Dao be?”