Chapter 1093: Chapter 736: Severing the Dao (Part 2)
"How does one cultivate the Human Dao?"
Xiang Beifei didn’t quite understand this point.
"Ancestral Dao Realm!" Li Qianluo explained.
"That’s right, other races need to step into the Ancestral Dao Realm to truly cultivate the Human Dao! Inquiring Dao is to determine the direction of your next step in cultivation. Ascend Dao is to elevate the level of your Dao embryo, for example, the Sparrow Dao Race, after ascending Dao, they cultivate the Flying Bird Dao, above which are the Divine Bird Dao like Azure Phoenix, Great Peng Bird, Golden Crow, and so on, finally reaching the Phoenix, Vermilion Bird Dao—but Phoenix and Vermilion Bird are far from the endpoint of Ascending Dao!"
Luo Shanyou paused and said slowly: "The end point of Ascending Dao is the Human Dao!"
So that’s how it is!
This explanation gave Xiang Beifei a new understanding.
He listened attentively, as he had always trained alone and no one had ever explained these things to him, which might be useful in the future.
Luo Shanyou continued explaining: "Most races, to truly cultivate the Human Dao, must enter the Ancestral Dao Realm! Strictly speaking, no race can be called human without cultivating to the Ancestral Dao Realm! But we humans are born human, and we can become stronger through cultivating the Human Dao!"
—Is this why the Human Race in the Edge Corner Airspace has no system interface?
Xiang Beifei looked at the snow-filled screen of Luo Shanyou, then glanced around; all the Human Races around had snow-filled system interfaces!
"Do the people of the Edge Corner Airspace engage in Dao Severing from a young age?" Xiang Beifei asked.
"Yes, when they awaken their Dao embryos, we perform Dao Severing on them to specialize in the Human Dao, cultivating through their own will instead of following the system’s prescribed path,"
"Doesn’t this method of cultivation have drawbacks?"
Xiang Beifei remembered that when he walked in earlier, most people’s cultivation levels were very low.
Luo Shanyou nodded: "The Human Dao is free, with unlimited possibilities for exploration and cultivation. There’s no need to become slaves to the system’s Dao embryos, but this also means that those with insufficient talent can’t find a direction for their cultivation. The system can make cultivation more convenient but severely limits our potential! It never gives us the opportunity to step onto the path of immortality!"
"Daoist Qingde said he has always been searching for why the Human Race awakens these strange Dao embryos as if purposefully given an ancient curse by some terrifying mysterious power, restricting human will through the system, controlling everyone’s lives through system tasks. Daoist Qingde spent his life looking for the source of this curse, but so far—"
Luo Shanyou let out a heavy sigh.
Clearly, Daoist Qingde did not succeed, instead bringing a disaster upon the Human Race!
The Dao Palace wants to exterminate the Human Race and erase this race from the Edge Corner Airspace.
Which means, the Dao Palace definitely knows something!
Xiang Beifei was quite surprised after hearing this!
So this is the reason for his grandfather’s system snow?
The system, like a curse on the Human Race, was his grandfather seeking the source of the curse?
—
Luo Shanyou took Xiang Beifei to a relatively decent hut; although relatively decent, it was actually quite simple. The Human Race currently had no extra energy to decorate their dwellings nicely.
This was still a house built by Li Qianluo’s Shen Li; resources were limited and had to be maximized, so simplicity was inevitable.
"The conditions are limited, there’s no table or chairs, we can only sit on the ground, a bit simple, but we have to make do for now," Luo Shanyou said.
"It’s fine."
Xiang Beifei didn’t mind and sat on the ground, blending in with the locals.
After a while, he asked again: "Since Uncle-Master knows Dao Severing is so important for the Human Race, why not return to Jiuzhou to tell everyone? No matter what, I think my master must know this!"
Xiang Beifei immediately thought of Elder Luo, who was incredibly powerful, unbelievably so!
But clearly also confined by the system, unable to step into the Immortal Realm!
If Luo Shanyou could enter the mid-phase of Inquiring Dao in such a short time, then Luo Yunxian could absolutely do the same!
Luo Shanyou shook his head and said: "I can’t go back."
"Why? Uncle-Master is from the Great Desolate Realm and shouldn’t need the Daosheath to return." Xiang Beifei was puzzled.
Someone like Li Qianluo, who was born and raised in the Edge Corner Airspace, couldn’t go to the Great Desolate Realm, needing to suppress her power and use a special Daosheath to get over.
But there’s no such restriction for people from the Great Desolate Realm!
"I don’t know why, after I severed the Dao, the Great Desolate Realm seems to have a powerful force rejecting me, as if... I’ve also become a member of the Edge Corner Airspace, no longer belonging to the Great Desolate Realm. Once I return, it’s very dangerous, I can’t send this news back to tell that fellow Luo Yunxian."
Although Luo Shanyou was dissatisfied with his younger brother in many ways, he still hoped Luo Yunxian would understand the serious matters.
"But my grandpa went back! He’s in Jiuzhou, he can go back!" Xiang Beifei said.
"But... I heard your father mention, Daoist Qingde’s condition doesn’t seem very good." Luo Shanyou hesitated.
Xiang Beifei furrowed his brows deeply.
Indeed, his grandfather had been in a confused state, often casually breaking through barriers, as if he remembered nothing.
"What did my grandfather do at Common Valley back then?"
"He said he was going to seek answers, maybe the ancient curse on the Human Race—the system’s answer—was in Common Valley. He said it was too dangerous there, didn’t let us follow, then there was no more news."
Xiang Beifei asked, "What about my father? Did he also go to Common Valley to find answers?"
Luo Shanyou fell silent, not answering immediately.
"Where is Common Valley?" Xiang Beifei continued to ask.
"I don’t know!" Luo Shanyou said firmly.
"Don’t know, or unwilling to tell me?" Xiang Beifei asked.
A trace of strangeness appeared on Luo Shanyou’s steadfast face.
"You can’t go!"
"Uncle should know, I’m here precisely to find him!"
"Judging from your tone earlier, you don’t seem fond of your father, why insist on finding him?"
"Disliking him is one thing; whether I should find him is another!" Xiang Beifei said calmly.
"He wouldn’t want you to look for him!" Luo Shanyou said.
"Uncle, may I ask you! You don’t like my master either, but if my master were in danger, with my master’s temperament, surely he wouldn’t want you to take risks; but if you knew, what would you do?"
"That’s different!" Luo Shanyou raised his voice.
"Why is it different? You don’t like your brother’s carefree attitude, you look down on his spiritual power, but if he’s in danger, you wouldn’t watch him get hurt! You would definitely help him, you should understand, some things cannot be casually dismissed with a few words of disdain!" Xiang Beifei said.
"You don’t understand! These two matters can’t be compared! Your father—"
Almost gritting his teeth, Luo Shanyou squeezed out a few words: "He’s already dead!"
"What makes you so sure?"
"Because of the life spark! Both your father and grandfather left a life spark before they left, your grandfather’s life spark is still burning, but—your father’s life spark has already extinguished!"
Xiang Beifei clenched his fists.
But soon, he released them.
"Even if he’s dead, I have to bring him back!"
Xiang Beifei spoke with an unusually calm tone.
"Enough!"
Luo Shanyou shouted in a low voice, "No matter what, you must not get into trouble! You don’t understand how we in the Edge Corner Airspace have lived all these years, we live in constant fear, in the shadows, waiting for the Human King, because the Human King is our hope, we believe the Human King can protect us! But your grandfather got into trouble! Your father got into trouble! The faith of the Human Race collapsed twice, I will not allow the same thing to happen a third time!"
He stared at Xiang Beifei with blazing eyes, like an enraged lion, his aura was terrifyingly fierce.
"Can stopping me change the condition of the entire Human Race? Someone must change it, my grandfather, my father, they went to seek answers one after another, Uncle, you should know how important this answer is! If we can’t find the answer, how can the Human Race change?" Xiang Beifei asked.
Luo Shanyou was extremely furious, shouted with thunderous rage: "Go! Just go! If you love to go, then go! I have no right to control you! No right to control your family! I never asked you for anything! While they still don’t recognize you, while their faith hasn’t yet been placed on you, leave now! To avoid giving them hope and then letting them despair! You can disregard the feelings of these people, but I must consider!"
He turned and stormed out of the room in anger.
Xiang Beifei watched the departing figure of Luo Shanyou, clearly he was angry, yet the back seemed so desolate, desolate yet determined, like a solid backbone, striving to bear the last hope of the entire Human Race moving forward.
Xiang Beifei fell silent.