932 Staring Into the Abyss (1/2)

Dao was toads.

This single sentence encapsulated Dao Ancestor's desire to seek Dao.

Dao Ancestor never cared about anything else when seeking Dao. He couldn't even settle his own basic needs and relied on Brahma Buddha's help. When Qin Mu returned to the first year of the Dragon Han Era and saw the two of them, it was Brahma Buddha who came to beg and acquired spirit pills to keep both of them alive.

Then, Dao Ancestor was fully focused on Dao, and he didn't care about anything else.

Dao was toads. He thought of the ancient gods as Dao and, thus, toads. He used algebra to analyze them. During this million years' worth of time, he refined classic algebra to its greatest potential. He used it to analyze the Great Dao of the ancient gods and morphed it into runes before helping the ten Celestial Venerables construct the Celestial Heavens Realm.

He no longer needed Brahma Buddha to beg for him.

Qin Mu's point about him asking for Dao from Dao implied that he was asking for Dao from the ancient gods. Ancient gods were the embodiment of Dao, and by asking for Dao from them, the Dao would still be there regardless of his begging. He hadn't created at all.

Qin Mu also talked about asking for Dao from people, which referred to people with the powers of creation. There was no sword path before people existed. People created the sword path. The same could be said about the path of painting and calligraphy, spirit embryo, and cultivation techniques.

Cultivation techniques, regardless of divine treasure or celestial palace, were created by people and not found on ancient gods or toads.

Dao Ancestor's intense research of Dao during these past few years made him unable to break free of his learning, which also made him inferior compared to the ten Celestial Venerables.

However, he must have realized his own limits, which was why he told the two toads to guard the door themselves.

There wasn't necessarily a direct correlation between age, intelligence, and wisdom. Intelligence and wisdom depended on nature and nurture equally, and nurture depended on the environment.

Qin Mu was born from Eternal Peace and witnessed its reform. Thus, he became its leader and witnessed the process of change of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, from its reform to the changes in its paths and skills.

He dared not say that his experiences superseded those of Dao Ancestor, but in some aspects, his opinion was superior.

”I have heard that Mistress Yunxiao went to the Jade Pool and saw Celestial Venerable Mu. I assume that you're here for Celestial Venerable Yun's case.”

Dao Ancestor retrieved a wooden case and said, ”I have been guarding this case for thousands of years. Now, I can finally shed this burden.”

Qin Mu took the case and asked, ”You also don't know what's inside of it?”

Dao Ancestor shook his head and replied, ”It's an object meant for you from Celestial Venerable Yun, how could I open it? There were two cases from Celestial Venerable Yun. One for you, and one for Celestial Venerable Qin. I have already passed him his case.”

”Celestial Venerable Yun left a case for Founding Emperor? Mistress Yunxiao didn't tell me that.”

Qin Mu was curious and asked, ”What was in Celestial Venerable Qin's case?”

Dao Ancestor laughed. ”I was beside Celestial Venerable Qin when he opened it. It was a topographic map of a place called the Great Void, which I didn't observe in detail.”

”The Great Void?”

Qin Mu felt agitated and asked, ”I just visited Celestial Venerable Huo and Celestial Venerable Xu, and I heard that there were some peculiarities in the Great Void. They brought their disciples to tour the area. What is the Great Void?”

Dao Ancestor shook his head and replied, ”I don't know, only the ten Celestial Venerables do. I have only heard about it and don't know what's there, nor where it is. However, I do know that when Celestial Venerable Qin received the topographic map, a calamity occurred, and he went to Carefree Village. Rumor has it that Carefree Village is in the Great Void. The ten Celestial Venerables care a lot about the Great Void because they want to know what happened to Celestial Venerable Qin.”

Qin Mu fell into deep thought. The Great Void, Carefree Village, and the world visualized by the masters of creation. What was the link between these three things?

He witnessed the prehistoric masters of creation coalesce a consciousness unbelievably stronger than any of theirs in the relief sculptures of the Blood Rust Zone. They created another world out of nothing at all in an attempt to distance themselves from this chaotic world and the killings of the ancient gods.

Thus, could the world that was created by these masters of creation be the Great Void?

Would Carefree Village be within the Great Void then?

Both Qin Hanzhen and Princess Consort Zhen talked about the dangers lurking within Carefree Village. What was that supposed to mean?

Qin Mu had numerous questions that he couldn't answer.

Qin Mu opened Celestial Venerable Yun's case and was stunned. Within it was a small sacrificial altar.

It was too small, around three-tenths of an inch in length and only as tall as two fingers stacked together. It was very compact to be put in such a case.

Qin Mu wanted to retrieve the small sacrificial altar from the case, but he realized that his hand grew smaller when it entered the case. As a result, his hand couldn't reach the bottom.

'The interior of this case is very large, and the altar isn't as small as it looks.'

Qin Mu carefully examined the case and its altar before suddenly discovering something unbelievably minuscule on the altar.

He sent forth his magic power and used his vital qi to create a palm, which he sent into the space in the case, retrieving the item on the altar.

Qin Mu recalled his vital qi and found a cubic seal in his hand that was slightly larger than his palm.

'This seal is…'

He couldn't help but ponder. The seal wasn't large and was translucent, and it was made from an unknown forged substance that barely allowed him to see the markings on his palm.

It was a seal, but there were no words on it, unlike ordinary seals. The only thing on top of it was a complex sculpture of a mountain.