Chapter 1108: The Difficulty To Become A Sage (1/2)
Chapter 1108: The Difficulty To Become A Sage
Translator: Sparrow TranslationsEditor: Sparrow Translations
Mo Wuji asked, ”Why are there 8 Sages in the universe? Can this number be increased or reduced?”
Meng Ye answered, ”This is a long story. I will briefly go through it. When the universe was first formed, the Laws of Heaven Earth were at their clearest. Cultivating at this time was also the easiest. It's like… the restoration of God World. The cultivation environment was similar to when the universe first formed. Thus, at that time, the cultivation speed of the cultivators were all extremely fast. Of course, the restoration of the God World is still far inferior to when the universe first formed. Thus, most experts were born then.”
”Dao Friend Meng, you're saying that the 8 Sages were experts born when the universe was formed? Are you also one of such experts?” Mo Wuji asked.
Meng Ye shook his head, ”The birth of the universe did give rise to Sages. However, those Sages have already turned to dust in the long passages of time. I'm definitely not one of the experts born during that time. The current 8 Sages were all late-comers. They all found their own fortunes and became experts.”
”Why are there only 8 of them?”
”This is because of the limits of the Dao Laws of the Universe. The 8 Sages already push the Dao Laws to the limit. If a 9th Sage appears, the Laws of Heaven and Earth would come down and crush everything.
Hearing Meng Ye's explanation, Mo Wuji's heart pounded. This was the restriction from the Heavenly Dao? This meant that regardless of how strong his Mortal Dao becomes, he would never be able to advance to the Sage Stage. If he advanced to the Sage Stage, then would he face the pressure from the Heavenly Dao and be crushed?
Soon, Mo Wuji threw this idea aside. He cultivated the Mortal Dao, so he wasn't subjected to the pressures of the Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Dao could suppress Sages and Gods but it couldn't suppress a mortal like him.
Even if Meng Ye was any more experienced, he could not tell what Mo Wuji was thinking at this moment. He continued, ”Among the 8 Sages, the Red Lotus was only there to fill the number…”
”Who's the Red Lotus?” Mo Wuji wanted to ask this previously.
Meng Ye lifted his hand and drew a green-robed woman standing on top of a red lotus, ”She is Red Lotus. Because of the way that the fate of the universe was being split, a spiritual plant ought to have a God Throne. With the methods of the other Sages, the red lotus became the 8th Sage. She is called the Sage Nun. She isn't adept at schemes and she understands her inferiority. Thus, she rarely interacts with the other Sages and stays alone in her Sage Nun Pool.”
So the true body of that Sage Nun was a red lotus. Mo Wuji nodded, he finally understood why he could escape from under her eyelids.
”If one wants to break through the Quasi-Sage Stage and enter the Sage Stage, must he wait for one of the 8 Sages to fall?” Although Mo Wuji believed that he would not face the pressure of the Laws of the Heaven and Earth if he stepped into the Sage Stage, he still asked this question.
Meng Ye nodded, ”That's right. When a Sage falls, all Quasi-Sages would feel it.”
”Then did you sense that Huan Ti had fallen?” Mo Wuji didn't quite believe Meng Ye's words.
Meng Ye blushed, ”Because I also almost perished. My cultivation fell greatly, so I didn't have any ways to sense whether any Sages have fallen.”
”That means that you're not even in the Quasi-Sage Stage now?” Mo Wuji's heart turned cold. If Meng Ye was not in the Quasi-Sage Stage and was also in the Unity God Stage like him, yet he possessed such combat power, then how powerful was a Sage?
”This clone of mine had just stepped into the Quasi-Sage Stage. If I'm unable to obtain the Phecda Clay, I could only remain in the early Quasi-Sage Stage. Now that the World-Ending Cataclysm is coming, the universe has become extremely hazy. Thus, there are many things that I cannot sense.”
Mo Wuji reluctantly accepted Meng Ye's words, ”Then I have a small question that I wish to ask you.”
”Dao Friend Mo, feel free to ask. We are friends that are cooperating with one another. Your matter is my matter.” Meng Ye slapped his chest and spoke in a high-spirited tone.
Mo Wuji did not believe Meng Ye's words, ”Dao Friend Meng, I want to ask, how does one become a Sage? Does one obtain a God Throne after entering the Sage Stage? Or does one have to obtain a God Throne before he can even enter the Sage Stage?”
When Meng Ye heard Mo Wuji's question, he laughed bitterly, ”Dao Friend Mo, this question is not simple. I'm not willing to tell this to any person. Even if that person was my disciple, I will not easily share it…”
Mo Wuji waved his hand, ”Dao Friend Meng, if you think that it's difficult, then there's no need to talk about it. It doesn't really matter much to me.”
Meng Ye hurriedly said, ”It's okay. I won't tell this to others but there's nothing I wouldn't tell Dao Friend Mo. The God Throne comes second and the Sage comes first. The difference between the Unity God Stage and the Quasi-Sage Stage is like a heavenly gully. First, you would need to perfect your Dao Laws and your world. For a Quasi-Sage to validate his Sage Dao, there are millions of ways but the ones that work merely number a few.”