Chapter 358

Chapter 358: Discussion on the Dao

In the boundless void beyond.

Emperor Dao Hen waved his hand, and a palace appeared in the void.

“Fellow Daoist, please!”

Lu Ye also returned the gesture.

The Devouring Dao Beast looked on eagerly at the scene.

It wanted to go in too, but since Emperor Dao Hen hadn’t spoken yet, it couldn’t enter.

Emperor Dao Hen glanced at it.

“You can come in too!”

The Devouring Dao Beast was overjoyed and hurriedly expressed its thanks.

The three—two people and one beast—walked into the Great Hall. Emperor Dao Hen took his seat at the main position, while Lu Ye sat beside him, and the Devouring Dao Beast instinctively moved to the back.

It wasn’t interested in joining the discussion; it just wanted to listen. Perhaps just listening would bring it immense benefit.

Lu Ye casually released the Tree of Enlightenment.

Letting it listen in on his discussion with Emperor Dao Hen would surely benefit the Tree a great deal.

Emperor Dao Hen couldn’t help but glance at the Tree of Enlightenment, feeling a slight surprise.

“Fellow Daoist, what is the Dao on this tree?”

“It’s my former Celestial Lord Dao.”

Emperor Dao Hen…

Good grief, he directly abandoned his own Celestial Lord Dao. What kind of guts does that take?

But then he recalled the scenes he had seen before, hmm…

One could only say, well done for abandoning it!

“Fellow Daoist, I’m a bit curious. Did you really reverse time and return to the present?” Emperor Dao Hen asked with some curiosity.

Lu Ye laughed.

“To be honest, this world now is a result of the tribulation to become a saint, including you, Fellow Daoist, being a part of the saintly tribulation’s evolution.”

“Ah?”

Emperor Dao Hen’s expression changed drastically, cold sweat pouring from him as he hurriedly checked himself and the surroundings.

But it was evident he couldn’t find anything.

“Is what you said true?”

“Just a joke.”

Lu Ye chuckled, making Emperor Dao Hen breathe a sigh of relief.

“You’ve made me sound so insecure.”

“Hahaha, isn’t that the problem with you, Fellow Daoist? Leaving traces of Dao everywhere, every Dao leaves its mark. If you pursue all paths and still lack strength, pursuing a solitary path leads to inconsistency…”

Lu Ye merely casually opened the curtain on the discussion of the Dao, directly going for the jugular with Emperor Dao Hen.

After all, Emperor Dao Hen was already a Great Emperor, naturally flawless in terms of the Dao.

Thus, the back-and-forth of their intense conversation quickly erupted.

The flowers of the Dao blossomed, and celestial music rang out.

Various phenomena appeared in the void.

The myriad paths resonated, and a thousand lights shone together.

Endless spiritual energy from the heavens and earth began to converge towards the palace.

Lu Ye’s strength started to skyrocket.

In fact, right now, someone had their eyes on Lu Ye.

However, with Emperor Dao Hen present, they held back and did not take action.

Time ticked away.

Meanwhile, Sun Ruowei had successfully crossed the tribulation and was now searching high and low for Yue Hongling’s whereabouts. In fact, she wasn’t the only one searching—the whole Fourth Heaven didn’t know how many people were looking for Yue Hongling and Bai Qiulan.

Lu Ye was incredibly powerful, invincible in the Fourth Heaven, so no one dared to bother him.

Anyone who sought trouble with him was just asking for death, but things were different for Yue Hongling and Shangguan Huanling.

Yue Hongling was severely injured, with only a fraction of her strength remaining.

Shangguan Huanling, based on Yue Hongling’s memories, appeared to be a woman not too different from a fool.

As long as the two were found, capturing them would be relatively straightforward.

But no one knew where they had fled, and no matter the methods employed, they couldn’t locate them.

Sun Ruowei, of course, also couldn’t find them.

Earlier, she had eaten too big of a melon, making her improve astonishingly fast, so increasing her strength now was as easy as eating and drinking.

The relation between the Dao and cultivation was akin to writing a novel and an outline.

As long as the outline was long enough, you just needed to type away on the keyboard and produce tens of thousands of words daily.

Conversely, if the outline wasn’t enough, you could still write a novel but would need to think and ponder, like suffering from constipation, occasionally getting sidetracked to play games or scroll through Douyin.

Hence, Sun Ruowei’s current cultivation speed definitely belonged to the top tier.

Five years had quickly passed.

Yes, exactly five years, during which Lu Ye and Emperor Dao Hen engaged in discussions on the Dao; this is quite normal—sometimes two chatterboxes could debate for hundreds or even a thousand years without a problem.

In ancient records, the longest debate was between two Celestial Lords who discussed for a solid six thousand seven hundred years.

Consequently, their cultivation paths became well-known in the world.

It couldn’t be helped; the Dao was simply too active, and cultivating the Daos of these two Celestial Lords was more than twice as fast compared to others.

In truth, signs of a prominent school of thought were also beginning to emerge.

Because the Heavenly Dao loved gossip, some people had started to realize that as long as they enjoyed gossiping, their cultivation speed would improve to some extent.

Of course, they believed that it was due to being in a good mood from gossiping that led to faster strength growth.

But they didn’t know that simply gossiping was akin to being in harmony with the Heavenly Dao; how could their cultivation speed not increase?

Perhaps that’s why the Heavenly Dao is said to be fair.

No one had expected that a system could emerge to replace the Heavenly Dao, nor would they have thought that this system would actually mobilize the energy of the entire world to reverse time for a human.

This led to the Heavenly Dao, which should have vanished, reappearing, and the once impartial system regaining consciousness.

Chaos ensued; the entire Nine Heavens turned into a mess.

After five years, the discussion on the Dao finally concluded.

The two, having argued until their faces were flushed and their throats hoarse, finally reached a moment of tranquility.

The Devouring Dao Beast was dumbfounded.

So this is what a big shot’s discussion looks like?

At first, everything seemed fairly normal; the Devouring Dao Beast gained enormous insights from their discourse, finally seeing what being a Great Emperor truly meant.

Despite the fact that this discussion caused the Devouring Dao Beast to plummet from Quasi-Emperor Eighth Level to Quasi-Emperor First Level, that lost cultivation level could eventually be regained, while the insights gained, particularly in terms of the Dao, were invaluable at its current realm.

As the conversation between the two grew more intense, their words became increasingly heated.

Lu Ye even grabbed Emperor Dao Hen by the collar, shouting, “Why can’t you understand? Why can’t you understand? Fool! Silly pig!”

Naturally, Emperor Dao Hen didn’t let it slide either, countering with a maneuver, “It’s you who can’t express yourself clearly, can’t articulate, and yet you blame me. I refuse to accept it!”

The Devouring Dao Beast couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat; it was too scary.

Was it always like this during discussions between the strong?

But it didn’t dare to ask.

If Lu Ye knew the Devouring Dao Beast’s thoughts, he would plainly tell it, yes, it was just like this.

Back in his previous life, when he discussed the Dao with others, there were times they nearly fought to the death, and the same could be said for the other party.

During that couple’s six thousand seven hundred years of discourse, it was estimated that fights occupied at least five thousand years, and the insults were particularly foul.

There was no escaping it; discussing the Dao meant directly confronting one’s own Dao with that of another’s, and conflict was entirely normal.

Now that the discussion had ended, both regained their composure.

The two felt refreshed, bowing to one another with smiles.

In unison, they said, “Thank you, Fellow Daoist!”